Martial Master

Upon entering Dongguang City, Qin Chen immediately felt a vast power, a heart-pounding force hidden within the city that made him feel somewhat apprehensive.

“Chen, such a strong aura.”

You Qianxue also said with a frown, feeling the pressure.

Qin Chen nodded.

This Dongguang City is not simple.

With Qin Chen's current strength, even against a late-stage peak Saint Master, he could contend and even kill. However, this force was actually able to make Qin Chen feel a deep sense of dread, definitely exceeding the mid-stage peak Saint Master level.

Thinking about it, this is the border city of the Eastern Heaven Realm, one of the main cities communicating with several other major realms. How could it be without experts stationed here? Even, some top forces from the Heavenly Realm have sent experts here to trade and sell treasures and materials.

“It seems we need to be cautious.”

In the evening, the three of them arrived at a tavern.

“Have you heard? Recently, another merchant convoy was wiped out by bandits in the Void Tide Sea. All their valuables were plundered, the men killed, and the women taken away, it’s incredibly tragic.”

“That’s old news, it was all over the place a few days ago. The merchant convoys in Dongguang City don’t dare to leave the city recklessly, all are recruiting soldiers and waiting until they have enough personnel before daring to venture out. When will the high-level forces of the Heavenly Realm be able to manage this Void Tide Sea?”

“It’s not that they don’t want to manage it, but they simply can’t. Back when the Heavenly Realm shattered, although many top experts repaired the Heavenly Realm, the location of the Void Tide Sea was once one of the main battlefields of the Human-Demon War. The area is filled with fractured spatial forces and chaotic auras, making the terrain extremely complex and chaotic. Otherwise, our major Heavenly Realm regions would have already bordered each other long ago, how could the Void Tide Sea remain isolated for so many years?”

“Indeed, there are many dangers in the Void Tide Sea, with numerous turbulent flows. Even some of our Heavenly Realm’s top forces and merchant convoys have only opened up some relatively safe routes, and do not dare to enter other regions. It’s said that outside the safe routes, there are spatial wormholes everywhere, even leading to the Beast Tribe and Demon Tribe, and there are also lurking demons in the Void Tide Sea, making it nearly impossible to guard against.”

“These aren’t the worst of it; the key is that there are many bandits in the Void Tide Sea who live by plundering merchant guilds. They have always been the most detestable force in the Void Tide Sea, and many bandit organizations are quite powerful, any one of them could be considered an overlord.”

“It’s none of our business; that’s a headache for the merchant guilds. We just need to avoid entering the Void Tide Sea. Personally, I’m more concerned about the situation of the Yaomie Mansion. I didn’t expect that demons would even appear in our Eastern Heaven Realm. Those demons are too arrogant.”

“Who says otherwise? There have long been rumors that the Yaomie Mansion colluded with the Demon Tribe, but unexpectedly, after investigation by the two major forces of the Xing Shen Palace and Tian Gong, they found out that they wrongfully accused each other. I don’t know where these demons came from; it’s said that they are equivalent to top experts at the late-stage Saint Master level.”

“Our Heavenly Realm is becoming increasingly unsafe.”

As soon as Qin Chen and the others sat down, they heard many people discussing the bandits in the Void Tide Sea, causing Qin Chen to frown slightly. He didn’t expect the journey to the Southern Heaven Realm to be so dangerous.

But thinking about it, it is normal. Since the Void Tide Sea connects several major Heavenly Realms, there would naturally be many merchant convoys, and some bandit forces would emerge. This is inevitable anywhere, especially in a place like the Heavenly Realm, where the strong are revered, and any martial artist requires a large amount of resources for cultivation.