The territory of the Eastern Continent might not have compared to Tianshui Continent, but it was definitely still vast.
Therefore, whether in martial cultivation or the immortal path, as long as one was willing to spend enough time, one could sooner or later gather a group with fairly decent aptitude.
It was simply that the imperial court had no resources to nurture them.
Especially on the immortal path—no matter how good one's aptitude was, without sufficient resources, trying to improve after the Qi Refining Mid Stage
would waste a great deal of time.
The Nine Nether Forbidden Ground was said to be open to all independent cultivators. It was a rare opportunity to gather resources, and best not to be missed.
Moreover, once the location and time of the forbidden ground's opening were confirmed, Chen Sanshi would not need to go in alone. He could absolutely assign several more people to enter with him.
"Little Bamboo."
Chen Sanshi instructed, "Go notify General Zhang Shun and General Sima Yao. Tell them to put aside their current work and prepare to accompany me on a long journey.
Zhang Shun has a Heavenly Grade Water Spiritual Root and is currently at Qi Refining Layer 7, which is Qi Refining Late Stage.
Sima Yao, meanwhile, is about to reach True Force Mid Stage.
Bring these two along first. They might come in useful.
Before setting out,
Chen Sanshi placed his Lifebound Puppet, "Chen Lei," inside Boundless Hall and notified the Grand Secretariat to deliver memorials directly there every day.
The route to the End of the World had long since become familiar.
When they passed Nanling Town, they saw that the rift was still there. Fortunately, it had not continued expanding and remained in some sort of balanced state.
Before entering Tianshui Continent through