"Actually, it's quite good."
Chen Qiu noticed Fat Long's thoughts and, looking down at Huang Shikai who was embedded in the ground in front of him, he whispered, "Everyone's Initial Entry is random, which, in a way, means that the path to ascension has opened up quite a bit."
"Even mortals now have the opportunity to cultivate."
"Otherwise, if the path was completely sealed off, the class system of this world would be far too harsh, and people like us, the common folk, would suffer tremendously."
He realized that the young master in front of him might not be very smart, for he couldn't understand why the young master would expose his own entry. If he had kept his mouth shut, they would have no idea what the man's entry was.
It might take a good while to figure out.
Perhaps before the hour in the small world ended, they still wouldn't have understood, and would actually let this young master leave alive.
But since the young master had blurted it out himself, they no longer needed to investigate.
While signaling the Wolf King to start digging, he walked over to the few corpses nearby and methodically removed their Storage Bags.
Digging a hole wasn't too much trouble at all.
Why did this guy think he was invincible?
...
Soon—
Chen Qiu had sorted out all his gains from the occasion.
Three Yellow Level lower-grade mental methods, and one Yellow Level Mid-grade mental method.
Three Yellow Level lower-grade Cultivation Techniques.
Seven Spiritual Treasures emitting faint glimmers.
As well as nine Storage Bags and a dozen pieces of Silver.
"Struck it rich, struck it rich, this time I've really struck it rich!"
Fat Long's whole body looked towards the pile of treasures in front with lips trembling from excessive excitement, his voice shaking with extreme agitation, "Five months... All the wealth I've accumulated in these five months isn't even close to one percent of what's here!"
"How did I suddenly strike it rich? Let me think this through."
"Let's start with the prices."
Chen Qiu glanced at the Wolf King, who was still vigorously digging beside him, and looked towards the pile of treasures. He carelessly placed the wood-cutting knife in his bosom, inwardly alert. Although he had no intention of killing Fat Long and swallowing all the gains for himself, he still had to guard against Fat Long.
He felt grateful to Fat Long and had a good impression of him, but when the stakes are too high, people can easily lose their reason.
"Huff!"
Fat Long took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the excitement in his heart, "A normal Cultivation Technique can be recorded and, if the owner is willing, can be circulated among countless people. But, Brother Chen Qiu, do you know why the Cultivation Techniques in the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm provoke so many to risk their lives for them?"
"After all, they are just some Yellow Level lower-grade techniques. In the markets of the Cultivation World, such a technique would cost only 10 pieces of Silver, not too expensive."
"Although they are all common goods, 10 pieces of Silver indeed can buy a Yellow Level lower-grade technique."
"Cultivation of a technique requires time and comprehension."
"The depths of Cultivation of a technique reveal greater power, divided into Entry, Minor Achievement, Great Achievement, Advancing and Great Perfection five levels."
"Normally, to cultivate a Yellow Level lower-grade technique to the Great Achievement Realm and unleash almost all the power of the technique, at least an entire year of arduous Cultivation is required!"
"However, the techniques produced in the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm come with a Heavenly Dao Blessing. Each technique can be learned by only one Cultivator, embedded in a Jade Scroll, burned after reading. Once learned, you start at the Great Achievement Realm!"
"And the speed of cultivating to the Great Perfection Realm is also four to five times faster than those ordinary techniques!"
Fat Long paused for a moment, his eyes brimming with excitement as he stared intently at the few Jade Scrolls on the ground, "That's why the techniques produced in the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm are extremely rare and priced so high!"
"A Yellow Level lower-grade technique from the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm is priced at 3 Spirit Stones!"
"A Yellow Level lower-grade mental method, priced at 3 Spirit Stones!"
"A Yellow Level Mid-grade mental method, priced at 10 Spirit Stones!"
"All these Spiritual Treasures are Yellow Level lower-grade, each priced at 5 Spirit Stones!"
"Storage Bags aren't worth much. Excluding the Storage Bags, all these items together are priced at 63 Spirit Stones!!!"
Chen Qiu nodded slightly and whispered, "How much is one Spirit Stone worth in currency?"
"One Spirit Stone can be exchanged for 100 taels of silver, one tael of silver is equal to 1,000 wen, so one Spirit Stone can be exchanged for 100,000 wen."
"..."
Chen Qiu remained silent and didn't speak any further, as he knew little about the prices in this world. He only knew that he could rent a decent cottage within the courtyard for 300 wen and buy a meal of good pig's head meat and burning liquor for less than 100 wen.
He had to work hard chopping wood all day just to earn a dozen wen.
Even though he had learned how to kill yesterday, he had only gained a little over 2,000 wen.
But all the items in front of him added up to a total of 6,300,000 wen.
Considering that he earned 20 wen per day from chopping wood, he would need to chop wood non-stop for a full 315,000 days, which amounts to exactly 863 years, to amass that much money.
And now—
He had merely entered the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm, killed some people, and picked up some treasures.
He had bypassed 863 years of taking the wrong path.
After a long while, Chen Qiu suddenly spoke, "Chopping wood indeed isn't a very promising career."
"Cutting down people has a much better cost-effectiveness ratio."
"Hehe."
Meanwhile, Fat Long, who had been originally excited, suddenly gave a few dry laughs, "That... Brother Chen Qiu, you really shouldn't harbor such thoughts. You must know that those who kill will ultimately die by the sword. We can't just look at the gains before us; we also have to consider those who died because of these treasures."
"A total of 100 people, and only the two of us are left."
"Think about how terrifying the mortality rate is. This path might lead to quick riches but more likely to a quick death!"
Just then—
"Nonsense, I'm not dead yet!"
At the side, Huang Shikai, who was barely holding up and visibly scared, shouted loudly, "Brothers, I was wrong, please spare my life! I will surely repay you once we get out! We all are people of the Jianghu, show some mercy!"
Considering the digging speed of the Wolf King beside him, he'd be dead before the small world even closed.
"Not to worry, you'll be quick too."
Fat Long casually rolled his eyes at Huang Shikai, then shifted his gaze and seriously looked at Chen Qiu, continuing, "Brother Chen Qiu, the both of us indeed had our fortune today, and there are some things I still want to tell you; you definitely cannot let today's quick riches cloud your judgment."
"Honestly, there were more than a dozen people who entered this world with me."
"The strongest among them even managed to reach Foundation Establishment in just the third month."
"But five months passed, and I am the only one still alive."
"In the path of cultivation, speed of cultivation, no matter how fast, is not really power. Only living long enough, that's the true skill."
"..."
Chen Qiu kept silent and didn't speak but after a pause, he looked up into Fat Long's earnest eyes and couldn't help but shake his head with a smile, "You really are very afraid of dying."
"Of course, who isn't."
"Look."
Chen Qiu glanced at the corpses not far away and casually said, "They weren't afraid."
"So they died, and I'm alive!"
"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore."
He didn't continue delving deeper into the topic but instead looked at the pile of treasures before them like a small mountain.
"Let's divide it, you tell me, how should we split this?"
...
ps: Thanks to the boss 'Niaraeth' for the 10,000 starting coins tip, as well as bosses 'Realized' and 'Sleepy Bear' for their coin tips and monthly ticket support, the new book has set sail, thank you for the support.
After Chen Qiu asked that question, he fell silent and just quietly looked at Fat Long, his heart hoping for a sixty-thirty split.
His thirty, Fat Long's seventy.
In this way, he would be able to repay the favor he owed Fat Long in the "small world", as he disliked the feeling of being in someone's debt.
"Let's do seventy-thirty,"
After pondering for a long while, Fat Long finally spoke, "You seventy, I thirty. Your combat power is already about to surpass mine, you have better luck than me, having randomly acquired an attack method entry during the Qi Refinement Realm."
"With my entry, I'm pretty much done for during the Qi Refinement period, unlikely to demonstrate anything outstanding."
"I guess I'll have to rely on you in the future."
"This time you take more, and later we'll travel together. That way, in this unfamiliar world, we can watch each other's backs. Chen Qiu, brother, what do you say?"
"That works."
Chen Qiu nodded, and didn't say much else.
...
The last bit of time quickly passed away as well, and Huang Shikai, who was next to them, died in despair in the jaws of the Wolf King. Chen Qiu had discovered something very interesting: the resentful spirits of the cultivators killed by the Wolf King could also be summoned by him.
That is to say, the creatures killed by the spirits he summoned were also considered to have been killed by him.
In a sense, it was like a perpetual motion machine.
With this, he could, at any time, summon three resentful spirits of cultivators at the sixth level of the Qi Refinement Realm and one at the fifth level, which also served as a small trump card, giving him a sense of security.
Day broke.
The white vortex exit in the small world slowly appeared once more, and the resentful spirit of the Wolf King dispersed into the world forever.
Stepping into the white vortex, Chen Qiu saw the scenery change in front of his eyes, and when everything calmed down, he was back in the bamboo forest three miles east of Fufeng City. Only now, there were many people surrounding him.
Over a hundred people encircled them, completely cutting off any escape.
Many had intense killing intent on their faces, and with their fiercely muscled appearances, they were clearly not to be trifled with.
...
"I forgot to say."
Fat Long tugged cautiously at Chen Qiu's sleeve, his mouth twitching slightly as he whispered, "The Heavenly Dao Secret Realm has one major flaw: you exit from the same place you entered. This often leads to many people liking to wait at the entrances of secret realms, ambushing and killing those who come out to minimize their own risk."
"It seems we forgot to hire an escort master."
"If you hired an escort master, they would successfully escort you to safety when you come out of the secret realm alive."
"..."
Chen Qiu looked expressionlessly at the husky men who were eyeing them menacingly and had them surrounded, inadvertently taking a step back, and said calmly, "What if we don't have an escort master?"
"Then you play up your background, your power, which can scare many away."
"And if we don't have that?"
"Then it's up to fate."
Just then—
"Kill!"
A gang within the crowd, armed with machetes and looking ferocious, took their lead from the husky man who had initially had an encounter with Chen Qiu. Only now, his expression appeared quite unsettled as he raised his machete and bellowed, "All the treasures from this secret realm must be on them! Whoever grabs it, keeps it!"
He hadn't expected this young man to come out of the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm alive, nor had he imagined that, of the hundred people who had entered the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm, there would be only two to come out alive.
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Everyone knows that the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm designed for killing is perilous, but that's mostly hearsay, as no one has actually seen it.
Seeing it today, I realize that its degree of danger is rather terrifying indeed.
The brawny man leading them had a voice full of malevolence, roaring extremely loud, yet he did not take a single step forward to engage in combat. However, his thunderous roar instantly ignited the desires in the hearts of everyone around.
No one wanted to make the first move, to avoid running into a tough opponent.
Yet, they were afraid that others would make a move and worried that the treasures would be snatched away by someone else.
With the first person rushing in, the entire scene immediately became a chaotic mess. It was dawn by then, and in the bamboo forest, countless brawny men armed with sharp weapons charged towards the two young men, one skinny and one fat.
...
The screams, the sound of blades cutting through flesh, the blood splattering in mid-air.
In such circumstances, people quickly lose their sanity.
They can't even discern friends from foes, feeling that everyone around them is attacking themselves. A group composed only of Qi Refinement Realm cultivators at best, their methods of attack were still the most barbaric, like those of village farmers, making the scene look intimidating.
Yet, in reality, it wasn't as grand as an all-out brawl involving every villager from two villages.
At some point, the scene started to calm down.
Many were panting with injuries all over their bodies, and the two young men were nowhere to be seen. Everyone looked suspiciously at others, wondering who had snatched the treasures.
...
And at this time—
Chen Qiu was already walking on an official road with Fat Long.
Using the "Earth Tunneling Technique" and "Blinding Spell" they had obtained from the Secret Realm—which they had mastered to the Great Achievement Realm—they had easily tunneled through the ground and escaped during the chaos.
Until they reached this official road.
"Here."
Fat Long took out a piece of dry ration from his bosom and handed it to Chen Qiu, "Eat something to fill your stomach for now. There's a post station a few miles ahead where you can have something warm to eat. Continue along this official road for ten miles, and you'll find some cultivator markets."
"It's called a market, but it's actually more like a city, just that it's not counted among the 365 cities of Da Xia Country and doesn't pay taxes."
"The market is mostly cultivators, and those at the Foundation Establishment Stage are not so rare. The owner of this market is a Loose Cultivator at the mid-Golden Core stage, known as the 'Barefoot Immortal'."
"Walking on the official road is safe. According to Da Xia law, no one is allowed to attack any living being on the official road, whether they be commoners, cultivators, wanted criminals, or members of the Demon Beast Clan."
"Even if it's just a rabbit, as long as it's on the official road, you can't kill it."
"This law is implemented very thoroughly in Da Xia, no matter how powerful the noble or official, no one is exempted from punishment. Once violated, it's direct extermination of the Nine Tribes."
"Hmm."
Chen Qiu nodded, taking the dry ration from Fat Long without disdain, wiped the dust off it with the corner of his clothes, and then began to eat, "The importance of transportation to a country goes without saying. If there's no frequent interaction and trade between regions, and even the official roads aren't safe, that indeed has a significant impact."
"It's evident that Da Xia bestows the official roads with a considerable amount of importance."
"Just... is exterminating the Nine Tribes not a bit excessive?"
"It is a bit."
Fat Long silently nodded, "Rumor has it that 500 years ago, this law was enforced exactly as such. But not long after its implementation, a prince of Da Xia, furious with his father for favoring his younger brother, killed a rabbit on the official road in broad daylight."
"The act was witnessed by many."
"According to the law, the entire Da Xia Royal Family could have gone down to meet their ancestors."
"But a special exemption would diminish the status of the official roads and the law."
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