251: Just a scholar

“Comrade! Since you’re here, don’t leave. This place is pretty good!”

Hearing this familiar tone and cadence, Chen Tianming immediately burst out laughing.

“How long have you been here? Why are you still calling me comrade?”

The other person was also stunned.

“Look at my brain, our timelines are different, but honestly, this is really good. There’s a special, magnificent sense of accomplishment!”

Chen Tianming watched this guy gesticulate wildly, and for a moment, he didn't know what to do.

Just then, a frail old man suddenly fell.

The coal on his shoulder scattered all over the ground.

The young man in the yellow hat frowned.

Immediately after, four or five burly men rushed out from the side and gave the earnest old man a beating.

This time, Chen Tianming was not pleased.

“Stop! Why are you hitting him!”

The yellow hat smiled.

“Little brother, you seem quite civilized. Let me explain it to you. All the laborers you see in this area are people who have been to Tianling Peak. They are greedy for pleasure, either committed crimes, or owe money. Coming to my Tang Sect is a form of labor reform punishment. If they don’t work hard, of course they get beaten!”

Chen Tianming had nothing to say, so he just nodded.

“It seems I really can’t adapt to the rules here. I’ll be leaving first!”

Although he left, Chen Tianming kept thinking about the old man who was beaten earlier, all along the way.

The scholar smiled and said,

“In the Small World, the law of the jungle is common sense. That old man might not have committed any major wrongdoing. It’s just those masters who cultivate on Tianling Peak… they have steel bones and iron bodies, and they can punish others however they want!”

Chen Tianming nodded slightly.

But at the same time, he very subtly left his spiritual power imprint on the factory area he had just passed.

As the spiritual power imprint slowly expanded with his mental power, Chen Tianming realized.

All the residents near that factory didn't need money to buy things.

In the shops, whether it was items from the Source World or modern goods from the Great World, they could all be taken for free after reporting their names.

They all used their working hours.

At the same time, many people were fighting on the front lines, guarding the boilers, working non-stop for over ten hours.

After finding out about the factory, Chen Tianming continued to walk.

Ahead, an inn appeared, with a few people stopping at the inn entrance to drink tea. Further ahead, carriages and horses came and went without stopping.

Merchants on their way were also endless.

The scholar explained,

“This is Relay Station Village, also known as Gamus, a village built specifically for traveling merchants and officials.”

Chen Tianming looked inside.

Only then did he discover that there were indeed street vendors on the streets, and quite a few of them.

But in such a remote place, why would anyone be selling things here?

Chen Tianming didn't understand, so he expanded his mental power.

It was then that he discovered that in the market, only a very small number of people would use money and spirit stones to trade with the vendors.

And these people had a very strange rule.

First, their spending was very extravagant and wasteful.

Secondly, the people around them were a group of women who were very close, embracing them, with a circle of male guards outside.

All the vendors looked at these people with gratitude, immediately highlighting the difference in status.

Several people who clearly looked like beggars threw themselves at the feet of these individuals, but were kicked away by the surrounding guards.

The man in the center and the women around him all sneered at the beggars.

It seemed the officials here were quite scoundrels.

However, Chen Tianming had no intention of interfering, and instead continued to walk forward with the scholar.

They passed through several more villages and different cities.

It was as if he had experienced all of history and culture from ancient times to the present.

Chen Tianming suddenly thought,

So this is the mortal world!

The two walked for about half a day more, and finally, ahead was a wilderness.

Walking from day to night, Chen Tianming and the scholar sat down to rest.

The scholar directly told Chen Tianming,

“Continue walking forward, about three hundred li, and you can go back!”

After speaking, the scholar once again pulled out a bottle of drink from his Pregnant and drank it.

With one gulp, it was as if he had drunk sweet, strong wine, and he shivered with pleasure.

Chen Tianming watched as the two were about to part ways, so he couldn't help but ask,

“Brother, what is your identity, and why am I the only one who can go to the exit?”

The scholar smiled and took out a brush from his sleeve.

The soft brush danced in mid-air, and waves of light spread out.

Chen Tianming felt a rich spiritual power under the scholar's brush.

He was also a Cultivator!

Chen Tianming immediately retreated, while gathering all his spiritual power into his palm.

However, the scholar laughed heartily.

“Hahaha! I didn’t expect that someone outside could master the power of my Source World!”

Then, with a grand stroke of his brush, a string of characters flew into the sky.

Chen Tianming looked, and it was the scholar's self-introduction.

He was originally a Cultivator from Tianling Peak, belonging to the Demonic Sect.

Originally, the Three Great Sects on Tianling Peak were equally powerful and developed together.

And the scholar was a member of the Demonic Sect.

He cultivated a technique that absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

It was normal for ordinary Cultivators to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into themselves.

The Demonic Sect was originally the strongest among the three Chinese characters, but precisely because the word 'demonic' was in its name.

It became the villain, the demonic path.

Absorbing heaven and earth into oneself became disrespect for heaven and earth.

One by one, the Cultivators, instead, became buildings confined between heaven and earth.

The scholar and his fellow disciples went down the mountain, originally intending to find a way out for the vast multitudes in this Small World.

But unexpectedly, the other two sects took this opportunity to directly attack the Demonic Sect's mountain gate.

The Demonic Sect was caught in a pincer attack, ambushed, and ultimately suffered heavy losses.

Inside the Demonic Sect's mountain gate, the guarding elders and disciples fought to the death, desperately counterattacking before their sect was wiped out, which preserved the Demonic Sect's mountain gate.

After the scholar returned, he led his fellow disciples in a fierce battle, greatly weakening the strength of the two great sects.

The two great sects secretly allied and ambushed them from behind.

Many people died, and many immortal pills and spiritual medicines were lost.

Ultimately, the result was that the Three Great Sects returned to being on par with each other.

From then on, the scholar's reputation spread throughout Tianling Peak, becoming an idol and role model for many to learn from.

But he himself preferred to travel in the Small World, witnessing the suffering of others and protecting all living beings under heaven.

Chen Tianming read the scholar's introduction and couldn't help but admire him slightly.

“He hears not of the world's unrest, merely a humble scholar.”

The scholar smiled and said,

“Your literary talent is truly not great, but the law of the jungle is the nature of this world. Although you are strong, you haven't made a move until now, so perhaps we are kindred spirits!”

Chen Tianming did not deny it.

“A bleeding heart is useless… Brother, since we have already revealed our bottom lines to each other, I will walk the rest of the way myself!”