I awakened my god-tier passive skill early on and took off instantly

Afterward, Han Daobei further explained the general situation here. The largest power is the City Lord's Mansion, whose City Lord is a late-stage Deity Transformation Realm cultivator at his peak.

Beneath him are the various Deity Transformation elders.

They are the masters of this Maze City Realm.

Viewing everyone else as slaves.

Then there are various small power groups formed by people who unite to protect themselves.

Newcomers, as long as they are in the Deity Transformation Realm, must join the City Lord's Mansion, otherwise, they will face the encirclement and suppression of a group of Deity Transformation experts.

Those with strong strength below the Deity Transformation Realm can also choose to join the City Lord's Mansion. As long as they join successfully, they don't have to pay a monthly fee of spirit stones.

"Like us in the Golden Core Realm, we have to pay one thousand middle-grade spirit stones every month. If we can't pay, our cultivation will be restricted, and we will be punished as slaves."

Han Daobei said with some heartache.

Lu Xin now understood why those in the Deity Transformation Realm had to join the City Lord's Mansion. This was to ensure absolute rule.

Afterward, he also learned that this small place actually had more than 300 Deity Transformation experts, more than 3,000 Nascent Soul experts, tens of thousands of Golden Core experts, and countless Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining cultivators.

If this force were pulled out, it would definitely sweep across a large area.

However, he was a little puzzled, "Brother Han, is there enough resources in such a small place to supply these people for cultivation?"

Han Daobei smiled without answering, but instead said, "Brother Lu, try to circulate your cultivation technique and absorb some spiritual energy."

Lu Xin did so with doubt, and was soon surprised.

The spiritual energy here was so abundant that taking a breath was equivalent to having top-grade spirit stones assisting.

He quickly sensed his dantian, and his mana increased. It wasn't a dream.

"Huh? That's not right!"

Lu Xin quickly noticed something abnormal.

Because he had just subconsciously glanced at the system panel and found that his [Breathing] passive skill had stopped automatically absorbing and refining spiritual energy.

There was also a series of warnings below:

[Warning: No spiritual energy, breathing failed...]

Lu Xin was a little confused and quickly circulated his cultivation technique again to absorb and refine a little spiritual energy, which did increase his mana.

But the system also had this warning, so there was only one truth.

That was that everything in front of him was fake.

It could deceive him, but it couldn't deceive the system.

"Illusion?"

Lu Xin's thoughts changed rapidly. He was wondering when he had been tricked. Could it be that he had been trapped in an illusion array since he entered the stone chamber?

There was no teleportation array at all, and he was still in the stone chamber?

Or was he teleported into an illusion array?

Han Daobei, who was next to him, looked at Lu Xin's still surprised expression and wasn't surprised at all. When he first came in, his expression was even more exaggerated than this.

"Alright, Brother Lu, let's cultivate later. Let's enter the city quickly."

Lu Xin came back to his senses, pretending to be nonchalant, but secretly carefully looked at Han Daobei. He was indeed a living person.

In addition to Yan Qinglu, who had entered before him.

So he guessed that this was likely an extremely clever illusion array, and everyone who came in was deceived.

In addition, it could also be determined that this was a land without spiritual energy. Once the mana in the dantian was used up, it could only be replenished by external objects such as elixirs and spirit stones.

So mana was used up bit by bit.

Fortunately, before he came in, he had raised his physical body to the fifth transformation of the Golden Body, so he could sweep across this place even without mana.

Just in case, he ignored whether it was real or fake and quickly secretly expelled all the mana he had just refined from his body.

Feeling the reality of this mana, he was a little puzzled again.

Afterward, the two walked and talked, heading towards the city.

Lu Xin suddenly asked, "Brother Han, do you usually use spirit stones to cultivate?"

Han Daobei smiled bitterly:

"How can I be so extravagant? I have to pay one thousand middle-grade spirit stones every month. The ones I brought in at the beginning have long been used up, and now I have to work every day to earn spirit stones."

Speaking of this, he was a little emotional:

"Speaking of which, I haven't used spirit stones to cultivate for many years, but fortunately, the spiritual energy here is abundant, and the cultivation speed is very fast even without spirit stones.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many high-realm experts here."

"That's really a blessing in disguise."

Lu Xin敷衍 on the surface, while secretly sensing the situation in his dantian. The mana was abundant and looked real.

Then he suggested speeding up and flying in the air.

He didn't expect the other party to be able to use this mana.

"Damn it, what is real and what is fake?"

Lu Xin was a little confused. If this person hadn't been so enthusiastic to him, he would have wanted to dissect him and study him.

The two quickly arrived at the city gate, where there were guards. Newcomers, as long as they were not Deity Transformation experts, had to pay an entrance fee corresponding to their realm before entering the city.

Of course, they could also choose not to enter the city and hide outside, but if they were caught, the consequences would be death.

When Lu Xin had just learned that the City Lord only had a late-stage Deity Transformation Realm cultivation at his peak, he originally planned to directly pull him down from his horse and seize his position.

But now he felt that this place was real and fake, mysterious and secretive.

The real master may not necessarily be him, so he decided to observe for a while longer.

So he readily paid one thousand middle-grade spirit stones and obtained a token with a countdown on it, which was exactly thirty days.

When the countdown reached zero, he needed to pay spirit stones again to replenish the time, otherwise, he would bear the consequences.

Following Han Daobei into the city, he found that the surface here was not much different from the outside city, with a bustling crowd and street vendors.

Because the "spiritual energy" here was abundant, everyone had profound cultivation.

And because there was no order, disputes were everywhere.

Whether it was a Golden Core or a Nascent Soul, they all carried a fierce aura.

"Wen Yuanlong, I caught this woman first. Do you want to rob her?"

"Bullshit, is it yours just because you caught her? Do you have the strength?"

In front, two Nascent Souls were fighting over a woman bound by ropes. Lu Xin recognized this woman as Yan Qinglu, who had entered before him.

At this time, she looked desperate.

The people around were pointing and commenting, and no one came forward to help, looking like they were enjoying the show.

"Let's go. This kind of thing is very common here. If men or women who look good are not strong enough and have no one to protect them, they will be coveted.

Like this person, it is common to be caught on the street."

Han Daobei sighed beside him and explained, seemingly already accustomed to it.

Then he whispered a reminder:

"By the way, Brother Lu, I think you look very temperamental and are dressed like a Daoist. You are the type that the City Lord's Rakshasa female demon likes the most. Be careful not to be encountered by her."

Lu Xin didn't move his feet, looking at Yan Qinglu, who was tied up. After all, they were acquaintances, so he planned to save her.

However, before he could take action, an old man rushed into the crowd.

"Qinglu, why is it you!"

The old man went straight to Yan Qinglu and tore off the rope magic weapon that bound her.

"Grandpa." When Yan Qinglu saw the person coming, she suddenly cried with joy and threw herself into the old man's arms.

"Why did you find your way here?"

The old man grabbed her and looked at her carefully. Seeing that she was not injured, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Before Yan Qinglu could speak, Wen Yuanlong, who had been fighting over her, shouted:

"Old ghost, is this your granddaughter? She looks good. Name a price and let her marry me."

"You're courting death!" The old man pulled his granddaughter behind him, and a fierce aura suddenly rose from his body.