The Rich Cultivator
Chapter 48. The Arena

Chapter 48: 48. The Arena

Chen Xi and his teammates arrived at the city. Since Tyler owned a whole inn he decided to let them and other Frozen Heart Sect disciples for free. Chen Xi was regretting his choice for not travelling with Tyler. Though he is a Cultivator, he almost had heat stroke while travelling. He couldn’t help but feel envy of Lan Couples when he saw the Carriage with inbuilt cooling formation.

"Junior brother, Let’s go to the Arena." Lan Yi said while knocking the door. Both him and Lan Xuero are wearing some expensive dresses. Because they are gonna meet Cultivators all over the continent they decided to show off.

Lan Xuero eyes lit up when she saw Tyler. He is wearing an hanfu. His outer robe is crafted from luxurious blue silk, intricately embroidered with silver thread, depicting delicate patterns of flora and mythical creatures.

The inner robe is in whitish silver colour. The wide sleeves of the robe are gracefully extended, adorned with intricate designs and embellishments that shimmer under the light.

The outfit is cinched at the waist with a beautifully ornate belt, decorated with detailed metalwork and tassels, adding to the overall opulence. His hair is styled elegantly, adorned with hairpieces that include blue and silver accents, matching the thematic colours of his attire.

The first thought people would get after seeing Tyler is Rich. Extremely Rich Master.

Tyler smiled at them and they decided to walk towards the Arena instead of using the carriage. Because it is already crowded in the Arena. It is faster to walk. Another thing is they wanted to show off.

The Arena is located in the centre of the city. They reached faster by walking, it was already bustling with crowds. Many of them are Qi Refining Realms and few Foundation Establishment Realms.

It is a big Colosseum in the centre of which a group of formations where placed and Golden Core Cultivators are standing beside each one.

Tyler and Others’ Cultivation cc Token shined. They took it out. It showed a number. For Tyler and Lan Couples it showed 212. Tyler and Lan Couples quickly found the formation that has the number 212.

It is a teleportation formation. After checking the tokens, the Golden Core Cultivator let Tyler and Lan Couples along with 30 people to step on the formation.

Tyler felt slightly dizzy before his head became clear. He is now standing in a vast white space. He can see many teleportation formations arranged in a row. There is a number in each Formation.

"There should be more than Thousand teleportation formations." Tyler said as he looked around.

Tyler and Lan Couples moved along with the crowd. They exited the white building. Tyler looked back and the white building looks definitely small from outside.

"What a marvellous formation." Tyler admired these types of things.

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"Oh No!... We missed him." Priscilla pouted her lips in dissatisfaction. Yu Meixue found it cute. But she had to maintain the senior sister image, so she chose to say nothing.

"Senior sister~" seeing Priscilla sulking, Yu Meixue opened her palm and showed two tokens.

"Visitor Tokens. Senior sister is the best." Priscilla happily hugged her.

Visitors Tokens are for the audience who want to view the matches. These tokens are Very expensive but with the ring Tyler gave, she was able to buy one token. Another is from an elder, who suddenly went into seclusion. Both of them went to the Arena.

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"This place is called Blue Dot hideout, a secret realm that belongs to the Eternal Sect. It is located in the centre of our continent. People from all over the continent are teleported here." Lan Xuero loves explaining things so she took initiative.

Blue dot Hideout got its name because in ancient times there was a thief called Blue Dot. He loves to paint himself fully blue. One day he found a secret realm and decided to make it his hideout. Due to his lack of knowledge he doesn’t know that he was sitting above one of the best Cultivation techniques and inheritance in the continent. One day he tricked a young man to buy his ’useless’ secret realm. That young man was none other than Eternal Sect’s Ancestor who found the Eternal Sect.

The only flaw in this secret realm is everything is so expensive. Even a Tea costs 10 low grade spirit stones. Most of the participants are Prodigy and don’t mind spending some spirit stones. It is also forbidden for outsiders to sell anything.

Tyler booked two rooms in the most expensive inn. As sponsor for Lan Couples he also paid for them. Even though they know that Tyler is Rich, they were shocked by his talent of spending money.

"Tyler, there is a formation competition going to take place this evening. Want to participate?" Lan Yi asked.

"Oh I am very confident in my Formation Knowledge." Tyler said proudly.

Tyler’s talent for formation is average. But Tyler easily copied materials again and again. Then practise again and again till he can do it perfectly. With good spiritual consciousness he can even rival intermediate formation masters.

Tyler activated his token and thought of attending the formation preliminaries. The participants can participate in any competition as long as they have a token. When he sent his thoughts to his token he instantly got teleported.

This secret realm is built by an ancient advanced civilization. Formation Masters are still trying to unravel the mystery of these formations.

"How many rounds do you think Junior Brother Tyler can pass?" Lan Yi asked.

"I don’t know about Junior Brother’s level in formation. " Lan Xuero shook her head. They didn’t care that much. Participating in an event like this also counts as good experience.

Half an hour later. Tyler was teleported back. Lan Yi and Lan Xuero were surprised. Tyler came back so fast.

Both of them were about to say something but when they saw Tyler’s face they froze. Tyler’s face is full of disbelief and despair.

"The Heck... The Heck... The heck " Tyler repeated the words again and again.

"Junior brother Tyler. Don’t get sad just because you lost." Lan Xuero thought Tyler was like this because he lost so tried to console him.

"Lost? I mean... Yeah I lost. But I don’t really care about winning or losing." Tyler said as he raised his head, "The first round was one on one battle between formation masters. We have to create an attack formation and a defence formation. Then attack the opponent with my attack formation and defend their attack from their formation."

"What happened?" Lan Yi asked and Lan Xuero also looked at him curiously.

Tyler sighed and said, "I got totally obliterated. I can’t even let a single scratch on his formation and he broke my defence formation into pieces."

"Don’t worry Junior Brother Tyler. You just started learning formation, right?" Lan Xuero said.

Tyler’s face turned despair again and said, "My opponent is a 12 year old kid."

"Huh?"

Lan Yi : (⁠@⁠_⁠@⁠)

Lan Xuero: (⁠✿⁠☉⁠｡⁠☉⁠)

Tyler White: (⁠´⁠;⁠︵⁠;⁠`⁠)

"You know what, he is almost an advanced level formation master." Tyler said.

The room turned silent.

"Huh... Xuero you said you wanted to participate in alchemy, right?" Lan Yi asked.

"No thanks. The world is so vast. I don’t wanna compete with a 12 year old." Lan Xuero smiled bitterly. She is average in alchemy but decided to give it a try. But she didn’t expect there to be little monsters like this. She completely gave up the idea of participating.

No matter how skilled or accomplished one becomes, there is always someone better. This timeless truth humbles and drives us to keep improving. In every field, from sports to academics, the presence of superior talent is a reminder of our own potential and limitations. The saying "there is a mountain beyond the mountain and a sea beyond the sea" encapsulates this idea perfectly. It signifies that no matter how high we climb or how far we sail, there are always greater challenges and depths to explore, pushing us to strive for continuous growth and excellence.

"If 12 year old Geniuses participate in combat competition. I am gonna beat their ass." Tyler mumbled, which made both Lan Yi and Lan Xuero chuckle.

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The formation in the white building shone when another batch of people arrived. Yu Meixue and Priscilla arrived at the secret realm. Unlike the participants they were only able to teleport into the audience’s seat, unable to participate in any competition. They can also bet on people.

"Let’s find that rich guy, first. The communication Talisman is not working. Can you guess where might he be staying?" Yu Meixue said. Priscilla eyes lit up. Tyler never shied on spending money. He would probably now booked the most expensive room he available.

Just as Priscilla predicted they found Tyler easily. She froze when she entered the hall. She saw a beautiful girl patting Tyler’s back, laughing and consoling him.

Priscilla’s mouth twitched a little.

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