Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest-Chapter 505 - 1 The Mission of the Organization
Chapter 505: Chapter 1 The Mission of the Organization
The increase in the Spiritual Energy concentration this time far exceeded the ordinary, and even a phenomenon known as “Spiritual Energy Tides” appeared.
It was like the rising and ebbing of tides. In some places, the Spiritual Energy concentration was higher, while in others it was lower, leading to a noticeable disparity across different regions—yet, overall, areas with famous mountains and rivers tended to have much higher Spiritual Energy concentrations than plain regions.
Jinling Prefecture, being located by the Yangtze River, fared better. The key concern of the Privy Council was places like Prince Xing, the Shu Region, and Shengjing, where the city center lacked sufficiently tall mountains and wide rivers, resulting in a subpar increase in Spiritual Energy concentration.
And among the famous mountains and rivers, the places with the highest Spiritual Energy concentration were not the mountain peaks or riverbeds, but within their corresponding Mysterious Realms.
The decision was quickly made to organize and arrange teams to set aside a set amount of time each day to perform Breathing Exercises and cultivate within the Mysterious Realms.
“Guess which Mysterious Realm you’ll be going to?” Li Weiguo joked with Yan Yu in the principal’s office.
“Hmm.” Yan Yu actually began to guess, “The more formidable the Mysterious Realm, the higher the likelihood of greater Spiritual Energy concentration. But that also means a greater difficulty in exploration. So it must be one of the Mysterious Realms we have already explored… Wuyi Mountains?”
“Haha, smart.” Li Weiguo tossed the documents to him, “The second layer of the Wuyi Mountain Secret Realm has opened. According to the current survey data, its Spiritual Energy concentration ranks first among all the Mysterious Realms under our jurisdiction.”
“Do we still need to do the competitive matches, then?” Yan Yu asked.
“Not for now,” Li Weiguo said, “All the Mysterious Realms have research groups responsible for surveying, and the national live broadcast competition will be paused for a week. The difficulty of the second layer of the Wuyi Mountain Secret Realm is not high. You can explore and navigate it on your own, then cultivate inside it until further notice from above.”
“Okay,” Yan Yu nodded.
“Speaking of which,” Li Weiguo casually inquired, “how is your relationship with your teammates lately?”
“Pretty good,” Yan Yu didn’t understand the reason for the question, “Why?”
“Build up your relationships with the team members,” Li Weiguo said with a smile, “The harmony of interpersonal relationships within the team can also affect the team’s combat performance.”
“The interpersonal relationships in our team are quite good,” Yan Yu heard an implication in Old Li’s words and asked with a frown, “Is someone bad-mouthing us to you?”
“Cough, cough.” Li Weiguo also felt a bit embarrassed, thinking how on earth could he put this delicately, he could only choose his words carefully, “Good relationships can always be improved. Friends can become best friends, then close buddies, and then confidants… you know what I mean.”
“I get it, I get it,” Yan Yu nodded and said, “It’s like a formalistic project for political achievements, always making progress, never stopping.”
“Can’t you stop interpreting other people’s words in a malicious metaphoric way?” Li Weiguo became annoyed, “Your team is full of youthful and pretty girls, don’t you have any thoughts about them? Don’t you feel anything for women?”
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“Look at you,” Yan Yu said helplessly, “Even a rabbit doesn’t eat the grass by its own burrow.”
“But a male lion keeps several lionesses by his side,” Li Weiguo rebutted fiercely, his mustache bristling, “You like the animal world so much, why don’t you spend more time understanding how social mammals behave? Stop making excuses, focus on fostering good team relationships, and hand in a report to me once a week.”
“A written report, right?” Yan Yu was entirely unfazed.
No matter what materials he had to submit, Secretary Su Yunjin, who had a profound literary background, would take care of everything and it wouldn’t be his problem.
Written was best, just toss it into Old Li’s office and be done with it; oral was fine too, at worst he would just recite it verbatim.
Li Weiguo knew full well that this kid left all the procedural work to Su Yunjin and never dealt with it himself, giving rise to an even stronger sense of frustration that he couldn’t do anything about him. Impatiently waving his hand, he said:
“Off you go to the Wuyi Mountains, come back when you get the notice.”
“Roger that,” Yan Yu turned around and left immediately.
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The members of the Zhenhai Team took flight on their swords, heading towards Minyue Province.
“Speaking of which, this time the limit to the increase in Spiritual Energy concentration was even higher than the previous instances,” Chen Lingyun casually remarked, “The higher-ups have got another headache on their hands.”
“Why is that?” Lin Ning curiously inquired.
“It’s due to the issue of resources and manpower,” Su Yunjin answered, “Overseas, there is no cultivation regulation, and Transcendents from the general populace spontaneously seek out Mysterious Realms and excavate resources, creating an environment similar to a free market economy that operates on its own without intervention.”
“We have cultivation regulations domestically, so all work needs to be officially coordinated and arranged. The more the Spiritual Energy Resurgence intensifies, the more Mysterious Realms open up and require handling, and naturally the more headaches the higher-ups will have.”
“Is that so?” Lin Ning looked towards Chen Lingyun.
Chen Lingyun smiled without saying anything.
In fact, it wasn’t just that. The real tricky issue was that even with the mobilization of the nation’s full strength, the number of Mysterious Realms developed and the Transcendent resources garnered still couldn’t compete with the “Gold Rush” abroad—now in the Western world, exploring Mysterious Realms was termed “Gold Panning”; as soon as any news of a suspected Mysterious Realm was leaked, it would quickly attract a large number of Transcendents to converge nearby, waiting to rush into the realm and plunder everything clean.
On Lu Country’s side, they needed to conduct reconnaissance and deploy manpower, which of course lacked the efficiency of a civilian gold rush. Even at the very first “discovery” stage, many Mysterious Realms were inadvertently overlooked and neglected, which was an inevitable occurrence.
Of course, Yan Yu was very averse to the rogue behavior of the civilian Transcendents, therefore she also tactfully refrained from sharing too much with everyone.
After all, just as Yan Yu had always insisted, as long as the strength of Lu Country’s Cultivators could always crush that of the surrounding regions, the deficiencies of this system would still be acceptable to those above.
So, you need to strive to become stronger, Brother Yan Yu~
If your power lags behind others, then not only will the throne of the strongest of this world slip away, but even your beliefs and ideals that you’ve held onto so far will be thoroughly trampled underfoot~
Chen Lingyun thought to herself, her smile growing even sweeter, her eyes full of longing and anticipation for the future.
And of course, a desire for amusement.
The group arrived near the Wuyi Mountain Secret Realm, which had been designated as a military no-go zone, and they had even built a huge wall around it, placing cameras at intervals to prevent anyone nearby from illegally scaling the wall and breaking in.
After going through complex procedures and checks, the Zhenhai Team finally passed through the entrance to the secret realm and arrived inside.
The first layer of the Wuyi Mountain Secret Realm was remembered by everyone to be covered with dense, lush forests.
Today, while the primeval forest was still everywhere, but on the sparsely vegetated clearings, industrial factories built in uniform style had been erected, with countless roads connecting the surroundings—it had quite the feel of developing the Amazon Rainforest.
The person responsible for taking the group on a tour of the first layer of the secret realm was Jiang Weiming, a captain who had originally entered with the Zhenhai Team, now promoted to be the security chief of the entire realm.
“Over here is the Alchemy area,” he drove the group around the factories, “Inside, there are alchemy compartments, and each furnace is tended by four Cultivators working in shifts, 24 hours a day.”
“Haven’t industrial automation been realized yet?” Lin Ning asked in surprise.
“Not yet,” Jiang Weiming replied with a wry smile, “We’re using the ancient method of alchemy, with people personally attending the furnaces. The work isn’t very tiring, but it’s just too time-consuming, and you really can’t get away.”
“Currently, all of the Foundation Establishment Pills in the country are produced in the Wuyi Mountain Secret Realm. Further to the west is the Spiritual Grass Plantation Area, I’ll take you there.”
The car left the industrial park and arrived at the plantation area; looking out, there were neatly arranged fields divided by countless ridges, with lots of Spirit Grass growing in between, looking quite vigorous as well.
“The level of automation is higher in the planting area, with agricultural drones and harvesters in operation,” explained Jiang Weiming, “The only problem is that Spirit Grasses have a very long growth cycle, and even if we furiously expand and reclaim land, it still can’t keep up with the rapidly increasing demand… Here we are.”
The car stopped in front of a thatched cottage, which was the very same cottage where everyone beat the Puppet and acquired the Nerve Center last year, now surrounded and guarded by the most stringent security in the whole Secret Realm.
“The entrance to the second layer is inside there,” Jiang Weiming said.
