Shrouding the Sky: The System Arrived Thirty Years Early

Luo Qianqiu chuckled and transmitted his thoughts, saying, "Don't be surprised. A great calamity once occurred in the Northern Region, and many places lost their life force. But this land has many oases, which are the true manifestation of the Northern Region's prosperity."

Upon hearing this, Lin Jia nodded slightly, indicating that she understood.

Just then, a rainbow descended from the sky, towering above everyone with immense power.

The rioting crowd quieted down and dared not make any more noise.

The light was restrained, revealing a middle-aged man in his thirties or forties with a full head of black hair and an imposing expression.

"Those who signed the contract with the Zhou Kingdom, stay. The rest may leave on their own." He left only this sentence and then fell silent.

Dozens of people left the high platform and headed towards the valley entrance.

However, after turning a corner, there were several cultivators guarding the entrance to the valley, requiring them to show their domain tickets. Only after confirming that everything was correct would they be allowed to leave.

Immediately, some people in the crowd had a drastic change in expression, cold sweat poured from their foreheads, and their legs were trembling.

Luo Qianqiu only needed to glance at it to know what was going on.

Clearly, someone was trying to take advantage of the situation, but they didn't expect there to be a ticket check step.

"Where's your ticket?"

I lost it by accident.

Just then, a dramatic scene unfolded in the valley. After being caught red-handed trying to take advantage of the chaos, he attempted to resist, claiming that he had accidentally lost his ticket.

The young man guarding the exit grinned maliciously, his gaze turning fierce. "Lost? You think I'm a fool?"

The man, around thirty years old, was nervously swallowing hard as he prepared to leave the valley. But with the die cast, he had no choice but to go all the way. He insisted, "I really did buy a ticket, but I accidentally lost it. You can go back to the Southern Region and ask that steward; I bought my ticket from him."

The young man's eyes turned sinister. Suddenly, he struck out with his palm, hitting the man in the chest. With a crack, the man's feet left the ground, and he flew three or four meters away before crashing heavily to the ground.

"I've given you a chance, but you're still being stubborn. If you don't want to leave, then crawl back."

After saying that, the young man coldly scanned the crowd and said, "I'll give you one last chance. Those who didn't buy tickets, get back and don't waste my time."

Instantly, more than half of the people turned pale with fright and quickly turned back to the valley.

After clearing out those who were trying to take advantage of the situation, the progress suddenly accelerated, and in less than fifteen minutes, all the ticket buyers had arrived outside the valley.

There were over three hundred people who crossed the domain gate to the Northern Region, but only seventeen of them bought tickets themselves, and all of them were cultivators who had escaped the Sea of ​​Suffering.

No one exchanged pleasantries; everyone watched the others warily before quickly leaving the area.

"Where do we go next?" Lin Jia looked at the desolate land in front of her and couldn't help but feel lost, having no idea where to go.

This place is so desolate, with the red earth stretching as far as the eye can see, dotted only by occasional reddish-brown boulders, making it difficult to discern directions.

Luo Qianqiu did not rush to find a direction, but turned around and looked at the valley behind him.

At this moment, the "power" of heaven and earth changed in his eyes. The essence behind the valley soared into the sky, extremely rich, and its source was clearly from beneath the earth.

Clearly, there is a source vein there, surging with vital energy, creating a unique celestial "force".

"Is this the 'momentum' of a source mineral vein underground?" Luo Qianqiu realized in his heart, then turned his head and looked around, trying to find a similar 'momentum' of heaven and earth.

However, his cultivation level was too low, and he could only see the "momentum" about ten miles away at most. Apart from the source mineral veins of the Zhou Kingdom, he did not gain anything.

"Let's choose a direction first, and then take it one step at a time," Luo Qianqiu murmured to himself, then took Lin Jia's hand and headed east.

He didn't ride the divine rainbow; that would be too conspicuous and might attract unnecessary trouble.

"Bang!", "Bang!", "Bang!"...

After walking for about several dozen miles, Luo Qianqiu suddenly stopped and looked ahead.

"What's wrong?" Lin Jia asked, puzzled.

"There's a battle going on about ten miles ahead," Luo Qianqiu said, frowning.

Lin Jia was taken aback and said, "It's the people in front of us. Did they run into trouble?"

After emerging from the valley, the dozen or so people scattered and chose different directions to leave, with several heading east.

"It seems like they're just waiting for us to come to them. Someone's got their eyes on people like us who bought tickets to come to the Northern Region." After a moment of thought, Luo Qianqiu made a guess.

"A blatant robbery, and so close to Zhou Guoyu's gate, don't they do anything about it?" Lin Jia was somewhat shocked.

Luo Qianqiu shook his head and looked ahead, saying, "We can't control it. The Northern Region is rich in resources, which leads to rampant bandits and makes it a chaotic place. Not only are there locals, but also outlaws from the other five regions, who all choose to come to the Northern Region of the Eastern Wilderness to make their way in the wild."

Lin Jia was stunned. After a moment, she finally spoke, "Should we leave in a different direction?"

The northern region is vast, and even though bandits roam freely here, it's impossible for them to surround an area of ​​a hundred miles. Changing direction might allow us to avoid these bandits.

"No need, let's go take a look ahead. We need the source too," Luo Qianqiu said meaningfully.

As he spoke, Dao patterns appeared beneath his feet, and the vast land seemed to shrink. With one step, the ground shook, and the mountains and rivers seemed to move.

This scene, similar to shrinking the earth to an inch, is a deeper application of the "Dao Pattern," which to some extent rewrites the order of heaven and earth, shrinking thousands of mountains into a single step.

Of course, Luo Qianqiu has not yet reached that level. The Dao patterns he has condensed can only allow him to travel two or three miles per step at most.

Even so, this is still an extraordinary thing, and ordinary experts at the third or fourth level of the Dao Palace do not possess such abilities.

This is because it involves the application of "Dao patterns," and not everyone has the profound knowledge of "Dao patterns" like Luo Qianqiu.

Lin Jia felt a blur before her eyes, and when she reappeared, the scenery had changed drastically; they were standing on a Gobi Desert.

She was somewhat shocked; Luo Qianqiu had never shown this skill before, and this was the first time she had seen it.

"Did you learn it from the memories of the Crocodile Ancestor's Divine Embryo again?" Lin Jia couldn't help but ask.

"This is the power of 'Dao Patterns,' which is mysterious and unpredictable to cultivators of lower realms, but in the eyes of someone at the level of Crocodile Ancestor, 'Dao Patterns' are merely the manifestation of the rules of heaven and earth, which can be created at will," Luo Qianqiu said.

"It's practically an angel investor on your path of self-cultivation," Lin Jia couldn't help but exclaim.

"What a coincidence, I think so too." Luo Qianqiu smiled, and the 'Dao Pattern' condensed again. The two disappeared into the Gobi Desert.

After several flashes, the two appeared on a small hill several tens of feet high.

A hundred feet away, blood flowed, adding an eerie red hue to the already crimson earth.

Several figures collapsed to the ground, lifeless.