Cultivating Through The Game

Poof~ A foam ball beside Wanyan Shahe exploded. He looked at the exploded foam ball with slight surprise and raised his head to look straight ahead.

In the place where Lu Yu and Chu Tianhe first appeared in the desert world, two figures emerged.

The two figures once again drilled out of Wanyan Shahe's Divine Techniques space, and Wanyan Shahe gave up continuing to use his Divine Techniques to trap them, reaching out his right hand to grab them from a distance.

Under Wanyan Shahe's control, the vast Spiritual Qi in the Spirit Vein formed a collapsing sphere with Lu Yu and Chu Tianhe at its center. A large amount of liquefied Spiritual Qi pushed towards the center of the sphere.

Vaguely, the phenomenon of Spiritual Qi crystallization began to appear in the Spirit Vein, which is the process of Spirit Vein forming Spirit Stones.

Buzz~

A bronze small ship rapidly expanded, breaking through the sphere's boundary, transforming into a cyan light that disappeared within the Spirit Vein.

Crack, crack, crack~ Several diamond-shaped crystals appeared at the center of the sphere, condensed into fixed Spiritual Qi, the purest Spirit Stones, without any impurities.

Wanyan Shahe glanced in the direction where the two disappeared, without any emotion in his eyes.

The world within the Spirit Vein returned to silence, only the flowing massive Spiritual Qi indicated that a tremendous change was occurring in the Spirit Vein.

Poof~ The Divine Traveling Ship tore through a thin membrane, taking Lu Yu and Chu Tianhe back to Black Sand City.

Jumping off the Divine Traveling Ship, Lu Yu looked back to see the ship shrinking back into Chu Tianhe's hand.

Lu Yu asked, "What about your subordinates? What will you do?"

Chu Tianhe replied unpleasantly, "The Divine Traveling Ship can't carry that many people. We can only find a way to rescue them from outside."

Lu Yu glanced at Chu Tianhe but didn't say much. After all, those people weren't his subordinates; he didn't care about their lives.

Glancing at the hole above, Lu Yu took one last look at the chaotic Spirit Vein below, then flew out of the hole.

Swish, swish, swish~ The crowd surrounding the hole drew their weapons, tightly staring at Lu Yu coming up from below. They didn't recognize Lu Yu, and since he emerged from below, instinctively they harbored hostility towards him.

"Let him leave," Chu Tianhe's voice echoed from below.

Upon seeing Chu Tianhe fly out of the hole, the crowd withdrew their weapons, no longer showing hostility towards Lu Yu.

Lu Yu flew out of the City Lord's Mansion, disappearing from Chu Tianhe's sight. Chu Tianhe landed, and the guard captain quickly approached to inquire about the situation.

"They're still dealing with some things below and won't come up for a while. Seal this place first; don't let others in," Chu Tianhe said.

He did not tell the guard captain the truth; the matters involving the Spirit Vein were too vast, and it was not a good thing for others to know.

Upon hearing this, the guard captain quickly arranged for the crowd to use surrounding materials to cover the hole and set up concealing arrays around it to hide the real situation.

Chu Tianhe left the City Lord's Mansion alone, all the guards he brought were left to guard the Spirit Vein's exit and entrance within the City Lord's Mansion.

The City Lord's Mansion returned to calm once again.

While the City Lord's Mansion calmed down, the storm within Black Sand City intensified, rumors of the City Lord's Mansion being destroyed and the disappearance of Black Sand City's City Lord spread across every street.

Last night, after the battle ended, the people who entered the City Lord's Mansion were definitely more than just Lu Yu.

The position of Black Sand City's City Lord is envied by many, and many aspire to seize the City Lord position.

Although Black Sand City appears chaotic on the surface, it is actually the most prosperous town on the western desert border, earning the most money.

Many unique goods from the western desert are sold into the Great Zhou Dynasty through Black Sand City, and likewise, the western desert's required materials that improve life quality flow into the desert through Black Sand City.

If Black Sand City disappeared, the quality of life for the desert's inhabitants would greatly decrease.

Being the focal point of the economy, the wealth accumulated by the City Lord of Black Sand City over the years far exceeds what ordinary people can imagine. If someone isn't convinced that he has backing support, no one would believe it.

This is also the reason why the City Lord of Black Sand City has remained seated all these years; otherwise, he would have been pulled down from his throne and skinned and eaten by the vicious citizens long ago.

Black Sand City's City Lord was never a charitable person, extremely exploiting the people and merchants within the city. If the profit margin wasn't so rich that one could still get wealthy even after being heavily taxed, no one would stay here.

Now that Black Sand City's City Lord has vanished, the happiest ones are the merchants who get to keep more money for themselves, no longer needing to pay exorbitant taxes to the City Lord.

Even if they avoid taxes for just one day, they stand to earn a lot more.

Next are those who covet the City Lord position; merchants have received tangible benefits, while those who aim to control Black Sand City can only gain profits.

"Hey brother, want to join our Gale Hall? Our Hall Master is a Core Formation Realm expert and is most likely to win the City Lord position this time."

"Join us now and you'll become veterans of Black Sand City, eat well, drink plenty, and have endless money just sitting at home." A man dressed in red and black approached Lu Yu, inviting him to join what he called Gale Hall.

"Not interested," Lu Yu replied indifferently.

Seeing Lu Yu's attitude, the man didn't pester him further and went into the crowd to persuade a young man who seemed inexperienced.

Before long, Lu Yu saw the two leave the inn, heading in the direction of Gale Hall; it seemed the young man had been persuaded.

The turmoil in Black Sand City was visible to the naked eye, today's chaos far more severe than yesterday's, and as Lu Yu returned to the inn, he witnessed several incidents of public brawls along the way.