Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 1415 - 1415 802 One in Ten Thousand

Chapter 1415: Chapter 802: One in Ten Thousand Chapter 1415: Chapter 802: One in Ten Thousand Chapter 0802: One in Ten Thousand

The area of Tribulation City was limited; on ordinary days, only three to four thousand people lived there. But now, the number of people gathered had increased more than tenfold, nearly reaching fifty thousand. This small city seemed exceptionally crowded. Qi Tian noticed something: no matter where the cultivators came from, as long as they arrived, they would definitely enter the city. Even if it meant sleeping on the streets, they preferred it to staying outside the city walls.

Gao Jinmei’s knowledge about Tribulation City was also very limited; all she knew were the legends about it, without any specifics to be wary of in this place. However, as a former assassin who had traveled from the south to the north, her survival to this day was a testament to her ability to judge situations. She suggested to Qi Tian that, under these circumstances, they should not stand out but follow the crowd instead, hiding amongst the other cultivators. Since the vast majority had made this choice, there must be a good reason for it. Moreover, those few Nascent Soul Masters were staying inside rooms in the city without coming out.

As for this, Qi Tian had no objections; he just wanted to see who would come here to undergo tribulation, creating such a great spectacle. It seemed that the person’s influence must be significant.

Time continued to move forward, yet the person set to undergo tribulation had not appeared. The number of cultivators converged in Tribulation City kept growing, having already exceeded fifty thousand, and showed no signs of stopping. Such a large gathering of people made even Qi Tian uneasy—not that these people might pose any threat to him, but simply because there were just too many of them. Moreover, more than ninety-nine percent of them were in the Gold Core Realm. Qi Tian was acutely aware of how difficulty it was for a cultivator to reach the Gold Core Stage and the massive amount of cultivation resources this process consumed. Even after achieving the Gold Core Stage, maintaining their level and not regressing would still require substantial resources. Just thinking about the amount of resources over fifty thousand Gold Core cultivators would consume in a single day was enough to make Qi Tian’s scalp tingle.

When Qi Tian was in the Great Zhao Nation, he thought that the four Gold Core cultivators, including the Mansion Masters of the three major National Master Mansions and the Great Zhao Country’s emperor, were enough to deter the world. However, seeing so many cultivators now, he realized that the number of Gold Core powerhouses in Great Zhao Nation was severely insufficient, and there was much room for improvement. But all of that no longer concerned him since it was something Zhao Qian needed to worry about now.

There were many cultivators like Qi Tian who felt shocked. Many of them had previously, like Qi Tian, seen only a limited number of Gold Core true cultivators; witnessing a few dozen Gold Core cultivators gathered together was already a remarkable sight. Now, seeing so many Gold Core powerhouses together was astonishing. This realization made many originally proud cultivators put away their arrogance. They used to think they were unique or at least among the rare and excellent ones. But here, they truly accounted for nothing—too ordinary, far too ordinary.

Gao Jinmei and Qi Tian softly discussed using the Sound Transmission Skill, both realizing that the Gold Core cultivators amassed here could not possibly only come from Wanjie City and the areas it influenced. It was very likely that they also came from other Sacred Cultivation Places that rivaled Wanjie City in stature. However, the details of such places, and what they were like, eluded their discussion.

After the matters here concluded, Qi Tian decided to see if he should visit other Sacred Cultivation Places. Perhaps, it would broaden his horizons and lay a more solid foundation for his future cultivation.

At that moment, a disturbance began within the small city as more cultivators appeared in the sky. In contrast to those who had arrived earlier, these new arrivals were extravagant in appearance, draped in red and adorned with luxurious garments, resembling a bridal procession.

Qi Tian did not understand what was happening, but some within the city did. Someone immediately shouted, “The tribulation candidate has arrived, everyone look!”

All eyes turned towards the newcomers, who were drawing closer. The person at the forefront radiated an aura that seemed nearly uncontrollable—a sign of someone on the verge of breaking through to the Nascent Soul Stage, at a point where suppression was no longer an option.

This group of cultivators flew directly over the city and continued for about ten miles before descending to the ground. The cultivators escorting him then retreated, withdrawing back into the city and settling on the city walls. Standing on their tiptoes, they gazed in the direction where their fellow sect member had landed.

Some people had already recognized the candidate undergoing tribulation and uttered his name. He was Xu Chen, a rather famous talent. Exactly where he hailed from, however, remained unspecified.

Those who had come with Xu Chen were not in the mood to elaborate on his details; their primary concern was whether Xu Chen could successfully undergo tribulation. That was the most crucial thing. A successful tribulation would bring honor, glorifying the power behind him and capturing the attention of countless onlookers. But if he failed, they would become the target of mockery, and the power behind him could be implicated. Some might even view a failed tribulation as an opportunity to assert that the power supporting Xu Chen was weakening and realize this was their chance to attack his backing force. Such things happened often in the Cultivation World and were not unusual.