NOVEL NEXT Chapter 328: Cautious, Too Cautious
Shi Nian was also informed of a fact that took her by surprise.
In this Immortal World, nearly half of the population has not yet reached the Heavenly Immortal realm.
The Heavenly Immortal and Golden Immortal realms together account for 49%.
Only the remaining one percent are Profound Immortal Emperors and even Immortal Venerables.
Shi Nian also inquired why there were so many in the Immortal World who hadn't reached the Heavenly Immortal realm.
The woman explained in detail to her.
Some Ascenders who ascend to the Immortal World will marry and have children here; their offspring start their Cultivation from scratch. Not every Ascender has outstanding Talent.
These people begin by absorbing immortal power for cultivation; compared to the Lower Realm, it is much easier, so the probability of becoming a Heavenly Immortal is actually much higher than in the Lower Realm. Nevertheless, there are still those with average talent who cannot progress no matter what.
These people stay in the Immortal World, becoming the lowest class.
The middle level consists of the Heavenly Immortals and Golden Immortals.
And among the Golden Immortals, most remain at the early stage of Golden Immortal.
The gap between the early stage of Golden Immortal and the peak is immense. Beyond this realm, even advancing a minor realm is extremely tough.
With the power of a Golden Immortal Peak, Shi Nian would already be considered a master in some respects within the Immortal World.
Above that are the realms of Profound Immortals and Immortal Emperors. Across the entire Immortal World, there are only a few hundred cultivators who have reached the Immortal Emperor Realm, and most of them are in closed-door cultivation and do not venture outside.
This leads to the situation.
Outside, cultivators of Profound Immortal Level can often walk unhindered.
While the woman was recounting this, Shi Nian's Divine Thought swept over her.
This woman had not even reached the Heavenly Immortal realm; she was indeed part of the lowest tier of the Immortal World, as she had described.
After the woman explained in great detail, she looked at Shi Nian somewhat anxiously: "My lord, that is all I know."
Shi Nian nodded her head: "Thank you."
The woman immediately showed a grateful and flattered expression.
Seeing that Shi Nian was rather friendly, the woman bit her lip and couldn't help saying: "My lord, for cultivators who haven't reached the Heavenly Immortal realm in the Immortal World, survival is really tough. My lord has just arrived in the Immortal World as a strong Golden Immortal with naturally exceptional Talent, finding your footing here with ease. If it's possible, could my lord take me in as a servant to command?"
The woman tentatively suggested.
Shi Nian glanced at her.
The woman was quite frank.
From her demeanor, it was evident that in the Immortal World, it is not a shame but a huge help for low-cultivation cultivators to rely on the strong.
If Shi Nian had the capability, she would naturally be willing to offer help.
But now, she could not.
Her enemies were too powerful, and relative to them, she was currently too weak.
Taking someone with her would not only fail to help her, but it would harm both.
"Sorry, I don't have this in mind for the time being," Shi Nian said.
The woman looked somewhat disappointed but did not dare to persist, only responding respectfully: "Still, I thank you, my lord."
Shi Nian thought for a moment, and took out a Magic Treasure.
This woman was at the Divinity Transformation Stage, and this Magic Treasure was specifically for use at that stage. Moreover, it was a type of escape Magic Treasure, which could help save her life.
"Take this Magic Treasure as a token of my gratitude for your reminder today," Shi Nian said.
The woman's eyes lit up, and she treasured it greatly as she accepted: "Thank you very much, my lord."
Shi Nian nodded and without further ado, she left.
Just now, this woman had guessed from her unfamiliar reactions that she must be a new Ascender, and combined with the hint from the city wall that she was at the Golden Immortal Peak.
The combination of these two pieces of information could lead discerning individuals to lock onto her immediately.
Although she had been unbeatable in the Human World for a long time, but!
The caution ingrained in Shi Nian's bones had not diminished one bit.
She immediately left this city and changed her direction several times, flying continuously for three days and nights.
At last.
Shi Nian entered a small city.
This time.
She went in to trade items she brought from the Human Realm, and exchanged them all for Immortal Crystals.
But items from the Human Realm indeed cannot be traded for many Immortal Crystals.
Shi Nian traded for a long while and only managed to get ten Middle Grade Immortal Crystals, and several hundred Lower Grade Immortal Crystals.
This amount of money couldn't even buy air in the marketplace.
After exchanging her goods, Shi Nian decisively left the city.
This time.
She changed her direction several times before finally landing on a secluded mountaintop.
And this place was already 108,000 miles away from the city she had first entered.
Shi Nian released the two Spirit Beasts to roam and then began to concentrate on her thoughts.
Along the way, she had roughly inquired about things.
The Immortal World also has a Demon Clan.
Moreover, the demonic catastrophe is even more severe than in the Lower Realms; the demons here have already seized half the territory, and several of Demon Lord Level powerhouses have already emerged.
Yes, the strongest beings in the Demon World are called Demon Lords, but they are nothing like those in the Lower Realm.
In comparison to Immortal Venerable, Demon Lords represent the pinnacle of combat power in the Immortal World.
If the Demon Lords here knew that those below even dared to call themselves Demon Lords, they would probably get so angry they could eradicate these kinfolk with a backhand sweep.
After many years of transformation, the Original Immortal Energy in the Demon Domain has been completely expelled, leaving nothing but pervasive Demonic Qi.
And the Immortal Domain is still full of Immortal Energy.
These two forces are equally matched in strength.
Thus, a vast intermediate area spanning tens of thousands of kilometers has formed at the border between the Demon Domain and the Immortal Domain.
This intermediate area, with half covered in Demonic Qi and half in Immortal Energy, has become a buffer zone for both clans.
This buffer zone is not very suitable for the Demon Clan to live in, nor is it very suitable for the Human Clan, and should have been abandoned.
But somehow, it turned into a paradise for outlaws.
It gathered the most ferocious criminals from both humans and demons, known as the Lost Land.
Shi Nian's advancement mission required her to kill ten cultivators at the Golden Immortal Peak.
She didn't want to massacre the innocent.
Therefore.
The Lost Land was the most suitable place.
Killing people there, you can be certain that out of ten, none are innocent.
And she, having a Pure Body, can absorb both Demonic Qi and Immortal Spirit Power alike.
For her, this place is not so unsuitable for cultivation.
Then the next target is the Lost Land!
Having made up her mind, Shi Nian cautiously circled around the small mountain, making sure there was no one nearby, then fully activated her Spiritual Power and immediately fled into the distance.
The Void Land.
"How's it going, have you found her trail?" Black Abyss was somewhat anxious.
Their plans had all been laid out, but now there was a problem—they couldn't find Shi Nian!
She has no past and no future, she is a person without karma.
One can't calculate and it's not easy to search; they can only hope to capture some faint traces.
Xuan Mie, who had become one with the Heavenly Dao, was the most suitable among them for searching.
Following some traces that Shi Nian had left behind, he found Qingshi City and discovered that she had once conversed with a woman.
So, he inconspicuously checked this woman's future trajectory.
If Shi Nian met with this woman later, he could gather some clues about her whereabouts.
But based on that woman's future trajectory, Shi Nian never appeared again until the woman became a Heavenly Immortal.
The trail of Shi Nian ended there.
Xuan Mie tried his utmost to capture some traces, only to find that Shi Nian was sometimes in the east and then deliberately ran to the west, but her real destination might be the north.
After tracing her like this for a while, he became somewhat frustrated.
"She... is too cautious. I can't find any trace of her at all."
"So cautious?" Li Ye's face looked grim: "We've made all the preparations, but if in the end, we can't even find the person, wouldn't it become a joke?"