Beginning of Cultivation
Chapter 102: Returning to the Capital

Chapter 102: Returning to the Capital

Jun Wu Xiao rushed to where Dao San Qian was sleeping. Although Dao San Qian had just fallen asleep not long ago, his body still felt slightly tired, but he never let his guard down for a moment.

"Huh, you have broken through? When you appeared, the feeling I got was like facing that giant monster." Dao San Qian asked.

He sensed a similar dangerous feeling akin to that of the monster. This meant that Jun Wu Xiao’s current realm was equal to that of the monster.

Jun Wu Xiao wasn’t surprised to hear this. He still vividly remembered the feeling when he encountered that monster. He knew that now he had enough strength to fight it one-on-one without any support.

"Uhm, and you’ve probably calculated the time you need to break through as well. My current realm is the early stage of the food avoidance realm, and the name I gave the previous realm is the bone forging realm." Jun Wu Xiao said.

Dao San Qian nodded. Of course, he had calculated it. His cultivation time lagged behind Jun Wu Xiao’s by thirty years, so in thirty years, he would be fully recovered.

"Ha ha, only thirty more years? That’s not too long... Not too long, my ass. That means I’ll be blind for nearly half a century." Dao San Qian cursed.

Jun Wu Xiao just laughed upon hearing this. He knew Dao San Qian was just talking nonsense. He had a feeling that even if it were half a billion years, Dao San Qian would still get through it.

"Ha ha, how could half a century trouble you? Oh, and another thing is that after breaking through, your lifespan will increase by two hundred years." Jun Wu Xiao said.

"Really? Two hundred years, huh? Then it looks like the time needed to break through to the next realm will be even longer." Dao San Qian said.

"Maybe, but I’m not sure how long exactly. With my current physical capabilities, I can cultivate for twenty hours a day, leaving four hours for rest." Jun Wu Xiao nodded and said.

"Then perhaps the time needed for a breakthrough will be shorter. Ah, you call it the food avoidance realm, so it’s probably about internal organ enhancement, right? You probably don’t need to eat anymore." Dao San Qian said.

Jun Wu Xiao nodded. He didn’t expect Dao San Qian to guess it all just by hearing the name. He said:

"How did you know? That’s right, from now on, I won’t feel hungry anymore."

"Ha ha, your naming style is so predictable. Just hearing the name is enough to understand the main feature of the realm." Dao San Qian laughed and said.

Knowing each other for such a long time, even though they met infrequently, didn’t mean they knew nothing about one another. Furthermore, Jun Wu Xiao and his friends were quite similar in personality, so understanding each other came naturally.

Suddenly, Dao San Qian remembered something and asked:

"Oh, by the way, how are things with humanity now? Is everything okay?"

He really worried about humanity... no, not at all. He was just curious, because he believed that humanity would overcome any situation. He knew that humans were not that weak. If they could build such a civilization in a short time, they obviously had great potential. Thus, he didn’t worry much about them.

However, the current state of humanity didn’t play a significant role, so he didn’t care too much. It wasn’t important enough to make him worry. It might sound odd, but that was his true thought, humanity at present didn’t have the strength to make a big impact.

The truth was that humanity currently didn’t have enough power to influence the entire universe. Why say currently? Because at this moment, humanity was truly too weak, pitifully weak, but the future was uncertain.

Humans were a young species with a rapid development rate, and they were very special. What was special about them, Dao San Qian didn’t sure. However, at this moment, they couldn’t compare to the dominant species on some planets that had existed for billions of years. But that was only for now, with their current development speed, the day humanity reached the peak position wasn’t just a far-fetched dream.

"Roughly speaking, they’re okay. Xia Ni has probably abdicated by now. The kingdom has been renamed to the Human Kingdom. We have also popularized cultivation among the people." Jun Wu Xiao thought for a moment and then mentioned some important events.

Dao San Qian nodded but immediately noticed something was missing. He asked:

"What about the weapons?"

"What weapons?" Jun Wu Xiao asked, puzzled.

With that response, Dao San Qian realized that both Xia Ni and Jun Wu Xiao had forgotten about it. He said:

"You’ve popularized cultivation, but why haven’t you encouraged research and weapon development? Do you think I used my fists to destroy that monster? No, I used a ton of explosives. Quickly check on this for me. If there’s no appropriate policy in place now, implement one immediately. We’re busy cultivating and don’t have time for scientific research. Even if we did, we might not do it well, but humans are excellent at that. Moreover, I’m not sure we’ll always be able to defeat enemies with bare hands in the future."

These words startled Jun Wu Xiao. He thought:

"Damn it, how could I forget this? The amount of explosives I used in that battle was countless. I still remember the struggle of fighting the monster bare-handed. But since we got the explosives, everything went much smoother. It’s my fault. When I popularized cultivation, I thought everything was fine, but it seems that’s not the case. Cultivation takes a lot of time to gain significant power. It took me nearly one hundred and thirty years to reach my current level. Who knows what level weapon development could have reached in that time?"

"I understand now. You should rest. I’ll head to the capital." Jun Wu Xiao said.

"Uhm, you and Xia Ni have been cultivating so long you’ve become foolish. How could you forget something like this?" Dao San Qian said mockingly.

"I, I... I thought just having more cultivators was enough, but I see now that was too shallow. That might be true in the long run, but if an enemy attacks in the short term, we’re really in trouble. Anyway, I’m off. Goodbye." Jun Wu Xiao said, then immediately rushed off.