Chapter 71: Shocking Discovery

Within the basement of the Immortal Dream Tower, Wei Chen was scrolling through his U-Phone, checking the forum while waiting for Youqi’s response.

Other than the usual silly and brainrot topics, such as:

“I am a female disciple of the Yushan Sect. When I see my beloved handsome master being friendly and intimately talking with another handsome man, instead of disgust, an indescribable excitement rises within my heart. Is it weird?”

Or…

“Is it wrong to love another person’s wife? But her husband is still around, and that makes me even more excited. What should I do? (Waiting for comments)”

Wei Chen, of course, snickered at the brainrot. This was it. This was something he had missed since he reincarnated into this world, the usual dose of brainrot.

He also noticed that after the special broadcast, there were many posts complaining about unfair treatment toward those who did not buy a U-Phone. Some were complaining that they did not have enough spirit stones to buy one.

From the complaint posts, U-Phones were currently skyrocketing in price on the black market. The price had exceeded four thousand spirit stones, more than twice the original price of two thousand. Since the Thousand Treasure Pavilion sold them in batches, the only people who could afford them at auction houses were those from major forces.

He also remembered that Jian Ganglie had produced a large quantity of U-Phones and sent them to the Thousand Treasure Pavilion, so the product should not be this scarce in the market. He had a feeling that the hungry market was somehow the handiwork of that money-grubber girl, Mo Xingyao.

The complaints about unfairness were met with ridicule from those who already had U-Phones. For example:

“We paid spirit stones to buy our U-Phones but you didn’t, so what is there to complain about? If you can’t take it, then find some spirit stones and buy one!”

“Too bad. You should work under a force that gives you the privilege of a free U-Phone or pays you enough for one. But if you are too weak, those forces might not be interested in you! Hahahahaha!”

There were all kinds of ridicule, but in the end they were just flexing at each other, just like in his previous life where people who bought the newest model of iPhone would flaunt it online.

Unfortunately, the function for taking pictures was not available in the first model. Otherwise, these folks would probably be flexing even harder.

After about half an hour of entertaining himself, a long-awaited beeping sound came from the broadcasting orb and Youqi’s beautiful face appeared on the communication screen.

“Thank you for your patience, Mr. Wei. I will send you the information you requested.” Youqi said through the screen.

A small jade slip appeared inside the broadcasting orb’s storage. Wei Chen took it out and read the information inside.

“Huh? Murong Wen? The young master of the Murong Clan of the Vermilion Bird Province? So he is the horny one?”

Wei Chen had not met Murong Wen face to face, but according to the information he had, the Vermilion Bird Province was the strongest of the three provinces on this continent.

There were three provinces in the current continent. The first was the weakest, the Jade Bamboo Province. The strongest cultivator in that province was only at the Core Formation Realm. The reason was that the spiritual qi in the air was very scarce, which hindered the growth of cultivators.

Then there was the province that hovered in the middle, the Azure River Province. The strongest cultivator there was at the Void Refining Realm.

As for the strongest province, it was rumored that there was a half-step Great Ascension Realm expert or even a rumored sealed Great Ascension Realm expert who did not wish to ascend to the upper realm.

In the minds of most people, the most dangerous province was the Vermilion Bird Province where powerful clans and sects resided, and where the average strength of the cultivators was higher than the others.

But in Wei Chen’s mind, the most dangerous one was the Jade Bamboo Province, the weakest.

Why? It was because the weakest province was the ideal place for Heaven’s Chosen to begin their journey. Most of them lived in the weakest province and slowly climbed upward from there.

Okay, some might live in the strongest province, but they would all eventually end up in the weakest place for all kinds of reasons.

Wei Chen thought for a moment before replying to Youqi.

“Thank you for your help, Ms. Youqi. Catch you later.”

Youqi nodded and cut the connection.

Now he already knew whom he needed to avoid or be cautious of. But then, Wei Chen paused as he remembered something.

“Wait… if that Murong guy is a horny young master, then who is the Heaven’s Chosen who is supposed to come and stop him? Am I too paranoid?” He muttered to himself. He had not seen anyone who seemed to be trying to stop this.

Maybe it was just a coincidence. He should not drag any troublesome situations caused by a young master onto the Heaven’s Chosen after all.

After Wei Chen got the information he needed, he bought corpse dissolver liquid from the Underworld Redeem Shop and used it on Zhang Niu’s corpse.

With a few drops, Zhang Niu’s corpse, along with his clothes, blood, and gore, quickly dissolved into simple water and slowly vanished into the ground.

He then walked out of the basement and met the matron, who smiled and bowed politely to him.

“Thank you for your help, benefactor. If it were not for you, we might have suffered more casualties and the Immortal Dream Garden might have ceased to exist. To repay you, benefactor, I have already booked you a session with Dream Butterfly.” The matron said with a flattering smile.

“Err… thanks… I guess…” Wei Chen, who had just come out, was a bit stunned by the reception. At first, he had planned to go back to the Thousand Treasure Pavilion local branch, but it seemed he needed to change his plans.

A free courtesan service in a Xianxia world? He had wanted to experience that for a long time. Even though Dream Butterfly did not sell her body, he did not mind. He simply wanted to experience it.

— Meanwhile – Thousand Treasure Pavilion —

Mo Xingyao had just hung up her U-Phone. Her lips curved in annoyance because the content she had just heard irritated her.

“Hmph. Skirt-chasing bastard,” Mo Xingyao uttered in annoyance as she set her phone down.

“Young miss, do you need me to drag him back here?” Sword Leader Wang asked with a faint smile.

“Hmph. Who would want him here? Let him enjoy Dream Butterfly’s company. She does not sell her body anyway. It is just a tea session with poems. Who would be jealous of that?” Mo Xingyao said with a snort.

Sword Leader Wang did not say anything and only smiled faintly. He had watched his young miss since she was a child, so he knew she was just jealous.

“But more importantly, did the people you sent to check the abandoned barn outside the city come back?” Mo Xingyao asked. She remembered that the barn outside the city was the place those mercenaries told Wei Chen was the delivery point.

“They have already returned, young miss. Other than traces that someone had been there, we did not find anything. We followed the trail, but we lost it in the wilderness,” Sword Leader Wang replied.

“Those bastards. They escaped once again, and we do not have any evidence either.” Mo Xingyao gritted her teeth before pausing to think. “Should I suppress their branch in Thousand Treasure City as retaliation?”

At that moment, her phone rang again. She checked the caller and picked up.

“Yes? What is the matter?” Mo Xingyao asked the person on the other side.

After a brief pause, her eyes widened as she listened to the report.

“What did you say? That old man Wen Moyuan discovered what?” she asked in disbelief. Wen Moyuan was known as the Old Man Who Likes History. He and his disciple were researching the Primordial Desolate Ruin, the one Wei Chen had given her the key to.

“Immediately lock down the realm. Do not let anyone in or out. I will return immediately,” Mo Xingyao said in alarm before quickly hanging up.

“Sword Leader Wang, we will retreat and pull back all our manpower and resources from the Azure River Capital City and fortify the defenses at the Primordial Secret Realm,” Mo Xingyao ordered.

“Yes, young miss.” Sword Leader Wang accepted the order without question before vanishing. He never asked for explanations, because every instruction from his young miss was absolute.

Mo Xingyao’s heart was beating furiously. If what she heard from the call was true, this was far beyond what she could handle.

“Those damn scholars. I hope we still have time,” she muttered in trepidation. According to the report, Wen Moyuan and his disciple had discovered a map….

A map suspected to lead to another secret realm.

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