Published: March 2, 2025
CHAPTER 143: Moonlit Destiny City
"Liu Yu saved my life. If you need any help, just come find your senior sister."
After a few breaths, Yan Qun'er’s clear voice came through, with a hint of concern in her words.
She didn’t turn her head, her gaze fixed on the scenery below, lost in her own thoughts.
Liu Yu looked at her seriously, noticing her sincere and clear eyes, gently nodding but remaining silent.
"Senior sister, with your family backing, why would you go to the front lines? It should be easy to decline, right?"
After a moment, Liu Yu voiced his curiosity.
"There is an ancestor stationed there, and my aunt arranged for me to experience some training!"
Before him, Yan Qun'er set aside the pride of a family heiress, speaking softly.
Upon hearing this, Liu Yu fell silent.
An ancestor from a Golden Core Family is, after all, a Golden Core cultivator. With a Golden Core cultivator looking out for her, it would be simple to assign her some tasks that carry little risk but great merit.
By achieving some merits and experience on the front lines, and returning to the sect with the family’s connections, she could quickly take on important or lucrative positions, helping secure some cultivation resources for her foundation establishment stage.
This is the advantage of having family support, a smooth path laid out, akin to "gold plating" in his previous life.
Liu Yu felt a slight envy in his heart, but that was all.
With an Immortal Abode in hand, he believed he would walk further on the immortal path than other cultivators.
But this would take some time.
Then came a long silence, neither of them spoke.
Women often bring trouble, especially beautiful ones. After establishing his foundation, Liu Yu had gained some self-preservation power, and he actually didn’t want to have too much contact with Yan Qun'er; it didn’t align with his low-key style.
Half an hour later, perhaps receiving some message, Yan Qun'er glanced deeply at Liu Yu, then without looking back, returned to the cabin.
Liu Yu formed hand seals, using the token to control the Return to Origin Boat, and the ripples in his heart soon disappeared.
Life on the boat was calm and fleeting; due to environmental constraints, there wasn’t much to do, and thus, twenty days passed in the blink of an eye.
During this time, it was Liu Yu’s turn to control the Return to Origin Boat for a day. Aside from resting, he immersed himself in understanding cultivation techniques, making the most of every opportunity for improvement.
Later, Liu Yu learned that the man in splendid attire was named Zhuang Shilong, from the same family as the sect leader, Zhuang Ziling.
Twenty days later, Zhuang Shilong, Senior Brother Xu, Cui Liang, Yan Qun'er, and Liu Yu, among eight foundation establishment cultivators, stood at the bow of the boat, gazing at a giant city that grew larger on the horizon.
The city was nearly a thousand zhang in length and width, standing over a hundred zhang tall, mostly constructed of a special type of black iron, its hardness far surpassing that of ordinary iron, appearing like a colossal black mountain forged of steel from afar.
The city walls were covered in dense runes and magic formations, with a faint spiritual light shimmering.
Every ten steps along the walls, a cultivator stood guard; paired with the runes and formations, even foundation establishment cultivators would have to spill blood to break through.
If several foundation establishment cultivators were stationed, paired with the formation's power, even Golden Core cultivators would find it hard to breach.
"Moonlit Destiny City!"
Liu Yu stood at the bow of the Return to Origin Boat, watching the city grow larger in his view, recalling its information.
Moonlit City was located at the edge of Qingzhou, a strategically crucial area, standing on the main route from Jingzhou to Qingzhou.
There was always a Golden Core Elder stationed here, making the Yuan Yang Sect’s foothold in the thousands of miles surrounding the border the most critical, coordinating the defense and offense within that range.