Beginning of Cultivation
Chapter 162: Ninety Years Later

Chapter 162: Ninety Years Later

Jun Wu Xiao could only nod after hearing Yue Guang’s explanation because it made perfect sense. He had his own suspicions about why the monsters were considered casual creations, but he still wanted to ask for confirmation.

"Why do you say that the monsters are merely casual creations?" he asked.

Yue Guang, seeing that he already had his own suspicions, responded:

"As you can see, being able to create to this extent means that person has very high power, so why would they create a bunch of body refinement realm creatures? My guess is that the one who created the monsters made a huge number and scattered them across the universe. The reason the low-level monsters targeted Earth was because Earth’s power at that time was still too weak."

Jun Wu Xiao furrowed his brows and thought for a moment. It wasn’t that he thought she was wrong, but there was something missing. After a while, he said:

"To be precise, the highest level of cultivators on Earth at that time was me, and I wasn’t strong enough to defeat that monster. It’s just that the rapid development of humans was faster than that person expected, which led to the massacre’s failure."

Yue Guang nodded and said:

"Maybe, but I’m quite sure that person has never seen Earth with their own eyes. In the universe, there are countless planets with life, which means there could be countless civilizations. And to that person, all these civilizations are extremely insignificant, so they just let their weak creations carry out the slaughter without direct observation. This actually works in our favor because if that person intervened directly, everyone would die without a doubt."

What she said aligned with his thoughts. As for why the mastermind didn’t intervene directly, he had already figured out a reason. He said:

"Perhaps that person is being bothered by another powerful individual, preventing them from acting directly. Otherwise, they wouldn’t need to go through the trouble of creating countless monsters much weaker than themselves to do their work."

"Anyway, continuing to speculate won’t solve anything. The best thing we can do is to become stronger in the shortest amount of time so that we have a chance to confront that person." Yue Guang nodded and said.

Jun Wu Xiao also nodded. He didn’t know how many more years of peace Earth would have. He said:

"I understand. You should return to cultivating. I will also continue my cultivation."

She nodded and left, while he continued his cultivation process. Over time, others also broke through and tried the alchemy method.

They came to inform him so that he could have information for comparison. After receiving more information from several others, Jun Wu Xiao could be more certain that in the same realm, everything was the same, including the speed of cultivation.

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Ninety years have passed now, nearly a century gone by, and the world has undergone rapid development phases. Both economically, militarily, and in terms of social welfare, there have been remarkable advancements.

This is not surprising, as with over ten billion people working together, rapid progress is not too difficult to achieve.

In terms of human lifespan, the average has surpassed ninety years, and seeing people over a hundred is no longer uncommon. Human health has also significantly improved, and diseases are now much rare among humans.

However, one thing that hasn’t changed over the years is cultivation. Regardless of the era, only a few with extraordinary willpower and a certain degree of madness would choose the path of cultivation.

Today, there is something that can contend with body refinement realm cultivators: the cyborgs. These are humans who have replaced most of their body organs with metal components, allowing them to exhibit far superior strength compared to ordinary people. However, bone forging realm cultivators are still too powerful for the cyborgs to defeat.

Although cyborgs cannot defeat bone forging realm cultivators, they are more significant to humanity than the cultivators. The reason is that it is possible to quickly create high-level cyborgs, resulting in a relatively larger number compared to cultivators.

Obviously, the number of cyborgs compared to normal humans is very small because who would willingly turn themselves into a hunk of metal?

Even if the human body is inferior, people still prefer their own bodies. Except in cases of extreme physical deterioration or illness, becoming a cyborg is a last resort.

There is a significant advantage that cyborgs have over cultivators, which has led to the gradual fading of cultivation among the populace.

This advantage is that with current science, cyborgs can easily live an additional hundred years post-modification. This is under the condition of regular maintenance. Otherwise, their lifespan would decrease significantly.

This is a far greater number than what one can achieve by reaching the body refinement realm.

Not to mention, the advantage of cyborgs is the speed of transformation and the retention of human sensations after modification, thanks to advanced science.

Furthermore, with the current rapid pace of development, it is highly likely that within the next hundred years, there will be upgrades for cyborgs, potentially extending their lifespan even further.

On the other hand, cultivation is painful, requiring self-imposed isolation and self-torture for ten years.

In terms of strength, lifespan, and other abilities, cultivators fall far behind cyborgs, giving people ample reason to abandon cultivation.

As a result, there are very few new generation cultivators. Some years, there aren’t even any new records of people taking up cultivation.

Currently, nearly all cultivators are from previous generations. Each cultivator is almost like a museum exhibit, a relic of a bygone era.

However, the major families still have cultivators in their ranks. They understand that while cultivation is very slow at the beginning, the strength increases tremendously over time.

The long period of self-torture is not something everyone is willing to endure. Not everyone has the capability to self-torture for half a century to reach the bone forging realm.

Given the dislike attitude for cultivation among the populace, if high-level cultivators from ancient generations were to perish, humanity would be hard-pressed to find replacements in a short time.