Harbor

"Ming Ze, is he really Ming Ze?" said the bandits.

"He's the one who killed Sovereign Crow."

"He's also the one who used evil magic on Miss Xia."

"Is he really that guy? I heard he's not handsome."

"Maybe this is just an acquaintance of this girl, pretending to be Ming Ze."

Ming Ze, "..."

It seems that different places have different rumors about him.

And the rumors that reached the bandits didn't say he wasn't strong, like the rumors made by Niu Di.

Only, the rumors said he was not handsome.

This was unacceptable.

His breathing became rapid so his aura leaked out unintentionally.

And it was enough to make the bandit mountain tremble until it cracked, and even then it began to collapse.

The surrounding mountains also suffered the same fate, collapsing bit by bit.

All the bandits who originally doubted him were now covered in sweat.

"Ahhhh, Young Master Ming, please calm down, we are guilty, we are guilty, don't punish us." The group leader realized that they were in serious trouble.

Whether this man was Ming Ze or not, what was clear was that he was truly powerful.

He could not only level a mountain but turn this entire region into a graveyard.

The other bandits knew what needed to be done.

They were criminals with no pride, apologizing for their mistakes was not a difficult thing for them as long as they really had to do it to survive.

Some of them even cried with tears in their eyes.

The originally angry Ming Ze was stunned by this kind of change, which was unusual for him even though he often read about characters like them in novels.

When he remembered that they were truly despicable, he smiled coldly.

"Hmph!"

He snorted, instantly transforming this area of the mountains to collapse and crumble. Some mountains were even overturned.

The area became a mess, like the remains of a building that was torn down.

The bandits did not die but they were rendered helpless. Some were buried deep under the mountain.

Only Jian Xue was fine because the cage she was in floated into the air.

"Girl, so you were abandoned by Jian Wuxin, hmm, lucky you met me," Ming Ze said to her with a cynical expression.

Despite hating him, now that she was saved by him, Jian Xue was somewhat ashamed of him, so she chose to remain silent.

After that, Ming Ze carried the cage to the carriage and then hooked it behind the carriage.

The initially silent Jian Xue was quickly dumbfounded when she realized two things.

Ming Ze had not taken her out of the cage. In fact, he hung her on the back of his carriage.

What the hell is this? She thought.

When Ming Ze wanted to get into the carriage, she immediately shouted.

"Ming Ze, how dare you treat me like this. Take me out of this cage and let me into that carriage. It was bought with my clan lady's money."

Her tone was so high that her breath was coming in ragged gasps as her face turned red.

Never in her life did she imagine she would be treated like this.

Unfortunately, Ming Ze ignored her.

When he entered the carriage, he no longer heard her voice.

For him to help her escape from those bandits was already a great favor. He would not give more to her.

After entering the carriage, he sat back in his seat, enjoying the scenery as the carriage continued to fly eastward at high speed.

What he didn't expect was that the sky was getting dark while stars were appearing.

He had lost track of time and the day was almost over.

When the sky was dark, he saw a city ahead, clearly visible even at night because the cultivation world had many light sources.

It was a harbor city because it was adjacent to a vast sea.

The city was actually bigger than the capital of the Red Cloud Kingdom. It was even much denser, it just looked more messy, like the construction was just going with the flow without any organization at all.

People went in and out of the city while large ships came and went.

This seemed to be a transit city connecting the West Gate Region and the Central Region which were actually separated by a sizable sea.

Most people weren't capable of flying across that sea, nor did they have artifacts for flying like the carriages Ming Ze used.

Hence, they traveled by ship.

However, even if he could cross the sea by flying or with his carriage, Ming Ze still decided to go down to the city.

He wanted to see it.

The good thing was that the city didn't have a formation that prohibited people from flying in the sky.

Ming Ze's carriage could descend directly over the city, stopping about 20 meters from the ground and continuing to fly.

Even from the appearance of the carriage, people already knew that it was something that belonged to a powerful cultivator, so they just kept quiet as the carriage passed over their heads, worried that the person inside the carriage was a ruthless villain considering he seemed to have just kidnapped a young girl.

Of course, Ming Ze made the cage unable to divulge Jian Xue's voice from the moment she entered the city.

Although she kept shouting, her voice couldn't be heard by anyone.

Due to the lack of rules, there were more fights in this city.

In every corner, there were explosions due to cultivator fights.

The good thing was that they were only small cultivators so the effects of their fights were not strong.

Near the harbor, the atmosphere was calmer without any fights although it was much more crowded.

It seemed that for this harbor, there were strong rules against fighting.

As one of the links between the two regions, the profits from the harbor must be huge. The owner must not be an ordinary cultivator because there was no way someone could maintain it without great strength.

It was like an exquisite piece of grilled meat, definitely attracting many beasts to fight over it.

The owner could maintain it, meaning his prestige was extraordinary.

The length and width of this harbor was difficult for Ming Ze to predict.

When he looked up, he could see tens of thousands of giant ships docked, waiting for passengers to board.

On earth, there was nothing like this.

The cultivation world might seem like an ancient world, but it was too vast with many living humans.

"Whoever owns that stone carriage, please get off the air when it's above the harbor!"

As he got closer to the harbor, he suddenly heard the voice of a man who seemed to be admonishing him.