The city came in sight. I knew the moment that I looked at it that this was Yunir City. The city was big. Bigger than even Kaishi city. And I could tell that it had a few powerful families.
From the sky, I could see huge spots of green in the bustling city, and this would only be possible for the big powers.
And at the center of the city, I could see two highlights. I could see a mansion bigger than any that I saw before. That was probably the city lord's mansion. And right next to the mansion was a tower. And boy was this tower tall.
At a staggering height of almost six hundred feet, this was the tallest building that I had seen in this world. It seemed that every time I went somewhere, this world kept surprising me.
"This is where you drop off." the spirit beast lowered down to the ground slowly. It did not go into the city though, and stopped outside the city gates.
"This is your first mission, so you probably got your instructions. Once your mission is over, then the sect will receive that information, and another spirit beast will come to collect you. Now then, I have some actual interesting things to get to." the spirit beast flapped away, leaving us alone in front of the city gates.
The guards looked at us with mouths wide open. They pointed their fingers as they shouted,
"A mount! They had a flying mount! They must be important disciples!"
"What do we do now? I do not know what instructions this spirit beast was talking about." I glanced at Cai Lien.
She took a deep breath as she faced me.
"Are you seriously concerned about that right now? Here I am, still shocked at the fact that you are in the Core Formation Stage, and you are talking about the mission? You had a cultivation lower than me!" she shouted.
"The mission is very important. We can always talk about this part later." I said, trying to change the topic. How could I explain how I increased cultivation so fast? I knew that the biggest factor had to be the Heaven Devouring Art.
"Forget the mission. I know exactly what to do. You were the idiot young master of the Kaishi city. You were the person that Sister Zhiqui always regretted being betrothed to. How did you change so much?" she asked.
"I know that you have questions. Anyone would be surprised if someone rose a major realm in such small time. But the opportunities in the cultivation world are endless. There is always going to be a fruitful encounter if you are fated for it, and I was fated for mine. That is why I am where I am right now. I think that we should focus on the mission right now." I sighed.
"How did he become so powerful? Of all people, him?" she muttered. I did not know if she knew that I could hear her, but I chose to ignore it.
I walked to the city gates. Cai Lien begrudgingly followed me.
"Who are you, Young Master? By the looks of it, you seem to be coming from an esteemed family." one of the guard asked politely.
"You idiot! Can't you see the symbol on their robes?" one of the guards shotued at the former. He then faced us.
"Forgive us, members of the Sky Heavens sect. My friend here is just clueless about the world. I hope that you can look past this offense. The gates of the Yurin City are always open to someone from the great Sky Heaven's sect." the guard bowed.
Thankfully, I knew why he was so respectful. Yurin city was the closest city to the Sky Heaven's sect. It did not come in the way that I was traveling when I went to the sect from my city. But one thing was sure, both of these entities coexisted with each other.
Without Yurin City, the sect would lose a major source of income. And without the sect, the city would lose a major protector. Even a city in a kingdom needed a powerful force behind it to protect it from other cultivators.
And of course, they needed powerful protectors to defend against the demonic sects.
"What are you doing? Why do you keep freezing up? Let us go." Cai Lien said.
"Yeah, I was just thinking about something. Where do we go now?" I asked.
"For someone who has spent a month in the sect, you are absolutely clueless about how a disciple should act, and what a mission is," she said, flinging her hair back.
"You might not know this, but the last one month, I have been here in captivity. So the total time that I spent in the sect was no more than one day. I know as much about the sect as some random person on the street does. In fact, I might even know less." I said.
"Not my fault you got into trouble. Now, we must try and get to Pill Tower. That is where our mission is." she said.
"I just thought about it. The Pill Tower is at the center of the city. It is where the most protection is possible. Who would dare attack someone from the Pill Tower when there is the city lord mansion right next to it? Why is there a problem of bandits? It doesn't make sense." I asked.
"Why would any bandit want to attack the Pill Tower directly? Even the Demonic sects wouldn't dare do that. Even the imperial family would not dare touch a Pill Tower. They are the corner stones of every kingdom. The problem is that the bandits are stealing the spirit herbs and ingredients that are coming into the city en route." Cai Lien said.
"How the hell do you know all this? We got the same briefing."
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