Chapter 673: Chapter 357 Changes in the Great Wilderness_2

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Today’s Great Wilderness Martial Arts Academy is no longer the Seven-star Study Palace of the past, as the requirements for recruiting martial arts students have been elevated further; only the truly exceptional can enter.

Starting this year, the Great Wilderness has launched a new policy.

In every city and town throughout the Great Wilderness, academies are being established to provide universal education and martial arts training.

Moreover, the levels of the academies are now distinctly categorized.

From the enrollment of young children, through assessments to advance to higher-tier academies, to ultimately qualifying for the Great Wilderness Martial Arts Academy.

Anyone who enters the Great Wilderness Academy is among the very apex of prodigies in the entire Great Wilderness.

The martial art sects in various places still exist, but some of the weaker sects are already facing crises in continuing their legacies.

Since everyone needs to cultivate Great Wilderness Martial Arts anyway, why would they need to join a sect and be subject to so many restrictions?

For survival, sects with unique strengths and appeal are all wracking their brains to develop Great Wilderness martial arts techniques.

For instance, certain powerful palm techniques, fist techniques, and so forth.

Originally well-established sects, referring to the inner realm martial arts and basing it on their sect’s traditional techniques, quickly developed martial arts techniques more suitable for the Great Wilderness.

Furthermore, some sects have used these developed techniques to defeat one Great Wilderness Martial Artist after another, establishing their sect’s position.

As the major sects got rolling, this led to a rapid accumulation of various martial skills, secret techniques, and combat arts in the Great Wilderness Martial Arts, becoming increasingly rich and diverse.

Everywhere in the Great Wilderness was bustling with activity, except for Canglan Island, which remained as it had always been.

In the Great Wilderness, apart from the academy, the other undoubtedly sacred place for martial arts was Canglan Island.

But no one dared to rashly set foot on Canglan Island; only the creme de la creme had the privilege to visit it.

“Divine Intent Realm, still quite challenging, huh!”

On Canglan Island, Xu Junhe sighed.

He had already reached the Perfection of Tongxuan Realm but was stuck before the Divine Intent Realm, unable to make a breakthrough.

Although his current strength had put him among the very top of the Great Wilderness, and he wielded martial arts techniques—Swordsmanship, palm techniques, movement techniques—far surpassing other martial artists,

Without entering the Divine Intent Realm, he could never single-handedly dominate the Great Wilderness.

“The Divine Intent Realm, indeed is quite challenging!”

Kou Ruozhi echoed with a sigh.

He had also reached the Perfection of the Tongxuan Realm.

“How has the Great Wilderness been lately?” Xu Junhe inquired.

“It’s been just over ten years, the deterrence still holds—who would dare to cause trouble? Those guys, even if someone wants to do something, they wouldn’t act recklessly without weighing their own capabilities,” Kou Ruozhi said, smiling.

Xu Junhe nodded.

The once-powerful figures of the inner domains, despite what some might secretly wish, did not dare to make any moves.

The topmost powerful individuals all belonged to the Great Wilderness and obeyed the orders from Canglan Island.

“It’s been a decade and a half; I wonder how the Spiritual Realm is.”

Curiosity colored Kou Ruozhi’s face.

The Spiritual Realm left a rather bad impression on those from the Inner Domain, which was one of the reasons why those strong inner domain characters were willing to stay in the Inner Domain rather than go to the Spiritual Realm.

After all, going to the Spiritual Realm meant living a life worse than that of dogs or pigs!

Why not remain in the Inner Domain, continuing to live in high regard?

Perhaps when their lifespans are nearly exhausted, they will harbor a desire for a breakthrough, sparing no effort, even if it means living like dogs or pigs?

But for now, those powerful individuals have not yet reached that point.

Moreover, the Great Wilderness Martial Arts have given them hope.

Xu Junhe fell silent; ever since Xu Yan entered the Spiritual Realm, there has been no news, with no way to make contact.

Only in times of crisis would they shatter a Mother-Child Bead to transmit simple messages.

But since there had been no crisis, there was no need to shatter such a bead.

“With our senior here, naturally, there won’t be any problems,” Xu Junhe said with a smile.

Kou Ruozhi nodded.

After discussing a bit more about the recent new policies of the Great Wilderness and making some strategic plans, Kou Ruozhi left to head towards the Great Wilderness capital city, to assist Guo Rongshan with handling the governance and affairs of the Great Wilderness.

“Only by breaking through the Divine Intent Realm can I truly be at ease.”

Xu Junhe muttered to himself.

When Xu Yan will return, or whether he will return at all, remains an unknown.

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My son has grown up, and desires to make his way through this vast domain, pursuing the Martial Arts in his heart. As to when he will return home to visit, it’s an unknown.

Once too much time passes, some people may no longer be able to break through, and with their lifespan pressing down upon them, they might start having certain thoughts.

At such a time, only absolute power can suppress them.

Only by breaking through to the Divine Intent Realm can one possess such strength.

As for the Divine Origin Realm, it’s too distant to even consider when one might break through.

Merely breaking through to the Divine Intent Realm is enough to dominate the Great Wilderness invincibly.

“Madam, you should spend more time cultivating.”

In the Canglan Island Spirit Fruit Grove, Xu Junhe looked helplessly at his wife.

Decades had passed; Mother Xu’s appearance remained unchanged, but her strength had improved quite a bit, now that she had reached perfection in the Innate Realm.

And in recent years, she had spent her time in the Spirit Fruit Grove, sketching Formation Diagrams and pondering over Formations.

It seemed she had made some discoveries.

“Cultivating is so exhausting, it’s better for me to continue studying Formation Diagrams. Being at the Innate Realm, I can live a very long time. Besides, in a few years, I’ll break through. What’s the rush?”

Mother Xu glared at her husband, dissatisfied.

Xu Junhe’s face was a picture of helplessness; he could only let her be and then turned to ask, “Madam, have you made any progress in your study of formations?”

“Of course, there is. I’m just missing a few things; otherwise, I could set it up.”

The moment Mother Xu spoke of formations, she showed a proud look.

She then sighed, “I don’t know when Yan’er will come back, and the Red Cat too.”

“It should be soon, I guess.”

Xu Junhe said with a smile.

Mother Xu gave him a glance, “You’ve been saying that for years.”

Then she sighed again, “Yan’er is so focused on the Martial Arts, adventuring in the Spiritual Realm; who knows how soon he’ll return. It might take decades or even a hundred years.”

Xu Junhe fell silent.

The Flying Boat made its way towards Canglan Island, and along the journey, the transformation of the Great Wilderness was tremendous.

Every ten thousand miles stood a massive city belonging to the Great Wilderness, each city governing a domain of ten thousand miles.

Every hundred thousand miles, there was an even larger city, ruling over ten cities; each city was bustling with activity.

“The changes in the Great Wilderness are significant; aside from the thinner Spiritual Energy, in terms of prosperity, it’s no less than the Spiritual Realm.”

Xu Yan remarked with a sigh.

The changes in the Great Wilderness will continue on, with the entire land being vast and expansive.

The major cities were built on strategic locations, connected and governing each other, with even more wilderness areas rarely tread by man. Those places were usually where Spiritual Medicine was harvested.

“That’s an Elixir Field.”

Meng Shushu pointed to the cultivated medicine fields between the mountains ahead.

“Now that I’m back, we should also impart more knowledge to the Great Wilderness.”

Du Yuying said with a beaming smile.

The Spiritual Realm was after all more prosperous than the Great Wilderness, with even more advanced techniques for cultivating Spiritual Medicines. This return was the perfect opportunity to bring these advancements back to the Great Wilderness.

Cai Ling’er and Yue’er were quite surprised.

Xu Yan and his companions seemed to come from the rumored Inner Domain?

The Inner Domain had produced such monstrous talents?

Their gazes shifted to Li Xuan, then they understood; where a great person resides naturally becomes a land of fortune, and it was no surprise that a prodigy would emerge.

“The Inner Domain is vast, with so many cities; if each one had a Teleportation Formation set up, they could be interconnected, facilitating travel and increasing prosperity.

“It’s a pity Brother Fang isn’t here, and I didn’t get some Teleportation Array Plates from him.”

Xu Yan expressed with a trace of regret.

Setting up formations was, of course, not something to bother his master with.

The Flying Boat turned into a pale blue streak as it flew towards Canglan Island, deliberately slowing down to get a bird’s-eye view of the transformations happening in the Great Wilderness along the way.

In a certain Prefecture City, within the bustle of the newly established branch of the Great Wilderness Martial Arts Academy, a throng of strong youths gathered, brimming with excitement as they awaited the assessment.

Bai Yunkong sat at the head of the room, personally attending this branch academy, watching the gathering prodigies with gratification. Among these prodigies, a small number would pass the examination and become members of the Great Wilderness Academy.

Students coming out of the Great Wilderness Academy were important people groomed by the Great Wilderness, and they were the real foundation of the land, bearing the responsibility of maintaining and bolstering the greatness of the Wilderness.

Suddenly, his gaze sharpened, and he was startled.

A pale blue streak in the sky was shooting past; that streak was unusual!

Without drawing attention, he nodded to the dean of the academy and left on an excuse. Without disturbing the others, his figure rose in an instant, chasing after the streak of light.

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