MTLNOVEL Chapter 811: The Nailed Cultivator
Most of the teleportation arrays in Tianyuan Dao City are established outside the city.
Being teleported from Qianyu Divine City means being directly transferred to the cluster of teleportation arrays outside Tianyuan Dao City.
As Ding Huan stepped out of the teleportation array, he saw the majestic Tianyuan Dao City before him.
Not to mention anything else, the concentration of divine spirit qi here far surpassed that of Qianyu Divine City.
As for the Great Wheel Workshop, it couldn't even compare.
And this was still the outside of Tianyuan Dao City.
The prosperity of Tianyuan Dao City was also far beyond that of Qianyu Divine City.
Although the cultivators passing by did not seem crowded, they filled the spacious main roads.
Not only that, there were also more saints here, with Ding Huan seeing seven or eight Nine Turn Saints.
There was even one person whom Ding Huan suspected to be an Eternal Saint. The aura on the person was so vast that Ding Huan dared not use his divine will to observe.
Ding Huan's gaze quickly stopped at the city tower of Tianyuan Dao City, where he saw a cultivator nailed there.
With a casual sweep of his divine will, he knew this cultivator was still alive.
The person was of medium build, with disheveled long hair, and the bloodstains on his body had long dried into black marks.
Perhaps due to being hung on the city tower for a long time, the whole person appeared very gaunt.
What surprised Ding Huan the most was that this seemed to be a mortal, as there appeared to be no waves of Taoist rhythm around him.
He seemed so incredibly ordinary.
But how could that be possible?
A mortal, nailed at the city gate of a Dao City?
Ding Huan was very curious in his heart and carefully observed the man with his divine will.
As expected, Ding Huan detected the Daoist rhythm aura on the man; he was not a mortal.
It's just that the cultivation technique he practiced seems as ordinary as that of a mortal, lacking the ethereal aura typical of cultivators and without the sharpness of cultivators.
In fact, Ding Huan had a good impression of such cultivators.
Without a mortal heart, it's impossible to cultivate such a Mortal Dao.
In the eyes of most cultivators, mortals are nothing more than ants, their lives worthless as can be, and it's impossible to have a mortal's heart.
Having a good impression of someone who cultivates the Mortal Dao is because his Great Universe Technique has some commonalities with the Mortal Dao.
His Great Universe Technique integrates countless laws of heaven and earth, and when cultivated to the extreme, it harmonizes with everything around it wherever it goes.
This person could cultivate the Mortal Dao to such an extent, which was truly remarkable.
From the slight fluctuations of Dao rhythm from the other person, Ding Huan could confirm that this was an Eternal Life Realm expert!
Given his sensitivity to the laws of heaven and earth, he couldn't be mistaken.
An Eternal Life Realm expert cultivating the Mortal Dao was nailed outside a Dao City gate, which surprised Ding Huan.
"This man's name shares a character with yours; he is called Guan Huan. When I was here a thousand years ago, he was already nailed here."
Seeing Ding Huan looking at the man nailed outside the Dao City, Zai Na proactively introduced him to Ding Huan.
"Why was he nailed here?" Ding Huan was somewhat surprised.
Zai Na shook his head, "I don't know, and I never inquired."
Just as Ding Huan wanted to inquire from others, the edge of his divine will swept over a tall, thin man emerging from the cluster of teleportation arrays.
The powerful aura was nothing special, but the character 'Qu' on his clothes made Ding Huan's mind tense, and he hurried his steps into Tianyuan Dao City.
Seeing Ding Huan quicken his pace, Zai Na understood something was wrong and hurriedly followed Ding Huan into Tianyuan Dao City without any delay.
Ding Huan dared not use his divine will. As he entered Tianyuan Dao City, he looked back and saw that the tall, thin man had already been greeted by two Saints.
Since someone was greeting him, the tall, thin man from the Qu Family did not pay attention to Ding Huan and Zai Na, who had just entered the city.
"Mr. Ding, could it be someone from the Qu Family?" Zai Na's voice trembled as he sent a message.
Ding Huan nodded, "That's right, it should be an Eternal Saint from the Qu Family."
Knowing that it was an Eternal Saint from the Qu Family, Ding Huan didn't mind much.
Unless the Qu Family dared to flaunt their power in Tianyuan Dao City, directly tearing open the cave mansion to capture someone, he would be safe in Tianyuan Dao City.
Besides, even if Tianyuan Dao City permitted the Qu Family to tear open a cave mansion to capture him, he believed he could escape.
This confidence was why he dared to come to Tianyuan Dao City.
He wouldn't entrust his safety to the unfamiliar Great Wheel Dao Court.
"Let's quickly rent a cave mansion from the Great Wheel Commerce," Zai Na urged with urgency.
Seeing Ding Huan's puzzled look, Zai Na quickly explained:
"The Great Wheel Commerce is entirely different from my Great Wheel Workshop. My workshop is only close to Great Wheel Mountain, which is why it's called the Great Wheel Workshop.
Great Wheel Commerce is the official commerce of the Great Wheel Dao Court, with influence spanning the entire Little Heavenly Ruins, being one of the top ten commerces in the Little Heavenly Ruins.
There are Creation Saints within Great Wheel Commerce, and even the Qu Family Dao Court would not dare to provoke Great Wheel Commerce.
Moreover, the cave mansions of Great Wheel Commerce are protected by the Great Wheel Dao Court. Once we move in, we'll be safe."
"Then what are we waiting for? Lead the way quickly," Ding Huan only wanted to step into the Eternal Saint Realm as soon as possible.
If the Qu Family Dao Court continued behaving like parasites, he would not hesitate to use the Grand Gene Slaughter Technique to wipe out the entire Qu Family.
For now, his strength was limited, and even using the Grand Gene Slaughter Technique, he could not eliminate those who had a higher cultivation level than his own.
Zai Na led Ding Huan through several bustling streets, arriving at an array gate.
People guarded the array gate, with the words 'Great Wheel Commerce Cave Mansion Rentals' written above.
"Fellow Daoist, we want to rent a cave mansion here." Zai Na said with a smile.
In front of these two cultivators who were only at the Divine King Realm, Zai Na's tone was extremely respectful.
As he spoke, he handed over two storage rings.
Ding Huan swept them with his Divine Will; each of the storage rings that Zai Na handed over contained a hundred thousand top-grade Divine Crystals.
Ding Huan thought in his mind, Zai Na is really generous, offering a bribe of a hundred thousand top-grade Divine Crystals.
"Go on in." The two Divine King guards didn't say much, and after accepting Zai Na's rings, they gestured for Ding Huan and Zai Na to go in.
As soon as they entered the cave mansion district, Zai Na proactively said to Ding Huan:
"Giving them Divine Crystals, that's the admission fee to get in here. If you don't rent a cave mansion, these Divine Crystals won't be refunded."
So it wasn't a bribe, but an admission fee.
"Then how much is the rental fee for the cave mansions here?"
The admission fee is a hundred thousand top-grade Divine Crystals, so Ding Huan had to pay attention to the cost of renting a cave mansion.
"The rent for the cave mansions here isn't paid in Divine Crystals; it's paid in top-grade Divine Spirit Veins and supreme-grade Divine Spirit Veins. Besides that, tasks must be completed for the Great Wheel Commerce.
The specific price depends on the quality of the cave mansion and the difficulty of the chosen tasks."
Hearing Zai Na's words, Ding Huan was very shocked, "That's outrageous!"
Zai Na chuckled, "This isn't outrageous. Did you think the people cultivating here are just here for the Divine Spirit Qi?
Most people who come here are just like us."
No need for Zai Na to say more, Ding Huan understood.
It meant that those who came here to rent cave mansions were mostly trying to evade pursuit.
An hour later, both Ding Huan and Zai Na had rented a cave mansion.
Ding Huan also realized that the price of the cave mansion wasn't primarily due to the position and Divine Spirit Qi but the difficulty of the tasks chosen for the cave mansion rental.
Ding Huan and Zai Na both chose medium to high-difficulty tasks; the cave mansion they rented had a yearly price of one top-grade Divine Spirit Vein.
As for the time, both chose a rental duration of a thousand years.
Ding Huan chose to pay every hundred years.
Zai Na chose to pay for a thousand years all at once.
Ding Huan planned to set up an array that would automatically transfer the Divine Spirit Veins upon rental expiration.
If he left early, the Divine Spirit Veins paid here wouldn't be refunded.
The reason for not choosing a better cave mansion.
Was because in renting a cave mansion here, Divine Spirit Qi wasn't really important.
It wasn't that the Divine Spirit Qi here was inherently rich, but that here you could implant your own Divine Spirit Veins.
No matter how many Divine Spirit Veins you implant in your own cave mansion, you have the freedom to do so.
As for the tasks taken, they can be selected within a thousand years at the cave mansion rental hall.
Or they can be ignored for a thousand years.
But after a thousand years, tasks must be undertaken immediately, or else pursuit will follow.
Ding Huan suspected whether Guan Huan was nailed outside Tao City for reaching the end of his closed-door training without undertaking tasks.
These matters weren't something Ding Huan could interfere with.
At this moment, Ding Huan was implanting Divine Spirit Veins into his cave mansion.
He planned to undergo closed-door training here for an extended period, so all kinds of Chaos Divine Spirit Veins, supreme-grade Divine Spirit Veins, and supreme-grade Star Sky Divine Spirit Veins were implanted by Ding Huan at once.
Here, setting up the Gathering Spirit Divine Array was allowed, and Ding Huan also wanted to lock the Divine Spirit Qi in his cave mansion.
With his array techniques, if he set up a Spirit Gathering Array, the surrounding Divine Spirit Qi would likely all be drawn to him.
Ding Huan didn't intend to take advantage of others, but others shouldn't easily take advantage of him either.
After setting up the cave mansion, when Ding Huan operated the Great Universe Technique for the first circulation, he realized that cultivating here was much easier and more convenient than in the Cosmic Void.
In the vast void, the Heaven and Earth Rules were completely shattered, and the laws of all things were also broken.
What he needed to do was comprehend and integrate these broken laws, then use the Great Universe Technique to construct his own Dao Principles.
The difficulty of this was secondary to Ding Huan; the main issue was the consumption of time.
However, here, the Heaven and Earth Rules were complete, and he didn't even need to spend time comprehending them; under the Great Universe Technique, he would naturally gain insight into all the Heaven and Earth Dao Principles.
Then condense his own Law Star River.
The precondition was to have sufficient Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi.
Ding Huan had no shortage of anything but supreme-grade Divine Spirit Veins.
Now he was completely enveloped in Chaotic Divine Spirit Essence, his entire being bathed within it.
In just half a day, Ding Huan clearly felt his three Law Star Rivers of Wind, Thunder, and Ice rapidly completing.
As long as he continued to cultivate in closed-door training here, the complete perfection of these three Law Star Rivers wouldn't take much more time.
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Standing at the entrance of the Great Wheel Commerce's cave mansion rental area, Qu He had a sullen expression.
There was less than half a joss-stick's time difference between them, yet these two ants managed to rent a cave mansion in the Great Wheel Commerce's area first.
For a moment, he really wanted to tear open the Protecting Array here and throw Ding Huan and Zai Na beneath his feet.
Reason told him he couldn't do that.
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