Chapter 428: Chapter 421: Heading to Wu Country (First Update, Please Subscribe)
Looking back at the ancestral land of the Lu Family, Lu Xuanji flashed a trace of sadness, along with a hint of melancholy.
"Husband, are you reluctant to leave?"
Jin Xi stepped forward to ask.
"I am!"
Lu Xuanji said, "I’m not someone who covets power, but suddenly stepping down from the position of Clan Leader, I feel my spirit is empty!"
"Husband, you need to learn to adapt!"
Jin Xi said.
Lu Xuanji nodded and said, "Now, where are we heading?"
"Husband, do you know how vast Chu Country is?"
Jin Xi asked.
"Chu Country is very large, with an area equivalent to five hundred million square kilometers, equivalent to..." Lu Xuanji opened Baidu Map and immediately got the specific territorial area of Chu Country.
In terms of understanding and familiarity with Chu Country, many Divinity Transformation masters are not as knowledgeable as he is.
Thinking of this, Lu Xuanji began to describe Chu Country, and even Yuan Continent, and the Purple Mansion Realm.
Just the area of Chu Country alone is equivalent to the area of Earth.
As for population, because this is the Cultivation Immortality World, there is no specialized government, nor any specific account book statistics for the mortal population, making it difficult to estimate the exact number of people.
But according to his estimate, the population is at least two trillion people.
And this is just one Chu Country, there are also Yue Country, Wu Country, the Hundred Thousand Mountains, and many other states combined, forming the Eastern Wilderness.
The Eastern Wilderness is only a part of Yuan Continent.
Yuan Continent, there are seven such large continents, and in addition, there are vast oceans, spatial rifts, some Grotto Heavens, etc., with a very large area.
The Purple Mansion Realm is as large as the solar system of the previous life, requiring light-years to calculate its length.
There was once a Harmonization Cultivator who flew through the sky and flew for a thousand years, only to walk from the east to the west of the Purple Mansion Realm.
Not only that, the Purple Mansion Realm as a whole presents a semi-elliptical shape, structurally belonging to the round sky and square earth, with a thick world layer membrane on the outer layer, and outside the Purple Mansion Realm, there are suns, moons, life planets, desolate planets, etc., orbiting the Purple Mansion Realm.
Regarding the world’s operation, it does not conform to Newtonian mechanics, quantum mechanics, relativity, etc., even Einstein’s resting peace is disturbed.
However, as long as it exists, it is reasonable.
Many things that seem unreasonable are just because one’s own knowledge is insufficient, hence unreasonable.
From another height, everything seems very reasonable.
As he spoke, Lu Xuanji talked about many things.
Jin Xi’s expression changed, saying, "Xuanji, how do you know about these things?"
"Cannot be said!"
Lu Xuanji said, "If I say it out, it will be sensed by some powerful beings!"
Many times, as long as you speak about it, it will be recorded into the karma of heaven and earth, and be sensed by some powerful beings.
Up till now, mobile phones seem redundant, but he always understood that it played a significant role in helping him reach where he is now.
Among countless sentient beings, with countless talents under heaven, why does he have the qualification to become a Nascent Soul Cultivator, is it because of his big head, or his handsome looks?
Jin Xi nodded, no longer inquiring.
"Xuanji, I forged the Two-Iron Divine Sword, while the Taiyang Divine Iron has been found, the Taiyin Divine Iron is still lacking... According to some intelligence, the Taiyin Divine Iron might appear in Wu Country!" Jin Xi said, "To get to Chu Country, there are two possibilities, one is to take the East Sea and detour to Wu Country; the other is to cross the Hundred Thousand Mountains to reach Wu Country."
"But no matter which path is chosen, it represents danger!"
Taking the East Sea route, meeting Dragon Race Divinity Transformation masters is inevitable, after all, he’s on the watch list;
Taking the Hundred Thousand Mountains route is also dangerous, if blocked by Nascent Soul Great Demons, or Divinity Transformation Great Demons, it’s Nine Deaths and One Life.
"Let’s go through the Hundred Thousand Mountains!"
Lu Xuanji said.
Jin Xi nodded afterward.
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The Hundred Thousand Mountains is a massive mountain range, extending from the northwest to the southeast region, stretching millions of miles.
In the north of the Hundred Thousand Mountains lie Chu Country and Yue Country;
But in the south lies Wu Country.
The territory of the Human Race and the Demon Race is interlocked, intersecting with each other, making this area extremely complex, and human races often conquer certain regions, while demon races seize some territories, mixing and fighting continuously with love and hatred.
Activating divine techniques, Lu Xuanji and Jin Xi quietly departed, approaching the Hundred Thousand Mountains.
Looking at the uneven mountains here, and perceiving the red and blue dots appearing on Baidu Map, they felt a slight tingle at the back of their heads.
Just looking at the mountains reveals nothing about how many demon races are inside.
But with Baidu Map, it was possible to see clearly the position and number of demon races.
This continuous massive mountain range seems like a giant dragon, crouching there, stretching endlessly, making the cultivators appear small and insignificant before it.
This range spans over five million miles wide. Its peaks rise and fall, interconnected by countless large mountains, small mountains, valleys, lakes, rivers, and plains. Here, the Spiritual Qi is abundant, but precisely because of this, the environment is harsh, with venomous insects and demon beasts rampant, and the terrain is extremely complex, making survival nearly impossible for low-level cultivators.
Here various spirit veins are intertwined, with various rare ores, and various high-level spirit medicines, along with Loose Cultivators, Demon Cultivators, Demon Beasts etc., mingling together, fighting over some treasured lands.
And the demon race’s Divinity Transformation Celestial Venerables deliberately allow some Golden Core Loose Cultivators, Demonic Cultivators, etc., to enter, without sieging them, using them instead as grindstones for the younger generation of demon races.
Similar to the catfish effect.
Sensing the configuration changes here, Lu Xuanji detoured around certain Nascent Soul Cultivators’ mountains, Golden Core Cultivators’ cave mansions, with a highly circuitous route, taking many detours, but correspondingly avoiding some dangers.
A month later, finally they walked out of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, nearing Wu Country.
Both of them sighed with relief, having been thrilling yet without danger along the way.
As they walked, they neared an ancient city, and the two concealed their auras, entering this city.
Upon entering, they withdrew their auras, turning into the appearance of Purple Mansion Cultivators.
Purple Mansion Cultivators, not too strong nor too weak in cultivation.
In a shop, Lu Xuanji directly asked, "Do you have a map of Wu Country here?"
"Yes!"
The shopkeeper said, "We have different versions, a first-grade map costs three hundred Spirit Stones, a second-grade map three thousand Spirit Stones, a third-grade map thirty thousand Spirit Stones, and the highest is a fourth-grade map for three hundred thousand Spirit Stones! The higher the grade of the map, the more detailed the recorded information!"
Lu Xuan said, "I’ll take a third-grade map!"
Thirty thousand low-grade Spirit Stones was a trivial matter to him.
But for safety, to remain low-profile, Lu Xuanji only bought the third-grade map.
"Fellow Daoist, please wait!"
A moment later, the shopkeeper fetched a map.
Lu Xuanji opened the map, comparing it to Baidu Map, gaining a new understanding of the situation in Wu Country.
"Fellow Daoist, do you require anything else?"
"No need, farewell!"
Lu Xuanji purchased the map and left immediately.
Just then, under the shopkeeper’s order, an assistant appeared, saying, "Keep an eye on him, see if this outsider is a fat sheep or a tiger."
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