Lin Chen raised his eyebrows at the words and jumped down from the flying sword.

Arriving at the city gates, Lin Chen saw the person who had transmitted the message to him.

It was the leader of the city guard of Human Path City.

"A gatekeeper already has the Fake Pill cultivation... Seems like coming to Wenda Sect is a wise choice!"

Lin Chen blinked his eyes.

The Human Path City he was in was still far from the real Wenda Sect.

The three cities of Human Path, Earth Dao, and Celestial Dao are separated by thirty thousand miles each.

After passing through the Celestial Dao City checkpoint, another thirty thousand miles remain to be covered to reach Wenda City.

This means Lin Chen is ninety thousand miles away from the true core of Qing State.

But even within just Human Path City, the cultivation levels of the cultivators had already impressed Lin Chen...

The Fake Pill Realm city guard leader stepped forward a few paces, and after sensing Lin Chen’s cultivation, his expression turned more respectful.

"This fellow Daoist looks unfamiliar. Is this your first time in Human Path City?"

Lin Chen nodded with a smile and responded:

"I am but a mere loose cultivator. Having long heard of the Wenda Sect’s reputation, I wished to see Wenda City while traveling the continent, passing through this city..."

"I am not aware of the city’s regulations, so please forgive me."

Seeing Lin Chen’s polite manner, the city guard leader couldn’t help but feel a bit of goodwill and said:

"No worries, fellow Daoist. Since this is your first visit to Human Path City, you will need to obtain a residency permit."

"The Wenda Sect has a rule that anyone heading to Wenda City must go through the three cities of Human Path, Earth Dao, and Celestial Dao, and requires a passage document from each city."

"It takes a month to process the passage document, so you will likely have to temporarily reside in Human Path City."

Upon hearing this, Lin Chen felt a surge of emotion in his heart.

To establish such regulations in the Cultivation Realm and have cultivators process passage documents, there is likely only the Wenda Sect capable of this.

"Traveling to Wenda Sect requires passing through three cities, meaning it would take at least three months..."

"Well, there’s plenty of time... In that case, let’s first see if the Three Cities of Wendao have what is needed for Nascent Soul Formation..."

Lin Chen’s main purpose in traveling this time was to seek opportunities for Nascent Soul Formation; traveling was secondary.

Thinking of this, he said:

"Fellow Daoist, in that case... I shall temporarily reside in Human Path City."

The city guard leader smiled upon hearing this:

"That’s great, Human Path City is located atop a spirit vein and has abundant spiritual energy... Therefore, residing here requires paying Spirit Stones."

"A temporary stay for one month costs thirty Spirit Stones. For a year, it’s three hundred Spirit Stones..."

"Of course, you can also spend thirty thousand Spirit Stones to purchase a permanent residence certificate for Human Path City."

"Those with a permanent residence certificate can fly with a magical artifact within the city... but remember not to disturb other cultivators..."

Lin Chen blinked upon hearing this. The Wenda Sect indeed knows how to do business.

There are at least one hundred thousand cultivators in Human Path City, meaning the residency tax alone could bring in three million Spirit Stones each month?

But, thirty thousand Spirit Stones weren’t much to Lin Chen.

Purchasing a permanent residency certificate would make flying with a magical artifact more convenient, too.

With that thought, Lin Chen took out a storage bag and handed it over.

The city guard leader brightened up after counting the contents and handed over a black ring.

"Fellow Daoist, this ring is the permanent residency certificate of Human Path City."

"Besides allowing free entry and exit from the city, the ring is also connected to the Wenda Treasure Mirror. You can exchange Wenda Points to purchase rare items."

As he spoke, the man handed over a small booklet, which contained the exchange list of Wenda Points.

Lin Chen gave it a quick glance.

The use of Wenda Points was similar to the sect contributions of Changchun Sect.

But Wenda Points were evidently more valuable.

One Wenda Point is worth a hundred lower-grade Spirit Stones, and the range of purchasable items is broader, including many rare herbs, pills, and magical treasures.

"Thank you, fellow Daoist!"

Lin Chen nodded and stepped into Human Path City.

As soon as he crossed into the city, Lin Chen felt as if he passed through an invisible barrier.

It was the City Defense Array!

The entire Human Path City lay within a large array...

"The spiritual energy..."

Lin Chen raised his eyebrows, sensing the abundant spiritual energy in the air.

It was several times more abundant than when Lin Chen used Spirit Stones to operate a Spirit Gathering Array...

"Tsk-tsk, cultivating in Human Path City would definitely yield twice the results with half the effort!"

Lin Chen nodded slightly, strolling along the streets of Human Path City.

The road paved with bluestone was three zhang wide, wide enough for two or three carriages to run parallel.

And along the roadside were various shops, with pedestrians hurrying by.

The pedestrians on the road were mostly mortals, with the occasional cultivator in between.

This is the Lower City District of Human Path City.

Lin Chen didn’t linger long in the Lower City District, transforming into a streak of light and flying toward the Upper City District several hundred zhang high.

"Moving by escape light, he must be a Core Formation cultivator!"

On the street, a few cultivators and pedestrians noticed Lin Chen and whispered among themselves.

But they didn’t linger too long, only watching the excitement for a moment.

Evidently, even a Core Formation cultivator was not too rare in this city.

Flying high into the sky, passing through a circle with a hundred zhang diameter, Lin Chen smoothly entered the Upper City District of Human Path City.

The entire city was suspended several hundred zhang in the air, seemingly operating under some gravitational array. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

"Hiss, the spiritual energy in the Upper City District is even more astonishing..."

Lin Chen raised his eyebrows, feeling that the spiritual energy in the Upper City District was twice as abundant as in a typical Spirit Gathering Array.

"The Upper City District, suspended several hundred zhang high, is undoubtedly a ’sky city’ above the Lower City District’s mortals."

"Almost everyone in the city is a cultivator..."

Lin Chen wandered around the Upper City District for a few circles, spotting Foundation Establishment cultivators everywhere, and occasionally seeing Core Formation cultivators moving by escape light.

In less than half a two-hour period, Lin Chen had encountered no fewer than a dozen Golden Core cultivators...