I Come to Teach You Cultivation

Chapter 496: Chapter 25: The Flat Peach Feast and Ascension to Immortality

"Is this the Hundred Lands Mountain Range from before my birth?"

Closely following behind Li Jingshu, Li Xudou curiously surveyed the familiar yet unfamiliar river.

It’s called familiar because this river is the only link between the Hundred Lands Mountain Range and the outside world, the Hundred Lands Grand Canal.

A variety of strange boats set off from the Hundred Lands Mountain Range, continuously sailing towards the outside along the canal.

It’s called unfamiliar because this Hundred Lands Grand Canal is completely different from the one in Li Xudou’s impression.

In Li Xudou’s era, dams had already been built on both sides of the Hundred Lands Grand Canal, and quite a few pavilions and towers decorated the banks.

According to what Li Xudou knew, any outsiders had to stay along the river banks before entering the Hundred Lands Mountain Range.

On one hand, they enjoyed the scenic beauty along the river; on the other hand, they waited for clearance permission.

Only those with a permit would be allowed to enter the Hundred Lands Mountain Range.

Moreover, during that time, individual boats were rarely allowed to pass on the Hundred Lands Grand Canal.

Especially boats as odd and evidently risky as these, they were absolutely forbidden from appearing near the vast flow of the river.

In fact, when Li Xudou was allowed to leave the Hundred Lands Mountain Range for experience.

There were no longer any wooden boats on the canal.

They were replaced by steel ships equipped with [steam power] and [Primordial Qi Furnaces].

The former was the mechanical power researched by Wu Zhen, commonly used for regular navigation.

The latter was a Primordial Qi combustion device similar to an Alchemy Furnace, able to power most devices that use Primordial Qi as energy.

Especially when it was used as a power source for Spells and Divine Powers, some cultivators in the Mortal Realm could even rival real gods with it.

"Oh? Are there no ’Ring Star Constructs’ here even now?"

Looking up at the sky ahead, Li Xudou suddenly asked in surprise.

"Ring Star Construct?"

Looking at Li Xudou in astonishment, although Li Jingshu knew she shouldn’t be curious, so as not to change the future.

Yet, hearing Li Xudou’s curious words, she couldn’t help but ask back.

"What is a Ring Star Construct? What kind of thing is that?"

Li Xudou slightly gathered his expression.

Only then did he realize that he seemed to have inadvertently revealed information about the future again.

However, Li Xudou thought about it carefully, merely revealing some information about [Ring Star Constructs] shouldn’t affect the future, right?

"To my knowledge, a ’Ring Star Construct’ is a special communication system that mimics the orbiting of stars."

Even a second of hesitation was unnecessary, Li Xudou quickly chose to let it go.

After all, if the sky fell, there’d be taller people to hold it up; he had never seen his master unable to handle anything.

Even a master from this era was his omnipotent master!

"Just like the sun, moon, and stars in the sky orbiting the earth..."

"The ’Ring Star Construct’ is also a special satellite orbiting the Hundred Lands Mountain Range."

"It was originally launched into the sky as a communications relay station, allowing the Mountain People outside the Hundred Lands Mountain Range to communicate instantly via Sound Transmission Talismans."

As Li Xudou spoke, he took out a Sound Transmission Talisman from his era from his pocket.

Compared to the Sound Transmission Talismans of this era.

The Sound Transmission Talisman in Li Xudou’s hand appeared much more exquisite.

It not only had various complex Proverb Talismans, but its structure was also particularly unique.

The front even had a screen similar to flowing water, with patterns Li Jingshu couldn’t understand.

Unfortunately, since this era couldn’t receive signals from the Ring Star Construct,

the screen only displayed parts of the "Prophet Daily," and the dynamic images and cultivation techniques stored internally by Li Xudou in advance.

"But in our era, the ’Cloud Summit Celestial Palace’ system had basically taken shape."

"Every ’Ring Star Construct’ had a god permanently stationed on it."

"Some cultivators who practiced special Primordial Qi or related to stars also chose to reside in the Celestial Palace."

"So long as you had high enough clearance, my Sound Transmission Talisman could use the power of the ’Ring Star Construct’ to perform various spells."

At this point, Li Xudou shook his head in regret.

"My big sister from that era told me..."

"Although spells are merely byproducts of cultivating Divine Power, they shouldn’t be ignored."

"Thus, even though my Sound Transmission Talisman is the latest version, it lacks clearance to harness the Ring Star Construct to cast spells."

Accepting the Sound Transmission Talisman from Li Xudou’s hand to inspect it briefly, Li Jingshu nodded in strong agreement.

"My future self was right; using the power of gods to cast spells is ultimately just a shortcut."

"If you don’t have strong cultivation as a backing, the god can lend you power, but naturally can take it back as well."

"Relying on mountains and they fall, relying on people and they run, relying on others is ultimately less reliable than relying on oneself."

After a brief pause, Li Jingshu then continued.

"Moreover, the kind of ’Ring Star Construct’ you’re talking about hasn’t been born yet, but its initial version—the Sky Base Station—already has a prototype."

"I was originally worried about its reliability, but now I think those concerns were unnecessary."

As soon as Li Jingshu said this, Xiaogui, who had been listening all along, rolled his eyes immediately.

Who was it that said earlier they didn’t want to know too much information about the future, for fear of changing it?

Yet not long after, Li Jingshu completely forgot these concerns and began to discuss the so-called ’Cloud Summit Celestial Palace’ with Li Xudou with great interest.

Luckily, Xiaogui wasn’t as unreliable as the other two and immediately interrupted their discussion.

"I’m kind of curious now, how old are you?"

Fixing his gaze on Li Xudou, Xiaogui couldn’t believe that the Hundred Lands Mountain Range could develop to the extent Li Xudou described in just a few decades.

Especially the ’Cloud Summit Celestial Palace’ constructed by the Ring Star Constructs, which looked like a long-term project.

"How old am I?"

Hearing Xiaogui’s question, Li Xudou was visibly stunned, then calculated and said.

"I was born in the third year of Tiandao, and I ventured out in the nineteenth year of Tiandao..."

"I spent fifty-seven years traveling through the Great Xia’s various countries, then spent ninety-six years exploring the Eight Desolate Islands, and two years thereafter probing various secret realms."

"When I discovered the Shocking God Valley, I should’ve been a hundred and seventy-one years old."

Both Li Jingshu and Xiaogui were instantly stupefied, looking at Li Xudou incredulously.

Just by seeing Li Xudou’s youthful appearance and demeanor, it was really hard to believe he was a person who had lived for 171 years.

"Oh! I know why you’re so surprised!"

"This year is the third year of Tiandao, and the Flat Peaches weren’t mass-produced until the tenth year of Tiandao!"

"Uh, you both should know about the Flat Peaches, right?"

Seeing Li Jingshu and Xiaogui nod simultaneously, Li Xudou breathed a long sigh of relief and laughed.

"Seven years later, Grandma Mountain God will gather the powers of the gods to host the Flat Peach Festival and ultimately attain immortality."

"From then on, any creature in the Hundred Lands Mountain Range can obtain a Flat Peach if they wish."

"Eating a Flat Peach can grant an additional five to six hundred years of life, and if one’s cultivation is successful, the lifespan limit can be increased to eight hundred years."

"So according to the standards of our era, I’m just reaching adulthood now."

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