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"Could it actually be like this?"

Countless cultivators let out the same exclamation.

After receiving the news from Listening Truth Tower, and seeing what the Tower Master Baixiaosheng said, that it could improve control and temper willpower.

They were already very happy with just this.

Never would they have imagined that the happiness was yet to come. After midnight, the feedback of fortune arrived.

"Let the pressure come even more fiercely!"

Although the cultivators didn't say it out loud, they were all shouting in their hearts.

The joy of the daily settlement completely swept away the heavy pressure they felt, a joy from the bottom of their hearts.

Xuan Huang, in Qingyun Mountain, also received his daily wage today.

Although it was an insignificant gain for him, thinking about how it was for his disciples, Xuan Huang was completely relieved about the tribulation.

They weren't afraid of competition, they were only afraid of competing so hard that they became cabbages without any gains.

As long as there were gains, that they could tangibly feel, the cultivators were not afraid of competition, they even wanted it to be more intense.

"This gift is equivalent to the reward after squeezing to the limit for a day. In other words, fortune isn't a losing proposition, it's equivalent to cultivators giving back to cultivators."

"It's just that cultivators can't achieve three thousand merits and three thousand fruits. Even three thousand merits and eight hundred fruits are difficult. Fortune can allow cultivators to return one thousand fruits for three thousand merits."

The main thing is the enhancement of fortune itself.

The stronger the cultivators, the stronger the fortune they represent. This is fundamental.

The complete explanation is that Xuan Huang, as the source core, made a vow to protect living beings, and then the feedback of merit from fulfilling the vow.

It is a manifestation of fortune and merit, which is easy to understand.

"In this way, cultivators will experience a stage of great explosion, even if it is accompanied by crises and tribulations, but crises and tribulations themselves are opportunities, they are complementary."

After Xuan Huang understood, he immersed himself in cultivation.

The Four Refinements of Life and Death had already passed. Currently, Xuan Huang was chasing the Fifth Refinement of Life and Death at the Second Order Completion.

As long as the Fifth Refinement was completed, he could step into the level of the Third Order Profound Cave.

He originally thought that this last refinement, plus stepping into the Third Order, would take at least more than a year, but first there was the experience of the Second Dojo Jade Capital Mountain, and now there was the pressure of carrying heavy mountains, plus the cultivation of the four Five Elements masters.

Xuan Huang was confident that he could enter the Third Order sooner.

Thus, seven days passed.

The tribulation had been descending for a week, and these seven days were the seven days with the greatest losses.

Due to lack of experience and initial fear.

Gradually, the people who survived discovered that fear was useless, worry and fear were also useless, and disaster would not stop because of your worries and fears.

Ordinary people had no choice but to believe and cooperate with the Spirit Masters' propaganda.

It was somewhat like forcing a duck onto a shelf.

But when the real scene appeared, and everyone's concerted efforts could indeed avoid the impact, everyone believed it.

Things were developing in a good direction.

On the cultivator side, with the reasonable promotion of the Four Great Sects and the government, a special selection event was underway.

Indeed, as Yan Lai had predicted, hope appeared in everyone's eyes.

"The Four Great Sects and Eight Medium Sects are working together to invite you, with your outstanding talent, to participate!"

"In the new era, become a farmer in the morning and ascend to Qingyun Mountain in the evening!"

"Mountains and rivers are breaking, the world is calling, the sky is weeping blood, the earth is cracking, where are you?"

"..."

Various dense propaganda and forcibly instilled brainwashing spread.

Suddenly, the ordinary people under the protection of Qingyun Mountain cultivators were confused.

Huh? This style?

Didn't they say a while ago that the ten-year node, the tribulation was coming?

How did they wake up and find that the tribulation was over? Instead, those immortals in their eyes were recruiting people and looking for those with cultivation qualifications.

Even if you don't have cultivation qualifications, don't be afraid, you are always good at one of the hundreds of immortal arts.

If you don't have this, it doesn't matter, there are other paths, such as curse cultivators, dream cultivators, divine cultivators, etc.

There is always one that suits you, so what are you hesitating about? Invite everyone to participate.

"Dad, I want to sign up and try to see if I have the talent for cultivation."

A boy asked his father nervously after seeing the passionate promotional slogans.

"Go for what? Is that something you can think about? Cultivation requires talent, do you have it? Besides, becoming a cultivator requires you to face the world of cultivators, abide by the rules of cultivators, life and death are determined by fate, and you have to go to battlefields everywhere, maybe you will die. Don't fantasize, it's good to be ordinary and plain, at least under the protection of these cultivators, we ordinary people don't need to worry about the invasion of the strange, this is already very good, don't think about these useless things."

"But, if I don't try, how will I know if I have the talent for cultivation?"

"It's best not to try. It's okay if you don't have it, but if you have a little talent, not up or down, we can't afford to support you, it's better not to try... The City South cultivators are planning to develop it and recruit laborers to work. Let's go, it will be bad if we go late and the cultivator adults are full."

The man grabbed the boy's hand and dragged him away in the boy's regretful and eager eyes.

Not everyone has the desire to become a cultivator.

Many people also feel that it is good to be ordinary and plain.

Cultivators, like the Spirit Masters before, are glamorous, but behind the glamour are countless hardships.

These people are used to hearing that so-and-so's cultivator adult died in battle, so-and-so's cultivator adult was killed, and so on.

There are countless such news.

The scenery of Qingyun Mountain is piled up by countless bottom-level cultivators.

Looking at Qingyun Mountain, the scenery is naturally unique.

But the current true cultivators, plus the cultivators before Xuan Huang preached the Dharma, are already a very large group.

There are nearly ten million.

Only 30,000 are based in Qingyun Mountain, and only those 30,000 are well-known, and more are existences covered up by geniuses.

Qingyun Mountain is like this, let alone other places.

People's thinking is very difficult to change. If an honest person is suddenly asked to take a path that he is not familiar with and is very dangerous, he will never agree.

Just like this pair of father and son, the child was attracted by the passionate propaganda and yearned for the world of cultivators.

The old father, based on his own 'experience', concluded that this was not a good choice. What if he died in battle? What if he was harmed by the strange?

In short, he can find countless reasons why he doesn't want his children to participate.

Although living as an ordinary person is very careful, there are also risks, being swallowed by ubiquitous crises.

But hasn't it gotten better?

It was even harder before the cultivator adults came.

Now it has always become better, and I am already very satisfied.

The cultivator adults have also formulated rules that do not involve ordinary people, which is very good and already very satisfying.

I occasionally learned about the rules of cultivators.

That's called cruel, life and death are irrelevant, if you want to improve, you need to find resources, and resources are not delivered to your mouth.

If you want resources, you need to work hard, this kind of life...?

This kind of life, in the eyes of ordinary people, is precarious, and they feel that the risk is too great. They don't like it and don't accept it.

Just like the situation with this pair of father and son.

This promotion by the Four Great Sects and Eight Great Clans is mainly aimed at cities outside of Nan City that are not yet fully developed.

There's no need to hold such events in Nan City. Almost everyone in Nan City with cultivation aptitude has already been selected.

Cities outside of Nan City that are still being developed by cultivators are the preferred locations for this massive competition.

The conversation between this father and son also reveals what is meant by 'undeveloped'.

This is what undeveloped means.

It hasn't taken root in people's hearts yet; they're still comparing true cultivators to the former spirit masters, thinking they're the same, believing cultivation will be accompanied by misfortune.

Moreover, they mostly hold cultivators in awe, lacking aspiration.

Lacking the courage to take that first step.

No mistakes, a song, a hair, an inside, a look!

However, surprisingly, when the number of registered participants was tallied, the small worlds were stirred by the news.

Many small worlds from various districts saw an opportunity and participated.

This was unexpected, but the Four Great Sects thought it wasn't bad, as it could at least increase the number of talented individuals.

And so, the grand selection began with great fanfare.

For a time, a riot of colors dazzled the eyes, effectively curbing the panic caused by the fallen star.

Once the panic was suppressed, the emergence of anomalies would be reduced.

Within seven days, the number of anomalies appearing in the areas protected by cultivators was far less than expected.

With daily rewards, the cultivators were even more motivated, and they were satisfied with their rate of progress.

Being able to clearly feel oneself improving every day, could there be a better situation?

These seven days determined that this calamity was nothing to fear for the true cultivators led by Qingyun Mountain.

Meanwhile.

As special points of existence, sacred cradles, scattered throughout the various realms of Blue Star.

This calamity was also a rare opportunity for them.

It's not that beings above the fourth order can leave the realms, that's still not possible.

But powerful beings below the fourth order in these realms can come out.

The souls of these beings are suppressed by the realms; within the realms, they live in complete worlds, without the troubles of distorted rules or toxic spiritual energy.

So, it was difficult for them to leave the realms before.

Even existences like the Yellow River Corpse Divers only ventured out briefly, relying on the power of the Yellow River Realm to support them.

The divine generals of the Yin Ruins Realm, for example, found it difficult to leave the Yin Ruins.

Realms are also divided into levels; the gap between the Yin Ruins Realm and the Yellow River Realm is too great.

This time, the falling star caused Blue Star's essence to grow, resulting in a massive increase.

The increase in essence allowed it to bear stronger beings, and the control over the realms increased, thus granting the realms a bit more freedom.

That's right, the realms belong to Blue Star, but strictly speaking, they belong to the complete Holy Land Blue Star.

The current Blue Star cannot fully control them; the current realms, especially the large ones, are a fusion of all the Yellow Rivers, Mount Tais, Yangtze Rivers, and desolate mountains of the myriad worlds.

There are too many thoughts and beliefs, etc.

The sheer size exceeds the current Blue Star.

Blue Star's Holy Land requires a certain amount of time to achieve complete control and operation.

At this moment, the falling star greatly increased Blue Star's foundation, so it unlocked the layers of restrictions and seals on the realms, like unlocking layers.

Allowing the realms to manifest further.

At the same time, the unlocking process is also a process of Blue Star gaining further control over the realms due to the change in its foundation.

All sorts of reasons led to the loosening of the realms, allowing third-order beings within the realms to leave.

However, there are time and distance limitations; they cannot stray too far from their realms, and the time is also limited.

After a certain distance and time, they need to return to their realms to consolidate the loosened soul suppression.

But overall, they can come out now.

Therefore, it can be seen that in the endless realms of Blue Star, beings are emerging from the realms.

For the first time, they solidified their senses of this world, looking up at the sky.

At the edge of the Yellow River Realm.

A familiar figure in Xuanhuang robes appeared, with two other similar figures beside him.

"Scavenger, you weren't mistaken before, right? How could there be an aura far surpassing the divine and holy? The Ninth Domain Lord has given us instructions to find out who possesses this aura that surpasses the divine and holy. I've been implicated by you and have to take a trip to this world."

An old woman in tattered clothes said.

"You old beggar, other things can be joked about, but can I say this casually? Fortunately, I was quick-witted and stayed away from that being. At the time, I felt a vast aura, piercing through countless layers of the world, gazing at me. If I dared to move, I would have been suppressed and killed. I only felt this way once before, with the Yellow River Dragon Lord."

The one retorting to the old woman was the Yellow River Corpse Diver.

The old woman called him a scavenger, and the Yellow River Corpse Diver called the old woman an old beggar.

In reality, the old woman was a Yellow River temple priestess, a shaman who prayed for good weather in various parts of the Yellow River.

She was also a being at the half-saint level, or even more than half-saint, but that's the strength she revealed.

If she surpassed the half-saint level, she wouldn't have left the realm.

"Hard laborer, say a word?" the priestess said to the third person.

"I'm just a hard laborer; don't ask me to use my brain. I'll listen to you; it's best to complete the Ninth Domain Lord's mission as soon as possible. I don't want to stay here any longer; it's too oppressive."

The hard laborer said; this person was the Yellow River Ferryman.

The three of them existed because of the Yellow River, born from the imagination of countless worlds and Blue Star beings about some mysterious Yellow River professions.

Whether they have names or not is unknown.

The three call each other scavenger Corpse Diver, old beggar priestess, and hard laborer Ferryman.

The Corpse Diver's junk is various anomalous corpses, the priestess's begging is begging for food from the Yellow River beings, praying for good weather.

The Ferryman's hard labor is ferrying all the dead souls, resentful ghosts, and specific beings.

"The Ninth Domain Lord only asked us to investigate clearly, didn't say what to do?" the priestess asked.

"Old beggar, we are a great realm, not people from those small, insignificant places. Can you be a little more promising? What to do? Are we going to kill that being? First of all, we can't do it, and even if we could, it's not the style of our Yellow River Realm. Are we supposed to eliminate any threat, what do you take the Yellow River Realm for?"

The Corpse Diver seized on a verbal mistake of the priestess and lectured her.

"Moreover, we need to figure out why we exist, whether it's the continuation of humanity or not, this is what the big shots need to argue about, we shouldn't participate. At least I personally think I'm still a person, just an unusual person."

"Shut your mouth, you scavenger, your grandma didn't mean that. Your grandma was just asking what to do? ... Also, don't tell me what you think, I want what I think, I think you old ghost isn't human... What unusual person, you're just an old ghost, bah, a hateful old ghost!"

The priestess directly retorted.

The hard laborer Ferryman: ...

Silently watching his two old partners, he's used to it.

… (End of chapter)