234 The Mystic Luna Realm! (1/2)
Lin You's voice held a sense of power. As it resounded in the air, the air grew heavy and oppressive. It was as if a startling power had emerged between the heavens and earth, and sent the residence sinking into the bottom of the sea. Nothing escaped its influence. Their movements slowed down, and everyone's hearts shook in sudden terror.
Wang Baole's upward kick slowed down and fell gradually to the ground. Even the raging Diamond Ape shivered and shrank its head back.
Lin Tianhao watched as the situation was resolved with mere words from his father and sighed in relief. He hurried forward to ease the tensions further. Despite lacking in resolve and reliability, Lin Tianhao was skilled in conflict resolution. With his interference, Wang Baole and Zhuo Yixian were quickly separated.
The Diamond Ape winked at Wang Baole when it saw the middle-aged man leave. It went back to where the cruisers were parked and continued playing with its puppet.
As the chaotic scene came to an end, Zhuo Yixian was too embarrassed to linger any longer. With a sullen look, he led his family clan's priest and left quietly.
Wang Baole snorted as he watched Zhuo Yixian leave. Together with Zhao Yameng and Zhuo Yifan, they chatted a short while with the others before choosing to leave as well.
They stepped onto the Diamond Ape's shoulder and sped off. The crowd stared at their retreating forms.
Wang Baole's temper is quite fiery. But his character makes him a friend worthy of making… however, if he's also participating in this round's Mystic Luna Realm, he'll definitely make a formidable competitor! Li Xiu thought. When he looked at the people around him, he could sense that many had come to the same conclusions.
It was clear that some of them had reached the peak of the True Breath realm and intended to travel to the Mystic Luna Realm that year and fight for a chance to advance to the Foundation Establishment realm.
Wang Baole's prowess immediately made them more cautious of him. At the same time, they also had to decide how they would interact with him should they cross paths on the moon.
The feast carried on till late in the night, with everyone deep in their own thoughts. One by one, the guests departed. The Ethereal Fruit Feast officially came to an end.
The next day, Lin Tianhao returned to the Ethereal Dao College. The students in the college continued their usual cultivation and other activities. Wang Baole, Zhao Yameng, and Zhuo Yifan as well, did the same, though their caution towards Huang Shan remained.
That persisted… until two weeks later when the college officially released news about the opening of the Mystic Luna Realm. The news immediately stirred heated debates amongst the disciples who had reached the peak of the True Breath realm.
Wang Baole's application was officially approved at the same time. In two weeks, alongside his fellow disciples, he would be traveling on the Ethereal Dao College's space cruiser and heading for the moon!
It was also then that the college, after requesting disciples to maintain the confidentiality of the information, released various resources on the Mystic Luna Realm to the successful applicants. It was so that they could have some prior knowledge and make the necessary preparations.
The resources from the college contained some overlaps and supplementary additions to the information provided by Chen Yutong. It included information on the fragments required to advance to the Foundation Establishment realm as well as the information on fully intact artifacts.
There were also some details that Chen Yutong hadn't been aware of, such as the number of fragments required to advance to the Foundation Establishment realm. Chen Yutong had been unsure of that. The information provided by the college stated the figures clearly.
The typical cultivator often wouldn't have the fortune or luck to discover a fully intact artifact. That meant that they would need to acquire fragments that could form the Foundation Establishment core. Based on the data collated by the Federation and accumulated through repeated successful advancements from the True Breath realm to the Foundation Establishment realm, one typically required twenty fragments or so to form one's Foundation Establishment core.
The required quantity vastly increased the difficulty of the task. It was already challenging to acquire fragments in the Mystic Luna Realm. Furthermore, not all the fragments that were found could be used for one's Foundation Establishment core. Even if one managed to find a fragment, he would need more than twenty to secure his chances of advancement.
There was a high failure rate of advancing to the Foundation Establishment core if the number of fragments obtained was too few. That was why, unless there were dire circumstances, no one would risk making an attempt without getting at least twenty fragments.
The information also clearly informed all applicants that due to the extraordinary difficulty of colonizing the Mystic Luna Realm, all political forces in the Federation had reached an agreement to designate the realm for cultivators at the peak of the True Breath realm to seek a chance at advancing to the Foundation Establishment cultivation. At the same time, another law had also been put in place!
The law was signed and enforced by the Federation government, the Senate comprising the seventeen senators, the four Dao Colleges, the two main sects, the Five Generation Sky Clan as well as the Trilunaris Corporation. They were mutually bound to one another. Every time the mystic realm was opened, no one political force was to interfere in a True Breath realm cultivator's attempts at advancement. To prevent any accidents from taking place, a seal was put in place every time the mystic realm was opened. An array formation would be activated to prevent anyone surpassing the True Breath realm from stepping into the realm.
Anyone who tried to break the law would become a public enemy and be prosecuted!