Immortal Arrival Continent

Immortal Arrival Continent

Three hundred li of Emerald Screen Mountain rose amid lofty peaks and steep ridges, with clouds and mist winding through them—a truly celestial sight!

Eighty years ago, a great cultivator descended here and opened a private celestial residence called the Spirit Mechanisms Institute, taking control of the surrounding mountains. Over those eighty years, it had drawn countless people seeking immortality and the Dao.

People's Root Bones varied. Those with poor aptitude had no hope of entering an immortal sect, yet were unwilling to leave.

As time passed, many ordinary people gathered at the foot of Emerald Screen Mountain, forming two small towns.

Apart from ordinary people who had no chance of entering an immortal sect, the towns were also home to the families of Spirit Mechanisms Institute disciples. As the number of Spirit Mechanisms Institute disciples on Emerald Screen Mountain grew, merchants seeking profit were drawn here as well.

The towns gradually flourished.

"Emerald Screen Mountain!"

"Spirit Mechanisms Institute!"

"Sishui Town!"

Lu Qingfeng stood amid the endless stream of people in Sishui Town, feeling rather uncomfortable.

This place was completely different from what he had expected. It had none of Black Sand Town's atmosphere and instead resembled an ordinary mortal town. It even bore some resemblance to Miaoyin City, where Lu Qingfeng lived in reality.

The only people he could confirm were players were the seven or eight guilds stationed in the central plaza.

"No pill-refining workshop, no artifact-refining workshop, no talisman-refining workshop!"

"This is way too unfriendly to newcomers!"

Lu Qingfeng shook his head.

He made a round through Sishui Town, but his experience from Black Sand Town in his previous life was utterly useless here.

"Of the sects near Sishui Town, only the Spirit Mechanisms Institute recruits disciples, but its tests are extremely demanding. With my Root Bone, I'd be eliminated in the first round."

"Looks like I can only join a guild first."

After pondering for a moment, Lu Qingfeng headed to the central plaza.

Eight great banners stood in the plaza, representing eight guilds. Lu Qingfeng saw many people wandering around, hoping to join a guild. Yet after taking the tests, they left dejectedly, clearly having failed.

"Looks like guilds aren't places just anyone can enter either."

Lu Qingfeng walked around the plaza once and gained an understanding of the various guilds' recruitment standards.

After thinking it over, Lu Qingfeng selected a guild called the Yuanyi Guild. Its introduction stated that the Yuanyi Guild had two top-tier pill-refining apprentices and one Tier-One alchemist. If he could enter, perhaps he could get guidance on his questions about pill refinement.

"Hello, I'd like to join the Yuanyi Guild."

Lu Qingfeng stood before the Yuanyi Guild's great banner and spoke to the guild member responsible for recruitment.

Lu Hongwen cast a languid glance at Lu Qingfeng. Radiance flickered in his eyes as he used the Heaven's Eye Technique to inspect Lu Qingfeng's cultivation.

After one glance, he saw that Lu Qingfeng had no cultivation at all. He pointed at the obelisk beside them and said lazily, "Put your hand on that stone."

The obelisk was about half a man's height, with ten engraved markings on it.

Lu Qingfeng followed his instructions and placed his right hand on the obelisk.

A faint glow about an inch wide lit up on the obelisk, barely filling half of the first marking.

"Rejected!"

Lu Hongwen waved his hand.

A good-for-nothing with Root Bone 1 would find it difficult to achieve anything. The Spirit Mechanisms Institute would not accept him, and the various guilds could not be bothered to cultivate him.

"I can refine pills."

Lu Qingfeng withdrew his hand and looked at Lu Hongwen.

"Oh?"

Only then did Lu Hongwen become serious. He looked at Lu Qingfeng and asked tentatively, "Brother, are you from outside?"

As he spoke, he pointed toward the heavens beyond.

Outside the heavens?

That should be referring to the Human Federation.

Lu Qingfeng nodded. Although he had logged into "Primordial World" from another realm, he could still be considered a player. Saying he had come from beyond the heavens was not wrong.

"You should've said so sooner!"

Knowing that Lu Qingfeng was also a player, Lu Hongwen immediately became enthusiastic. He glanced at the obelisk and teased, "But, brother, your Root Bone is really something. Tsk, tsk, tsk!"

"Please don't laugh at me!"

Lu Qingfeng knew his Root Bone was extraordinarily poor, so he did not mind Lu Hongwen's teasing.

"My name is Lu Hongwen. I'm a few years older than you, so just call me Old Lu. What's your name, brother?" Lu Hongwen's attitude toward players was completely different, which surprised Lu Qingfeng somewhat.

"Brother Lu, my name is Lu Qingfeng."

Lu Qingfeng could tell that Lu Hongwen was clearly the sort who became familiar with people at once, and he was happy to make his acquaintance.

"Old Lu!"

"All right, fill out this form first."

Lu Hongwen took a pitch-black command token from his storage pouch and tossed it to Lu Qingfeng. Lu Qingfeng caught it and looked it over. The front was engraved with the words "Yuanyi," while the back depicted mountains and rivers.

As soon as Lu Qingfeng took it, a screen resembling an Attribute Panel popped up in front of him. It displayed a form.

The information required included his name, age, cultivation, Root Bone, special skills, and so on. None of it involved privacy.

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

This was actually another test.

The command token was special. Only players could see the virtual form and enter information into it. If a native tried to impersonate one, they would be completely at a loss and could be identified with ease.

Seeing that Lu Qingfeng's player identity was beyond doubt, Lu Hongwen became even more enthusiastic and introduced him to the guild. "Among the eight major guilds in Sishui Town and the nineteen guilds under the Spirit Mechanisms Institute, our Yuanyi Guild's combat strength isn't the strongest, but our overall strength can absolutely rank among the top three."

"Our guild master, Mu Yuanyi, is not only a great Foundation Establishment cultivator but also a Tier-One alchemist. The Yuanyi Guild was founded by him."

"Besides that, the guild has two top-tier pill-refining apprentices. The guild master is usually quite busy, so if you have any questions about pill refinement, you can ask either of them."

Lu Hongwen pulled Lu Qingfeng along and chattered for quite a while. It was obvious that he was responsible for recruiting newcomers here and was bored out of his mind.

Lu Qingfeng, however, was in no hurry.

From Lu Hongwen, he gained a general impression of the land where he had reincarnated this time.

The realm he was in was called the Bingling World.

It was said that countless tens of thousands of years ago, a mighty expert from an upper realm had passed through the Bingling World, which was still in its wilderness era at the time. He stayed for a hundred years, preaching the Dao and spreading the teachings.

The immortal path began to flourish in this world, and cultivators gradually became more numerous.

No one knew the expert's true name. Only his title remained: Bingling Duke, an Orthodox God of the Heavenly Court in the upper realm who governed the Three Mountains.

Thus, this world came to be known as the Bingling World.

The Bingling World was different from the Heavenly Fox Realm.

The Heavenly Fox Realm was an initial realm that Federation players had developed for several thousand years. It had already given birth to many powerful Mahayana cultivators. Players and natives had even merged into one, no longer distinguishable from each other.

It also had a fully developed system, including "novice villages" like Black Sand Town.

In "Primordial World," setting aside the four great continents of the Earth Immortal Realm, the Four Seas, the Nine Heavens above, and the Nine Netherworlds below, there were countless worlds both great and small. Although the Federation had hundreds of billions of players, they were still scarce when scattered across these worlds.

When new players entered "Primordial World," most would appear in a world with well-established rules, such as the Heavenly Fox Realm.

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

Such as the Bingling World.

The first player had only descended here seventy years ago. There were currently fewer than three thousand players in total. It ranked 396,884th on the Primordial World's Myriad Realms Ranking and was still in the pioneering stage.

The Bingling World was divided into eastern and western continents.

The continent where Lu Qingfeng was located was the Eastern Victory Continent. To the east lay the place where Bingling Duke had descended to preach the Dao and spread his teachings, called the Immortal Arrival Continent.

The two continents were separated by the Turbulent Star Sea.

The Eastern Victory Continent contained the three nations of Qian, Yue, and Jin. Endless glaciers stretched across the north, while the west and south were both wilderness. The Turbulent Star Sea lay to the east, beyond which was the overseas cultivation world.

The Spirit Mechanisms Institute and Sishui Town were located on the southern border of Yue, adjacent to Qian to the west.