Bingling Realm

Chapter 23: Bingling Realm

Three hundred miles of Verdant Screen Mountain, amidst its towering peaks and ridges, clouds and mist swirled, creating a truly celestial scene!

Eighty years ago, a Great Cultivator descended and established a celestial abode, calling it the 'Spirit Opportunity Institute,' which governed a vast mountain region. In the eighty years since, it has attracted countless individuals seeking immortality and the Dao.

The root bones of mortals differ; those with poor aptitude held no hope of entering an Immortal Sect, yet were unwilling to leave.

As time went by, many mortals gathered at the foot of Verdant Screen Mountain, forming two small towns.

Within these towns, besides the mortals who had no chance of joining an Immortal Sect, were also the families of the Spirit Opportunity Institute's disciples. Furthermore, as the number of disciples at the Spirit Opportunity Institute on Verdant Screen Mountain grew, it attracted profit-seeking merchants.

Gradually, it became prosperous.

"Verdant Screen Mountain!"

"Spirit Opportunity Institute!"

"Sishui Town!"

Lu Qingfeng stood in the bustling Sishui Town, feeling somewhat unaccustomed to it.

It was vastly different from his expectations, completely lacking the atmosphere of Black Sand Town. Instead, it resembled a mortal town, bearing some similarity to Miao Yin City, where Lu Qingfeng resided in reality.

Among them, the only ones identifiable as Players were the seven or eight Guilds stationed in the central plaza.

"No Alchemy Workshops, no Artifact Forging Workshops, no Talisman Crafting Workshops!"

"This is too unfriendly to newcomers!"

Lu Qingfeng shook his head.

He wandered around Sishui Town, but his experiences from Black Sand Town in his previous life were useless here.

"The only sect near Sishui Town is the Spirit Opportunity Institute. The Spirit Opportunity Institute recruits disciples, but there are numerous assessments. With my root bone, I'd be eliminated in the first round."

"It seems I have no choice but to join a Guild first."

Lu Qingfeng pondered for a moment and headed to the central plaza.

In the plaza, eight large banners stood, representing eight Guilds. Lu Qingfeng observed many people lingering in the plaza, hoping to join a Guild. However, after testing, they left dejectedly, clearly having failed.

"It seems not just anyone can join a Guild."

Lu Qingfeng walked around the plaza, gaining some understanding of the recruitment standards of the various Guilds.

After some thought, Lu Qingfeng decided on a Guild called 'Yuan Yi Guild.' The introduction stated that Yuan Yi Guild had two top Alchemy Apprentices and one First Grade Alchemist. If he could join, perhaps his doubts about Alchemy could be addressed.

"Hello, I'd like to join Yuan Yi Guild."

Lu Qingfeng stood before the Yuan Yi Guild's banner and said to the Guild member responsible for recruitment.

Lu Hongwen lazily glanced at Lu Qingfeng, a spiritual light flickering in his eyes as he cast 'Heavenly Eye Art' to probe Lu Qingfeng's cultivation.

After a quick scan, seeing that Lu Qingfeng had no cultivation, he pointed to a nearby obelisk and said lazily, "Place your hand on that stone."

The obelisk was about half a person's height and had ten marked scales.

Lu Qingfeng complied, placing his right hand on the obelisk.

A faint light glowed from the obelisk, barely filling half of the first scale.

"Unqualified!"

Lu Hongwen waved his hand.

A trash with Root Bone 1 would find it difficult to achieve anything. The Spirit Opportunity Institute wouldn't accept him, and major Guilds were too lazy to nurture him.

"I can do Alchemy."

Lu Qingfeng retracted his hand and said to Lu Hongwen.

"Oh?"

Lu Hongwen's expression turned serious upon hearing this. He looked at Lu Qingfeng and tentatively asked, "Brother, are you from outside?"

He gestured towards the heavens.

Outside the heavens?

This should refer to the Human Federation.

Lu Qingfeng nodded. Although he had logged into Primordial Chaos in another world, he was still a Player, so saying he was from outside the heavens wasn't entirely wrong.

"You should have said so earlier!"

Knowing Lu Qingfeng was also a Player, Lu Hongwen immediately became enthusiastic. He glanced at the obelisk and teased, "But brother, your root bone, tsk tsk tsk!"

"You flatter me!"

Lu Qingfeng knew his root bone was extremely poor and didn't mind Lu Hongwen's teasing.

"My name is Lu Hongwen. I'm a few years older than you, so you can call me Old Lu. What's your name, brother?" Lu Hongwen's drastically different attitude towards Players surprised Lu Qingfeng.

"Big Brother Lu, my name is Lu Qingfeng."

Lu Qingfeng could tell that Lu Hongwen was a friendly sort, and he was happy to make his acquaintance.

"Old Lu!"

"Okay, fill out the form first."

Lu Hongwen took out a dark token from his storage bag and threw it to Lu Qingfeng. Lu Qingfeng took it and saw that the front of the token was engraved with the characters 'Yuan Yi', and the back was a landscape painting.

After Lu Qingfeng took it, a screen like an attribute panel immediately popped up in front of him, displaying a form.

The fields to be filled included name, age, cultivation, root bone, specialties, etc., none of which were private information.

Lu Qingfeng quickly finished filling it out and returned the token to Lu Hongwen.

This was actually one of the tests.

This token was special; only players could see the virtual form and enter information. If a native tried to impersonate, they wouldn't know how to proceed and could be easily identified.

Seeing that Lu Qingfeng was undoubtedly a player, Lu Hongwen became even more enthusiastic and introduced Lu Qingfeng, "Our Yuan Yi Guild is one of the eight major guilds in Sishui Town. Among the nineteen guilds under the Spirit Opportunity Institute, our combat power isn't the strongest, but our overall strength is definitely in the top three."

"Our Guild Leader, Mu Yuanyi, is not only a Great Cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage but also a First Grade Alchemist himself. The Yuan Yi Guild was founded by him."

"In addition, the guild has two top Alchemy Apprentices. The Guild Leader is usually quite busy, so if you have any questions about alchemy, you can ask them."

Lu Hongwen chatted with Lu Qingfeng for a long time. It was clear that he was extremely bored handling new recruitments here.

However, Lu Qingfeng wasn't in a hurry.

From Lu Hongwen, he gained a general impression of the world he had reincarnated into.

The world he was in was called the 'Bingling Realm'.

Legend had it that countless tens of thousands of years ago, a Great Power from the Upper Realm passed by the still-barbaric Bingling Realm and stayed for a hundred years to preach the Dao.

The Immortal Dao began to flourish in this realm, and cultivators gradually increased.

The Great Power's name was unknown, only a title remained: 'Lord Bingling', a righteous deity under the Heavenly Court who governed the Three Mountains.

Hence, this realm was called the Bingling Realm.

The Bingling Realm was different from the Sky Fox Realm.

The Sky Fox Realm was the initial realm developed by Federation players for thousands of years, and many powerful cultivators in the Mahayana Stage had already emerged. Players and natives had even merged into one, indistinguishable from each other.

It also had a complete system, like the 'Newbie Village' of Black Sand Town.

In Primordial Chaos, excluding the Four Great Continents of the Earth Immortal Realm, the Four Seas, the Nine Heavens, and the Nine Underworlds, there were countless Lesser Worlds of various sizes. Even with hundreds of billions of Federation players, they were still sparse when dispersed across these worlds.

Newbie Players entering Primordial Chaos would mostly appear in well-regulated worlds like the Sky Fox Realm.

Only a few would appear in worlds with few or even no players.

Like the Bingling Realm.

The first player arrived only seventy years ago, and the current total number of players is less than three thousand. It ranks 396,884th on the 'Primal Chaos Myriad Realms Ranking' and is still in the pioneering stage.

The Bingling Realm was divided into two continents, east and west.

Lu Qingfeng was on the Eastern Victory Continent. To the east was the Immortal Advent Continent, the place where Lord Bingling descended to preach the Dao.

Between the two continents lay the Turbulent Star Sea.

On the Eastern Victory Continent, there were the countries of Qian, Yue, and Jin. To the north were vast glaciers, and to the west and south were wilderness. To the east, bordering the Turbulent Star Sea, was the overseas world of cultivation.

The Spirit Opportunity Institute and Sishui Town were located in the southern part of the Yue Country's border, adjacent to the Qian Country to the west.