Immortality from Taming Elephant-Chapter 496 - 228: Journey Toward Breaking into Second Grade
A meal revealed many things about Jizhou from Yun Lian’s mouth.
Among Hongze’s hundreds of thousands of states, the gaps between states are vast. The formidable ones boast top-tier forces like Demon Hunters and Penglai Palace, and even the Dao lineage personally taught by emperors above the Reverse Dao.
The weaker ones lack even a few Holy Lands, where the strongest are nothing more than Second Nirvana Martial Artists or Fifth Secret Realm Qi Refiners.
Jizhou stands as the leader of the Thirty-Three Eastern States, governing the East, facing the Penglai States, a renowned major force in Hongze.
As for the so-called Jizhou flavor, Xu Guang’s comment was a mere "heh..."
Xu Guang initially thought the so-called phoenix heart glimmering flower would be the heart of some kind of bird, paired with extremely skilled knife techniques, but it turned out to be a flower unique to Jizhou.
Though its grade is not low and is considered a Fourth-grade Martial Dao treasure, it’s certainly not worth one Void Crystal.
Gongsun Bai and the other two wore restrained expressions, not daring to eat much.
Xu Guang didn’t persuade them further. Once they reached Jizhou, they would likely go their separate ways, no need for excessive courtesy.
Their accommodations were already arranged, and Xu Guang settled Jiang Zi Yun and the others down.
Staying on a tower ship certainly wasn’t free — one Void Crystal per month, a notably high price.
As Yun Lian mentioned earlier, this ship still had roughly a year’s voyage to reach Jizhou directly.
Xu Guang roughly calculated.
The tower ship’s speed couldn’t match a cloud-piercing vessel, but it was close to sonic speed. Calculating this...
Xu Guang silently clicked his tongue — nearly ten million kilometers!
What an terrifying number this was.
At first, the days at sea were interesting, but the scenery remained unchanged daily, eventually leading to some frustration.
People aboard the tower ship were distinctly separated, with deep rifts between states, each group mixed with their own people.
Occasionally, the ship would stop, with murmurs of energy replacement heard.
At night, the ship docked, and Xu Guang took Jiang Zi Yun to the bow to enjoy the view of the sea and fish at the same time.
In the distance, a few people from Outer State were already in the water hunting, far from the shore, where sea resources were extremely abundant.
Suddenly, an angry shout was heard.
It was between two Outer State individuals who had a dispute over a discovered crystal fish pearl in the water.
Both were Martial Artists, both of Second Grade, and their fight was intense.
However, they were very restrained, moving away from the tower ship to avoid causing any damage.
Gu Shuo paid no mind, as disputes among Martial Artists were always settled with fists — such occurrences are normal.
Xu Guang was accustomed to such sights; differing customs and habits between states, even within the cabin of the tower ship, quarrels and challenges were common.
These Outer State individuals were all quite strong — Second Grade was common, and even a few First Grade Martial Artists were present.
The people of Li Taizhou were relatively quiet.
After all, besides Zhuge Wuliang, no one here could be sure of victory over Outer State individuals.
With a sigh, Xu Guang pulled Jiang Zi Yun back to the room.
The pressure was indeed considerable.
Too many Second-grade Spirit Illumination Realm experts; since it was a Martial Dao evaluation, conflicts would be inevitable. At present, the strength was somewhat lacking.
According to information Xu Guang received from Yun Lian a few days earlier.
Besides the people from Li Taizhou, the Outer State’s age requirement was below fifty.
This further showed Li Taizhou’s people didn’t measure up in terms of strength.
Feeling Xu Guang’s pressure, Jiang Zi Yun gently grasped his hand.
"I believe in you."
Xu Guang smiled broadly.
The Li Taizhou people had weak strength, but one advantage: due to the lack of Spirit Charm in the past, their mindset exceeded their realm, and upon arriving to Hongze, with abundant Spirit Charm, their cultivation could grow at an unusual speed.
This was the case for Xu Guang as well, noticeably accelerating his cultivation speed.
Despite the tower ship being mostly in high-speed travel, making it difficult to enter the Void Realm, with the ambient Spirit Charm and occasional resources found in the sea, Xu Guang felt his strength almost reached the peak of Third Grade.
Returning to the room, Xu Guang took advantage of the tower ship’s docking opportunity to swiftly enter the Void Realm, starting a race against time in cultivation.
Void Realm.
Xu Guang and General Wei stood on the edge of the Third Level Sea, "Ah Wei, let’s try challenging the Fourth Level Sea."
Alone, he wasn’t confident.
But in the Void Realm, he and General Wei could almost merge their Divine Souls. Despite General Wei not breaking through Third Grade, the fusion far exceeded ordinary Third Grade.
There might be a chance to enter the Fourth Level Sea area that only Second Grade experts dared to enter.
His current cultivation was somewhat insufficient; he needed to break through quickly. Risking entry into the Fourth Level Sea was necessary.
Those emerging from Li Taizhou faced immense pressure.
The gap between the Third Level Sea and Fourth Level Sea was unimaginable; if the pressure of the Third Level Sea was compared to the gravity of the ordinary world, then the pressure of the Fourth Level Sea would be gravity on a star with mass tens of thousands of times Earth.
Step in, and one would be crushed to powder almost instantly.
Yet the pressure of Void Realm’s Nine Layers of Sea was not gravity but a terrifying tide formed of dense Spirit Charm groups, far exceeding the Third Level Sea.
Amidst clusters of Spirit Charm light groups, Void Beasts roamed faintly, terrifyingly extraordinary.
Xu Guang naturally dared not provoke the Void Beasts in the Fourth Level Sea, and he didn’t know those beasts well; hunting them would be too challenging.
