Chapter 445: Chapter 444: Shocking the White Hawk, Building a City in a Month
In terms of mental fortitude, the people of Blue Star are not lacking.
After all, this is a world where everyone practices Cultivation.
However, to be as resilient as the urbanites of Longyu Country, there might not be a second place like that in the entirety of Blue Star.
The scene and pressure akin to an apocalypse arrived swiftly and retreated just as quickly, but they left a deep imprint on the minds of every citizen in all cities along the Eastern Coast of White Hawk.
Instantly, the entire Eastern Coast, arguably the forefront of the White Hawk Federation’s economy, descended into chaos.
Some people broke down and howled in despair; some packed their belongings, intending to leave.
The medical system also collapses simultaneously.
There were too many people who fell unconscious, unable to bear the might of the heavenly punishment.
Even though these people were essentially unharmed, merely fainting, who knew if there could be any exceptions?
Human life was considered paramount.
The relevant departments of White Hawk Federation could not and would not turn a blind eye to this situation.
The White Hawk Federation is based on a voting system.
Sixty percent of the vote of the entire White Hawk Federation is concentrated in the hands of city folks, including those in Wesbayl city, along the eastern coast.
After all, the Eastern Coast is the most developed economic block of White Hawk.
Money brings that much more influence.
With their city being sufficiently developed, the average standard of the citizens is naturally higher.
Not just in terms of medical support.
If the upper echelons of White Hawk cannot promptly meet the basic needs of the people, in the next election, they might just need to start packing their bags.
If they couldn’t even fulfill basic needs in times of crisis, what use do they serve?
Of course.
This is secondary.
What’s most important is that...
The upper echelons of the White Hawk owe an explanation.
Just now, what actually happened?
Why would such an event occur in the mighty White Hawk, one of the top superpowers in the world?
Even if it was just a momentary occurrence,
The upper echelons of the White Hawk still agonized over it.
One after another, emergency orders were dumped down on the relevant departments in the cities of the Eastern Coast, and many influential individuals even leveraged their private relationships that they would not use under ordinary circumstances, vowing to uncover the truth behind the scenes.
The Sky Shield Bureau, with the duty of safeguarding White Hawk, also dispatched its best at this moment.
...
On a sea-facing cliff outskirts of Wesbayl city,
Li Jing, who caused all this upheaval, looked at the chaotic crowd of Wesbayl city, where fires could be spotted and looting and smashing had begun, and silently shook his head.
These White Hawk People, they really live too well on normal days.
If the same event happens,
Even if it is not a historical place like the capital of Longyu Country, as long as one Longyu patrol steps forward, the citizens will at least remain calm.
Panic?
Looting?
These situations simply would not occur.
However, Li Jing had to admit,
This time, he did not have a good grasp on the control.
He had not used the World Thunder Punishment for quite some time and failed to control it correctly in his haste.
Though the power was restrained within the Eighth Realm, the laws of the Heavenly Punishment fully blended into it.
This directly resulted in ordinary humans of the One Realm unable to handle it, collapsing collectively when the World Thunder Punishment began.
Only those above Second Realm barely managed to maintain a bit of resistance.
In fact,
If not for Li Jing’s timely retraction, at least half of the One Realm crowd in all cities across the Eastern Coast would have perished under the Heavenly Punishment, and the remaining survivors would likely be left mentally damaged.
Due to this encounter, Li Jing finally understood why individuals of the Ninth Realm were not allowed to stay on Blue Star.
What’s fragile,
Is not just Blue Star,
But also the basis of the world, human beings.
Even when he did not go all out, a single mistake could potentially lead to the death of millions, or even tens of millions, of people.
If pursued deliberately, the outcome would be even more disastrous.
Just when he was contemplating, a man and a woman silently appeared behind him.
The man,
With a body like a bear and the posture of a tiger, was filled with an extremely intense sense of power.
As if he himself was an active volcano.
Once it erupts, the consequences would be unthinkable.
The woman did not seem simple either.
She seemed to be in her late twenties, with a seductive figure. Her whole body exuded a sacred aura that suggested she should not be violated.
Inside her seemingly weak body, she concealed a massive amount of pure Faith Power.
Compared to the two saints Li Jing met in the Heavenly Saint Land, this woman was slightly stronger, it’s just that the Faith Power contained within her body wasn’t as strong.
This was not surprising.
The power of the saints does not belong to them.
It comes from God.
However, this woman’s power comes from proper Cultivation.
Catching a glimpse of the two, Li Jing casually turned his head.
"Interesting, a Combat mage and a Faith-based Strong one, both in the late stage of the Eighth Realm. The top powers of your White Hawk are indeed much nobler than those of the Daohe Alliance."
The man and woman exchanged a glance, and the man with a deep voice spoke up.
"Combat Mage Steve, greetings, senior."
Before his voice fell, the woman also slightly bent over.
"Faith System’s Divine Art practitioner Luo Manni, greetings, senior."
"I don’t deserve to be called a senior. I’m about to turn just twenty-five, you both in real age might be older than my grandparents,"
Said Li Jing with a smile.
Upon hearing Li Jing’s words, both of them were stunned, their faces turning rigid.
At first, they thought Li Jing’s words were preposterous.
Without a doubt, this young man before their eyes was the instigator of the recent event.
Excluding everything else,
The reason they could find him was that the military satellite had clearly captured the moment Li Jing cast his spell, retracted it, and settled on the outskirts of Wesbayl city.
The person could not be mistaken.
Li Jing mentioned the Daohe Alliance just now, which had already revealed many underlying points.
Yet, he claims to be no older than twenty-five.
Who would believe that?
This type of creature...
How could he possibly be less than twenty-five!?
But if someone says so, it’s probably true.
After all, it’s meaningless to trick these two with age.
That raises a question.
How did a young man not yet twenty-five manage to grow to this point?
As the two were puzzled, Li Jing turned around with a nonchalant smile and performed a symbolic gesture of respect.
"I am Li Jing, action counselor of the Heavenly King Group at Jianghai Management Bureau, greetings to the two of you."
Upon hearing someone declaring his name, the two were stunned again.
The name Li Jing was more than familiar to them.
The position was correct.
He was the one who seized an entire squadron from the White Hawk at the Chongyuan Holy Realm...
Not only Daohe Alliance had blacklisted him as someone to be killed when a chance arises, the White Hawk, tied with the same fate, also did the same.
It wasn’t just about getting even.
Li Jing was a young man of considerable strength and audacity.
No one wanted to see him grow to support a piece of heaven for Longyu one day.
Yet, he had always kept a low profile, supposedly serving Longyu but rarely making appearances.
Even when he did, his whereabouts were unpredictable, both Daohe and White Hawk never got a chance to make a move.
Steve and Luo Manni, both in the late stage of the Eighth Realm, certainly wouldn’t go and try to kill Li Jing at the sight of him when directed.
But they were at least aware of the situation.
Now knowing that this young man in front of them was the monster in the cradle the White Hawk wanted to strangle, both of them looked troubled.
Strangle in the cradle?
This...
Is a bit exaggerated.
Does he look like he’s still in a cradle?
With his skills, he could annihilate Daohe with just a thought.
Destroying the White Hawk would just take a bit more effort...
Exchanging glances, Luo Manni spoke respectfully.
"Counselor Lee, you came from far away and demonstrated the Forbidden Skill on the Eastern Coast of the White Hawk, have we offended you, or...?"
"If I were to say that I was just itching for some action, would you believe it?"
Smiling, Li Jing asked.
"..."
Luo Manni.
She definitely wouldn’t believe that.
But essentially, she was just making a casual remark.
What else could she do?
Demand an explanation aggressively?
She, who had just lived over two hundred years, wasn’t ready to risk her life yet.
On second thought.
It was plain to see what Li Jing’s grand display was for.
Positively speaking.
He was here to demonstrate his power.
Negatively speaking.
He was here to intimidate the entire White Hawk community.
Though it seemed sound, as representatives for the White Hawk at the moment, Luo Manni would never willingly concede easily.
If she did, the once self-proclaimed strongest in the world, the White Hawk, would never be able to hold its head high in the international community.
"In that case, it was all a misunderstanding."
Luo Manni flashed a bright smile.
Giving in directly to that was out of the question.
Li Jing, for now, gave her and Steve a way to save face by not stating explicitly that he was here to intimidate the White Hawk.
Otherwise, it would have put them in an extremely awkward position.
Steve, being the big and burly man he was, actually possessed a rather delicate mind.
Clearly, Li Jing had given them and the White Hawk some face, so Steve responded with a friendly smile.
"Now that it’s all been a misunderstanding, there’s no need for us to be too tense. Longyu has a saying, ’respect the competent’, Counselor Li, you’re young and talented with high Cultivation level, Luo Manni and I should call you a senior."
He continued, laughing.
"Since Senior Li is visiting the White Hawk, and our misunderstanding has been cleared, how about Luo Manni and I treat you to a meal?"
"I’ll have to pass on the meal, I don’t have that much time."
Li Jing shook his head, broke the space with a casual slap, and took a look at the two of them.
"The White Hawk’s Earth Realm has a good vibe. If I have a chance in the future, I might come here to practice Forbidden Skills, I hope the two of you won’t get too nervous, we don’t want to ruin the mood."
"..."
Steve.
"..."
Luo Manni.
Li Jing is...
Literally only sparing a modicum of face!
He doesn’t want dinner, which is fine, they weren’t really interested in inviting him anyway.
But for him to say he might come to the White Hawk to practice Forbidden Skills in the future...
That’s crossing the line!
Why not just say, ’The day I get upset, the White Hawk suffers’?
But right now, do they dare to get angry?
They dare not.
Without mentioning anything else.
The mere fact that Li Jing just crushed the space with his bare hand was completely beyond their understanding.
They simply weren’t on the same level.
Both of them were in the late stage of the Eighth Realm.
But they were not on the same level as him...
The truth was self-evident.
Li Jing was in the Ninth Realm.
Realizing this, they looked at each other in shock.
As the Eighth Realms who stepped up during the White Hawk crisis, the two of them could be said to be the strongest amongst the potential Eighth Realms in the White Hawk. Naturally, they knew quite a bit.
The Ninth Realm.
It’s not that it doesn’t exist.
It’s just that its existence is not allowed to linger on Blue Star for long.
Those who defy this will be eradicated by the Heavenly Punishment from the root.
How did Li Jing manage to stay on Blue Star?
No wonder the two of them weren’t taken aback.
Not all of those in the Ninth Realm, like Li Jing, can have a whole year to arrange their "post-death" affairs.
Other countries, not to mention.
In the White Hawk alone, the maximum duration for those who reached the Ninth Realm was merely four days.
Moreover, the last person didn’t make it and was shattered by the Heavenly Punishment.
Li Jing suppressing Daohe was a matter of five days ago.
And today, five days later, he is still jumping around on Blue Star.
He even has the ability to come to the White Hawk to demonstrate his power...
Impossible!
Could it be said that his power is already so great that he can ignore the "unwritten" rules of Blue Star regarding the existence of the Ninth Realm?
As the two of them were doubting, Li Jing took a step forward into the fragmented space, disappearing from sight.
Seeing this happen unexpectedly, Steve and Luo Manni both widen their eyes.
They initially thought that Li Jing’s smashing of the space with a slap was to further intimidate, but they didn’t expect him to actually step into it.
Seeing the originally fragmented space quietly close and restore itself after Li Jing stepped into it, Steve, who usually keeps a calm and tough demeanor, was taken aback and blurted out.
"Did he... cross the space?"
"..."
Luo Manni remained silent, then exhaled a long breath.
"It’s time for the White Hawk to withdraw and stop its series of strategic deployments and interference towards Longyu. On this matter, Steve, you will need to cooperate with me. The stubborn ones among the high-level members in your Magic System always have a sense of persecution paranoia that I, from the Faith System, cannot persuade."
Steve was dumbfounded.
The people of their Magic System, sometimes were a bit stubborn.
But were they paranoid?
You people of the Faith System, isn’t it a daily task for you to oppress the Magic System to increase the seats in the high echelons for the Faith System?
While speechlessly complaining silently, Steve responded.
"Understood, I’ll take the responsibility to persuade them. But you better control your people a bit more, they are much more eager than mine to play the Longyu card. We also can’t continue to play the Northern God Country card at this point."
Luo Manni remained quiet upon hearing this and eventually sighed as she transformed into a stream of light and disappeared into the distance.
Steve, on the other hand, stood on the spot, looking towards the distant east where Longyu was located, and muttered to himself.
"Blue Star’s days are about to change."
...
Meanwhile,
In a hidden conference room at the Capital City Management Bureau of Longyu Country, several old men with white hair gathered together.
These old men seemed quite ordinary in appearance.
But they were in fact the actual authority holders of Longyu.
Any of them stomping their feet could make the whole Longyu tremble three times.
The conference room was currently displaying satellite images.
The images showed the scenario the entire eastern coast of the White Hawk had faced not long ago.
Watching the images play, the conference room, which had been arguing more than half an hour ago, fell into absolute silence. Everyone was silent for a long time.
Jiang Liao, as the holder of military power and the convener of the meeting, also had a complex expression at this time.
Li Jing...
Was being too extravagant.
What happened to maintaining a sense of proportion?
Just through the satellite images, you could see that the ordinary people in various cities along the whole eastern coast of the White Hawk had fallen like cut wheat, and the streets were a complete mess.
Barely holding onto his composure, Jiang Liao looked at the people present.
"Gentlemen, as you can probably see, Li Jing indeed has the ability to hold up a piece of sky for Longyu."
No sooner had his voice fallen, an old man who had always maintained a confrontational stance with Jiang Liao raised his hand to signal.
"I agree to meet his requirements."
With this old man speaking out first, the remaining few looked at each other and each raised their hands to vote in agreement.
They had no choice but to agree.
On one hand, Li Jing had proven with actual action that he indeed possessed sufficient power, and on the other hand, everyone present knew that this was a man with a "past".
Just two months ago, he had caused quite a stir in the capital.
Compared to what happened recently on White Hawk’s entire eastern seaboard, the disturbance he caused in the capital two months ago was nothing in comparison.
No one could handle Li Jing’s madness then, and now...
...
One month’s time.
It wasn’t a long time, yet it wasn’t short either, and it passed in a flash.
Longyu’s efficiency in doing things has always been high.
With the collective nod from the top level, the resources that Li Jing requested were immediately and secretly prepared.
In this short month, all the resources were successively delivered to him and handed over to Little A in the Little Universe for processing.
As Ling Ling said,
After Little A accomplished the Heavenly Path of the Little Universe, she would slowly figure out how to be a Heavenly Path.
A month later, today, she even learned how to selectively infer rules.
To Li Jing, this was definitely a pleasant surprise.
Rules are essentially no different from code programs.
It’s just that running these rules drives an entire world, not a simple string of code.
Little A handled this effortlessly.
After all, she was derived from a piece of code.
Once she had familiarized herself with the way to infer rules, she could immediately get started.
In just a few days, Little A successfully inferred the rules of the four seasons, allowing the Little Universe, which had only undergone day and night changes but no seasonal changes, to have cycles of four seasons.
This is undeniably a significant step forward for the Little Universe, which has already become a barren land.
The change of the four seasons has a significant impact on the evolution on the level of plants and animals.
The enormous amount of city construction resources that Li Jing had continually received from the Longyu government ended up in Little A’s hands and were quickly put to use.
Civil engineering, if done by humans, would undoubtedly require a significant amount of labor, even if practitioners were to do it.
But when the Heavenly Path does it, it is genuinely effortless.
With blueprints and resources in place, Little A instantly builds a magnificent city that could crush Jianghai, a top-tier city of Longyu.
From public toilets to various public facilities, everything was in place.
After a massive computational center was built, the internet was immediately set up. The signal tower didn’t just cover the newly built city area, but perfectly covered the entire Little Universe.
For the present Little Universe, one city does seem a little small.
In the future, Li Jing doesn’t rule out the idea of expansion.
The first city in the Little Universe is named Sky Pavilion.
The reason for such a name is, firstly, Li Jing didn’t want to think too much about it, and secondly, under his guidance, the entire city itself was built around the Heavenly Palace, and he plans to make the Heavenly Palace the administrative agency in the future.
The grandeur of the Heavenly Palace is indescribable.
Moreover, it has a Seven-Star Formation layout, and its internal space is ridiculously vast.
Why would they not use the existing palace?
Sky Pavilion City is ready-made and can be moved in directly.
Not only does it have many ultra-modern facilities, but it also possesses various high-tech developments from Longyu Research Institute that are yet to be made public.
But these are the secondary benefits.
The most crucial thing is, the servers of Sky Pavilion City hold all the data currently in the servers of Longyu’s worldly network, whether they are classified or not, they have it all.
This includes all the research achievements of Longyu Research Institute.
Also preserved is the millennia worth of legacy that Li Jing had given Jiang Liao in advance from the Da Xia Dynasty.
As long as you connect to the network of Sky Pavilion City, you can browse the internet freely as in the worldly realm and even access countless pieces of information that one normally wouldn’t.
However, since the network exists solely in the Little Universe, it cannot update the worldly information in real time.
Apart from these.
A month has passed, and Longxu has already emerged from the cocoon, resurrected, and regained a physical body.
His power has not yet returned to its peak.
But he already has the qualifications to be an "ace hitman".
This guy is, after all, a Tenth-realm powerhouse.
When he was just a remnant soul, he couldn’t exert much power. But after obtaining a physical body, it’s a completely different story.
Due to waking up relatively early, Longxu has naturally become the first inhabitant of Sky Pavilion City.
After Li Jing gave him both a mobile phone and a computer, this former top powerhouse from the Qingyuan Fairy Palace was quickly absorbed into the world of the internet.
Although Sky Pavilion City’s internet has not updated with the worldly realm.
But up to the moment when the server was moved in, all the information was readily available.
For Longxu, who has never experienced the worldly realm, this is simply too appealing—movies, novels and comics, various entertainment news, and even all kinds of games—it’s enough for him to binge for a while.
Besides Longxu.
Ya’er and Jiu Li have also gradually emerged from seclusion.
Both of them didn’t get the Supreme God Pattern, so they didn’t weave into a light cocoon.
However, both of them have gained quite a lot.
Ya’er’s cultivation level has soared straight from the Fourth Realm to the Seventh Realm. She relied not only on the God Pattern but also on the comprehension gained from the Heritage Stele.
The little girl has some good luck, just like Smoke Eye, she has mastered Qingyuan’s Mysterious Skill.
This made Li Jing somewhat incredulous.
Regardless of the cultivation method or magic skill system in the worldly realm’s Orthodox Immortality Path, the Beast Class cannot participate.
In theory.
Ya’er should not be able to comprehend Qingyuan’s Mysterious Skill.
Her comprehension wasn’t just because of good luck, but also due to the extraordinary Qingyuan’s Mysterious Skill.
The fact has also proven.
The spiritual beasts, that are famously known for loafing around and doing nothing, are not completely useless as long as they trap her within a formation and not let her wander around, she can still achieve what she should achieve.
Compared to Ya’er.
Jiu Li’s gains are a bit smaller.
But her biggest gain was already obtained when she entered the Little Universe.
Pure nine-tailed bloodline, along with the Superior God Pattern after absorbing the entire set of God Patterns and achieving the upper-god status, not only granted her the strength of the late stage of the Eighth Realm, just one step away from the Ninth Realm, but she also mastered a very special power rule.
In terms of brute force, she can even pin Li Jing down and rub him into the ground.
Of course.
The prerequisite is that Li Jing does not use the Creator authority in the Little Universe.
After obtaining Xia Drier as the Heavenly Path Awareness, Li Jing has become the true god in the Little Universe.
In here, he can do anything.
Unless one is strong enough to shatter this world, no one can be his opponent.
After Jiu Li came out, Li Jing also took the opportunity to ask her for her opinions.
The result was as expected.
Jiu Li didn’t want to go to the Immortal Realm with him.
Her reluctance to go to the Immortal Realm was not due to any special reason; she just wanted to continue messing about in the mortal world a bit longer.
It’s perfect timing that Yulian has to leave, so no one would be nagging her about her unfinished works.
She wants to get a taste of the human world...
To quote Jiu Li.
She is now in the late stages of the Eighth Realm. Although she has not touched the bottleneck yet, she believes it won’t be too long before she does.
When she gets tired of playing one day, she’ll break through to the Ninth Realm and go to the Immortal Realm.
Li Jing expected that Jiu Li wouldn’t go with him.
If she had wanted to, then she might not be the same old Jiu Li anymore.
Everyone has their own ambitions, and Li Jing won’t insist.
For some reason, Li Jing even recommended Jiu Li to Jiang Liao, allowing her to guard Longyu in exchange for more freedom in Longyu after he leaves.
This was a mutually beneficial arrangement for both Jiang Liao and Jiu Li.
Nine-tailed bloodline, Superior God Pattern.
Plus the Great Demon’s cultivation level of the late stage of the Eighth Realm, Jiu Li now possesses the ability to look down upon the Blue Star.
If Li Jing does not interfere, there is probably no one who can restrain her.
It’s worth mentioning that.
Yulian, after being busy for a few days, has also entered the Little Universe. She has now been wrapped in a light cocoon for more than half a month, entering a deep slumber.
Before she secluded herself, she didn’t forget to tell Li Jing who was by her bedside to keep an eye on Jiu Li.
She asked him to have Jiu Li finish the unfinished artworks after she comes out of the seclusion.
She must complete the sequel to "Magical Girls Battle Cultivators" within one year.
How does that old saying go?
A hero cannot fight off the wind from the pillowside.
With Yulian’s command, how could Li Jing not obey?
Jiu Li was offended when she found out, but there was nothing she could do.
Although Li Jing wouldn’t do anything to her, if worst comes to worst, she has the foolproof method of rolling over and playing dead.
The key is, Yulian will still be exiting seclusion in two months, while Li Jing has to leave only eleven months later...
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