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The top floor of the Holy Emperor Hall.

An old man in a star-embroidered Daoist robe sat cross-legged, resembling a withered wooden stake, devoid of any life force.

However, those who knew this old man were aware of the power of his "Withering Cultivation Method"—seeking a glimmer of "life" within the withering.

It's just a pity that he hasn't found it yet.

If he could find it, he wouldn't be content to stay in this small Golden Crow City, serving as the branch hall master of a lower-tier city.

Yes, this old man is the Holy Emperor Hall's branch hall master in Golden Crow City—Xue Rong.

Xue Rong's strength had already reached the "Ten-Star" level!

However, he had consistently failed to take the next step and surpass Ten Stars!

If he could surpass Ten Stars, then Xue Rong would be considered a great existence in the Divine Realm!

Suddenly, Xue Rong, the old man who resembled a withered tree, opened his eyelids, which were like withered bark.

The eyes hidden beneath these eyelids contained boundless vitality, as if all things were growing within his gaze.

"Alas…" the old man sighed, exhaling a breath of stale air, "The path of 'birth and destruction' is truly too difficult to tread…"

However, this was the path of martial arts that he, Xue Rong, had chosen himself; no matter how difficult, he had to continue walking it.

Moreover, apart from the path of "birth and destruction," the other paths were not necessarily easy to walk; in fact, for him, Xue Rong, they were even more difficult!

"It seems it's time to review the life talismans again! It's really affecting my cultivation…" Xue Rong only reviewed the life talismans once a month.

"In the past, how could I have personally handled such a trivial matter as reviewing life talismans! However, Li Xiujie insisted that I personally review them to help him find someone named Xu Ming…"

Li Xiujie not only left a sinister move for Xu Ming in the Endless Continent—having Yehe Nara Erke refine the Dao Proving Fruit to become a god and deal with Xu Ming—but also set up a scheme for Xu Ming in the Divine Realm.

Although the Divine Realm is vast, ordinary gods traveling from the Endless Continent to the Divine Realm would definitely be blown by the Annihilation Winds to the jurisdiction of Golden Crow City!

Therefore, Li Xiujie asked the branch hall masters of the Holy Emperor Hall in Golden Crow City and several nearby small cities to help keep an eye out for Xu Ming's whereabouts!—He was certain that as long as Xu Ming came to the Divine Realm, he would definitely apply for a Star Badge!

Because without a Star Badge, many places in the Divine Realm would be very inconvenient; even intermediate-level divine cities would be inaccessible.

In the Divine Realm, there might be many people named "Xu Ming"; moreover, the Xu Ming that Li Xiujie was looking for might have changed his name and surname.

Therefore, Li Xiujie left Xu Ming's "life aura" with Xue Rong and the other hall masters.

A name can be changed, and appearance can be disguised, but the life aura is very difficult to alter!

Moreover, applying for a Star Badge requires using one's true life aura!—The Star Badge is like the Divine Realm's "identity card."

Therefore, in Li Xiujie's view, as long as Xu Ming came to the Divine Realm, it would be absolutely impossible for him to escape!

Indeed! How could a god who had just arrived in the Divine Realm escape if he was targeted by an existence like a branch hall master of the Holy Emperor Hall?

The reason why Li Xiujie didn't personally take action or ask the experts around him to deal with Xu Ming was partly out of disdain and partly out of concern that personally taking action would allow Yin Ran to invite experts in the "Dao of Karma" to investigate.

Therefore, Li Xiujie took a few more roundabout routes, which was much safer!

At this time, Xue Rong sighed again: "Isn't finding someone in the Divine Realm even harder than finding a needle in the ocean!"

Suddenly, Xue Rong called out towards the door: "Come in!"

The sanctimonious god who had previously received Xu Ming immediately pushed the door open and entered: "Hall Master."

In his hands, he held a stack of life talismans, all waiting to be reviewed; however, Xu Ming's was not among them.

Xu Ming's life talisman had been "temporarily withheld" by the sanctimonious god, intending to hold onto it for a while before submitting it.

"Bring them here, Li Fang!"

Li Fang was the name of this sanctimonious god.

Xue Rong was an "Ten-Star" existence; how terrifying was his mental power, and how swift was his actions; in the blink of an eye, he had finished reviewing the entire stack of life talismans.

"None!" Xue Rong shook his head inwardly—finding someone in the Divine Realm was truly like searching for a needle in the ocean!

"You may leave!" Xue Rong said.

"Yes!" Li Fang respectfully held the life talismans with both hands and prepared to retreat.

"Wait!" Xue Rong called out again.

"Hall Master, do you have any other instructions?" Li Fang asked cautiously.

"Recently, have there been any suspicious individuals appearing in Golden Crow City?" Xue Rong asked.

Suspicious individuals?

Li Fang thought carefully: "No! Everything is normal in Golden Crow City!"

"Alright, you may leave!" Xue Rong waved his hand.

The reason why Xue Rong asked this question was also considering that if Xu Ming came to Golden Crow City, it would cause some kind of commotion.

However, Xue Rong was truly overthinking; Xu Ming was just a low-profile nobody in the Divine Realm.

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"Huff…" Li Fang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "So it was this question… I thought the Hall Master knew that I had deliberately withheld some life talismans!"

…

Golden Crow City was still relatively peaceful and tranquil.

After all, the Golden Crow Guards constantly patrolling the entire divine city were not to be trifled with!

Anyone who dared to make a move would have to consider whether they were qualified to withstand the wrath of the "Ten Million Golden Crow Guards!"

Yes!

Ten Million Golden Crow Guards!

Of course, some truly top-tier forces still dared to make a move within Golden Crow City.

However, such top-tier forces were, after all, extremely few; so most of the time, Golden Crow City was very safe.

Precisely because it was safe, many weak one-star and two-star gods wanted to reside in Golden Crow City long-term.

However, Golden Crow City was only a hundred million miles in size; how could it accommodate the weak gods within its hundred-billion-mile jurisdiction for long-term residence?

Therefore, Golden Crow City set a threshold; only those with a "Three-Star Badge" or higher could stay in the city for free.

Other gods staying in the city had to pay a considerable amount of divine stones.

And how many divine stones could weak gods have on hand? Of course, they didn't have the money to reside in the city long-term, so they had to leave reluctantly.

At this time, outside the Orchid Pavilion in Golden Crow City.

"Sisi, let's go, let's get a room!" Xu Ming said casually.

"Brother Ming…" Of course, Sisi knew that there was no "bad intention" in Xu Ming's words.

After all, she had already taken the initiative to say "willing to be a slave or a servant," but Xu Ming had not taken her in; if Xu Ming really had any "bad intentions," he would have already had "bad intentions" towards her!

But Sisi still reminded: "The rooms in Golden Crow City are too expensive, Brother Ming, let's save some money!"

Expensive?

With Xu Ming's current wealth, could he not afford a room?

Xu Ming just wanted to find a quiet and safe place to cultivate in peace for a while.

After all, since coming to the Divine Realm, Xu Ming had not cultivated at all.