Chapter 429 - 270: Desolate Beast Forest Sea, Part 2

Chapter 429: Chapter 270: Desolate Beast Forest Sea, Part 2

As he stepped out of the station, he was greeted by the sight of an extremely bustling city.

Relying on its open border realms, Qinghai City had become incredibly prosperous. Each new realm that could be developed brought in a massive amount of resources.

In truth, the Yu Kingdom’s prosperity was inseparable from these various border realms. They brought endless crises, but they also shaped the thriving world of martial arts.

He searched on his personal terminal and found the largest local night market, planning to treat his stomach.

After waiting by the roadside for a while, he hailed a cab. The driver was unusually enthusiastic.

"You’re a Martial Artist, right, buddy?"

Yu Fei was curious. "Sir, you’ve got a sharp eye. You can tell?"

"Heh, I wasn’t entirely sure. You’re carrying a sword, so you must be a Martial Artist, but it’s rare to see one as... stout as you!"

"Hahaha..."

Yu Fei was amused. It was true. In the early stages, Martial Artists circulated their Qi Blood, and in the middle realm, they refined the world’s primal energy. If nothing else, it was rare for them to be fat.

The only exception would be certain special Cultivation Techniques that could cause a Martial Artist to look particularly burly.

The driver was being tactful. What he really wanted to say was that Martial Artists weren’t as fat as Yu Fei.

"Sir, this fat on my body is pure essence! I can’t even imagine how many heavenly treasures it took to grow."

He responded with a lighthearted joke, and the two of them shot the breeze about everything under the sun for a long time.

There were many Martial Artists in Qinghai City, so the citizens saw them frequently. In a society with a sound legal system like the Yu Kingdom, most ordinary people held Martial Artists in awe, but that was about it.

After all, Martial Artists were still human; they had to eat, drink, and relieve themselves just like anyone else.

In the eyes of ordinary people, being a Martial Artist was an awesome profession. As long as you spoke to them respectfully, it was fine. Once you’d seen enough of them, they weren’t so special anymore. If you encountered a grumpy Martial Artist, a bit of extra respect would keep you out of trouble.

If you met a talkative one, shooting the bull was a matter of fate. Sometimes, if you were lucky, you could even earn a bit more, since Martial Artists were a high-spending demographic.

Half an hour later, the driver dropped Yu Fei off at the Jianqian Village Night Market. Yu Fei transferred a thousand yuan to the driver, who in return showered him with flattery.

Back in the day, Mr. Yu had only made a few thousand yuan a month working in the factory. The lives of ordinary people were still a struggle for subsistence.

In any stable society, exploitation is inevitable. For one person to live in leisure, a hundred must toil like beasts of burden.

Only when a person is in dire straits do they find the motivation to strive upward. Only when the majority of society has to struggle for survival can wealth be created for the nation. Whether this is good or bad depends on how that wealth is distributed.

Yu Fei had a very philosophical view on some things. ’The world is unfair. Only by accepting reality and accepting yourself can you improve your state of life.’

Even before entering, Yu Fei saw a scene of bustling prosperity. With his powerful perception, countless streams of information flowed through his mind. The aromas of various delicacies wafted around his nostrils, and he suddenly felt hungry.

He was used to eating priceless transcendent ingredients all day, but at this moment, he found himself missing this earthly hustle and bustle.

A gleam of light flashed in the Void Clearing Mirror. Yu Fei quickly identified the stalls and shops with the longest lines, then started from the east street, eating his way through.

His digestive system was incredibly powerful. Eating these ordinary ingredients posed no burden, and he certainly wouldn’t get full.

For each signature dish he chose, Yu Fei transferred one hundred yuan, earning a flurry of thanks from the owner.

This sort of thing happened often. Yu Fei saw that he wasn’t the only Martial Artist around, and most of them were just as generous.

Whenever the shop owners encountered a Martial Artist customer, they would usually increase the portion size, adding more of their best ingredients.

It took him two or three hours to eat his way from east to west, spending a few thousand yuan. Yu Fei let out a satisfied burp and left.

Along the way, there was one owner who made a dish by stir-frying potatoes into a mash, adding diced beef and other assorted ingredients, then wrapping it all in a fried egg and smothering it with sauce.

Though it didn’t look pretty, the texture was incredibly rich. He just forgot what it was called.

After leaving the Jianqian Village Night Market, Yu Fei rubbed his chubby face. His figure flickered and vanished into the night.

’Time to relax is over. Time to get down to business.’

After half a year of training and polishing, he had shored up his weaknesses, especially in his Stealth Secret Skill. Yu Fei no longer relied solely on his Illusory Sword Intent to conceal himself—though of course, his now-honed Sword Intent was even more effective.

Within his Returning Ruins Spiritual Source, the existing sword shadow—a fusion of numerous Sword Intents and divine wills—had the Illusory Sword Intent as its core ability.

The concept of "illusory" was too general. Its formation was originally born from Yu Fei’s self-developed intent to hide his own presence in order to fight against the Sword Intent within the Cyan Lotus Sword. Later, it devoured the spatial characteristics left behind by Sima Hong, which laid its foundation.

After that, Yu Fei comprehended a phantom Sword Intent, and his own spatial talent was unlocked.

The Illusory Sword Intent became much more substantial.

During his half-year of training, the Illusory Sword Intent’s edge was honed, it incorporated the five elements, and it fused with numerous profound concepts. At this point, it was no longer merely illusory.

The magnificent sword shadow within his Returning Ruins Spiritual Source now carried the distinct characteristics of a world-boundary.

In Yu Fei’s vision, he wanted to use this to forge a domain-breaking sword with the properties of a world.

This idea had been stuck in his head ever since he gained the talent of a Space Controller.

The Space Controller talent was currently at the red level. Yu Fei had already accumulated six replication charges, so he could definitely evolve this talent to gold. A further-enhanced spatial talent would also push his Sword Intent to become stronger.

’What kind of divine intent could possibly compare to a Sword Intent that contains the embryonic power of a world?’ he wondered.

The key was that he had comprehended so many different intents. If he could smelt them all into one, it seemed plausible.

At that point, any divine intent would be countered by him, giving him a natural advantage in battle.

Therefore, he needed to enhance his talent abilities and sublimate his own will in the crucible of life-and-death battle to see this path through.

He had a hunch—a spiritual premonition from his martial intuition—that forging this world-attribute sword shadow would be extremely important for his future martial path.

Then there was the Invincible Will, a golden talent he’d gotten from Lu Bufan. Since obtaining it, Yu Fei hadn’t properly defeated a truly strong enemy, leaving this magnificent golden talent to collect dust.

All the characteristics of the Invincible Divine Intent were based on accumulating one’s own momentum. Only by defeating or killing an enemy of a higher realm could one’s momentum be enhanced.

The bright future Ye Shuping had described was very tempting to Yu Fei. He could see Ye Shuping’s worries, but he wasn’t afraid at all.

The Stealth Secret Skill he had now perfected was called the Silent Shadow Body. It was a Cultivation Technique that concealed him across multiple dimensions, including light, sound, magnetic fields, body heat, and energy fluctuations.

For Yu Fei, the greatest function of the Silent Shadow Body was to eliminate all traces of his passage.

In terms of stealth, the ability of his early Illusory Sword Intent was already superior to many Stealth Secret Skills. He was usually exposed because he couldn’t erase his tracks.

But with this, the [Silent Hunter] talent was no longer very useful.

’This talent is a low priority. I’ll see about upgrading it later, depending on the situation.’

Yu Fei sprinted along, moving like a ghost until he reached the outer edge of the Cross-Border Black Fog of the Desolate Beast Forest Sea border realm.

Looking at the artificial, ring-shaped grand canyon before him, Yu Fei couldn’t help but feel a little sorry for Martial Artists.

Crude martial warriors had no better way to keep ordinary people out, so they resorted to a brute-force approach. They had actually dug a five-kilometer-long, circular, deep chasm around the location of the Cross-Border Black Fog.

Above the deep valley, strung between the cliffs on either side, were extremely long iron chains spaced about ten meters apart.

Martial Artists were constantly crossing back and forth by treading on these chains. The difficulty wasn’t high; even a second-realm Martial Artist could cross easily as long as their Body Technique was up to par.

Yu Fei was a little speechless. The construction had a sense of age to it, clearly several hundred years old. People in the modern world could actually cross it easily with technology, but no one was willing to court death.

After a few light steps on the iron chains, Yu Fei crossed this Protection Lock.

The isolated, island-like center had still developed into a bustling town. It was just that the goods purchased here were mostly various Spirit Plants, medicinal herbs, and exotic woods.

And the items for sale were mostly things like antidotes and insect repellents, which suited the local specialty.

Of course, there were also plenty of massage parlors. Officially, explicit sexual transactions were not allowed in either the mortal world or the transcendent martial arts world.

Unofficially, it was very difficult to regulate.

Yu Fei walked and stopped through the town, finding some remote spots to place the Fog Pine Stones engraved with waypoint markers, mixing them in with other pebbles.

He had actually put some thought into it for once, so as not to scare people the next time he teleported over.

This time, he didn’t plan to go in alone. His plan was to find a temporary team to join for a while and get familiar with the environment.

The terrain of the Desolate Beast Forest Sea was complex. Going without a guide would be a huge waste of time.