King of Creation-Chapter 1480 - 1465: Second Stage of Divine Communication Realm
In just under three months, what once appeared as a rather desolate Dulong Island had transformed dramatically. Exquisite buildings sprang up across the island, along with various basic amenities. Squads of soldiers patrolled the skies in an orderly fashion, creating a scene of prosperity.
Gai Jun, the Grand Steward of the Sky Wing Trading Company’s Market on Dulong Island, was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, pacing back and forth in front of a Refined House.
He wanted to approach and open the door of the Refined House, but the kitten perched on the roof and the nine heads occasionally appearing from the grass in front of the door stopped him in his tracks.
Both the Cloud Winged Tiger King Kitten and the Nine-Headed Beast didn’t care if they were trusted by Ye Zhen; if they dared to break Ye Zhen’s restriction, they would definitely swallow him whole.
The first phase of construction on Dulong Island was completed, and preparations for the market opening ceremony were finished. According to Ye Zhen’s prior instructions, all the invitations were sent out, and all the necessary arrangements were made, even the date was set.
However, with just two and a half days remaining until the opening ceremony, Xiansheng Water Mansion had already sent word that a distinguished guest, holding Ye Zhen’s invitation, had entered the waters of Xiansheng Water Mansion.
Yet still, Ye Zhen remained in seclusion within the Silent Chamber, not emerging.
It wasn’t that Gai Jun was stage fright, as he had spent most of his life dealing with commerce, and in matters of business, nothing was beyond his capability.
But the issue was, some things couldn’t be managed just by capability alone; both power and status were indispensable.
Especially power; despite Gai Jun’s recent rapid advancement in cultivation, he couldn’t possibly hold the ground firmly.
A month and a half ago, Ye Zhen abruptly announced entering silent cultivation to seek a breakthrough. Originally, this should have concluded in a few days but there had been no sign of him, causing Gai Jun to anxiously pace around.
"Grand Steward, Yuanxin Water Monarch Dang Xiao and his people have come to congratulate the opening of Dulong Island Market, and they’re almost here!" reported a Water Demon from the Divine Communication Realm, coming close.
Gai Jun was momentarily stunned, Yuanxin Water Monarch Dang Xiao was indeed a distinguished guest, and definitely not someone he could manage. Dulong Island Market was located within Dang Xiao’s territory, and if the reception wasn’t handled well, it might cause big trouble for Dulong Island.
For a moment, Gai Jun felt as if his mind was going to explode from anxiety.
Suddenly, a magnificent surge of spiritual power shot up from within Ye Zhen’s Silent Chamber, causing the surrounding grass and trees to stand upright.
An exceptionally powerful aura soared up, pausing mid-air like a flagpole, while the aura within the Silent Chamber began to oscillate intensely.
After half a quarter-hour, the rolling waves of spiritual power within the Silent Chamber gathered like a storm surge and erupted instantaneously.
In that instant, the aura that had been hanging like a flagpole in mid-air suddenly shot up another third of its height before gradually stabilizing.
As it just stabilized, the overwhelming aura suspended in the void, along with the surging spiritual power waves within the Silent Chamber, vanished simultaneously.
Seeing this, Gai Jun was overjoyed, knowing full well what had happened. Almost simultaneously, the door of the Silent Chamber was pushed open; the kitten and the Nine-Headed Beast, previously playing idly with weeds, leapt into the arms of Ye Zhen, who emerged with eyes gleaming brilliantly. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢
The Mirage Dragon Primordial Spirit Achou brazenly leapt onto Ye Zhen’s head and, upon receiving a hard stare from Ye Zhen, sheepishly moved to his shoulder.
"Congratulations on your breakthrough in cultivation, Shopkeeper!" said Gai Jun, feeling deeply moved at heart.
Back on the True Profound Continent, what was Ye Zhen’s cultivation compared to his?
What was Ye Zhen’s status compared to his?
But now, everything had flipped around.
Ye Zhen had broken through to the Second Stage of the Divine Communication Realm, while his own cultivation was merely at the Late Stage Sixth Stage of the Dao Entrance Realm.
More importantly, even if Gai Jun’s cultivation were to reach the same level as Ye Zhen’s, Ye Zhen could easily kill him with a mere flip of the hand.
Of course, it was merely sentimentality, as Gai Jun felt more envious of Ye Zhen.
"What’s the matter? Is the market opening ceremony approaching, and a distinguished guest has already arrived?" Ye Zhen asked, noticing Gai Jun’s anxious demeanor.
"Yes, Shopkeeper, Yuanxin Water Mansion’s Water Monarch Dang Jun has come to congratulate us. I’m afraid it might be a bit impolite if only your subordinate receives them....."
Before Gai Jun could finish, Ye Zhen waved his hand and said, "No problem. Go ahead and receive them and tell him I’m waiting in this Refined House."
This response left Gai Jun somewhat dumbfounded, "Shopkeeper, isn’t this....a bit improper?"
"There’s no such thing as proper or improper. Just do as I say," Ye Zhen said firmly.
Left with no choice, Gai Jun could only nod and, with a mixture of belief and doubt, went off to meet Yuanxin Water Monarch Dang Xiao.
Watching Gai Jun leave, Ye Zhen looked at the somewhat unkempt courtyard, which had grown quite weedy over the two months of neglect.
With a gentle stomp, a circle of green light spread out. Instantly, trees and wildflowers shot upwards while the weeds were decimated at the waist, and some of the less appealing wild grasses withered right there on the spot.
Spiritual power flickered, and after a few breaths, a rather exquisite mansion appeared, no longer the previous chaos.
Over a month ago, Ye Zhen, whose cultivation had already reached the peak of the first stage of Divine Communication Realm, felt that the timing was about right and went into closed-door silent cultivation, hoping for a breakthrough.
With the help of the Spirit Void Fruit and the High Grade Thought Spirit Pill, Ye Zhen smoothly broke through to the second stage of the Divine Communication Realm after spending more than ten days.
Compared to the previous breakthrough from Dao Entrance Realm to Divine Communication Realm, the increase in combat power wasn’t too significant. Ye Zhen estimated that casting those few killing moves would become more effortless, and the power might increase by one or two percent, but there wasn’t a major change.
However, this is just the enhancement of one stage of cultivation. If Ye Zhen’s cultivation were to increase by one, two, or even three more stages, it would be different again.
This is an accumulation over time, a Water Grinding Technique.
However, this closed-door cultivation made Ye Zhen feel a sense of crisis about the originally abundant cultivation resources.
Before going to the True Profound Continent, Ye Zhen exchanged a large batch of Thought Spirit Pills with the spiritual stones he had on hand. Besides the Low Grade Thought Spirit Pills and Mid-grade Thought Spirit Pills given as rewards, there were also the High Grade Thought Spirit Pills that Ye Zhen used for his own cultivation.
One High Grade Spiritual Stone is exchanged for one Low Grade Thought Spirit Pill, and ten thousand Low Grade Thought Spirit Pills are needed to exchange for one High Grade Thought Spirit Pill.
Ten thousand Low Grade Thought Spirit Pills are enough for Ye Zhen, at the ninth stage of Dao Entrance Realm, to cultivate for ten years, while one High Grade Thought Spirit Pill is only enough for Ye Zhen to cultivate for one year.
Using High Grade Thought Spirit Pills for cultivation increases the consumption by ten times, but Ye Zhen’s cultivation speed increases by around five times.
Originally, using Low Grade Thought Spirit Pills, it would take Ye Zhen around seven to eight years to improve from the first stage of Divine Communication Realm to the second stage of Divine Communication Realm, even with Ye Zhen’s four-colored Innate Soul Light and Impermanence Profound Fire Technique refining Thought Spirit Pills faster than ordinary martial artists.
Using Mid-grade Thought Spirit Pills without regard for consumption would take about three to four years, while using High Grade Thought Spirit Pills would only take one and a half to two years.
At first glance, consumption increased by ten times, but cultivation speed only increased by less than five times, which is a losing deal, but time is priceless!
Spending about a hundred and fifty years to raise cultivation from the first stage to the ninth stage of Divine Communication Realm versus spending twenty to thirty years for the same improvement are entirely different concepts.
As long as one is smart, they would choose the latter.
But the consumption is too great!
Ye Zhen calculates the consumption speed of High Grade Thought Spirit Pills, which was still at the consumption speed during the ninth stage of Dao Entrance Realm. After breaking through to the Divine Communication Realm, the High Grade Thought Spirit Pill that used to support Ye Zhen’s cultivation for over a year can now only support him for a little over half a year.
At this time, after consuming a large amount of High Grade Spiritual Stones, Ye Zhen obtained over thirty High Grade Thought Spirit Pills. Including those given to Liao Feibai, Fengh Qingyue, Luluo, and others, the remaining twenty pills are only enough to support Ye Zhen’s cultivation for just over ten years.
But now, the remaining High Grade Thought Spirit Pills in Ye Zhen’s hands can’t even support ten years.
The importance of the Golden Passage suddenly increased by several ranks.
However, as Ye Zhen’s cultivation stepped into the second stage of the Divine Communication Realm, it also meant Ye Zhen could finally cultivate genuine Divine Skills.
Like the Innate Five Elements Divine Escape and other Divine Skills, but ordinary Divine Skills like Multi-armed Divine Power and Fatian Xiangdi are now beneath Ye Zhen’s gaze.
Ye Zhen plans to search for a suitable Divine Skill to cultivate after this matter concludes.
At the dock of Dulong Island, Gai Jun, who was greeting Water Monarch Dang Xiao of Yuanxin, was initially cautious, fearing to offend this landlord.
But Gai Jun didn’t expect that this Yuanxin Water Monarch seemed to be more cautious than him.
Not only was there no displeasure at Ye Zhen not personally greeting him, but he politely inquired, "May I ask, Grand Steward Gai, where Manager Di is, for I wish to pay a personal visit!"
This attitude left Gai Jun momentarily stunned.
Yuanxin Water Monarch, the owner of these waters, why does he seem more like a grandson?
"Well... Manager Di is waiting in the Refined House!" Gai Jun replied.
"I trouble the Grand Steward to lead the way, lead the way!" The demeanor of Water Monarch Dang Xiao was extremely humble, not at all like the rumored tyrannical and ruthless Yuanxin Water Monarch in the mouths of the Seven Surnamed Clan folk of Dulong Island.
"Uh... This way, please..." Suppressing the overwhelming doubts, Gai Jun could only lead the way.
At the same time, in the Seven Surnamed Assembly Hall at the center of Dulong Island, several talisman communications arrived successively, the content of which shocked Great Clan Leader Chu Shengting and the others.
"Water Monarch Dang Xiao personally coming to congratulate Sky Wing Trading Company’s opening of Ruins Market!" These talisman communications were sent by the Seven Surnamed clan members working at the dock.
This made Great Clan Leader Chu Shengting and the others’ expressions incredibly solemn, "Water Monarch Dang Xiao’s arrival, though he is here to congratulate Sky Wing Trading Company, our Seven Surnamed Clan of Dulong Island cannot sit idly by and do nothing, that would be extremely discourteous.
Then we should personally go to greet him, to sustain the friendship between the two clans!" Chu Shengting said.
