First steps

The trip took 3 days from start to finish. In those 3 days, Tianlong focused mainly on training his communication skills. Whenever he found the chance he would start a conversation with the merchants he was going with. As for Huang ma he was mercenary contracted to escort this caravan. There were two other mercenaries but they weren't too friendly approach.

'If I'm going to a big city at least I should acquire some basic knowledge about where I'm going and how I should behave. Unfortunately the entity that I met before resurrecting is super old and the world has significantly changed from the time when he used to live here. Apparently he lived through and era called the chaos era where strong entities where everywhere and they all battled for honor and control over the various realms connected to this world, however after a great war everything went to shit and the connections between this world and its various realms, for example the heaven realm and the underworld, were severed. And the capabilities of the humans of this world have all degraded. However that's not the point, I should get back to gathering more information' and that's what he did, or at tried to do.

Tianlong didn't manage to get a lot of information as the people he was travelling with were only merchants and didn't have any involvement with anything else other than buying and selling miscellaneous stuff.

But he managed to learn something interesting and that is wherever you go in this world strength rules and the strongest people are respected, which in his case was very good news because apparently the city he was going to had a lot of cultivators and many martial arts schools, which means that geniuses are very appreciated. However, what was interesting for Tianlong is that no matter how young they start cultivating, the people here can only achieve the 7th stage of Qi gathering realm at maximum and the geniuses of them manage to achieve the 9th stage at the age of 10 where they are finally allowed to join a martial arts school.

This for Tianlong was very interesting because the guys there had a lot of resources for their conventional use from the day they were born however their achievements weren't really amazing. This means that Tianlong had already a head start over everyone else of his generation without consuming any elixirs, pills, or using any energy gathering array.

For him this feeling of accomplishment was really great.

Time has passed and they finally reached the famous Shinhai city.

Tianlong was surprised was how everything looked. Even the paved roads looked amazing for him, someone who only spent nearly 6 years in a small village from the moment he opened his eyes to this world.

After they stopped Tianlong jumped in front of Huang ma and said "okay mister ma, thanks for bringing me here, I'll take my leave now I have a lot of stuff to figure out, just one last question is there any kind of public library in here?"

"Wait, wait, you aren't going anywhere you are going to be staying with me, your father entrusted you to me after all. And if by a library you mean a manual hall then I'll have to disappoint you, every clan and martial arts school has their own manual halls but they are not accessible to the public" said Hang ma.

"No, no I don't want any martial arts manuals I only want some historical book or something similar"

"Oh! Then that's easy there are some casual books vendors here and there where you can buy the books you want from"

"Okay thanks, also I'm sorry but I won't be staying with you I already have my own plans also I can take care of myself so don't worry about me"

"Well, that takes a load off of my shoulders, but do you have any money with you to take care of your needs?" Huang ma asked

But Tianlong only answered him with silence. If not for the clothes he's wearing he would be considered poor to the bone, he didn't even know what money do they use in this world because back at the village they didn't use money for anything, they all helped each other with whatever they wanted.

Before Tianlong could say anything Huang ma threw a small pouch at hi "here, take these, It's not a lot, 64 bronze taels and 2 silver taels, it's not that much but it's better than nothing"

"No mister ma I can't take this" Tianlong said in a motion of giving the pouch back.

"Don't be annoying brat, take it as the price for last times advice"

Tianlong couldn't say anything and just took the pouch and put it in his pocket.

"Thank you mister ma for everything, I'll go now, I hope to see you again in the future" Tianlong said while he turned backwards and started walking

"You too brat, take care of yourself, if you need anything you can ask about me in the mercenary guild, I don't want your father pestering me because his kid died of recklessness"

Tianlong didn't turn back and kept walking forward but as his smile grew bigger when he heard what Huang ma said. He kept walking and walking until he blended completely with the people walking around.

'Well, now I'm lost. I should go look for the book vendors first and get me some valuable information'

Tianlong stopped a man passing by and asked "excuse me mister, where can I find some vendors who sell books?"

The guy looked at Tianlong and said "are you lost little guy? If you are asking about that then you should got to the vendors street, there you will find people who sell books, to reach there keep walking to the end of this street turn right the left then another right, and you'll be there"

"Okay, thank you very much mister, see you around" just as Tianlong finished talking he started legging it.

The guy couldn't see anything other than the fact that the little boy he was just talking to disappeared in an instant.

'note to mind, never drink the lions blood again when it's mid-day' The guy thought.