How come the celestial technique I stole is so powerful?!
Chapter 409 Bridge Realm

Chapter 409: Chapter 409 Bridge Realm

"Scarcity is what makes things valuable!" Lin Xiaosu said, "If you love the delicacies from that world, why not find a way to enter it and savor all kinds of gourmet foods?"

"Young man, are you unaware of this common knowledge, or are you taking advantage of me, an old person, thinking I don’t know it?" Old Zhang said, "Apart from your Li Tian Clan, who among the Underground Mysterious Race can enter that world? Who dares to enter that world?"

"Oh?" Lin Xiaosu said, "I grew up in that world and know nothing of the situation here. Could you explain the intricacies to me?"

He reached out his hand again, producing three more bags of gourmet food.

This time, he spared no expense, even taking out a big bag of his favorite spicy beef.

Old Zhang tasted a piece of each gourmet item, every time displaying a deeply enchanted expression, and started narrating to Lin Xiaosu...

Various strange tales and secrets flooded in like a tide, even to someone as well-read and wise as Lin Xiaosu, leaving him astounded and not knowing where he stood.

This world is known as the Bridge Realm.

It is not truly the Earth Core World.

It is merely a bridge between two worlds.

Similar to Kun Cang in many ways.

The similarity is that it serves as a transitional zone.

Kun Cang is a transition between the Mortal World and Ancient Great World, and it holds shadows of the Ancient Wilderness.

This Bridge Realm is a transition between the Mortal World and Earth Core World, containing traces of the Earth Core Strange Race.

Both are transitional zones, both hold shadows and both have shackles.

The shackle of Kun Cang is that those in the Enlightenment Realm, once they leave Kun Cang for the Mortal World, cannot manifest their Enlightenment Realm power, only a bit stronger Observing Heaven, preventing them from leaving Kun Cang.

The Bridge Realm’s shackles are even more complete.

The Earth Core Strange Race within cannot leave the Bridge Realm, as the outside wind, moon, sunlight, and even the clean air outside would be unbearable for them!

Simply due to one point, Kun Cang at least has humans.

But in this Bridge Realm, the inhabitants are not humans at all.

They are the Earth Core Strange Race, whose dominant life form is Silicon based Life.

Silicon based Life is unsuitable for the external environment.

Only one race is an exception, which is the Li Tian Clan.

The Li Tian Clan is the only race capable of traversing both realms, because they were born from crossbreeding.

They are the hybrid of the Li Clan and Human Clan.

They carry the marks of both clans on their bodies.

Li Clan!

This is the Ancestor Clan of the Li Tian Clan!

Left Envoy and Qing Ru come from across realms, heading to the Li Clan.

"What kind of race is the Li Clan?" Lin Xiaosu asked this question while Old Zhang was lost in the enjoyment of spicy beef jerky.

"Little, you still don’t know your Ancestor Clan?" Old Zhang laughed, "The Li Clan is among the twenty-seven major clans of the Bridge Realm, a rather strong race. Physically strong, with boundless bloodline power. In the hierarchy among the Earth Core Strange Race, they are akin to the True Dragon Clan among the Wan Clan. Unfortunately, their numbers are sparse, numbering under a million in this Bridge Realm, which might be why they look outward, interacting with the Human Clan, eventually breeding you Li Tian Clan..."

Lin Xiaosu’s worldview was overturned once again.

This Bridge Realm is immense beyond measure.

Twenty-seven major clans noted, and this doesn’t include the middle and small clans. Including small clans, there are over one or two hundred.

A million is considered sparse.

Even such a Bridge Realm is merely a transition realm...

How unimaginable is the Earth Core World?

He traced back the origins of the Li Tian Clan, the true reason being the sparse population of the Li Clan, thus looking outward and breaking biological shackles through interactions with the Human Clan, leading to the birth of a new race: Li Tian.

"Old man, I am entering this world; do you have any advice for me?" Lin Xiaosu offered a third batch of snacks, totaling ten bags.

Old Zhang was so elated that his eyes could barely see as he took all the snacks, offering a heap of advice...

One piece left Lin Xiaosu unsure how to respond.

The old man told him: If there’s a chance, entice a Li Clan woman with golden yellow hair; as long as she likes you, you’ll rise to the top in this world.

Entice women!

Moreover, entice the Earth Core Strange Race.

This left Lin Xiaose deeply sighing.

Why is that?

The old man explained, Li Clan women with golden yellow hair are from the Royal Family.

The Royal Family’s identity is not merely noble.

Their bloodline power is unprecedented, and your offspring will naturally possess this bloodline power...

"Thank you for your advice, old man! I’m off, goodbye!"

Lin Xiaosu strode down the mountain, while the old man squinting, munching on snacks, watched him leave.

Once Lin Xiaosu turned a corner, the old man’s body leaned backward, merging into the rock, so bizarrely, so eerily.

Lin Xiaosu followed the main road onward to the city.

The city is named: Flame City.

On the main road, various races, countless monsters, yet at this moment, Lin Xiaosu’s heart is calm, for he has grasped knowledge of this realm from Old Zhang, albeit just the basic framework.

No one showed interest in him, except for a few beauties from the brothel nearby.

Of course, ’beauties’ is in quotation marks.

These women, heavily made-up, carried a fragrance, though it carried a hint of sulfur, at least it wasn’t unpleasant.

Flaunting their scented handkerchiefs, leaning from balconies.

What feeling does this evoke?

Similar to Bianjing City during the Song Dynasty, retaining the street architecture but replacing all the people inside, roughly in this manner.

People’s customs, sentiments, thoughts, even values are akin to feudal society.

Except the variety of people is different.

It is indeed quite thought-provoking, isn’t it?

The words Old Zhang said are truly thought-provoking.

What he told Lin Xiaosu was...

Their ancestors also engaged with the ground civilization, with many things brought over from that epic battle of heaven and earth.

The phrase "many things" encompasses a multitude of content.

Values, thoughts, architectural art, dining culture, language, script...

If one thinks simply, it can actually be accepted.

But Lin Xiaosu’s thoughts were not simple.

He thought of the timeline of the epic battle between heaven and earth.

It was tens of thousands of years ago!

Not thousands!

In his world, the origin of human civilization spans only a few thousand years; tens of thousands of years ago, there are no records at all.

And according to Old Zhang, in fact, the era of the epic battle between heaven and earth, where the Wan Clan stood, also harbored ancient civilization, with levels and directions of civilization nearly identical to feudal society.

Is history truly a great cycle?

Is civilization truly constantly going retro?

And what about script?

Is it possible that the script currently used isn’t unique to this generation of civilization, but borrowed from ancient civilization?

The closeness between the Earth Core World and the Great Xia Civilization is solely because the Great Xia Civilization never experienced a dynasty break?

"Young master, what would you like to eat?" A shop assistant bowed before Lin Xiaosu.

This was a Li Tian Clan member.

This is probably the necessary pattern for running a hotel in the bridge realm where the Bai clan stands, matching the reception with the visiting race.

"Just bring some food and wine!" Lin Xiaosu raised his hand, handing over a ten-taels silver note.

Eight sumptuous dishes made Lin Xiaosu understand the purchasing power of the "silver note" in this space.

As he sampled the dishes, his taste buds exploded in his mouth.

The two realms truly leave one speechless.

Two pieces of money for a bag of small snacks caused Old Zhang, who has lived for three thousand years, to squint with pleasure.

Yet a casual dish in the hotel would similarly burst Lin Xiaosu’s taste buds.

All brought about a unique experience by novelty...

His Heavenly Tao Primordial Spirit combined with spiritual power swept through the restaurant, perceiving a myriad of diverse energies in a complex mix.

In this world, his Heavenly Tao Primordial Spirit was just as effective, clearly distinguishing the energies of various races, even judging the strengths of their life forces.

It was truly strange how this divine skill was ineffective on Old Zhang.

He couldn’t feel Old Zhang’s life energy at all.

At first, he almost stepped on Old Zhang’s "hand"...

He thought this special space might be suppressing the power of the Heavenly Dao, since, after all, Heavenly Dao and "earthly path" are oppositional.

Suppression was expected.

But actually, there was no suppression.

Could it be that Old Zhang’s race inherently has the special ability to conceal their energy?

He wanted very much to find a fellow "Rou Clan" member, with two legs and six arms like Old Zhang, to verify this, but within sight, there was no such race, leaving him unable to check.

Suddenly, he sensed extremely intense energy fluctuations.

His Heavenly Tao Primordial Spirit locked onto it, and his heart raced.

He cast his gaze towards that room, and shadowed by the curtains, he saw a person.

A golden-haired woman.

Her hair was as pure as gold, without any hint of other colors, bound by a white jade ring, signifying noble temperament.

Her skin was fair and blushing.

Her features conformed to the golden ratio of the Human Clan.

Her chest was the most beautiful curve.

She wore a tight outfit that outlined the perfect silhouette, giving a most explosive sense of beauty.

If she appeared outside, she would certainly be seen as a princess of the royal family.

But here in the Earth Core, Lin Xiaosu wasn’t sure if, within the aesthetic of the Earth Core races, she was beautiful or ugly, but in his view, she was the embodiment of his aesthetic standards.

Old Zhang had just advised him, if he met a long golden-haired woman, he should seduce her.

If she likes you, you’ve reached the heavens in a single step.

The echo of the advice lingered in his ears, regardless of whether it was a warning or flirtation...

The next moment, he saw such a golden-haired woman, who matched every aspect of his aesthetic...

His Heavenly Tao Primordial Spirit scanned the room.

Next to the woman, there were two more people.

Silver-haired.

An old and a young one, a male and a female.

The old one was male, with a fierce appearance.

The young one was female, dressed in maid attire, seemingly the golden-haired woman’s personal attendant, with a sweet appearance.

Lin Xiaosu’s Heavenly Tao Primordial Spirit shifted away, continuing the search.

In the adjacent room, there were also two people with exceptionally abundant energy.

Lin Xiaosu placed his hand on the wall, as if applying the Heavenly Tao Primordial Spirit Stone Viewing Technique, sensing the people inside the room, who were Lin Clan members.

Lin Clan members, whose bodies were covered in scales, including their faces; one fully black-scaled, and the other black and white mixed scales.

The black and white-scaled Lin Clan member said, "Did you see the Li Clan girl?"

For a moment, Lin Xiaosu’s heart slightly jumped, because when the Lin Clan member spoke, an acute claw, like a sharp spike, rested on the table, pointing directly at the location of the golden-haired beauty.