403: Chapter 403 The Desolate Immortal City

Sitting cross-legged inside his Immortal Cave, Chen Hu considered whether he should Cultivate an Immortal technique.

Even though he currently possessed the cultivation of a Ninth Stage Taiyi Golden Immortal, he did not know a single Immortal technique.

"Forget it. Since I'm idle anyway, I might as well purchase a few Immortal techniques to Cultivate!"

Possessing the Heaven-Defying Comprehension Ability trait meant that although he couldn't Cultivate an Immortal technique to Perfection in just a few short hours, it wouldn't take much time to go from Introductory to Mastery.

He pulled up the System Mall and entered 'Taiyi Golden Immortal Rank Immortal technique' into the search box.

He clicked search, and subsequently, a vast number of Immortal techniques appeared on the page.

Because he possessed the Sword Dao Supreme trait, Chen Hu focused on sword-type Immortal techniques when making his selection.

Eventually, he selected an Immortal technique named 'Crimson Flame Immortal Sword Art'.

Moreover, the price wasn't expensive—only 3 trillion.

He chose to purchase it.

Fusion!

The 'Crimson Flame Immortal Sword Art' immediately reached the Introductory state.

Subsequently, Chen Hu began to comprehend this Immortal Sword Art.

The Heaven-Defying Comprehension Ability and Sword Dao Supreme traits activated simultaneously.

In less than an hour, he had cultivated this Immortal Sword Art to the Mastery level.

Seeing that it was still early before daybreak, Chen Hu continued his comprehension.

Two hours later, the Realm of this Immortal Sword Art advanced further, reaching the Minor Achievement state.

The next moment, Chen Hu condensed a foot-long, crimson Sword Qi.

"Pfft!"

The Sword Qi shot out from his fingertip and instantly submerged into the rock.

The Sword Qi traveled over eight thousand meters through the rock before its energy was exhausted.

Furthermore, the Sword Qi carried its own splash and burning power.

Wherever the Sword Qi passed, it left behind a crystallized hole about one meter in diameter.

"Tsk tsk, this power is probably even stronger than a Perfection-level 'Crimson Flame Immortal Sword Art'!" Chen Hu thought to himself.

The power of the laws in the Immortal Realm was very strong, greatly restricting the strength of Immortals.

Experts in the Dao Integration Realm could tear through space in the Lower Realm, but in the Immortal Realm, even a Taiyi Golden Immortal could not tear the Void Realm.

Chen Hu estimated that perhaps only by reaching the Grand Unity Golden Immortal level could one tear the Void Realm.

"It's dawn. What should I do now?" Chen Hu glanced at the sky outside and muttered to himself.

After communicating with those six Immortal soldiers yesterday, Chen Hu knew that if an Immortal wanted to move about within an Immortal City, they had to obtain an Immortal Token.

The Immortal Token was bound to one's own Immortal Soul.

Therefore, even if one stole another person's Immortal Token, they would be unable to use it.

Consequently, anyone without an Immortal Token who appeared within an Immortal City could be directly arrested or killed if discovered by patrolling Immortal soldiers.

If others discovered them, they could also report them.

As for the unlicensed Immortals who were caught, if they had crimes against their name, they would be executed immediately.

If they were innocent, or if their crimes were not serious, they would be sent to mine.

The kind without a salary.

Most people in the Lower Realm believed that the Lifespan of an Immortal was endless.

In fact, that was not the case.

Immortals also had a Lifespan; they just lived longer than those in the Lower Realm.

The Lifespan of an ordinary Human Immortal was between 100,000 and 1,000,000 years.

An Earth Immortal could live up to 2,000,000 years.

A Heavenly Immortal could live for 5,000,000 years.

A Profound Immortal could live for 10,000,000 years.

A Golden Immortal, also known as an Immortal of Immortality, could live for 100,000,000 years.

A Grand Unity Golden Immortal could live for 1,000,000,000 years.

A Hunyuan Golden Immortal could live for 10,000,000,000 years.

Only by reaching the Wuji Golden Immortal Realm could one achieve eternal life.

Returning to the main topic, the Immortal Token was only for low-level Immortals.

As long as you reached the Profound Immortal Realm, no one would come to trouble you even if you didn't have an Immortal Token.

Now, Chen Hu was already a Ninth Stage Taiyi Golden Immortal.

As long as he leaked his aura slightly, even the City Lord of Linhe City would have to respectfully call him 'Senior Immortal' or 'Senior' upon seeing him.

Thus, Chen Hu decided to take a stroll in Linhe City and experience the customs of the Immortal land.

Walking out of his Immortal Cave, Chen Hu soared into the sky, flying towards Linhe City.

Compared to yesterday when he brought Deputy Sect Master Yun Lan to Tianyu Sect, his speed had improved significantly.

In less than a quarter of an hour, he had arrived before the gates of Linhe City.

Watching Chen Hu descend from the sky, the Immortal soldiers guarding the gate tightened their expressions.

When he passed by, they all lowered their heads to show respect.

These Immortal soldiers were all old veterans who had lived for many years.

They could completely judge the approximate strength of the other party based on their flight speed.

Although Heavenly Immortals could fly, their speed was not fast and was very easy to identify.

The speed of a Profound Immortal was much faster than that of a Heavenly Immortal.

But as for this master before them, they hadn't even seen how he appeared.

Therefore, they could judge that this person before them was either a Late Stage Profound Immortal or a Taiyi Golden Immortal who had surpassed the Late Stage of the Profound Immortal Realm.

For a big shot of this level, even if he killed all of them, the City Lord wouldn't say anything.

After stepping into the Linhe Immortal City, Chen Hu did not use his Immortal Sense to investigate, but instead used his eyes to observe.

To tell the truth, after strolling around the city for half an hour, Chen Hu felt somewhat disappointed.

Because compared to the vibrant cities of the Lower Realm, this Immortal City in the Immortal Realm gave him a feeling of being lifeless.

Immortals on the street were very scarce.

Occasionally seeing a few, they were also in a hurry.

Especially restaurants and entertainment venues; they were quite rare.

Thus, Chen Hu couldn't help but cover the entire city with his Immortal Sense, and was surprised to discover that an Immortal City with a population of millions actually only had a mere seven restaurants.

Moreover, they were all small in scale.

The largest one was a restaurant relatively close to the City Lord's Mansion.

However, there were quite a few small taverns.

Almost every street had a small tavern, selling Low Grade Immortal wine and cheap side dishes.

Besides that, the buildings in this city also appeared quite dilapidated.

Therefore, Chen Hu found a small tavern and walked in.

He ordered a pot of wine.

Since there was no business in the shop, Chen Hu called the manager over to drink and chat.

It just so happened that the manager was free and very willing to chat with Chen Hu.

After some casual chatting, Chen Hu finally understood why Linhe Immortal City looked like this.

Actually, it wasn't just Linhe Immortal City; most Immortal cities were like this.

The reason was very simple.

Most of the residents in the city were bottom-tier Immortals.

During the day, these bottom-tier Immortals were all out mining in the mines outside the city.

Therefore, few people could be seen in the city.

The dilapidated houses were for the same reason.

Even if better houses were built, bottom-tier Immortals couldn't afford to rent them.

Similarly, the scarcity of restaurants was due to the same logic.

Bottom-tier Immortals had no money; what was the use of building more restaurants when they couldn't afford to consume there at all?

As for the large number of small taverns, they served the bottom-tier Immortals.

Because the Low Grade Immortal wine in the small taverns was cheap, a pot of wine only cost one Immortal Fragment.

It took 100 Immortal Fragments to exchange for one Low Grade Immortal Crystal.

Those who were mining, after a hard day's work, could drink a pot of wine to relax, and the price was not expensive, so they could afford it.

This was the reason why there were so many small taverns.

Chatting away, the pot of Immortal wine was finished.

Chen Hu asked if there was any better Immortal wine.

The manager told Chen Hu that he had self-brewed Immortal wine in his shop, which cost one Low Grade Immortal Crystal per pot.

Chen Hu ordered a pot directly.

The two continued to drink and chat.

The manager talked even more, and the conversation went deeper.

More than an hour later, Chen Hu left the small tavern.

He was very disappointed with the current Immortal Realm.

He felt that this Immortal Realm was not nearly as fun as the Lower Realm.

However, he still intended to settle down in Linhe Immortal City for the time being.

After all, he could cheat to improve his cultivation, but his women couldn't.

Once they ascended to the Human Immortal Realm, the cultivation environment within the Small World would no longer be suitable for them.