A Boring Journey
He was really short of Spirit Stone, and luckily he had a lot of new products he had made recently, so he could sell them in a city to make up for the shortfall.
Just two days after takeoff, Lin Xiao was still flying normally and meticulously making map records along the way.
But traveling alone is ultimately boring. Although Lin Xiao has a system he can chat with for a bit, it's limited to just a few words. The system isn't the kind of system that likes to chat for a long time.
On the third day of flying on his sword, Lin Xiao began to feel bored and became somewhat listless. Collecting maps also became a mechanical, repetitive task, like muscle memory.
Seeing this, Tongzi was puzzled and confused.
He was in seclusion at the sect for more than two days before, and I didn't see him have these symptoms then.
The system wouldn't keep its questions to itself; it asked them.
Lin Xiao gazed into the distance and said wistfully, "You don't understand."
System:...
The system's first attempt to initiate a conversation failed; someone complaining of being bored killed the conversation.
Lin Xiao didn't notice the system, which had stopped speaking. He sat cross-legged on his flying sword and began to think about whether he should find a city to visit. Traveling alone was really boring.
He had previously obtained a map of the South Spirit Domain and North Spirit Domain from the Yuan Household and had been traveling towards the Mysterious Extreme Domain using the shortest possible route. It seemed that he had now almost left the South Spirit Domain and North Spirit Domain and entered the Mysterious Extreme Domain.
However, the map was rather rough, only showing a general area. Lin Xiao could only determine the approximate location based on the map, and could not pinpoint the exact distance.
In the Immortal Cultivation Realm, highly detailed maps are not popular. This is because such maps would be very expensive to make, and most people only need to know the general direction and do not need such detailed maps. Therefore, there is no market for detailed maps, and naturally, no one specializes in making them.
Perhaps some large sects with ample manpower and resources have the capacity to produce it, but they certainly wouldn't allow it to circulate in the market.
Although Lin Xiao seemed to have flown from Yuanling City, the outermost part of the Southern Spirit Domain, to the Mysterious Extreme Domain in just over two days, this was because he could maintain full speed without stopping to continue.
Even a normal Nascent Soul Cultivator couldn't do that. It would be difficult to rely on absorbing Spirit Stone or replenishing Spiritual Power with pills. Not to mention the enormous amount of Spirit Stone and pills required to absorb while advancing at full speed, the sheer amount of Spiritual Power absorbed in a short period of time, which is not circulated by one's own cultivation method, would damage one's meridians.
Unless forced to flee for their lives, virtually no cultivator would do such a thing.
More importantly, the "Original Essence Heart Sutra" that Lin Xiao cultivates is a high-grade mental cultivation method with an exceptionally high conversion rate. The time it takes for this mental cultivation method to complete a full cycle is far greater than that of ordinary mental cultivation methods practiced by ordinary cultivators.
Not to mention that Lin Xiao has now unlocked his Origin Qi.
For cultivators, the difference between Origin Qi and Spiritual Qi in terms of consumption is roughly equivalent to the difference in the burning time of firewood and kerosene.
With the same amount of heat, Spiritual Qi is like dry firewood that burns out quickly, while Origin Qi is like kerosene that burns for a long time without going out.
After flying a little further, Lin Xiao keenly sensed that the density of Spiritual Qi around him seemed to have increased slightly.
This must mean we've truly arrived at the Mysterious Extreme Domain.
However, there were no clear boundaries between the spirit realms. He had originally thought that he would need to go through some kind of checkpoint or barrier.
I didn't expect it to be so easy.
If that's the case, why do so many cultivators from the South Spirit Domain and North Spirit Domain still choose to settle and cultivate there, instead of choosing the Mysterious Extreme Domain where the Spiritual Qi is more abundant?
The question had just popped into Lin Xiao's mind when he quickly came up with the answer.
The reasons are certainly not singular. For many cultivators in the South Spirit Domain and North Spirit Domain, that place is their homeland. They are local strongmen there, and they know all the local rules of survival like the back of their hand. Moreover, many cultivators have their own Lineage or sects, and the Spiritual Qi Spirit Vein they can enjoy are certainly incomparable to those in the Mysterious Extreme Domain, which has no Spirit Vein or Spiritual Qi gathering.
Even for ordinary Rogue Cultivator, although the overall Spiritual Qi concentration in the Mysterious Extreme Domain is higher than that in the South Spirit Domain and North Spirit Domain, it is not high enough for them to be willing to travel such a long distance. The consumption on the way alone would cost a lot. Moreover, the higher concentration of Spiritual Qi here means that the overall cultivation level of the cultivators is also higher, which means that it is more dangerous here than in the South Spirit Domain and North Spirit Domain.
Not to mention that the cultivation costs here are much higher. Although the South Spirit Domain and North Spirit Domain are remote, many things are not expensive and are much cheaper than in the Mysterious Extreme Domain.
Although there won't be many high-end treasures, those things are generally irrelevant to ordinary cultivators anyway.
Not to mention the many connections and relationships one has with relatives and friends in the local area.
These numerous advantages cannot be compensated for by differences in Spiritual Qi concentration in other spiritual realms.
Therefore, many cultivators are unwilling to leave their homeland to live in other spiritual realms.
Feeling utterly bored, Lin Xiao entertained himself by asking and answering his own questions in his mind.
The way they flew on swords gradually became unusual.
He started maneuvering the flying sword like a roller coaster.
If someone on the ground were to look up at this moment, they would see a streak of light flying by at high speed, leaving a winding trail of exhaust in the air.
A Rogue Cultivator living in the mountains happened to be passing by with his child and actually saw it.
A toddler tugged at his father's sleeve, pointed at the lingering trail of exhaust fumes in the sky, and exclaimed wistfully, "Daddy, I want to play with this!"
The father looked up in the direction his child was pointing, and was so frightened that he quickly pressed the child's outstretched hand down. Then, he repeatedly bowed and apologized in the direction where the exhaust fumes had disappeared. "My son was ignorant, please forgive him, Immortal Venerable."
Although Lin Xiao had already flown thousands of miles away, he still noticed the commotion just now.
He simply shook his head slightly and continued forward without stopping.
This world is vast, and everyone has their own Principle survival.
Differences in cultivation level, talent for cultivation, and fortuitous opportunity and fortune inevitably lead to class distinctions.
Many people don't hate class distinctions; they just hate that they aren't at the top, that they aren't able to step on others.
When such people actually rise to high positions, they become the very thing they once hated...
Huh, Ink Cloud Stone? There's such Dayi here, and it seems to be unclaimed. I'll make a note of it.
There's also some Three Valley Grass? I'll make a note of that.
As Lin Xiao's thoughts wandered, he added to the records in his Lock Ring while observing what he saw and heard. Occasionally, he would ride a roller coaster and fly into the depths of the Mysterious Extreme Domain.