Exploring Immortality Cultivation-Chapter 250 - 4 Thunder Swamp, Leiyang

Wang Qi stood on the deck—or rather, it would be inaccurate to say he stood, as his feet were not touching the deck at all; his entire body was suspended in mid-air. At first, he managed to remain motionless, but before long, he couldn't help but drift towards the stern of the ship.

Of course, one might also say he was slowing down, while the speed of the Spirit Boat remained constant.

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Wang Qi shook his head slightly. It seemed that the Flying Technique couldn't truly be mastered during the Qi Cultivation Stage—even though his computational abilities had far surpassed his peers.

The principle of flying involved using mana to adjust the kinetic and potential energies within the body to achieve lift, with techniques like Wind Control and Cloud Riding acting merely as aids. The real principle lay in the manipulation of kinetic and potential energies.

Having solved this principle, the art of flying was greatly simplified. Modern Foundation Establishment cultivators could now fly freely through the air, unlike those of the Ancient Method, where only those at Foundation Establishment could ride instruments to fly, and not until the Golden Core stage could one soar freely.

Nevertheless, the simplification hadn't extended to those in the Mid-Stage Qi Refining. Wang Qi's mana was insufficient to support the extended alteration of his body's kinetic and potential energies. He could indeed gain upward momentum to counteract gravity, but not for too long. As for moving forward, that proved to be something he desired to accomplish but didn't have the strength for. Once air resistance canceled out inertia, he could no longer remain relatively still compared to the Spirit Boat.

As soon as his feet touched the deck, Wang Qi felt a slight loss of balance. The Book of Geometry had sharpened his spatial perception, which to some extent exacerbated his sea travel discomfort.

This was pure torture!

Wang Qi had chosen to practice flying earlier, simply wishing to keep his feet as far away from the boat as possible.

Once his feet were firmly on the deck, Wang Qi quickly pulled out a water flask from around his waist and took a fierce gulp. The cool water with a hint of mint flavor stimulated his nose and mouth, offering him a momentary refreshing sensation.

As it turned out, the medicine added to the drinking water had been prepared by Azimiao... That silly cat must be nearing Spirit Beast Mountain by now...

Wang Qi couldn't help but let his thoughts wander. To others, his appearance—gulping down cold water with a vacant gaze—suggested he was someone who had overexerted himself in his efforts.

A young man clad in a blue robe came over and laughed, "Brother Wang, you always push so hard; no wonder you managed to Break through Heavenly Communication before the entrance trials."

Wang Qi shook his head and said, "It's nothing."

The young man objected, "How can you say it's nothing? Let me tell you, Brother Wang, apart from those bigshots entering the Immortal Institute, you're the most incredible among us!"

This young man was named Little Zhao. He was a student who had passed the lectures at the Xinyue Outer City Immortal Alliance, having achieved Perfection in Heavenly Communication and was just a step away from advancing to Qi Cultivation to become a true Cultivator. The lecterns were unlike the Immortal Institute; they didn't have designated teachers. Someone would give a lecture at a regular time every day, discussing the Great Dao of Modern practices, and the listeners' understanding depended entirely upon themselves. Every June, those who attended the lecterns also participated in the unified entrance trials, but they only took the Written Test, without the Martial Arts Examination.

And Little Zhao was an outstanding figure among those listeners, an Outer Disciple of Tianling Ridge—since he was from the Outer Sect, there were no specific branches affiliated with him.

And the clothes he wore were naturally the standard robe of Tianling Ridge.

Wang Qi also had three sets of regulation robes from the Wanfa Sect in his Storage Bag: one was everyday wear, one was formal wear, and another was the Magic Robe. The formal wear was for special ceremonies like the entrance ceremony, and the Magic Robe was designed to withstand the aftermath of battles between Cultivators.

The difference in everyday wear between True Inheritors, Inner Sect, and Outer Sect was not significant. Wang Qi was not the kind to flaunt himself by wearing formal robes on regular days. Moreover, the privilege of being sent directly to an external outpost without entering the Mountain Gate was not considered very good among the Outer Sect. Therefore, Little Zhao treated Wang Qi as an equally exceptional fellow Outer Sect disciple.

Being exiled to an outpost beyond the sect was indeed embarrassing, and Wang Qi didn't bother to correct the misunderstanding, instead striking up a conversation, "How could I not make an effort? I aim to achieve my Primordial Spirit in twenty years."

Little Zhao laughed upon hearing this, "Brother Wang, keep dreaming. Achieving Primordial Spirit in twenty years? Do you think you're some unrivaled Carefree Great Cultivator? Two hundred years is more like it."

Wang Qi wasn't annoyed, "The most ideal scenario with a focus on both quality and speed would be three years for Qi Cultivation, six years for Foundation Establishment, and nine years for Golden Core. That's just eighteen years total. Twenty years would be quite leisurely."

Little Zhao sighed, "I've heard of this theory, that for upper-tier Magic Foundations and Golden Cores, you need at least that much time for nurturing, carving and polishing. If you ignore quality, it might be faster—but that's what geniuses can do. I really don't know how those monsters cultivate."

Wang Qi knew he had exaggerated. The Primordial Spirit Heaven Barrier was so named because the chances of advancing from Golden Core to Primordial Spirit were extremely low, much lower than advancing from an Ancient Golden Core to a Nascent Soul, and even below the advancement from Primordial Spirit to Void Refining. Many geniuses perfecting their Golden Core in eighteen years still spent one hundred eighty years looking for the path to the Primordial Spirit Heaven Barrier, then a similar amount of time to reopen it.

The two chatted for a while longer when all of a sudden, Little Zhao felt a surge of vigor and took a deep breath, "The concentration of Spiritual Energy in the air seems to have visibly thickened... could this place be some sort of Grotto Heaven World?"

Wang Qi looked into the distance, seeing the Spirit Boat heading toward an endless expanse of water, and said with a laugh, "No, we're just approaching Leiyang. Look, isn't that Thunder Swamp?"

Thunder Swamp was the largest lake in Shenzhou. Named for its thick clouds and frequent thunderstorms due to the evaporation of water vapor, Leiyang was located to its north.

Little Zhao was puzzled, "I've never heard of Leiyang being any kind of blessed land?"

"It's probably because of the Ten Thousand Immortals True Mirror," Wang Qi speculated, "Spiritual Energy automatically converges toward highly ordered complex systems. And the most ordered, most complex man-made systems in all of Shenzhou have got to be the Ten Thousand Immortals True Mirror and the Ten Thousand Immortals Illusion Realm. With the essence of the True Mirror right here, and it being the core of the Illusion Realm, it's not surprising that the Spiritual Energy concentration is frightening."

Little Zhao said excitedly, "That's fantastic! With such dense Spiritual Energy, the Immortal Path of Leiyang must be amazing too! Truly worthy of being the most prominent Immortal City in the Northeast Domain! This place must gather the essence of Shenzhou's Immortal Path!"

Wang Qi just smiled noncommittally.

Dense Spiritual Energy made Cultivators instinctively comfortable, so it was likely that many Cultivators would want to settle in Leiyang. However, that didn't necessarily mean it was the essence of the Immortal Path of Shenzhou.

Firstly, the cultivation of Modern Cultivators wasn't greatly affected by the richness of Spiritual Energy. By connecting with the heavens and earth's breathing, they could extract Spiritual Energy from beyond the skies, with the extraction speed depending on the Cultivator's own understanding of the Great Dao.

Besides, high concentrations of Spiritual Energy could lead to space-time anomalies, changing physical phenomena without altering physical laws. This made some experiments very difficult to conduct. The ideal environment for physical experiments required a Spirit Energy Environment approaching unity, known as "Primordial Spirit Qi Environment," used in comparison with Low Spirit environments, with Spirit Energy Value less than one, and High Spirit environments with values significantly greater than one. If Wang Qi guessed correctly, research institutions in Leiyang must have begun relocating parts of their facilities, focusing mainly on technological development in their current location.

Just then, a voice arose behind the two, "Wang Qi, judging by your expression, you seem to have some thoughts about Leiyang?"

While Little Zhao was still envisioning Leiyang in awe, he was startled and turned around curiously, coming face to face with an elder, and nudged Wang Qi, "Brother Wang, who is this senior?"

Wang Qi, as if he hadn't heard, shivered slightly, his pupils narrowing.

That voice sounded like...

The intellectual swiftly adopted a polite expression and turned around, "Senior Feng, we meet again."