C12 Find a Backer

Moreover, what he obtained was the colossal beast's most heaven-defying move: Great Sky Falling Palm!

This was the final move of the huge beast. The hundred zhang palm covered the entire sky, as if it wanted to crush everything in the world. Even someone as strong as the white-clothed person had difficulty resisting, it was only Phoenix and Blood Blade that managed to break it in the end.

When this fingernail was broken, the beast had controlled it to fight with the golden blood. This was the will of the beast.

Perhaps at that time, the huge beast wanted to use its fingernails to execute the Sky Collapsing Palm, but it was blocked by the white-robed man, causing it to remain in its fingernails and not be released. Now, it was taken advantage of by Lei Ao.

With one palm, it was a heaven-defying, earth-shattering, heaven-defying technique!

Lei Ao was shocked. This Sky Shattering Palm technique was not difficult to learn, but it was not easy to fully comprehend because there was a trace of the Heavenly Dao's rules contained within.

Lei Ao only needed half an hour to execute it. His palm was able to materialize to a size of half a meter. Although he could use its form, its power couldn't even compare to a giant beast's fur.

Even so, Lei Ao was still very satisfied. The Heavenly Dao wasn't something that just anyone could comprehend, and that would take a long time. Now that he had a small world, as long as he could evolve a small world, he would still have time to comprehend the Heavenly Dao sooner or later.

Then, Lei Ao tried summoning the half nail. When it flew out of his little world, it turned into a shield floating in front of him.

The shield was entirely black, and its surface looked like it was made of black iron. There were no decorative patterns on it. Lei Ao looked around, but could not find anything to test, so he put it back into his body.

He remembered that before it was refined, the nail had been crazily chopped down by the blood knife hundreds of times, but it was still not damaged in the slightest. The degree of hardness could be seen from this.

Seeing that it was almost noon and he had been busy the whole morning, he finally got rid of the unstable elements in the small world. Lei Ao walked towards the city in the distance with satisfaction.

Taixian City.

Staring at the three shabby words on the city gate tower, Lei Ao was indescribably shocked. The words were not carved onto the wall, but were written on top of the city gate tower with great strength. The words unknowingly exuded a profound aura, causing one to unconsciously sink into them.

The city was ancient, the walls cracked from years of erosion, but still solid. It was unknown what day it was, but the people in the city lined up into long lines, surrounding the city gates so tightly that not even a drop of water could trickle through.

Although no one was collecting fees, Lei Ao still found himself in a difficult position. After entering the city, he had to eat, drink and sleep.

Moreover, he discovered that this was not an ordinary city. Most of the people here were Practitioners. He could feel waves of Qi rippling from their bodies. Lei Ao had asked others while he was waiting in line for information.

Not only did the white-robed man send him out of the canyon, he also brought him to the world of Qi warriors. This place was mainly filled with practitioners. There was no empire here, and the cities were divided by the large sects as well. However, there would never be any conflicts between them and the mortals.

Mortal beings lived separately from Qi warriors. Mortal people had cities specially used by mortals, and Qi warriors were forbidden from entering places that normal people lived in. Similarly, mortals couldn't enter the city of Qi warriors.

However, there were always exceptions, such as what Lei Ao saw.

The Immortal City was a city for Practitioners. Every ten years, various large sects would openly accept disciples here. On this day, mortals were allowed to enter the city as well. If they were lucky enough to gain the magical eyes of the various sects, they would be able to bid farewell to the mortals and become a part of the Practitioners.

As for why he chose this place, it was because this ancient city had a special meaning. Although it was owned by a cultivator, it wasn't controlled by any of the sects.

According to legends, in the ancient era, a peerless genius had appeared in the ranks of the Qi warriors. He had only cultivated for three thousand years and had already reached the Immortal Realm. He had then soared into the skies of this ancient city.

Not many people knew his name, but he was the last person to ascend to the Immortal Realm.

In order to remember this immortal, the cultivation world changed the name of this ancient city to the Immortal Seeking City. No sect was allowed to occupy it, and those who violated this rule would be attacked by the various large sects.

In addition, in order to show respect to immortals, martial arts was prohibited in the Immortal-ascending City, even if one had a deep blood feud. As long as one entered the Immortal-ascending City, one had to sit coiled up like a dragon or a tiger. The consequences of recklessly attacking would only attract endless pursuit from the entire cultivation world.

In addition, Lei Ao also understood that the currency used among Practitioners was not silver taels, but a type of ore called "vein crystal". The biggest use of this ore was that it contained a rich amount of Sky and Earth aura. Practitioners would often encounter situations where their energy consumption was too great, and at this time, they could directly absorb the spiritual energy from their veins to replenish their energy.

The person who explained it to Lei Ao even took out one of them for him to see. It was a prismatic stone that was completely transparent. One of it was around the size of a thumb.

The energy crystal was divided into upper, middle, and lower grades. The higher the quality, the higher the concentration of spirit energy. It was very easy to distinguish. It was said that in addition to the third grade, there was also the legendary Crystal King. However, it was only a legend after all, and even the big sects that owned the vein crystal mines had not met him.

After about two hours, Lei Ao finally successfully entered the city and followed the group towards the center.

In the center of the city, a tall platform had been erected, and below it was a long flight of stairs, no less than a hundred levels. Dozens of people were seated on the high platform. These were the representatives of the various large sects. They were trying to figure out the potential of the participants.

As long as one could climb the stairs and arrive in front of them, it was fine. As for which sect one wanted to join, it was up to the participants to choose. Next to the stairs were tens of stone tablets carved with introductions of the various sects.

There was a limit to the number of talented disciples that could be selected, and those over the age of twenty were not allowed to participate.

They believed that after the age of twenty, they would have passed the best age for cultivation and would no longer be able to change the growth of their bone root. Even if they forcefully cultivated, their future achievements would not be too great.

Lei Ao was now living in a foreign land. Not only did he not have any money, but in this cultivation world where the strong preyed on the weak, if he didn't have a backer, then his strength would be bullied no matter how high he was.

Therefore, he had to find someone to rely on. Moreover, he had just started cultivating and couldn't understand a lot of things. If he had a teacher teaching him, he believed that he would progress very quickly.

Dao Sect, Tyrant Sword Pavilion, Floating Flower Palace, Rushing Thunder Sect …

As he followed the stone tablet, he saw that the Floating Flower Palace only recruited females. The other sects didn't have any requirements, which made it hard for Lei Ao to make a decision.

Which one should he enter?

The Daoism was mainly based on the five main arts, the Tyrant Sword Pavilion used the sword as a weapon, and the Rushing Thunder Sect was known for its speed. After careful selection, Lei Ao finally chose the Heavenly Saber Sect.

There was no other reason. Firstly, it was because he himself possessed a blood blade, and secondly, he had obtained a great strength from Phoenix. If it was combined with a weapon, the power would definitely not be as simple as one plus one. Third, that perverted regenerative ability. Even if one was hit, as long as one had one's last breath left, any serious injury would still be able to heal.

With this goal in mind, the next step was to climb the 100 steps and gain the right to enter the sect.

These stairs had been tampered with by the various sects and had an invisible resistance to it. Lei Ao looked around. There were no less than a hundred thousand people entering the city, but there were less than a hundred that could smoothly reach the top of the stairs. Tens of large sects were not enough to share, and there was not even a single person who was unlucky enough to get one.

For example, the blade faction. Currently, the blade faction person in charge had an anxious expression on his face. Almost a day had passed and none of the people that passed the exam had chosen the blade faction. But the thing that made him most unhappy was that the Tyrant Sword Pavilion that acted as the sworn enemy of the blade faction had successfully recruited three disciples with good aptitude.

Today is only the first day. If I am the only disciple that has ever entered the blade faction, then I should receive a lot of attention. With this thought in mind, Lei Ao ascended the stairs.

Hm?!

His body trembled. Although he knew that this step was strange, Lei Ao still almost fell back. This pressure was too great. No wonder there weren't even 100 people that could pass the first step. Just the first step alone had 50 kilograms of resistance.

If it was the past me, I probably wouldn't even make it halfway, but now …