Chapter 232 - 195: Setting Off for Lan’er World

Chapter 232: Chapter 195: Setting Off for Lan’er World

Zhang Ji didn’t delay for too long.

The preparations for departure didn’t need to be too complex.

For this first trip, the main objective was to gather information. If the situation proved favorable, they would also establish cooperative relationships with the local major powers.

This time, Zhang Ji brought some people with him.

Besides a few logistics and research personnel, Gu Jie was also among them.

He brought Gu Jie because he wanted to bring the fairy along to borrow its strong luck trait. However, the fairy was dead set on sticking with Gu Jie and acted terrified when left alone with Zhang Ji or anyone else.

Zhang Ji considered that Gu Jie’s current strength wasn’t too shabby, and it was time for him to get some exposure to these matters, so he let him come along.

Then there was Dugu Yunfeng. Zhang Ji wanted to win his loyalty and have him work for him, so he brought him along as well.

Moreover, the Celestial Essence Realm’s Starship had been repaired with urgency and was now capable of basic flight. It needed a pilot, and Dugu Yunfeng was the perfect fit for the driver’s seat.

As long as the Starship didn’t engage in combat, it wouldn’t consume too many Spirit Stones.

Used purely as a transport vessel, its internal space was large enough to hold an entire city.

Balder was also summoned by Zhang Ji.

He was a local, after all. He might prove useful at some point.

Balder was behaving himself for now.

The more he learned about Origin Star’s technology, the more shocked he became.

After all, Lan’er World had only managed to develop some Demon Energy Technology and steam engines, and their efficiency was mediocre at best.

But the technologies here on Origin Star far surpassed his imagination.

Especially since Zhang Ji had brought vast resources across worlds. With some embellishment from Robby and the others, Balder had developed a slight misunderstanding. In his eyes, Origin Star was just one of the many territories managed by Zhang Ji’s people. The true power of the Saint King Council probably spanned countless worlds.

But what truly terrified him was that when he saw Zhang Ji this time, he had used Identification Magic on him again.

This time, however, he couldn’t identify any information at all.

With his level of magical skill, he could even appraise a Legendary-tier individual.

But he couldn’t appraise Zhang Ji. It wasn’t due to some special concealment technique, but because the information was simply too vast and complex to be identified and calculated.

’The last appraisal was likely a misjudgment, an erroneous conclusion drawn from gleaning only partial information.’

’This supreme being who controls multiple worlds is definitely not a Legendary. He’s probably reached the domain of a god!!’

Balder was no longer speculating about this point; he was certain of it.

Because he had also taken the opportunity to use his Identification Magic on Dugu Yunfeng.

A peak Legendary figure, yet he followed Zhang Ji’s every command without complaint. The master-servant relationship was obvious.

And then there were those Nascent Soul experts following Dugu Yunfeng, each one of whom gave him a sense of considerable danger.

Therefore, he didn’t dare act out anymore and was being quite obedient.

After the Starship arrived at Origin Star, it docked at the newly constructed port in the Supreme Capital.

In the future, this place would likely become a docking area for all sorts of vehicles.

While it was briefly docked, many scholars from the Physics Department went to observe and study it.

Spiritual Technology was the new emerging field, and the advent of Spiritual Energy had infused all industries with new vitality.

Various ways to use Spiritual Qi were being developed, but due to the limited supply of Spirit Stones, many could only look on with envy. Projects could be planned, but their official launch had to wait for the allocation of Spirit Stones.

In the Council Hall of the Supreme Capital, Dugu Yunfeng was filled with emotion after reviewing a great deal of information about Origin Star.

"To think you were born in a world like this."

Dugu Yunfeng had assumed that Zhang Ji’s world would be more prosperous than the Celestial Essence Realm, with more powerful experts and a higher ceiling of power. He never expected that Zhang Ji hailed from a place even more barren than the Celestial Essence Realm.

He had reached his current realm purely through his own innate talent.

And Zhang Ji made no effort to hide his past.

The time Zhang Ji had spent cultivating to reach his current level was probably not even a fraction of his own.

Dugu Yunfeng had reason to suspect that Zhang Ji was the reincarnation of some great power.

"This world is quite nice," Zhang Ji said. "You just don’t understand its good qualities."

"In terms of vastness, the Celestial Essence Realm truly can’t compare," Dugu Yunfeng said.

His underlying meaning was that apart from being big, there was nothing else good to say about it.

It had no Spiritual Qi, no special cultivation energy. Cultivation was an arduous struggle for ordinary people; it was fundamentally unsuitable for survival.

However, Zhang Ji had no intention of explaining.

’I’m the only one who needs to know the immense potential that starry sky holds.’

...

After large quantities of supplies were loaded onto the Starship, Zhang Ji and his group prepared to depart.

The group wasn’t too large, totaling 1,400 people this time. Most were scholars and logistics personnel. They didn’t bring much in the way of actual combat strength; the manual labor was handled by robots and Spirit Puppets.

The Starship, built entirely from a special metal, activated.

Gravitational fluctuations appeared around its five-hundred-meter-long hull, and it shot straight toward the sky.

When it reached a certain altitude, it began to shrink and accelerate.

It soon broke through Origin Star’s atmosphere, reached outer space, and arrived at the space station constructed by Longzhou.

The massive space station rotated with the planet’s gravity, resembling a giant gate.

In fact, it was indeed just a gate, a passageway.

As the command was given, the space station’s white metal doors opened, revealing a circular, pitch-black void.

The shrunken Starship flew directly inside.

In the void, the Starship’s protective array patterns were fully activated. Zhang Ji couldn’t hear the sound of void particles striking the ship, but he could see their forms.

His Spirit could penetrate the protective array and directly observe their shapes.

They were difficult to grasp and understand, constantly changing in ways that conventional physics couldn’t explain.

These particles couldn’t harm his spiritual particles, which meant that Zhang Ji was now capable of traversing the void with his physical body.

Generally speaking, one had to be at least a super S-class fighter to have the ability to cross the void.

However, that was only just barely enough to travel through it.

The void was immense and filled with many dangers. No matter how strong one was, wandering aimlessly could easily lead to an accident.

This was Gu Jie’s first time traveling between worlds. The fairy was talking with him, telling him all about Lan’er World.

"In the Arcane Federation, some very old Mages absolutely hate Demon Energy Technology. They just like to stay in their mage towers for long periods, occasionally opening their Demon Books to study spell models that are ancient beyond belief. They completely reject the idea of casting Magic using machinery. They even despise the Demon Hunters who use Silent Magic by inscribing runes on their bodies, calling it a heretical path. In their view, Magic must be cast by a Mage chanting an incantation to resonate with the aetheric elements, and only then can it be performed..."

"Magic?"

Gu Jie was a little curious. He had seen the little sprite before him use Magic twice.

It was miraculous, a bit like the five elemental fighting styles of the Profound Heart Stream.

But it was also different.

Because Magic could accomplish even more wondrous things.

For example, it could create matter out of thin air.

The little sprite had used the Stone Cup Skill to create a patterned stone cup.

In its own words, aether particles were the very foundation of the world, capable of forming all things and creating any miracle.

This convenience gave Gu Jie many ideas about it, and he even had the thought of learning it.

As they were talking, Zhang Ji suddenly walked over.

Anty was so frightened that she immediately hid inside Gu Jie’s personal foldable grotto-heaven.

As Zhang Ji’s power grew, she could feel that the black hole that was Zhang Ji was becoming ever more vast.

In Anty’s eyes, Zhang Ji was the source of world-ending destruction, a veritable walking cataclysm.

Thus, she was truly terrified of Zhang Ji.

Gu Jie, on the other hand, had no such thoughts. He respectfully greeted Zhang Ji, "Master."

"How are you? Getting used to it?" Zhang Ji asked.

"Thank you for your concern, Master. This disciple is fine," Gu Jie replied.

"Good that you don’t get shipsick," Zhang Ji said with a smile and a nod. He then added, "Is that Sariputra useful?"

He had already given Huiji’s Sariputra to Gu Jie before.

He just didn’t know how well he was using it.

"It’s very useful. Holding it makes classes much easier. The only thing is, it needs to be charged with Spirit Stones, or it will lose its spiritual glow after a while," Gu Jie said, a bit embarrassed. "And Xiaolan needs to eat Spirit Stones too, so this disciple is a little short on funds right now."

"I can’t help you with that. If you need Spirit Stones, you have to earn them yourself. I can’t break the rules, can I?" Zhang Ji said. "Isn’t there a fighting tournament next season? Go participate in it. If you win the professional division championship, I’ll personally grant you one hundred thousand Spirit Stones a month. That should be enough for your expenses at this stage."

Gu Jie thanked him and readily agreed.

Zhang Ji patted Gu Jie on the shoulder, and while encouraging him, he also gauged his approximate current strength.

He had already reached the professional Ninth Rank.

He was just one step away from becoming a Grandmaster.

’This growth rate is really a bit too fast.’

Zhang Ji thought back. His own cultivation speed back then seemed to be about the same as Gu Jie’s.

’I’ve never heard of such a protagonist-like figure.’

’Could this be an influence or change that I’ve brought about?’

’This is a good thing, though.’

’In the future, the universe might just have one more Legendary.’

...

Just like the trip to the Celestial Essence Realm, after about a day, the Starship burst out of a spatiotemporal rift and entered Lan’er World.

They were located deep in a forest outside a small town.

This was where Balder had been pursuing Anty when a spatiotemporal rift appeared in front of her, and both of them entered Origin Star.

"This is the border of the Logan Kingdom. There’s nothing worth seeing in a remote town like this. Your Excellency, if you wish to experience the local culture, I recommend going to the royal city of Logan, ’Delgar.’ It is more prosperous and better suited for gathering information," Balder said respectfully to Zhang Ji.

Zhang Ji nodded slightly. Before taking any action, however, he had his people construct basic facilities here to secure the spatiotemporal rift. He also assigned two Nascent Soul cultivators with a group of men to stand guard.

’No matter what, our escape route must remain in our own hands.’

The nearby towns and cities would also have to be brought under their control later.