#144 - Chapter 144: Starry Sky

Time passed quickly, spring went and autumn came, and another two years went by. In these two years, you have been calmly cultivating every day and have made a breakthrough in spiritual power, from the first level of the Nascent Soul stage to the second level.

Breaking through one level of cultivation in three years is definitely not slow for a Nascent Soul cultivator, and may even be considered astonishing. However, you are still not satisfied. You miss the speed of improvement in the secret realms. If you could enter a secret realm and obtain various opportunities, the speed of improvement would definitely be faster. But unfortunately, in these two years, you have not found any suitable secret realms. After all, secret realms that can help Nascent Soul cultivators quickly improve their cultivation are not like cabbages; you can't just find them whenever you want.

Three months later, in February of the 349th year of the Tai Xu calendar, a tremendous roar occurred on the eastern border of the Wu Kingdom. Subsequently, someone saw a vast ancient road stretching from the sky directly to the land of the Wu Kingdom. This ancient road pierced deep into the sky, seemingly leading to the vast starry sky.

Someone called this road the Ancient Starry Road. Later, you learned that the Ancient Starry Road is an ancient road built by an unknown entity, its endpoint unknown, possibly leading to some place in the starry sky. It contains great opportunities and appears once every thousand years. Legend has it that the current Human Emperor, Qin Wushang, had mediocre qualifications when he was young. The reason he later surpassed others and became an unprecedented overlord, leading the Wu Kingdom to become the number one among the seven kingdoms, was because he obtained something extraordinary in the Ancient Starry Road when he was young.

In short, you heard various news about the Ancient Starry Road. To summarize, it is that this road contains many opportunities, and you are very tempted to enter it, but unfortunately, you do not meet the requirements.

The minimum requirement to enter the Ancient Starry Road is the sixth level of the Nascent Soul stage, and you are only at the second level, so you cannot enter.

"Such a great opportunity is right in front of me, but I can't even enter," you sigh, only able to watch others enter this ancient road. When the ancient road opened, the geniuses of the seven kingdoms who had reached the sixth level of the Nascent Soul stage or above all entered this ancient road to compete for opportunities. The Fourth Prince and Thirteenth Princess of the Wu Kingdom, the Fated True Maiden of the Zhao Kingdom, the Southern Heaven Prince of the Chu Kingdom, and the True Man Yu Hai of the Qi Kingdom, in short, all kinds of geniuses from the seven kingdoms entered this ancient road and began to compete for opportunities.

Three months passed, and as you listened to the news coming from the Ancient Starry Road, you became even more envious. Someone rumored that the Fourth Prince obtained a drop of True Dragon Blood in the fourth city of the Ancient Starry Road. After consuming it, his physical strength increased. The Thirteenth Princess obtained a Dao Flower in the third city of the ancient road and saw the scene of an ancient immortal lecturing on scriptures. The Southern Heaven Prince of the Chu Kingdom obtained a top-grade Dao artifact in the fourth city after competing with others. You even heard that a cultivator at the sixth level of the Nascent Soul stage obtained Heavenly Dao Liquid in the second city of the ancient road. After consuming it, he immediately broke through two levels, reaching the eighth level of the Nascent Soul stage. The more you heard, the more tempted you became. Each of these opportunities made you envious, but unfortunately, you couldn't enter.

You are still four levels away from the sixth level of the Nascent Soul stage. At your speed of one level every three years, you will need another twelve years to enter this ancient road. However, after twelve years, this ancient road will probably have already closed.

Two months passed, and you simply decided to avoid hearing about it to prevent further aggravation. Because the more you heard about the various opportunities that those people obtained inside, the more tempted you became, but you couldn't enter. You simply decided to enter seclusion and not listen to the news. However, just as you were about to enter seclusion, the Seventeenth Princess came to find you.

She told you good news: according to the speculation of some Transformation God Realm lords and marquises, the restrictions of the Ancient Starry Road will change in a month. At that time, perhaps cultivators above the first level of the Nascent Soul stage will also be able to enter. Hearing this news, you were immediately excited.

The news brought by the Seventeenth Princess should be reliable. If it really is as she said, and the restrictions of the Ancient Starry Road will change in a month, allowing Nascent Soul cultivators at the first level to enter, then your opportunity will come. In these past few months, the various news about the Ancient Starry Road has been driving you crazy with desire.

You began to wait patiently. Sure enough, a month later, it was just as the Seventeenth Princess had said. The restrictions of the Ancient Starry Road changed, and cultivators at the first level of the Nascent Soul stage could enter. This news spread, and all the geniuses of the seven kingdoms went crazy. Various cultivators at the first level of the Nascent Soul stage began to enter, because everyone wanted to get a share of the opportunities in the Ancient Starry Road.

You were among them. Of course, before setting off, you also made some preparations. You used your previous contribution points from the army to exchange for a high-grade Dao artifact, a bronze spear. Then, you borrowed a strange beast, a celestial horse, from the Seventeenth Princess. This celestial horse also had the cultivation of the Nascent Soul stage.

In order to obtain more opportunities in the Ancient Starry Road, you had armed yourself to the teeth this time.

Five days later, you rode the blood-red celestial horse, carrying the bronze spear, and set off. As the sun set, you stepped onto a black ancient road leading to the starry sky. You saw many geniuses from the seven kingdoms also entering this ancient road. You had a feeling of participating in a great battle for supremacy.

On the ancient road, you learned some information. This Ancient Starry Road has nine cities distributed along the way. The best opportunities are in the first city of the ancient road. It is said that the Fourth Prince, the Thirteenth Princess, and some top geniuses from the seven kingdoms at the eighth and ninth levels of the Nascent Soul stage are still competing there.

What you have to do now is start from the ninth city, slowly fight your way through, and fight against the geniuses of the seven kingdoms at the end of the ancient road.

An hour later, you rode the blood-colored celestial horse to the ninth city. It was a magnificent black ancient city, stretching for thousands of miles, vast and immeasurable. You saw all kinds of cultivators from the seven kingdoms arriving in front of the city, a sea of people.

"This is truly a rare great era, simply a golden age. Geniuses above the Nascent Soul stage from all countries are gathering here. Look, that is the Tyrant Daoist from the Chu Kingdom. It is said that this person is at the second level of the Nascent Soul stage, cultivating a pair of Tyrant Fists, extremely violent and unmatched. Perhaps this person can obtain a great opportunity in the ninth city."

In front of the ninth city, a group of cultivators began to discuss, talking about the geniuses of the various countries.

"Hey, isn't that Yan Bei Tie from the Yan Kingdom? He is also a genius. Next to him is Hong Jiaren from the Qi Kingdom. It seems that the competition in the ninth city will be fierce this time."

"Yes, it is indeed fierce. Geniuses from all countries have come. I even saw the Insect Daoist from the Wu Kingdom. This person has the fifth level of Nascent Soul cultivation and is probably the strongest person here."

A group of cultivators kept discussing the geniuses from various countries. They were discussing who was the strongest genius entering the ninth city this time.

However, they quickly stopped discussing because they saw a green-clothed man riding a blood-red celestial horse, carrying a bronze spear, coming indifferently from the other end of the Ancient Starry Road.

One man, one horse, one spear. His arrival immediately attracted the attention of the entire city. His eyes were disdainful, his black hair danced wildly, and he possessed an invincible aura.

"Could this green-clothed man be Lin Changqing, the one who defeated the Fourth Prince and Thirteenth Princess in the same realm! ?" A Chu Kingdom cultivator said in surprise.

"Who else but him would have such an invincible aura? I have heard of his reputation even in the Yan Kingdom. This is definitely a genius among geniuses. If he arrives at the ninth level, who can compete with him? After all, this is someone who defeated the Fourth Prince and Thirteenth Princess in the same realm. Perhaps this person will be the number one here,"