Chapter 23 Bingling Realm

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Three hundred li of Cui Ping Mountain, with its lofty peaks shrouded in mist, presents a truly celestial atmosphere!

Eighty years ago, a Great Cultivator descended and founded an Immortal residency called the 'Spirit Mechanism Institute', commanding a vast mountainous area. Over those eighty years, countless seekers of the Immortal Dao have been attracted here.

Not all are equal in their innate Root Bone; those with poor talents see no hope in joining the Immortal Sect, yet they are unwilling to leave.

Over time, under Cui Ping Mountain, many mortals have gathered, forming two small towns.

Aside from these mortals who failed to join the Immortal Sect, the towns also host families of the disciples of the Spirit Mechanism Institute. The increasing numbers of disciples on Cui Ping Mountain have attracted profit-seeking merchants.

Thus, they gradually flourished.

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"Cui Ping Mountain!"

"Spirit Mechanism Institute!"

"Sishui Town!"

Lu Qingfeng stands in the bustling Sishui Town, feeling somewhat uneasy.

This place is nothing like he imagined; it lacks the atmosphere of Black Sand Town, and instead resembles a mortal town, quite similar to Miao Yin City where Lu Qingfeng currently resides in reality.

The only identifiable players are the seven or eight guilds stationed in the central square.

"No Alchemy Workshop, no Artifact Refining Workshop, no talisman refining workshop!"

"It's really not user-friendly for newcomers!"

Lu Qingfeng shook his head.

He wandered around Sishui Town, finding his past life experiences in Black Sand Town utterly useless here.

"The only sect near Sishui Town is the Spirit Mechanism Institute, which has stringent assessments for accepting disciples. With my Root Bone, I'd be eliminated in the first round."

"It seems I must first join a guild."

After pondering for a moment, Lu Qingfeng headed to the central square.

There, eight large flags representing eight guilds were standing. Lu Qingfeng saw many people wandering the square, wishing to join a guild. However, after taking the tests, they left dejectedly, clearly having failed.

"It seems not just anyone can join these guilds."

Lu Qingfeng walked around the square, getting to know the recruitment standards of the major guilds.

After some thought, Lu Qingfeng chose a guild called 'Yuan Yi Guild'. The introduction stated that within Yuan Yi Guild, there were two top-level Alchemy Apprentices and one First-rank Alchemist. Perhaps he could find guidance on alchemy if he could join.

"Hello, I wish to join Yuan Yi Guild."

Lu Qingfeng stood before the Yuan Yi Guild flag, addressing a guild member responsible for recruitment.

Lu Hongwen lazily glanced at Lu Qingfeng, his eyes shimmering with spiritual light as he used the 'Heavenly Eye Skill' to probe Lu Qingfeng's cultivation.

After a brief inspection, seeing that Lu Qingfeng had no cultivation, he pointed to an obelisk beside him and lazily said, "Place your hand on that stone."

The obelisk was about half a person tall, with ten scale marks.

Lu Qingfeng did as told, placing his right hand on the obelisk.

The obelisk dimly lit up, barely filling half of the first scale mark.

"Not qualified!"

Lu Hongwen waved his hand.

With a Root Bone of 1, it's difficult to achieve anything. Neither the Spirit Mechanism Institute nor the major guilds would be willing to nurture.

"I can refine pills."

Lu Qingfeng retracted his hand and looked at Lu Hongwen.

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Hongwen finally became serious, looking at Lu Qingfeng and probing, "Brother comes from outside?"

As he spoke, he pointed towards the sky.

The sky? That must refer to the Human Federation.

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Lu Qingfeng nodded. Although he logged into "Primordial" from an otherworld, he could also be considered a player, and saying he came from beyond the heavens was not wrong.

"Should have said so earlier!"

Knowing that Lu Qingfeng was also a player, Lu Hongwen suddenly became enthusiastic, glanced at the Obelisk, and teased, "But brother, your Root Bone, tsk tsk tsk!"

"Laughable indeed!"

Lu Qingfeng knew his Root Bone was extremely poor, and did not mind Lu Hongwen's teasing.

"I'm Lu Hongwen, a few years older than you, just call me Old Lu. What's your name, brother?" Lu Hongwen's attitude towards players was entirely different, which somewhat surprised Lu Qingfeng.

"Brother Lu, my name is Lu Qingfeng."

Lu Qingfeng could tell that Lu Hongwen was quite familiar, and was happy to make friends.

"Old Lu!"

"Alright, first fill out this form."

Lu Hongwen took out a dark command talisman from his storage bag and threw it to Lu Qingfeng. Lu Qingfeng caught it and saw the front engraved with the characters 'Yuan Yi', and the back depicted a landscape.

After Lu Qingfeng took it, a screen popped up in front of him like an attribute panel, displaying a form.

The information to fill out included name, age, cultivation, Root Bone, specialties, etc., and did not involve any privacy.

Lu Qingfeng quickly filled it out and handed the command talisman back to Lu Hongwen.

This was actually one of the tests.

This special talisman could only display the virtual form to players, thus enabling data entry. If a native tried to impersonate, they wouldn't know the procedure and could be easily identified.

Seeing that Lu Qingfeng's identity as a player was confirmed, Lu Hongwen became even more enthusiastic and introduced him to the Yuan Yi Guild, "Our Yuan Yi Guild, among the eight major Guilds of Sishui Town and the nineteen under the Spirit Mechanism Institute, although not the strongest in combat power, can definitely rank in the top three in terms of comprehensive strength."

"Guild leader Mu Yuanyi, not only is a Great Cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Realm, but he is also a First-rank Alchemist, and the Yuan Yi Guild was founded by him."

"Additionally, there are two top-level Alchemy Apprentices in the guild. The leader is usually busy, so if you have any questions about alchemy, you can ask them."

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Lu Hongwen chatted with Lu Qingfeng for a long time, apparently responsible for recruiting newcomers here, and clearly bored to death.

But Lu Qingfeng was not in a hurry.

From Lu Hongwen, he got a general impression of this reincarnation and the Earth Realm.

This realm he was in was called the 'Bingling Realm.'

It is said that many tens of thousands of years ago, a Great Power from the Upper Realm passed through the Bingling Realm when it was still a wild frontier, stayed for a hundred years to preach and teach Dao.

This realm began to prosper in the way of immortals, with increasingly more cultivators.

The name of this Great Power is unknown, only his title was left, known as 'Bingling Duke,' a True God who governs the Three Mountains in the Heavenly Court.

Hence, this realm was named Bingling Realm.

Bingling Realm is different from the Heavenly Fox Realm.

The Heavenly Fox Realm is the initial realm developed by Federation Players for thousands of years, having produced many powerful cultivators at Mahayana Realm. Even players and natives have integrated, indistinguishable from each other.

Moreover, there's a well-established system, like the 'Newbie Village' of Black Sand Town.

In "Primordial," not counting the four continents and oceans of Earth Immortal World, Upper Nine Heavens, Lower Nine Netherworld, there are countless small worlds. Though there are hundreds of billions of Federation Players, when dispersed into these worlds, they are still sparse.

Newbie players entering "Primordial" usually appear in well-regulated worlds like the Heavenly Fox Realm.

Only a few appear in worlds where players are scarce or even nonexistent.

Like the Bingling Realm.

Seventy years ago, it just welcomed its first player. Currently, there are fewer than three thousand players in total, ranking 396,884th on the 'Primordial Thousand World List,' and still in the grassroots phase.

The Bingling Realm is divided into two major continents, East and West.

The one Lu Qingfeng is in is called East Victory Continent, where the Bingling Duke preached his teachings is called Xianling Continent.

Between the two continents, the Chaotic Star Sea serves as a barrier.

On East Victory Continent, there are the three countries Qian, Yue, and Jin. The north is a vast glacier, west and south are wild frontiers, and to the east, adjacent to the Overseas Immortal Cultivation World, is the Chaotic Star Sea.

The Spirit Mechanism Institute and Sishui Town are located in the south in the borders of Yue Country, adjacent to the western Qian Country.