113: Chapter 113: Isn't it just about mastering martial arts techniques? What's so strange about that?
Central Heaven City is a large city, with an urban area more than thirty times the size of Dawn City.
The architectural style is also different from Dawn City and Phoenix City; every corner here exudes an atmosphere of old-fashioned heavy industry.
The transfer station they were in was like a workshop in a steel plant.
The teleportation gate behind them resembled a large bearing ring, polished to a dark, shiny black.
Looking out after leaving the station, one could see square building complexes made of thick steel plates; some towered into the clouds, while others looked like squatting toads.
Metal signal towers were mounted on the roofs, alongside various flickering holographic advertising screens and crystal-textured sunlight collection towers.
Sci-fi glowing circuits wove between the metal plates, as if installing a technological heart into this heavy industrial city filled with the scent of rust and engine oil.
“Sister Su, do you know the specific location of Nun Village?”
Among the tasks given by Huang Zixing, one was to arrive at Nun Village. It seemed like the simplest one, but this village would likely be hard to find.
Big Teacher Su shook her head: “I don't know, this is my first time here too.”
“Forget it, let's go eat first.”
“Ah?”
When Yun Zhuo's group of three arrived, it was only a little after eight in the morning, just in time for breakfast.
Unfamiliar with the area, the three hailed a car and found a restaurant near the War Spirit Master Guild. After finishing breakfast, the guild had also opened its doors.
The people coming here were either Gold Farmers, adventurers, or mercenaries.
When it came to gathering information, aside from the black market, this place was the most well-informed.
“Excuse me, sir, how can I help you?”
The Little Handsome Guy behind the counter was dressed like a waiter, in a white shirt, black vest, and black bowtie. His professional smile looked as if he were wearing a latex mask.
“This is my adventurer's license.” Yun Zhuo took out his credentials, “I'd like a map of the area outside Central Heaven City.”
“Certainly, sir. One hundred corrosion crystals for a two-hundred-kilometer radius, or two hundred corrosion crystals for five hundred kilometers. Which would you like, sir?”
“Actually, I just want to go to Nun Village. Which one do you think is appropriate?”
“You want to go to Nun Village, sir?”
“Is there a problem?”
“You're also here for the Abandoned Well, aren't you, sir? Then the two-hundred-kilometer map is enough. Furthermore, we have a preliminary map of the Abandoned Well here. Would you like a copy of that as well, sir? It's only one hundred corrosion crystals.”
Yun Zhuo caught the underlying meaning in his words, “You mean there are a lot of people going to the Abandoned Well right now?”
“Since last month, when a new space was discovered in the Abandoned Well and someone found a primal spirit stone inside, it immediately caused a massive stir, drawing everyone there in droves.
I didn't expect the news to reach Dawn City so quickly.”
The waiter glanced at Yun Zhuo's adventurer's license; the registration place was indeed Dawn City.
“Did the people who followed also find primal spirit stones?” Big Teacher Su pressed for more information.
Before meeting Yun Zhuo, she had always wanted to find a primal spirit stone for her sister, but unfortunately, she had never succeeded.
Now Little Teacher Su didn't need one anymore, but hearing the words 'primal spirit stone' still triggered a reflex in her to ask for clues.
The waiter shook his head: “If primal spirit stones were really that easy to get, they wouldn't be so rare and priceless.
Moreover, because so many people went, the Sky-Reaching Ferry leading to the Abandoned Well was trampled to collapse a few days ago.
Currently, people from several major Adventure Groups are organizing teams for emergency repairs. Right now, almost everyone is staying at Bridgehead Village, which is the Nun Village you just mentioned.”
What a coincidence. Most of Huang Zixing's tasks involved collecting various Ores in the Abandoned Well, and one of them was even to explore it.
So, he spent two hundred corrosion crystals and got one of each map.
The attendant handed over two crystal cards. Yun Zhuo loaded the maps onto Little Teacher Su's bracelet because she was the fastest among the three—when she went all out, even ordinary cannonballs couldn't catch her.
Opening the wilderness map and entering the place name to search, Nun Village's location was quickly marked, complete with navigation.
“So Nun Village is outside the third sentry tower. No wonder Huang Zixing made it a mission.”
Big Teacher Su said with a look of realization.
“Alright, let's go buy a car,” Yun Zhuo suggested.
“Why buy a car?” Little Teacher Su said, “You can just ride me. Besides, while the bridge is broken and others can't cross, we can just fly over.”
“Buying a car is because I don't want people to know we can fly.”
“Why?”
“We certainly aren't the only three people who can fly, but there definitely aren't many. And our overall strength is surely the weakest among that small group.
If those Adventure Groups and Gold Farmer groups find out we can fly, how do you think they'll 'take care' of us?
Besides, our goal isn't to find some primal spirit stone, but to figure out why Su Zixing wanted us to go to Nun Village. So if we can avoid unnecessary trouble, let's avoid it.”
Little Teacher Su nodded and took Yun Zhuo's arm, “Alright then, I'll listen to you. Let's go buy a car.”
She pulled Yun Zhuo toward the exit, then suddenly stopped and said, “Oh right, I don't know how to drive. Do you?”
Yun Zhuo paused and looked back at Big Teacher Su.
Big Teacher Su nodded, “I do.”
Yun Zhuo smiled: “That's great then. Come on, let's go buy a car.”
An hour later, through the guild's intermediary, the three of them bought a beat-up second-hand armored vehicle and drove out of Central Heaven City.
The hot sun hung high, yellow sand covered the road, and occasionally large clumps of tumbleweed would bounce up and hit the windshield with a thud.
Big Teacher Su sat in the driver's seat, hands on the steering wheel. The diagonal seatbelt made her 'bowl-printing machines' look even more exaggerated.
If he could transmigrate back, Yun Zhuo would definitely go to Jing Town to open a bowl-printing factory. Two bowl-printing machines could print four large bowls at once, and they didn't even consume electricity.
He wouldn't sell them then; he'd just give them to fans.
“Xiao Zhuo, is here okay?”
Big Teacher Su slowed down and looked back at Yun Zhuo, a hint of expectation in her eyes.
“It's fine.”
Yun Zhuo and Big Teacher Su opened the doors and got out, transforming and performing Body Integration. While they had time, he would use the purple essence stones to load the Martial Skills and Cultivation Techniques onto her.
【Name: Su Qingtang】
【Rank: 37】
【Age: 22】
【Beauty: 97】
【Talent: Heaven Rank High Grade】
【Attack Power: 1000 × 19.5 (Mecha Form) (Cultivation Technique Boost 25%)】
【Defense Power: 1000 × 19.5 (Mecha Form) (Cultivation Technique Boost 25%)】
【Speed: 1000 × 19.5 (First Form) (Cultivation Technique Boost 25%)】
【First Form: Moon Flood Dragon】
【inlay slots: 7 (Hidden Slots: 3)】
【Lifebound Weapon: ever-changing corrosion energy gun】
【Cultivation Technique: Sky-Splitting Art】
【Skills: Mountain-Splitting Cloud-Piercing Bullet (Major Achievement), Flowing Wind - Dual Instant Shot (Major Achievement), Wind Treading Step - Floating Light (Major Achievement), Soul-Aweing Spear Aura (Major Achievement)】
【Applause Count: 0】
【Current Status: Feeling somewhat conflicted internally; she has discovered that she seems to have fallen for that kid named Yun Zhuo, but she worries her sister might turn against her.】
After Big Teacher Su finished looking at her character panel, she said in shock: “You actually trained all the Martial Skills to Major Achievement?”
Yun Zhuo said calmly, “What's so strange about that?”
“But, but you've only been practicing for a day.”
“A day is still practice.”
After saying that, he realized that both he and Big Teacher Su had received attribute bonuses because of the Heaven Rank Cultivation Technique. What about Little Teacher Su?
In the past, he would pull up both their character panels to take a look before going to sleep every night. Now that he thought about it, it seemed he hadn't looked at Little Teacher Su's character panel for a long time.