Chapter 222: Setting Off (Monthly Ticket Bonus Chapter)

"Let's leave it at that, we'll meet again in the future."

Thinking he had finished with the farewell, Du En did not drag things out at all; he turned and walked away decisively, his expression calm from beginning to end, giving the others a feeling as if it were yesterday.

By the time they regained their senses, that calm figure had already left this place.

Shaking his head, Wei Ming had a sudden impulse; he threw on a cloak, raised a shield, put a pot on his head, and hung a lid over his chest.

"Haha, look at you all, do I have a hint of the Boss's style now?"

"I think you're just asking for a beating!"

"I'm just joking, don't go telling the Boss later; he wouldn't mind, but I'd be quite embarrassed!"

Wei Ming was in a great mood, and lighthearted words kept popping out.

Although even if they were to ascend to the heavens right now, they still couldn't escape the cage of the Nanmo Border City, Du En had set off today to travel!

He was a traveling cultivator of the Immortal Sect, and he could go anywhere within the territory of the Falling Feather Immortal Sect!

That is to say, the matter he had been entrusted and begged to handle would surely be taken care of along the way!

It will definitely succeed, it will definitely be conveyed, Wei Ming thought very optimistically, his mood naturally running a bit wild, and his mind becoming casual as a result.

In a trance, his mindset seemed to return to when he first started cultivating, when he first went to report to the corpse-burier.

Thinking back to those years, young and green...

Du En shook his head slightly.

He hadn't walked far yet, and the many obstructive measures of the Outer City Affairs Office would not block his now increasingly keen senses.

However, he truly did not care.

What he was considering now was another matter.

In the Scripture Depository, he had previously consulted a map of the southern territory of the Falling Feather Immortal Sect; although it was not very detailed, one thing had already been confirmed.

That is, within the territory of this Immortal Sect, there were no ecological protection zones for wild demonic beasts.

In other words, it was impossible to obtain the main ingredients for this type of cooking from the wild anymore!

"Moreover, even the main ingredients of other categories, as well as other spiritual materials used as auxiliary ingredients, are all gathered and distributed around the various cities, belonging to their subsidiary industries; they cannot be obtained through casual foraging."

Regarding these circumstances, Du En also had some preliminary ideas.

"I still have some third-rank spirit beast meat left; it seems that when I reach the next city, I will need to find a suitable part-time job there."

Working while traveling...

Or perhaps, should he go find Meng Changqing and ask to advance some future rewards?

Du En decided to wait until he reached the next city to decide based on the actual situation.

In short, since the cultivation technique had been successfully switched, the daily practice could not slow down!

His pace was not fast, but his speed was high; he did not use any other means, so passersby on the street could often only vaguely see a shadow brush past, but when they looked again, they could no longer see a trace.

Thus, he arrived alone at the north city wall, the north city gate.

Nanmo Border City had two city gates, one north and one south, and their functions were basically the same.

Transportation.

At the moment, people were coming and going here, and goods were flowing incessantly.

Vehicles transporting various raw materials, pulled and dragged by spirit beast livestock, rushed out of the city and headed toward other places along the main traffic arteries.

A portion was sent to other cities with needs, and a portion was sent to the mortal world to supply their usage.

That matter of eugenics also required the cooperation of spiritual materials to be effective.

Looking up again, one could see flying boats loaded with various finished products and surplus manpower taking off and landing, transporting local output out; thus, it was gathered and transferred layer by layer, finally thrown into the battlefield, and then quickly consumed.

The whole scene revealed a feeling of being busy and orderly, yet deathly still, especially those people who were to be transported away; they were all positioned as cannon fodder, only able to serve as expendable filler on the battlefield.

Since they could not resist, they could only numbly accept their fate.

Du En silently withdrew his gaze, used the Ice Breath Technique to conceal his aura, and blended into a caravan leaving the city, exiting this border city without attracting attention.

After reaching the Golden Core stage, cultivators could do much more compared to the Foundation Establishment stage.

The existence of a Golden Core could powerfully pull and gather spiritual Qi, thereby achieving the ability to restrict and control spiritual Qi within a certain area and to a certain degree.

At the same time, the purification and increase of magic power could also bring enhancements in various aspects, such as intangible magic power body protection or direct physical flight.

It was also because of this that whatever kind of magic power one had, certain manifestations would often appear.

The most common was the five-colored magic light of the five elements; looking from afar, it was a stream of light streaking across the sky, which was what people often called flight escape light.

If one did not specifically learn concealment methods, it would be quite eye-catching.

As for Du En, his magic power form was crystal dust, gathered into a star ring surrounding his Golden Core.

Therefore, naturally, if he did not perform some concealment, as long as he flew, he would scatter stars and specks, quite dreamlike and rather eye-catching.

So, after seeing this part of the content in the Scripture Depository, he immediately looked up concealment methods.

Fortunately, it was just a small trick recorded in the relevant books; he had naturally already mastered it, and now, intentionally combining it with the Ice Breath Technique, he could fly silently without the slightest abnormality.

Therefore, not long after leaving Nanmo Border City, he quietly took to the air, left the caravan, and headed toward the first destination of this trip without attracting attention.

Returning home.

Relying on his magic power that had condensed into substance, Du En, who did not pursue extreme speed, flew steadily for an hour, crossed a distance of ten thousand li, and arrived at the territory where mortals lived.

Countless mortals were busy with their livelihoods on this vast land, following rules that had not changed for ten thousand years; the whole scene appeared peaceful and happy, yet inevitably carried a deathly stillness, like a pool of stagnant water.

The most effective way for people to improve their status was, and only was, one: having children!

As long as one gave birth to a child with low-grade spiritual roots, one could enjoy corresponding tax reductions and the like.

If it were middle-grade spiritual roots, one could directly escape the class of mud-legged peasants and rank among the gentry.

If it were high-grade spiritual roots, one could even govern a county and be a local parent official.

... Following this logic layer by layer, the final peak in the mortal world was the Emperor!

The Immortal Sect preserved and maintained this feudal structure, intentionally creating status gaps and deliberately manufacturing unequal distribution, precisely to lure and encourage people to consciously have more children.

Besides this, even those who possess low-grade spiritual roots, as long as they achieve success in their cultivation, can also allow their family members to obtain a corresponding rise in status.

Because this proves that within this bloodline record, there is still other potential to be tapped, requiring them to be stimulated to bear and raise offspring.

——Those spiritual objects transported to the mundane world are mostly used for this purpose.

Du En recalled these matters he had already learned and calmly arrived at the first destination.

(End of this chapter)