I am a demonic cultivator, not a capitalist with a conscience.

Chapter 367 Timely Rain and Gentle Breeze (16)

Knowing that he only had 99 breaths left, Chen Yu calculated that if he wanted to survive, he would only be able to breathe one breath every four hours.

Fortunately, here it's all talk and no action, so he directly used the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva visualization method, visualizing his primordial spirit as pulmonary hypertrophy, giving him extra large lungs so that he could store more air.

At the same time, it lowers the body's temperature regulation, causing the body temperature to drop slightly, thereby reducing the respiratory rate.

Afterwards, it strengthens the body's mana circulation system, allowing it to burn its own mana and take on more responsibilities.

After making the adjustment, he held his breath and said helplessly to Meng Lingyi, "Master Meng, could you please tell me about this earlier next time?"

Meng Lingyi was also helpless: "There are rules in the upper realm that knowledge about the upper realm cannot be revealed to the lower realm, so you can't even speak about it in the lower realm, or you will lose merit."

"So cruel!"

"That's right. This rule is because there are too many people illegally crossing over to the Upper Realm. The Upper Realm administrators are so annoyed that they had a dream that influenced the relevant star lords, causing them to issue this ban. As long as you don't know how good the Upper Realm is, then those poor, remote country folk will naturally not be able to come."

"This is lazy governance."

"Yeah, let's go register. You can look around before registering, but you probably won't be able to buy anything."

"Regional lock, I guess. Suddenly I feel like Changsheng Prefecture is a bit hateful."

Walking up to the observation deck, Chen Yu noticed that there were already quite a few tourists there.

The floors and walls here are transparent, and through the transparent floors, you can see the surrounding void and the continent below.

The upper realm is located in the void, while the mortal world is spread out in the void like a carpet. The upper realm is clearly divided and shows obvious signs of being designed.

That place is the Great Qian World, the homeland of cultivators.

Apart from this place, the other stars are round, which indicates that the Great Qian World was not formed naturally, but was designed by ancient cultivators.

After quietly admiring it for a while, Chen Yu noticed a meteor that appeared out of nowhere suddenly accelerate and then crash heavily into the Great Qian World below.

However, just before it was about to touch the Great Qian World, a streak of light flashed across the sky. The meteor burned continuously after touching the light and eventually disappeared completely.

Pointing to the trail of flame left in the air, Chen Yu asked, "What's that?"

"Outer Gods."

"really."

The Great Qian World was designed as a flat world, so it shouldn't be attacked by meteors at will. The meteors here must have their own symbolic meaning.

To Chen Yu's surprise, it turned out to be an Outer God.

Meng Lingyi floated to the glass and looked at Wei Yan, saying, "The Great Qian World has a Heavenly Net for defense. That Outer God wasn't strong enough and was burned upon contact with the first layer of the Heavenly Net. However, the annihilated Outer God won't be wasted. His body, his authority, and his power will be fully absorbed by the Great Qian World. His divinity won't disappear but will lie dormant, becoming an evil god or reincarnating, and then transforming into his bloodline and the cultivation bodies of his descendants. You could say that Outer Gods are all treasures, and we all like them."

After letting Chen Yu process this, Meng Lingyi continued, "Powerful Outer Gods will break through layers of defenses and then begin to confront the existing Star Lords of the Great Qian Dynasty head-on. The Outer God you helped Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva defeat was one of them."

"I see... Then why would the Outer Gods be so eager to enter the Great Qian?"

"Star Lords are actually beings that depend on mortals and cultivators. Outer Gods lost their world and began to wander in the void. After tens of thousands or even millions of years of solitude, they suddenly saw a place where they could settle down, so naturally they would enter regardless of everything. The Great Qian Dynasty was developed for this reason. The larger the area, the more Outer Gods it can attract, and the more benefits it can gain." Chen Yu pondered Meng Lingyi's words and felt that he had gained a lot.

The other party explained that when Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva fought against the external gods, almost no one came to his aid, because the whole world was designed that way.

The Outer Gods aren't stupid either. If it were just a simple trap, they wouldn't descend; they would simply leave.

Only by giving them hope and letting them know that they have the ability to descend here will they naturally make the right choice.

If an outer deity possesses authority that the Great Qian lacks, then the Great Qian will naturally welcome the other party to become a new star lord.

If such a scenario existed, it would lead to a direct confrontation between the two sides, with the winner taking all and becoming an even more powerful entity.

In other words, the current Star Lords of the Great Qian Dynasty include both native and foreign figures. Many of the bizarre rules likely originated from external gods, and no one can understand why they exist now.

"After finding out, I felt like the whole world was a mess," Chen Yu said with a sigh. "But if you look at it from a higher perspective, it's actually quite simple: it's just big fish eating small fish."

“That’s exactly what I mean,” Meng Lingyi said with a smile. “Eating and being eaten is a cycle. It’s the same at the top and at the bottom.”

“That’s not the case,” Chen Yu said definitively. “The historical cycle can be broken; it won’t always be like this.”

"...Maybe, but I can't imagine what that scene would be like."

After quietly admiring the scenery for a while, Chen Yu felt that it was about time, so he prepared to head to the hotel to check in before starting the judging process.

When Chen Yu learned that the Sky Elevator was 200 kilometers away from the hotel, he realized that Dream Zero One was really a bit of a rip-off.

Two hundred kilometers is nothing to a physical cultivator like him, but that was in the mortal world!

There's a limit to how much oxygen you can breathe here; rushing too fast will consume too much oxygen, and he can't even hail a taxi because of the area lock.

Realizing her mistake, Meng Lingyi said apologetically, "Sorry, I was teleporting before, I forgot you don't have this function."

"You'll get me killed sooner or later."

"Don't worry, I will take good care of the body."

"...I can't communicate with you anymore."

Just as Chen Yu was about to walk to the center, he heard someone stop the shuttle beside him.

Then, the window of the shuttle was opened, and someone poked their head out, excitedly saying, "Brother Chen, we've finally found you!"

After recognizing the other person, Chen Yu exclaimed in surprise, "Xu Feng? What are you doing here?"

"After receiving your message that you were coming to the Upper Realm, I prepared to come. After all, Tianyuan has regional restrictions, so there are many things you can't buy in the Upper Realm. Moreover, the rules in the Upper Realm are numerous and bizarre, and I estimated that you wouldn't be able to handle them alone, so I came to help you. Is the person next to you the temple keeper of the Dream Star Lord? Am I being a bit redundant?"

Squinting at Meng Lingyi, who looked even more embarrassed, Chen Yu smiled and said to Xu Feng, "No, thank you so much."

　One update at noon, more in the afternoon.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)