Hao Ren and Hao Mei stood at the edge of the wilderness. The young man asked, "Those old ones that you are so worried about, what will they do if they found me?"
Hao Mei sighed and replied, "There are good and bad people on the Blue star. However, here there are only strong people. Nobody knows what the strong ones would do when they get to you. Those from the wicked forces might refine you into a pill. Those with good intentions might take you in as a disciple. No idea. Thɪs chapter is updatᴇd by novelFɪre.net
You have a special physique, your potential can only be seen at the place where you can find huge amount of resources. So only the holy lands are the suitable place for you."
Hao Ren shook his head and replied, "You are wrong. If those holy lands find out that I have a special constitution, they might keep me indoors to nurture, and watch every move I make. I will become a target for the ones with malicious. I will not be able to acquire any information about my first mission here."
Hao Mei frowned and began to think. After a few seconds, she asked, "What do you intend to do?"
Hao Ren replied, "I will find a city, open a restaurant and slowly gather strength as well."
Hao Mei frowned, and asked, "How does that even work?"
The young man replied, "I will cook dishes that are useful for cultivators."
This was the first time, Hao Mei heard something . She shook her head and said, "If you want me to believe it, then you have to show it to me."
Hao Ren nodded and said, "Yin, can you catch a pheasant for me?"
The small snake poked her head out of his sleeve, and dashed into the forest. Hao Mei said, "Your little snake is not ordinary. It grew from a few inches to an astounding three meters in a blink. She also has a spirit pattern on her forehead."
Hao Ren nodded as he said, "When I found her, I had some lesser dragon blood essence with me left behind by my old master. I put her and her brother into the barrels. They absorbed it all, and I think that is why there are mutations in them."
Hao Mei nodded, and said, "It is a good thing. Variant Beasts are stronger than the normal ones."
Hao Ren nodded, and the young lady asked, "Did you tell Lingshi about the difference of time flow here?"
The young man shook his head and replied, "I do not want her to think that I am suffering. We will talk once in ten days. That is enough for me to stay calm and focus on my task."
Hao Mei nodded in understanding, she knew how it was to suffer in alone in this world. Her parents suffered knowing that they could not do anything else for her. As the two of them were sorting out their thoughts, Yin had returned with a pheasant levitating behind her. Hao Ren used his Yin and Yang eyes and found that the pheasant was alive, but it was simply trapped in the rope of spiritual energy.
Hao Ren caressed Yin's head and praised her a bit, the white snake also rubbed her head against his head and then transformed into her miniature version before tying herself around Hao Ren's arm.
The young man caught hold of the pheasant and snapped its neck without any remorse, and asked, "Mei tell me about the distribution of power generally and then list the big forces that I need to be wary of in the southern region."
Hao Mei nodded, as she watched the young man gathering fire wood and stone slabs from the surroundings. She said, "Every five people out of ten can cultivate to the Body refinement level. Out of these fine, only two would have the talent to cross foundation establishment, one with the talent to reach core formation. The last one might make it to nascent soul or above that.
The biggest problem is not talent, but the mortality rate. Cultivators who can reach the core formation realm are respected, and given enough time, they can climb up to the Void Transformation Realm. However, the grudges and the competition among each other can even make the best of the friends, or even lovers to turn away or even kill the other."
Hao Ren asked, "I see, so, hypothetically, if a sect has the strength of ten thousand people, four thousand can be Body Refinement Cultivators, mainly young people. Above them are two thousand, Foundation Establishment Cultivators. Then comes Core Formation Cultivators, and finally the rest above them.
However, the mortality rate of the cultivators above foundation establishment must be the weeding factor that filters the surviving cultivators."
Hao Mei nodded, Hao Ren asked, "What about the major forces?"
As he spoke, he peeled the skin of the pheasant and ignited a fire under the stone slab. As the meat was being cooked, he prepared the dressing on the side. Hao Mei looked at his actions and chuckled as she remarked, "I don't remember you being so well prepared for anything."
Hao Ren smiled and replied, "I used to watch you when I was a kid. When you left I decided to copy you so that I could try to become like you."
The bond of the siblings was very strong and now that they have reconciled, the sparks of affection were igniting once again. Hao Mei smiled and then after a few seconds she said, "The major forces in the southern region contain the four royalties, and eight sects. They have a very stringent connection between the spiritual cultivators and the buddhist sects.
The four kingdoms are called, The Rising Sun Dynasty, The Cloud Empire, The Zen Kingdom, and The Warring Nation. I mentioned them in the order of their strength. From what I have gathered thus far, there is one half-step Dao Integration realm cultivator in the Rising Sun Dynasty.
The rest have three void transformation realm cultivators. Rising Sun have five of them. The difference in terms of number does not seem to be too big, but the strength is completely different. Rising Sun Dynasty has four forbidden places that are used to train the young talents. However, they are the only ones who have some virtue and keep the nobels under a strict control.
The rest are just too lax and thus they can never surpass the Rising Sun Dynasty."
Hao Ren thought about it for a moment and then took off the meat and served it in a platter before glazing it with the honey and pepper dressing. He passed the plate to Hao Mei, who had been looking at the meat for quite some time. The recipe appeared to be simple, but when Hao Mei took a bite of the meat, she closed her eyes in delight only to open them wide in shock.
She looked at her brother, and asked, "How is this possible?"
Hao Ren replied, "What are you talking about? How much spiritual energy can a pheasant have?"
Hao Mei glared at him and said, "What do you mean? This much energy is enough for a body refinement cultivator to break through the spirit gathering realm. Where did you find these herbs and honey?"
The young man shook his head and replied, "The pheasant was hunted by Xiao Yin just now. As for the herbs, I bought them from home. I used my own skill to infuse energy into the food. What do you think? Will it work?"
Hao Mei nodded and said, "Work? This is going to shock the entire world."
Hao Ren nodded and said, "That is what I just plan to do."