Chapter 1337 Eccentric Merchant

Chapter 1337 Eccentric Merchant

Moving towards the massive city in the distance with the goal of finding a way to safely traverse the mountain range and enter the large neutral territory between the Blue Sea Empire and the Wei Empire, Chu Yang didn't dare to be careless, as he landed on the ground and travelled on foot instead of flying like he had been doing so far.

The reason being that he didn't want to stand out when entering the city, as he understood from past Domain Lord Realm cultivators he had encountered, that someone at his age reaching the Domain Lord Realm was something unheard of to them and might not just draw the attention of the powerful figures inside the border city, but also had the chance of drawing the attention of the more powerful Blue Sea Empire and the Wei Empire who were still constantly monitoring the situation inside the neutral territory.

Although attention might be a good thing in some circumstances, Chu Yang understood full well that it wouldn't be a good thing for him to draw attention from massive powers like the Blue Sea Empire and the Wei Empire.

After all, even if they might try and approach him with good intentions, planning to recruit him into their empire, there was also a chance they would try and kill him if they suspected he might have already allied or was planning to ally with their opponent.

With that in mind, Chu Yang intended to try and hide his cultivation realm, but considering that it would be difficult to do so in front of someone in the Soul Ascension Realm, he had also come up with another disguise... And that was to fake his own age. Making himself look a bit older than he actually was, as he looked far too young for someone in the Domain Lord Realm at the moment.

Not that those who reached the Domain Lord Realm couldn't make themselves look younger, but it was just difficult to make oneself look below a certain age, something that only became harder the older one got.

In turn, this was also the main reason why most cultivators at the Domain Lord Realm or above looked to be at least in their thirties or older.

Only a few cultivators obsessed with their appearance or prominent alchemists who had the ability to refine beauty pills would normally look younger than thirty.

Of course, the exception to this was that the cultivator was a genius who had managed to break through to the Domain Lord Realm at a young age. Allowing the cultivator in question to retain a youthful appearance for a longer period of time.

All things considered, the merchant was only at the Peak of the Foundation Establishment Realm and he himself only appeared at the Core Formation Realm. So, it was understandable that the merchant cautioned him about interacting with those in the Nascent Soul Realm and above, as they were indeed extremely dangerous for someone in the Core Formation Realm.

With that in mind, Chu Yang made sure to carefully nod his head every now and then while listening to the merchant talking about how to avoid running into problems with powerful cultivators.

During which, Chu Yang couldn't help feeling that the merchant was far smarter than he let on, as his advice for avoiding trouble seemed to not only fit with those in the Soul Ascension Realm but seemed to be universally good advice for avoiding attention and trouble when entering a new and unknown place.

If not for the fact that the merchant was only in the Foundation Establishment Realm, Chu Yang would have seriously doubted his cultivation realm, as the advice he gave was far beyond what someone in the Foundation Establishment should been able to give. Especially considering that some of the advice seemed to pertain to in depth knowledge on how people in different cultivation realms normally looked at their surroundings.

In the end, he could only put it down to the fact that the merchant had been to the city a lot and encountered all sorts of cultivators and learnt from them and thus developed this kind of in-depth knowledge on how to lay low and avoid drawing unwanted attention to himself.

Maybe I should inform the sect about this merchant and have them try to recruit him... After all, someone like this should be extremely useful to Elder Dust Fairy and the information network she is trying to build...

With these thoughts appearing in his head while listening to the merchant, Chu Yang secretly pulled out his communication talisman before sending a message back to the sect. informing them of the merchant and his potential talent when it came to secretly infiltrating new areas.

No matter how low his cultivation realm was at the moment, it wasn't really that much of a problem, as the current Star Shattering Sect had more than enough resources to help him reach the Core Formation Realm without any problems. Increasing his lifespan by a few hundred years. Giving him a chance to continue helping the sect for a longer time, while also giving the sect time to grow strong and potentially also get the ability to more easily produce Nascent Soul Realm cultivators.

Maybe even getting the ability to help someone forcibly reach the Nascent Soul Realm through different techniques and methods that involved the burning of the body's potential. Methods useful to those about to die of old age and without any other way to breakthrough. Giving those without talent to reach the Nascent Soul Realm under normal circumstances, a rare opportunity to overcome their natural limitations and possibly even show a strong enough comprehension for them to reach the Domain Lord Realm.

Although, such techniques were normally only found inside the larger powers of the continent and was out of the scope of the current Star Shattering Sect...