Casual City - 588

Looking around, this place seemed quite small, yet filled with people. Even where he grew up, the streets were hundreds of times wider and the buildings were far more elegant.

There were screens plastered around, showcasing an interest in technology.

Mi could not tell how powerful the people here were.

He walked around for a bit. He wasn't sure if he liked this place.

It seemed dim and gray, with rain sprinkling from above. There were many noises and lots of lights. 

Yet this place also gave off a silent sense of unity among humans. It was not readily apparent, but there were zero signs of any sort of anger or hatred in anyone's eyes.

Mi eventually wandered into a building. It was called a coffee shop. Someone greeted him as he came in.

Mi finally spoke, asking a question. "I randomly appeared here. Where am I?"

The person tilted her head for a moment before responding. "In what sense?"

"Like… what part of the Universe?" Mi said after thinking for a few moments.

"This is Earth."

Mi did not understand what Earth was, but at least he had an answer.

"What's Earth?" He asked.

The girl was clearly confused. "You're human but you don't know about Earth? Weird. Here, there's a library not too far away. You'll be able to learn more from that than from me."

Mi listened to her instructions seriously.

"...And one more right. It is the tall circular building." She finished.

Mi nodded and looked at her seriously. "Thank you. Now, what is a library?"

The girl was stunned.

After an hour or so, Mi finally exited the coffee shop. He had bothered the poor girl for so long she had to take a break and hide.

But at least he finally knew some basic knowledge about human civilization in general.

Halfway through talking, he realized that he had been in a library before, he just hadn't known the name. The Elders had taken him to pick out some techniques, but he hadn't liked any at the time.

Sighing and saying that it was not yet fated, they left without him getting anything.

Mi entered the library and began to look around. The library was quite open, with thousands of books.

Compared to the library his Elders had taken him to, it was quite small and with little information. 

Mi swept out his Divine sense in an attempt to read all of the books at once, as Zhou Fan had done long ago.

Since they seemed to be mortal books, he felt that this would not warrant any issue.

However, just as his Divine Sense spread out to the first book, he heard a book slam shut.

As if a strong wind had blown by, his Divine Sense was shattered.

As blood fell from his nose, he looked back at an unassuming old man holding a now shut book.

"No Divine Sense in the library. Have some respect, young man." The Old Man said sternly.

Wiping the blood from his nose, Mi apologized.

"Sorry. I'm new to Earth. I just arrived." Mi said.

The Old Man's eyes showed confusion. 

"What? You didn't go through a checkpoint?" He asked.

Mi shook his head. "I just appeared here."

"Did someone send you?" The Old Man asked.

"My teacher did. I was sent out to understand the Universe."

The Old Man nodded. "You must have a powerful teacher, for him to send you here like this. Alright. Go to section 1 for basic knowledge on Earth. Also, don't go using your Divine Sense everywhere. It is seen as disrespectful."

Mi thanked the Old Man and left.

As he left, the Old Man's face returned to indifference as he opened a book. 

"That brat doesn't realize how lucky he is to have such a powerful teacher." He mumbled.

Mi found section 1 and began to read the books quickly. Despite not using Divine Sense, it was extremely easy to read a book in moments as an Inner World realm Cultivator.

After a few minutes, combining the knowledge he had learned from the girl at the Coffee shop, the Old Man, and the books, he had a general understanding of where he was.

Earth, the origin of all life in the Universe. 

Unless you have mastered the mythical ability of teleportation or are a True God, a barrier stands in the way of the planet, preventing unauthorized access.

His teacher had sent him to the most powerful place in the Universe.

He also learned about the area he was in. Movement was much less strictly regulated once you got onto Earth compared to trying to enter it, but there were still some places that a normal person could not wander into.

This was one of these places. Everyone here was at least a Space Shattering realm Cultivator.

This place was known as Casual city. 

Here, although everyone was a powerful Cultivator, everyone had an agreement to live as ordinary people. This was the way they wanted to live their lives.

There were other places like it. Places where technology was forbidden and only Cultivator methods were allowed. There were also places for Mortals and places for extremely weak Cultivators.

There were even places reserved for those at the God realm or above, even higher than Casual city. One such place used to be called the Upper Realm, but it was destroyed long ago during a battle between unparalleled beings.

Mi also learned about common information that should have been common sense. It seemed that it was not the first time someone had been randomly sent here without knowledge of Earth. 

In such a vast Universe, anything was possible.

Mi, curious about the past, moved on to a section focused on ancient history. He did not even bother trying to learn about his teacher. That seemed impossible.

"If you want ancient history, this isn't the place for you. Here, our "Ancient History" is limited to the past thousand years."

Mi heard the Old Man's voice from afar. 

He was disappointed. They were truly living like mortals. No, even some mortals had ancient history longer than a thousand years.