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Chapter 1593 - 1593 0935 Each One is a Big Shot

Chapter 1593: Chapter 0935: Each One is a Big Shot Chapter 1593: Chapter 0935: Each One is a Big Shot Chapter 0935: Everyone Acts Like They’re the Boss

Huang Liuyan’s mouth fell open in surprise as she said, “The Holy Land actually has such bizarre rules?”

Lu Songsheng whispered, “Don’t find it strange; there are many rules in the Holy Land that seem bizarre to us outsiders. They may appear unreasonable, but they have only one purpose: to extract as many cultivation resources as possible from us. Like when we exchange for identity badges, each of us has to pay a varying number of spirit stones, and the same goes for using the Teleportation Array, staying in inns, and so on—all require spirit stones.”

“If that’s the case, the Holy Land is too easy to profit from, isn’t it?” Huang Liuyan had always imagined the Holy Land to be incredibly wonderful until she actually arrived and discovered it was far from the case.

Lu Songsheng said, “It can’t really be put that way. If anything, it’s just a matter of mutual benefit. After all, the Holy Land did not invite us to the competition; we insisted on coming. There’s no issue of coercive buying or selling. Moreover, the opportunities provided by the great competition in the Holy Land truly cannot be found outside; they share such great resources with us foreigners and take the opportunity to earn some spirit stones, which is understandable. No one gets up early without benefit—that’s true everywhere.”

At this point, Lu Songsheng looked at Qi Tian and said, “This time, Wanjie City has paid quite a price, Qi Tian. As for the other so-called young talents representing Wanjie City in the Holy Land’s great competition, I hold no hope. However, for you, I do hope that you can seize the best opportunities during the competition and achieve the status of an extraordinary Nascent Soul Master. Not to mention anything else, just the financial cost we’ve incurred along the way, we need to recoup it.”

Qi Tian smiled and said, “As long as the rivals participating in the Holy Land’s great competition don’t have a Nascent Soul Master as their protector, then no one can snatch the opportunities from under my watch.”

Yi Xuwen said, “Great Elder, we must absolutely avoid actions and conflicts stemming from pride. This time, besides us foreigners, the Holy Land will also send their young talents to compete with you. They have profound backgrounds and the support of powerful Nascent Soul Masters behind them. Although these Nascent Soul Masters will consider their own positions and will not personally enter the competition arena of the Holy Land’s great competition, they will still leave some measures on their favored disciples or relatives, and that won’t pose any problem. Even though you are strong, you must be very careful and not underestimate the heroes of the world.”

Lu Songsheng nodded and said, “What Master Yi said is wise. Although I haven’t personally participated in the Holy Land’s great competition, I still have some understanding of it. Qi Tian, you must be careful and not careless, lest you fall into someone else’s trap.”

Now that they had arrived at the Holy Land, and since Lu Songsheng had chosen to firmly support Qi Tian, he could now speak some important information and insights that were previously inconvenient to share with outsiders.

Lu Songsheng spoke these truths unreservedly, including real cases he had heard about that occurred during previous great competitions in the Holy Land, to serve as references for Qi Tian.

Throughout the journey, Lu Songsheng and the other Nascent Soul Masters from Wanjie Commerce had said a lot, providing Qi Tian with considerable psychological preparation.

Time passed in a flash, and before long, the carriage came to a stop. The Nascent Soul Master in charge of driving tapped on the carriage, saying, “Vice President, we have arrived, hurry and come down. I’ve already seen many people rushing towards the inn at top speed; we can’t be left behind.”

Lu Songsheng quickly opened the carriage door, being the first to leap out as he said, “I’ll rush ahead to grab a spot. You can follow behind at your own pace.”

By the time Qi Tian and the others had all disembarked, Lu Songsheng had already blitzed hundreds of meters into the distant inn.

The Nascent Soul Master in charge of the horses said, “You can head to the inn first; I need to stay here to guard the carriage.”

This bronze carriage, known only to Lu Songsheng for its manipulations, clearly required dedicated guarding as such a valuable artifact could not be left unattended.

Qi Tian looked around and found himself in a vast sea of flowers, with a tall building standing in the middle, rivaling the skyscrapers he had seen in his previous life. Such a tower, he estimated, might have thousands of guest rooms.

Qi Tian looked further around, seeing all sorts of creatures, airships, flying vehicles, and others. Though Wanjie Commerce’s bronze carriage was decent, it was only of average standard among these vehicles.

Those that could park here all had a certain level of prestige; otherwise, they wouldn’t shame themselves by parking here.

“Great Elder, you don’t need to envy them. Your Huo Yunbiao is no worse than any of them. Moreover, I’ve heard some news. It is said that someone once found a very high-level spaceship in the arena during the Holy Land competition. If you’re lucky, you might not only achieve a good position in obtaining a Nascent Soul during the competition but also acquire a lot of treasures,” Yi Xuwen said.

Yi Xuwen continued, “Let’s not look at these right now; we should hurry to the inn. Besides the identity card, we need to pay with spirit stones. Vice President Lu has already done enough by queuing for us, we should not let him advance the spirit stones for us.”

Qi Tian and the others quickly walked towards the inn. Before they even entered, they saw a long queue stretching out from the entrance of the inn for over a hundred meters.

Seeing the hundreds of people in line, Huang Liuyan gasped in shock and said, “So many people in line, how many competing teams must there be?”

Yi Xuwen remarked, “It’s hard to estimate the number. I was invited to attend the Holy Land competition before, but as a spectator. The time I was invited, there were over thirteen hundred teams, and the young talents participating in the Holy Land competition exceeded ten thousand. I don’t know if this competition will make history with even more young talents participating.”

Huang Liuyan could barely believe her ears. The young talents who could participate in the Holy Land competition were all extraordinary individuals, having to meet two strict requirements: the first was the cultivation realm, which had to reach the Perfection of the Gold Core Realm, and the second was their age, which couldn’t exceed thirty years old. Either requirement was exceedingly stringent, and those who met both were without exception, one in ten thousand. For instance, in Wanjie City, before this year, it had been many years since anyone had met this requirement. Before meeting Qi Tian, Huang Liuyan didn’t even think it was possible.

Yet, what she hadn’t anticipated was just how harsh these conditions were on the Holy Land; there were actually over ten thousand participants. It was a figure beyond imagination. It seemed she had really been too narrow-minded before; when she thought it impossible, so many had silently achieved it without her knowing.

Not just Huang Liuyan, even Qi Tian’s expression turned somewhat solemn. Since deciding to participate in the Holy Land competition, he took it seriously, though he hadn’t paid much attention deep down, not believing anyone could be his opponent. After all, he had killed several Nascent Soul cultivators, and dealing with cultivators even of the Gold Core Realm Perfection wouldn’t take much effort.

This idea wasn’t wrong, but circumstances vary. Just like now, during the Holy Land competition, there would be over ten thousand cultivators at the same level competing with him. It wasn’t impossible for a few monstrous talents comparable to him to emerge among them. If he really went up against them, whether he could win cleanly was indeed uncertain. An oversight could lead to a potentially embarrassing mishap.

Meanwhile, Qi Tian and his group saw Lu Songsheng while queuing. This influential figure in Wanjie City, at this moment, could only obediently line up and enjoy no privileges.

The Holy Land had no special rules regarding queuing. Each team only needed to send one representative to line up; it wasn’t necessary for all team members to do so.

Having received Lu Songsheng’s help along the way, Qi Tian felt embarrassed to have Lu queue for them. He spoke with Lu Songsheng, exchanged places with him, and took over the task of queuing for everyone.

Lu Songsheng, still mindful of the bronze carriage he hadn’t put away, didn’t decline and handed the task of queuing to Qi Tian while he hurried off to retrieve the carriage.

As Qi Tian queued, Yi Xuwen and Huang Liuyan could stay by his side, chatting intermittently and sometimes striking up conversations with others in line.

The queue gradually moved forward. Although it was over a hundred meters long, the pace was relatively quick. After a little over an hour, Qi Tian finally entered the inn and reached the counter to check in.

The cultivator in charge of registration, already hoarse and expressionless, asked Qi Tian how many people there were, how many top rooms, middle rooms, and lower rooms were needed?

Before Qi Tian could answer, the cultivator added, “There aren’t many rooms left in the inn. There is only one top room left, five or six middle rooms, while there are none of the lower rooms available.”

Qi Tian wanted to simply ask about the top rooms and lower rooms, but the registrar seemed impatient and just asked if Qi Tian wanted to stay. If he did, he should quickly proceed with the procedures and pay. If not, he should quickly leave and not waste his time.

Clearly, to those foreign to the region, the cultivators from the Holy Land did not entertain the philosophy ‘the customer is always right’; everyone acted like they were the most important.