Chapter 94: The Return Journey (Urgently Seeking Recommendation Tickets)

  Don't mind me repeating this, but Monday's recommended vote is really competitive. Zhou has already taken the lead, please help Zhou push it further, thank you!

  After spending one or two hours, Lei Dong drew out two routes based on the location of his hometown on the map. He would definitely return home for a trip. This time he traveled through, was directly born in his mother's womb, and knew the hardships of his mother's ten-month pregnancy. His parents this life also raised him as a treasure. If he didn't go back this time, when would he wait? But Lei Dong didn't want to delay his cultivation too much either.

  Lei Dong's hometown was in the Wu State, a not-too-large and very remote mortal country. According to the jade map, starting from Wan Gui Cave and heading home, walking in a straight line would be approximately 600,000 miles. But in reality, it was impossible to walk like that, as going in a straight line would require passing through several treacherous terrain, which was not a place he could handle on his own.

  Avoid those places, and the journey will increase by about 20,000 miles. Leidong's driving skills are excellent, and his speed can reach over 1,000 miles in one hour at most, but if he drives for a long time, he can only maintain a speed of around 800 miles per hour. In this way, the journey of 80,000 miles will take more than 100 hours. It seems not long, but Leidong knows that it would be great to complete this trip within 20 days.

  As a result, the route was set to go one way and return another, which would allow for a few more steps to be taken to complete some tasks. As a result, the journey was slightly longer than expected. The outbound trip was about 100,000 miles, while the return trip was about 130,000 miles.

  Along the way, there will be seven tasks that can be completed. There are four bazaars where medium-grade Linggui can be sold, but in each bazaar, Leidong dare not sell too many.

  Spent a thousand contributions, exchanged for a storage wristband that's not bad, and the storage space has increased a lot. Also, from the Ten Thousand Ghosts City, gathered a batch of good things that are not available in my hometown, as well as replenished some supplies along the way. Only then did I register to return home at the Ten Thousand Ghosts Cave, and drove the evil spirit banner, with black air rolling towards the direction of my old home.

  The Evil Spirit Flag is a pretty good flying artifact, representing the user's identity. Within the range of the Yin Xiao Sect, if there is no deep hatred or special reason, no one will come to trouble the person who drives the Evil Spirit Flag.

  As they flew away, when they left the Wan Gui Ku cave, it was still a clear sky. But just after flying for about an hour or so, there were thunder and lightning, and a heavy downpour. Not wanting to delay their journey, they could only put on a Xuan Yin shield and rush ahead in the rain. Fortunately, after flying out for over a hundred miles, they left the stormy area behind. A vast expanse of clear sky.

  Flying is a dream of mankind. However, after the initial freshness has passed, long-distance travel is absolutely a boring thing. And while traveling, you have to keep driving the flying device and be on high alert all the time. As a result, it's not only boring but also extremely tiring. After flying over one mountain, there's another mountain. After flying over one river, there's another river. There are hills, swamps, forests, and whatnot.

  Even with the current strength of the 8th layer of the Refining Qi period, flying for several hours will still lead to exhaustion. Find a safe place, such as a cave or something, release the ghostly guards to secretly guard, and then sit down to recover true energy and vitality.

  Of course, it's not ruled out that some mountains and forests might be hiding some kind of ferocious beasts or evil spirits. But in fact, as long as you avoid the dangerous areas marked on the map, it's still very difficult to encounter any formidable ferocious beasts in the wilderness. Think about it, how many Foundation Establishment cultivators are there in the entire Yin Luan Sect? How many Golden Core old ancestors are there?

  Within the sphere of influence of the Yin Sect, it's impossible for wild foundation-stage demonic beasts and ghostly guards to outnumber human foundation-stage cultivators, right? As for the various gathering places of vengeful spirits around each cave and grotto, those are all directly or indirectly nurturing grounds for evil lands. It's like opening up a private garden in one's own backyard - on the one hand, it provides an opportunity to give birth to spiritual ghosts, and on the other hand, it also serves as a place for low-ranking disciples to gain experience and wealth. If places like those were to produce high-level ghostly guards or demonic beasts that could harm ordinary disciples, they would normally be cleaned up.

  As for the ordinary mountain ranges and wild fields, there are often Yin evil sects building bases, disciples regularly inspecting, once discovering wild powerful demon beasts and wild ghost guards. Either eliminate or report back to the sect. These all belong to the tasks issued by the sect, those with enough strength can go and accept them to earn contributions.

  Lei Dong also saw a number of patrol tasks in the mountains and forests, but for him, that was too time-consuming. The tasks he accepted were mostly to solve the discovered monsters and wild ghost guards. Doing this kind of task, on the one hand, can earn contributions. On the other hand, killing monsters and ghost guards, their remains and soul bodies can be fed to his own ghost servants and beast pets, which is a win-win situation.

  Day after day of rushing, when arriving at the market marked on the map, dress up a bit. Put on a black robe and sell one or two medium-grade spirit ghosts. Although medium-grade spirit ghosts have some value, those people in the market are also unwilling to provoke a high-ranking cultivator of the eighth layer for just a few spirit stones.

  That's right, a master. Perhaps in the Yin Xie Sect, Jin Dan Lao Zu seems to be often seen, and foundation-building cultivators are also everywhere. But the problem is that the Yin Xie Sect is one of the top sects in this world, a superpower. However, even so, among various caves and prefectures, an eighth-level Qi Refining disciple has some say.

  In the secular world outside the mountains, some markets that are open to the public mainly target scattered cultivators or small sects and families of immortal cultivation. In this circle where foundation-building cultivators are extremely rare, a cultivator in the eighth layer of the Refining Qi stage like Lei Dong would naturally be considered a minor expert. Those scattered cultivators who had the qualifications and strength to participate in the auction at the Yin Xie Sect's Grand Market last time were certainly among the best of their kind.

  In this world, it has always been the strong who are revered. The Yin Family is the absolute ruler of this vast region, at the top of the food chain. When selecting disciples, they naturally choose those who are relatively excellent. Don't look at Lei Dong's peers, there are many who have cultivated for ten years and only reached the fourth or fifth layer of Qi Refining. Even among these disciples, it can be said that their talent is still passable.

  Those who are even worse, the Yin Xie Sect wouldn't even give them a glance. Some small sects and factions that rely on the Yin Xie Sect would pick up those children who were left over after being selected by the Yin Xie Sect, and in their eyes, they still seem passable as disciples. But there is also a portion of people with extremely poor spiritual roots, not even those small sects and factions would give them a glance, if they have some luck, they might become wandering cultivators. These kinds of people, often spend their entire lives without being able to reach the fourth or fifth layer of Qi Refining.

  Moreover, they also accept disciples, those with poor spiritual roots who have been rejected by small sects and factions. Perhaps it's out of sympathy or perhaps it's a glimmer of hope. In any case, these scattered cultivators are actually the lowest rung of the entire cultivation world, and there aren't few in number. It's not ruled out that some among them will, due to mistaken talent assessment or hidden talents, or special physical gifts, ultimately stand out. But the probability is really low. The emergence of high-ranking scattered cultivators is because the foundational numbers of scattered cultivators are too large, far exceeding many times that of sect disciples.

  Of course, there are some small sects and disciples of immortal families. They may also become wandering immortals for various reasons. And these wandering immortals also have the opportunity to establish their own small sects or build their own immortal families. The small sects they establish may slowly grow into huge entities like the Yin Evil Sect.

  However, low-ranking loose cultivators are not necessarily ants. In fact, on the contrary, some low-ranking loose cultivators live a more comfortable life than Lei Dong's direct disciples from the sects. Even with only two or three layers of Qi Refining cultivation and knowing one or two big road goods spells, they can wear a few pieces of lower-grade magical equipment. In some rich families among ordinary people, they can be treated as honored guests and accept offerings with peace of mind. As a result, although they are humble and modest like a dog in front of high-ranking cultivators, they still hold their heads high and call themselves "Immortal Masters" in front of ordinary people.

  In this non-sectarian market where various sects gather, having refined his Qi to the eighth layer is already somewhat impressive. Moreover, he's a direct disciple of a top-tier sect, with at least high-grade artifacts on him. Compared to when he first ran the market with only second-layer Qi refinement, barely stronger than the lowest-level loose cultivators, he's now many times more powerful. This made Lei Dong let out a sigh of amazement.

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  Don't mind me repeating this, but the competition for Monday's recommended votes is really fierce. Luckily, Zhou has taken the lead now, so please help Zhou push it up again, thank you! It's also a pretty interesting miracle.