Chapter 1245

The silence was broken by Zi Chen. The oppressive atmosphere eased a little. Wang Jun shook his head and said, "Huping City is half a year's journey from here. It's unlikely that they arrived here half a year ago. They should be the city's army in charge of the teleportation station nearby."

"Now that they're dead, what about the teleportation station?" Zi Chen asked, puzzled.

Wang Jun smiled bitterly. "Although the city's army has a lot of power, it doesn't mean that they can't die. After all, not everyone in this world respects the city's army. At the very least, beasts don't care about this. There was once a city's army outside the teleportation station that was slaughtered by a passing king-level beast."

"Within the area of Huping City, every city's army has a life plate before they're appointed. Once they die, the life plate will crumble and a new city's army will arrive very soon. Of course, the cause of their death will still be investigated, but it's just symbolic."

Zi Chen nodded and then fell into silence. He didn't expect that there would be such a thing behind the glamorous city's army. After a while, he said, "There was an ambush once. Maybe there will be a second or third time. We were lucky to have escaped once. Luck may not be with us in the future. I think we should take a detour."

"That's the only way now." Wang Jun obviously agreed. The others naturally had no objections.

Wang Jun took out the map again and deliberately took a detour according to the map's directions.

For the rest of the journey, they didn't encounter any ambushes, perhaps because they took a detour.

In the remaining time, Zi Chen continued to cultivate. The speed at which he refined the Emptiness Fragment was astounding.

Of course, in his spare time, he would talk to Wang Jun about some cultivation problems or other problems.

What Zi Chen desperately wanted to know now was whether those big trading points in the city would be able to buy this batch of goods in his hands.

Wang Jun smiled and said, "As long as you're in Huping City, any trading point will be able to buy your goods. However, I need to remind you that it's best to pick all the fruits on them when you trade. That way, you won't suffer a loss."

Wang Jun's words were a reminder. He meant that those people weren't so easily fooled. If they wanted to increase the price by using mutated varieties to cheat them, they would definitely fail.

In that kind of place, those who dared to open a trading place naturally had a background. If they were found to be cheating people there, they would have to pay a huge price.

Zi Chen nodded. He clearly understood what was going on with his items. It was all thanks to the Purple Gold Gourd. Once he left the Purple Gold Gourd, these items would become normal items again.

The more he understood about Hu Ping City, the more urgent Zi Chen was to raise his realm.

While they were chatting, Wang Jun suddenly asked, "Are you interested in joining the city's army?"

"Me?" Zi Chen was stunned.

After seeing Wang Jun nod, Zi Chen asked in confusion, "Isn't the minimum requirement for the city's army at the Reality Realm?"

"It's true that the Corporeal Realm is the standard, but that's not all of it. With your current combat strength that can instantly kill an early Corporeal Realm expert, you definitely qualify to join the city's central army. You're even qualified to be a captain, let alone an ordinary soldier. The promotion path of the city's central army relies on combat strength. Whoever has the strongest combat strength will be promoted. When the time comes, all you need to do is directly challenge a captain."

In the face of Wang Jun's invitation, Zi Chen seemed a little hesitant.

Wang Jun continued, "It's not bad to be a city's central army. Everyone in the city respects you and no one dares to interfere. In your free time, you can even go out and earn some extra money like a hunter. The most important thing is that the city's central army's treatment is very good. If you become a captain, you'll get one hundred pieces of reality fragments a month, which is equivalent to one million law fragments. You should know that for us, one month is just a snap of the fingers."

Wang Jun's persuasion and enticement were all due to Zi Chen's combat strength. If it was an ordinary Virtual Realm expert, they wouldn't even have the right to talk to Wang Jun.

The reward Wang Jun mentioned made Zi Chen a little tempted. One hundred pieces of reality fragments a month, which in Zi Chen's opinion was equivalent to killing one hundred Corporeal Realm experts.

Zi Chen couldn't guarantee that there would still be Corporeal Realm experts for him to kill when he reached Hu Ping City. Moreover, Wang Jun had clearly told him that aside from the deathmatch arena, no one was allowed to fight in Hu Ping City. Violators would be punished.

Of course, the strongest person, the City Lord, was an exception.

There were many benefits to being a city's central army, but Zi Chen wasn't in a hurry to agree because there was still a long way to go before he reached the city.

"What's the hunter you mentioned just now?" Zi Chen suddenly remembered Wang Jun's words.

"It's a very free job. You need to go to Hunter's Castle to sign up for an assessment. There are many experts there who can compete with the city's central army. However, some people say that it's actually a kind of official force."

Wang Jun explained, "The city's army is only divided into ranks. As for battle power, there is no clear division. Hunters are different, they have a clear division of ranks, starting from Level 6. However, the Hunter's Castle does not have a Level 6 Hunting Order, the lowest is Level 7. Level 7 is equivalent to the Emptiness Realm, Level 8 is equivalent to the Reality Realm, Level 9 is equivalent to the Hunter King, and Level 9 is equivalent to the Domain Realm. The Hunter's main job is to kill beasts and take on some escort missions, just like mercenaries."

"What's the assessment for hunters?" Zi Chen asked curiously. He still yearned for the life of a hunter.

"The content of the assessment is not fixed. Relatively speaking, you have more freedom than the city's central army, but there is no guarantee. Moreover, the Hunter's Castle will deduct your earnings from the missions. Sometimes, you won't be able to receive any missions for a long time, so naturally, there is no guarantee for your livelihood. If you are interested in being a hunter, you should join the city's central army. Usually, you will stay in the city and have a guaranteed life. In your spare time, you can take the hunter assessment and go out on missions. By the way, I am a Level 8 Hunter."

Zi Chen's eyes lit up when he heard this. He said, "The city's central army can also be a hunter."

"Of course, but there are restrictions. It's not as free as a hunter. This is my Level 8 Hunting Order." Wang Jun took out a token and handed it to Zi Chen.

It was an ancient bronze token with a sword and saber carved on it. The sword and saber crossed each other, and there was a huge beast head at the intersection.

"This means that you can hunt beasts. In the Zhan Wu Continent, there are many hunters who hunt beasts as their main source of income."

Wang Jun explained, "Level 8 is the Ancient Bronze Token, and Level 9 is the Hunter King's Token. At that time, the Hunter's Castle will give you a reward. Even if you don't go out on missions, you will receive a considerable income every month."

Zi Chen nodded when he heard this. A Hunter King was equivalent to a Domain Realm expert. This kind of existence had already opened up their own domain and became the ruler of their own domain. Naturally, their strength was extremely powerful. Such a powerhouse was naturally worthy of being roped in by those forces.

Although Zi Chen had the strength of a Corporeal Realm expert, his actual realm was only at the Emptiness Realm. His realm was relatively low. This time, the detour would take nearly half a year. Zi Chen had become very diligent in his cultivation and consumed a lot of resources along the way.

Having just stepped into the Emptiness Realm, Zi Chen did not have any bottlenecks. As long as he continued to refine the fragments of the Emptiness Realm, his strength would continue to break through.

Because the refining speed was very fast, Zi Chen's realm improved very quickly as well.

The three-meter Emptiness Realm did not expand along the way. However, with the accumulation of resources from Zi Chen, the Emptiness Realm also absorbed a huge amount of Emptiness Realm energy. Once the Emptiness Realm energy reached a certain level of saturation, it would begin to transform into a Corporeal Realm.

Zi Chen's Emptiness Realm was only three meters wide. However, whether it was before he opened it or after he absorbed it, he needed a huge amount of energy to maintain it. This was something that no one could understand.

It could be said that Zi Chen was the Emptiness Realm expert with the smallest Void Space in history. However, he might also be the strongest Emptiness Realm expert.

Zi Chen's realm was constantly improving.

Soon, another few months had passed. Even with the detour, they were getting closer and closer to Huping City.

Except for Zi Chen and Black Eagle, the others stopped cultivating and became very alert.

Just like that, they traveled for another two months.

In Wang Jun's words, there was still half a month's journey to Huping City. Everyone who was previously nervous heaved a sigh of relief.

This was because the number of flying boats they encountered gradually increased along the way. All the flying boats revealed a fearful expression when they saw the tiger-headed flying boat.

Under such circumstances, no one dared to have any ideas about the city's army.

When they were three days away from Huping City, Wang Jun woke up Zi Chen, who was in closed-door cultivation.

"We're here," Zi Chen said as the energy surging around him slowly dissipated.

"There are still three days' journey. I'm here to ask you if you've thought about joining the city's army," Wang Jun said.

"I haven't thought about it yet. I don't think I'm in a hurry. I want to go to the city and sell my things first," Zi Chen said.

"That's good too. However, I'll sign you up first. The quota will only be approved after a few days. By then, you'll have finished selling your things."

"Alright then."

Zi Chen thought about it seriously. Actually, joining the city's army was not a bad idea. It also gave him freedom. Since he was not familiar with this place, he might as well work for a while first.

Sure enough, after walking out of the room and onto the flying boat, Zi Chen found that there were more flying boats around. Under such circumstances, apart from battle beasts, no one would dare to make a move on the city's army.

Moreover, Zi Chen also saw many flying boats from the city's army.

During the three days, everyone gathered again. Wang Jun told them that they needed to keep the jade slip a secret. However, he also promised that once he communicated with Zhou Chong, he would take everyone to the city.

Naturally, no one had any objections.

Soon, they arrived at Huping City. It was a huge city that Zi Chen had never seen before. It was much bigger than the Heaven's Pride City in the World of the Ancient Road.

The whole city looked like a crouching tiger.

When they were 055 li away from Huping City, all the flying boats stopped in advance. Then, a group of cultivators left the flying boats and flew towards Huping City.

The city's army stood guard at the city gate. All the cultivators who came and went had to pay an entrance fee. Of course, the city's army did not have to pay. It was said that hunters did not have to pay either.

Zi Chen paid 65 law fragments and followed Wang Jun and the others into Huping City.