At the Xieye City Gate
Wang Wei waded through the crowds trying to enter the city, this was in fact a strange occurrence because usually cultivators had a priority when entering every city and would be personally greeted by the guards, but because Wang Wei wanted to experience the city as a mortal, he hid his aura and physical cultivation and started standing in line.
The line was exceptionally long and even many mortals died from exhaustion trying to get in, and that was mostly because to be in a city was considered a privilege.
Many mortals that lived outside of such cities lived truly horrific lives under the threat of death because of the many demonic beasts inhabiting the continent.
Some people would even resort to cannibalism to survive the long wait times and murder to advance in line was common, thankfully Wang Wei didn't have to resort to cannibalism to survive because of his tempered organs, he could even survive without food and water for months.
His organs were raised to perfection and all food he ate, water he drank, and air he breathed were processed and stored in his blood for later use, he could even hold his breath underwater for days on end.
Wang Wei was at his core truly a compassion-filled person and he did all he could do to help, he even secretly snuck out of line and went out into the forest to hunt for demonic beasts in order to help feed them.
When he saw the savagery that humans were capable of under the threat of death, Wang Wei's world views were expanded and he truly understood human nature and the law of the jungle that this world operated on, and his resolve to become even stronger was unwavering.
After months of waiting and contemplating this society and human nature, he finally arrived at the city gates where the guards were inspecting something in the hands of all the people who wanted to enter.
In order to enter the city you needed to present one spirit stone, a spirit stone is a phenomenon in heaven and earth that occurs when there is a big concentration of Qi in an area that Qi will naturally contaminate the area around it and when there is a big enough concentration, there will appear a spirit mine that is full of spirit stones. Spirit stones are very useful for cultivating because of the pure Qi that is found within them and they are usually used as currency amongst cultivators.
But in order for a mortal to acquire one, it would almost take a lifetime to collect, but even with those stringent conditions, there were so many mortals waiting in line.
But Wang Wei had no such problem in taking out spirit stones, the Wang family had so many of them they could practically eat them like candy.
After entering the city he was stunned by the pure disparity in wealth, inside the city streets were full of lavishly dressed men and women, they looked like nobility from Ancient China and there were even some cultivators among them. Even that could tell you the difference in status between people inside the city and the people outside.
The city itself is huge and it was divided into two parts the Inner and Outer districts, all of the cultivators and cultivation families lived in the Inner district while the normal mortals usually lived in the Outer districts.
But in the middle of the Inner district, there was a gigantic colosseum that was visible even from the Outer District, it was the pride and joy of the Xieye City and it is what made it famous all around the Zhong continent and even what made the Wang family be aware of it.
That colosseum is where the strongest of the Zhong continent would come to compete for incredible prizes and the fame that came by winning the tournament and sometimes even Golden-Core cultivators would come to compete.
Wang Wei made his way down into the Inner district and when he was at the gates of the Inner district the only thing he needed to do in order to enter was either present an identity token or test his cultivation level.
He easily passed the test and entered, but when he exposed his cultivation base of physical cultivation, he didn't receive any respect at all on the contrary he received hushed whispers and contemptuous looks.
Physical cultivators had the reputation of having no future and taking an extremely long time to cultivate, but even if that was true they still didn't dare say anything to his face because his physical cultivation is at the known peak.
He paid them no mind and continued on his way to the colosseum in order to register for the upcoming tournament.
Wang Wei entered the registration office and was immediately greeted by a stunning girl that looked about 20 years old. As soon as she saw him she said "Shan Mei greets respected cultivator!" while bowing deeply.
"I am here to register for the next available tournament" Wang Wei quickly replied, "The next tournament is being held in half a month and the entrance fee is 50 spirit stones." the pretty girl replied
Wang Wei quickly paid the entrance fee and immediately left the registration office and headed towards another location in the city called the League of Silence, they are the spy organization that is located across all the cities and all the continents.
They can find out any information asked of them for the right price, the one in charge of the organization is a Deification level expert and he is the only reason why the Wang family tolerates their existence.
He entered the headquarters and immediately asked to buy the information of all the cultivators that will be competing in the tournament and within minutes he has already received a book with all the needed information.
He left the building and started looking for an Inn to stay in until the tournament begins.