Immortality Starts With Ignorant Heart Sword Art

Chapter 206: The Sea King Banquet, Causing a Stir

After releasing his Foundation Building aura, Zhong Cang entered the process of entering the Tianhai Immortal City without any surprises or disturbances.

Although this place is chaotic, at the level of Gold Core and Foundation Building, as long as one doesn't cause trouble, it is still possible to live peacefully.

However, resources are limited, and the Great Dao requires competition. If one does not come from a prestigious sect and does not have the support of a family, as an Independent Cultivator, even if they cultivate to Foundation Building or Gold Core, they can only rely on their own efforts to fight and seize opportunities.

And this competition, this battle, is constant.

This is also the root cause of the continuous chaos in the Tianhai Immortal City.

...

Entering the Immortal City, Zhong Cang eagerly looked at the surrounding items while walking towards the inner city.

As he walked halfway, Zhong Cang was surprised to find that there were many sea creatures here, selling various sea products.

He even saw some sea creatures being sold as slaves.

He didn't have any thoughts of liberating slaves; he wasn't a saint with a compassionate heart.

At this moment, Zhong Cang's attention was focused more on the sea products, such as pearls, one-yuan heavy water, coral, and so on.

He bought these things, one was for their appearance, to give to his disciples and maidservants.

The other reason was that Zhong Cang, with his innate talent [Qi Eater], could absorb the essence of the five elements from some materials, nourishing his own body and the Five Viscera Divine Lord.

At this moment, Zhong Cang purchased these spiritual materials in preparation to absorb their essence and quickly improve his physical fitness.

The shopping lasted for half a stick of incense, and the reason it finally stopped was that Zhong Cang ran out of spirit stones.

"It's a pity. If the spirit stones I obtained from the Xuan Yuan Realm hadn't been lost in the chaotic flow of space, I could have bought all the five element spiritual materials in one go... But as a Foundation Building cultivator, if I take out so many spirit stones, I will also attract trouble."

Thinking of this, Zhong Cang's eagerness to return to the Cloud Firmament Sect grew stronger.

...

After shopping, soon, another half stick of incense passed, and Zhong Cang and his group, who had been walking and stopping, finally arrived in the area controlled by the Four Seas Pavilion.

Unlike the Cloud Firmament Sect's Heavenly City, the Four Seas Pavilion had only built a loft.

In the Tianhai Immortal City, the Four Seas Pavilion, a powerful force, directly controlled a street.

On the entire street, there was the main building of the Four Seas Pavilion, as well as shops, stores, restaurants, and so on.

At the same time, they were not only selling spirit stones and supplies here but also purchasing various exotic spiritual materials.

Without paying attention to these, Zhong Cang originally walked straight towards the main building of the Four Seas Pavilion.

However, when passing by a restaurant, his footsteps paused slightly.

In his perception, there were a large number of Foundation Building cultivators gathered here, and even though he was outside the restaurant, Zhong Cang could hear the sounds of fighting and cheering coming from inside.

This scene made Zhong Cang's eyebrows raise slightly.

After thinking for a moment, he still stopped someone and asked about the reason.

"What's happening here? Wasn't it forbidden to cause trouble in the inner city?"

The person he stopped had no good intentions and originally wanted to shake him off, but as Zhong Cang released a hint of his aura, the person's attitude instantly became respectful.

"Reporting to the Perfected Being, in the Tianhai Immortal City, the inner city is also controlled by various forces, and they can set their own rules... So, in some buildings, fighting and even killing are allowed."

"As for this restaurant, it was built by the Four Seas Pavilion. The most famous event here is the Sea King Banquet. Every month, this restaurant hunts a sea king to entertain everyone."

"And every year on August 15th, the Sea King Banquet hosted by the Pavilion Lord of the Four Seas Pavilion is completely free. However, if you want to dine upstairs, you need to go through a series of tests. Only the young geniuses who carve their names on the wooden plaques upstairs through battles can dine there."

"And today, although someone has bought the Sea King Banquet, Miss Yan, who is hosting the banquet, has chosen to do the same as the Pavilion Lord..."

(Note: The translation provided is a faithful translation of the Chinese text. However, the context and cultural references may not be fully understood without further information.)

After the man's explanation, combined with Zhong Cang's own reasoning, he instantly understood that the so-called Sea King Banquet was a show and promotion organized by the Lord of the Four Seas Pavilion to win over young talents.

This approach was not bad, because with the hosting of the Sea King Banquet, the Four Seas Restaurant in this area could be considered a high-end hotel, and many self-proclaimed young talents would come here to consume and show off.

And today, someone with the same idea as the Lord of the Four Seas Pavilion had purchased the right to host the Sea King Banquet, intending to win over a group of young talents.

This situation also made Zhong Cang's eyes light up.

"How coincidental, I was just thinking about how to become famous, and now the opportunity has come."

...

In fact, Zhong Cang had considered only contacting the Four Seas Pavilion to establish a connection with the Cloud Firmament Sect without causing a big commotion.

And this approach seemed more secretive, which was also safer for Zhong Cang.

However, after careful consideration, he ultimately chose not to do so.

The reason for this was that Zhong Cang couldn't be sure if there were people in the Four Seas Pavilion who had ill intentions towards him or the Cloud Firmament Sect.

If there weren't, then naturally everyone would be happy.

But if there were, whether it was the Four Seas Pavilion sending someone to assassinate him after learning about Zhong Cang's situation, or contacting hostile demonic sects, it would leave him with no place to bury his body.

At that time, without any fame, Zhong Cang would die silently.

Not wanting to end up in such a situation, Zhong Cang chose to have the Four Seas Pavilion contact the Cloud Firmament Sect while exposing himself.

And after becoming famous, he planned to live in the Four Seas Pavilion and never come out.

In this way, even if there were people in the Four Seas Pavilion who harbored ill intentions towards him, they wouldn't dare to make a move and would even go to great lengths to protect him.

After all, the other forces in the Cloud Dream Domain might not be too wary of the Cloud Firmament Sect due to the distance.

But the Four Seas Pavilion was different. There were shops opened by the Four Seas Pavilion in the Heavenly City next to the Cloud Firmament Sect, and there were countless branches of the Four Seas Pavilion within the Cloud Firmament Sect's territory.

If the Four Seas Pavilion didn't want to be subjected to various inspections, harassment, or even being shut down, they had to protect the safety of their "true disciple."

"Let the Four Seas Pavilion protect me, and then wait for the people from the Cloud Firmament Sect to come... That's how it's decided!"

With a plan in mind, Zhong Cang headed straight to the Four Seas Restaurant.

He was prepared to take the lead in this Sea King Banquet selection.

As soon as he entered, he noticed that the expanded interior of the Four Seas Restaurant was divided into two parts.

Below, there were numerous Independent Cultivators bustling about, while above, there were talented individuals who could participate in the Sea King Banquet.

At this moment, most of them were downstairs, and in the center of the restaurant, there was a platform protected by a barrier. Two young men were fighting on the platform, attracting cheers from the surrounding people.

Zhong Cang originally didn't pay much attention to the people in the restaurant, whether they were upstairs or downstairs.

However, soon, his brows furrowed, and he looked towards a corner of the restaurant.

There, a drunken, slightly chubby young man was squinting and staring at someone on the upper level of the restaurant.

It wasn't until Zhong Cang's gaze turned over and looked for a long time that the person noticed something and turned his surprised gaze towards Zhong Cang.

And after taking a look at Zhong Cang's appearance and the two maids behind him, his face immediately turned bitter, and he came to Zhong Cang's side.

"Brother, you're being unfair. You already have two beautiful ladies, why are you still competing with us single Fellow Daoists?"

"?!!"

This statement left Zhong Cang completely confused, not knowing what to say.

On the other hand, Ling Que, upon hearing this, had an unhappy expression.

"Hmph, I'm not my brother-in-law's concubine, I'm his disciple."

Ling Que was arguing, but the fat Taoist didn't pay attention to this. Instead, his eyes lit up with admiration and he said, "Fellow Daoist is indeed better than me, actually preferring the sisters. However, the Yan sisters are thorny. It would be difficult for Fellow Daoist to have both. How about Fellow Daoist chooses one, and I choose one, and we won't interfere with each other..."

"You're thinking too much."

Even Zhong Cang couldn't help but refute when his reputation was slandered like this.

However, as soon as he said this, the fat Taoist rolled his eyes.

"Alright, Fellow Daoist, don't pretend in front of me. If it weren't for your interest in Yan Chuyao and Yan Miaoyin, how could someone with your strength participate in the Sea King Banquet and join their team to explore the mortal realm? In this aspect, you are inferior to me. Even if I have been rejected a hundred times, I, He Gao, still dare to loudly declare my affection for the person I like."

"..."

These shameless words left Zhong Cang speechless once again.

What made him even more helpless was that he actually felt a hint of threat from this person.

However, he quickly forgot about these things and focused on something more important.

"You're talking about exploring the mortal realm? The Cloud Firmament Territory is about to collide with the Outer Territories."

This made He Gao roll his eyes again.

"Keep pretending, continue to pretend for me."

Just as Zhong Cang could sense the threat from He Gao, He Gao could also sense a threat from Zhong Cang.

Because of this, he didn't believe that someone with such strong power and such a young age like Zhong Cang had no background, and he didn't believe that Zhong Cang knew nothing.

Therefore, he believed that everything Zhong Cang was doing now was just pretending to be innocent.

His goal was to infiltrate the team of the Yan sisters and gain their favor.

This made him curse angrily in his heart.

"Sneaky, shameless, pretending to be an innocent youth... Fortunately, you have your concubine and the Yan sisters. They won't be deceived by you."

What He Gao was thinking, Zhong Cang didn't know. Therefore, he didn't know that He Gao already regarded him as a despicable and shameless person who only wanted to get close to his goddess.

Fortunately, he soon learned what He Gao meant by the "mortal realm."

...It wasn't that Zhong Cang overheard He Gao's thoughts, but rather the discussions of others in the restaurant reached his ears.

"Exploring the mortal realm? Can we earn a large amount of spirit stones from it? This sounds too good to be true..."

"Why wouldn't it be true? Haven't you noticed that the war between our Dao Sect and the Demon Sect has stopped in recent years? If there were no other benefits, how could the two sects stop the war?"

"..."

These words left some people speechless, while others whispered:

"Everyone, according to the information I've gathered, the Cloud Firmament Sect in the North Abyss Region has already had many outer disciples who have found mineral deposits and precious treasures, making a fortune. If we go, we will definitely benefit greatly."

"I also know about this. It is said that a cultivator with a fourth-grade talent has joined the Gold Core sect with the resources they obtained!"

"Wow... Those people are so lucky!"

After learning about the mortal realm and hearing that some people had found treasures there, some sighed, some were happy, and some sighed continuously.

"It's a pity. If the mortal realm appeared in our Cloud Firmament Territory, it would be great. At that time, we wouldn't have to join the team of true disciples and serve them. We could also go treasure hunting."

"You're daydreaming. Treasures are not so easy to obtain. Even in the North Abyss Region, we independent cultivators have to join the major sects to obtain treasures."

After inquiring, Zhong Cang also learned that it wasn't the Cloud Firmament Territory that had the mortal realm, but rather the North Abyss Region that those people wanted to go to.

At the same time, he also learned the reason why the Yan sisters were holding this banquet.

To recruit people.

Zhong Cang didn't forget that before he went to the mortal realm, Zhou Cang, Yan Ying, and others had also held a banquet and recruited all the inner disciples of the Cloud Firmament Sect at that time to go to the mortal realm together.

Doing so not only spreads the risk, but also allows for the gathering of more resources.

Currently, what the Yan sisters are doing is the same as what Zhou Cang and the others did back then.

The difference is that back then, Zhong Cang and the others were all inner disciples with similar status, so Zhou Cang and the others came up with a cooperative solution.

Currently, as the true heirs of a major sect, the Yan sisters are recruiting independent cultivators, and as a result, they are recruiting subordinates.

And the Sea King Banquet is not only the right to sit at the dining table, but also a test for the independent cultivators by the Yan sisters.

After learning all of this, Zhong Cang also started thinking about how to cause a big commotion.

...Originally, when doing these things, Zhong Cang still had some psychological barriers.

It is always morally wrong to disrupt someone else's banquet without reason.

But after learning about these true inheritances of major sects and wanting to go to the North Abyss Region to snatch things, Zhong Cang's embarrassment disappeared instantly.

At this moment, he not only wanted to cause a commotion, but also wanted to use his brain.

"For bandits, there should be no mercy!"

Even though the appearance of the gray mist made Zhong Cang feel that the lower realm was not peaceful, he couldn't be sure that these people would make the Cloud Firmament Sect worse off if they left.

But Zhong Cang's disgust towards them remained unchanged—I give you what is yours, and if I don't give it to you, you can't snatch it!

This is Zhong Cang's mentality under the influence of the Four Realms Heavenly Heart.

However, before Zhong Cang could think of how to cause a big commotion, a cry of surprise came from the upper floor of the Four Seas Restaurant.

"It's you!"

The surprised voice made Zhong Cang look up, and then he saw a group of five people on the upper floor, looking at him in astonishment.

They were astonished, and Zhong Cang...also looked confused.

"Do you know me?"

"..."

This statement silenced the five people on the upper floor, their faces turning pale and then red.

They naturally knew Zhong Cang, and they held some grudges against him.

In the Five Platform Mountain Secret Realm, they, the brothers, had also participated and were killed by Zhong Cang, the strongest among them.

Among the three Foundation Building Late Stage cultivators who entered the misty sea, one of them was their leader.

Because their leader was killed, these people regarded Zhong Cang as their greatest enemy.

As a result, they considered Zhong Cang their enemy, but Zhong Cang didn't even know who they were, which caused their mentality to collapse.

In the midst of their shattered mentality, some of the people on the stage were afraid and dared not oppose Zhong Cang anymore.

But there were also some people who wanted revenge because they had a good relationship with the leader or even had a blood relationship with him.

Especially among them, there was one clever person.

With a turn of his eyes, that person came up with a method that could both seek revenge and please the Yan sisters.

And this made his eyes light up, and he loudly shouted on the upper floor of the restaurant.

"Miss Yan, I have something to report!"

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PS: I apologize in advance, I got engrossed in a good book today, sorry brothers.

There will definitely be two updates tomorrow!

(End of this chapter)