Old Five is a Goose.
Chapter 969 Mortal Land
Having arrived in the Lower God Territory of the God Continent, he had basically never left the Small Lingxiao Sect, so he had no attachments here. Shuaiguo followed him, while Da Huang stayed in the Immortal World.
According to Chi Kun, there were teleportation arrays between the Lower and Upper God Territories, but these arrays were generally not activated. Only in the most urgent situations would they be opened. They could only fly for a while, then change teleportation arrays, fly again, and change again.
Fortunately, the flying treasure Yu Ruo took out was extremely powerful. As an artificer who could refine low-grade divine artifacts, Mo Wuji was certain that Yu Ruo's flying ship was a high-grade divine artifact.
At least in the time Mo Wuji had spent from entering the God Domain to arriving at the God Continent, he had not seen many high-grade divine artifacts. Of course, this might be related to the low level of the people he had come into contact with. His cultivation was low, and he could not reach experts with high cultivation levels.
Chi Kun was very good at talking. Although Mo Wuji didn't want to talk to him much and just wanted to cultivate in the cabin, he found himself listening with great interest because Chi Kun was so skilled in conversation.
"Alchemist Mo, although the Lingxiao Divine Sect is not the largest sect in the Upper God Territory, it is one of the top sects. If you are willing to be an elder in the Lingxiao Sect, it is actually quite good." On the flying ship, Chi Kun still did not give up inviting Mo Wuji to join the Lingxiao Divine Sect.
Mo Wuji's heart stirred, and he casually asked, "Friend Chi, is the strongest cultivator in the Lingxiao Divine Sect already beyond the God King?"
Chi Kun laughed and said, "Alchemist Mo, you can't just focus on alchemy and planting Qinglu Rice. You also need to understand the path of cultivation."
Mo Wuji looked a little embarrassed, understanding what Chi Kun meant. Only those who didn't understand the path of cultivation much, or didn't care about it, would immediately ask about the realm of the strongest person in a sect.
Chi Kun wasn't really mocking Mo Wuji. After laughing, he said seriously, "Alchemist Mo, in the God Continent, there is only one place where someone might have surpassed the God King."
"Someone has really surpassed the God King?" Mo Wuji exclaimed in surprise, truly surprised this time.
Chi Kun nodded. "It should be true, but once someone surpasses the God King, they will even more understand the hardships and breadth of the path, and become even more eager to enter a higher level. So in the entire God Continent, very few experts beyond the God King ever come out. Even if they occasionally do, it is just a legendary thing."
"What place is it?" Mo Wuji asked eagerly.
He had just come from the God Domain, but he was very clear that there were no beings beyond the God King in the God Domain. Even God Kings were not very numerous in the God Domain.
Chi Kun took out his wine gourd, poured Mo Wuji a cup of wine, and said, "Alchemist Mo, even if you didn't mention it, I was planning to tell you about this place. It is called the Nirvana Learning Academy..."
"Nirvana Learning Academy?" Mo Wuji repeated, unable to hide his surprise. In a top-level realm like the God Continent, there was actually a place with the name "Academy." This was one thing, and it also reminded him of the Wentian Learning Academy he had entered in the cultivation world.
Chi Kun nodded. "That's right, the Nirvana Learning Academy. I can even tell you this: in the entire God Continent, there is only one sect, and that is the Nirvana Learning Academy."
"What do you mean?" Mo Wuji was even more puzzled.
Chi Kun explained, "The Nirvana Learning Academy is actually a gathering of the strongest experts in the God Continent. Over 90% of the sects in the God Continent originated from the Nirvana Learning Academy. To put it simply, do you know why the Small Lingxiao Sect says it is an affiliated sect of my Lingxiao Divine Sect?"
Mo Wuji nodded. "I know that. I heard that the founding ancestor of the Small Lingxiao Sect came from the Lingxiao Divine Sect."
Chi Kun said, "That's right, that's the idea. In the Nirvana Learning Academy, many experts will create their own forces. When they see no hope of advancement, they will leave the Nirvana Learning Academy to found their own sects. For example, the founding ancestor of my Lingxiao Divine Sect came from the Nirvana Learning Academy.
Even today, there is still a Lingxiao Peak lineage in the Nirvana Learning Academy. Many cultivators who can't stay in Lingxiao Peak in the Nirvana Learning Academy will choose to join my Lingxiao Divine Sect after leaving the Nirvana Learning Academy."
Mo Wuji understood. "Friend Chi, I understand what you mean. In other words, the Nirvana Learning Academy is a microcosm of all the sects in the God Continent, only it is weaker in strength than the entire God Continent."
Chi Kun replied, "The first sentence is correct. The Nirvana Learning Academy is indeed a microcosm of all the sects in the God Continent. The second sentence is wrong. The strength of all the sects in the entire God Continent combined is not as good as a finger of the Nirvana Learning Academy. Almost all the peak experts in the entire God Continent live in seclusion in the Nirvana Learning Academy. Therefore, once someone surpasses the God King realm, they can only be in the Nirvana Learning Academy."
"How is this sect managed?" Mo Wuji was even more confused. How strong would the guy who could manage the Nirvana Learning Academy be?
Chi Kun shook his head. "The Nirvana Learning Academy shouldn't be considered a sect. It's just a cradle for all the strong. As for management, I only know that no one dares to run wild or violate the rules in the Nirvana Learning Academy; otherwise, they won't live for more than a moment. Actually, when you said you liked to plant Qinglu Rice, I was planning to tell you about a force in the Nirvana Learning Academy called the Land of Mortals..."
"Land of Mortals?" Mo Wuji asked in surprise again.
Chi Kun nodded. "That's right, the Land of Mortals. It is rumored that the expert who created the Land of Mortals in the Nirvana Learning Academy was called the Planting Emperor (种帝, Zhong Di), a cultivator with terribly poor spiritual root aptitude. However, this person almost rewrote the history of the Nirvana Learning Academy..."
"How so?" Mo Wuji asked eagerly. He was cultivating the Immortal Mortal Technique (不朽凡人诀, Bu Xiu Fan Ren Jue), and now that he had heard that there was a force called the Land of Mortals in the Nirvana Learning Academy, he naturally wanted to ask about it as soon as possible.
Chi Kun explained, "Because this Planting Emperor, with his terrible strength, cultivated to above the God King, and also developed a cultivation technique for cultivators with poor aptitude, called the Immortal Mortal Technique."
Immortal Mortal Technique! Mo Wuji felt excited. He was cultivating the Immortal Mortal Technique, even though the technique he was now cultivating had nothing to do with the original Immortal Mortal Technique. But that couldn't change the fact that he had relied on the Immortal Mortal Technique to create a path of cultivation belonging to true mortals.
The Immortal Mortal Technique he had obtained from the Tianji Sect was still in his Immortal World.
He never expected that the expert who created the Immortal Mortal Technique was actually the Planting Emperor from the God Realm, and came from the Nirvana Learning Academy.
At this moment, Mo Wuji suddenly felt a strong desire to go to the Nirvana Learning Academy, to the Land of Mortals, to see if the Planting Emperor had left anything else behind.
Chi Kun continued to explain, "Actually, it is rumored that the Planting Emperor was not originally called Planting Emperor, but was called Planting Land (种地, Zhong Di). He was born in a mortal world, and his parents named him Planting Land in the hope that he would grow the fields well in the future.
I heard that Qinglu Rice was discovered by the Planting Emperor. He planted top-quality Qinglu Rice, and then used Qinglu Rice to continuously purify his spiritual roots and spiritual channels. So even though his spiritual roots and spiritual channels were terrible, he still relied on his own efforts to enter the God Realm. Not only that, he also entered the Nirvana Learning Academy and eventually created the Land of Mortals."
Speaking of this, Chi Kun sighed and shook his head. "Unfortunately, after the Planting Emperor had an accident, the Land of Mortals in the Nirvana Learning Academy gradually declined, and it is said that it has faded from the Nirvana Learning Academy to almost nothing. Even if there are still a few disciples, they are all beings with not-so-bad spiritual root aptitude, and have nothing to do with mortals anymore. The Land of Mortals is also the only force in the Nirvana Learning Academy that has not created a sect in the Upper God Territory."
"Friend Chi, I would like to ask, how can I enter the Nirvana Learning Academy?"
"The most difficult place to enter in the God Continent is the Nirvana Learning Academy. But you have a chance, because the Nirvana Learning Academy is all-encompassing, and among them, those who can plant Qinglu Rice can enter the Nirvana Learning Academy."
"Besides planting Qinglu Rice?" Mo Wuji asked again. Actually, according to his ideas, he didn't want to expose the fact that he could plant top-grade Qinglu Rice everywhere. If he could enter the Nirvana Learning Academy by planting Qinglu Rice, then the fact that he could plant top-grade Qinglu Rice would inevitably be known to many people.
If he hadn't known about the Planting Emperor before, maybe he wouldn't have cared too much. Now that he knew that the Planting Emperor was able to reach above the God King with his poor spiritual root aptitude because of Qinglu Rice, how could he dare to casually say that he could plant top-grade Qinglu Rice?
He suspected that if it wasn't because planting good Qinglu Rice required the rice farmer to devote themselves wholeheartedly and couldn't be forced, this Chi Kun might have forcibly taken him away.
Chi Kun shook his head. "It's difficult. The only other way is to first join one of the sects, become the best in that sect, and then participate in the Nirvana Learning Academy's disciple selection."
Mo Wuji asked, "Friend Chi, after I arrive at the Lingxiao Divine Sect, what things will I need to do?"
Chi Kun said, "Actually, my invitation to Alchemist Mo to come here also has a certain relationship with the Nirvana Learning Academy. In the Nirvana Learning Academy, there is a top-level enlightenment sacred ground called the God King Nirvana River. Unfortunately, the number of places to enter this God King Nirvana River is limited. The Nirvana Learning Academy needs to assess it every time, and planting Qinglu Rice is a major item in the assessment."
Mo Wuji understood. "Friend Chi, do you mean that you want me to represent the Lingxiao Divine Sect in the Nirvana Learning Academy to participate in the Qinglu Rice planting assessment, to compete for places for the God Kings of the Nirvana Learning Academy to enter the Nirvana River for enlightenment?"
Chi Kun did not hide it and nodded directly. "Yes, the only shortcoming of my Lingxiao Divine Sect is the lack of a good Qinglu Rice planting expert. The God King Nirvana River is not only for God Kings to enter for enlightenment, but also for World Gods to enter, with a great possibility of stepping into the God King realm.
Alchemist Mo, if you can help this time, even entering the Nirvana Learning Academy is not impossible. Your aptitude is slightly poor, so if you enter the Nirvana Learning Academy, you may be able to find a way to advance in the Land of Mortals. To put it another way, even if you can't find a way to advance, planting Qinglu Rice in the Land of Mortals is also the most peaceful and safe place."