Chapter 218

Gao Jie Ming didn't think much and immediately took out his wizard terminal to check his coordinates.

However, the moment the positioning information was displayed, Gao Jie Ming's frown deepened.

The terminal showed that he was still within the Eloxia Plane.

Not only that, the straight-line distance from his Golden Garden was not far, only about three hundred kilometers.

Gao Jie Ming didn't dare to ask for too much when he applied for land in the Eloxia main plane from the Plane Nuolun Workshop; after all, land in the main plane is worth its weight in gold.

However, the Plane Nuolun Workshop, considering his potential and the face of Mentor Clark, did not allocate him a small area. Except for the core area, which he used to build his laboratory and resource garden, the Golden Garden area, the vast area with a diameter of several hundred kilometers around it was also allocated to his rule.

Its area was almost close to the area of a province in Gao Jie Ming's previous life.

After glancing at the straight-line distance between himself and the Golden Garden, Gao Jie Ming discovered a fact that made his eyes instantly turn cold—the location where he was now was actually just outside the outermost boundary of the area he held.

What did this mean?

This meant that his spatial teleportation was not randomly "interfered with" at all, but was precisely "blocked" by an invisible barrier!

Returning to his own "home," he was actually blocked?!

"Interesting." Gao Jie Ming's eyes widened.

Without any intention of getting angry, instead, a strong interest surged from the bottom of his heart.

He wanted to see what exactly was happening on his own turf!

He put away the terminal, spiritual power surged on his body, and he used the flying technique to turn into a stream of light, flying at high speed toward the Golden Garden. However, during the flight, Gao Jie Ming soon discovered more scenes that made him feel strange.

In his memory, this territory of his, except for some servants he arranged to maintain near the Golden Garden, most of the areas should be uninhabited primitive mountains and wilderness.

But now, on his territory, there were actually large areas of villages with smoke curling up!

The fields were cultivated neatly, simple dirt roads connected various settlements, and he could even see many humans working in the fields!

Most importantly, since he entered this area, he could actually continuously receive a trace of faint,

yet endless "Red Dust Qi" from the earth below?!

Thinking of the relevant concepts needed to collect "Red Dust Qi," Gao Jie Ming's eyes narrowed involuntarily.

He immediately realized that in the fifty years he had been away, something earth-shattering had likely happened in his territory.

As he continued to advance toward the core area of the Golden Garden, Gao Jie Ming discovered that the number of people in each village was increasing.

Later on, those settlements could no longer be called villages, but should be called towns or cities with thousands or even tens of thousands of people!

Then, just as Gao Jie Ming approached the Golden Garden with only ten kilometers left, he encountered the largest city he had seen since entering the territory.

This city was built against the mountain, and even rough but sturdy stone city walls were built.

At the same time, Gao Jie Ming was also blocked.

"Stop! Ahead is the territory of Dragon City. According to the laws of His Majesty the King, no one is allowed to fly over the city!"

Looking at the human squad riding magical beasts similar to griffins flying in mid-air, surrounding him, Gao Jie Ming's face was full of question marks.

Leading them was a male warrior wearing rough iron armor and holding a long sword.

He had a firm face, vigilant eyes, and exuded a fierce aura of having been through many battles.

Gao Jie Ming was even more confused.

He didn't remember giving his territory so many messy requirements.

Moreover, the strength of this group of people in front of him was actually not bad.

The members of the squad were all at the level of Tier 1 living beings, and the warrior leading them had a solid aura, even approaching the threshold of Tier 2 living beings.

"Who issued this order?" Gao Jie Ming suppressed the surprise in his heart and asked flatly.

That warrior captain looked at Gao Jie Ming strangely, seemingly feeling strange that Gao Jie Ming didn't know the "King's laws."

However, considering that he faintly sensed a threat like an abyss from the other party, he knew that the person in front of him should be very strong.

In order not to make enemies rashly, he still explained carefully: "The one who issued this order is the King of our Dragon Kingdom, His Majesty 'Lion' Otto."

He paused and pointed to a further direction, advising: "Also, further ahead is the battle area between our human kingdom and those damn elves and dwarves! Although your strength is strong, it is best not to enter the battlefield casually, so as not to cause misunderstandings."

Elves? Dwarves? King? Battlefield?

Gao Jie Ming integrated all the information he saw through the communication with the captain opposite and his flight all the way here, and an absurd yet extremely real conclusion formed in his mind:

Because he had been away for too long, in this territory of his, a small social ecosystem with the concept of a country had actually spontaneously formed?!

This coincided with the conclusion he reached after discovering that he could collect Red Dust Qi here before.

However—in just over fifty years, had these people actually forgotten who the true master of this land was and forgotten the truth of their existence?

Gao Jie Ming's eyes swept over the warrior captain in front of him; the other party's life energy was vigorous and full of vitality.

He couldn't help but shake his head.

"Should be only thirty-something years old. In terms of talent, he is a genius. But, it seems he really hasn't experienced the era when I ruled here."

Is this the difference in perspective between a high-level civilization and a low-level civilization?

Just the concept of time is completely different.

For Gao Jie Ming, fifty years is just a slightly longer business trip.

But for these mortals who even if they break through to Tier 1 living beings have a lifespan of less than a hundred years, fifty years is already the time of two generations, or even three generations!

Gao Jie Ming then thought of what happened in the Flame-Frost Plane before.

In the eyes of low-tier wizards like them, many of Wizard Augustine's inexplicable actions were natural layouts for high-tier wizards like Wei Ao who had long known the truth.

This is indeed a cognitive error caused by the information gap between the two sides.

But from another perspective, the higher the living being, the more information they obtain, the longer their "lifespan," and the greater the gap in "perspective" with low-level living beings.

As he looked down at these "natives" at this moment, wasn't he just like Augustine looking down at them back then?

Seeing Gao Jie Ming suddenly fall into deep thought for no reason, the several guards present looked at each other, not knowing what this mysterious powerhouse wanted to do.

Just when the leading squad leader wanted to open his mouth to say something again, Gao Jie Ming suddenly woke up.

He looked at the captain and said flatly: "Take me to see your King."

Gao Jie Ming also figured it out.

Even if so many years had passed, a large part of those living beings who were initially his servants had not died of old age.

This "King" of the other party was very likely one of them.

The leading captain was stunned for a moment, then showed a difficult expression: "His Majesty the King is busy with a thousand things. Your Excellency, I can pass the message for you, but please wait here for a while."

Gao Jie Ming had already lost patience.

He ignored the other party's words, his figure flickered, and he turned into a stream of light, flying toward the most prosperous and magnificent "castle" in the center of the city.

"Stop him!"

Seeing Gao Jie Ming like this, a group of people were suddenly furious. In their eyes, this was a public provocation to the King's authority!

They attacked one after another, magic power and arrows intertwined into a large net, trying to keep Gao Jie Ming.

Gao Jie Ming was just about to wave his hand casually to wipe out these "ants" who didn't know whether they were dead or alive, along with their mounts, when he suddenly thought of a problem.

Strictly speaking, these people could also be considered his private property.

Immediately, the power he was about to erupt instantly retracted, just turning into a gentle but irresistible giant force, knocking this group of guards, people and mounts, flying far away.

Letting them roll in the air and fall far away into the forest outside the city, they couldn't die, but they couldn't climb up for a while.

However, what happened in the sky had long attracted the attention of the people in the city.

Seeing the two sides fighting, the entire city immediately sounded a harsh alarm!

Then, groups of troops rushed over from all corners of the city.

Looking at these "armies" that couldn't even put together a complete set of armor, could even be said to be disheveled, and had all kinds of weapons, Gao Jie Ming showed a strange expression.

He didn't even attack, just moved his mind and released his powerful spiritual power belonging to the limit of a Tier 1 Wizard.

Hum—as spiritual power pried elemental power, an invisible, heavy pressure like a mountain instantly shrouded the entire city. The soldiers who rushed over, whether infantry or cavalry, had their legs soften under this pressure, and they knelt down on the ground in large numbers, shivering, unable to even lift their heads.

Soon, Gao Jie Ming broke into that simple castle without any obstruction.

In the "shabby" main hall, he found the "King" who was sitting on the throne, looking old, and whose power barely reached the threshold of Tier 2 living beings.

As Gao Jie Ming expected, he had an impression of this person.

He was one of the servants who had better management ability among the initial batch.

And that so-called "King" obviously hadn't forgotten the horror of those wizards who even captured gods fifty years ago!

The moment he saw Gao Jie Ming's young face that hadn't changed for fifty years appearing at the entrance of the main hall, the blood drained from his wrinkled face instantly!

He widened his eyes in horror, and a meaningless "gurgle" sound like being strangled by the neck came from his throat.

His body trembled violently, wanting to scream, but he couldn't make any sound due to extreme fear!

He wanted to escape, wanted to resist, but in the end, he didn't even dare to have any act of resistance!

He just slumped on the throne, like a death row prisoner waiting for judgment.