Chapter 183: A Sky Grade Technique
Eight Mind Phantoms was a Sky Grade Technique, one of those rare techniques that operated on an ethereal level most cultivators could only dream of. The immortal likely used this technique to leave behind the ghost in the tomb. At its highest levels, it could crush someone's mind with just a touch and even turn weaker-minded creatures into slaves.
Though the technique had combat applications, it wasn't solely designed for battle. From what I could discern, it was created to construct impossible attacks to defend against.
And yet, these were only glimpses of what the technique could truly do.
Lost in thought, I drifted through hours of silent travel, the forest's thick canopy drowning the sun's rays, wrapping our path in twilight. My mind wandered until a sudden flash of light snapped me back. Emerging from the canopy of trees, Goldwatch City's golden walls blazed in the distance, the sunlight ricocheting off them, stabbing into my eyes.
As we neared Goldwatch City, it was like we'd never left. The same long lines of people snaked toward the gates, more merchants than ever hawking their wares just outside the walls. Despite our short absence, the city had only grown more prosperous; it was now teeming with life, even outside its walls.
"If it weren't for those dice-rolling idiots deciding everything, this city might actually be decent," Song Song remarked.
She hadn't rolled well the last time she had tried to enter. I had the feeling she was still salty about it.
Even Song Song, indifferent to most things, couldn't deny the city's allure. My cousins stayed silent, their expressions as stony as ever. Since Song Song's last scolding of Liu Qian, the line between our leader and everyone else was etched in stone.
When we reached the outskirts, the Core Elders skipped the dice rolls of whether we would enter the city as a group, and ordered us to pitch our tents outside the city's fields. Soon, a sea of canvas sprouted around us. There was no grumbling this time—our stay at the foul-smelling Moonlit River Sect had humbled even the loudest complainers.