Heavenly Fate Plateau
(Jian POV)
As the sun was going down, I finally got to the Heavenly Fate Plateau. I would've reached this place earlier if I didn't stop to acquire the demon spirit of every interesting demon beast I saw. I have been collecting them and storing them in the Nexus until I get the Nightmare Demon Pot to refine them.
So far I have collected 1,000+ regular demon spirits and 40 demon spirits with a trace of dragon bloodline from the Abyss Prison Realm. My True Body also went around and collected 23,000+ demon spirits while exploring outside of Glory City. About 1,500 of them have a trace of dragon bloodline.
6,000 of them are poor level growth rates, 15,000 are ordinary level growth rates, and the rest are good level growth rates. There are about 13 excellent level growth rate but no extraordinary or god level growth rate demon spirit. I was able to get so many because I was able to extract their demon spirit myself. If not, I'll probably have to kill millions of demon beast just to get the same amount of demon spirits I currently have.
Back at the Heavenly Fate Plateau, I went around looking for Old Man Yun's Congee shop. From the story, he and his daughter are good people in a place where it's easy to commit crimes for survival. I plan to convince them to move into the Nexus and bring a couple of hundreds people along with them.
Even though I wanted to help the people here, I'm not nice enough to let criminals into the Nexus. If they have no choice but to steal for survival then it's ok with me but if they do so when they didn't need to or just because they can, then they can stay with the rest of the people until Nie Li come to take them to Glory City.
I found the shop as they were closing up. "Excuse me." I invite myself in since they haven't closed the door yet.
"Sorry, but the shop is closed. If you want something to eat, you'll have to come back in the morning." I hear a voice coming from the back of the shop.
"I didn't come here to eat, I just want to ask some questions about the people living here," I said as I make my way toward the voice.
"The people living here?" An old age man stood up from behind the counter he was cleaning. He studies me for a while before saying "You're not from here. I didn't think that there are still people outside."
"No, I'm not."
"Well come have a seat. I'm quite interested in what been going on outside. If you want to know about this place, we can exchange information." Old Man
"That's alright with me. I'm Long Jian by the way. You are?"
"The people here call me Old Man Yun. Close the door won't you. Don't want other people coming in while the shop is closed." Old Man Yun
I close the door and sit at one of the many tables. Old Man Yun clean his hand with a towel before coming to sit opposite of me.
"So what do you want to know." Old Man Yun
"The basic condition of this place and how people deal with it."
Old Man Yun look sadden for a bit thinking about their situation. "To tell you the truth, this place is not all at that good. Foods and resources here are scarce and some people often resort to stealing to survive. The only good thing about this place is that it's hard to get to so it's free of demon beasts."
"It's really that bad huh? I asked my question. Anything you want to know?"
"Yes, are there more people outside?" Old Man Yun
"Yes, there is a city with millions of people on the other side of the mountain range."
"Millions of people? It's hard to believe that such a place can exist." Old Man Yun
"It's the truth, you can choose to believe it or not."
After a few rounds of asking and answering questions, Old man Yun finally asks "It's hard to believe someone crosses such a dangerous place just to ask some questions. May I know what you're truly doing here?"
"Hahaha, you're right. The reason I came here is to see if some of the people here want to move and start a new life somewhere else."
"To the city we were talking about earlier?" Old Man Yun
"No, it's to start a new settlement. I found a place rich in resources with little to no demon beasts around but the people in the city already have a nice life there. I doubt they'll want to move to start over in a new place."
"Sorry if I don't believe you but that place sound too good to be true." Old Man Yun
"I know if I haven't seen it. I wouldn't have believed it was real either."
"So how do you expect to convince people to move there?" Old Man Yun
"I was thinking of hiring you to help me."
"Me?" Old Man Yun
"Yes, you seem like a person that knows a lot of the people here. I want you to help me look for a few hundred hard-working men, women, and children that are willing to move. If you help me, I'll trade food with you and this town."
"What about the rest of the people that are still here?" Old Man Yun
"In a year or two, a young man will come here. He'll take the people here to the city."
"Sigh, alright I'll help." Old Man Yun
"Great, tell all the people that want to leave gather in the south of the town in 5 days. If they don't show up by afternoon, they'll be left behind. I'll be staying in the hotel nearby so if you have any questions, you can come to ask me."
When I leave the shop, I saw a 13-14 years old girl with golden hair enter the shop. She should be Yun Ling, Old Man Yun's daughter. That explain why I didn't see her in the shop. She was probably out running errands for Old Man Yun.