Chapter 2130: Seating Arrangement

In the valley, it had competed with him, and his physical body was powerful, hard to contend with. As for true qi and soul, they were pitifully weak. The dozens of seconds of seclusion not only improved his cultivation but, more importantly, perfectly fused spirit, body, and qi together, making them far purer than even this divine beast that had cultivated for hundreds of years...

Turning to look at Sun Qiang not far away, he thought he would be as shocked as himself, but found him wearing an expression of taking it for granted.

He seemed unsurprised by the scene before him.

In other words... this Zhang Xuan's cultivation in such a short time was all within his expectations.

What kind of master have I found, and what kind of group is this?

Just as he was at a loss, his vision blurred, and a scrawny little yellow chicken appeared on the young master's shoulder.

"You're awake?" Seeing it, the young master nodded.

"Mm, didn't you get quite a few Divine Origin Pills? I want to eat..." The little yellow chicken drooled.

"How dare you! As a spirit pet, if the young master doesn't give, how can you presumptuously ask..." Zhang Jia frowned.

Although he didn't know why the young master raised a chicken, as a spirit pet, one should have the awareness of a spirit pet. How could it open its mouth to ask for food? If all spirit pets were like this, what face would the master have?

"Who are you?" The little yellow chicken turned to look at him, then its chicken eyes smiled: "Oh, a Phosphorus Armor Beast, should taste good..."

Whoosh!

The chicken's beak opened wide.

Before Zhang Jia could react, he was swallowed into its belly.

"Spit him out quickly! He's the spirit pet I just took in..." Not expecting this guy to cause trouble as soon as he appeared, Zhang Xuan was startled and slapped the chicken on the head.

This state was worse than staying asleep...

Pfft!

Hearing the master's words, the yellow chicken had no choice but to obediently spit Zhang Jia out.

Zhang Jia had now reverted to his original form. Thinking that he had been eaten by a little chicken at the lower-grade deity level, he was furious, his face contorted, and he roared: "You dare eat me? I'll kill you..."

With a loud roar, he charged over.

Zhang Xuan was about to stop him when he saw the little yellow chicken looking over with a delighted expression: "Come on, kill me! If you don't kill me, you're a coward..."

"You..." The Phosphorus Armor Beast was enraged.

The young master broke through two major levels in true qi and soul in just a few dozen breaths—I can accept that. But you, a chicken, what right do you have to be so arrogant!

Bang!

A thick hoof stamped down, crushing the little yellow chicken into the ground. Lifting his foot and looking down, he saw that not only was the creature not dead, but it was lounging with its legs crossed, looking utterly relaxed: "Put some effort... Haven't you eaten?"

"..." Zhang Jia was furious again.

After several kicks, the courtyard wall collapsed in several places, and large pits appeared in the ground. Yet this little chicken, which looked like it could die at any moment, remained lazy and unscathed.

"Master..." By now, even a fool would know that this creature was definitely not just an ordinary lower-grade deity. Reverting to human form, Zhang Jia looked over.

"Alright, stop messing around. Little Chicken, if you want to die, I'll take you to the city lord's mansion later to see if there's another way." Zhang Xuan said.

Having been burned twice, the little yellow chicken suspected that its strength increased through death, so as soon as it woke up, it sought death.

The little yellow chicken used its wings to dust off the dirt and returned to Zhang Xuan's shoulder.

Having awakened from the spatial storm, although its strength hadn't greatly improved, its defense was stronger than before. Even Zhang Jia couldn't kill it easily.

"Alright, don't be discouraged. I am a supreme divine beast roaming heaven and earth. It's normal that you can't kill me. Just be my little brother!" The little yellow chicken said, glancing at Zhang Jia.

"Be your little brother?" Zhang Jia snorted. "Even if I can't kill you, you can't kill me either. Dream on!"

"Dream on?" The little yellow chicken smiled slightly, its chicken eyes suddenly opening wide, releasing a powerful aura.

The bloodline power between divine beasts!

Thud!

Zhang Jia fell to his knees: "Big brother!"

"That's more like it..." The little yellow chicken looked satisfied.

Zhang Jia wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

He had thought it was just an ordinary chicken, but once it released its bloodline power, it felt as if heaven and earth were collapsing. Compared to it, his own proud bloodline was utterly insignificant!

What level of divine beast was it?

Zhang Jia felt his worldview completely shattered.

He had thought that becoming a spirit pet of this person as a dignified Heavenly God was beneath him, but now he knew... he was the one who had overreached!

"Divine Mountain is very far from Yeming City, and it's covered by a seal left by an Emperor-level expert. It's impossible to go there normally; only through the city's teleportation array can one reach it."

Ignoring the now-harmonious yellow chicken and Phosphorus Armor Beast, Zhang Xuan listened carefully to Sun Qiang's explanation.

Although he had heard of Divine Mountain before, he didn't know where it was or how to obtain the divine spirit qi.

"Every year, each city has a fixed number of slots. Those who obtain the slots are teleported into the Divine Mountain, where they try to find the aura of the gods and absorb it to break through! There are successes and failures; many people have gone to the Divine Mountain several times without success..."

Sun Qiang relayed the information he had gathered.

"Let's go take a look. It shouldn't be hard for Zhao Ya and the others to obtain it," Zhang Xuan said, unconcerned.

Although Zhao Ya and the others were only pseudo-gods, they had spent considerable time in both the Master Teacher Continent and the Firmament, and their combat experience and personal strength far exceeded that of beings native to the Divine Realm.

Others might fail, but these people failing... he didn't believe it.

If they really failed, they wouldn't be worthy of being his students!

"You follow along too, and break through to godhood as soon as possible!" Zhang Xuan instructed.

"Alright..." Sun Qiang nodded.

The group headed toward the city lord's mansion.

The teleportation point was on the square outside the city lord's mansion. In less than an hour, they arrived and saw that the place was already packed with countless people.

Yeming City was not particularly large in the Divine Realm, but it still had twelve hundred slots. With friends and family seeing them off, the square, though spacious, was filled to capacity, bustling with activity.

"Young Master Zhang Xuan, this way, please!"

Just as they arrived at the square but before entering, the middle-aged man Ying Fei from before came up to greet them, his face full of respect.

Leading Zhao Ya and the others, Zhang Xuan followed him closely and soon entered a room.

City Lord Wu Fangqing was inside. Seeing him arrive, he stood up with a smile: "Young Master Zhang Xuan, please have a seat!"

Zhang Xuan looked around and noticed that the room was already filled with people, at least twenty or thirty of them.

Beside Wu Fangqing sat several people, each exuding a rich aura, indicating considerable strength.

It was clear that these people held high status and positions in Yeming City.

Without declining, Zhang Xuan went to the seat next to Wu Fangqing and sat down.

As soon as he sat down, a middle-aged man nearby looked at him with confusion: "City Lord Wu, aren't you going to introduce this friend?"

The others also looked over.

Not only was he curious, but the others were also puzzled.

The seat the city lord had given him was much higher in status than theirs. If it were a renowned elder of the city, they might accept it, but this man was so young and didn't seem particularly strong.

"This is Young Brother Zhang Xuan, who is leading a group of students into the Divine Mountain," Wu Fangqing said, pointing to Zhao Ya and the others.

"Students?"

The others became even more curious and looked at Zhao Ya and the others, frowning.

These people were at least eighteen or nineteen years old and still hadn't broken through to godhood—their talent wasn't impressive!

"City Lord, although you have your reasons for arranging the seating, with so many people watching in Yeming City, we must follow the rules. If this Young Brother Zhang is strong, we would be convinced; if his students are strong, we would have nothing to say. But if neither is the case, this seems a bit improper!" said the middle-aged man who had spoken earlier.

"What's going on? We paid a lot of money to get this seat! At the last auction, this Young Brother Zhang wasn't present... Putting him ahead of us, and with so many people, I still think it's inappropriate!" said another middle-aged man.

"Seat?" Zhang Xuan frowned.

He had only come at the city lord's invitation to sit down; he hadn't expected the seating to have such significance, that one couldn't just sit anywhere.

Slightly puzzled, he looked at Wu Fangqing, who then transmitted a message to him: "Young Master Zhang Xuan, I'm sorry for not telling you earlier. It's like this: the Divine Mountain is a mountain range. The closer to the summit, the greater the chance of obtaining the aura of the gods; the foot of the mountain offers much less. It opens once every six months, and all pseudo-gods in the Divine Realm who haven't broken through enter. So the teleportation array can't send everyone to the foot of the mountain—that would be too troublesome and cause great conflict."

"Therefore, some people are teleported directly to the mountainside, or even the summit. Those teleported there have a much greater chance of obtaining the aura of the gods than ordinary people!"

"But each city has a limited number of slots. For fairness, the city lord's mansion auctions off the summit slots every six months. These people... are the ones who bought the slots!"

Zhang Xuan understood.

The entire Yeming City had only twelve hundred slots, and those reaching the mountainside were certainly few. If he used up thirteen of them as soon as he arrived, who would agree?

"I'm truly sorry. If the juniors of you all cannot reach the mountainside, I will refund the money you paid in full..." After explaining, Wu Fangqing clasped his hands and spoke with some embarrassment.

If this person were an ordinary man, it would be one thing, but he was likely a descendant of an emperor. Even he dared not offend him and had to find a way to arrange things.

"It's not about money! It's about the rules!"

The first middle-aged man snorted: "How about this: if his students can defeat the juniors of our families in strength, I won't ask further, and he can sit in front. If not... please apologize to us and obediently go to the back!"

Wu Fangqing frowned, but before he could respond, Zhang Xuan spoke: "Fine."

Then he looked at Zhao Ya and the others: "Who will go?"

"I'll go!"

Sun Qiang stepped forward, his fat body shaking with flesh.

"This is not a matter of money! It's about the rules!"

The first middle-aged man snorted: "How about this: if his students can defeat the juniors of our families in strength, I won't ask further, and he can sit in front. If not... please apologize to us and obediently go to the back!"

Wu Fangqing frowned, but before he could respond, Zhang Xuan spoke: "Fine."

Then he looked at Zhao Ya and the others: "Who will go?"

"I'll go!"