Eternal Life Begins with Learning

Chapter 377: Chapter 347: One River, Two Worlds

Even from a distance, the Marketplace was already clearly visible, resembling a mortal port town.

Chu Mu was flying through the air, but when he was a few miles from the Marketplace, an invisible suppressive force suddenly descended upon him.

’A No-fly Zone?’

Chu Mu was surprised. It wasn’t uncommon for a Marketplace to set up a No-fly Array Prohibition, but it was usually only within the Marketplace’s boundaries. Aside from a place of war like Jingmen City, a normal Marketplace wouldn’t waste resources like this.

Chu Mu briefly assessed the force. The Restriction wasn’t strong. It could probably only restrain ordinary Qi Cultivation Realm Cultivators. It would likely struggle to even limit a slightly more powerful one.

To someone of his Cultivation level, it was utterly negligible.

After a moment’s thought, Chu Mu decided not to break free from the restraint. ’I’m new here. It’s best not to be too conspicuous.’

With Wangcai in tow, Chu Mu slowly descended from the sky. He looked around. The Marketplace wasn’t far now, and he could see quite a few Cultivators heading toward it.

Even just outside the Marketplace, separated only by a river, the distinct nature of the Vast Sea Cultivation Immortal World was already becoming clear.

As far as he could see, the dozens of Cultivators heading for the Marketplace were all only at the Qi Cultivation Realm. Yet, almost without exception, every single one was leading one or even several Spirit Beasts.

The Spirit Beasts were a motley collection of bizarre shapes and sizes. At a glance, it was like stepping into a primitive, untamed tribe. Though it was clearly the local custom, the feeling was undeniably strange.

The process of entering the Marketplace was nothing special. In fact, it was extremely lax.

For a single Broken Spirit, he was given an identity token. With no basic registration required, Chu Mu led Wangcai into the Marketplace of the Vast Sea Cultivation Immortal World.

Chu Mu had already gotten a glimpse of it from outside, but within the Marketplace, the sense of strangeness only intensified.

The Marketplace was bustling with noise. As far as the eye could see, aside from Cultivators of varying levels, there were all kinds of Demon Beasts.

Furthermore, under his Divine Sense Perception, most of these so-called Cultivators had no Immortal Dao Aura. They were clearly almost all Bloodline Cultivators.

Clearly, in the Vast Sea Cultivation Immortal World, not only was the path of the Bloodline widespread, but Beast Taming Skills were also exceedingly common.

Chu Mu walked into a shop on the side of the street. Its name was Ten Thousand Blood Pavilion, and it was the most magnificent structure in the Marketplace.

"Senior."

The moment he stepped into the shop, the Shopkeeper immediately hurried over to greet him.

As expected, he was another Bloodline Cultivator. His Cultivation was roughly equivalent to Qi Cultivation Perfection. He had a cold, sinister aura and slitted pupils. At a glance, despite his human form, he resembled a venomous snake.

Chu Mu glanced at the Shopkeeper. In an instant, his Divine Sense washed over the man, leaving nothing hidden, inside or out.

The Shopkeeper’s face turned pale and his body trembled slightly as a few beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

Fortunately, the scrutiny lasted only a moment before Chu Mu turned his gaze to the shop before him.

"Give me an introduction."

Chu Mu uttered the words lightly and took a seat to the side. An attendant immediately rushed over to respectfully serve him tea.

"Senior, our pavilion specializes in selling all types of Demon Beast Bloodlines. We have eight hundred sixty-two types of Tier One Demon Beast Bloodlines, and eight types of Tier Two Bloodlines."

"We also sell the associated Bloodline Techniques. We have a total of one thousand six hundred and fifty-eight volumes."

"This is our pavilion’s catalog. Please, take a look, Senior."

Chu Mu accepted the Jade Scroll and probed it with his Divine Sense. A massive amount of information instantly appeared in his perception.

A moment later, Chu Mu lowered the Jade Scroll and spoke.

"Bring me one portion of Tier Two Bloodline Essence. Also, bring me these ten Cultivation Technique volumes."

"Please wait a moment, Senior."

The Shopkeeper immediately responded and hurried into the back hall.

Within the span of about ten breaths, a subtle thread of Divine Sense wafted over.

Chu Mu glanced toward the stairway to the second floor, his brow furrowing slightly. A second later, it smoothed out.

’It’s only natural for a shop like this to have a Foundation Establishment Cultivator watching over it.’

’A mere Early Stage of Foundation Establishment cultivator is nothing to worry about.’

A moment later, the Shopkeeper hurried back and respectfully presented a tray.

On the tray rested a Blood Red Jade Bottle and ten volumes.

Acting as if no one else was present, Chu Mu unsealed the Jade Bottle. With a slight movement of his finger, a ball of light blue Bloodline Essence floated above his fingertip.

’Ice Soul Silver Snake.’

The name of the Demon Beast instantly surfaced in his Divine Sense Perception.

After a brief analysis, Chu Mu was noticeably surprised. The Bloodline Essence itself was nothing special, originating from an Ice Soul Silver Snake at the early stage of Tier One or Two, which was hardly remarkable.

However, the method used to extract this mass of bloodline was clearly quite ingenious.

It had preserved the bloodline almost perfectly. Under his perception, he couldn’t find a single flaw.

After observing it for nearly fifteen minutes, Chu Mu slowly put down the mass of Bloodline Essence. At the same time, he took one of the Cultivation Technique volumes into his hand.

The Shopkeeper looked as if he wanted to speak but hesitated. Chu Mu glanced at him, and with a wave of his hand, a bag of Spirit Stones landed on the table.

He opened the Cultivation Technique. Page after page of Techniques related to Bloodline Cultivation, a detailed Bloodline Cultivation System, was laid bare before his eyes.

Although he had studied and researched Bloodline Cultivation extensively, coming from the Great Chu Inland—a land where Demon Beasts were almost extinct—he had only ever possessed a vague and incomplete understanding of the subject.

Now, these ten volumes on the Cultivation Technique of bloodlines were turning that ambiguity into a clear and detailed understanding.

Bloodline Cultivation used a different system of realm division than Immortal Dao Cultivation’s Qi Cultivation, Foundation Establishment, and Golden Core.

For example, a Bloodline Cultivator at the level of the Qi Cultivation Realm was known as a Tier One Cultivator in the Vast Sea Cultivation Immortal World. The Early Stage of Qi Cultivation was equivalent to the Tier One Early Stage, just like how Cultivators classified Demon Beasts.

The specific Cultivation Techniques for bloodlines varied depending on the Bloodline in question, each with its own unique strengths and peculiarities, resulting in a bizarre and motley collection of methods.

But one point was very clear.

The quality of a Bloodline, high or low, was directly related to the prowess of the Bloodline Cultivator.

In this respect, it was no different from Spirit Root Talent.

A Cultivator with a high-quality Bloodline was just like a Cultivator with good Spirit Root Talent.

It was simply a matter of the assessment criteria shifting from Spirit Root Talent to Bloodline.

And the classification of Bloodline quality was also no different from that of Spirit Roots.

First was the Bloodline’s grade. Just as with a Spirit Root’s Celestial or Earth Spirit Root, the higher the Bloodline’s grade, the higher the talent.

Second was the Bloodline’s concentration. This aspect was different from the attribute balance of a Spirit Root Talent.

Even if one possessed a High Tier Bloodline, if its concentration was too low, their future prospects would likely be no better than someone with a common Low Tier Bloodline.

For a Bloodline Cultivator, this meant that both the grade and the concentration of their Bloodline were of equal importance.

However, any society tended to form a pyramid-like structure. The Cultivation Immortal Realm was like this, and naturally, the Vast Sea Cultivation Immortal World was as well.

Take this shop, for instance. Although it boasted many Demon Beast Bloodlines and Cultivation Techniques, they were all merely Low Tier goods.

Even though the mass of Bloodline Essence before him was a precious Tier Two item, if one truly wanted to use this Bloodline as their foundation to advance to Tier Two, the difficulty involved was likely not much less than that of a Cultivator with an ordinary Spirit Root trying to achieve Foundation Establishment...

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