Chapter 113: Choice

Taking out a complete map of the Di Xuan Realm and spreading it out before him,

Ye Qingxuan began to carefully examine the various regions of the Di Xuan Realm, analyzing the pros and cons of developing in these areas.

Although the Di Xuan Realm was vast, there were actually not many regions available for Ye Qingxuan to choose for development.

Within the territories of the major hegemon-level forces, although safe, development would inevitably be extremely slow.

Without sufficient strength, even if one developed within the territory of a major hegemon-level force, the allocated resources and the scope of development would inevitably be restricted.

As for the vast territories between the major hegemon-level forces, although one didn't have to abide by the many rules of the hegemon-level forces and could expand and develop wantonly,

with Ye Qingxuan's Golden Core Realm cultivation, even if he had prepared many trump cards for his External Incarnation, it would be very easy to capsize in these chaotic lands.

After all, he was sending his External Incarnation out to establish his own commercial empire, open up new markets, and collect various resources for the development of the Qingxuan Cave Heaven Dongxuan Fudi.

In this process, exposing his financial strength would inevitably be unavoidable.

But with the Golden Core Realm cultivation of Ye Qingxuan's External Incarnation, in the eyes of the strong in such chaotic lands, he would be a naked, fat sheep.

Therefore, among the five inner regions of the Di Xuan Realm, although resources were abundant, they were not the best places for Ye Qingxuan's early development.

Finally, Ye Qingxuan cast his gaze toward the remote four outer regions of the Di Xuan Realm.

Compared to the five inner regions of the Di Xuan Realm, Ye Qingxuan was more inclined to develop in the remote four outer regions of the Di Xuan Realm.

According to the records in the classics Ye Qingxuan had read within the Xuantian Sect,

the four outer regions of the Di Xuan Realm were regions that were only born during a certain advancement of the Di Xuan Realm.

Because the four outer regions of the Di Xuan Realm were born relatively late, both in terms of resources and population, the four outer regions of the Di Xuan Realm were far inferior to the five inner regions of the Di Xuan Realm.

But the most critical point was that in the four outer regions of the Di Xuan Realm, the cultivators with the highest cultivation bases were basically only at the Deity Transformation Realm.

With the Golden Core Realm cultivation of Ye Qingxuan's External Incarnation, he could definitely be considered a middle-to-high-level powerhouse in the four outer regions.

Coupled with the various trump cards Ye Qingxuan had prepared, his External Incarnation could not be said to be able to walk sideways in the four outer regions, but at least self-preservation was not a problem.

Without worrying about the dangers from outside cultivators, he could safely and rapidly develop, collecting a large amount of spiritual minerals unique to the four outer regions to accelerate the perfection speed of the element rules of the Qingxuan Cave Heaven Dongxuan Fudi.

As for why the highest cultivation bases in the four outer regions were basically only at the Deity Transformation Realm, it was not that the resources of the four outer regions of the Di Xuan Realm could not give birth to existences above the Deity Transformation Realm.

It was that after cultivators in the four outer regions of the Di Xuan Realm broke through to the Void Penetration Realm, they could roam the void and perform spatial travel,

and they basically chose to leave the four outer regions and come to the five inner regions of the Di Xuan Realm for development.

The spiritual energy concentration in the four outer regions could support breakthroughs to higher realms in the Void Penetration Realm, but cultivating in the five inner regions of the Di Xuan Realm could make their cultivation speed another fifty percent faster.

Because after reaching above the Void Penetration Realm, in addition to needing to accumulate energy, one also needed to comprehend element mystery rules.

The five inner regions of the Di Xuan Realm, whether in terms of spiritual energy concentration or the activity of element mystery rules, were a notch stronger than the four outer regions.

Do not underestimate this fifty percent faster cultivation speed; the upper limit of the height one could eventually break through to might be a world of difference.

Therefore, once cultivators in the four outer regions of the Di Xuan Realm broke through to the Void Penetration Realm, they generally would not stay in the four outer regions for long, but would come to the five inner regions of the Di Xuan Realm for development.

Coupled with the fact that the four outer regions were located at the four poles of the Di Xuan Realm and were separated by the endless sea areas of the Di Xuan Realm, the geographical location was very remote.

Except for some commercial alliances close to the endless sea areas that would go to the four outer regions to hold cross-regional trade, other forces and even loose cultivators in the five inner regions of the Di Xuan Realm were simply unwilling to go to the four outer regions for development.

So if his External Incarnation went to the four outer regions for development, he wouldn't need to be tied down and wouldn't need to worry too much about other forces hindering his development.

Even the major hegemon-level forces had only established strongholds in the four outer regions and, after setting regulations prohibiting destructive mining and damage to spiritual veins, had left the development of the major human forces in the four outer regions alone.

Of course, if the monster race in the four outer regions of the Di Xuan Realm broke through to the Void Penetration Realm level, the powerhouses on rotation at the strongholds of the major hegemon-level forces in the four outer regions of the Di Xuan Realm would also take action to capture them and bring them back to the sect for captivity.

As fellow humans, they could allow the monster race and the human race to be evenly matched in the four outer regions, thereby honing the human race.

But they would absolutely not allow the monster race to be superior to the human race.

Even in the endless sea areas, which were said to have the most monster races, the monster race with the highest cultivation base was only a Tribulation Realm Sea Dragon King.

Leaving the monster race in the endless sea areas was to provide a place for the sect's juniors to train.

The human high-level officials of the Di Xuan Realm had set the rule for the endless sea areas: they could not possess monster races in the Mahayana Realm, and only one monster race in the Tribulation Realm could exist.

Once that Tribulation Realm monster race broke through to the Mahayana Realm, it would directly face the strangulation of the human race.

Only one Tribulation Realm monster race could exist, to avoid multiple monster races breaking through to the Mahayana Realm at the same time and not giving these monster races a chance to turn the tables.

"Those not of my race must have different hearts." Before the ancient ages, when the monster race and the human race were fighting for control of this world, it had caused quite a few casualties to the human race.

Although these had now become history, the human high-level officials all had image records, the purpose of which was to warn future generations not to take treating alien races lightly.

A heart of benevolence could only be reserved for one's own clansmen, not for these alien races.

Therefore, except for the birth of a Void Penetration Realm powerhouse among the monster race and someone destroying spiritual veins,

the powerhouses on rotation at the strongholds left by the hegemon-level forces of the Di Xuan Realm would not easily intervene in other disputes in the four outer regions. Do not think that because it is far away, destroying spiritual veins in private will go unnoticed.

Although the Di Xuan Realm was only a peak Small Thousand World, it had not yet given birth to an existence like the Heavenly Dao.

But it already possessed perfect rules.

If someone destroyed spiritual veins, the rules of the Di Xuan Realm would naturally issue a warning, and the major hegemon-level forces would naturally sense it.

If it were a Great Thousand World that had already given birth to the Heavenly Dao, these small matters would not need a warning; violating the Heavenly Dao rules would directly result in punishment from the Heavenly Dao.

However, every world had its own different rules, and not every world that gave birth to the Heavenly Dao would be punished for cultivators destroying spiritual veins.

But according to Ye Qingxuan's analysis after living in the Di Xuan Realm for many years and reading many classics of the Xuantian Sect,

the Di Xuan Realm, whether it was world rules or high-order cultivators within the realm, attached great importance to spiritual veins.

Because every spiritual vein was the hope for the Di Xuan Realm to go further.

So Ye Qingxuan estimated that if one day the Di Xuan Realm could be promoted to a Great Thousand World,

the Heavenly Dao born at that time, and the Heavenly Dao rules condensed, would inevitably include protection rules for the spiritual veins in the Di Xuan Realm.

As for regions in the Di Xuan Realm without spiritual veins, as long as it didn't cause too much trauma or destroy the balance of the earth's energy,

other small disturbances, for the Di Xuan Realm, were nothing more than energy in the world being converted into another form, which was simply harmless.

Given the current pattern of the Di Xuan Realm, as long as the spiritual veins were not destroyed and the origin of the Di Xuan Realm could maintain a stable rise, the hegemon-level forces would not care about other things.

The major hegemon-level forces were not babysitters; they only needed to control the basic situation and the general direction of the Di Xuan Realm's development to ensure that the Di Xuan Realm's development was not affected, and they would not interfere too much in other things.

So, combining all the above factors, Ye Qingxuan finally decided that the destination for his External Incarnation's early development would be the Eastern Extreme Region, one of the four outer regions of the Di Xuan Realm.

Because the Eastern Extreme Region was closest to the Eastern Region, which could save a lot of travel time.

After making the decision, Ye Qingxuan's main body remained hidden behind the scenes in the Xuantian Sect, cultivating in secret.

And his main consciousness descended onto the body of his External Incarnation, preparing to take the opportunity of his External Incarnation setting off for the Eastern Extreme Region to see the scenery of the outside world.

The main consciousness descending onto the External Incarnation was actually just a shift in the focus of consciousness control and would not affect the main body's daily cultivation and actions.

In the depths of an uninhabited mountain range not far from the Ye Clan Immortal City, Ye Qingxuan's External Incarnation walked out of the temporary cave dwelling he had opened up.

Using spiritual power to shape a mirror, he examined his plain and unremarkable appearance and nodded with satisfaction:

"Not bad; from now on, this body will be called Daoist Gui Xuanzi to the outside world!"

Daoist Gui Xuanzi was the name of the mask Ye Qingxuan had established for his External Incarnation, and his identity was that of a loose cultivator.

After taking the name for his new mask to the outside world, Ye Qingxuan changed into gray cloth clothes, took out the Fifth Order flying boat, and rushed toward the direction of Qingmu Prefecture.

Now Ye Qingxuan's new mask was only a loose cultivator, so he could not be exempted from the fees for taking the teleportation array.

Fortunately, this bit of spirit stones was nothing to Ye Qingxuan now.

Through the prefecture city teleportation array and the county city teleportation array, he arrived at the capital city of Qingzhou.

Ye Qingxuan began to leave the territory of the Xuantian Sect at high speed through prefecture-level teleportation arrays and arrived at Dongbin Prefecture.

Dongbin Prefecture was one of the major prefectures in the Eastern Region close to the endless sea areas and was also within the territory of the hegemon-level force, the Tianyuan Sect.

And the capital city of Dongbin Prefecture—Dongbincheng—was the city closest to the endless sea areas in Dongbin Prefecture, so after Ye Qingxuan arrived at Dongbincheng through the prefecture-level teleportation array, he didn't need to take the teleportation array again.

After leaving the teleportation plaza of Dongbincheng, Ye Qingxuan did not rush to set off.

Wanting to go to the Eastern Extreme Region, which was separated by the endless sea areas, relying on himself alone, it was naturally impossible for Ye Qingxuan to arrive safely.

The near sea areas were fine; they possessed countless islands that could provide rest for cultivators, and the strength of the monsters in the sea areas was not strong, so there would not be too much danger.

But once he reached the deep sea area, the high-order sea monsters living within were countless, and relying on Ye Qingxuan alone, there was simply no way to safely go to the Eastern Extreme Region.

And even if Ye Qingxuan was confident in avoiding these monsters, relying on the Fifth Order flying boat alone to fly to the Eastern Extreme Region would be a long and indefinite journey.

The endless sea areas were not just talk; their sea area was no smaller than the land area of the Di Xuan Realm.

And every year, along with the expansion of the Di Xuan Realm, it expanded along with the land area of the Di Xuan Realm.

Before the ancient ages, when the human race of the Di Xuan Realm was fighting for final control of the Di Xuan Realm and suppressing the monster race of the endless sea areas, it was also the time when the most powerhouses fell.

If it weren't for the critical moment when several Mahayana Realm powerhouses successively broke through to the Immortal Realm, the human race might not have been able to defeat the monster race and obtain final control.

Even now, the human high-level officials did not take the endless sea areas lightly and had no slack in their supervision of the monsters within.

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