Where Is Kunlun?

Although Hua Nation is currently developing towards the Cultivation World, it is doing so by learning from others' strengths and compensating for its own weaknesses, and by combining it with its current culture, background, and technology.

You can't just highlight your weaknesses and avoid your strengths by exploiting the opponent's weaknesses to cover up your own strengths, can you?

That doesn't make sense!

Therefore, Ma Xiaofei's sentence could not possibly be lenient; not giving him the death penalty was already a great concession.

Moreover, compared to ordinary people, twenty years for a cultivator is actually not that long.

For example, as far as Lin Fan knows, cultivators in the early stages of Qi Refining are still cultivators, and their lifespan is increased by at least several decades or even hundreds of years...

Twenty years later, won't he emerge as a hero again?

Besides, if they behave well inside, they might even get a reduced sentence?

After shaking his head and dismissing the news from his mind, before he could do anything, Zhou Na came over.

It was drizzling lightly today, so she was carrying an umbrella. Her bright red dress reached mid-thigh, perfectly accentuating her stunning figure.

The "F" on her chest is particularly eye-catching.

"Are you done with work?"

Lin Fan greeted him with a smile.

"Hey, it's just about collecting rent. There are a few of those every day."

Zhou Na folded the umbrella, hung it aside, and went into the greenhouse. "Teacher Chen, is the formation set up? I noticed something was off when I looked over from a distance."

"That's about it."

Old Chen grinned and nodded, saying, "I've discovered that I have a pretty good talent for formations. In just two or three days at most, I'll be able to set up both formations at the same time. Then, I won't be afraid of anything, whether it's electronic devices taking pictures or robots coming in!"

"We can't photograph electronic products, and we can't let remote-controlled robots in. After all, this is our current base, so we can't be careless. We can't repeat the mistakes we made before."

"Amazing! I'm truly impressed."

Lin Fan gave a thumbs-up in praise.

"..." Old Chen rolled his eyes. "Why do you seem so insincere? It feels like you're just going through the motions."

"No, how could that be?"

Lin Fan immediately shook his head. "It's absolutely from the bottom of my heart."

"That's right..."

"Fine, then don't. I don't want to hear it."

Old Chen repeatedly.

"Ha!"

This guy also burst out laughing.

Zhou Na smiled and said, "By the way, have you read that document?"

"What file?"

"It's the one that the Resident Happiness Living Department released after announcing the verdict against Ma Xiaofei."

"They sent out a document? I haven't seen it yet, what is it?"

Lin Fan and Old Chen exchanged a glance, both looking completely bewildered.

"I knew you guys hadn't seen it."

Zhou Na tucked a strand of hair behind her ear before continuing, "Simply put, it's a completely new policy document."

"Targeting 'people with superpowers'."

"The gist is that from now on, all 'superpowered individuals' in the country, whether they are cultivators or other Superpower User or Esper, and regardless of whether they are Hua Nation or not, as long as they are within the territory of Hua Nation, will be counted!"

"These individuals must be reported to the Resident Happiness Living Department immediately, and the information must be recorded."

"Um... I personally feel that it's like the ' Superpower User ' is being serious about their identity, and it's probably for safety reasons."

"There's another one, also targeting us, which basically says that people with superpowers who commit crimes will be severely punished! And judging from the way they put it, it's the kind of punishment that can be as severe as possible."

After listening, Old Chen nodded. "That's good."

"Real-name authentication for Superpower User is actually quite necessary. If I'm not mistaken, their abilities should even be recorded, right?"

"Yes!" Zhou Na nodded.

Lin Fan smiled and said, "No problem."

That makes perfect sense.

Moreover, this is not an isolated case. In fact, this kind of 'registration' phenomenon also existed in the era before the emergence of cultivators.

For example, a young man practiced light-body skills at home for more than ten years...

While they may not be able to float on water or fly over grass, they are as agile as monkeys when it comes to scaling walls and climbing trees.

Then, he posted a few short videos showcasing his "lightness skill," originally intending to attract attention and make some money.

As a result... he didn't attract many fans; the local police station arrived first and took him in to file a case...

These all require registration, let alone cultivators or other superpowered individuals.

After the case is filed, especially if their individual methods are also filed, it will be easy to pinpoint the culprit if something happens later, and whether it is a newly emerged cultivator, etc. It is very convenient and useful!

"So, Teacher Chen, do you think we need to register?"

Zhou Na glanced at Old Chen...

Both of them are now cultivators, although they are still in the Qi Refining Stage. But those in the Qi Refining Stage are still cultivators!

"Let's prepare one."

Lin Fan thought for a moment and said, "But don't reveal your abilities. Just file a simple report. The Resident Happiness Living Department knows you are related to me, so they certainly won't be too strict. So it shouldn't be a big problem."

"OK!"

"I'll contact the Resident Happiness Living Department in a bit."

"Actually, it's impossible to hide it. Many of the guys who rented my house have also Entering Dao and know that I am also a 'fellow follower'."

Both of them nodded in agreement.

What ability?

The Resident Happiness Living Department already knew about Old Chen's expertise in array formation research, but what they didn't know was that Old Chen was gradually inscribing arrays on himself.

If this skill isn't passed on to anyone else, then it's Old Chen's unique ability, an ability that...

There's really no need to tell anyone.

"This matter will not have a significant impact on us, but it will further reduce the possibility of 'superpowered individuals' causing adverse effects after the Spiritual Qi Revival."

Lin Fan pondered for a moment and said, "However, this is not very relevant to us at the moment."

"Next, we need to wait for the nationwide Spiritual Qi Revival. At that time, I will try to reshape the Dragon Vein!"

"Relying solely on the Star Power to convert spiritual energy, it is difficult to achieve a high overall concentration when it is absorbed by countless plants and animals. Even with Spirit Gathering Array, it is still difficult."

"Reconstructing the Dragon Vein?"

Old Chen and realized that he no longer had a white beard, so he lowered his hand.

"That sounds pretty high-end. Can you handle it?"

"We have to try, even if we can't!"

Lin Fan shrugged.

Whether he can handle it or not? He honestly didn't know!

However... our Saintess should have a solution, right? After all, it was actually her idea to rebuild the Dragon Vein.

"Dragon Vein, that does sound very impressive."

Zhou Na, pursing her red lips, said, "Oh, right, I suddenly remembered something."

"Since Dragon Vein exist, then I see Kunlun, Tianshan, and the Fengchan Land in those cultivation novels."

"Most people say that these places are home to all sorts of supernatural beings. Should we also pay attention to these places?"

"Yes!"

As soon as Zhou Na finished speaking, Old Chen clapped his hands excitedly. "There must be a great formation in these places, we can go and study it!"

"..."

Lin Fan almost rolled his eyes...

"Let's read fewer related novels. Although I don't know why, many parts are indeed similar to real cultivation novels, there are still differences."

"Moreover, the legends of places like Kunlun and Tianshan are actually just concepts."

"I've definitely read more novels than you all. But actually, after my research on ancient and unofficial histories over this period of time, I've discovered that these places don't just refer to the names of a single location."

Lin Fan shrugged and began to explain in detail.

He has indeed recently studied some relevant historical records.

Lin Fan had studied official histories, unofficial histories, and even some folk legends and records. The reason he suddenly became interested in this matter was naturally related to the First Emperor's Mausoleum of the First Emperor.

The astonishing sights at the First Emperor's Mausoleum made Lin Fan feel even more strongly that the history of Hua Nation, and even the Earth two thousand years ago, was incredibly mysterious and extraordinary.

He wanted to unveil those mysteries, but for the time being he had no good way to do so, and could only learn about them through records and legends.

In the past, did we learn about ancient times through legends?

I'm afraid I'll get flamed as an idiot.

But now... in Lin Fan's view, legends are more like 'history'.

And the legends about Kunlun and other places are incredibly varied...

Nowadays, when people talk about Kunlun, they mostly think of the Kunlun Mountains, also known as Kunlun Void, China's First Sacred Mountain, the Mountain of Ten Thousand Ancestors, Kunlun Mound, or Jade Mountain.

It is a major mountain range in Central Asia and the main trunk of the western mountain range of Hua Nation.

The mountain range begins in the eastern part of the Pamir Plateau, traverses Xinjiang and Tibet, and extends into Qinghai Province...

But is this really the ancient Kunlun?

According to Lin Fan's understanding, that's not the case!

Because there are too many conflicting accounts, and the present-day Kunlun Mountains are certainly not the same as the ancient Kunlun Mountains.

Some people say that the ancient Kunlun Mountain was the La Mountain in the western suburbs of Jinan, which is also the origin of the river flowing out of Kunlun.

The ancient Yellow River's outlet was located to the west of La Mountain. The geographical location here is exactly the same as described in the Classic of Mountains and Classic of Mountains and Seas and other ancient books. To the north of La Mountain is the West Sea, and to the south of La Mountain is a lake with sand washed down by fierce waters, making it the shore of quicksand. There is sand 4-5 meters underground in this area.

In ancient times, there were volcanoes here, La Mountain had three corners, Yaochi (Jade Pool), Jiumen (Nine Gates), Chishui (Red River), Heishui (Black River), and four rivers in the east, west, south, and north.

There is a god with a human head and a tiger [leopard] body, and a stone from which Fuxi opened the heavens with a single stroke.

It is also the capital of the emperor. On the mountain, there is a white dragon, the footprint of a divine ox, a large rice stalk (ox tail stone), two ox-shaped stones, each over two meters high, a six-headed ox stone (six hollow divine ox stones), a tree-shaped stone resembling a monk, the stone chamber of the Queen Mother of the West, and many caves...

Relatively speaking, this place is undoubtedly more like the real Kunlun Mountains.

But here's the problem: there's still a lack of evidence!

Besides these two theories, there are countless other legends about Kunlun, and many people now believe that the real Kunlun is not a three-dimensional existence, but does not exist in our spatial dimension at all...