Shrouding the Sky: The System Arrived Thirty Years Early

After leaving the town, the two continued their journey at a fast pace, passing through town after town, and inadvertently gleaning a great deal of information.

Their understanding of Beidou gradually became clearer through the discussions among the people of Zhetianlu.

This was the first time Luo Qianqiu had truly grasped the significance of a passerby in the game "Covering the Sky," given the sheer breadth of information they possessed.

And so, after a hurried journey of about three days, they left the State of Tan and entered the territory of the State of Zhou.

The State of Zhou. This was an ancient state that had existed for tens of thousands of years, with a territory spanning tens of thousands of miles. It was one of the most prominent and powerful states in the surrounding area.

A country like this is exceptionally powerful, no less so than many ancient religions, and has a giant of the Sendai Secret Realm level overseeing it.

Upon entering the Zhou Kingdom, everything changed. The population was increasing, the number of cultivators was increasing, and the number of majestic ancient cities was also increasing.

At this moment, Luo Qianqiu and Lin Jia stood in front of an ancient city. The majestic city walls and towering gate towers were unlike any other city in a small country. The city was magnificent and imposing. The black walls gleamed with a cold light, like a giant dragon lying on the ground.

In the middle of the city gate tower, there is a huge plaque with several ancient characters written on it, written in a vigorous and powerful style: Qiyuan City!

This ancient city is renowned within a radius of 100,000 li (approximately 50,000 kilometers) and is one of the four ancient cities of the Zhou State.

Ordinary people and cultivators live together in the city, and cultivators who are usually high and mighty can be seen everywhere in this city.

Once inside the city, the streets were bustling with traffic and lined with shops selling all sorts of things.

Then, Luo Qianqiu and Lin Jia began to sell off their goods like ancient beast skins, claws, horns, scales, and herbs.

Over the past year, they have accumulated many similar items, especially a spiritual herb called Tianbaozhi, which is quite valuable. After selling all of them, they also harvested several dozen kilograms of low-quality raw materials.

Not much, but enough to buy two tickets to the Northern Region, and even have two jin of resources left over.

The Beidou star field is vast and boundless, roughly divided into five regions: the Eastern Wilderness, the Western Desert, the Southern Ridge, the Northern Plain, and the Central Plain.

Luo Qianqiu is currently in the Southern Region of the Eastern Wilderness, one of the five major regions, and his next destination is the Northern Region of the Eastern Wilderness, which is rich in source minerals.

Although they are both in the Eastern Wilderness, the distance between the Southern and Northern Domains is very far, making it difficult for cultivators of lower realms to cross. In this case, they need to cross the distance by using array platforms that are inscribed with "momentum", which are also known as domain gates.

As one of the four ancient cities of the Zhou Kingdom, Qiyuan City has a one-way gate to the Northern Region. As long as you pay "source", you can cross it, or you can sign an agreement with the Zhou Kingdom to mine for them for ten years and you can also take the gate to the Northern Region for free.

Three days later, Luo Qianqiu and Lin Jia arrived at a huge stone platform engraved with countless Dao patterns.

At this moment, the platform was already crowded with people, their faces showing tension and anticipation for the future.

Clearly, a large portion of these people believed the claim that the Northern Region was full of Origin Points and were preparing to go there to make a quick buck.

But once they get there, they will find out just how cruel the truth is.

The Northern Region is a hell for the weak and a paradise for the strong. It is many times more chaotic than the Southern Region. Bandits roam freely, unafraid of the sacred lands of noble families. As a result, many people imitate them, and there are countless roving bandits and thieves.

For cultivators at the lower levels, it's no exaggeration to say that every step they take is extremely difficult. Without a skill, even survival is a problem, let alone making a fortune.

For those who have work to do, the situation is completely different from that of ordinary cultivators; they can live a very comfortable life there.

Just like Luo Qianqiu, after he was strong enough to barely protect himself, his first thought was to go to the Northern Region to gamble on stones and develop his career.

He doesn't possess the power of source magic, but thanks to the sponsorship of angel investors, his understanding of the grand scheme of things is extraordinary.

In this respect, even many masters from families of Origin Arts are greenhorns in his presence.

With this special skill, gambling on stones was not a difficult task for Luo Qianqiu.

To put it bluntly, if a Great Sage wanted to gamble on stones, even without using his extraordinary cultivation, his vision and understanding of the world's trends alone would be far superior to that of a so-called Origin Technique Grandmaster. The two are not even in the same league.

Of course, Luo Qianqiu is not a Great Sage; he only possesses some of the other party's memories and understanding of the general trend of heaven and earth, so the effect is definitely greatly reduced.

Even so, it should be no problem for him to be on par with a typical Source Technique Master, and earning some cultivation resources through this would be no problem at all.

Time passed gradually, and as noon approached, the Xuan Yu Platform was crowded with people, a vast expanse of about three hundred people, including cultivators, but mostly ordinary people.

Luo Qianqiu and Lin Jia blended in among them, concealing all their auras and remaining inconspicuous, quietly waiting for the Xuan Yu Platform to open.

After a while, the steward guarding this place finally arrived late. Seeing that the Xuanyu Platform was already full of people, he did not waste any words and activated the Xuanyu Platform with his divine power.

"boom!"

A blazing light shot into the sky, the Dao patterns on the Xuan Yu Platform glowed, ripples appeared in the void, and the person on the platform disappeared.

Absolute stillness, as if there were no concept of time, an endless void, pitch black, with nothing visible.

I don't know how much time passed, but the feeling disappeared, and light appeared before my eyes, breaking the silence of the darkness.

The void split open, and the group appeared in a stone valley.

The Northern Regions, we've arrived!

Many people smiled the moment they regained their sight, as if they were about to embark on a brand new life.

But when he saw the scene before him clearly, his smile froze.

As far as the eye could see, there were no scenes of blooming flowers, no towering city walls, and not even a single bird.

The land was desolate, bearing no resemblance to the imagined prosperity. Red soil and reddish-brown rocks were all that this land possessed.

Apart from that, there wasn't even a blade of grass. If people hadn't known beforehand, they would never have thought this was the Northern Region.

No, what does this barren land, devoid of any life, have to do with the legendary northern region, where gold and jewels are said to be everywhere?

"Where is this? A transit point on the way to the Northern Regions?"

Some people in the crowd refused to give up and continued to deceive themselves in this way.

But some people, faced with reality, couldn't help but cry out in despair.

"My God, I signed a ten-year agreement with the Zhou Kingdom to mine for them for ten years in order to come to the Northern Region, and this is the place I got in return."

At that moment, hundreds of people were stunned, feeling a sense of shattered hope.

Not only mortals, but also some cultivators are now having bad thoughts.

The twenty kilograms of source energy they used to buy the domain ticket was money they had saved up for a long time. They originally wanted to try their luck in the Northern Domain, but given the current situation, they would probably lose everything.

"Is this the Northern Region? It doesn't look like a place rich in mineral resources." Lin Jia's voice was so faint that it reached Luo Qianqiu's ears.