Hide in the world of gods and demons

Chapter 186 Sleepless Night

As the giant red tree, resembling a pillar of heaven, and the magnificent cultivation city gradually came into view...

Apart from Chen Li, who had been there once before and was already used to it, everyone else was dumbfounded and shocked.

As the regional center of the desolate west, it is the only major sect with the Nascent Soul stage.

The prosperity and bustle here need no further explanation.

Huge flying ships of various models flew overhead from time to time, heading towards Stanley City or flying from Stanley City to all directions. Cultivators flying in the air on their flying ships were even more numerous, shuttling back and forth like swimming fish.

Compared to Stanley City, Luanluo City is nothing more than a small, remote town.

Once they got a little closer, Chen Li controlled the shuttle to land in an open space. After retracting the shuttle, the group walked forward and soon reached the main road, blending into the crowd.

After walking all the way to the city gate, Chen Li paid the entrance fee of six low-grade spirit stones.

"Where to next?" Zhou Hong asked.

"First, find an inn to stay, eat, and rest for a couple of days. Then, slowly look for a house. It would be best to buy one, but renting is also an option," Chen Li said with considerable arrogance after making a windfall.

With the spirit stones he has, he should be able to afford a decent courtyard house.

Chen Li knew the place well and chose the same inn he had stayed at last time, requesting two rooms.

The implied meaning is that the three maids share one room.

Chen Li and the other two were in another room.

After all, this way it's cheaper!
Zhang Shuniang, with her delicate face, lowered her head to look at her toes, her face flushed, and dared not utter a sound.

"So expensive!" Zhou Hong pretended to be calm and tugged at Chen Li's arm: "Actually, we don't need to stay in such nice places. We just need a place to stay."

"This is a third-tier spiritual land, and prices are high. Inns are basically all this price. Don't worry about spirit stones, I know what I'm doing."

Most guesthouses offer both food and lodging.

However, meals are not included in the room rate.

Chen Li ordered a table full of dishes, several of which were cooked with second-tier spiritual ingredients.

Bai Wei and the other maids were terrified, but they refused to sit at the table no matter what. In the end, the waiter had to give them a portion to eat in their room.

The dishes here are prepared in a way that is very different from those in Luanluo City. The dishes are more refined and have a completely different flavor. It seems that a special secret method is used in the cooking process, resulting in a rich and layered taste. You can feel several different flavors in every bite.

It can be said that apart from being relatively expensive, it has no drawbacks!
……

Had lunch.

Chen Li accompanied the two women shopping.

As it turns out, even female monks are first and foremost women, and there is no difference between the two worlds when it comes to enjoying shopping.

Moreover, they have better physical strength and more energy.

Zhou Hong and Zhang Shuniang walked hand in hand, chatting and laughing. When they saw something unusual, they would whisper to each other and burst into laughter.

One woman was a charming and elegant lady, while the other was beautiful and graceful. Wherever they went, they attracted many lecherous glances.

"Looking at that big tree from here, we can't really tell how big it is. We'll go closer and take a look later, and then we'll know how big it is."

Chen Li pointed to the fiery red giant tree and said with a smile.

"Can I look at this up close?"

Zhang Shuniang blinked, excited like a little girl, and almost jumped for joy.

Chen Li found it amusing; she was always the happiest when they went out for a stroll. But it was understandable; having been confined to a small room by her father since childhood and rarely having the chance to step outside, it was easy to imagine how much she longed to go out and play, a longing that had continued to this day.

"Of course! And it looks even better at night!"

The two women started their stroll at noon and played until nightfall. They even made a special trip to see the giant tree. When they returned, they were still full of excitement and hadn't had enough.

Chen Li had lived here for almost a month, but apart from being very familiar with a few auction houses in the city, he hadn't really explored as much as he had this afternoon.

……

night.

Afterwards! Looking at the two girls, their bodies exposed to the spring light, and the crabapple blossoms in full bloom.

Chen Li tossed and turned, unable to sleep because the image of his fellow disciples dying tragically kept flashing through his mind.

They traveled from Luanluo Mountain all the way to Chizhu City, and then prepared to settle here permanently.

He thought he was ready, but he wasn't.

Back in the time of the True Sect, with the patriarch present, there were tall figures to hold up the sky if it collapsed. In addition, there were many fellow disciples, so he felt somewhat secure. Now, having drifted to this unfamiliar land with his wife and concubines, he felt nothing during the day, but in the stillness of the night, a sense of loneliness and unease quietly welled up in his heart.

During the time of the True Sect, the Golden Elixir was a rare sight.

But here, all sorts of people mingle, and Golden Core cultivators can often be seen coming and going.

"Once we find a place to stay, we'll set up the 'Earth Bright Light Array'..." Chen Li pondered to himself.
"Wouldn't this be a bit too eye-catching?"

The third-tier mid-grade magic array possessed obscure magical power and densely packed energy.

It does not inherently possess the function of "concealing one's vital energy".

After all, this magic array was originally used in the library, and its purpose was to deter wrongdoing; such a function was completely unnecessary.

This also results in the situation even when it is partially open.

Anyone with even a basic understanding of formations can sense its extraordinary nature at a glance.

Such a high-grade magic array would make even a Golden Core cultivator envious. If the holder were a Foundation Establishment cultivator, it would be like a child holding gold; anyone who saw it would probably be tempted to snatch it.

Although the formation is powerful, it is more than enough to defend against a mid-stage Golden Core cultivator. If one is lucky and the opponent is careless, it is not impossible to kill them.

But he can't stay in the magic circle forever; he has to go outside eventually.

Whether he lives or dies at that time will be out of his control.

But I feel uneasy if I don't use it.

If some insurmountable danger were to occur, we wouldn't even have the ability to resist!

I'm really torn.

"I wonder if adding a second-tier low-grade 'Yin Yang Five Elements Gathering Spirit Array' on the outside would be enough to conceal it?" Chen Li suddenly had an idea.

I can't fall asleep!

Chen Li simply got dressed and got up.

He took out the jade slip containing "Detailed Explanation of the Earth Bright Light Array" from his storage bag, intending to study how to set up the array first.

The jade slip was found in Ji Kai's private storage bag, along with four secondary control tokens for magic arrays, which could control the arrays to make simple entry and exit.

This saved him a lot of trouble; otherwise, just figuring out how to arrange the formation would have been enough of a headache for him.

Although his brain training had greatly improved his thinking speed and memory, he remembered exactly how each array artifact was arranged, its exact location, and its distance from each other.

But even setting aside the fact that a slight difference can lead to a huge discrepancy, the flow of spiritual energy, the undulations of the terrain, and the protective array of the city are completely different between the two.

Especially the protective array above Stanley City.

The existence of this grand formation transformed the disordered spiritual energy of Stanley City's spiritual veins into an orderly flow, creating a stable current.

To set up a magic array within the city, one must follow the flow of spiritual energy and be compatible with the city's protective array; one cannot go against it.

Otherwise, what consequences might result, let's leave that aside for now.

Even if we can manage to set it up successfully.

I wonder how much power it will be able to unleash?
Chen Li suppressed his chaotic thoughts, calmed his mind, and focused his spiritual consciousness into the jade slip.

Soon, a flood of information rushed into my mind.

After Chen Li finished digesting the contents of the jade slip, his head was slightly throbbing.

"This is far more complex than the Yin-Yang Five Elements Gathering Spirit Array. It seems I'll have to study it thoroughly before I can actually get started!" Chen Li rubbed his temples, thinking to himself.

Fortunately, he now possesses the entire library of the True Sect, and has no shortage of books related to formations.