Chapter 149: Chapter 148: Foundation
Hearing the young woman’s words, Qin Feng’s expression darkened. An invisible pressure weighed on his heart.
A sudden sense of urgency gripped Qin Feng. He had to get back to Heavenly Red Peak’s Green Water Cave and start his Cultivation as soon as possible.
Qin Feng decided to set off immediately to reach Heavenly Red Peak as soon as possible.
Before leaving, Qin Feng collected his monthly stipend for three months all at once.
As a Fifth-level Inner Sect Disciple of the Medicine Garden, the monthly stipend was quite generous.
Each month, the stipend included not only fifty Points, but also a bottle of Top-grade Jade Spirit Pills.
Jade Spirit Pills were an Elixir even more precious than Bone Tempering Pills or Quenching Essence Pills!
It was a Top-Grade Elixir for enhancing True Qi!
Its effects were ten times that of a Quenching Essence Pill.
Taking a single Jade Spirit Pill was almost equivalent to half a month of Cultivation.
Typically, a bottle of Top-grade Jade Spirit Pills would be the grand finale at a small-scale auction.
’What a show of wealth!’
Stepping out of the Medicine King Hall, Qin Feng looked at the Points Card in his hand and sighed in admiration, a trace of joy in his eyes.
His Points Card now held an additional one hundred and fifty Points, and he had also received three bottles of Jade Spirit Pills.
’Fifth-level Inner Sect Disciples really are on another level.’
This monthly stipend alone was enough to make others green with envy.
One could only imagine the benefits for Sixth- and Seventh-level Disciples, who ranked even higher.
Qin Feng shook his head. He had just looked into it; promoting from a Fifth-level Inner Sect Disciple to a Level 6 Steward required a substantial amount of Merit Points.
Merit Points were just as important as Contribution Points.
Compared to Contribution Points, Merit Points were much harder to obtain. They could only be earned through special missions or by making particularly outstanding contributions to All Stars Academy.
In the Medicine Garden, there were many relatively direct ways to rake in Merit Points, but most were as difficult as ascending to heaven—for example, cultivating a Thousand-Year Spirit Medicine, or successfully growing a rare Spiritual Root.
In short, obtaining Merit Points was no simple task.
’What a pain!’ In the afternoon, Qin Feng bought enough food to last him three months.
Finding a deserted spot and making sure no one was watching, Qin Feng transferred the food into his Blue Sea and Heaven.
Originally, Qin Feng had planned to buy some fish fry to put into the Blue Sea and Heaven, but he changed his mind.
The Blue Sea and Heaven had only just been initiated and had not yet passed through the four great calamities of earth, water, wind, and fire. Only after passing through these four calamities would the Blue Sea and Heaven become a truly complete Inner Heaven and Earth, capable of sustaining living beings.
For now, even with the Blue Sea and Heaven’s vast reserves, any living creature inside might survive, but not for long.
After leaving All Stars Academy, Qin Feng released his silly bird. His figure rose gracefully, heading straight into the white clouds.
His black robes fluttered. Beneath his feet, the White Sparrow spread its four-to-five-meter-long, snow-white wings. The silly bird, which Qin Feng had named Dork, let out an excited cry.
Dork was incredibly excited, perhaps because it had been cooped up for a long time.
The White Sparrow’s speed was fast, but compared to similar species like swallows, cranes, eagles, falcons, and vultures, its flight speed could only be considered average.
White clouds drifted through the Sea of Clouds. Standing atop the White Sparrow, Qin Feng seemed to ride the very void and command the winds. The air roared past his ears, yet as his Innate Primordial True Qi circulated, the fierce gale could not stir a single strand of his hair.
His Innate Primordial True Qi had reached the Eighth Heaven, and the nearly-liquid True Qi flowed like a gentle stream through his Circulation Meridians. As he soared into the high heavens, it seemed to circulate even more freely.
Wisps of Innate Primordial True Qi flowed from his feet into the White Sparrow’s body. The White Sparrow let out a clear, joyful cry, and its speed increased by thirty percent.
The Path of Beast Taming emphasized the Unity of Heaven and Man.
This was the essence of Divine Traveling and Qi Control, of Divine Traveling All Heavens.
「Half an hour later.」
Qin Feng was far from the City of Many Stars and had entered All Stars Academy’s occupied territory in the Barbaric Realm.
From above the white clouds, Qin Feng looked down. Verdant, cypress-covered mountains were hidden amidst the clouds, their shimmering light faint and indistinct, shrouded in mist.
BANG!
Suddenly, in mid-flight, he saw a pillar of heaven-piercing red light erupt from the southwest, ahead in the Sea of Clouds.
Qin Feng looked up to see the clouds dyed crimson by the heaven-piercing light.
A flicker of movement in Qin Feng’s eyes. That was the direction of Artisan God Valley, a continuous stretch of Fire Attribute Spirit Mountain Blessed Lands. He could see clearly that wisps of white mist swirled around them.
This area of Spirit Mountain Blessed Lands had been set up with terrifying Arrays by some Mystic Array Masters. The Fire Attribute Spirit Mountain Blessed Lands were linked together, forming a terrifying Killing Array. If one were to trespass by mistake, they would meet a disastrous end nine times out of ten.
After just a single glance, Qin Feng paid it no more attention and continued to urge the White Sparrow toward Heavenly Red Peak.
An endless expanse of white clouds stretched out before him, dotted with Spirit Mountain Blessed Lands of all sizes.
The scenery was indescribably magnificent.
Spirit Mountain Blessed Lands also had their own hierarchy, divided into nine levels. Level One was the lowest and Level Nine was the highest.
At a glance, most of the mountains below the Sea of Clouds were Level One Spirit Mountains.
There were only a few Spirit Mountains above Level Four.
As for Spirit Mountains of Level Seven or higher, he could count no more than thirty-six at a glance.
As an Array Grandmaster, Qin Feng keenly sensed that all these Spirit Mountain Blessed Lands, large and small, were each enveloped by a powerful Array Prohibition that manifested as patches of white clouds.
Moreover, these Arrays were all interconnected, and the Array Dao proficiency of the person who laid them was in no way inferior to his own as a Demigod Grandmaster.
Hundreds, even thousands, of Spirit Mountain Blessed Lands were linked by Arrays, not just to nurture the Earth Veins, but to establish a Holy Land, a Pure Land.
As more peaks in the Barbaric Realm were conquered, this Array would grow ever stronger, eventually transforming this place into a true Barbaric Holy Land.
All Stars Academy, this future super-tier great power, was already beginning to take shape!
Qin Feng could already feel that the Vitality of some Spirit Mountains was unbelievably abundant.
Most of these Spirit Mountain Blessed Lands had owners. More than once, Qin Feng had sensed the abyssal, prison-like auras that were inadvertently revealed from within them.
Qin Feng even saw undisguised beams of Spiritual Light in many of the Spirit Mountains.
Evidently, there were Spiritual Objects within the Spirit Mountains suppressing them. All Stars Academy had not killed the goose that laid the golden eggs with these Spiritual Objects, but had instead planted them in the cores of the Spirit Mountains to suppress and harmonize them.
The Spirit Mountain Blessed Lands were even advancing automatically.
Level One Spirit Mountains were becoming Level Two, and Level Two Spirit Mountains were advancing to Level Three...
Spiritual Qi billowed, and the mists ran deep.
’Incredible creativity!’ A look of shock filled his eyes as he gazed upon the Spirit Mountain Blessed Lands, each emitting a peculiar aura. Even as a Mystic Master of the Demigod Grandmaster Level, Qin Feng couldn’t help but be astonished by the sheer scale of that Array Master’s work.
「Several hours later.」
Qin Feng gradually approached Heavenly Red Peak’s Green Water Cave.
Heavenly Red Peak’s Green Water Cave was located on the outskirts of the Barbaric Realm.
It was adjacent to the territories of many Beast Kings of the Barbaric Realm!
This was a Level Seven Spirit Mountain that the experts of All Stars Academy had just seized from some powerful Beast Kings.
