#1338 - the difference

Jiang Fengwu, a mere Human Immortal cultivator, naturally couldn't know what lay beyond the endless space. After a moment of reflection, she composed herself.

At the same time, she discovered an unexpected gain.

That was, the seemingly ordinary jade slip in her hand was actually a special array disc capable of storing the remaining thirty-five grand arrays!

Jiang Fengwu couldn't help but sigh repeatedly. Looking towards the east, she embarked on her journey home with the Azure Bird.

… …

Meanwhile, after Li Zhirui broke through to the Earth Immortal realm, he had much more free time. Therefore, he often lectured Daqing, Xiaoqing, and others, hoping to improve their cultivation levels as quickly as possible, so they would have a better chance of surviving the great battle!

Besides this, he spent his time absorbing spiritual energy, comprehending laws, and engaging in daily cultivation, as well as studying pill formulas, hoping to refine Earth Immortal-grade pills sooner.

If there was any difference between him now and before his breakthrough, it was that he was no longer so anxious and restless. Unexpectedly, relaxing his state of mind actually benefited Li Zhirui's cultivation.

His cultivation progress wasn't quite a thousand miles a day, but it was still rapid. His understanding of the Purification Law became deeper and more comprehensive. Even in the field of alchemy, he made breakthroughs in Earth Immortal-grade pill formulas. In another hundred years, he should be able to start refining pills.

One day, Li Zhirui was, as usual, answering Daqing's, Xiaoqing's, and others' questions about their cultivation.

After listening, Daqing was deeply moved. His realm became unstable, and his aura began to fluctuate.

Seeing this, Li Zhirui conjured a gust of clear wind and brought Xiaoqing, Xiaocang, and the others out to avoid disturbing his breakthrough.

“Finally broke through to the late Loose Immortal stage!” Xiaoqing exclaimed.

Initially, among their group of spirit beasts, Daqing, who had the highest cultivation and the strongest strength, had gradually fallen behind everyone, and now he couldn't even keep up with their pace.

Acan and Amu need not be mentioned. They pioneered the Earth Immortal path and enjoyed great fortune, breaking through to the Human Immortal realm long ago.

Xiaocang also broke through to the Human Immortal realm many years ago due to the expansion of the God Domain, bloodline, aptitude, and other reasons.

Even Xiaoqing, although a step behind, broke through to the Human Immortal realm only a hundred or two years ago.

But Daqing has only now broken through to the late Loose Immortal stage. As for the Human Immortal realm, it is unknown how many years it will take.

“Daqing is different from you. He is taking the path of accumulating strength before unleashing it. His foundation is solid, and his magic power is profound. Although it takes a long time, he has fewer bottlenecks. Most importantly, it suits him very well.” Li Zhirui shook his head, not feeling sorry or regretful that Daqing had only now broken through to the late Loose Immortal stage.

Everyone has their own destiny. The path Daqing is taking now is the most suitable for him!

Xiaoqing curled his lips, unable to bear such an approach.

Li Zhirui didn't say much. He resumed his lecture, his voice gentle and pleasant, full of Daoist intent, quickly bringing everyone into a calm state of mind, no longer paying attention to Daqing's breakthrough.

About several months later, during which he lectured several times, Daqing finally completed his breakthrough.

As Li Zhirui said, Daqing's foundation was solid and his magic power was profound. As soon as he broke through, his aura was no worse than that of ordinary late Loose Immortals.

“Thank you, Ninth Brother, for your many lectures and explanations.”

“Why be so formal between you and me?”

Daqing smiled and said, “Then I will go back first.”

“Go ahead.”

At the same time, Jiang Fengwu and the Azure Bird also returned to Mount Wanxian.

“This training trip was only two hundred years, how could such a big change have occurred in the family?”

As soon as they passed through the Mountain Protecting Grand Array, they felt a rich spiritual energy, as if their magic power could increase with just a few more breaths.

It was evident that another Loose Immortal-grade spiritual vein had been promoted while the two were away from the family.

But what surprised Jiang Fengwu and the Azure Bird was what they saw along the way, the clansmen flying at low altitude in the clan's territory.

The cultivation of these clansmen was generally much higher than before they left!

If it were only a part of them, it wouldn't have surprised them, but if everyone they saw was like this, it naturally attracted their attention.

“It seems that the family may have had some opportunities in recent years, which is why the clansmen have improved so much.” Jiang Fengwu speculated.

But when they told the clan leader, Li Xiuyuan, the reason behind it, they finally knew the true reason.

“World War…”

Jiang Fengwu paused and asked, “How many years from now will it break out?”

“Less than five hundred years.”

She calculated in her heart and couldn't help but sigh.

Originally, if there was enough time, she might have been able to break through to the Earth Immortal realm, but five hundred years was not enough.

If she wasn't lucky enough, breaking through to the late Human Immortal stage might become a problem.

Calming her turbulent heart, Jiang Fengwu became ruthless in her heart. No matter what means she used next, when the great war came, not to mention breaking through to the Earth Immortal realm, she must at least have the cultivation of the late Human Immortal stage!

“There are two more good news to tell the two ancestors.”

Li Xiuyuan said, “That is, Ancestor Rui and Ancestor Zhixuan have both successfully broken through to the Earth Immortal realm. Ancestor Rui is in seclusion in the family to cultivate, and Ancestor Zhixuan has also gone to the void in advance to investigate, so that the family will not be completely ignorant.”

“I didn't expect Ninth Brother and Zhixuan to break through to the Earth Immortal realm. It is indeed a great joy.” Jiang Fengwu said with emotion, a few traces of envy appearing in her eyes.

After exchanging pleasantries and gaining a new understanding of the family, she left the main hall and returned to her own cave.

At this time, Jiang Fengwu, whose heart was turbulent, was not suitable for cultivation, so she just sat on the futon, calmed her mind, and adjusted her state.

“Earth Immortals, they are just one step ahead, I will catch up soon!” She murmured to herself, as if she was making a vow.

As soon as she finished speaking, she began to close her eyes and cultivate, improving her own cultivation as soon as possible, striving to break through to the late Human Immortal stage as soon as possible, and continue to move forward.

The reason why Jiang Fengwu did this was that if she had any insights during the great war, she might be able to take advantage of the situation to break through to the Earth Immortal realm!

… …

Thus, several decades passed, and Xiaoqing finally ushered in his thunder tribulation to break through to the Human Immortal realm.

As a god, and also a good god with both virtue and ability, and fulfilling his duties, his thunder tribulation was not worth mentioning at all. Its power was mediocre and could not cause him much harm at all. He easily passed this tribulation.

When Little Qing was undergoing her tribulation, she wasn't even serious. She used her physical body to withstand the first few tribulation lightning strikes. Later, the God of War Physique was activated to offset the tribulation lightning.

Such an unconventional and unique method of tribulation transcending caused many clansmen to admire her greatly. Fortunately, no clansmen were foolish enough to think they could also transcend tribulations in that manner.

......

The southeast of Shanhai Province, where it borders Dongyuan Sect and the sea.

Suddenly, one day, it shone brightly, and a powerful earthquake occurred.

It was this earthquake that caught Li Mingyao's attention. As the Earth God of Shanhai Province, he paid close attention to and valued such sudden earthquakes.

After all, this was his foundation, so he had to care about it.

Therefore, after the earthquake occurred, he rushed to the scene as soon as possible to investigate the cause of the earthquake.

But what he didn't expect was that before he could figure out what was going on with the earthquake, he discovered an unexpected surprise: a secret realm that had just appeared in the world!

As soon as Li Mingyao saw the 'void bubble' floating in the air, he was immediately excited. After concealing it, he immediately returned to Wanjian Mountain and told Li Xiuyuan about it, asking him to arrange for clansmen to go and take over.

As for the cause of the earthquake, he could also see that it should have been caused by the birth of the secret realm.

"Good! Thanks to Yao Ancestor's timely detection, the family was able to seize the opportunity and conceal this newly born secret realm!" Li Xiuyuan was naturally overjoyed.

No matter what the rank of this secret realm was, even if it was only the lowest rank, it could bring a rich harvest.

What's more, according to Li Mingyao's judgment, the rank of this secret realm was not low. After all, through the void bubble, he saw several high-level spiritual objects inside.

However, the following matters had nothing to do with him. All the trivial matters were arranged and handled by Li Xiuyuan.

For this reason, the patriarch specially summoned the elders to discuss this matter, and prepared various spiritual objects and resources, especially the materials for fixing the secret realm and opening a teleportation formation.

If the rank of the secret realm was high enough, then the Li family would naturally set up a formation to facilitate control. But if the rank was low, then they would not waste those precious materials, and patiently wait for the next birth of the secret realm before entering to explore and collect spiritual objects.

After some preparations, the next day, several huge cloud ships left Wanjian Mountain and headed straight for the secret realm.

Such a large-scale action was naturally seen by cultivators and rogue cultivators from all walks of life.

"What is the Li family going to do with such a big move?"

You must know that if those cloud ships were fully loaded with cultivators, they could carry as many as ten thousand people! Even if not, the fact that cloud ships were dispatched meant that there would be a large number of people.

One by one, they boldly followed behind the cloud ships, wanting to see what the Li family was going to do.

"Ancestor Xun, there are so many cultivators following behind us. Do you want to take action to drive them away?" Li Yunran frowned and said with some dissatisfaction.

Li Xianxun glanced at the spiritual lights behind him and said nonchalantly: "There is no need to do so. Maybe they can be of use next."

Secret realms, especially a secret realm that has just been born for the first time, are likely to contain various dangers.

If they were to rely solely on their own people to clean up, it would not only be time-consuming and labor-intensive, but it was also very likely to cause great casualties!

And usually at this time, those rogue cultivators were needed.

Although some spiritual objects would be divided, compared with the cultivators that a family had carefully cultivated for many years, the spiritual objects lost were nothing at all.

Before long, the group arrived at the place where the secret realm was born.

"Secret realm?! The Li family is really lucky to have discovered this first-born secret realm!" A certain rogue cultivator said enviously.

"Yes, the secret realm was discovered by the Li family. Whether we can enter or not depends on whether the Li family is willing."

If the first to discover the secret realm was not the Li family, but other cultivators, they would most likely be able to get a share of the pie, but now it was uncertain.

"What's the hurry? If there are many dangers in the secret realm, the Li family will not be willing to let their carefully cultivated clansmen die. It is likely that they will let us in to help clean up and solve the dangers." Although what a certain rogue cultivator said was a bit harsh, it was the truth.

As for the danger to life? For many rogue cultivators, as long as they have not given up on the path of cultivation, then danger! It was what they were least afraid of.

That afternoon, the Dongyuan Sect received news that the Li family had discovered a secret realm.

The head and elders discussed it for a while, and finally sent many disciples to see if they could obtain some spiritual objects from it.

As for competing for the ownership of the secret realm? They also wanted to, clearly appearing in the border area, but the secret realm was completely located within the territory of Shanhai Province, almost along the border line, but it did not cross it at all!

This made them feel very regretful, because the secret realm had nothing to do with Dongyuan Province. Unless they planned to tear up their face with the Li family, there was no need to compete with the Li family for ownership of a secret realm that they did not have any reason to.

Of course, if the rank of the secret realm was high enough, the Dongyuan Sect would not mind taking action to seize it!

Li Xianxun and others were not surprised by the arrival of the Dongyuan Sect disciples, and did not say anything. They only regarded them as tools, just like the rogue cultivators, used to explore the secret realm and bear the danger.

Time flies, and soon it was the day when the secret realm opened.

Buzz——

I saw the void bubble trembled slightly, and a portal appeared in the air.

Li Xianxun did not rush to arrange for cultivators to enter, but instead put in a few puppets to check the situation of the secret realm, such as whether the inside was dangerous, the rank, and so on.

"This is an eighth-order secret realm."

Soon, he learned the most basic information through the puppets.

"Eighth-order secret realm?!"

Among the cultivators behind, there were bursts of exclamations. Many cultivators were frightened, and without saying a word, they turned and left.

Their cultivation was too low. Entering such a high-level secret realm, they would probably be killed soon!

But at the same time, it also aroused the excitement and excitement in the hearts of many cultivators. The higher the rank of the secret realm, the more dangerous it was, but at the same time, the richer the harvest.

"Seven puppets placed in the secret realm have already been damaged by four, which shows that the secret realm is not safe. Everyone must be careful when entering, and first join forces with the clansmen to explore the secret realm." Li Xianxun reminded all the clansmen through voice transmission.

Then he faced the foreign cultivators and said: "The family allows outsiders to enter this secret realm!"

"Thank you Li family for allowing us to enter." No matter what they were thinking, they had to express their gratitude on the surface.

"However, the rules of my Li family are different from the various rules in your impressions! We do not collect a fixed share of your gains in the secret realm, but use another method."

(End of this chapter)