Transmigration: A person in a martial arts world, cultivating to ascend to immortality

Anhe City is a rather unique place in the vast desert.

It is not only the only town in the vast desert, but also the only place where fighting and killing are strictly prohibited.

This means that no matter who the newcomer is or how great the grudge is, once they enter Anhe City, they must lay down their swords and temporarily cease all fighting.

Although the Great Desert is a gathering place for outlaws and people from all walks of life from the Great Qian and Great Li kingdoms, including many renowned martial arts masters, no one dares to violate the rules of Anhe City.

No matter how vicious and ruthless these people are outside, once they enter Anhe City, they must obediently follow the rules.

The reason they were so obedient in the city was entirely because the city lord of Anhe City was a true grandmaster.

Where a Grandmaster-level expert is stationed, unless these people have a death wish, they naturally wouldn't dare to act recklessly again.

If they offend this Grandmaster City Lord, even if they manage to leave Anhe City alive, they will be permanently barred from entering the city and never allowed to return.

For these warriors who make a living in the desolate desert, Anhe City is more than just a place to trade and rest.

More importantly, this town, surrounded by tall and thick stone walls, also plays a vital role in shielding it from large sandstorms.

Even a grandmaster-level expert could perish within a sandstorm, which ranks first among the "four scourges" of the Great Desert. All those who have witnessed it firsthand or managed to escape it have been deeply terrified by its earth-shattering power.

Therefore, the importance of Anhe City is self-evident.

However, Anhe City is not a place for charity. Since it can protect the lives of those who come during sandstorms and provide them with a relatively safe trading place, it is only natural that it should charge an entrance fee.

Anyone entering the city, regardless of age or gender, must pay a ten-tael silver entrance fee.

The city entry fee is charged based on the number of times you enter the city and is not permanent.

This means that if you don't want to pay the high entrance fees continuously, you only need to stay in the city after you enter.

However, apart from merchants with a fixed income who settled in the city and warriors kept in the city lord's mansion, almost no one else could do this.

The harsh environment of the desert has led to a scarcity of resources in this area.

Things are rare.

Therefore, the prices in Anhe City are naturally several times higher than those outside.

For martial artists, no matter how strong they are, they can never escape their mortal identity and cannot live without eating, drinking, defecating, and sleeping.

Of the martial artists who have been forced to make a living in the desolate desert, how many can afford to live off their savings in Anhe City? Therefore, these people inevitably have to travel around the desert to make a living, acquiring various goods through different means, and then bringing them to the city to either exchange for different resources or sell them to merchants for silver.

However, these problems obviously did not trouble Jiang Yuchuan.

Not to mention that after breaking through to the Golden Core stage, he has completely transcended the mortal body and can truly abstain from grains; just buying any not-so-good herb he cultivated in the Spirit Pearl would be enough for him to live comfortably in the city for quite some time.

But according to Jiang Yuchuan's prediction, he obviously wouldn't stay in Anhe City for long.

In the few days since he entered the city, he has seen no fewer than seven or eight different forces pour into Anhe City.

Needless to say, these forces are all after the treasure buried beneath the vast desert.

Among the three forces from Daqian—Daqian Gongfengyuan, Baiyun Temple, and Xuanjian Pavilion—there were familiar faces to Jiang Yu.

The group led by Baiyun Temple was led by Lingzhan and his senior brother Lingzhen. Both of them had reached the peak of first-class strength.

It is worth mentioning that the Daqian forces that came to search for the treasure this time only sent one Grandmaster-level expert, a female Grandmaster named Li Yuling who had never appeared before from the Gongfeng Academy.

On the other hand, the forces on the Dali side, including the city lord of Anhe City, mobilized a total of three Grandmasters.

The other two are a senior eunuch from the West Pavilion and the patriarch of the Gongsun family, one of the four great families.

However, although the Great Qian side only had one Grandmaster, his cultivation level was at the mid-stage of Grandmaster, which was a notch higher than the three on the Great Li side. Therefore, the overall strength of the two sides could be considered to be barely equal.

These grandmasters from different factions kept a low profile and hid among their entourage after entering Anhe City, so the other martial artists in the city were unaware of their existence and arrival.

Although many powerful forces have gathered in the city, the city's peace and tranquility have not been broken.

These forces acted very discreetly, remaining silent about their purpose for the trip, and simply settled down in the city, as if waiting for something.

With the arrival of various forces and numerous independent cultivators drawn by the scent, Anhe City, which was not large to begin with, became overcrowded and bustling. All inns and restaurants were fully booked.

One afternoon, Jiang Yuchuan was sitting on the second floor of a restaurant drinking tea when he suddenly saw more than a dozen martial artists dressed in yellow and white clothing appear on the street below.

When pedestrians on the street saw the dozen or so serious-looking martial artists appear, they all quickly moved aside to make way for them.

The fact that these martial artists could wield such power in Anhe City speaks volumes about their identities.

In particular, the middle-aged man who led these martial artists was a household name in Anhe City.

His identity is none other than Ning Xiangfei, the direct disciple of Master Ke Lianba, the city lord of Anhe City.

Because Ke Lianba rarely showed himself due to his seclusion and cultivation, Ning Xiangfei was responsible for handling most of the trivial matters in Anhe City.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call him the deputy city lord of Anhe City.

Seeing such a high-ranking and powerful figure personally leading a group of experts from the city lord's mansion toward the city gates aroused the curiosity of the onlookers.

Despite their curiosity, these people didn't dare to directly follow Ning Xiangfei and his group to find out more.

Offending Ning Xiangfei will also bring them trouble in the city.

Judging from the expressions of Ning Xiangfei and the others, they were clearly preparing to welcome some extraordinary person. Therefore, they only needed to wait obediently where they were. After Ning Xiangfei returned, they would naturally find out what kind of important person Ning Xiangfei had personally come to greet.

As these people had expected, about fifteen minutes later, Ning Xiangfei and his group, who had rushed towards the city gate, appeared in everyone's sight with an old man.

When everyone saw that the person Ning Xiangfei had invited to the front of the group, who was greeting them with a smile, was actually an unkempt old man wearing a patched gray robe and with a head of white hair as messy as a chicken coop, they were all greatly surprised.

If they encountered such a disheveled old man alone, they would only mistake him for a beggar. They would never have imagined that this person would have such an extraordinary status that the arrogant Ning Xiangfei would personally come out to greet him.

Just as everyone was speculating about the old man's identity, Jiang Yuchuan, who had witnessed everything from upstairs, narrowed his eyes.

"interesting!"

He actually sensed fluctuations of spiritual energy on the old man!

Of course, the spiritual energy did not emanate from the old man himself, but rather came from something on his body.