"So you've come looking for memories about yourself." Ji Mingyue's bright eyes, filled with curiosity, looked at Ye Xun as she replied, "I'll need to investigate the origin of that batch of Source Stones before I can tell you, as a lot of time has passed."
"Then I'll trouble you. I've found this city, Huangtian City, to be quite extraordinary. Could you tell us about its history?" Zhou Yan asked curiously. This question wasn't just Zhou Yan's; Ye Xun and the others were equally intrigued.
This made Ji Mingyue a little curious. "You're not familiar with Huangtian City at all?" she asked.
"No," everyone shook their heads.
Ji Mingyue felt a bit speechless. Zhou Yan was clearly so wealthy and had such a mysterious background, yet he knew nothing about Huangtian City. Nevertheless, Ji Mingyue said, "Huangtian City was originally a village. But from it emerged a person, a peerless powerhouse."
"His name was 'Huang.' He was a legendary figure, an unparalleled Divine Emperor, who was invincible throughout the Great Desolation alone."
"The era he lived in was a nightmare for his enemies. In that era, he single-handedly suppressed eternity, protecting humanity's prosperity for hundreds of thousands of years."
"Finally, he ascended to the Divine Realm. However, a million years after Huang left the Great Desolation, a race that Huang had once suppressed produced an unparalleled prodigy."
"To avenge his ancestors, he came to the place where Huang was born, which is here, intending to slaughter everyone in Huang Village. It was at this moment that Huang appeared. He annihilated the opponent with a single palm strike and then established mysterious array patterns here, precisely to protect Huang Village from further persecution."
"Furthermore, he manifested a palm strike that directly turned the Black Demon Mountain Range, where that race once resided, into a forbidden land."
"This Huang Village, under the protection of God Huang, developed over generations, eventually becoming a city, and finally reaching its current scale."
"Fighting is forbidden throughout Huangtian City. The descendants of Huang Village constantly guard the city's safety. They all diligently remember God Huang's dying wish, remaining low-key and rarely appearing in the outside world, essentially dedicating themselves to protecting the city."
"However, no one should violate the rules of Huangtian City. The entire Huangtian City is a city of freedom and peace. Regardless of who it is, or any race, fighting is absolutely forbidden here. Those who violate this will naturally receive appropriate punishment."
Ji Mingyue briefly recounted the history of Huangtian City, which greatly surprised Zhou Yan and the others. It even evoked images of a peerless figure who suppressed all ages and protected peace for humanity.
"This is a peerless individual. To be able to return to the Great Desolation from the Divine Realm, his strength is not to be underestimated," Ye Xun said with admiration.
Ji Mingyue continued, "According to the records of my Ji family, what returned at that time was merely a wisp of God Huang's avatar, not his true body."
"Not his true body? Just how strong must that God Huang be!" everyone exclaimed in surprise.
"Who knows? That God Huang is too far removed from us in time. No one knows what realm his current cultivation has reached," Ji Mingyue also greatly admired such peerless powerhouses.
"The Divine Realm, the God Realm, the convergence of gods from all realms. No one knows how many peerless prodigies gather in the Divine Realm across all the myriad worlds."
Zhou Yan felt that existences like God Huang would not be rare in the history of the myriad worlds. Whether one could encounter them was another matter entirely.
"By the way, there are still places within the city where the array patterns God Huang laid down remain. However, very few people can comprehend them, and even to attempt to comprehend them, one must gain the recognition of Huangtian City's guardians," Ji Mingyue suddenly stated.
"Oh, that's something worth experiencing," Zhou Yan's interest was piqued upon hearing this.
"How does one gain the recognition of the guardians of Huangtian City?" Ye Xun asked.
"Gaining the guardians' recognition is quite simple; you just need to pass a trial. There's a trial opportunity every month. If you wish to gain their approval, you'll have to wait for the trial ten days from now," Ji Mingyue replied.
"What does the trial entail?" Diao Chan asked curiously.
"It's said to be a spatial world left behind by God Huang. It's also a place where the descendants of Huang Village are powerful. They have tens of thousands of trials within it. As for which trial you'll be assigned to, no one knows. It depends on your luck and strength," Ji Mingyue answered.
"It sounds quite interesting. The trial is in ten days, so it seems we'll be staying here for a while," Zhou Yan said.
"I don't mind. If you have anything else to do, you can go back and attend to it first." Ye Xun knew Zhou Yan still had matters to attend to regarding his territory and didn't want to waste Zhou Yan's time.
"Since we're here, we definitely can't just leave. There are many things here worth my while. I don't need to worry about my own affairs; they'll run smoothly without me." Zhou Yan had no concerns about his territory. He could return at any time, and currently, apart from development and construction, there was nothing else to manage.
Zhou Yan had another very important matter to attend to here: collecting spirit veins, and high-grade spirit veins at that. Spirit veins were abundant in the Great Desolation. Now that Zhou Yan had brought Ye Xun here, the subsequent tasks would involve purchasing spirit veins or personally searching for them. High-grade spirit veins were usually established by various sects and powers. Unclaimed spirit veins were either located in remote areas or were extremely perilous. Those were Zhou Yan's targets. For him, no matter how dangerous a place was, it couldn't stop him.
After their meal, Ji Mingyue led Zhou Yan and the others towards the "Void Shop." The Ji family of the Great Desolation was an ancient family. Ji Mingyue, as a member of the Ji family, didn't have exceptional cultivation talent and was assigned to manage the shop established by the Ji family here.
While Ji Mingyue helped Ye Xun investigate clues about him, Zhou Yan purchased a large quantity of items at the Ji family's shop. He spent tens of trillions of spirit coins.
Ji Mingyue was utterly astonished and asked, "Do you really need so many things?"
"All these things are useful to me, so naturally, I'll buy them. Are you refusing to do business with me?" Zhou Yan's intention was partly to help Ji Mingyue, and partly because these items were indeed useful to him.
"How could I? We do business with open doors. Of course, we'll do business. It's just that the items you're buying are too many."
"This is equivalent to buying out several years of our Ji family's sales!" Ji Mingyue was both shocked and helpless. She couldn't fathom where Zhou Yan got so many spirit coins. Ji Mingyue would never know that Zhou Yan was from another planet. After all, her strength was not high, and she wasn't a core member of the Ji family, so she wouldn't be privy to matters beyond their domain.