Tian Qi saw Chu Tian dodge.
Remarkably, his head did not fall to the ground as he spun around.
"You and I are both soul cultivators. I've been exploring this on my own, and I feel that the so-called ominous event is about to happen!
Therefore...
The capable shall be the master!
Please take me as your disciple!"
This fellow seemed to have made up his mind.
Chu Tian understood upon hearing this.
He knew what Tian Qi meant by the ominous event!
Because he had just experienced it himself.
It was the so-called inner demon.
If one fails to pass this trial,
Soul cultivators... their souls will mutate.
The main soul will be annihilated.
The inner demon will control the body.
Even the body itself will be destroyed.
Soul cultivators will live on as ghosts, relying on their souls.
Much like the first soul cultivator Chu Tian encountered, Xu Duoduo.
That guy had hidden himself well at first.
In reality, he was precisely one such case.
A product of a failed inner demon trial.
Ultimately, Ye Ling absorbed him completely.
"Get up! Taking you as a disciple is out of the question, but regarding what you mentioned about the ominous event, I'll tell you about it when I have the chance!"
After saying this, Chu Tian
waved his hand.
A surge of profound soul power.
No, it should be called primal energy now.
He had heard of this from Gao Kai.
It directly lifted Tian Qi.
Upon hearing Chu Tian agree to this matter,
Tian Qi's eyes brightened.
"Let's go, we're departing!"
...
Half an hour later, they arrived at a small town.
This town was neither large nor small.
However, the architecture of this town
was extremely modern.
Skyscrapers stood tall.
It was completely different from anywhere else in the triangle region.
And this triangle region itself was relatively lacking in electrical energy.
They entered the town in the evening.
Yet, the town was brightly lit.
It seemed they had their own independent power generation facility.
Chu Tian's convoy had been stopped five kilometers away.
The ones who intercepted them
were from this black market.
His own troops.
Chu Tian did not have any excessive reaction!
Hei Sha and the others had told Chu Tian before.
No matter how many people they brought,
upon entering the black market,
they had to disarm.
Otherwise, it would be considered a provocation.
This time, accompanying Chu Tian into the black market town were only his own people, Hei Sha, and Tian Qi.
"Where are we going?"
Hei Sha asked after they entered.
"Are you familiar with this place?"
Chu Tian asked in return.
"I've been here a few times, I'm quite familiar with it!" Tian Qi replied.
Hei Sha patted his chest.
"I'm very familiar now! Big Brother Chu, just tell me where to go!"
"Qing Hua Hotel. Boss, can you speak to the owner?"
"Yes! Big Brother Chu, are you looking for Brother Hua?
Why didn't you say so earlier? My large waterbeds were all arranged by him!
Let's go, we'll head straight there!"
Hei Sha's face lit up with a smile upon hearing the place Chu Tian mentioned.
It was as if he was very familiar with that Brother Hua.
Chu Tian's eyes also brightened upon hearing this.
After all this…
He had someone who could make contact here.
If he had known earlier, it wouldn't have been so troublesome.
The contact person arranged by Zhang Chengcheng was still a middleman.
It seemed that for matters, one still had to rely on locals.
Hei Sha led them through the bustling streets of this black market town, winding and turning.
Finally, they arrived under the resplendent glow of lights.
The four large characters "Qing Hua Hotel"
gleamed with golden light.
Chu Tian scanned it with his divine soul.
These four characters were actually made of pure gold.
He couldn't help but muse inwardly.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk… how good is the security in this black market town?
Are there no thieves? A single piece chipped off could be worth a fortune!"
After Chu Tian's scan,
he thought that if he hadn't had so much gold now, perhaps he might have pocketed it all back then.
Just placing this gold above the entrance, even if hollow,
it looked to weigh at least a hundred pounds. How rich was this guy?
Hei Sha didn't stop at the entrance.
He directly pushed the door open with his hand.
Chutian also noticed at this moment that this hotel was different from any he had seen before. There were no doormen at the entrance, nor parking attendants or other service staff.
And the moment Hei Sha pushed the door open,
a scent reminiscent of Shanghai in its heyday wafted out.
Chu Tian glanced over!
"This is the Shanghai dance hall from the sixties and seventies, isn't it?"
Chu Tian directly voiced his thoughts, his eyes wide.
He had only seen such scenes in television and movies.
A song playing inside
was an old song to Chutian, titled "Itch."
The singing courtesan's voice exuded a seductive charm.
Even Chu Tian felt a stirring within him upon hearing it.
Hei Sha,
looked even more enraptured.
Even Tian Qi, a soul cultivator,
kept reacting subtly.
Logically, soul cultivators should have very strong self-control.
Chu Tian glanced around him.
Gao Kai's demeanor also seemed off.
However, a surge of red aura suddenly erupted from Gao Kai.
It was his unique killing intent,
and the primal energy he had nurtured after entering qi.
As for Zhang Chengcheng and Chen Yu'er,
the two women's temples were flushed red!
This singing was actually effective on women too!
It possessed an aphrodisiac effect.
Seeing this,
Chu Tian's divine soul surged out.
"Hmm, it's not soul power… it's sonic waves!"
Chu Tian was momentarily startled.
He had only encountered one person who utilized sound waves.
That was Qin Yao, that little girl.
He hadn't expected to encounter someone so exceptionally skilled here.
Chu Tian stood directly facing the singer on stage.
The woman also happened to be looking at Chu Tian!
As if seeing Chu Tian's clear eyes,
she narrowed them slightly.
Then…
At a melodic inflection,
Chu Tian clearly felt
an inexplicable energy appearing within his divine soul.
It was a vibration generated by sound waves.
That vibration, its target,
was directly shooting towards Chu Tian.
Seeing this vibration generated by sound waves in Chu Tian's divine soul,
it kept changing as it flew.
A lifelike, stunning beauty appeared.
She winked and smiled at Chu Tian.
filled with endless temptation.
However, when it was about ten meters from Chu Tian,
the beautiful woman instantly transformed.
A disgusting, terrifying skeleton lunged towards Chu Tian.
If Chu Tian were not a soul cultivator,
he would not have been able to see this transformation at all.
His naked eye would have seen nothing.
An ordinary martial artist would surely have fallen for her trick.
However, he did not detect any killing intent in the sound wave that transformed into a skeleton!
It was as if the singer, seeing Chu Tian's clear eyes, felt disrespected!
And launched a targeted attack against him.
The aim was to make Chu Tian become infatuated with her singing.
"Hmph…"
However, Chu Tian narrowed his eyes.
Behind him, a silhouette flickered.
He activated his giant bear form.
And his "humph"
directly utilized the Bear Form's Roar of Defiance.
Although he only gave a hum,
the sound wave-transformed skeleton was instantly destroyed.
Not only that,
his single utterance directly interrupted the singer's performance on stage.
The singer's face turned pale, and she took half a step back.
Her body staggered.
To Hei Sha, Tian Qi, and the others beside Chu Tian,
it was as if they heard a thunderous roar in their ears.
They snapped back to their senses.
Including everyone in the hall who had been immersed in the singing.
They all jolted violently!
Crack, crack, crack…
A crystal chandelier hanging in the center of the dance hall
emitted continuous cracking sounds.
Finally, with a bang, it shattered and fell.