Walking through the streets of Qinyue Immortal City, Li Chen quietly sensed the distinct architectural style and local culture of Qinyue Immortal City compared to the Heaven Realm, experiencing everything here like an ordinary tourist and traveler.
Li Chen’s current state is not just about breaking through in cultivation.
His soul power is sufficient, and he could break through, but what he lacks most right now is still accumulation.
Compared to those monsters who have cultivated for hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years, he is truly too young.
Though in the Lower Realm, his current age would be considered that of a middle-aged uncle, in the Four Realms, it is rely that of a toddler taking its first steps.
Li Chen discovered a characteristic.
Whether in the Heaven Realm or the Immortal Realm, many things here reveal a common feature.
That is... largeness!
From the cities in construction, from weapons to creatures, all reveal this characteristic.
But the Immortal Realm also has its own uniqueness.
In the Heaven Realm, Celestial Demon Beasts are considered adversaries to Martial Artists, so within the cities of the Heaven Realm, Celestial Demon Beasts are rarely seen. Even if there are any, most are treated as goods for sale.
But in the Immortal Realm, as Li Chen stood in Qinyue Immortal City, immortals riding various creatures walking through the streets were a common sight.
Indeed, in the Immortal Realm, these creatures are called Immortal Beasts.
So ride cranes, others sit on lions, and Li Chen even saw two immortals reclining on a giant turtle, moving leisurely.
Of course, though these creatures are large, the streets in the city are even larger. Any random street is nearly a hundred ters wide, so unless the creatures are truly gigantic, there isn’t much feeling of being crowded.
Many immortals wore lazy and leisurely smiles on their faces; so drinking and chatting on buildings, others blowing flutes and playing music to entertain themselves under the trees by the street.
"The Immortal Realm is indeed sowhat different from the Heaven Realm..."
Even Li Chen had to admit that there were indeed significant differences between the two realms, not only externally but internally as well.
However, Li Chen also had his doubts.
In such a peaceful and comfortable environnt, how much combat power do these immortals actually have?
In the Four Realms, strength is relatively equal, with the Heaven Realm usually in a weaker position. But if the Immortal Realm is truly as Li Chen has observed, then where does its power lie?
"What are you looking at?" Mo Shuang beside him noticed Li Chen’s strange expression and couldn’t help but ask.
Li Chen hesitated for a mont before still asking: "I just feel that they seem a bit too complacent, don’t they?"
"Complacent?" Mo Shuang shook her head: "You must have been in closed-door cultivation, never coming out, right?"
"What do you an?"
Mo Shuang quietly looked at various scenes in the Immortal City and softly said: "We immortals are different from people of the other realms, we cultivate immortality, and more importantly, the Dao."
"But, what is the Dao?" Mo Shuang whispered: "Don’t look at , I don’t know, and no one knows. Even the founder of the Dao might not be able to clearly explain what the Dao is. Yet long ago, a saying has been passed down in the Immortal Realm."
"We cannot understand the Dao, but we can experience what the Dao is."
"Those immortals in the Immortal City enjoying a peaceful and leisurely life believe that life is the Dao, so they choose to experience life in the Immortal City. There are also immortals who believe that battle is the Dao, so they head to the battlefield, into the depths of formations, seeking their own Dao. So like Immortal Beasts, others enjoy pharmacology or artifact refining; these, to different immortals, are their Dao." Mo Shuang said calmly.
A realization flashed in Li Chen’s eyes.
At that mont, he suddenly rembered a saying from the Book of the Four Realms.
"All Things Are Dharma, All Things Are Tao."
"Is that what it ans?" Li Chen suddenly felt a sense of realization, his State of Mind unexpectedly ascending another level at that mont.
The cultivation, which had just broken through not long ago, was swiftly stabilized by this newfound understanding.
"Congratulations." Sensing the change in Li Chen, Mo Shuang said this with a calm expression.
"Thank you..."
However, just as Li Chen expressed his gratitude, he saw many unfamiliar immortals approaching to congratulate him.
"Congratulations on your increased strength, fellow cultivator."
"Congratulations, congratulations."
Li Chen was sowhat bewildered, but sensing that these immortals bore no ill intent, he could only express his gratitude to each.
After so courteous exchanges, those immortals went on to do their own things.
An unusual look flashed in Li Chen’s eyes: "This Immortal Realm is really extraordinary, practicing in such a manner."
"Aunt Mo, are we going to find a Sect and seek a Master now?" Luoo Yanyan asked Mo Shuang beside her.
"Yes." Mo Shuang nodded and then said to Li Chen: "I’m going to take Yanyan and Yanyaan to seek a master now. If there’s nothing else, let’s part ways here."
"Big Brother, are you coming with us?" Luoo Yanyan asked.
"No." Li Chen smiled and shook his head: "I plan to walk around the city for a bit longer before going."
"Okay, see you later, Big Brother!"
"Goodbye, Big Brother Li!"
Li Chen smiled and waved at the two innocent little girls, watching Mo Shuang take them away.
"Hmm? Still following?" Li Chen suddenly turned his head, looking in a certain direction.
In that direction, he noticed the immortals who had been driven away earlier.
Honestly, although Li Chen felt that the atmosphere in the Immortal Realm was nice, the fighting spirit of these immortals was sowhat lacking.
Perhaps the overall strength of the Heaven Realm is stronger, but in terms of individuals, these immortals still lack the courage and tenacity that Heaven Realm Martial Artists have to fight their way up from the jungle’s survival laws.
On a positive note, it’s called knowing when to retreat; negatively, it’s called being afraid of death.
Regarding those guys, Li Chen didn’t care much since they are in the city, and judging by the overall situation of the immortals, those guys wouldn’t have the guts to make a move in the city.
After secretly marking them with his Divine Sense, Li Chen began to leisurely wander around the Immortal City alone.
After so ti, Li Chen found himself sitting on the top floor of a towering tavern, overlooking the Immortal City below, which was faintly shrouded in clouds and mist. Holding a glass of wine, his gaze seed sowhat distant.
After drinking half a jar of Immortal Wine without restraining himself with True Yuan, Li Chen was slightly tipsy.
"When will the bright moon appear? Lifting my wine, I question the Blue Sky. I do not know what year it is tonight in the celestial palaces?" Li Chen murmured. Since his Ascension, after experiencing so much, he indeed couldn’t quite rember what year it was.
"Fearing that the Jade Towers and Palaces are too high and cold. Dancing with my clear shadow, is it not better here amongst people?"
As Li Chen unconsciously muttered a few lines of old poetry, many immortals in the building looked towards him, their eyes reflecting solemn thought.
So immortals followed Li Chen’s murmuring, their expressions inexplicably showing a hint of lancholy.
"Excellent! What wonderful words!"
After a long while, suddenly soone clapped and shouted.
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