Below the Asura's Gate Palace there were still the Four Palaces and Six Grand Halls. They were all located in the central region of South Bai Area, which was the most prosperous place there. In comparison, the Black Heaven Mountain Range was an extremely desolate and remote place, with the strongest cultivator only being the ninth-level Heavenly Core expert Mountain Lord of Black Heaven Mountain.
Of course, this was in the perspective of the Hall-level forces and above. To the residents of Black Heaven City and the surroundings, the Black Heaven Mountain was a supreme existence that could decide the fate of all living beings. This was simply the consequences of a narrow worldview, of being mere frogs in a well.
Hao Ren looked at Bai Chuhan and seemed to have thought of something, "Little Bai, the Black Cloud Competition should be starting, right?" Hao Ren asked casually, as though he didn't care too much even if Bai Chuhan didn't answer.
Bai Chuhan was surprised. He didn't think that Hao Ren would be interested in such a matter. One had to know that the Black Cloud Competition was merely an advancement tournament and test for outer yard disciples to enter the inner yard. It was held every year and was a regular and custom event for Black Heaven Mountain. Hao Ren hadn't seemed to care about it previously, so why was he showing interest now? Bai Chuhan was baffled. After all, it was extremely insignificant considering his own status as the number one disciple of the core yard, let alone Hao Ren who was actually also the Vice Mountain Lord.
"Oh, it's nothing. Just someone slightly interesting had appeared in the outer yard. He might be able to put on a good show in the Black Cloud Competition," Hao Ren indifferently said.
"Oh?" Bai Chuhan was secretly shocked. He knew what kind of person Hao Ren was. To say such a thing, that outer yard disciple must be truly amazing. He made a mental note to check on that disciple later and see what he was truly made of. After all, Bai Chuhan himself was quite talented, having reached the high-level Profound Ascension despite being only twenty-two years old. And yet, he didn't think Hao Ren had ever viewed him in such a manner. Perhaps…that disciple had something he didn't?
Bai Chuhan would never know the reason Hao Ren mentioned that outer yard disciple was because…he was very likely a transmigrator who received either a system or another kind of goldfinger. Hao Ren was resting in his residence when he picked up a strange fluctuation in the space-time in a secluded corner of the outer yard. This disturbance was strange, as if it did not belong to the rules of this world and cultivation itself. Perhaps only Hao Ren would be able to sense the anomaly. Most likely, even the strongest Mortal Emperor would be like an ignorant ordinary person who wouldn't be able to notice if a concealed Acquired Spirit cultivator was beside him. It was a whole different dimension of power.
Furthermore, the heavenly dao of the Martial Central World showed extremely slight waves, as though a foreign existence that concealed itself well appeared without its consent. This fact was also only noted by Hao Ren, which made him have strange but nostalgic feelings inside. Wasn't this the same occurrence as when he transmigrated to this world three years ago?
Was there another transmigrator?
Hao Ren's curiosity was piqued, so he immediately used a teleportation ability to appear in the air above the place where the abnormalities came from. With a thought, his figure and aura was concealed as though he isolated himself in another spatial and temporal layer, completely undetectable by even the heavenly dao. That's right, Hao Ren's cultivation was absolutely not as simple as Supreme Spirit realm. In fact, he had even surpassed the Mortal Emperor realm and achieved immortality. He never had anything like a system or goldfinger like typical transmigrators. He was simply…invincible from the start. Well, not truly invincible, but he had an extremely high cultivation base that was unmatched by anyone in the Martial Central World.
Hao Ren looked down and saw that it was a cheap residence that greeted his eyes. It was located in a corner where there were no other residences for a few kilometers radius. The surroundings were lush scenery with forests and flowing rivers and looked natural. It truly looked like a secluded dwelling of a hermit cultivator. This was definitely the humble abode of a trash disciple who could only stay in such a place. The usual transmigration plot seemed to be unfolding right before Hao Ren's eyes.
A few auras approached from the distance, traversing the ground with fast and elegant techniques. They crossed hundreds of meters in just a few seconds and arrived swiftly like birds landing on tree branches. There were a total of five of them, all wearing the white robes of outer yard disciples, with one of them having a special design on his chest, which indicated that he had a standing among them. He was the only one who reached early Innate Origin, being at the second level of the Court Key stage, while the others were between the fifth to ninth level Acquired Spirit.
"This trash lives in a troublesome but uselessly far place. He made us travel dozens of kilometers just to reach his place. It's making it look as if he is the privileged one instead of us," the fifth level Acquired Spirit complained.
"Tang Zangge, you are also only a fifth level Acquired Spirit so you're only slightly better than the trash, Han Li. If not for your association with senior brother Gu here, you would be no different than him," the ninth level Acquired Spirit chuckled lightly, but his words were sharp.
Tang Zangge was embarrassed, but he didn't dare to refute.