In the world of Immortal Island, Feng Wuhen was sitting cross-legged in front of a cave.
However, he was not cultivating; instead, he was pondering his next move.
Deep inside this cave behind him lay a Cave Heaven left behind by a Void Refinement stage cultivation expert. In terms of job-holder ranks, this was the legendary-tier.
If nothing had gone wrong, Feng Wuhen should have already opened the Cave Heaven and swept away the treasures left by the Void Refinement expert by now.
Then, he would have returned to Blue Star, converted the treasures into points, and exchanged those points for Daxia's Cave Heaven cultivation points. He would have opened a Heaven-rank Cave Heaven, happily eating hot pot inside while running his cultivation technique to break through his realm.
After the Spirit Qi Recovery in Daxia, the government had renovated the famous mountains and rivers with the highest spirit qi concentration. They invested massive amounts of capital to create multiple Cave Heavens specifically for cultivation and breakthroughs.
These were divided into four ranks based on spirit qi concentration: Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow. Besides the difference in spirit qi, higher-rank Cave Heavens also featured more advanced and complete auxiliary arrays.
For example, a Heaven-rank Cave Heaven featured an epic-tier Tranquility Array and a legendary-tier Withered Wood Meeting Spring Array. With these two arrays active, as long as one wasn't practicing some incredibly bizarre evil technique, there was no need to worry about life-threatening danger during a breakthrough.
Furthermore, Heaven-rank Cave Heavens possessed a time array that could independently regulate the flow of time, reaching a maximum ratio of 1:1.5.
Although it was only 0.5 faster, this was already the limit of what Daxia could currently achieve.
The mythic-tier advancement item, the Creation Source, obtained from the Flood of the Flood Dragon, had later been used by an Array Master from the Heavenly Crafts Academy who broke through to the mythic-tier.
This time array was his handiwork.
Therefore, exchanging points for Cave Heavens had become the top choice for a segment of Daxia's job-holders.
These job-holders usually possessed a degree of talent and no small amount of ambition, seeking to advance both their cultivation and their profession simultaneously.
Feng Wuhen was one of them.
However, the points required to open a Heaven-rank Cave Heaven were undoubtedly an astronomical figure.
When Feng Wuhen first discovered this Void Refinement Cave Heaven, his joy was comparable to that of an ancient scholar passing the imperial examinations.
But the good times didn't last. Before Feng Wuhen could even call for backup, three people from the Path of Heaven's Heart arrived.
Upon arrival, they arrogantly ordered Feng Wuhen to leave, claiming this Cave Heaven was the place where an ancestor of the Path of Heaven's Heart had passed away and could not be occupied by outsiders.
"What ancestor or forefather? You can't even provide a name, and you expect me to just take your word for it?"
Feng Wuhen retorted directly. As a Sword Cultivator, he could do anything except back down.
Besides, the aura of the three opponents was only at the Foundation Establishment stage. Being at the same Foundation Establishment stage, Feng Wuhen believed he was no inferior to anyone else, so there was no need to fear them.
What followed was exactly as Feng Wuhen had described in his post.
At this moment, Feng Wuhen's brow was furrowed. Two days had passed since he published the post, and the Path of Heaven's Heart had only given him three days to consider.
Initially, Feng Wuhen thought that after the post was live, some big shots would come out to support him. After all, the condition he offered only required them to stand by his side and act as a backer to take half of the Cave Heaven's profits.
To Feng Wuhen's surprise, the prestige of the Path of Heaven's Heart was so great that no one in Daxia dared to step forward.
Instead, a bunch of people in the post advised him that a great man should know when to yield and that there was no need to fight for a temporary gain.
This left Feng Wuhen unable to make a decision.
Just as Feng Wuhen was feeling frustrated, the job-holder panel suddenly popped up messages at an incredibly high speed.
Feng Wuhen opened them and found they were all blank messages with only a single tag, leaving him completely confused.
He scrolled to the very top.
"Holy crap!"
Upon seeing the reply from Chen Xu, Feng Wuhen literally jumped up from the ground.
Thud!
Using too much force, his head hit the rocky ceiling above, smashing a small pit into it.
But Feng Wuhen didn't care at all and hurriedly sent a private message to Chen Xu.
【Feng Wuhen: Big boss! I'll go through fire and water for you!】
【Lord of the Undead: Send me the location.】
【Feng Wuhen: [Location Information]】
In the Daxia Military Academy dormitory, Chen Xu clicked on the location information shared by Feng Wuhen, got out of bed, and planned to go join the fun.
Just as he reached the dormitory gate, Chen Xu suddenly slapped his forehead.
"Wait, I seem to be on the blacklist. If I force my way in, I might alert the enemy."
Chen Xu only then remembered that the moon of Immortal Island had issued a departure order to him. Although with his mythic-tier strength, combined with his divine godhood and authority as the Lord of the Undead, forcing entry into a world wasn't difficult.
However, if he did that, the Path of Heaven's Heart would surely be on guard.
Thus, after thinking for a moment, Chen Xu posted another reply in Feng Wuhen's thread.
【Lord of the Undead: Are there any friends available to help me deliver something to the OP?】
【Romantic Scholar: Big boss, me, me, me!】
【Sole Arbitrator of Eternity: Damn it! I'm still in class. Guys, is skipping class at the military academy a big deal? I also want to take the big boss's job.】
【Romantic Scholar: @Sole Arbitrator of Eternity, you're out of luck. I've already messaged Demon King Wang. Browsing the forum during class? Get ready to be punished.】
【Sole Arbitrator of Eternity: @Romantic Scholar, you villain!!!】
Chen Xu sent a private message to Romantic Scholar and gave her Feng Wuhen's location.
【Lord of the Undead: If there's no problem, come find me at the military academy dormitory.】
【Romantic Scholar: Be there in a second!】
Chen Xu then leaned against a lamppost outside the dormitory gate, waiting for Romantic Scholar.
After a while, Romantic Scholar sent a message.
【Romantic Scholar: Big boss, I'm here, but I don't see you.】
【Lord of the Undead: You're here? I'm right at the dormitory gate. I'm the only one here; I don't see anyone else.】
【Romantic Scholar: Holy crap, wait. Big boss, you must be at the single-occupancy dorms. One moment, I'm coming!】
Shortly after, a youth with shoulder-length hair wearing a plain scholar's outfit used a flight technique to arrive at the dormitory gate.
"Mythic Chen! Sorry to keep you waiting."
Romantic Scholar's voice was ethereal; she was actually a woman.
Chen Xu took out the Bone Angel Statue from the Undead Kingdom and used his authority to compress it to the size of an earring.
"Please take this to Feng Wuhen."
Then, Chen Xu took out one ice-attribute treasure and one flesh-attribute treasure.
"Take these as payment for your errand."
"These are?"
"The white one improves ice-attribute talent, and the red one improves physical talent."
"What!" Romantic Scholar exclaimed. "This... this is too valuable. Mythic Chen, I don't deserve this."
Chen Xu didn't waste words with her and placed the statue and the two treasures directly into her hands.
"If I give it to you, take it. These things aren't worth much to me."
"Hehe, then I won't be polite. Don't worry, Mythic Chen. I'll deliver this statue to Feng Wuhen immediately, even if I have to chug Qi-Replenishing Pills the whole way!"
Romantic Scholar pulled a bottle of pills from her robe, bit off the cork with her teeth, and downed them straight from the bottle.
A whole bottle of Qi-Replenishing Pills entered her stomach, and the spirit qi within her body surged. Her scholar's outfit billowed as if caught in a windless draft.
Then, she activated her flight technique and flew off into the distance.
Judging by the aura she released, she was likely a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator as well.
Once upon a time—actually, only a year ago—Foundation Establishment stage cultivators were the pillars of Daxia.
In just one year, they had become as common as stray dogs on the street.
The environment truly nurtured people; as long as there was enough spirit qi, even a pig could become an immortal.
Subsequently, Chen Xu sent a private message to Feng Wuhen.
【Lord of the Undead: I've had Romantic Scholar deliver a statue to you. With that statue, I can perform a Spirit Descent at any time. Fight freely and show them the spirit of Daxia.】
【Feng Wuhen: Understood! I definitely won't let you down, big boss!】
【Lord of the Undead: If you fight to my satisfaction, I'll give you a surprise afterward.】
【Feng Wuhen: Big boss, what kind of surprise?】
【Lord of the Undead: A surprise is a surprise. You'll find out when the time comes.】
...
That night, Feng Wuhen walked out of the cave entrance, and a streak of light flashed across the horizon, landing beside him.
Seeing someone dressed like a scholar, Feng Wuhen asked.
"Romantic Scholar?"
Romantic Scholar didn't reply but handed the Bone Angel Statue to Feng Wuhen. Immediately after, she sat on the ground, crossed her legs, swallowed two Rejuvenation Pills, and began to stabilize her breathing.
After taking the mission from Chen Xu, she had flown for a full half-day without a single moment of rest.
She had consumed three bottles of Qi-Replenishing Pills, and now her meridians were faintly aching.
After a good while, Romantic Scholar recovered enough to speak.
"That's the item Mythic Chen told me to give you."
Feng Wuhen carefully put away the statue, and a strange sense of confidence welled up within him.
The next day, just as the sky was beginning to brighten, three cultivators from the Path of Heaven's Heart arrived at the cave entrance.
The three glanced casually at Feng Wuhen and then at Romantic Scholar beside him. Realizing she was also just a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator, they didn't take her to heart.
"Have you made up your mind? If you retreat now, there's still a chance. Once we step onto the arena, weapons have no eyes, and things might get ugly."
"Hmph, you think I'm afraid of you?"
Feng Wuhen looked at the three in front of him with disdain. His gaze drifted toward the distant sky, where a Soul Transformation cultivator was flying openly, making no effort to hide his aura. It was clearly an attempt to intimidate Feng Wuhen into backing down.
Previously, Feng Wuhen would have definitely turned and left, but now, he held his sword in his right hand, flourished it, and pointed it at the three.
"Let's fight!"
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