Haotai Hotel was not far from Xiao Runfa Shopping Mall.
It was only three kilometers.
However, it was no longer the modern society with smooth traffic, but a doomsday city overrun by zombies.
The streets were filled with abandoned vehicles and collapsed billboards.
The road conditions were not exactly smooth; at the very least, they were heavily obstructed.
It took the Wuling God Car a full two hours to reach Xiao Runfa Shopping Mall.
Whoosh.
The car door opened.
Zhao Hong jumped out.
Following him were three dogs: Da Hei (Big Black), Da Huang (Big Yellow), and Er Huang (Second Yellow).
These were his three most capable, intelligent, and ferocious Spirit Hounds.
Zhao Hong looked around with some suspicion.
His sight and hearing were far superior to ordinary people, so he easily noticed that something was very wrong near Xiao Runfa Shopping Mall.
There were very few sounds.
There were no low growls of zombies at all.
At most, there were only some scurrying sounds of rats.
It wasn’t that he hadn’t been to the territory of Advanced zombies before.
But such an empty and silent territory, he had never seen before.
“Go in and take a look.”
Zhao Hong pointed at Xiao Runfa Shopping Mall.
The three Spirit Hounds let out a low growl and entered the shopping mall from three different routes.
A moment later, three barks came from inside the mall.
Zhao Hong frowned.
He had raised and killed dogs before the zombie outbreak, so he clearly understood the meaning behind various tones of dog barks.
Such barks indicated no danger.
“Leave one person in the car, you come with me to take a look.”
Zhao Hong said casually.
“Yes.”
A burly man followed him out of the car, bravely walking ahead.
Soon, Zhao Hong and the other man arrived on the fifth floor of the shopping mall without any obstruction.
Seeing the scene here, his heart couldn’t help but skip a beat.
It had been five full years since the zombie outbreak.
He had long grown accustomed to all kinds of bloody scenes.
But such an eerie sight, he had never seen before.
Throughout the entire shopping mall, from the first to the fifth floor, there were scattered pieces of zombie flesh everywhere.
It was currently summer, so logically there should have been swarms of flies and insects.
However, not a single fly dared to approach this shopping mall.
The scene on the fifth floor was even more terrifying.
There were several large bathtubs here.
Inside, there was only a layer of dried, dark-red blood, full of Impurities.
In a corner not far away, there were also two shriveled, emaciated zombies.
Blood holes had been dug out all over these two zombies, and some red plants were actually growing within them.
However, these plants had all withered by now.
This feeling…
it was as if all the nutrients in their bodies had been sucked dry by plants.
Zhao Hong’s heart couldn’t help but tighten.
“Boss…
what should we do now?” The burly man beside him was already trembling.
“Are you cold?” Zhao Hong suddenly asked.
The burly man shivered, “Cold, very cold, the temperature here is very low.”
An inexplicable fear rose in Zhao Hong’s heart.
The outdoor temperature was at least thirty degrees Celsius right now.
Yet, he felt cold inside Xiao Runfa Shopping Mall.
This was too abnormal.
Zhao Hong knew that abnormal places should never be stayed in for long!
“Let’s go.”
He dared not linger any longer, turning around and leaving.
Only after returning to the car did he slowly calm down.
“Did you bring gasoline?”
Zhao Hong took out a cigarette, lit it, blew a few smoke rings, and suddenly asked.
“Yes, Boss, please instruct us.” The two burly men nodded.
“Burn this place down.
This place is evil.” Zhao Hong said calmly.
“Yes!”
A moment later, thick black smoke rose above Xiao Runfa Shopping Mall.
The biting coldness also seemed to gradually disappear with the burning.
Zhao Hong’s hanging heart finally returned to its place.
“Let’s go back.”
He casually threw the unfinished cigarette out the car window, crossed his legs, and said casually.
The Wuling God Car started again and quickly disappeared into the street…
Cangxuan Continent, Yu Country, outside Qinghe City.
In a lush forest.
The empty space suddenly twisted.
In the blink of an eye, a figure appeared out of nowhere.
Startling the birds in the treetops and scaring away the squirrels on the branches.
“I’m back.”
Chu Xuan looked around, took a deep breath, and smiled.
The air here was full of Spiritual Qi, much better smelling than the air on that doomsday planet.
“First, I need to figure out if the time flow on both sides is consistent.”
“Second, I need to purchase Materials for refining corpses and a large quantity of spiritual plant seeds.”
“Third, I need to find the secret trading strongholds of Demonic Path Cultivators like the Wuji Sect and the Corpse Puppet Sect to purchase the Blood Transformation Array.”
After making his plans, Chu Xuan immediately took out a human skin mask and put it on.
After a slight disguise, he transformed from a cold-looking young man into a formidable bald man.
Although disguise was a minor Dao, Chu Xuan had escaped death many times using it.
Now, disguising himself was second nature.
“I remember, three hundred li south of Qinghe City, there’s a Spiritual Qi-rich canyon, which is a market town.”
Chu Xuan took out a Flying Sword and flew south towards Qinghe City.
This Flying Sword was only a Low Grade flying Magical Artifact, with a flight speed of three hundred li per hour.
One thousand li would consume one little spirit stone.
This was a second-hand Magical Artifact Chu Xuan had purchased from the Wuji Sect back then.
Its speed and consumption were both mediocre.
If he had extra Spirit Stones in the future, he would definitely buy a better flying Magical Artifact.
An hour later, Chu Xuan arrived at this market town.
“Taiping Market.”
Chu Xuan strode into the market town.
A thousand li further south from Taiping Market was the mountain gate of the Divine Firmament Sect, one of the five great Righteous Path Sects of Yu Country.
This small market town was naturally not directly controlled by the Divine Firmament Sect.
Instead, it was operated by the Cultivation Families under the Divine Firmament Sect.
Those Families were almost all established by Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators from the Divine Firmament Sect who had no hope of Breakthrough.
Once their descendants possessed a Spiritual Root, they would immediately be sent to the Divine Firmament Sect for cultivation.
Thereby continuing to strengthen the Family.
Taiping Market was controlled by the Wu Family.
The Wu Family Old Ancestor was a Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator nearing two hundred years old.
Most of the Cultivators who came to Taiping Market to sell and trade were also Qi Refinement Early Stage and Middle Stage Cultivators.
Even those in the Late Stage were rare.
Chu Xuan had known all this information clearly before coming here.
As a Demonic Cultivator hated by all, if he were to carelessly step into an unknown place without gathering such intelligence beforehand.
His fate would probably be extremely miserable.
When Chu Xuan arrived at Taiping Market, he did not immediately buy what he needed.
Cultivators lived longer and knew better how to fleece customers.
As a newcomer appearing for the first time, the other party would undoubtedly deliberately inflate prices.
So, he planned to stay for a few more days.
These first few days would be spent just browsing.
The main idea was to only touch, not take; only look, not buy.
Chu Xuan found a teahouse specifically for Cultivators to rest, ordered a pot of spiritual tea, and quietly drank it while listening to others’ conversations.
Cultivators’ conversations would naturally not be like Mortals, with everyone chattering, allowing him to listen in.
Some people were very cautious, even using spiritual power to conceal their conversations.
Therefore, for a Qi Refinement Stage Cultivator, it was indeed very difficult to hear the contents of others’ conversations.
But Chu Xuan had a Listening Bug cultivated in each of his ears.
These little bugs could amplify his hearing.
Naturally, he could hear most of what others said.