Chapter 752: Ninth Rank
Translator: Transn Editor: Transn
After Zhou Bao entered Eastern Thunder World, he finally understood what the little doll meant. Indeed, this world seemed unchanged since antiquity times.
The people and environment in the macro world were almost identical to that of Heaven Realm World. The only difference was that there were more pract.i.tioners in Eastern Thunder World than in Heaven Realm World. Furthermore, there were many other influences apart from the leading Eastern Thunder Sect. It was just that the Eastern Thunder Sect occupied the strongest fate and hence ruled over all the other sects. In Eastern Thunder World, the Eastern Thunder Sect was the sole ruler.
As part of Easternmost Land, in this macro world, the ratio of pract.i.tioners to ordinary people was obviously larger than that in the vast planet. Also, incidents of disappearances were more common too.
The Eastern Thunder Sect was not strict when it came to allowing pract.i.tioners to enter Eastern Thunder World. When Zhou Bao entered Eastern Thunder World, he did not use his Snake-like Breath Holding Skill to sneak in like a thief. Instead, he entered as a pract.i.tioner of Star Palace and strode in confidently through the Transmitting Formation.
The common people and pract.i.tioners of Eastern Thunder World all lived together and almost all the common people knew about the ways of practice. Because of varying apt.i.tudes, everyone had different levels of achievements. Some managed to reach the Individual rank and bid farewell to the ordinary people phase. Some only managed to practice till Level Three or Four and remained at the ordinary stage.
The difference between Immortals and ordinary people was marked by the Individual Immortal rank. There was a thin line drawn between Immortals and ordinary people.
Because there were so many people practicing in Eastern Thunder World, the pract.i.tioners and common people had a very close relations.h.i.+p. Some of the methods used by the pract.i.tioners were also used by the common people.
For example, the inn that Zhou Bao was staying in used a special material called stone charcoal to generate warmth. This stone was similar to charcoal, only that the stone was a part of the charcoal basin. The interior of the basin was covered with tiny pieces of Spiritual Stones. Energy was transported from outside the basin into it and this kept the stone charcoal constantly fired up. The basin then generated heat and energy which kept the whole house warm. The interior lighting of the house also adopted the same concept by using a light convergence magic formation. It only required Internal Qi to light up the house. When it was time to sleep, the Internal Qi was used to cut off the connection between the pieces of Spiritual Stone and the magic formation. The light was then naturally turned off. Zhou Bao was very amazed at this.
Similarly, the people were very well- informed about any prominent happenings in Eastern Thunder World. At least whatever happened here, in this part of the Star Area, could not be hidden from the people in Eastern Thunder World.
Therefore, there was no need for Zhou Bao to deliberately find ways to seek out information. He only needed to sit at the restaurant for a while and all kinds of information from the pract.i.tioner world would be filtered to him. Of course, he could only get information about major events. As for things like schools going into hiding, he could never acquire these sort of information.
“Have you heard? Celestial Sea School invaded Star Palace’s territory and now, without even putting up a fight, the palace has disappeared!”
“Huh, what kind of news is this? Do you guys know why Star Palace fled without fighting back?”
“Why?”
“This was what I heard. Star Palace found a Hidden Treasure at the periphery of the Star Area. It should have been an extremely upper cla.s.s type. To prevent any unnecessary mistakes, Marquis Ling Jian from Star Palace went there personally. There were 11 other Human Immortals and thousands of elite disciples who went with him on the trip. Three days later, they all went missing. The pneuma of Star Palace was heavily depleted and that’s why Celestial Sea School was able to invade them!”
“So that’s what happened! No wonder. This Star Palace is quite interesting. Why did they think that it’ll be so easy to acquire the Hidden Treasure from antiquity times? If that was the case, did they think it would be left lying around for them to pick up? Hehe, look at how things turned out. After fighting with Celestial Sea School for 3,000 years, they finally gained the upper hand. Now, in the blink of an eye, they lost everything. Such a pity!”
“What’s so pitiful about that? Little sects like theirs love to play games with each other and think that they can change the fate of their sect with one or two Hidden Treasures. Their strengths have no foundation and they have no future!”
“Yes, yes, they are nowhere like our Eastern Thunder Sect that has ruled Eastern Thunder World for 40 million years…!”
“By the way, have you heard what happened to Heaven Realm World?”
“Sigh, Heaven Realm World is not news-worthy anymore. But this time around, the middle-level Holy Alliance is really embarra.s.sing. I heard that quite a few Marquis and dukes died in Heaven Realm World!”
“Hehe, it is the Holy Alliance, one of the strongest influence in the Void Universe. They have many Marquis and dukes! Losing some is nothing to them!” Between these remarks, sinister laughter drifted from within the restaurant.
Strictly speaking, Eastern Thunder World is a faraway place; it could not be compared to the macro world in the Holly Alliance and was definitely non-comparable to the Holy Alliance itself. However, Eastern Thunder World was not afraid of the alliance. Although the alliance was one of the stronger influences in the Void Universe, their circle of influence was only at the middle level. The location in question was Eastern Land, where they did not have much control over.
“Everything is still the same as before!” Listening to their conversation, the little doll started to feel nostalgic. This made Zhou Bao’s lips twitch. He knew that the little doll meant the t.i.tles for the Marquis and the dukes were still the same as before.
In antiquity times, all pract.i.tioners were separated into nine different ranks based on their cultivation. They were the emperor, king, lord, Duke, Marquis, count, viscount, baron and the yeomen respectively. Once a pract.i.tioner reached the Earthly Immortal realm in cultivation, he automatically becomes an emperor. Those who reached the Immortal level were named king or lord. Those who reached the Human Immortal level became Duke, Marquis or count. Those who mastered the Gathering of Essence, Qi and Spirit in Acupoint and Five Qis Collecting in Mind skills became Dukes. Those that only mastered the Gathering of Essence, Qi and Spirit in Acupoint skill became Marquises. Normal Human Immortals became counts. A common Genuine Immortal was split into two categories, those with cultivation of Lord of Heaven Realm were named viscounts and the rest with cultivation below that became barons. Individual Immortals had the lowest ranks among the pract.i.tioners; they became yeomen, which was only higher than that of common Earthly Immortals. Of course, yeomen were the largest in numbers among the pract.i.tioners.
Hence, there were not many pract.i.tioners in a macro world that was above the rank of a count. However, if we were to zoom out to the Void Universe, then the amount would be very startling.
Zhou Bao’s nickname in Heaven Realm World was King Wuyang. However, that was only used in Jin. In the world of pract.i.tioners, he was just a pract.i.tioner at Marquis level.
But in the Void Universe, a Marquis Level pract.i.tioner could become a leader.
“Duke, Marquis, count, viscount, baron!!! Interesting, who sets these rules?”
“When the Heavenly Court was first established, the Jade Emperor set these rules by differentiating them from the common people. You know very well that pract.i.tioners are often the laziest. Also, this kind of categorizing system is very simple and effective. Those of lower rank of n.o.bility may have chances of going up the rank ladder, but it was more difficult for those of higher ranks to go up even higher. Some lucky pract.i.tioners had the chance to take up the challenge of becoming a Genuine Immortal when they were at the Individual Immortal phase. They could even possess the combat capability of a Human Immortal. However, in the Immortal realm, there was a stark difference between those in the Lord Level and King Level. Without any powerful treasures, it was impossible to go up in rank. If you are at the Marquis Level, even by giving your best, your combat ability would, at most, be compatible with that of an Immortal in Lord Level. If you want to challenge a Genuine Immortal of King Level, you had to use your Supreme Fairy Weapon so that you could narrow the gap between the two of you. That was the barest minimum to secure a challenge but was also a variable. The Supreme Fairy Weapon, hehe, could cause your combat capability to be infinitely closer to that of an Earthly Immortal. However, there was still some difference between this and challenging an Immortal of King Level. Do you know why?”
“I don’t know!”
“Because the gap between an Earthly Immortal and an Immortal was infinite. No matter how many Immortals there are, or how high their cultivation is, even if 10,000 Immortals of King Level came together, they were not worthy opponents of an Earthly Immortal. You may become infinitely closer to an Earthly Immortal, but that is just the same as a common Immortal of King Level!”
“The Earthly Immortal is really that strong?”
“If they are not strong, why would so many people embark on the journey to become Earthly Immortals? Why do the Earthly Immortals have a chance of surviving during a Tribulation of Heaven and Earth while the Immortals will only die?” The little doll laughed coldly, “Fella, you were just lucky that you haven’t met an Earthly Immortal opponent. If not, even with your Supreme Fairy Weapon, you will surely die!”
“I will surely die?” Zhou Bao raised his eyebrows and smiled, “Hehe, who cares. Anyway, I will not look for trouble with the Earthly Immortals, and they won’t be foolish enough to look for trouble with me. This is no big deal!”
“Is that really the case? I do know that you have some grudges with an Earthly Immortal!” The little doll was talking about Silver Wolf who had hara.s.sed the Fifth Manor.
“So what, Earthly Immortals are not able to carry out their usual activities here in the Void Universe. It will not matter even if I have offended him. Can he come and fight with me?” Zhou Bao laughed coldly, “If you have the time to worry about this, why not use the time to think about how to enter the faraway Transmitting Formation of Eastern Thunder World? d.a.m.n it, the Transmitting Formations here can only transport to nearby areas, there are none of those big ones that you said could transport over half a Star Area!”