One force to break all techniques.

If he possessed absolute strength, could he not rescue people and seize treasures without conflict?

And even if he were delayed, no one would dare steal his opportunities.

In an instant, several scenes flashed before his eyes.

Yu Lin taking away the demon core.

Fu Young being pitifully stuffed into a sack.

And himself, in the medicinal garden, completely immobilized under the oppressive pressure of a Deity Transformation expert.

All of it replayed vividly in his mind.

His dejection came to a halt.

The once soft, naive gaze that had never faced the world began to change for the first time, gaining a trace of unwavering determination.

Xiao Shou stood up by the stream and looked toward the dimming sky as the sun gradually set.

He took a deep breath and summoned a Tier 4 wooden crane puppet from his storage belt.

He leap onto it and guided the puppet into the air.

It was already getting late and the wilderness would become extremely dangerous at night.

As Xiao Shou sit atop the flying crane puppet, he hesitated briefly.

He took out a talisman to conceal his true cultivation, then brought out a compass to determine direction.

After that, he used a spirit chaser plate to locate areas rich in spiritual energy.

In this world, as long as one did not have the misfortune of landing in territory controlled by demonic cultivators, places with dense spiritual energy were usually where humans gathered.

Thus, Xiao Shou flew directly in the direction indicated by the spirit chaser plate.

A Tier 4 flying crane puppet had a speed comparable to that of an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator, allowing him to find a cultivator settlement before night fully fell.

It was only a small town.

Xiao Shou looked up at the three words above the city gate.

White Silver City.

It was a place that had never been mentioned in the original story.

When Xiao Shou realized this, he let out a quiet sigh of relief.

At his current level, he truly could not afford to provoke the female lead.

Ever since transmigrating here, every encounter with her and Yu Lin had brought him nothing but bad luck.

Xiao Shou put away the wooden crane puppet.

Thinking back to the resolve he had made before coming here, he realized that someone too cowardly to even show his true face could never grow stronger, no matter how many resolutions he made.

His expression grew firmer.

This time, he did not take a disguise pill.

He stepped forward and walked toward the city gate.

"Senior, the entrance fee is two low-grade spirit stones."

The guard at the gate was only at the Qi Refining stage and since he couldn’t sense Xiao Shou’s cultivation level, he immediately spoke with respect.

Xiao Shou had always been generous when it came to spirit stones.

He took out two and handed them over without hesitation, then accepted the temporary entry token.

After stepping through the gate, he swept his gaze around and quickly beckoned to a boy of about ten among the crowd gathered on both sides.

The boy’s eyes lit up, and he hurried over.

"Immortal, do you have any instructions for me?"

"What is your name? This is my first time in White Silver City. I would like you to guide me to a place to rest and also introduce the city to me," Xiao Shou said with a smile.

According to the setting of the story, at the entrances of cities and marketplaces, there were always ordinary people gathered to make a living by guiding cultivators, answering questions, and explaining local conditions.

Of course, some independent cultivators also did this kind of work, though they were usually only at the Qi Refining stage.

Hearing this, a flash of excitement passed through the boy’s eyes, which grew even brighter.

"Replying to Immortal, this lowly one is called Chen Yufei. Guiding costs ten spirit beads, introducing White Silver City costs ten spirit beads, simple questions cost five spirit beads, and more difficult ones cost ten spirit beads. Are you willing to hire me?"

"Yufei, that’s a nice name. Ah, but I don’t have spirit beads," Xiao Shou said, blinking his fox-like eyes.

Only after seeing the boy’s disappointed expression did he mischievously toss out a low-grade spirit stone. "But I do have spirit stones. Is one low-grade spirit stone enough?"

The boy hurriedly caught it.

After looking at the stone with reluctance, he handed it back to Xiao Shou with a downcast expression.

"It’s more than enough. One low-grade spirit stone is worth a thousand spirit beads. Guiding you, introducing White Silver City, and answering some questions would at most cost two hundred spirit beads. I can’t make change."

"Then no need to return it. You can keep the extra. Now, can you guide me?" Xiao Shou said.

He found himself unusually patient with this boy.

Could it be that he had a soft spot for kids?

"Thank you, Immortal."

The boy’s eyes lit up instantly like a small lantern.

He respectfully made a guiding gesture and began leading the way, He keep chatting nonstop as he introduced the situation of White Silver City.

From Chen Yufei’s explanation, Xiao Shou learned that White Silver City was located at the edge of the continent.

The spiritual energy here was thin, the spirit veins were weak, and there were no valuable specialties or rare treasures.

Even demonic beasts rarely came to this place.

It was only a few miles from the sea, but it was extremely far from Azure Origin City.

Due to its remote location and small scale, White Silver City did not even have a single teleportation array.

The nearest one was in Black Iron City and it’s eighty thousand miles away from her.

Because of these conditions, White Silver City was quite desolate.

High-level cultivators rarely stayed here.

The strongest person in the city was the city lord named Xiahou Bo. He’s a mid-stage Golden Core cultivator.