Chapter 89: Grotto Heaven and Blessed Land

  The next day, Chu Hao got up very early and ordered everyone to speed up!

  After a day of rushing, the entire fleet finally entered the territory of Jiangjin Province. Jiangjin Province is a border province of the Yun Tian Empire, and most of its terrain is dominated by dense forests, but at the edge, it is a vast and barren wasteland. This was once the site of the old Ao Dong country, which occupied a large area of land. Because Ao Dong was destroyed by Tao Ranju, this piece of land has become a no man's land. The great war between the Maya Empire and the Yun Tian Empire took place almost entirely there. And because of the poor terrain here, venturing deep is like entering a treacherous ravine, so the Maya Empire rarely dares to venture in alone, and after years of harassment, they still cannot shake the foundations of Yun Tian.

  Entering Jiangjin Province, I suddenly felt that the ground was a bit higher and much steeper.

  There were more people on the official road than before, mostly peddlers in hemp clothes carrying horse-drawn carts. A team like Chu Hao's was rarely seen here.

  After the baptism of yesterday's autumn rain, the road is now wet and misty. The wild grass on both sides of the official road is covered with sparkling water droplets, and the air is filled with a natural and refreshing fragrance.

  "This place is not bad, the spiritual energy here is even more abundant than that of the capital city." Chu Hao sat on his big black horse, today he rarely didn't ride in a carriage, and proudly led the way. Chen Honghong's voice rang out at this time.

  Chu Hao had no concept of spiritual energy, and as a mortal, he couldn't feel its existence. After hearing Chen Honghong's words, he was surprised and asked, "What do you mean? Could it be that this rural wilderness has more spiritual energy than the Ascending Dragon City?"

  "Nonsense, a place with spiritual energy would naturally be located in a remote and desolate mountain area. If it's situated in the midst of prosperity, can it still be called 'spiritual energy'? That's just worldly energy." Chen Honghong instructed, "I estimate that not far from here there should be a sacred place, according to your itinerary, you should arrive soon."

  Chu Hao fell into deep thought, ahead of him was Luo Sheng City, and after passing through Luo Sheng City would be Duo Rui City. Chen Honghong must have been referring to some place along this stretch of road. He wondered if the three-stage demonic beast was also in that blessed land?

  Chu Hao said: "How strong do you feel this spiritual energy is?"

  Chen Honghong thought for a moment before saying: "It's not too strong, if we go by the classification of grotto heavens and blessed lands in the Nine Heavens, it's just a lower-grade blessed land of the thirty-ninth rank."

  Chu Hao knew that places with abundant spiritual energy were called blessed lands. Although the air also contained spiritual energy, Qi Refining stage cultivators could absorb this heavenly and earthly energy to cultivate, but it was too thin, and the cultivation speed was extremely slow.

  The Dongtian Fudi is different, the entire region is spiritual energy, pure and clean. Such a place, generally speaking, is occupied by a certain cultivator or a certain cultivation sect. The high and low of spiritual energy are divided into forty-eight grades according to their quality and thickness.

  The last twelve are of lower quality, twelve are of medium quality, twelve are of higher quality, and twelve are of the highest quality.

  Like Chu Hao's previous Zongmen location on Kungyu Mountain, it is a top-grade blessed place ranked thirteenth.

  Of course, like the method of sensing the abundance of spiritual energy, apart from having a broad mind, one must also cultivate special skills, otherwise, even if they find where the spiritual energy is located, it's not necessarily possible to determine what kind of quality the spiritual energy inside has.

  Chu Hao wouldn't be able to do it now, this technique he also knows but can only use after reaching the Xiantian stage. At this moment, hearing Chen Honghong mention that the cave not far away is a lower-grade blessed land of thirty-seven, his heart was moved.

  The quality of the spiritual energy of a blessed land is as important as the innate spiritual root method of a cultivator. In cultivation, both have a great amplification effect. Let's take a simple example: put an innate cultivator with ordinary qualifications, only lower-grade spiritual roots, and who has cultivated an unrefined method into a top-grade blessed land. Then his cultivation speed will be ten times that of a heavenly spiritual root cultivator cultivating a top-grade method in a lower-grade blessed land!

  A glimpse of Fude's importance!

  Chu Hao had heard Chen Honghong mention before that in this two-layered heaven world, the places with spiritual energy were extremely rare, just like the scarcity of magical instruments and elixirs. The blessed lands here were also scarce, which was why, combined with the unrefined cultivation methods, the overall strength of the entire world was relatively low.

  And those slightly better caves, are occupied by large sects or powerful scattered cultivators, others even cultivate slowly, naturally can't get better promotion. Chu Hao was wondering if the so-called Tianxuan Dao people's Golden Elixir Great Way is also for people to cultivate on the Nine Heavens Tower.

  After all, that place is the strongest symbol of the entire world. The Nine Heavens cultivators wouldn't be living there for no reason. Therefore, by extension, the spiritual energy within the Nine Heavens Tower should be the most abundant in each of the nine worlds.

  However, this is just a guess, and he's not thinking about that right now. Hearing the news of Fudi's spiritual energy suddenly lifted Chu Hao's spirits.

  A place of spiritual energy, a blessed land of cultivation, where cultivators can achieve twice the results with half the effort. In this backward world, Chu Hao's priority, whether to survive, seek revenge, or return to the Five Heavens World, is to cultivate!

  The team galloped on, and since Chu Hao didn't get into the horse carriage today, all the guards were somewhat curious. They had long been accustomed to Chu Hao staying in the carriage during this period of time, and today's abnormality made them wildly speculate.

  Chu Hao actually wanted to get into the carriage, but he didn't dare go in again. Lin Yue'er also wouldn't let him in. Even now, his tongue still had visible teeth marks and it hurt slightly when he spoke. He thought to himself, originally this should have been a warm and intimate scene, but because of his own actions, they were back to how things were before. This was truly the punishment for being impulsive.

  Luosheng City finally arrived after half a day.

  This Jiangjin Province is a border province of the Yun Tian Empire, with six major cities, and Luosheng City is one of them. As for Duorui City, it's just a garrison county town, where tens of thousands of Imperial Tiger Troops and grain are stored. From Duorui City to the Sanxie Pass on the border, it's less than half a day's journey.

  The Yào Hǔ Jūn is the royal family's direct line, holding the military power of the entire Cloud Heaven Empire. It gave birth to a great general and a Minister of War, with extremely great power. On the surface, they were the emperor's subjects, but when Chú Yún Fēi was still a prince, their relationship had always been ambiguous.

  So the upper class in Beijing said that the reason why the emperor did not dare to move against Prince Rui was because of the Sun and Wang families.

  The king sent Chu Hao to Du Rui City for training, it can be said that he was kind and thoughtful.

  Luosheng City gave Chu Hao a pretty good impression. The entire city wall was majestic and imposing, not inferior to the grandeur and majesty of Shenglong City. Here was filled with a deep and solemn atmosphere of killing and fighting. Standing under the city wall, you would feel a sense of awe. And this city had a strong historical feeling, the city wall was full of scars from knives and fire burns, not thoroughly renovated, but precisely because of this, it highlighted the uniqueness of Luosheng City even more. The atmosphere of sword fighting and mystery was filled in these knife cuts and sword slashes.

  The craftsmen who designed this city were indeed extraordinary.

  Chu Hao stood a mile away, looking at the mottled city wall, and also felt his heart stirring. This city was absolutely not a king, but it was definitely a brave general!

  If the three evil gates are broken by the Maya Empire, Duoluo City will inevitably fall, and at that time, Luosheng City will be the most solid fortress in the entire northern part of Yun Tian.

  Of course, these things have nothing to do with Chu Hao. He is a cultivator who has transcended the mundane world and only seeks revenge. Nothing else can stir his emotions. He glanced at Xiao Si beside him and found that she was also staring at Luo Sheng City with wide eyes. He smiled and asked, "Xiao Si, what are you thinking about?"

  Xiao Nu was excited when he first saw the largest city in the north, Luosheng City. Xiao Si scratched his head and said with a sense of longing: "Young Master Wang, if it weren't for the steep terrain here, I'm afraid the capital would have been moved to this place."

  As for Xiao Si's words, Chu Hao couldn't deny them. The relocation of the imperial capital has always been able to attract countless people's speculation and gossip, but the fact that Luo Sheng City can spread such rumors during the Ming dynasty is a tacit acknowledgment of its uniqueness.

  As the largest city in the north, Luo Sheng City's strategic location is very important here. However, it is also impossible for the Maya Empire to attack now, and the prosperity of this place is still not bad.

  Chu Hao's entry into the city was not loudly proclaimed, but the local governor and duhu (military commander) came to welcome him, albeit in a low-key manner. Not many people knew about it. After all, as the crown prince, he had a different status and wasn't there for pleasure. Being high-profile would be equivalent to exposing himself to others. Chu Hao cherished his own life very much; if he encountered an assassination attempt, he would regret it too late.

  Entering Luosheng City, Chu Hao temporarily stayed in the Taishou Mansion. When Lin Yue'er got off the carriage, it naturally brought about a wave of daydreaming among the officials including the Taishou. However, Luosheng City is not far from Duomei City, which is the territory of the Yaohu Army. Otherwise, an out-of-power prince like Chu Hao would never be personally welcomed by an official of the Taishou's level.