Cultivation Online novel Chapter 1016

Chapter 1016 - Serious Accusations

As they got closer to the giants, Yuan could feel their gaze on him, and sure enough, when he looked at them, their eyes were glaring directly at him for some reason.

Yuan wanted to ignore them, but when they got close enough to the entrance of the city, the giants suddenly stepped in front of the entrance, blocking their path.

The Huang Family were quite baffled by their actions. Unlike cities outside the Giant's Continent, the Southern Stronghold did not require for them to pay any entrance fees, nor did they care about your background, so there was literally no reason why they should be blocking the entrance.

"Is there something wrong, Seniors?" Huang Chen, Huang Xiao Li's father, asked the guard in a polite tone.

The guards pointed at Yuan and asked, "Who are you? What is your purpose?"

Yuan raised an eyebrow and said in a calm voice, "I am Yuan, and I am their bodyguard."

The guards turned to look at Huang Chen for confirmation.

"That's right. He's a bodyguard that I hired to protect my family. It was because of him that we— and everyone else on the ship were able to survive a Flying Leviathan and arrive at the Giant's Continent safely." Huang Chen nodded.

"You defeated a Flying Leviathan?" The guards appeared to be surprised after learning about his feats.

The two of them exchanged looks with each other for a moment before stepping out of the way.

"Thank you, Seniors." Huang Chen bowed to them before they started moving again, entering the Southern Stronghold shortly after.

"What was that about?" Yuan asked them.

"I don't know, but giants respect and prioritize one's strength above all else." Huang Chen shook his head.

Once they entered the city, Yuan was dumbfounded by the scenery inside.

All of the buildings in this place were massive and about 10 times larger than the buildings that he was used to seeing, not to mention the amount of giants walking around the city, making him feel really tiny in this place, just like an ant.

Furthermore, he also noticed that the giants in this place really varied in terms of their size. Some of them were only as tall as 4 meters while there were giants as tall as 15 meters.

"You're probably wondering about their sizes, right?" Huang Xiao Li suddenly said to him.

"You're right. I thought all giants were as big as the guards outside, but that doesn't seem to be the case." He nodded.

"It depends on the strength of their Mammoth Bloodline. The purer and stronger their bloodline, the bigger they will turn out to be. In the Giant's Continent, a giant's size is akin to a cultivator's innate talent, so those with a smaller body are considered trash while those with a large body are considered geniuses," she explained.

"If you're surprised now, just wait until you see giants that are as big as a mountain."

Yuan eyes widened.

"As big as a mountain? No wonder why they refuse to leave the Giant's Continent. They won't be able to do anything outside with such huge bodies."

Sometime later, they went to a hotel to settle down. Although most of the hotels there were built specifically for giants, there were also hotels specifically built for humans like them.

Once inside the hotel, Huang Chen gathered everyone there and said, "We will rest today, but starting tomorrow, I will be looking to exchange our treasures with the giants. I will leave two of you here to guard my family while the rest will follow me."

Yuan frowned upon hearing his words.

'I won't be able to protect all of them if we split into two groups. Perhaps I should convince them to go together, but they have a child…' He glanced at the seven-year-old boy beside his mother.

'Maybe it would actually be safer to leave him and the mother here…' He sighed inwardly.

With so many giants walking outside, things could get ugly really fast if they take such a small child outside. After all, he was so tiny compared to some of the giants that they could easily step on him by accident and not even realize it.

Of course, this also applied to the mother, who had the lowest cultivation base besides the child who was still too young to cultivate.

However, there was another issue— the bodyguards.

He wasn't confident in their abilities at all. In fact, they will probably be useless since this trial was countless times more difficult than the last trial, yet their strength remained the same as the last trial. In other words, they were nothing more than burdens.

'Furthermore, these guys…' Yuan narrowed his eyes at the bodyguards, his thoughts unknown.

After Huang Chen finished everything he had to say, Yuan approached Huang Xiao Li with a smile and said to her in a low voice, "Excuse me, Xiao Li. Do you mind if I borrow some of your time? I would like to speak to you in private."

"Sure…" She nodded in a dazed manner, feeling a little nervous about the aura around him.

"Follow me."

Yuan nodded and followed her into another room. Once she locked the door, she asked him, "So what do you want to talk about? Did something happen? You seem a little more serious than usual…"