Chapter 362: 174~175: The perfect deduction of life span resources, revealing enemy situation during pioneer exploration (nearly 8k votes needed for the month)_1 Chapter 362: 174~175: The perfect deduction of life span resources, revealing enemy situation during pioneer exploration (nearly 8k votes needed for the month)_1 The Sect’s assessment mission only gave Chen Dengming a few days to prepare before he had to set off immediately, following the Sect’s Spirit Boat to the very edge of the Southeastern corner of the Eastern Region, thousands of miles away.
Past the southeastern corner of the Eastern Region was the battlefield where sects like the Heavenly Dao Sect and the Western Region Demon Cultivators had broken out into conflict.
Inside the cave dwelling, He Yingyu and Xu Wei were chatting.
“When we get there, I’ll have to rely on you.
Although he seems careful and cautious in his everyday duties, he can sometimes be quite careless in ordinary life…”
Xu Wei held back her laughter, holding He Yingyu’s hand, “I understand, Sister Yu.
I’ll take care of the trivial things for him.”
He Yingyu nodded slightly and got up, moving gracefully towards Chen Dengming to continue her nagging.
“Don’t show off when you arrive in the battlefield — stay away from trouble.
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It’s just an assessment, and not a mandate to risk your life.
You’re a Great Cultivator with a False Core, on the brink of achieving the Golden Core.
The Sect won’t trouble you…”
“Are you well-versed with the new magic artifacts I’ve refined for you?
Make sure to get more familiar…”
It’s often said that parting only enhances love, and now, with the taste of newly wedded bliss still fresh, the parting was indeed difficult.
Chen Dengming, laughing, wrapped his arm around He Yingyu’s waist.
“Don’t worry, I am familiar with all of them.
Don’t you know my character well?
If there was real danger, I would have already avoided it.
You should also be careful on the road and focus on cultivating…
so you can breakthrough sooner…”
After their brief exchange, without any further fuss, they left the cave dwelling and headed straight for a few Spirit boats of the Longevity Sect, which had been waiting at the foot of the mountain.
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“Friend He!”
On one of the Spirit-boats, an old man with squinted eyes and in the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment brightened up when he saw He Yingyu’s alluring and dignified figure, promptly waving a greeting.
“This Fellow Cultivator!”
At this time, Chen Dengming flew over from behind, jumped off the Black Cloud Leopard, and greeted the old man with a smile.
“My wife is new here and it’s her first time participating in this assessment mission, so I hope you can take good care of her.”
The old man was taken aback, feeling the formidable spiritual might of Chen Dengming, he immediately bowed and replied laughingly, “Brother Chen is joking.
Your wife is stronger than this old man, I dare not speak of taking care of her, but I can promise mutual assistance.”
He said this while stealing another glance at the Black Cloud Leopard with its distinguished purple fur.
This mighty creature impressed and humbled him greatly.
The rumors had indeed been true, the Changchun Fairy Couple did own a Foundation Establishment Black Cloud Leopard as a mount.
The sight of such a majestic creature couldn’t help but stir envy and awe.
“Experience is also a form of strength, you’re too humble.”
Chen Dengming laughed, casually taking out a small storage bag from his sleeve, and passed it over with a soft force.
The old man was shocked, and backed away quickly.
“Brother Chen, this is unacceptable, really, this is too much for me…”
“It’s just a small gift to mark our meeting.
Please accept it, consider it as us becoming friends.
We, the Changchun Fairy Couple, enjoy making friends.”
A few moments later, Chen Dengming watched with a smile as He Yingyu gracefully boarded the Spirit Boat and left with confidence.
As the saying goes, it is easier to deal with a difficult boss than tricky coworkers.
Even though Chen Dengming had now attained a False Core, he wasn’t proud or complacent.
Essential precautions and social skills were not to be neglected.
“Brother Chen!”
When he reached another Spirit Boat, a woman cultivator with squinty eyes, wearing a Longevity Sect robe, came up to greet him.
Polite introductions were made, explaining that they were companions on the same mission and would both benefit from mutual care and support.
For Chen Dengming this was an assessment mission.
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But for other cultivators of the Longevity Sect, it might just be a regular Sect duty.
Coming across a Great Cultivator with a False Core, like Chen Dengming, in a duty mission surely brought happiness.
On the Spirit boat, more than sixty disciples of the Longevity Sect saw Chen Dengming, each of them dutifully paying respects, and expressing their excitement.
Within the entire Longevity Sect, there were nearly 20,000 Qi Cultivation disciples, several hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators, but only thirteen cultivators with the False Core.
Norma Qi Cultivation disciples usually had no chance to interact with the Great Cultivators possessing a False Core in the sect, let alone being on the same mission on the same Spirit Boat.
As always, Chen Dengming put up no airs he greeted the respectful disciples with a warm smile.
Afterwards, he left the Black Cloud Leopard outside, facing the adoring and slightly fearful stares of the Longevity Sect disciples.
Under the guidance of the squinty-eyed Foundation Establishment cultivator, Du Baoyue, he lodged in the best guest room on the Spirit Boat for temporary rest.
This trip, across the thousands of miles, would take two hours even on a second-rank high-level Spirit Boat of the Longevity Sect.
Once a certain speed is reached, it becomes increasingly difficult to speed up further, hence a second-rank high-level Spirit Boat may not necessarily be much faster than a lower-rank one.
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While sitting in the room on the Spirit Boat,
Chen Dengming summoned the Mini Array Spirit to dance, activated the Array Plate, and prepared to cultivate.
At his stage of cultivation, the Soul Snatching Array Disk of the first order has a limited impact.
Because the volume of the spiritual energy he draws in and absorbs during cultivation is indeed substantial.
What used to be a work of several hours to completely deplete the spiritual energy from the surroundings of the Array Plate, now takes only about ten minutes.
This means that to maintain the best absorption quality — where the Golden and Wood Spiritual Energy do not cause each other to deteriorate, he needs to change his cultivation location frequently.
This would consequently lead to a decline in cultivation efficiency.
But this problem can be solved while on a moving Spirit Boat.
Because the Spirit Boat keeps moving, there is no risk of the spiritual energy in the surrounding air being completely absorbed.
The downside is also obvious.
When cultivating while the Spirit Boat is moving, there lacks a Spirit Vein like the ones in the sect and the cultivation has to rely solely on the spiritual energy from the outside atmosphere — which inevitably slows down the cultivation speed compared to within the sect.