Peak Reversal

Since they were running straight ahead without detours and on flat grounds, the duo managed to reach their location in just half a day's time. But there was a problem, a huge wall was built around the human settlement so they couldn't see what was happening inside. Not just that, the walls also had array formations that could detect all forms of concealment and attack the target with everything they had. 

The only way to enter this place was through the main entrance which the duo didn't know of its location so without a choice, they had to run around the wall till they found the entrance. 

[Peak Reversal!]

Haoyu felt his fatigue disappear and his depleted energy being replenished very quickly and in just a few seconds, he was back to peak condition and without wasting time, he started running.

Another thirty minutes passed but fortunately, it seems they had chosen the correct direction because they actually found the entrance. Two guards in full armour were standing on the sides of the massive gates. There was a long line of people waiting to enter the place. Jace and Haoyu caught the attention of everyone because of their outfits. 

Because Jace's clothes were burnt and torn, Haoyu had given him robes to wear and both of them were wearing white robes, looking like cultivator cosplayers. Everyone on the queue gave them weird looks because of their attire and the duo was extremely embarrassed.

On the queue, many people were wearing casual clothes like t-shirts, swag pants, snickers and some were wearing formal wear like suits and the like. Looking at everyone looking at them, Jace felt like he was back on Earth because that's what Earthlings typically wear on a daily basis. 

The duo joined the line even though everyone kept looking at them like zoo animals, some even laughed at how ridiculous they look. The only one's who couldn't laugh were ladies who kept stealing glances of Haoyu because he was very handsome. 

Others kept looking at Jace because they'd never seen someone with chocolate brown skin, afro hair and full lips. While they were looking at him, Jace was also looking at them and was surprised to see that western earth looking people also existed in this world, he thought he'd only find Chinese looking people. 

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They waited for some time until it was their turn to enter the place, Haoyu took out a token with his surname written on it. The guards looked at the token, then they looked at each other. They seem to be communicating with their eyes and after a quick chat, they allowed the duo inside. 

On the other side of the metallic gates was a completely different world, hawkers, scouts, salesmen and women filled the paved streets of this place. This place looked no different from a modern city not just because of the people but also the architect and design of buildings. 

There were many tall buildings, houses and even skyscrapers if someone with Haoyu's eyes looked carefully. 

"Haoyu, wasn't this supposed to be a cultivation world? Why does it look like my home world where technology is a big part of humanity's development?"

"I also don't know. It seems that I've spent more time in that cave than I'd expected and don't I feel the breath of cultivators in such a crowded place? Something is very wrong here!"

The duo walked along the streets of the city they didn't even know its name, they looked at everything with wonder and curiosity. Jace was an orphan and had spent most of his time in the orphanage, he only saw cities like this on the t.v. so this was also new for him. 

When they saw a coffee shop, they immediately entered it and ignored the weird gazes directed at them. Jace ordered one ice tea and a cool drink for himself. He also ordered freshly baked cake slices for the both of them. Haoyu didn't know what kind of food this was but copied Jace's way of eating which garnered even more weird gazes.

This was because instead of eating cake the normal way using a fork, Jace and Haoyu ate their cakes with their bare hands, dirtying the glass and cup that held their drinks. The duo quickly finished everything and ordered seconds and thirds, after finishing everything, it was finally time to settle the bill.

"Haoyu, it's time to pay." said Jace. 

"Oh, okay, young lady, how many spirit stones will it be?" asked Haoyu as he took out a couple of colourful stones. 

"Spirit stones? Sir, in this shop we use money. Sir, your bill is 250 Stellas, please pay up or I'll call security." said the waitress with a bit of annoyance. 

"Haoyu, give them some gold or anything of value to ordinary people." whispered Jace and Haoyu took out two gold ingots.

"Will this be enough?" he asked. 

The waitress was shocked and quickly rushed to call the manager because she believed the duo were here to cause trouble. It didn't take long and she came back with the manager, seeing that a commotion was about to unfold, the customers inside the coffee shop took out their phones and started recording live videos. 

"Greetings Sirs, I've received a complaint from my employee that the two of you don't want to pay. Sirs, please pay for the food you ate and kindly leave my store." said the manager. Haoyu passed the two gold ingots to the manager. 

"Is this enough or not?" he asked calmly. 

The manager didn't throw a fuss when he saw the two gold ingots but instead took out a small gadget. It was the tool used to test if jewellery was fake or not. The manager had come across many customers who had pulled the same stunt so he was quite experienced in this kind of situation.

Seeing that the gold ingots were actually real gold, the manager smiled and took away the two gold ingots. 

"Would you like your change in cash or card? I'd also like to remind you that the shop will take 10% of what your gold ingots are worth." said the manager. 

"We'll take the card, thank you very much." answered Jace. The manager then took out a bank card and gave it to him, he also told him the pin of the card. Jace and Haoyu were about to leave when an explosion occurred outside the coffee shop, the shockwaves approached the coffee shop, broke the glasses but before the people could be injured, an ice wall appeared from thin air and protected everyone.

Jace and Haoyu then left the shop like it wasn't dangerous outside and quickly disappeared into the crowded streets. 

"Oh my fucking god! What just happened?!"

"Where does the ice wall come from?!"

"Forget that, who were those two guys with weird clothes?"

"Guys, check this video out, my phone was still recording when the explosion occurred so it captured everything." said one of the customers and everyone gathered around him. They then watched the video from start to finish and saw how Haoyu waved his hand at an extremely fast speed and an ice wall suddenly appeared. 

"Holy Shit! These guys have superpowers!"

"Stupid! Look at their attire, these guys are clearly the rumoured cultivators that everyone keeps making theories about. I didn't expect to see the real deal today."