Chapter 2306: Chapter 2341: Disappointment
Ding Fan saw that Ding Aoshuang’s expression did not change much, and she was obviously not interested in improving her cultivation. He turned to her and said, "Aunt Master, you actually have great talent, better than 90% of people in the Divine Realm. As long as you put in enough effort, a metal rod can be ground down to a needle. Nothing is difficult for a committed person. If you seriously cultivate, it’s possible to surpass the Ninth Level of the Divine Realm."
"Aunt Master, think about it. Why are we bullied, why do people in the family look down on us? Isn’t it because there are no strong individuals in our line? Don’t you want to avenge Yun Haitao? Don’t you want revenge on those who have bullied you? If you achieve beyond the Ninth Level of the Divine Realm, then who in the Divine Realm would dare stop you from doing what you want? In this world, there’s no reasoning; it’s always the strong devouring the weak. As long as your strength is formidable, your word counts. Moreover, if I get bullied in the future, you can help me, right?"
Ding Fan’s tone was quite casual, but his words stirred Ding Aoshuang’s heart, especially the phrase about her dominating the Divine Realm. It piqued her interest, causing her heartbeat to quicken. She had always had a knot in her heart, which was to find her lover and ask why he abandoned her in the end.
A spark can start a prairie fire.
Ding Aoshuang pondered for a moment, nodded, gathered all the jade boxes, and said, "Alright, then I will start cultivating anew. Since other elders can cultivate to the Ninth Level of the Divine Realm, I certainly can too. Once I reach the Ninth Level, I’ll first destroy Yunxiao Palace and avenge myself."
"Now that’s right! I knew my Aunt Master wouldn’t just accept being bullied."
Ding Fan said with a smile, his earlier words were meant to stimulate Ding Aoshuang, give her a goal, and bring hope into her life so that it becomes filled with passion, unlike the current mundane state.
Ninth Level of the Divine Realm...
If reaching the Ninth Level of the Divine Realm only required dedication, then would there be so few Ninth Level experts in this world? Those major powers are family clans with endless resources. In Ding Fan’s analysis, he feared that the Seventh Level of the Divine Realm could not be achieved solely through resources, otherwise, how many Seventh-Level Divine Realm experts would Sirius Clan have now?
Ding Aoshuang’s potential to cultivate to the Ninth Level wasn’t Ding Fan’s concern. As long as she could pull herself together, it would fulfill Ding Fan’s intentions.
Seeing Ding Aoshuang stand up, ready to go into cultivation, Ding Fan suddenly thought of a question and curiously asked her, "Aunt Master, please wait a moment."
"What’s the matter?"
Ding Aoshuang turned to look at Ding Fan, waiting for his question. Ding Fan asked her, "Why do I feel that there aren’t many experts above the Seventh Level in the family? It seems like the Great Elder, Second Elder, and Third Elder aren’t very old; surely they’re not the only experts in the family?"
At the Fifth Level Peak Realm of the Divine Realm, one can have a lifespan of over two thousand years. The disciples of Sirius Clan are numerous, passed down generation after generation, with elders still living, and the young ones growing. Normally, there should be many elders in the family, but now, Ding Fan has seen surprisingly few experts.
Ding Aoshuang whispered, "Normally, you aren’t entitled to know these matters, but since you asked me, I will tell you a few things."
"Alright!" Ding Fan’s face was brimming with excitement; this must be the secret only the highest levels of the Ding Family are privy to.
Ding Aoshuang extended her divine sense to inspect the surroundings, then softly whispered, "Ding Fan, do you know what we call this place?"
Ding Fan was taken aback, saying in confusion, "Isn’t this called the Central Plains? Our location is Sirius City."
"You’re right, but also wrong."
Ding Aoshuang shook her head and said, "Actually, Northern Wastelands, Tongzhou, Central Plains, etc., are all part of a whole, collectively called the Divine Realm. The land of the Divine Realm is divided into nine states; they are where the Human Race lives. Central Plains is just the largest area in the Divine Realm Continent."
"Divine Realm Continent? Is it divided into nine states?"
Ding Fan frowned, a thought crossed his mind, "Do you mean there might be other continents besides the Divine Realm?"
"Yes!"
Ding Aoshuang nodded and said, "Our entire world is called Huaxia World, consisting of five continents. The land of the Divine Realm is in the center, inhabited by the Human God Clan. To the north, east, south, and west are four continents, not under Human control. You might remember there was a rumor about your Ancestral Master venturing alone into the Southern Border; that Southern Border refers to the Southern Border Continent. Your grandfather went to the Southern Border Continent by himself and returned seriously injured. Southern Border is the Land of Witchcraft, at the southernmost end of the Divine Realm, it’s the Wizards’ territory. The west is the Western Region Continent, home to the Wing Tribe. The north is inhabited by the Kua Tribe, a group of barbarians. The east is the Netherworld Continent, territory of the Ghost Clan."
"Huaxia World, Central Divine Continent, Northern Wilderness, Western Wing Continent, Eastern You Continent..."
Ding Fan felt as though a new world had opened up before him. He had never considered the Divine Realm to be this vast; the immense Central Plains was merely one of the nine states of the Divine Realm.
Ding Aoshuang allowed Ding Fan to digest this information for a moment, then continued, "You were asking where the family’s elders have gone, weren’t you? They’ve gone beyond the Divine Realm Continent to the Divine Ghost Battlefield. There, not only are members of the Sirius Clan present, but countless powerful elders have gone to defend the Divine Realm land, repel external enemies, and protect the safety of the Divine Human Clan!"
"The Divine Ghost Battlefield!"
When Ding Fan heard this name, his blood couldn’t help but boil.
Although Ding Aoshuang didn’t say much, a scene naturally emerged in his mind - the wizards of the Witch Clan, the barbarians of the Kua Tribe, the Wing Tribe people, and powerful demons from the Netherworld Continent attacking the Divine Realm from all directions, all in order to seize this opulent land. The ancestors of the Human God Clan fought bloody battles, dying one after another on the battlefield, slaughtering four powerful alien races to protect this beautiful land and millions of people.
"It seems I must visit the Divine Ghost Battlefield when I get the chance."
Ding Fan thought to himself, then gave a bitter smile. His current realm really wasn’t enough to be notable. In the Divine Ghost Battlefield, let alone being a small Third Level martial artist of the Divine Realm, even a Sixth Level might not be able to go. After all, he had never heard Zhong Zhiyong and Crimson Flame mention this place to him.
"The priority now is still to cultivate!"
Ding Fan dared not waste any more time. Blood Pond Energy was really a good thing, but now this energy was dissipating from Ding Fan’s body at any time, which was really a pity.
He returned to his room, closed the door, and continued cultivating. The main focus of the Divine Realm’s Third Level is the Soul Space, while True Yuan cultivation is secondary. Speaking of True Yuan cultivation, for the Sirius Clan, it is not a difficult task. The Medicine Pills of the Sirius Clan are far stronger than those of the Ye Family in other worlds.
Once the "Soul Cultivation Scripture" starts to operate, the dormant Blood Pond Energy within immediately gushes out, entering the Soul Space, continuously expanding it. This cultivation speed was incredibly fast. Ding Fan could feel the Soul Space growing larger by the second.
If this kind of cultivation could continue and the Blood Pond Energy kept surging out, Ding Fan believed that within at most a month, he could reach the peak of the Divine Realm’s Third Level, and then he could request the family for spiritual materials to cultivate for the breakthrough to the Divine Realm’s Fourth Level.
From that day on, life went by very peacefully.
Ding Aoshuang also went into seclusion for cultivation. She had the self-awareness not to immediately attempt a breakthrough to the Sixth Level of the Divine Realm. She hadn’t cultivated for so long and should first familiarize herself with the cultivation techniques she practiced. Rushing it might waste the spiritual materials Ding Fan had managed to get back for her.
As for Crimson Flame and Zhong Zhiyong, they also went into seclusion to cultivate. Ding Fan had already instructed the guards outside, no one was to be seen, as they were all focusing on improving their respective realms together.
The stir caused by Ding Fan’s return finally calmed down as he quietly cultivated. The Seventh Elder and others knew Ding Fan was in cultivation and certainly would not disturb him, especially with the Blood Pond Energy being so precious. Only by absorbing it completely could it not be wasted.
Several days later, Ding Lin and Ding Ling came to visit again, but Ding Fan had already explained that no guests should be seen during the period of cultivation, so the two returned knowing they shouldn’t disturb him at this time...
In the afternoon about ten days later, a super airship stormed into the area of Sirius City, flying directly into Sirius City without stopping outside the city.
This time, none of the soldiers on the city wall dared to stop it because there was a prominent "Ding" character on the super airship, and it was golden. The Ding Family only had two such super airships, both used by important figures of the family.
"Swish swish swish..."
Dozens of influential and powerful people from Sirius City and Sirius Mountain flew out one after another, standing on Sirius Mountain. When the super airship came to a steady stop, a group of people bowed and saluted, saying: "Welcome the family head back to the city!"
Ding Fan was woken up by the shouting of the crowd. When he heard the word "family head," his eyes couldn’t help but flash with divine light. He flew out, stood in the yard, and looked up at the super airship in the sky.
The super airship was quickly put away, and an old man in a long robe flew down, accompanied by two young gentlemen and a group of people, directly entering the Elders’ Council Hall.
Crimson Flame, Zhong Zhiyong, and Ding Aoshuang were also alarmed and came out of their rooms. When Ding Fan saw Ding Aoshuang, he immediately asked her: "Who is this family head?"
Ding Aoshuang replied in a low voice: "Who else could it be? Of course, it’s your grandmaster!"
"Strange, isn’t the family head supposed to be the Ancestral Master? Why is he called the family head?" Ding Fan asked suspiciously.
"Your Ancestral Master is the real family head." Ding Aoshuang explained in a whisper: "Didn’t father have an accident? A nation absolutely cannot be leaderless, right? And with thousands of mouths to feed in a family, there has to be someone in charge. But... father didn’t die, and this matter can’t be spread outside. Since your Ancestral Master is still the family head of the Ding Family, your grandmaster is just an acting family head. If your great uncle directly became the family head, the outside world would suspect whether your father had an accident. Now it’s announced to the outside world that your father is in seclusion for cultivation, and the Great Elder temporarily takes the position of acting family head to lead the Ding Family."
"Oh!" Ding Fan sighed in disappointment after hearing this. He was happy for nothing, thinking his Ancestral Master had come out of seclusion when he heard someone shouting family head.
At this moment, Ding Fan thought of the two young masters with his grandmaster and couldn’t help but ask Ding Aoxue: "Did the grandmaster bring Ding Yuan and Ding Yu with him? What are they going to do?"
"That’s unclear..."
Ding Aoshuang slowly shook her head, then her face changed to an unpleasant expression, saying to Ding Fan: "Ding Fan, you’d better not go out often recently and be careful about what you do. Ding Yuan and Ding Yu are not good people. If you go outside, they won’t let you off. The Sirius Clan values martial prowess, and the elders usually don’t interfere in disputes among the siblings, as long as it doesn’t result in any fatalities."
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