Chapter 69: Chapter 69: Absurd World

Jiang Ming’s regular attire transformed into a dark black robe after he turned a corner.

The design of the robe balanced both fitting and elegance, with silver cloud patterns on the sleeves fluttering as though about to take flight.

Jiang Ming put the mask on his face with his slender fingers.

The petal on the mask’s forehead was vividly lifelike.

The token flipped outwards, hanging at his waist.

Jiang Ming’s figure seemed to merge into the darkness, unnoticed by the people on the street.

Jiang Ming appeared at the side gate of the City Lord’s Mansion and lightly tapped the token against the side gate wall.

“Click.”

The sound of machinery operating rang out.

A deep underground passageway appeared before Jiang Ming’s eyes.

“Welcome back to the pavilion, Cyan Thunder.”

A gentle voice echoed around Jiang Ming.

In the outside world, Jiang Ming is Jiang Ming.

The token issued by Chaofeng Pavilion proves Jiang Ming has a position in the City Lord’s Mansion, serving as a disguise identity outside.

But here, there is only Cyan Thunder, and at this moment, the token can only prove the identity of Cyan Thunder.

The passageway leads underground.

Beneath the City Lord’s Mansion lies another world.

Scripture Pavilion, Martial Arts Training Ground, Exchange, Task Hall, Cultivation Field…

“Cyan Thunder, you’ve been in the pavilion for less than a month and have executed tasks less than three times. Would you like to release a guidance task for free?”

The token at the waist seems to have reacted with a certain power of this realm after entering the Chaofeng Pavilion.

Or rather, the token has become a carrier of something, forming an existence similar to artificial intelligence or an artifact spirit.

Similarly, if the Night Watcher needs to execute a task, they must go to the Task Hall to receive a task and activate the token.

The token will provide intelligence information, record the task, and after returning to Chaofeng Pavilion to submit the task, the token will settle down again.

“No.”

Chaofeng Pavilion has no tradition of elders guiding newcomers, but to help some newcomers grow, Chaofeng Pavilion can issue guidance tasks for newcomers, allowing other veterans to guide newcomers through a few tasks, thus quickly familiarizing them with the process.

Some newcomers absorbed by Chaofeng Pavilion are inherently strong and do not need help, while others are exceptionally talented but lack experience.

The token already contains a lot of information.

A gentle tap on the token can display it in text form.

This form is far inferior to the Recording Jade Talisman of the Cultivation Realm, but Jiang Ming will not use Divine Sense to probe the token recklessly.

Jiang Ming navigated familiarly towards the Scripture Pavilion.

On the way, he encountered a few colleagues, some indifferent to Jiang Ming, others curious about this newcomer.

However, Jiang Ming’s heart grew heavier.

Chaofeng Pavilion is a violent institution of Great Lii against evil entities, and even if Evergreen City is a second or third-rate city, Chaofeng Pavilion’s foundation is not weak.

What could possibly cause a city to transform into evil without notice, and the Great Lii Imperial Court, this gigantic entity, hasn’t shown any anomalies in ten years?

“Cyan Thunder, you can read the materials on the first level.”

“The cultivation techniques and advanced materials on the second level require merit to unlock.”

Jiang Ming went straight to the first level and randomly picked up a book.

[Evergreen Monster Records]

Jiang Ming opened the book single-handedly, flipping through it rapidly. In reality, he was scanning it swiftly with Divine Sense.

All text was engraved into Jiang Ming’s Divine Sense.

If he wasn’t afraid of attracting Chaofeng Pavilion’s attention, Jiang Ming could browse through an entire level full of books within an hour.

Jiang Ming’s hand paused as he looked at the words above.

[Spirit Monster · Guardian Deity of Jiang Family Village · Mountain God of Ming Mountain]

Ming Mountain is the small mountain beside Jiang Family Village.

The record states that the Mountain God of Ming Mountain is a spirit monster known as the Stone Wolf Bear, not easily provoked but powerful.

The quantity required for blood food and blood sacrifice was minimal.

The cultivation level is approximately the Early-Stage Heart Lamp to Late-Stage Heart Lamp.

The record seems to have been continuously updated, but abruptly stopped ten years ago.

Minimal blood food and blood sacrifice required?

Jiang Ming has not forgotten the memories gleaned from the original self.

Jiang Family Village sacrifices at least three live pigs, one live cow, one mountain tiger, ten pairs of boys and girls, two pairs of young men and women, and three elderly people each year.

To Jiang Ming, who traversed from modern society, these sacrifices are exceedingly bloodthirsty. If it were only animals it wouldn’t matter, but they still require sacrificing villagers from all age groups. For a village, those sacrificed might be related by blood to others.

However, to the people of Jiang Family Village, these sacrifices are routine, some even feel honored to become offerings.

Among the surrounding evil gods, the Mountain God of Ming Mountain is considered lenient, and even the record by Chaofeng Pavilion beautifies it somewhat.

Jiang Ming continued flipping through, finding many such records.

Such spirit monsters and evil gods abound near Evergreen City.

Great Lii is strong, but without these so-called deities, the population would shrink by at least half.

So even though Great Lii governs everything, in reality, Great Lii and the spirit monsters and evil gods collectively govern the multitude of populace.

The imperial court even enfeoffed certain powerful spirit monsters as True Gods…

Jiang Ming’s grip on the book tightened, then he returned it to the shelf.

“This society… is wrong…”

Jiang Ming used the meditation technique to suppress his emotions and continued flipping through the books.

The first level comprised of common knowledge books, yet beyond the access of ordinary martial artists outside.

[Records of Various Wicked Phenomena]

[Introduction to the Thirty-Six Main Cities]

[Register of Great Lii True Gods]

[Records of Strange and Extraordinary Events Volume 1]

[Mingde’s Essays]

…………………..

These common knowledge books contained not particularly deep but vast information.

Initially, Jiang Ming just wanted to browse a little, but once he started, he couldn’t stop.

Since Jiang Ming’s reincarnation, he has been in Evergreen City, only understanding the world from that perspective.

For the outside world, he knows nothing.

After reading all the books, Jiang Ming has only one thought about this world.

“Absurd.”

Yet the people in this world have accepted this society, making Jiang Ming seem like an outlier.

Jiang Ming picked up the last book.

[Immortal Master Introduction]

It briefly records the cultivation realms.

Step one, Martial Artist, cultivating Qi-Blood and martial arts, Qi-Blood is like fire, capable of harming ordinary evil entities.

Step two, Heart Lamp, igniting the fire of the mind with the fire of the flesh, the mind becomes crystal clear, enabling the discernment of demons.

The later stage of the Heart Lamp, where the fire of the mind is sufficiently strong and shines together with the fire of the flesh, allows the awakening of the so-called ’immortal skill.’

Heart Lamp’s immortal skills are diverse and peculiar, and each Immortal Master can use only one immortal skill.

This skill can expand various subsidiary abilities and can also be combined with martial arts, delivering substantial damage to evil entities.

In the Great Lii region, formed by the Thirty-Six Main Cities and thousands of towns, having a Heart Lamp awakened Immortal Master is sufficient to survive in the wild.

However, all Heart Lamp awakened Immortal Masters have been sent by the imperial court to suppress towns, leaving no strong individuals to establish new human settlements, and those that do develop into new towns.

Step three, Red Body, fusion of the fire of the mind and the fire of the flesh.

This Immortal Master Introduction only records these.

But Jiang Ming instinctively feels something’s amiss.

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