Four people were staring at each other in the sky for nearly ten minutes.

Then.

"Friends, how about we go down and have a chat? Up here, I always feel like I might fall at any moment." The fat man chuckled bitterly and suggested.

"Sure." Lu Xiaobu gladly accepted.

The four landed on the ground, and the three cultivators immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

However, their gazes involuntarily kept returning to Lu Xiaobu’s double bed.

"How should we address you, friends? Where are you coming from?" The fat man seemed like the leader of the three and spoke up.

"Oh, I’m Lu Xiaobu, from somewhere else. I fell into the mountain village and just got out!" Lu Xiaobu answered vaguely.

"Mountain village?" The fat man glanced upward and suddenly exclaimed: "Is it that Poison Scorpion’s village?"

"Yes, exactly there." Lu Xiaobu nodded.

"You’re impressive! To come out of that Poison Scorpion’s hands unscathed, it shows you have immense strength!" The fat man praised.

"Is that Poison Scorpion really strong?" The man on the fat man’s left asked.

"Foundation Establishment Late Stage, what do you think?" The fat man smiled wryly and shook his head: "My father tried to send people to wipe them out several times, but all came back unsuccessful!"

"Foundation Establishment Late Stage? Even the City Guard Army can’t handle them?" The man exclaimed again.

Upon hearing this, Lu Xiaobu squinted slightly in thought.

City Guard Army? His father?

Could it be, this little fat man has a powerful father?

No wonder he’s the leader.

"Where are you heading, friend?" The fat man ignored that topic and asked Lu Xiaobu again.

"I plan to go to the nearest city, settle down a bit, then see what’s next." Lu Xiaobu used the gathered information to smoothly respond to the fat man.

"Oh, that works out well, this is Young Master Lin of Linren City—Lin Lei." The man quickly introduced, looking proud.

"Chai Tao." The fat man, Lin Lei, frowned and reprimanded.

"Young Master Lin?" Lu Xiaobu heard the name and suddenly smiled. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"Any doubts?" The fat man asked, curious about Lu Xiaobu’s expression.

"No problem, no problem, just reminded me of an old acquaintance." Lu Xiaobu laughed: "He also has the surname Lin and is called Young Master Lin."

"Oh? Also Lin? Maybe he’s from the same family." The fat man chuckled.

Lu Xiaobu shook his head, saying nothing.

Being from the same family is impossible.

Based on Lin Feng’s temperament, if he met you, he’d try to finish you off.

"I see you have an extraordinary aura, I wonder if you’re from a city state or a sect?" The fat man asked again.

"City state." Lu Xiaobu answered quickly.

Of course, in a situation where you don’t know if a sect is ally or foe, you’d choose to side with the fat man.

"Oh, also from the city state. Where exactly is your origin?" The fat man smiled: "Don’t misunderstand, just trying to avoid unnecessary trouble."

"Right, right." Lu Xiaobu smiled.

But inwardly, he was rolling his eyes.

Checking household registration?

How am I supposed to know which city states exist?

Making up things could easily land me in trouble.

"You seem troubled. Could it be there’s an unspeakable secret? Are you fleeing?" Chai Tao asked.

Lu Xiaobu immediately burst into laughter.

This is divine assistance!

You’ve figured it out for me?

"You got me." Lu Xiaobu sighed: "I’m actually not from here, I came with an elder, but then... sigh!"

Let’s not elaborate, let them guess the rest.

Sure enough, Chai Tao immediately showed an enlightened expression.

Then, he whispered in Lin Lei’s ear: "Young Master Lin, I guess his elder was killed. This aligns with him ending up in the mountain village. Later, we can check how he got to the village to roughly determine his identity."

"And if what he says is true, we can totally accept him. If he succeeds in taking power, he’ll be a solid ally!"

"Even if he can’t take power, he certainly has some connections!"

"Worst case, if someone issues a warrant for him, we could profit from it!"

Chai Tao’s analysis was flawless, a display of a meticulous mind.

The fat man Lin Lei listened and felt intrigued.

Indeed, it makes sense!

All benefits, no downsides!

"But what about his strength..." The fat man thought again: "He escaped from Poison Scorpion!"

"No matter how strong he is, what could he do in the city? Even Poison Scorpion wouldn’t dare stay in the city." Chai Tao continued his intelligent analysis.

"Hmm, that makes sense." Lin Lei nodded slowly.

"Moreover, Young Master Lin, make sure only we know of this, give him a new identity, so he becomes our trump card!" Chai Tao continued.

Lu Xiaobu pretended not to hear their conversation.

But inside, he was delighted.

Wow, this guy is a genius!

I didn’t say anything, yet you’ve arranged everything for me!

Amazing, amazing!

You truly are like a reincarnated Zhuge Liang!

I must find time to thank you.

And at this point, the fat man was clearly convinced.

His eyes rolled, revealing a smile: "If Brother Lu doesn’t mind, why not come with me to Linren City? After all, your current identity has some inconveniences, but I can help with that."

"Thanks, Young Master Lin." Lu Xiaobu readily accepted.

"No problem, no problem, we’re like family, no need for formality. Let’s talk while we walk." Lin Lei said with a hearty laugh.

With that, the four of them set off on the road to Linren City.

And along the way, thanks to Chai Tao’s ’sharpness’, Lu Xiaobu gathered a lot of information.

First of all, it turned out this was an island.

Yes, that’s right, just an island, a giant island.

And there are 107 similar islands in this world.

Additionally, these are just the discovered islands.

Geographic isolation means there’s no unified political power here.

It’s unclear if other islands have such unified power, but on this island they don’t.

Each city is its own authority, and the cities form a relatively loose federation.

This is what the fat man referred to as city states.

As for sects, it’s obvious.

In Chai Tao’s words, so-called sects are just groups of powerful bandits.

Besides cities and sects, there are several areas belonging to the Demon Clan, usually referred to as forbidden areas.

This is the basic distribution of power around here.

Lu Xiaobu understood this and got a clearer picture.

This seemed like a board prepared for him and Lin Feng, with each island being a piece, quite interesting.

Of course, talking about gathering forces is premature, let’s take it slow.