Chapter 70

"Have we found any clues about the powerful person who helped us deal with those dragons at the seaside bathing area?" Wu Qi asked.

"Director, yesterday I tried to investigate using time regression, but I couldn't see the person's specific appearance, just like the powerful person who appeared on the island. Whenever I try to zoom in, my ability immediately gets interrupted," Investigator Chen Shu explained.

"Hmm, I understand. After all, they are all cultivators above the fourth level, and your ability can't detect them," Wu Qi nodded.

"In the days to come, everyone will have to work hard. The construction of the defense facilities here will be accelerated. In a few days, we will start our cultivation plan, and some students will be assigned to cultivate here."

"Director, isn't it a bit risky to assign students to cultivate here when the area hasn't been fully explored yet?" one of the investigators expressed concern.

"Time waits for no one! When the time comes, the bureau will assign a fourth-level cultivator to guard here, so safety shouldn't be a problem. The concentration of spiritual energy on the other side is several times higher than on our Blue Star. To quickly enhance our strength, this plan must be carried out as soon as possible. Not only the students of the Cultivator Academy, but the bureau will also assign us investigators to cultivate in the Spirit Realm. Our strength must be further improved. There have been no strange beasts in the three world passages, but it's likely they will appear soon," Wu Qi said.

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Since the countries on Blue Star learned about the Spirit Realm, they have all begun to invest a large amount of resources into the cultivation academies within their borders, hoping to contribute to the defense of their homeland at the critical moment next year.

Inside the Rongcheng Cultivator Academy, Dean Zhou Weiguo was addressing the top 100 students of the academy.

"You all know what kind of enemies we will face in the future. This time, you will go to the Spirit Realm through the world passage in Yacheng for cultivation. Although a fourth-level cultivator will be guarding there, you must not be careless about your safety. After all, fourth-level cultivators can't accompany you to the Spirit Realm, and only third-level peak investigators will be guarding you there.

If you encounter a powerful strange beast in the Spirit Realm, don't act rashly; retreat to our world as soon as possible.

That's all I have to say. You can set off now!" Dean Zhou looked at the energetic young people below.

"Alright, I'll be leading this time. Everyone, get into the buses according to your pre-assigned groups!" Vice Dean Lin Pengfei said to the students below.

"Pengfei, take good care of them and don't let them get hurt in the Spirit Realm," Dean Zhou said to Lin Pengfei.

"Dean, rest assured! I will take good care of them," Lin Pengfei said earnestly.

A few minutes later, five buses drove out of the Cultivator Academy in an orderly manner, heading towards the airport. The students who were not selected enviously watched their classmates on the buses, not knowing that they were about to enter another world, thinking they were being sent to a place with rich spiritual energy for secret cultivation.

The weather was beautiful today, with bright sunshine and clear skies.

On the road to the airport, in the leading bus, the top 20 students with the fastest cultivation progress were seated. Among them, Ji Xiaoxiao was the strongest, already at the initial stage of the second level. The second was Wang Chao, who was at the peak of the first level, followed by the others who were at the high stage of the first level, including the students in the other buses.

"Xiaoxiao, what do you think the Spirit Realm will be like? I only heard from my homeroom teacher that it has rich spiritual energy and fierce strange beasts, but I don't know anything else," Cheng Ling asked, sitting next to Ji Xiaoxiao.

"I've heard some things from Dean Zhou. He said that the investigators sent there have only explored the area near the world passage entrance. They saw a primeval forest, and the sun in the sky is much larger than ours, but that's all I know," Ji Xiaoxiao admitted.

"My dad mentioned that the rules of that world are different from ours. Our thermal weapons can't be used there. If we encounter strange beasts, we can only fight with cold weapons," Wang Chao turned around and said from the front row.

"Really? What a strange world," Cheng Ling exclaimed.

"Right! Our country's Spirit Energy Research Institute has sent some researchers there to take samples and conduct investigations. They found that the soil components near the entrance are the same as on Blue Star, and the atmospheric components are similar to ours, with a bit more oxygen. The gravity is also similar, but the sun in the sky is much larger than on our Blue Star," Wang Chao said, gossiping.

"How do you know so much? Isn't there a confidentiality agreement? Where did you get this information?" Ji Xiaoxiao asked, looking at the talkative Wang Chao.

"My dad is the vice dean of the Rongcheng Research Institute, so he knows more. Since I chose to join this cross-world cultivation plan, I have the right to know these things, so my dad told me what he could," Wang Chao smiled.

"I didn't know your dad was the vice dean of the institute! Did he prepare any defensive spirit artifacts for you?" Cheng Ling asked.

"Uh, no. He only gave me some spirit stones to carry. Although I'm at the peak of the first level and am quite strong among us, my overall spiritual energy is still too little. Defensive spirit artifacts require a lot of spiritual energy to activate, which I can't do at my current level, so carrying them would be useless," Wang Chao said helplessly.

"Our primary task this time is to focus on cultivation. We should travel light and not carry too many external items," Sun Bin, sitting next to Wang Chao, said.

"Right! So my dad gave me some spirit stones and told me to focus on cultivation there, not to think about other things, and to follow the investigators' arrangements," Wang Chao nodded.

"Ah! Although the teachers have told us how powerful and fierce the strange beasts in the Spirit Realm are, it still feels unreal without experiencing it firsthand. A strange world, a strange environment, and strange creatures—it feels like a dream," Cheng Ling leaned back in her seat and muttered.

"I think your attitude is still too relaxed. After all, it's a strange world. They are trying to invade our world. From the attack in Yacheng, we can see that they are very cruel to humans. If I get the chance, I will definitely slay these invaders and show them that the people of Blue Star are not to be trifled with," Wang Chao said, looking at the laid-back Cheng Ling.