Chapter 887: Chapter 887: Chaotic City
When Zhu Fei awakened once more, the first thing he sensed was not the Immortal Spirit Qi he had felt upon ascension, but blood—heavy, pungent, suffocating bloodshed!
What was going on? Wasn’t the world he ascended to supposed to be the Immortal Realm?
Zhu Fei gradually stood up from the ground, gazing at the surrounding ruined buildings, toppled palaces, decaying roads, and strewn corpses. His pupils couldn’t help but constrict.
If he wasn’t fully aware of his current situation, Zhu Fei might even suspect he had inexplicably traversed again.
Wait a moment...
Zhu Fei suddenly felt a slight stir within his heart and immediately began to operate the Five Elements Creation and Transformation Skill.
As soon as he activated the cultivation technique, Zhu Fei’s face turned gravely serious.
Because to his astonishment, he found he couldn’t absorb even a trace of Immortal Spirit Qi, nor could he absorb any Spiritual Energy, not even the slightest bit.
What did this mean?
It meant that in this place, Zhu Fei’s cultivation not only couldn’t advance in the slightest if things continued this way, but it might even regress.
If the legendary Immortal Realm was truly like this, he might as well have chosen not to ascend in the first place.
Of course, this was only Zhu Fei’s current thought.
After all, once your cultivation reaches that point, whether you ascend or not isn’t up to you at all.
But regardless of how he saw it, Zhu Fei’s current situation was undeniably a case of ’frustration’.
Hmm, what is that situation over there?
Suddenly, Zhu Fei noticed two figures swiftly flying toward him from afar.
Both were dressed in black robes and appeared rather young.
However, judging by their current state, it seemed they were both injured.
One of them, a young man with a handsome appearance and a flame totem carved at the center of his brow, seemed to have noticed Zhu Fei and was signaling to his companion to fly towards Zhu Fei.
Upon seeing this scene, Zhu Fei’s eyes slightly narrowed, and he became wary inside.
No matter what, it was his first visit to this place, and being cautious toward strangers was certainly not wrong.
"Fellow Daoist, I am a disciple of the Fan family from You City, and others call me Ghost Emperor. May I know how fellow Daoist is called? Do you have any healing pills? If convenient, I am willing to buy them at three times the market price."
As soon as he arrived in front of Zhu Fei, the one who called himself Ghost Emperor, who was the handsome young man that first noticed Zhu Fei, cupped his fists toward Zhu Fei and said sincerely:
"By the way, this here is my cousin, named Fan Yan, known as Little Ghost Immortal."
Saying this, Ghost Emperor gestured to his companion beside him.
Fan Yan, who was called Little Ghost Immortal, nodded lightly to Zhu Fei in greeting.
Looking at Ghost Emperor and Fan Yan, Zhu Fei suddenly realized that these two were not human cultivators but true spirit cultivators.
Spirit cultivators, also a branch of ghost cultivators, may arise from the cultivation of the Primordial Spirit or the Divine Soul, or from cultivating spiritual or ghost path techniques.
In any case, as such cultivators are not from the Human Clan, this much is certain.
Zhu Fei clearly saw that Fan Yan was at the True Immortal Late Stage realm.
However, curiously, Ghost Emperor’s cultivation appeared to be a blur to Zhu Fei, making it impossible to discern his general strength.
Such a circumstance could only be explained by Ghost Emperor’s cultivation having evidently surpassed the True Immortal level.
Faced with such figures, Zhu Fei naturally wouldn’t be careless at this moment.
He thought for a moment and then simply took out two jade bottles from his body and handed them to Ghost Emperor, saying:
"To be honest, my name is Zhu Fei, and I only have these healing pills with me at the moment. If you don’t mind, feel free to take them."
The implication was that there was no need for things like compensation.
Ghost Emperor and Fan Yan both showed a hint of surprise on their faces. Still, the two did not stand on ceremony and took Zhu Fei’s jade bottles to have a look.
Fan Yan didn’t show much reaction, but Ghost Emperor clearly displayed a trace of disappointment. Unwilling to give up, he couldn’t help but ask:
"Are these the only pills you have, Fellow Daoist? Rest assured, our Fan family from You City always conducts business with integrity. Once we return to You City, we will never let you down."
Upon hearing Ghost Emperor’s words, Zhu Fei couldn’t help but show a wry smile, helplessly shrugging his shoulders:
"Fellow Daoist might have misunderstood. It’s not that I’m unwilling to give you better pills, but given my current situation, it’s simply impossible to obtain the kind of pills you desire."
Upon hearing Zhu Fei’s words, Ghost Emperor noticed Zhu Fei’s level of cultivation, laughing somewhat awkwardly.
"Haha, it seems I indeed misunderstood you, Fellow Daoist."
After a slight pause, Ghost Emperor continued, "Brother Zhu, if I may ask, based on your current situation, it seems you haven’t fully converted your Immortal Essence yet? May I inquire why Brother Zhu happened to come to this Chaotic City?"
Chaotic City? What kind of place is this?
Zhu Fei was filled with confusion, but he remained calm on the surface and said, "If I told you I don’t even know why I came to this Chaotic City, I wonder if you’d believe me, Ghost Emperor Brother?"
To Zhu Fei’s surprise, Ghost Emperor nodded directly after hearing his words, "I believe you."
After a slight pause, Ghost Emperor continued, "If I’m not mistaken, Brother Zhu should have also participated in the Holy War Secret Realm, right? To tell you the truth, many people, including myself, ended up in this Chaotic City from that Holy War Secret Realm without knowing how."
Holy War Secret Realm?
Upon hearing Ghost Emperor’s words, Zhu Fei became increasingly puzzled.
Now he could be fairly certain that the world he ascended to was indeed the Immortal Realm.
But what was this Chaotic City, and what was this Holy War Secret Realm? Could he be so unlucky that he was directly transported to some restricted area within a Secret Realm?
This was Zhu Fei slightly overthinking things because, despite his rather unfortunate ascension this time, the Chaotic City he was in was not a restricted area within a Secret Realm but a battlefield infested with demons.
In simple terms, this place was a territory parasitized by demons, where any other race cultivators who entered would face relentless attacks from the demons here.
This was the main reason for the bloody and desolate scene Zhu Fei witnessed upon waking up.
"Brother Zhu, here are twenty Immortal Crystals. Consider them the payment for your pills, and I hope you’ll accept them."
At this moment, Fan Yan, standing next to Ghost Emperor, suddenly handed over a storage bag to Zhu Fei, saying.
"Indeed, everyone in this Chaotic City is having a tough time, Brother Zhu, so don’t be modest with us."
Ghost Emperor chimed in, echoing similar sentiments.
Judging from their reactions, it seemed Zhu Fei’s pills weren’t worth the price of twenty Immortal Crystals.
And indeed, this was the case. After all, what Zhu Fei had handed over weren’t any graded Immortal Pills but merely top-tier Ninth Grade pills used in the Cultivation World.
Such pills, for Immortals whose cultivation had reached True Immortal, were usually totally beneath their notice.
Only in this Chaotic City, where resources were scarce for everyone, could they barely find use.
Zhu Fei seemed to have realized this too. Just as he was about to say something further, a black cloud suddenly drifted over from the sky not far away.
Immediately, a violent, powerful, terrifying aura abruptly bore down on Zhu Fei and the others like a storm!