When they arrived at Immortal Devil Abode, Mo Tiange spent some spirit stones to rent an Immortal's Cave.
As soon as the shopkeeper saw them, he invited them into the VIP room to entertain them.
Then, seeing that they were traveling together and their cultivation levels were quite high, he suggested renting a high-grade Immortal's Cave on the mountain behind Guifang City. Although it was expensive, it was very quiet and wouldn't be disturbed easily.
Moreover, these Immortal's Caves could also provide devil aura-blocking formations according to the requirements of the guests. Many foreign high-level cultivators liked to rent such Immortal's Caves.
Mo Tiange felt that she and Nie Wushang really needed a quiet place in their current situation, so she followed the shopkeeper's suggestion.
In any case, she could afford that little bit of money.
After deciding on a temporary residence, Mo Tiange didn't take Nie Wushang there immediately. Instead, she asked about other things.
"Shopkeeper, it's my first time in Guifang City, so I don't know much about the situation here. Could you explain it to me?"
The shopkeeper was just a high-level Aura Refining cultivator who hadn't built his foundation yet. Hearing a Core Formation cultivator's question, he didn't dare to be negligent and said politely, "What does Senior want to know?
As long as I know, I'll tell you everything I know. "
Mo Tiange smiled and said, "It's not that serious. It's just that I'm an ascetic cultivator and rarely go out. This is my first time in Guifang City, so I don't know much about the situation here, so I'm just asking.
Shopkeeper, you don't need to be restrained. If there's anything you need to pay attention to in Guifang City, just tell me. "
Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper bowed and said, "Senior is too polite. It's just a piece of cake."
After a pause, the shopkeeper said slowly, "I think Senior knows that Guifang City is one of the three Devil Territories in Yunzhong. The City Lord, Guifang Devil Monarch, is one of the three Devil Monarchs in Yunzhong and has extraordinary strength.
Compared with the other two Devil Territories, the biggest feature of our Guifang City is freedom.
In our Guifang City, both Devil Cultivators and Righteous Path cultivators are treated equally. Moreover, we're free to come and go in Guifang City. No matter what kind of cultivator you are, you only need to tell us why you're here and you won't be questioned when you leave.
Of course, cultivators who are active in Guifang City must ensure two things. First, you can't harm the interests of Guifang City. Second, you can't fight in the city and hurt others.
As long as you can do these two things, you'll be completely unrestrained in Guifang City. "
"Oh?" Mo Tiange's heart stirred. The City of Devil Path actually had such open-minded people?
"What if someone disobeys the rules?"
The shopkeeper smiled when he heard this. He looked as if he didn't take it seriously and said proudly, "Senior, you worry too much. Who in the entire Yun Zhong doesn't know that our City Lord's cultivation is unfathomable?
Moreover, the City Lord's way of handling matters couldn't be more fair. In front of him, regardless of the level of cultivation, only the facts were spoken. As long as one followed the rules, one would receive the City Lord's protection. If one didn't follow the rules, one would be killed on the spot.
Therefore, there are all kinds of cultivators in Guifang City. Many cultivators who have committed crimes outside will choose to hide in Guifang City temporarily.
However, even if there are many ferocious people gathered in the city, these people don't dare to be presumptuous in our Guifang City. "
"I see …" It sounded like this Guifang City was an excellent hiding place. She happened to come to the most suitable place by accident.
"In that case, no one will come to disturb us if we stay here for the time being?"
"Of course," the shopkeeper said.
"If Senior doesn't want people to disturb you, you only need to set a small restriction outside the cave and refuse to receive Sound-Transmitting Talismans. In this way, other people will know Senior's intention and won't come to disturb you."
"That's good."
Mo Tiange thought for a while then took out a small bag of spirit stones from her Qiankun Bag and put it on the table. "Here are 2,000 spirit stones. We'll temporarily rent this place for three years. You can arrange it."
Seeing that she was so generous, the shopkeeper couldn't help but feel happy. He smiled flatteringly again and again. "Yes, yes. Senior, please follow me. Junior will take Senior to choose an Immortal's Cave."
"En."
Mo Tiange nodded slightly. She still helped Nie Wushang up and followed the shopkeeper out of the VIP lounge and out of the inn.
Probably because Mo Tiange paid the spirit stones too readily, the shopkeeper also gave her a lot of information along the way. From the infighting between Guifang Devil Monarch's disciples to the news of the marketplace — as long as she showed a little bit of interest, he told her everything he knew.
Mo Tiange still remembered when she saw Yang Chengji in the Cloud-Ascending Crane's group. Although she didn't say it out loud, she was secretly surprised. With Yang Chengji's identity and status, he didn't need to covet the Cloud-Ascending Crane's reward. Now that she heard from the shopkeeper, she realized Yang Chengji also had his own difficulties.
Although Yang Chengji was Guifang Devil Monarch's most favored disciple, he was ranked last. There were several senior martial brothers and sisters above him. Two of them were already in the peak stage of the Core Formation realm and were about to advance into the Nascent Soul realm.
Ever since Guifang Devil Monarch took him in, he doted on him very much. Not only did he personally teach him, but he also gave him many treasures that others couldn't see. This naturally made the other disciples envious.
Although Yang Chengji advanced quickly, he was still young, and unlike his senior martial brothers and sisters, he didn't have his own confidants. Because of this, he suffered a lot in private.
But Guifang Devil Monarch wouldn't stand up for him in these matters. Although he doted on him, if he couldn't even solve this small matter, then the disciple he doted on would be too useless.
Now that Guifang Devil Monarch was old, although he didn't show any signs of dying, many of his disciples were unwilling to be left out. Many of them were eager to make trouble and made connections everywhere, hoping to inherit their master's position.
However, since Guifang City was one of the three Devil Domains in Yunzhong, how could it be so easy to obtain the position of City Lord?
In the end, Guifang Devil Monarch was annoyed. He announced to the whole city that when he abdicated, among his disciples, the one with the highest cultivation level would inherit the position of City Lord — the prerequisite for this was that the disciple must advance into the Nascent Soul realm.
If no one advanced into the Nascent Soul realm, foreign cultivators could seize the position of City Lord with their own strength.
After Guifang Devil Monarch announced this order, his disciples finally calmed down and began to cultivate with all their might.
Among them, his two oldest disciples naturally had the most advantage. They were already in the peak stage of the Core Formation realm, and the Nascent Soul realm was just a threshold.
However, Yang Chengji's talent was extremely high. While his senior martial brothers and sisters cultivated with all their might, they didn't forget to drag him down.
Although Yang Chengji's aptitude was excellent, he wasn't good at power struggles, so he had to deliberately avoid it and travel around Guifang City.
Hearing this, Mo Tiange wasn't too surprised.
Where there was influence, there would be power struggles. Even Xuanqing School, which was currently in a period of harmony, couldn't completely avoid it, let alone Guifang City, where the City Lord could order the whole city's people.
What she was curious about was why this innkeeper, whose cultivation level was only in the Aura Refining realm, was so clear about these things?
Upon hearing her question, the innkeeper smiled and said, "Senior, you don't know, but in our Guifang City, these are all open secrets. Not many people don't know about them."
He then said with some worry, "In fact, we're all very worried. If the City Lord really passes away, I'm afraid the good days of our Guifang City will also come to an end."
"Why?"
Mo Tiange smiled and said, "The establishment of Guifang City isn't a matter of a day or two. How can it be so easy to fall?"
The innkeeper said, "Senior is a Dao cultivator, so you might not be very clear about the matters of us devil cultivators.
We devil cultivators worship individual strength the most, so we don't have any sects; we only have cities.
Moreover, in a city, there's usually only one Nascent Soul cultivator, who is the City Lord. The City Lord's words are the devil territory's iron law.
Our Guifang City was established by relying on the prestige of City Lord, Guifang Devil Monarch. If the City Lord passes away and the successor doesn't have enough strength, we'll change from one of the three great devil territories to a small devil territory that can be bullied by anyone. "
"Oh, so it's like this." She seemed to have heard this before.
Even if the scale of the devil path was slightly smaller than that of the righteous path, how could there only be so few Nascent Soul cultivators among the three great and seven small devil territories in Northern Qilin Country?
It was probably because after devil cultivators advanced to the Nascent Soul realm, they would either establish their own city and enjoy the glory of being admired by thousands of people, or they would have no interest in it and wholeheartedly seek more powerful strength.
In this way, the strength of a city's deterrence completely depended on the strength of the City Lord. If the City Lord's strength wasn't enough, he could only submit to others.
In this case, once Guifang Devil Monarch passed away, whoever succeeded as the City Lord would affect the future of Guifang City. If this person's strength wasn't enough, Guifang City would quickly decline from being one of the three great devil territories and might even be robbed by other Nascent Soul cultivators.
Thinking about it this way, Guifang Devil Monarch's order was indeed extremely wise.
If one of his disciples advanced to the Nascent Soul realm, he could naturally take over Guifang City. But if no one had this ability, Guifang City was such a big piece of fat meat that it would definitely attract other powerful Nascent Soul cultivators. At that time, even if his disciples weren't complacent, Guifang City would still be saved.
Mo Tiange felt that this Guifang Devil Monarch wasn't only strong, but his brain was also first-rate. Compared to City Lord Mei of Starfall City, he was many times stronger. No wonder he could establish such a powerful devil territory.
Thinking of City Lord Mei, she couldn't help but ask, "Shopkeeper, are there any other devil territories near Guifang City?"
While leading the way, the shopkeeper answered, "Yes, the one closest to us should be Starfall City. But it's only a small devil territory, so it's not a big deal."
The shopkeeper's expression was exactly as he said — it was not a big deal. He looked like he didn't care about Starfall City at all.
It seemed that the strength of Guifang City also made the cultivators in Guifang City have a very high standard. No matter what, Starfall City still had Nascent Soul cultivators and many Core Formation cultivators. But in the end, in the eyes of this shopkeeper who was only in the Aura Refining realm, he only said one sentence — it was not a big deal.
"Senior, are you interested in Starfall City?"
The shopkeeper continued, "This Starfall City fell five years ago. Within a day, the City Lord's Mansion was completely slaughtered by the people of Night Owl City. Now, there are only a few Core Formation cultivators in charge, so there's really nothing to see."
"Oh?" Mo Tiange's interest was piqued. "Why did the people of Night Owl City want to slaughter the cultivators of Starfall City?
I remember that Night Owl City is also one of the three big devil territories, and Starfall City is only a small city — it's not worth fighting over, right? "
The shopkeeper said, "There have been many ups and downs in the past few years, so I don't know what exactly happened.
However, Junior heard that the City Lord of Starfall City practiced some kind of evil technique and actually tricked more than ten Core Formation cultivators into sacrificing their souls together. One of the cultivators was from Night Owl City. After the matter was exposed, the City Lord of Night Owl City was furious and slaughtered everyone in Starfall City. "
"Is that so …" Mo Tiange muttered to herself.
As an insider, she naturally knew the truth the best. According to what the shopkeeper said, among the Core Formation cultivators who were tricked, there were people from Night Owl City, so Starfall City was in big trouble.
The shopkeeper continued, "Junior heard that back then, no one escaped from the City Lord's Mansion in Descending Star City. All the Core Formation cultivators died.
Only the City Lord, who was already in the Nascent Soul realm and was no longer in the city, escaped this disaster. "