Hunting God Era

Chapter 211 Reclamation
The next day, Li Ye and Erica left the city and embarked on their journey to find the original sect.

Of course, a positioning system was also provided, so that support can be provided immediately when needed.

It's not that we won't provide a car, it's just that sometimes a car isn't useful.

Because Erica needed to stand on the ground, this woman, who was several heads taller than him and resembled a giant, only wore anklets on her feet and was not wearing shoes.

"The earth has given me a wild spirit."

When Li Ye asked, Erica simply said, "Wildness makes me more perceptive; I can only sense things when I step onto the earth."

This woman doesn't seem to care about distance; she's clearly capable of traveling thousands of miles.

Li Ye didn't care at all.

He has plenty of methods and strength.

After leaving the city, there was an endless grassland. When Li Ye stepped onto the grassland, he saw Erica close her eyes and open her arms as if embracing the heavens and earth, and remain still there.

A gentle breeze stirred the grassland, as if bowing to the woman. After about half an hour, she opened her eyes and pointed northwest, saying, "There."

"You noticed that already?" Li Ye asked, puzzled.

“Yes, the wildness can lead me to perceive places different from nature, and in that direction, there is a sense of incongruity,” Erica nodded.

Natural disharmony
Li Ye nodded slightly, indicating that he understood the general idea.

Just like the information said, this woman was able to find something out of place in this natural landscape. Nature is nature, and the demons born here are themselves a kind of incongruity.

Through this feeling, one can indeed find the movements of the primordial era.

Li Ye had witnessed this innate holiness firsthand.

"What's the exact distance?" Li Ye asked.

Erica shook her head. "I don't know. I only know the direction. To lock onto the target, I need to get to a certain distance before I can notice anything more amiss."

"Okay, let's go then."

Li Ye followed the direction Erica pointed, and Erica maintained that sense, able to subtly adjust the direction so as not to get lost on the vast grassland.

Moreover, they were very fast. Erica walked barefoot on the ground as if she were being supported by the earth, showing no signs of fatigue.

However, a martial artist at the third realm wouldn't be unable to travel, but she was more at ease.

As for Li Ye
He flew.

It doesn't use the Ruyi power to shape the air and then step on it; it simply flies low, and during flight, the grass beneath its feet is rolled down by the wind.

"Can one fly once they reach the fourth realm?"

Erica turned to look at Li Ye, who was standing with his hands behind his back, looking relaxed and carefree, and said with some envy, "If you could fly, wouldn't you be able to go anywhere and become free?"

"free?"

Li Ye was stunned. Looking at the woman, she seemed to be much older than him. If she were in a martial arts school, she should have already graduated.

"How can a social creature be free? So-called freedom is nothing more than not following the rules of one side but jumping into the rules of another. There is no such thing as freedom or not freedom, it's just a matter of how you think about it. You're talking to me about freedom now, hahaha."

He chuckled softly, leaving Erica somewhat puzzled.

She didn't understand, but Li Ye knew that talking about freedom in the face of such power was truly like being in hell.

This is one of his newly acquired powers: land reclamation.

It comes from Jingwei.

Not the one with the surname Wang, but the genuine ancient mythological figure, Jingwei.

The prototype of this authority was not so free; he spent his entire life reclaiming land from the sea.

The demon with divine attributes that he found above was one he stumbled upon while in Qingzhou. It was a giant bird that was about to transform into a Pan Demon and was causing trouble. After Li Ye killed it, he obtained this authority.

He is not a true god, but he has acquired the attributes of Jingwei, and the information he obtained is also quite interesting.
The Emperor proclaimed: "Bearing stones, I suppress the vast ocean; with a flap of my wings, I cleave the raging torrents. My breath summons hurricanes across the eight directions; waves roll, chilling the nine abysses. A long wind rides the cloud palace; raging waves overturn the divine tortoise. Jingwei soars into the void, howling; all the seas are overturned!"

It's "The Emperor said" again, another piece of information related to Emperor Yan.

Jingwei was the youngest daughter of Emperor Yan, and the ability she gained also had the prefix "Emperor said".

That's where the strangeness lies.

The information about the power he held was straightforward, except for anything related to Emperor Yan, which was always prefixed with "The Emperor said".

This applies to consuming qi (vital energy), swallowing filth, and even to Jingwei (a mythical creature).

Its specific form of power is not simply flying, but also causing storms.

He can freely control storms, and if he so desires, he can unleash the power of 'sea reclamation' at any time. In an instant, a storm can descend upon the vast grasslands, and given time, he can flood the entire area.

This and 'Gan Qi' each have their own merits. Gan Qi's power is mainly aimed at a single target, making it impossible for the opponent to defend against, but 'Reclaiming the Sea' itself can deal area-of-effect damage.

This is also the authority that Li Ye obtained, which grants him the power to attack over a wide area.

With the addition of a Ruyi scepter, he can do a lot.

The reason why the authorities considered him invincible was because his power was not only immense, but also extensive.
Heading north into the grasslands, the yellowish hue soon blanketed the land.

Erica stopped in her tracks. "Can we rest for a bit? I'm a little hungry."

Li Ye landed on the ground and nodded, saying, "Do as you please."

Erica put down the package, rummaged through it and found some flammable materials, then said, "It's best to use the supplies sparingly. I don't want to trouble people too much. The wild game on the grasslands is also quite good. Please wait a moment."

As she spoke, she stood up, then sensed something and ran quickly in another direction. As she ran, she suddenly jumped up and touched her earlobe. The bow and arrow pendant emitted a brilliant light and transformed into a giant bow.

Under the dim light of dawn, the agile woman drew her bow in mid-air, her true energy transforming into an arrow that shot forth with a surge of energy, sending tassels flying through the air as she fell. She then sprinted down and returned in no time, carrying an antelope on her back.

That antelope was not a normal animal; its four hooves were soft and had sharp claws, and its fur was patterned like clouds.

The antelope had a hole as thick as an arm in its head, which looked more like it had been pierced by a large weapon than by an arrow.

"A clouded antelope."

Li Ye recognized the demon; it was a specialty of the grasslands, and he often ate it. Eating more of it could strengthen the body and increase movement speed. "Yes, there are many demons on the grasslands. We can kill them and eat them, which will also benefit me."

Erica returned to Li Ye, skillfully started a fire, and then took out a knife to begin skinning the antelope.

"Then I'll try your cooking. I've never had this kind of outdoor cooking before."

Li Ye chuckled and glanced at the sky. There should be planes continuously circling there according to their positioning, in order to drop supplies according to instructions, but that's not really necessary now.

The skinning and bleeding technique is highly skilled. The skin is peeled off directly from the center line, and the antelope is cut up while keeping the sinewy parts. The skin is then skewered on sticks and roasted.

They also brought seasonings with them, and Erica was quite skilled at this. After grilling them to a golden brown, she sprinkled on the seasonings and handed them to Li Ye, saying at the same time:

"Actually, you can roast antelope without any seasoning, as the meat itself tastes very good, but it will taste even better with seasoning."

After taking the food, Li Ye took a bite and nodded. "I know that. A long time ago, my goal was to keep eating these kinds of delicious food. Later, I achieved my goal, but I was also very busy. Yours tastes good."

"I love nature, and my goal is to be able to roam freely in nature."

Erica took a bite and squinted her eyes. "Eastern cuisine tastes so good that Western cuisine can't replicate it. In fact, our traditional cuisine used to include spices, but that tradition has been lost for many years."

The natives of the Star Ring Federation, or rather, a hundred years ago, had decent cooking methods. But recently, perhaps their superiors have become too impatient and have started to exploit the people to the point of exhaustion, treating ordinary people as mere resources. Even the issue of food has become simply about filling one's stomach.

Specifically, you can just buy a nutrient solution and inject it, or buy some life-sustaining paste to keep your stomach moving. It provides nutrition, but eating too much can easily lead to suicide.

However, people generally won't survive until then.

The information Li Ye was looking at largely showed that martial artists, as true long-lived beings, no longer cared what ordinary people, who were short-lived, thought.

In China, because everyone practices martial arts, even those who haven't yet mastered the art of guiding qi, and because of the availability of good food, people can easily live to be eighty or ninety years old, and are not far removed from martial artists.

Most of the first-level Dragon Gate warriors only live for another ten years or so, and apart from that, they are just a little healthier.

However, it's not like that in other places. There's no obligation for them to practice martial arts. They tightly control the resources for martial arts, and for ordinary people to advance, just learning a single martial art requires a considerable investment.

In addition, they have no obligation to care about ordinary people. Experimentation and bad practices are rampant, and all kinds of filth fly around. The lifespan of the lower class is even shorter than that of the pets that the upper class keeps with great care.

Those pets with demonic features can live for another fifty or six years, while people at the bottom of society are lucky to live to fifty.

All resources were poured into martial artists, and among them, those who truly won and were not treated as consumables, even those at the Dragon Gate Realm, lived for a long enough time, almost three times that of ordinary people.

What does that mean?
A martial artist and an ordinary person are good friends, but this good friend dies when the martial artist is fifty years old. Even if his descendants have some affection for him, it is much less. When the martial artist is a hundred years old, his descendants will also die. If any descendants are left, they will be able to outlive this grandchild when the martial artist dies of old age.

The generational shift was so severe that it created a disconnect between martial artists and ordinary people. Although they were both human, they seemed like two distinct races, completely separated.

To be honest, Li Ye didn't really understand before, so he didn't really care. All he wanted was to strengthen himself. If he hadn't entered the Elimination Sect by chance, he might have been like those Primordial Beings, not just a local tyrant, but someone who would ascend to immortality first, based on his own abilities.

After joining the disinfection team, he entered the core area and saw the relevant documents. He now has only one feeling.

The whole nation must rise to prominence!

We also need to achieve national ascension before those people outside complete their 'Ark Project'!

Since we're so out of place in China, let's just be straightforward and ascend to heaven!

Leave this place, which is hell outside of China, to those who like to stay in hell.

As for those who wanted to go to heaven, those who were meant to have come have already come, and the scum in heaven who were meant to be wiped out have all been wiped out.

"Serve well. Your people may be gone, but you are here, so your goal will surely be achieved."

Li Ye smiled and said, "There is plenty of time to switch cultivation paths at the third realm. There is still time for everything. Even at the fourth realm, as long as you are not too deeply bound to the Primordial Beginning realm, you will still have a chance."

Only after reaching the fourth realm did he realize that sometimes people are not in control of their own lives.

For example, Tian Zhixing, despite being at the fourth level, actually had the opportunity to join the Salt Gang for in-depth cultivation, but he didn't do so, which is quite complicated.

But sometimes, stance is more important than emotion.

Li Ye didn't dislike him, but he couldn't swallow his anger. If things couldn't be resolved smoothly, he could only settle it through fighting. So, the higher-ups were also turning a blind eye to the situation.

Some people don't not want to surrender or integrate into China; it's just that things have come to this point, and there's nothing more they can do.

Thinking of this, he felt a slight unease.

His classmate, Fu Chuxue, has also recently disappeared.

According to intelligence, she seems to have gone to the Yuan Chu outside, leaving with her father, Fu Yan.

The intelligence above says that Fu Yan is special. He was able to attain enlightenment at the age of twenty-eight because he accidentally entered a primordial realm at that age, thus gaining power.

He has been active in the Primordial Era for years in order to find the Primordial Era of the past, because he married and had a child with a being there, and the child was Fu Chuxue.

But now that they've gone outside, it means they must have found it.

But it also represents a certain choice.

That is, instead of following them, they chose the Path of the Ark.

"Don't fall into my hands!"

He shook his head and smiled: "If your place needs to be destroyed for us to replenish it, then you can only blame your bad luck."

They were actually in a passive position because the demands of Shenzhou were enormous. Normally, even if one Primordial Being completed the joint ascension, it would not affect the ascension of other Primordial Beings.

Many of these are related.

For example, the westward migration of the Huns triggered the rise of Rome, but at the cost of the complete disappearance of the black-haired, black-eyed Romans, which were replaced by blond-haired, blue-eyed people who claimed to be descendants of Rome.

But for China, the first one is exactly what it needs.

If you're even a step late, the difficulty increases exponentially.

They didn't want things to turn out like the apocalypse, where they would have to pay a huge price to achieve ascension.

Li Ye himself understood that his current strength was the perfect opportunity.

"I'd like to see what it's like after ascension. I don't believe this thing came out of thin air. What are you going to do with it?"

Li Ye glanced up at the sky and said, "Once I get up there, I will naturally find out the truth."

(End of this chapter)