Immortality from Taming Elephant-Chapter 499 - 229: First Arrival in Jizhou, Nine Dragon Saint, and True King of Tianwu
Zhuge Wuliang looked at Xu Guang with surprise and pointed at Gongsun Wang, "You should ask him, it’s best. After all, he broke through just ten days ago."
Xu Guang looked at Gongsun Wang with surprise.
"Gongsun senior, did you break through?"
Gongsun Wang nodded quite proudly.
"The most important thing about Second Grade is to perfect one’s Martial Dao, the dual transformation of Qi Force and Divine Soul, creating spiritual light from the Divine Soul, illuminating all directions. The transformation of Qi Force is no longer so important; you need to find a balance between Divine Techniques, Qi Force, and Divine Soul, ultimately letting the Divine Soul transform."
Xu Guang suddenly understood, and the few exchanged casual chat.
One after another, they left.
The following days remained calm. Gu Shuo was seated, there were many sea powers but few dared to attack the Demon Hunter’s building-ship.
Another half month passed.
A huge coastline loomed in and out.
Jizhou, had arrived.
As the leader of the thirty-six states of Zhendong, the prosperity of Jizhou was unimaginable.
The place they were headed to was Jingchen Pass on the coastline, where they would take the assessment of the North Pole Six Institutions.
As soon as the ship docked, countless people rushed in.
They were not the first batch to arrive, maybe they agreed on a time, and after their building-ship docked, ships continued to arrive.
"So many people."
Gongsun Bai whispered to Jiang Zi Yun.
"Brother Zhuge? Is it really you? Didn’t expect you also came to participate in this assessment."
Xu Guang was somewhat surprised, looked in the direction of the voice, and saw a tall, handsome, and fair-skinned man in red-purple clothes striding over.
Beside the young man, there were several equally impressive young people, obviously wealthy offspring from affluent families.
Zhuge Wuliang saw this person and also showed a smile.
"Brother Mu, such a coincidence, you came too."
"Hahaha, congratulations to Brother Zhuge on breaking free from the cage."
They greeted warmly and exchanged a few pleasantries.
Zhuge Wuliang introduced Xu Guang and Gongsun Wang beside him, "This is Mu Jie, a disciple of the Du Xiang Sect."
Du Xiang Sect?
Gongsun Wang once said that Zhuge Wuliang spent years traversing the world to leave Li Taizhou, indeed interacted with some Outer State forces, like this Du Xiang Sect.
Thinking of this, it’s understandable why they know each other.
Unexpectedly, Zhuge Wuliang has such extensive connections, even has contacts in Hongze.
But my own connections aren’t bad either, not to mention, when I have time, I’ll take General Wei to find his senior members in the Demon Clan, which counts as my network too.
"Brother Xu, Brother Gongsun."
"Brother Mu."
"Each year’s assessment is different; I’ve heard this year’s might be especially challenging. We’re planning to go to the Shennong pharmacy in Jingchen Pass, care to join us?"
Mu Jie said with a smile.
Xu Guang and the others exchanged glances and nodded.
During these times, the assessment content from past years was gathered by asking the Warriors on the building-ship, learning a bit about it.
There’s martial combat, puppet battles, and demon hunting; in short, fighting is almost unavoidable. Buying more medicine is preparation, and they wish to witness Jizhou’s prosperity.
The group walked along the streets.
"Shennong pharmacy is an industry under the Shennong Pavilion of Zhendong, with stores in all thirty-six states of Zhendong. The most basic Shennong Invigorating Liquid and Shennong Soul Nourishing Pill are almost essential." Mu Jie enthusiastically introduced to the group.
Clearly, he thinks highly of Zhuge Wuliang.
"Many young talents and demons have extraordinary means, even the simplest puppet test requires setup due to the puppet’s various magical abilities. ’Shennong Detoxification Pill’ provides immunity to Hundred Poisons, ’Spirit Revitalizing Pill’ can enhance concentration to some extent against Illusion Techniques, ’Blood Concealment Pill’ can hide traces of blood and qi, catching opponents off guard... these are also essential."
Speaking, they walked into Shennong pharmacy, a building bursting with a sense of technology, with a huge three-dimensional sign hanging.
Inside, an unusual chill excluded the outside’s commotion and heat, the air mixed with a faint scent of herbs and unique minerals.
Inside the crystal-clear counter, various Elixirs were displayed, with introductions and prices beside them.
Xu Guang was dumbfounded looking at the prices of various Elixirs at Shennong pharmacy.
The cheapest Invigorating Liquid and Soul Nourishing Pill are three Lower Grade Void Crystals each; the Elixirs Mu Jie mentioned, the cheapest is five Lower Grade Void Crystals.
Born in Li Taizhou, he never imagined using pills in battles.
Everyone relied on the foundation from their own hard cultivation, ultimately determining life and death; few corrupt cultivators used pills.
Admittedly, according to Shennong Pavilion’s description of the Elixirs, they’re indeed fast-acting, and one pill truly has the ability to turn the tide of battle.
From Mu Jie’s previous words, it’s not hard to infer that most of these upcoming assessment participants are equipped with such Elixirs.
"Then does this kind of assessment... count? Isn’t it about who has more Elixirs, who has a bigger chance? In other words, isn’t it about who has a thicker foundation; that person becomes a disciple of the North Pole Six Institutions?"
Before Mu Jie spoke, several disciples from the Du Xiang Sect beside him looked at Gongsun Wang, who had spoken, as if seeing an ’alien’.
"No money for martial arts? Participating in what assessment? Besides, compared to those Qi Refiners, we Martial Artists except for Divine weapon, only these Elixirs spend money. Those Qi Refiners need money for cultivation, Elixirs, cultivation methods, spells, and their prices are exorbitantly high."
Martial Artists relatively consume fewer resources indeed.
Hearing Mu Jie’s expected words, Xu Guang and the others exchanged glances and fell into silence.
