"I risked my life just to rise from first rank to second rank, and the further you go, the harder it gets.
"For example, advancing from a fourth-rank Human Immortal to a fifth-rank Human Immortal would be impossible for me no matter how desperately I worked. Three years certainly wouldn't be enough. It would take ten.
"And advancing from a sixth-rank Human Immortal to a first-rank Earth Immortal means crossing a major realm. Ten years certainly wouldn't be enough. It would take at least twenty.
"So saying you could become an Earth Immortal in a few decades was already giving you too much credit.
"Normally, becoming an Earth Immortal within a hundred years would already be quite good.
"In this Immortal Realm, if there are ten million Human Immortals, there are only three million Earth Immortals.
"There are even fewer Heavenly Immortals, just a million. As for Golden Immortals, having two hundred thousand would already be good.
"Look at those proportions. Heh." Gu Qiang raised an eyebrow and rebuked him coldly.
"Why don't all those Human Immortals advance?" Ma Chao asked.
"Who doesn't want to advance? But advancing requires Immortal Stones and Immortal Pills, and you also have to find a piece of land of your own where you can cultivate in peace.
"Otherwise, if you're mining every day, what time do you have to cultivate?
"Besides, without land, can you cultivate with peace of mind?" Gu Qiang said.
"Land should be easy enough. The Immortal Realm is so vast. Just dig a cave anywhere and you have a cave abode," Ma Chao said.
"What a joke!" Gu Qiang sneered.
"How is that a joke again? Am I wrong?" Ma Chao retorted.
"What you said is right, but virtually every piece of land in the Immortal Realm has a Lord