Although Divine Land has indeed developed into StarCraft civilization, this rapid development does not seem to have changed anything.
The business owners who used to squat at the entrance of the train station are now just continuing their business in a different location.
Although the guy soliciting customers was an alien, the familiar routine made Li Xingkong feel as if he had returned to the era when he was studying.
Ignoring the woman who wanted to continue pestering him, Li Xingkong politely Magic Power to keep her five meters away.
The main reason for stopping on Venus was to see things from the perspective of cultivators, to understand what the situation was like in the eyes of the Divine Land.
There are many people on Venus, including quite a few cultivators. Li Xingkong to find a few ordinary cultivators to ask about the situation, and this place was perfect for him.
After wandering around in the crowd for a while, a familiar face appeared before Li Xingkong.
It was still just a meteorite that had been tidied up a bit to serve as a stall, with a pile of miscellaneous documents laid out outside, but this stall was much larger than before.
Although he had only met him once, Li Xingkong's memory was far from forgetful. Wasn't this guy setting up a stall outside Mars before? How come he's on Venus now?
Li Xingkong followed the flow of people to his stall.
"Oh, what's on your mind? I specialize in documents here, we have everything. Do you need a document from the Thunder Department, or a universally recognized notarized document? Or do you need a seal or certificate made? I can handle all of that."
The vendor was still the same as before, smiling as he promoted the items on his stall to Li Xingkong.
After looking around, Li Xingkong keenly noticed that there was a pendant hanging on his chest, which was the meteorite that Li Xingkong had given him before.
Are you selling your pendant?
Li Xingkong pointed with his finger.
The vendor immediately grasped the pendant with one hand and shook his head.
"No, no, this is my lucky charm! Ever since I got it, my business has been getting better every day. I can't sell it."
"It's fine if you don't sell it. The pendant is so precious. Do you even remember me?"
Li Xingkong removed his disguise, revealing his face.
The vendor was puzzled at first, thought for a long time, and then looked at the pendant in his hand before slapping his forehead.
"I remember now, it's you! Come, come, sit here. This meteorite of yours is a treasure, may it bring you wealth!"
Li Xingkong didn't sit down; instead, he stretched out his hand to separate the entire stall from its surroundings.
"Alright, alright, I came here on business, and it's just a coincidence that I ran into you."
"Same as always, I'll ask you a few questions."
Li Xingkong took out the spatial bracelet that Baili Qiu had given him at the Chamber of Commerce and tossed it into the vendor's hands.
Although the vendor didn't see what was flying towards him, he was quick enough to catch it in his arms.
"The spatial bracelet, answer properly, and I'll give it to you."
"Ah?"
The vendor examined the bracelet several times, his face filled with disbelief. Even in modern Divine Land, such a treasure is rare.
However, he then smiled obsequiously at Li Xingkong.
Ask me anything, I'll answer to the best of my knowledge.
As she spoke, she shoved the bracelet in her hand behind her back and gripped it tightly.
"Weren't you on Mars before? How did you end up here?"
"Hehe, isn't it all because of money? Mars doesn't need that many documents. Only Venus is a mixed bag with lots of disputes. With so many things going on, documents sell quickly, don't they?"
The vendor really wanted the bracelet, and he answered incredibly quickly.
"It's been over two hundred years. How's your cultivation level? How much has it improved?"
Although Li Xingkong could tell at a glance that this guy's cultivation level was not much different from that of 200 years ago, the slight improvement was clearly visible to the naked eye.
"Not really. I'm already this old, I've lived long enough, that's more than enough. Trying to improve my cultivation is too much to ask of me."
The vendor shook his head.
"Isn't it supposed to be aided by Spiritual Root? Why is it still so difficult to improve cultivation?"
Li Xingkong in circles and brought up the topic of Spiritual Root.
When the topic of Spiritual Root came up, the vendor's expression clearly changed, but he quickly recovered for the sake of his patron.
"This Spiritual Root was indeed very useful at the beginning; you could delegate all aspects of cultivation to it and just focus on practicing. But now, it's become somewhat less effective."
"Spelling a spell on it takes forever to get a response; it's slower than my old computer. I heard this Spiritual Root also has a server, and there are too many people using it, so the server is full."
"Since it's already like this, what's the point of continuing to cultivate? Let's just leave it at that. Anyway, we benefited from this and successfully Foundation Establishment. We can just forget about the rest of our cultivation."
"And recently Divine Land issued some kind of notice, saying that in order to ensure the normal operation of the servers, everyone is advised to cultivate during off-peak hours. Sigh, this kind of cultivation seclusion lasts for several years. Where does such a thing come from?"
"I think the higher-ups don't want to let us use it anymore and want to take it back."
The vendor rambled on and on, telling Li Xingkong everything he knew.
"Do you know anything about the so-called cultivation quotas?"
Having settled the matter of Spiritual Root, Li Xingkong inquired about another matter.
"A spot for cultivating immortality? What are you talking about? Isn't that something any Divine Land People can do?"
The vendor looked puzzled, as if he had never heard of the term before.
Haven't you been to Mercury?
Seeing that he didn't seem to be faking it, Li Xingkong asked another question.
"I don't have that ability. Right now, Mercury, like Earth Star, is a protected area for low-level cultivators. There's nothing serious going on there, so don't even think about it."
"However, the number of cultivators coming from Mercury has been decreasing in recent years, so the server shutdown is probably affecting them as well."
The vendor sighed.
Li Xingkong remained silent. This was truly interesting. Was it because the territory of Divine Land had expanded too much that this problem had arisen?
It's hard to say, but after listening to what this vendor said, it seems that cultivators aren't as fortunate as they imagined. Ultimately, it's because of a problem with the server.
But that's strange. Li Xingkong was well aware of the performance of the Hexagram Server. Its performance was definitely sufficient. Even if the population doubled, let alone the current number of people, there would still be no pressure.
Now, however, it's completely packed, and even those practicing have to queue.
This is clearly problematic.
Moreover, the establishment of this low-level cultivator protection zone seems to be an attempt to cover up the truth, isolating Foundation Establishment cultivators outside and without any so-called divine jurisdiction inside. There are quite a few suspicious points on Venus.
The more I know, the more confused I feel.
After inquiring about the current living conditions and situation of the cultivators, Li Xingkong finally stepped out from the vendor's stall.
There are still many questions, it seems I need to go and ask Old Tang for clarification.