Chapter 477: Land of Treasure
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“The environment has brought up many different groups of people. To the ancient martial art pract.i.tioners, leading a life of ease and comfort may not be a good thing. Only when one has experienced hards.h.i.+p and obstacles would he be able to become a true ancient martial art pract.i.tioner.”
Mo Wen had lived across two lifetimes and experienced things that some people never would have experienced. Hence, he understood some principles very thoroughly. Back in those years, he had tackled the mysterious foggy mountains on his own and managed to survive. Thus, the Mo Wen of today managed to appear.
It was no wonder that Chen Zi’s battle skills and techniques were so strong, and was comparable to a battle master. Living in such an environment had exposed her to long-term trainings and battles. Naturally, she was far ahead of the average ancient martial art pract.i.tioners.
Hence, one should not judge Chen Zi purely by her Cultivation of the Qi Nucleation realm. In a battle of life and death, she could very possibly threaten and ancient martial art pract.i.tioner in the main s.p.a.ce with the Embryonic Breathing realm, if he was not experienced in battles.
“That’s right. Us ancient martial art pract.i.tioners of the Inner world are the true ancient martial art pract.i.tioners of Hua Xia Country. It’s so laughable that those international superpowered people think of the ancient martial art pract.i.tioners in the main s.p.a.ce as the real martial art pract.i.tioners of Hua Xia Country. They are always trying so hard to challenge them. They simply have too narrow a view of the world.”
Chen Zi nodded her head. Other than a few secretive ancient martial art sects in the main s.p.a.ce, most of the ancient martial art sects had lost the true essence of Hua Xia’s martial arts. To put things harshly, they were just useless things that looked good – they appeared nice but were of no use.
There were so many young talents in Huatian Palace and their natural talents could not stop flowing out. Although the training from Huatian Palace had played a part, the very basis of such a phenomenon was because 95 percent and above of the youths had hailed from the Inner world. They were not ancient martial art pract.i.tioners from the main s.p.a.ce, which also explained their natural talents.
In the main s.p.a.ce, even an ancient martial art pract.i.tioner of 20 over years old with the Qi Nucleation realm was a rare find. There would be praises everywhere for such a person. However, in the context of the Inner world, it was simply not even worth a mention. In some of the more powerful Inner worlds, it was not surprising even for a young ancient martial art pract.i.tioner with the Golden Elixir realm to exist.
“What do you guys call such a type of mythical beast?”
Mo Wen looked at the Phantom Wolf Cat that was lying in his palm and licking him gently, as he asked with curiosity.
“A monstrous beast. It is a type of mutated beast that is different from the usual animals. They possess very strong powers. You have also experienced it just now that the Phantom Wolf Cat alone is enough to kill off an ancient martial art pract.i.tioner with the Qi Nucleation realm. Amongst the monstrous beasts, there are some that are exceptionally strong. Some are even able to kill an ancient martial art pract.i.tioner with the Golden Elixir realm.”
“A hundred years ago, an ancient martial art pract.i.tioner with the peak of the Golden Elixir realm had appeared in the Green Ancient Mystery Dimension. However, during an expedition into the woods, he had died in the hands of an unknown monstrous beast. Hence, I have said that the Inner world is a dangerous place. Even if you have a Cultivation at the very peak of all ancient martial art pract.i.tioners, you are still in a lot of danger.”
Chen Zi glanced into the dense mountainous forest. Internally, she knew that if they wanted to come out of it alive, it would not be so simple. It would have been alright if it had been those usual natural forests. However, if it were those deserted forests where people have labelled as brutal, it was not guaranteed whether they would even come out alive.
Hence, at this point, she could only pray in her heart that they were only entering a normal forest and not an old deserted brutal land.
She did not tell Mo Wen anything about it as she did not want to affect him and cause unnecessary anxiety.
It was the first time that she had encountered such a situation of being transported into the wilderness. At the moment, her heart could not remain calm.
“Why have you become scared?”
Mo Wen’s lips curled upwards. Although Chen Zi had masked it very well, it could not have escaped his eyes.
“It’s not that, I am just a little worried about Intentionless Sect. Let’s go. And let’s hope we will be able to walk out of the forest by the time the sun rises.”
Chen Zi featured a bright smile and she suppressed all the uneasiness within her. Then, she led the way into the forest.
Mo Wen followed behind Chen Zi deep in thought. Monstrous beast? Everything was actually so coincidental. In that lifetime, they had also named these type of beasts as monstrous beasts. However, Mo Wen did not have a very thorough understanding of the meaning behind its name.
In comparison to humans, that monstrous beast did not lose out to humans. Their powers were not any worse than that of ancient martial art pract.i.tioners.
However, in comparison to ancient martial art pract.i.tioners, the monstrous beast was somehow the type to be naturally talented. They are beasts after all and would not be too intelligent. Perhaps their intelligence might be higher than the usual wild animals. But, it was too big a gap between them and humans.
They could not train themselves unlike the ancient martial art pract.i.tioners. Instead, because of the power in their blood, they had been able to ama.s.s their power over time. Often, they did not need to train, They simply had to be influenced by their surroundings in order to naturally enter the process of training.
Generally speaking, the longer a monstrous beast lived, the stronger the power. Of course, whether or not a monstrous beast could become powerful was limited by their bloodline and type. For some of the types, even living for a long time would not improve their powers significantly. Meanwhile, for some of the more powerful types, even though they had just been born, their powers would already be exceptional.
Other than the monstrous beast, there was another species called the monsters.
If one compared the monsters to humans, monsters could be likened to the Immortal Cultivators in humans.
From a certain perspective, monsters had already separated themselves from the category pf beasts. They possessed their own flexible thinking, thoughts and intelligence that were not any worse off than humans. Some of the monsters were even smarter than humans.
Monsters were spirits in the heavens and earth. They possessed various human thoughts and desires, and also had very plentiful emotions. At the same time, they also knew how to learn and train.
A monster’s cultivation was just like that of an Immortal Cultivator’s. If one was able to Cultivate the Virtue and Justice realm, one would exist as a monster G.o.d.
If some of the monstrous beasts got lucky and managed to evolve once more, it was very possible for them to become a monster.
Hence, one was called a monstrous beast and the other just a monster. The difference between them was encompa.s.sed in their names.
In his past life, in order to differentiate between the two, he had named the beasts without their own thoughts as monstrous beasts, so as to set them apart from the monsters.
Looking at it now, in this lifetime, things were still that way. Since there were monstrous beasts, the monsters would definitely be existing.
The two of them continued to walk along the path. They maintained a slower speed because the monstrous beast may come out at any time in a surprise attack. In order to remain cautious, they could only slow down their pace.
Reality proved that the forested area of the Green Ancient Mystery Dimension was very dangerous. Even ancient martial art pract.i.tioners of the Embryonic Breathing realm had the possibility of dying in the forest.
Even Mo Wen had almost gotten injured when being attacked by a strong monstrous beast.
Chen Zi became more and more anxious. Apart from being anxious about the dangers of the forest, she was also worried about Mo Wen’s abilities.
At the moment, she had already ascertained that lady luck was not s.h.i.+ning on her. Although the forest they were currently in was not an old deserted brutal land, it was a brutal land in the very least.
If it had been her travelling alone, she would have perhaps already died in the mouth of the monstrous beast and become its food.
It had been experimentally proven that monstrous beasts liked to eat ancient martial art pract.i.tioners with good Cultivation. That was because the blood and meat of the ancient martial art pract.i.tioners was like a panacea for the monstrous beasts, and they would be able to increase their powers immensely.
Hence, in the Green Ancient Mystery Dimension, monstrous beasts and humans could never coexist peacefully.
However, there was fortune within misfortune. Mo Wen’s abilities had exceeded her expectations. Throughout their journey, they had met with many monstrous beasts. However, with him protecting her, they had actually managed to escape unscathed.
Sometimes, she even doubted whether Mo Wen was even truly an ancient martial art pract.i.tioner with only the Golden Elixir realm.
Throughout the journey, Mo Wen did not feel very peaceful. The fact that he did not feel peaceful was not due to all the hidden dangers of the forest. Instead, it was because of his excitement.
With Chen Zi’s explanations and introductions, he had gained a better understanding of the Green Ancient Mystery Dimension, In his eyes, the place was simply a treasure trove.
Along the way, he had already discovered many precious medicinal herbs. In the main s.p.a.ce, those medicinal herbs were extremely rare. However, they could be found everywhere in the Green Ancient Mystery Dimension.
In fact, randomly looking anywhere would land one with a spiritual medicine.
In the main s.p.a.ce, it would have been difficult to chance upon a stalk of spiritual medicine even after looking through a couple of mountains. Yet here, without trying hard, simply glancing around would reveal a stalk of spiritual medicine growing splendidly.
Although most of it were just the average spiritual medicine, it was already very satisfying for Mo Wen.
He had only walked for about an hour but he had already noticed seven to eight stalks of spiritual medicine. That feeling of being able to obtain precious treasure at any time was exceptionally charming.
If he could already find so much spiritual medicine just by walking casually in this s.p.a.ce, just how many good things were there? It was the first time that Mo Wen had coveted something so much.
Moreover, other than the spiritual medicine, Chen Zi had also said that there were many weird ores in the Green Ancient Mystery Dimension, as well as all kinds of precious rare treasures. Huatian Palace attached great importance to those ores and precious rare treasures. In the long run, they had bought over many of those ores, medicinal herbs and precious rare treasures from the various major sects in the main s.p.a.ce.
The reason that the ancient martial art pract.i.tioners in the Inner world could have such an abundant collection was closely related to their trading practices with Huatian Palace. The major sects of the Green Ancient Mystery Dimension did not mind fighting with the monstrous beasts, conquering land, mining for ores and cultivating the spiritual medicine was because they wanted to trade for good stuff with Huatian Palace.
Of course, the ancient martial art sects living in the Inner world had to regularly pay taxes to Huatian Palace. That was because them being able to survive in the Inner world required the close support of Huatian Palace. If they were separated from Huatian Palace, they would not be able to survive in the Inner world, much less travel between the two s.p.a.ces so easily.
Generally speaking, the stronger sects had to pay higher taxes. Of course, the stronger sects also had a larger share of the resources. It had been that way for over thousands of years.
Mo Wen was truly astonished at Huatian Palace’s doings. It was akin to having a group of long-term free labor. They did not have to worry or do anything and these people would help them hunt, dig, and h.o.a.rd all sorts of Cultivation resources, before sending it to them.
Moreover, those ancient martial art sects were doing so willingly, and they never got sick and tired of it.
After all, to those ancient martial art pract.i.tioners, they were unable to use those Cultivation resources for themselves anyway. Hence, it was of no value for them. It was better to trade them off with Huatian Palace to get things that they needed for themselves.
“Don’t think that the spiritual medicine in the Green Ancient Mystery Dimension is very easy to pick. That is because this area is within the brutal land, and there are very few ancient martial art pract.i.tioners that dare to step foot inside. Hence, such a huge amount of wild spiritual medicine has been preserved. If it had been a safe forest, you would not even be able to find a single stalk.”
She could not help but roll her eyes at Mo Wen running around to pick stalk after stalk of spiritual medicine with his mouth constantly agape and in a huge smile.
Although there were many treasures in the Green Ancient Mystery Dimension, these treasures often came at the price of danger. No matter where, resources were always in short supply. Mo Wen had yet to witness the intensity between the sects when they were fighting for the resources.
In these types of brutal lands, other than ancient martial art pract.i.tioners with the Golden Elixir realm, normal people would not dare to enter. Naturally, the precious herbs and treasures would be in huge abundance.
The two of them had walked the whole night and Mo Wen had also continued to smile the entire night. He felt as though he had returned to the Divine Pill Sect, back when he could just walk out the door and pick spiritual medicine.
The sky grew bright and the two had still not made it out of the forest. However, a village that was close to the mountains and water bodies had appeared before the two of them.