Chapter 480: The Cruel Divine Kingdom

Whether mortals or descendants of the divine race, they all wore clothing and hairstyles similar to those described in strange and ancient records of the primordial era. Their hairstyles were also very similar to those of that period.

However, all of them had hair and eyes of various colors. There seemed to be every color imaginable, except black.

Are people with black hair and black eyes really that rare?

Fu Young had wondered about this before. After all, no matter how he looked at these people, whose appearances resembled transformed demons, he could clearly sense that they carried the aura of humans.

Wait!

Something was wrong.

Most of them actually possessed an aura that was mainly human, mixed with a small and faint trace of divine Osmanthus Tree aura.

It was not until this young woman appeared that Fu Young sensed a slightly stronger trace of divine Osmanthus Tree aura from her.

Why was that?

Why did everyone in this realm possess such a faint trace of divine Osmanthus Tree aura?

And why was the aura on this young woman slightly stronger than that of ordinary mortals?

As countless thoughts and questions flashed through Fu Young’s mind, Miss Yun, the daughter of the City Lord, who was standing upstairs, giggled and said, "Do you really need to ask? I have never heard of anyone with black hair and black eyes like you in our Water Divine Kingdom. If someone with such unusual features were born, the news would certainly be passed on to the various cities. However, I have never heard of anyone with black hair and black eyes being born in the surrounding divine kingdoms either. You must have come from a distant divine kingdom!"

"The young lady is right. That is indeed the case."

A divine kingdom?

So it really is as his Master said. This realm is a world ruled by so-called gods.

His Master had always been concise with his words. He had only briefly mentioned matters concerning this realm, explaining that its power system was different from that of the cultivation world. Cultivation levels were suppressed in this realm, and in order to use power, one had to exchange offerings with the gods.

As for many of the finer details, his Master had never explained them.

Fu Young did not know where he should begin gathering information about this place.

However, were people with black hair and black eyes really that rare in this realm?

Why?

In every book he had read, whether it described a Small World, Spirit Realm, Immortal Realm, or another similar place, except for transformed demon races and people with mixed foreign bloodlines, ordinary humans all had black hair and black eyes, or at most slightly dark-colored hair.

Hearing this, another question appeared in Fu Young’s mind.

After hearing this, Miss Yun did not even ask where Fu Young had come from. Instead, she said, "Since you are a guest from a distant place, you probably have not found a place to stay yet. If you do not mind, why not come to my home and rest for a while? I would be honored to entertain a distinguished guest who has traveled from afar."

"Don’t go! This woman is completely wicked. She sees that you have such a rich divine aura and wants to use you as a sacrifice!"

Just as Fu Young was about to refuse, a red-haired young woman who looked about seventeen or eighteen years old, with delicate features and a graceful figure, suddenly stopped and very familiarly reached for the sleeve of his robe.

When Fu Young avoided her hand, she anxiously stomped her foot and said, "You have to believe me! Who in the entire Cloud River City doesn’t know that all of the divine cultivation of the Yun Clan’s Fifth Miss, Yun Liuying, came from sacrificing mortals from the villages and towns outside the city to their ancestor, the River God? In return for receiving those sacrifices, the River God bestowed divine cultivation upon her."

"Sacrificing mortals? Receiving divine cultivation in return? Heh... As expected, no matter where you go, there are always things like this."

After hearing what the red-haired young woman said, Fu Young sneered and muttered to himself. He did not follow her or leave with her. Instead, he remained calm and prepared to continue walking forward.

At this moment, Yun Liuying, the Fifth Miss who had just had her plans disrupted by the red-haired young woman, let out a soft laugh. She flew down from the second floor of the shop and landed beside Fu Young and the red-haired young woman. Her expression remained completely composed as she said, "May I ask where this young lady is from? You came all the way to my Cloud River City and began spreading rumors and slandering me. Young Master, please do not believe the words of such a petty person. I sincerely invited you to visit the City Lord’s Residence as an honored guest. The City Lord’s Residence is the ruler of an entire city. How could we possibly do something like use a guest as a sacrifice?"

"Bah! Who in the entire Cloud River City doesn’t know that the City Lord’s Yun Clan, as descendants of the River God, has complete control over the city and has harmed countless people? The annual River God sacrifice alone consumes more than ten thousand lives. Ever since your ancestor cultivated a divine persona and established his divine kingdom thousands of years ago, who knows how many innocent people have died? And you still have the nerve to pretend to be innocent here?"

The red-haired young woman said all of this in one breath.

What surprised Fu Young, however, was that quite a few onlookers had already gathered around them. After hearing the red-haired young woman’s words, not only did they show no shock, indignation, or anger, they simply watched with expressions of indifference, as though they were merely there to enjoy the spectacle.

Some of them even shouted from the side, as if joining in the fun.ℴ