Huh? Isn't this an adventure kingdom building game?!-Chapter 188 Immortal Shuttle

"Maybe they had too many children, so losing a few disliked ones while keeping the favored ones by their side didn’t matter to them," Hu Zhile blinked to evaporate her tears and changed the topic, "Mister, do you have any siblings?"

Jiang Yuan shook his head; he was a rare true only child from the countryside.

His parents were honest, and policies were strict back then. While other families hid to have more children, his father had already proactively undergone surgery in response to the call.

There were no sisters who were dead or abandoned, nor brothers sent to live with relatives. Until Jiang Yuan attended middle school, he was one of only two true only children in the village.

The main reason for the other family was poverty; shortly after having a child, the woman passed away due to illness. The man had a bachelor brother who simply couldn’t afford to marry, so the two brothers teamed up to raise the child.

So, even though he grew up in the countryside and his classmates and friends all came from larger families, Jiang Yuan never personally experienced or understood the situation of those who were not only children.

Now, listening to Hu Zhile’s story of being abandoned without hesitation, Jiang Yuan could only sigh heavily with a heavy heart.

"Being the only treasure of the parents, you must be very happy!" Hu Zhile envied, playing with the tender sprout of a strawberry as she laughed self-deprecatingly, "No wonder Mister always has an indifferent aura as if detached from the world. Naturally, it’s different from kids like us, who had to compete for food since birth."

He dragged the topic back and asked, "You said you wanted to repay Yin Mountain Lady for saving your life. Did your fragments merge into the Netherworld?"

"No, they didn’t. After we were abandoned, we watched that vibrant land drift away with open eyes. The fox demons who were also abandoned grew even more hostile. I took my little sister and hid everywhere, and we burrowed into a snow cave on the edge of a cliff to survive.

A couple of days later, as we were about to starve to death, the energy of the deity’s protection also gradually dissipated, and the snow mountain began to melt and collapse on its own. The snow cave we hid in actually fell off from the fragments. I was desperate to the point of considering killing my little sister and then myself, rather than starving to death in despair.

Luckily, seeing my little sister, small and pitiful with her fur, I couldn’t bring myself to do it, so I gritted my teeth and persevered. Then, we were fortunate enough to meet the Lady."

Jiang Yuan perked up, "Yin Mountain Lady can traverse the void?!"

This was the latest information. Ever since entering the Wilderness World, he hadn’t heard of any deity capable of directly traveling to the void.

Even Bai Yunqi was daunted by things coming from the void and repeatedly reminded that items from the void were too strange. Both of his previous avatars had perished in the world’s collapse and had never set foot in the mysterious void.

Hu Zhile pondered for a moment.

The fact that Yin Mountain Lady could travel to the void was not a particularly secretive secret. Those serving her knew it.

But should she tell Mr. Jiang?

She hesitated a bit, not understanding why or from when she started having an inexplicable fondness for the Mister, as if she could completely confide in him like an old friend.

"The Lady has a Magical Treasure Immortal Shuttle that can shuttle through the void," Hu Zhile said somewhat vaguely, "Mister should know that the world we are in is not the only one; if the corresponding teleportation array can be found, it is possible to travel to other worlds. However, the distance is far, and the location is hidden, making it difficult for many cultivators to traverse multiple worlds smoothly.

The Lady’s Immortal Shuttle is said to be able to cross the void directly to reach other worlds, but it consumes a lot of energy. I don’t know much more. At the time, my little sister and I were rescued by the Lady, so I obeyed her orders to repay her for saving us."

Jiang Yuan couldn’t help but sigh, "Times and fate, you sisters managed to get saved on a small fragment of the void, truly fortuitous luck seekers."

The void is so vast, and they drifted for so long before even seeing a larger land that drifted away. To encounter an Immortal Shuttle on such a small collapsed ruin, that luck is indeed through the roof!

"It’s said that the Magical Treasure Immortal Shuttle is a divine artifact from the Celestial Realm, a shuttle once used by the Weaver Girl for weaving clouds and fog," Hu Zhile regretted as soon as she finished speaking.

She didn’t know why either; she usually spoke little with caution. How did Mr. Jiang promising to refine a Foundation Establishment Pill for her little sister get her so excited that she revealed so much?

Luckily, it wasn’t anything confidential, or how would she face the Lady! She was ordered to secretly investigate the young man’s background, but nearly gave away the Lady’s secret.

"Is your little sister running a shop in the Cyan Fish Mountain Market?" A light flashed across Jiang Yuan’s mind, the ninth-ranked fox demon, wasn’t that the fox-headed girl smoking by the Cloth Shop called Hu Jiu?

With the topic shifting to her little sister, Hu Zhile breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, "I’ve been diligent in cultivating since childhood. After experiencing earth-shattering events and being abandoned by parents, I worked even harder, plus some fortuitous encounters, my cultivation speed was relatively fast.

But I am usually very busy and can’t look after my little sister, so I asked the Lady for a favor to find her a job at the Cyan Fish Mountain Market. First, the market is safer; secondly, she wouldn’t be bored and cause trouble."

Noticing Jiang Yuan’s bewilderment, she added another sentence, "The area corresponding to Cyan Fish Mountain Market is the Lady’s domain. She has some connections with the market chief, so even though my little sister has not established her foundation, she can move freely in the market."

After listening to all this, Jiang Yuan was still very curious, "The domain of Yin Mountain Lady? Does that mean many places worship her?"

"Yes," Hu Zhile nodded and gestured a circle with her hand. "The entire deserted island, except for some small places that have their own beliefs, and the Lady hasn’t completely replaced them, most towns worship the Lady’s statue."

No wonder there’s a connection with Yin Mountain Lady; it turns out her territory is quite vast.

Upon further inquiry, it was found out that the Yin Mountain Lady worshiped by Tian Changgui’s family was a special case, while the other larger towns had more standard worship practices.

Besides enjoying incense offerings daily, the residents under her protection had to present sacrifices annually, but it was impossible to witness her descent in person, nor expect the same treatment as Tian Changgui—after all, when a person dies, Yin Mountain Lady doesn’t trouble herself to possess and haggle with the Yin Messenger.

Speaking of Tian Changgui, who knows if their family’s herbal crops succeeded...

In Wilderness Ascension, a new day unfolded amid the excited cheers of Wan Mingchuan.

"Master, Brother Long gave me a Spirit Core Pill. After taking it, I felt refreshed, cultivated for a little while, and broke through another layer!" He jumped out of the thatched hut, eager to show off the even larger flame he could release.

Yun Mo just woke up from sleep and felt overwhelmed, "It’s only been a few days, and you broke through again? No, I didn’t study much, don’t fool me. How come you break through layers of the Qi Refining Stage as simply as drinking cold water?"

He could vividly remember the difficult times during his Qi Refining Stage; how does one compare when it makes the former mighty Ice-winged Eagle leader look like a joke?

He then regretted not staying up to cultivate; he should have stayed up all night to train!

"Yesterday, he completed his assignment well and his writing looked decent, so I rewarded him a pill as if it were candy," Bai Yunqi watched as Wan Mingchuan thanked him with a cheerful grin, his tail swaying lazily in delight, "His cultivation talent isn’t as good as mine, but it’s quite decent.

In those days, it took me just a month to go from starting cultivation to Foundation Establishment. If it took years, or even a decade, to cultivate before achieving Foundation Establishment, and the lifespan gained wouldn’t be much more, wouldn’t it be that by the time you approach your lifespan limit, you still wouldn’t have reached the threshold of Gathering Spirit?"

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