Placed in the hos of those rich and powerful, they wouldn’t know how many lifetis of good incense they’d have to burn to get it.
A bit of ’research funding’ is nothing worth ntioning.
...
Chen Shaohu and Chen Jichuan chatted for a long while.
Until late at night, when drowsiness set in, the two brothers each retired to their rooms.
Chen Shaohu washed up and went to sleep.
Chen Jichuan, however, sat cross-legged on his bed and entered his consciousness sea: "In these ten days, I’ve carefully contemplated the parts below Qi Refinent of the ’Jade Spring Dao Fruit’ and the other four affiliated Dao Fruits several tis. The subsequent comprehension and digestion can be dealt with in the new world."
In reality.
Chen Jichuan suppressed his cultivation at the brink of Innate Extre, refraining from breaking through, so as to not lose the ability to use the Transmission Formation. Thus, fully absorbing the Postnatal and Innate parts of the newly ford Dao Fruit would allow for adjustnts and lay a better foundation.
As for the subsequent parts,
they were not as pressing.
It would be better to use the twenty days before heading for Panlong Mountain to make an initial exploration of the new world, which might be of so help in establishing himself at Panlong Mountain.
At this thought,
Chen Jichuan turned his gaze toward the Green Lotus Jade Pendant.
On the third stem, four budding flower buds were waiting to bloom, with millions of silver threads dancing wildly within the stem, a sight that lifted one’s spirits.
As soon as Chen Jichuan saw it, a ssage ca through——
[Consu one million Source Power to blossom into a new world?]
With experience from the previous three tis, Chen Jichuan was no longer unfamiliar and imdiately willed: "Yes!"
The next mont,
a flower blooms, I appear.
Consciousness traversed.
He entered a new world...
...
[Ding!]
[Arrived in new world. Conducting scan....]
[Scan complete.]
[Current world’s ti flow ratio to Master World: 400:1]
[Master deploynt comncing in 5...4...3...2...1]
Thought rged into the lotus.
The heavens and earth spun.
He opened his eyes to yet another new world.
...
"Since Emperor Yong broke through the barbaric lands, freeing the masses from the scourge of wild beasts and floods, this land has been called Central Earth."
"aning ’center of heaven and earth, ruler over the barbaric.’"
"After Emperor Yong shattered the void, chaos erupted across the world."
"A millennium later, the supre prodigy Taixu Emperor arose like a cot, once splitting apart the impassable Qinling Barrier with a single sword, enabling free travel between the north and south, and extending Central Earth’s borders northward. With unparalleled martial strength, he ultimately unified the realm, dividing Central Earth into Seven States. But after Taixu Emperor ascended, chaos returned, and the realm hasn’t been united again for thousands of years."
"The ’White Elephant City’ we stand in, also known as the ’Fourth Gate,’ was built upon the scar from the fourth strike of Taixu Emperor’s sword."
...
Qinling Mountains.
Within White Elephant City.
Chen Jichuan sat in a teahouse, listening to a storyteller recount the origins of ’White Elephant City’ and various legendary tales.
Truth and fiction, difficult to discern.
But based on the information he had gathered from listening and inquiring over the past two months, this world seed devoid of ’cultivators.’ Instead, martial arts flourished here.
Even in the villages at the foot of the Qinling Mountains, those farrs in their spare ti would wield sabers and practice fists to guard against beasts and outlaws, creating a society of formidable tenacity.
So villages were so tough that even fierce Horse Gangs and horse bandits hesitated to provoke them.
"But ruling over them are sects like the ’Taixu Sword Sect,’ ’Five Cloud Sect,’ and ’Spring Silkworm Sect.’ These sects are filled with experts and dominate the mortal realm. State and city officials are all appointed by the sects."
Take White Elephant City, for instance.
Located in Pengshan County, one of the eight cities in the county, the city’s officials are entirely appointed by the Taixu Sword Sect, which controls Pengshan County.
The City Lord and the garrison commander are both inner sect disciples of the Taixu Sword Sect.
"A sect-dominant system, sowhat similar to the present reality."
Chen Jichuan thought of Great Chu.
Since the Spiritual Energy Recovery, the dynasty had collapsed, and the mortal realm was now similarly controlled by various sects.
However, Great Chu was still in its early stages and of a lower grade, while this world’s sects were teeming with far stronger experts.
"Emperor Yong."
"Taixu Emperor."
"Supre powerhouses."
"Shattering Void."
Chen Jichuan pondered.
Before long, he stood up and left White Elephant City.
...
Pengshan County.
Pengshan City.
Located north of the Qinling Mountains, three hundred miles from White Elephant City, it was the heart of Pengshan County.
The Taixu Sword Sect—Yuezhou’s third-largest sect—had its headquarters within this city.
On this day,
the man known as the ’Cangshan Swordsman,’ the Fifth Elder Wang Ji, returned, followed by a few disciples and dragging along a youth clad in green robes.
Though the young man’s hair was neatly tied and his attire relatively proper, a guarded expression hung on his face, his eyes full of wariness toward this unfamiliar environnt.
His posture maintained a strange stance throughout, like a tiger ready to pounce at any ti.
Wild and untad.
This drew occasional glances from passersby in the city.
But Wang Ji ignored them, dragging the young man straight to his own residence.
"Master, who is this—"
Mrs. Wang was tending to flowers in the courtyard when she suddenly saw Wang Ji rush in excitedly with soone in tow, prompting her to inquire.
Wang Ji, in high spirits, laughed heartily, "This is my newly accepted disciple."
"A new disciple?"
Mrs. Wang put down her watering can and scrutinized the young man from head to toe, casting a suspicious look at Wang Ji.
"Indeed, my apprentice."
Seeing this, Wang Ji explained with a delighted grin, "A few days ago, while inspecting White Elephant City, I saw a savage bound in chains. It took over ten second-rate experts to restrain him. He was imnsely unruly. On closer examination, I found this savage devoid of both Inner Strength and Inner Energy, yet his movents mimicked those of a fierce tiger. Intrigued, I went forward to ask and unexpectedly discovered a promising martial arts prodigy!"
Wang Ji was truly elated.
Though he had many disciples under him, each with so reputation in the Jianghu, they were far from comparable to the disciples of the other elders in the sect.
Because of this, he often felt humiliated.
People mocked the ’Cangshan Swordsman’ for having brilliant swordsmanship but being utterly inept at teaching disciples.
The ridicule deterred prospective students from choosing him as their master, leading to even fewer notable disciples under his tutelage.
One fight for incense; humans for pride.
Thus, Wang Ji was understandably displeased in his heart.
So when he encountered this ’savage’ in White Elephant City a few days ago, seeing him without formal training yet possessed of imnse strength,
he was thrilled.
Not only that, but according to the rchant caravan that caught the savage, he lived among tigers in the Qinling wilderness, mimicking them in sleep, hunting, and movent. His strength rivaled first-rate masters in the Jianghu,
and even ten or more second-rate fighters couldn’t subdue him.
Such an ’uncut gem’—how could Wang Ji let him slip by?
He imdiately purchased him from the rchants and brought him back to Pengshan City, intending to take him as a disciple and train him thoroughly. Perhaps, he could even train him to reach the Innate realm.
By then,
not only would Wang Ji gain honor, but the sect would also gain a formidable core expert.
Seeing her husband so jubilant, Mrs. Wang, torn between annoyance and amusent, remarked, "Bringing a savage ho, aren’t you afraid he’ll turn the household upside down?!"
"Roar!"
The ’savage,’ who had been docilely following Wang Ji, seed to understand Mrs. Wang’s comnt, letting out a tiger-like roar, his eyes gleaming with hostility.
"Oh?"
"Daring to roar at ?"
Mrs. Wang burst into laughter, lightly tapping the savage on the shoulder.
The old lady, appearing in her sixties with graying hair, still had a rosy complexion and an energetic voice, but her age was evident.
Yet with just that gentle tap,
the burly savage was forced to stagger down, almost kneeling on the ground, his face turning red as he strained.
"Alright, alright."
"He grew up in the wilderness. Though he has natural instincts, he lacks manners. Why argue with him?"
Wang Ji removed his wife’s hand, shielding the youth behind him, and said to her, "I didn’t bring him to the sect because I feared he’d be bullied. Yet here you are, giving him a hard ti right off the bat."
Though not formally his disciple yet, Wang Ji was already protective of his own.
"You—"
Mrs. Wang shook her head in exasperation, waving her hand dismissively. "Fine, fine, I was just teasing. He’s a pitiable soul; no one will dare bully him here in the residence."
"With your assurance, my mind is at ease."
"I leave the boy in your care while I attend to so matters at the sect."
Wang Ji cupped his hands to his wife.
"Go on with you!"
Mrs. Wang stepped forward, grabbing the savage’s arm with one hand and pinching his stubbled chin with the other. She examined his teeth and brows from side to side, chuckling, "He’s actually quite handso!"
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