2585 Bloody Specter City

After leaving the vicinity of the Celestial Ascension Pool, Duan Ling Tian wandered around for half a day. However, he could not find his way to the Bloody Specter city nor did he encounter anyone during his journey.

Duan Ling Tian shook his head as he thought to himself, 'I thought I'd be able to run into someone and ask for directions. It seems like I was too naive. I've been wandering for roughly half a day, and I've yet to see anyone.' For this reason, he decided to return to the vicinity of the Celestial Ascension Pool. He had planned to get someone from the Silverwyrm Army to lead the way. After a while, he thought to himself again, 'I've killed someone from the Silverwyrm Army, if they know my destination is the Bloody Specter City, they definitely won't let me go.'

Although Duan Ling Tian managed to kill a Centurion of the Silverwyrm Army, he was aware of his strength. If someone stronger from the Silverwyrm Army came for him, he might not be a match for his opponent. Perhaps, he might be able to hold his own against the Captain of the Silverwyrm Army, but what about the Commander of the Silverwyrm Army? Moreover, the commander might not even be the strongest person around here. It was likely that the Governor of the Bloody Specter City was even stronger!

Shortly after, a plan appeared in Duan Ling Tian's mind, 'I'll wait here for the time being. When the newly-ascended Celestials are being brought to the Silverwyrm Army's camp, I'll follow them at that time. As a troop of the Bloody Specter City, the Silverwyrm Army's camp shouldn't be too far away from the Bloody Specter City. Since I've stopped devouring the force from the Celestial Ascension Pool, those who are newly ascended should be close to becoming Heavenly Celestials.'

Duan Ling Tian continued thinking to himself, "I didn't expect third uncle's advice to immerse myself longer in the pool would bring so many benefits to my 99 Heavenly Veins.' After his Celestial Origin coursed through his 99 Heavenly Saint Veins and surged out, his strength was almost comparable to when he cast the assist-type Divine Ability, the Elementary Devouring Tactic. This meant his strength had risen two levels!

'I feel there would be more benefits after tempering my 99 Heavenly Veins. What I need to do now after ascending to this Devata Realm is to quickly raise my cultivation base. After all, I only have 1,000 years!' Duan Ling Tian felt pressured when he recalled the words that Xia Jie, who was from the Divine Offering Land, told him. Xia Jie had said Ke'er might be forced to marry Yun Qing Yan 1,000 years later after the matter in the Divine Offering Land had ended. Therefore, the only thing in his mind now was to get as strong as possible.

'I'll go to the Bloody Specter City and ask where the best cultivation environment with the best cultivation resources nearby is." Duan Ling Tian finally made up his mind.

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Duan Ling Tian stood in the air above the Celestial Ascension Pool. 'I don't think I'll have to wait for long…' True enough, after fifteen minutes, a familiar figure appeared in his sight. 'They're here!' The figure who just appeared belonged to Wang Wei, the Decurion of the Silverwyrm Army whom Duan Ling Tian had crippled.

At this moment, Wang Wei was guiding a group of newly-ascended Celestials toward the east. Duan Ling Tian followed after them silently.

As Wang Wei guided the newly-ascended Celestials, he clenched his fists as he thought to himself, 'I hope the Captain will report that incident to Lord Commander. Based on Lord Commander's temper, if he learns about it, he'll definitely search everywhere for that man before killing him!" His eyes flashed with killing intent as he thought about this.

Although Wang Wei did not vent his anger on the group of newly-ascended Celestials, all of them could feel Wang Wei was not in the best mood. They were so scared that they did not even dare to breathe loudly.

After about half an hour, a little black dot appeared in Duan Ling Tian's line of vision. He speculated inwardly, 'It's a city! It must be the Bloody Specter City!' It did not take long for his speculation to be proven right.

Duan Ling Tian continued following Wang Wei and the group of people toward the little black dot. The black dot continued to grow larger and larger before revealing itself as a city that looked like a giant beast. The wall around the city was constructed from blood-red bricks, making it look as though it was drenched in blood.

Wang Wei who had been quiet throughout the journey suddenly stopped in his tracks before turning to look at the group of newly-ascended Celestials. He began to explain, "The city in front of us is called the Bloody Specter City. The camp I'm taking you to is the Silverwyrm Army's camp. It's one of the two troops in this city. Our Lord Commander reports directly to the City Governor. We won't be entering the city, we'll be heading to the camp that's located away from the city." After he finished speaking, he began to lead the group in the northeast direction.

Although Duan Ling Tian was hidden among the clouds and was quite a distance away from Wang Wei, he heard Wang Wei's words clearly since Wang Wei did not deliberately lower his voice. After listening to Wang Wei's words, he was assured that the city that looked like it was drenched in blood was Bloody Specter City!

Bloody Specter City was, naturally, the first city Duan Ling Tian had gone to since his arrival in the Devata Realm. When he was outside the city, he saw many Celestials coming and going from the city. It was bustling with activity.

Duan Ling Tian joined the crowd and entered the Bloody Specter City. He looked like a travel-weary Celestial and was looking for a place to rest in the city. As soon as he entered the city, he began to look around. After all, this was the first city he had seen since his ascension. He planned to familiarize himself with the city.

After wandering around the city for about half a day, Duan Ling Tian somehow arrived on a street that was lined with stalls. He heard a stall owner saying, "Sir, I originally plan to sell this Mystical Autumn Grass for 12 pieces of Primitive Celestial Stones. However, since it's getting late, I'll sell it to you for 10 pieces of Primitive Celestial Stones so I can return home earlier."

Duan Ling Tian looked toward the source of the voice. He saw a man taking out ten light green stones and handing them to the stall owner. The stall owner handed the medicinal herb to the man in return.

Duan Ling Tian wondered, 'Primitive Celestial Stone? Celestial Stone? So these are the currencies in the Devata Realms? It's probably similar to Saint Stones that can be used for cultivation'

Duan Ling Tian had heard about the Celestial Stone from Xuan Yuan Zhi when he was in the mundane realm. However, he had never seen Celestial Stones before. This was his first time seeing Celestial Stones.

Duan Ling Tian looked into the Spatial Ring he obtained from the Centurion of the Silverwyrm Army whom he had killed. 'So these are Celestial Stones? There are quite a lot of them in this Spatial Ring.' He had claimed the Spatial Ring as his own after dripping his blood on it.

Apart from Celestial Stones, there were also a sword and saber in the Spatial Ring. They were the Celestial Weapons of the two Centurions of the Silverwyrm Army. He discovered the Celestial Stones were divided into two piles. The one with more Celestial Stones were lighter in color while the smaller pile had darker colors. Based on the transaction he witnessed earlier, he could tell the bigger pile of stones with lighter colors was the Primitive Celestial Stones.

Duan Ling Tian thought to himself, 'I didn't think I'd have any currency to trade for things in the Devata Realm. I didn't think it would be convenient to go to a restaurant to listen for information if that's the case. Fortunately, the centurion I killed possessed quite many Celestial Stones." As he thought to himself, he entered a relatively busy restaurant that he had passed by earlier and sat before an empty table.