Void Cultivation

She looked at Grey for a moment before hurriedly nodding.

"Yes-s..."

The young girl stepped in front of Grey and began walking. Grey glanced around the silent Harbor before following her without a word.

The sun had just risen, and the day was only beginning. Hence, many people were still waking up, while cultivators were also emerging from their late-night cultivation sessions. Grey was well aware of this, which was why he wore a dark cloak and draped it over his body, concealing his appearance as much as possible.

As someone who was highly wanted by the Sects Alliance, he needed to hide himself whether he liked it or not.

The young girl similarly did not want to attract unnecessary attention. She covered her stunning appearance, which was enough to enchant the mundane men walking through the streets.

The moment their eyes landed on her, they would freeze, and a somewhat stunned expression would appear on their faces. However, after a short while, they would snap out of their daze and hurriedly walk away.

It did not take a genius to realize that she was a cultivator. Especially with the dark robes she wore and her extraordinary beauty. In this world, only cultivators possessed appearances that could be described as truly enchanting.

Grey glanced around coldly, but no one seemed to notice him. The moment their eyes landed on the young girl in front of him, they would retract their gazes and unconsciously quicken their pace, having no time to pay attention to him at all.

Grey’s eyes narrowed slightly, but he was content with the situation. As long as no one recognized him, that was all that mattered.

His eyes darted to and fro as he carefully observed his surroundings. It was then that he caught sight of a young woman, who appeared to be in her early twenties, stepping out from a nearby alley.

Her light-brown hair was tied into a small bun, giving her a simple and neat appearance. She did not give off the slightest fluctuation of spiritual energy, and Grey could instantly tell that she was an ordinary person.

However, despite her ordinary status, her appearance was quite beautiful.

The young woman glanced sideways cautiously before quickly walking away. Patches of dirt and other unknown substances stained her plain clothes, making her look somewhat disheveled.

Grey retracted his gaze and no longer paid her any attention, choosing instead to ignore the woman and continue following the young girl.

A few seconds later, a man appeared from the alley.

His expression was dazed, and there was a slightly flustered look on his face. His clothes were disheveled, and he staggered forward like a drunkard who had consumed far too much wine.

"Wh-at happened... to her?" he muttered in a slur before his legs suddenly gave out and he collapsed onto the ground.

However, his fall caused no change to the people walking around him.

No one stopped to check on him. No one even spared him more than a passing glance.

To the ordinary people living in this city, such incidents were far too common. There was no lack of drunkards like this man wandering through the streets every day. If he did not wake up soon, he would either be carried away by someone or robbed of whatever material possessions he had on his body.

This was simply how life worked.

The strong survived, while the weak were taken advantage of.

It was a cruel and simple rule that applied to almost every corner of the world.

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’Is he still staring at me? What does he think of me? Huh... Where is he?’

These were the thoughts running through the young girl’s mind as she walked toward the mountain.

She had been feeling Grey’s gaze on her back for quite some time, making her feel slightly uncomfortable. However, when she finally turned her head to look behind her, she suddenly realized that Grey was nowhere to be seen.

Her thoughts gradually became confused.

Where had he gone?

She had not heard him leave, nor had she sensed anything unusual.

Just as the girl was about to stop and look around, she suddenly heard a cold voice whisper calmly.

It was as if someone was speaking directly into her ear.

"Continue."

The girl’s body instantly froze.

Her pupils contracted, and she instinctively wanted to retreat. However, before she could take even a single step backward, a hand suddenly appeared behind her and stopped her from moving.

The girl stiffened.

Without even looking, she already knew whose hand it was.

Grey.

"Yes-s, yes!"

The girl hurriedly responded aloud before swiftly continuing forward.

Although she did not dare to look back again, her heart was beating slightly faster than before.

The journey toward the mountain took some time. However, after walking for a long while, they finally arrived at its foot.

A massive gate stood before them, blocking the path leading into the mountain and preventing anyone without authorization from entering.

Grey and the young girl were still some distance away from the gate when they noticed several people stationed before it.

They were the guards.

However, Sky Mist City did not truly need people to guard the mountain.

The Sky Mist Array alone was more than enough to eradicate and kill anyone who dared to enter the mountain without permission.

Moreover, everyone residing on the mountain was a cultivator at the Foundation Establishment realm or above. There were many cultivators at the Spirit Core Formation realm, while powerful figures such as the Elders and even the Sect Master also resided on the mountain.

With such terrifying strength gathered in one place, there was naturally little need for ordinary guards.

The mountain itself also radiated a chilling coldness that swept into their bodies, causing them to tremble slightly.

This coldness was somewhat similar to the aura of a Corroded Zone.

However, it was significantly weaker.

Grey, who had already stepped onto this mountain several times in the past, was not bothered by it in the slightest. The young girl, who had most likely visited this place countless times under the command of her master, also seemed completely unaffected.

Only when they reached the gate did the two remove their disguises.

The young girl stepped forward and revealed her true appearance before looking at the guards.

"Under the command of my master, I have come here to bring a fellow disciple daoist to her cave abode."

The guards looked at her with nonchalance.

They did not seem particularly interested in her words. One of them simply reached out and scanned her Jade Slip, verifying the command contained within it.

After confirming that everything was in order, the guards stepped aside and allowed the two of them to pass.

The young girl bowed her head slightly before continuing forward.

Grey, who had remained silent this entire time, did not even spare the guards a glance. He merely followed behind the young girl as they entered the mountain.

However, with his divine sense and Dragon Eyes subtly in effect, Grey had already seen through the strength of the two guards.

Both of them were at the Second Stage of the Foundation Establishment realm, with two balls of Spirit Fire.

Their foundations were deep, and their spiritual energy was exceptionally strong for their realm. If they activated their Special Brilliance forms and attacked together, they would undoubtedly be formidable foes to anyone else at the same level.

Unfortunately, Grey was not someone who could be measured by ordinary standards.

Officially, he possessed two balls of Spirit Fire.

But in reality, he possessed three.

Furthermore, with the augmentation of the Life Phantom, the Soul Devouring Everlasting Bird, and his Shadow, Grey’s combat strength was far beyond what his cultivation realm suggested.

His poison was another lethal weapon hidden within his body, not to mention the other trump cards and dangerous methods he had yet to reveal.

These two guards would not pose the slightest threat to him.

Even if they activated their Special Brilliance forms and attacked him together while Grey remained in his base form, he was still confident that he could end their lives in an instant.

However, Grey did not feel the slightest trace of pride from this realization.

After all, he understood his own position very clearly.

There were countless people in this world who were stronger than him.

There were even those who could end his life just as easily as he could end the lives of these two guards right now.

The realization did not make Grey feel discouraged.

Instead, it served as a reminder.

No matter how powerful he became, there would always be someone stronger.

And the moment he forgot this fact would be the moment he became truly arrogant.

Grey silently followed the young girl deeper into the mountain, his expression hidden beneath his dark cloak.

He had come here for a purpose.

Until that purpose was fulfilled, there was no reason for him to concern himself with anything else.