Using entries to cultivate immortality in chaotic times

"..."

The Bai Family Patriarch, seated in his study, fell silent for a long while before he finally thought of a middle-of-the-road solution. Chen Qiu probably didn't yet realize that he had inadvertently taken someone else's opportunity and that he would soon provoke a fatal disaster because of it.

He could start by trying to inform Chen Qiu about Ling Shiqi and the fact that Ling Shiqi possessed the "Void Seeking Enemy" Seven-colored term.

If Chen Qiu could withstand this hit,

he would then hand over the Memory Stone containing Ling Shiqi's true face, which would mean that Chen Qiu now had the means to initially contend with Ling Pavilion. He could also do Chen Qiu a favor, but if Chen Qiu couldn't withstand Ling Shiqi's hit, then there would be no need to hand over the Memory Stone.

Now that he had made a decision,

he didn't hesitate further but immediately contacted his daughter, who was still on the second-grade Continent, and ordered her to find Chen Qiu and convey this message to him.

...

Meanwhile—

Chen Qiu, accompanied by Fat Long and his crew, was strolling through Kaiyuan City on the Qi Tian Continent. It wasn't a large city, but its markets and taverns each had their uniqueness, mainly because the Qi Tian Continent was a contaminated land.

This led to many messy customs.

For example, on other continents, entities born with seven fingers or three mouths were considered mutants, manifestations of mutations while in their mother's wombs. But here, they were regarded as people of great Qi Fortune, the chosen ones of Heavenly Destiny. It's said that Kaiyuan City once had a Unification being.

This Unification being was originally twins in their mother's womb, but due to an accident, they began to merge with each other and eventually became one person, with all the organs in their body doubled, such as having two heads, four hands, and so on.

At the same time, their Cultivation speed was also double. After breaking through a Great Realm, they could receive three choices for a term entry twice. Upon taking a Potion and stepping into the Qi Refinement first layer, they could also obtain two entry terms.

In the eyes of Heavenly Dao, this Unification being was actually two people. With each of their two heads having separate ways of thinking, the increase in power from their union was nothing to scoff at. They quickly broke through to the Golden Core Stage and gained quite a reputation in Kaiyuan City. They went on to have further adventures in other parts of the Qi Tian Continent. Although their current status remains unknown, they still left behind a legend in Kaiyuan City.

"..."

Chen Qiu was sitting thoughtfully in a tavern, peering into the panel within his Dantian. He hadn't partaken in the food from the tavern; only Fat Long and the others were eating. He was quite willing to try different regional dishes to see if there were any specialties.

But... he had some reservations about Kaiyuan City. It wasn't that he was prejudiced, but he genuinely had no desire to taste food prepared by people with three heads and six arms.

The pursuit of good food for him depended not only on its taste but also on the appearance of the chef.

Just as some people loved being whipped, it wasn't just anyone who would do; at least a person covered in maggots would surely be rejected.

His current cultivation progress was—

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"Cultivation": Unification Fourth Layer (0.2%).

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In the middle stage of Unification, he had roughly understood this Continent. Most of the terms obtained on this land were related to body mutants, meaning that any term he would receive upon making a breakthrough here would also be of this type.

This was not a big problem for him, as an outsider with cross-regional capabilities, he could simply travel to another Continent just before breaking through. This would allow him to avoid this issue.

However, for the natives of the Qi Tian Continent, this was not an option. Even if they had the means to travel to other grade Continents, the terms they obtained upon breaking through would still primarily be of this type.

Of course, the vast majority of locals didn't have such means to travel to other grade Continents and didn't need to consider this.

This meant that the fortunes of the entire Qi Tian Continent had almost nothing to do with him.

What Chen Qiu hadn't noticed, however,

was that a group of men drinking in the tavern's hall were sporadically glancing over at them, as if sizing something up.

Just then—

A middle-aged man burst in, his face flushed with urgency, and blurted out, "Quick, boss, there's treasure appearing ten miles west of Kaiyuan City, it's first come, first served!"

"Really?"

Upon hearing this, the man with the beard and facial scar twitched slightly and hurriedly got up, shouting, "Then what the hell are we waiting for? Let's go, fortune favors the bold!"

With that, the group of men hurriedly rose and rushed out of the tavern, clearly intending to seize the opportunity.

"That's good."

Chen Qiu nodded with a gentle smile and then got up to follow, "Let's go, we might as well have a look too."

...

Before long—

Chen Qiu and his party followed the group of men to a location ten miles west of Kaiyuan City. However, the group ahead suddenly stopped. Unbeknownst to them, another group had appeared behind, trapping Chen Qiu and his companions in the middle.

The man with the scar-faced beard slowly walked close to Chen Qiu, a smug look on his face, "My young friend, did you forget to check your almanac before leaving home today? It seems you might be destined for a bloody disaster."

"They say even dragons don't overwhelm local tyrants. I know you're probably about to boast about how powerful your family is or something, but we're all desperados here who live off the edge of a blade and don't believe in that kind of talk. Even if someone were to avenge you, you wouldn't live to see it."