Swallowing the Stars: Starting with a Meteor Tear

Chapter 107 News from the Ancient Temple

Zhou Yang has been in Luoshui City for almost a month.

During this time, he gained a deeper understanding of the cultivation system of this world by purchasing some books and secretly using soul-controlling techniques.

In this world, to embark on the path of cultivation, one must go through the step of 'awakening'.

Every city and larger town has a ritual array for awakening.

By offering specific sacrifices, one can receive the "divine blood" bestowed by the "Ancient God".

By integrating "divine blood" into the body, one can activate specific divine treasures, thus embarking on a special path of awakening and cultivation.

Furthermore, depending on the offerings, the divine blood bestowed can be categorized into 'complete divine blood' and 'fragments of divine blood'.

The vast majority of people in this world awaken using 'Fragments of Divine Blood'. The highest level of cultivation these people can reach is Silver Moon level, which is equivalent to the cosmic level in the outside world.

Those who awaken using 'complete divine blood' can cultivate all the way to the highest 'Ancient God Realm' (immortal god).

However, the offerings required to obtain 'complete divine blood' are extremely rare.

Therefore, in the entire city of Luoshui, no more than five people can awaken using "complete divine blood" in each decade.

Moreover, these people are basically all from the three major sects of Luoshui City—Tianyin Sect, Iron Dragon Society, and Sha Dao Alliance.

The reason is simple: these three major sects monopolize all sacrificial arrays within the territory of Luoshui City.

Even if someone is not from one of these three major sects and has enough offerings, they cannot initiate a ritual to obtain the divine blood.

"This 'Ancient God Blood' must have other wonderful uses, otherwise these major sects wouldn't value this sacrificial array so much."

"Furthermore, the high-level formations that can obtain 'complete divine blood' are not easy to approach. Each of these three major sects likely has a Blazing Sun level (Domain Lord level) expert guarding it. Forcing our way in would be too dangerous."

In Wangjiang Tower, an extremely prosperous restaurant in Luoshui City.

Zhou Yang sat by the window, lost in thought.

Suddenly, his gaze fell upon a group of people passing by below.

To be precise, they saw the silver-armored young man in the center of the group, riding a star-level savage beast.

He had been in Luoshui City for nearly a month and naturally knew some of the important figures there. He recognized the person passing by below at a glance.

"I heard that Yuwen Zhao, the young master of the Tianyin Sect, recently took a concubine. So it's quite normal for him to request a drop of 'complete divine blood' for his child in advance, right?"

A smile gradually appeared on Zhou Yang's lips.

"You are the one!"

After a while.

On the streets of Luoshui City, Yuwen Zhao, the young master of the Tianyin Sect, riding a Star-level savage beast, was heading towards a certain brothel in the city, surrounded by a group of guards.

Pedestrians who saw them quickly gave way, their gazes filled with fear and envy.

Yuwen Zhao thoroughly enjoyed the admiring gazes of the crowd.

He sat atop the powerful blue-scaled beast, nodding and smiling in a feignedly friendly manner at the passersby around him.

"what?"

His gaze inadvertently met that of a young man in black armor standing by the roadside.

Strangely, in the young man's eyes, he did not see the same fear and timidity as others, but rather a darkness and profundity like a bottomless abyss.

Under his gaze, the black-armored youth seemed to smile slightly at him, and he instantly fell into endless despair.

"Owner!"

A thought echoed in Zhou Yang's mind.

Zhou Yang returned to his temporary residence at Wangjiang Tower and waited quietly.

The young sect leader, Yuwen Zhao, also returned to the Tianyin Sect "normally".

A month later, news spread within the Tianyin Sect that Yuwen Zhao's new concubine was pregnant.

Yuwen Zhao then took the opportunity to ask the Tianyin Sect Master for a drop of 'complete divine blood' to be used for the awakening of his unborn child.

Although the process was fraught with twists and turns, he eventually managed to persuade his father, the sect leader, to grant him a drop of 'complete divine blood' before the child was born.

Needless to say, Yuwen Zhao's actions caused his concubines to fight over him.

Zhou Yang, on the other hand, quietly settled down at Wangjiang Tower, silently studying "Life Evolution" to improve his understanding of the laws, while waiting for news from Yuwen Zhao.

However, before Yuwen Zhao could receive any news, an unexpected figure appeared before him.

"Little Shi Dong? Didn't you successfully join the Iron Dragon Society? Why aren't you cultivating properly? Why have you come here again?"

Standing before him was Shi Dong, the young man whom the middle-aged man had entrusted to bring to Luoshui City.

The boy seemed to have some connections left by his father, and after parting ways with him, he quickly and successfully joined the Iron Dragon Society, one of the three major sects.

Now, seeing that his body is full of blood and energy, and his aura is comparable to the fourth stage of awakening (fourth level of planetary level), it seems that he has obtained a true method suitable for his cultivation and has successfully cultivated it.

But now, Shi Dong's youthful face showed some pain and confusion.

Then, he actually knelt down directly in front of Zhou Yang.

"Brother Meteor, I... I'd like to ask you for a favor."

"Um?"

Zhou Yang frowned slightly.

I came to this world solely for cultivation missions and have no intention of getting too involved with the local inhabitants.

It was fine to bring the boy to Luoshui City on the way, but I had no intention of continuing to be his nanny.

The young man seemed to sense Zhou Yang's displeasure and quickly said:

"Brother Meteor, don't worry, I won't let you help for nothing. I'll exchange a piece of information for you—information about the ancient temple ruins!"

"Oh?"

Hearing the boy's words, Zhou Yang raised an eyebrow.

The cultivation mission he accepted was called "Ruins of the Ancient Temple," and the core of this world was the place known as the ruins of the ancient temple.

That was also what Zhou Yang suspected was the greatest secret of this world.

Zhou Yang couldn't help but look at the boy in front of him.

"News about the ruins of the ancient temple? You're just an ordinary village boy, and you've only been a member of the Iron Dragon Society for less than half a year. How could you possibly have any information about the ancient temple?"

"It's my father!"

"That's what the boy said."

"My father is not dead, but has been imprisoned by the Iron Dragon Society."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yang frowned slightly.

"How do you know all this?"

"Someone helped me."

A look of gratitude flashed across young Shi Dong's face.

"Back then, my father joined the Iron Dragon Society. After I joined the Iron Dragon Society, I secretly investigated the reason for his disappearance. Later, I unexpectedly encountered one of my father's sworn brothers."

"After confirming my identity, he told me that my father was not actually dead."

"It was also with his help that I infiltrated the guards and successfully met my father. He told me the reason for his imprisonment, which included the secret of the ancient temple ruins!"

However, as he listened to his words, Zhou Yang's brows furrowed even more deeply.

After a moment, he couldn't help but let out a heavy sigh.

"Silly boy, you're being used and you don't even realize it!"

(End of this chapter)