Chapter 438

Chapter 438: Dongwang City

Yun Ye pushed open the door and walked downstairs, with the servant Ming Ju quickly following behind. She said, “Young Master, where are you going so early?”

“Taking a walk,” Yun Ye replied.

“Then please come to the dining hall. It’s better for your health to eat a little before your walk,” Ming Ju suggested, glancing at the brightening sky outside.

“Thank you.” Yun Ye responded.

“Not a problem. The kitchen is always prepared with various pastries and teas, I can bring some out for you right away, please wait a moment,” Ming Ju said as she hurriedly disappeared from his view without giving Yun Ye a chance to say more.

Yun Ye entered the dining hall and took a seat.

On the wall of the dining hall hung a large television screen that was always on, currently playing various news reports.

Among them, a cold black-haired woman briefly appeared, sitting in an open area of the garden as if she was delivering a speech.

However, when Yun Ye looked, the speech had already ended, and the program shifted to coverage about the “Four Departments of Foreign Warriors” in Dongwang City.

“Recently, the leader of the Southern Department of Foreign Warriors returned injured, reportedly encountering an extremely powerful disaster beast. Let’s closely follow the updates…”

“The captain of the Northern Department, Wang Li Xun, has successfully been promoted to a first-rate foreign warrior, achieving five generations of first-rate, and is about to be upgraded to a spirit blood family. Following this, the six spirit blood clans will be referred to as the seven spirit blood clans! Let us celebrate Dongwang City adding another hero who can walk in the darkness!”

“This year, foreign warrior exploration casualties are lower than in previous years, and their ranks have risen quickly. Is there any significant outcome?”

Moments later, Ming Ju pushed a serving cart into the room, setting down plates while saying, “Does the Young Master have an interest in foreign warriors? Don’t worry; you are a Super Genius with sacred blood. You will enter the inner city’s sacred department directly, and these foreign warriors are merely lower-level people that you need to manage.”

“Ming Ju, what is the inner city sacred department? I haven’t seen it mentioned on the television,” Yun Ye asked casually while taking a few bites.

“The inner city sacred department directly manages the entire Dongwang City. Its leader is a position second only to the ‘Wang Shi,’ the ruler of all power in Dongwang City, or rather, the city lord. If it were you, perhaps you could surpass your sister and mother to become the leader,” Ming Ju said as she set down the last dish, quietly standing by, waiting for Yun Ye to finish his meal.

Even for breakfast, there were a total of ten plates on the table. Yun Ye claimed he would eat just a little, but in reality, he finished all ten plates in one sitting.

Since each plate held only a small amount of food, Yun Ye didn’t feel overly full.

He yawned and pushed the door open to take a walk.

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Reincarnator: Yun Ye

Region: Luoyu · Lozhou · Dongwang City

Lifespan: 3/94

Fate: A+

Physique: B

Spirit Sense: B+

Comprehension: A

Spiritual Roots: S

Dao Artifact: EX

Secret Realm: E

Strength: B

Introduction: The only prominent family with sacred blood in Dongwang City, one of the heirs of the Shui Clan, possesses innate top-tier talent, destined for greatness.

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“Luoyu…”

Yun Ye sat on the swing in the garden, lazily swaying, while Ming Ju silently stood beside him, not daring to leave for a moment.

On the panel, the Luo Dynasty transformed into Luoyu.

The specific description was: the collective term for the regions of the Shui, Luo, and Huang provinces.

In other words, the Luo Dynasty had vanished, and this land no longer had a clear ruler.

In the past two hundred years, had the Tomorrow Nation successfully eradicated the Luo Dynasty?

Then why had Dongwang City emerged?

He had lived in this city for three years, and some basic impressions had formed, but truthfully, Yun Ye found this city filled with questions.

From what he observed, it seemed that Dongwang City completely lacked the concept of cultivators. Even his mother, Shui Mingqin, who possessed spiritual realm cultivation, never considered herself a cultivator, but rather identified as part of the Holy Lineage.

From what Yun Ye understood, the Shui family seemed to be the rulers of Dongwang City, holding the highest authority.

Shui Mingqin, the head of the Shui family, was the city lord of Dongwang City—at least, that was the appearance.

Yun Ye could sense a strong sense of dissonance in this city. Though it appeared ordinary and peaceful, his innate insight into all things meant that even with the zero spirit energy environment partially hindering him, he still sensed things that ordinary beings could not.

For example, “fear” and “resentment.”

While they could be remnants of the past, Yun Ye could not ignore them, continuously probing for information through indirect means.

But unfortunately, the history before the establishment of Dongwang City had been completely erased; when he asked anyone, they all replied, “Isn’t Dongwang City established by our ancestor, Lord Dongwang?”

The only thing he knew for certain was that before Dongwang City was established, it seemed that some Great Disaster had occurred in the world, forcing people to shrink back into the city and absolutely forbidding them from leaving its borders.

To survive, they even resorted to large-scale use of techniques from ordinary beings… or rather, the technology of the Tomorrow Nation.

Dongwang City’s electricity and water systems were fully equipped, comparable to the 1990s. While there was no advanced spiritual technology, ordinary beings lived quite comfortably.

As for the Shui family, they used the most advanced equipment, with televisions, radios, and even gaming consoles already in existence.

Today, Dongwang City could be described as prosperous.

Moreover, although it was called a “city,” its actual area was about the size of a small nation on Earth. Even the largest country on Earth would only take up about one-tenth the size of Dongwang City.

Currently, Dongwang City was vast with sparse population, offering abundant resources to the point of excess, with very favorable living conditions. Even without working at all, residents could live off subsidies; apart from the lack of spirit energy preventing cultivation, it was undeniably a brand new Tomorrow Nation. As Yun Ye surveyed his surroundings, he felt that an era of peace had finally arrived.

But this place was not the Tomorrow Nation; it gave Yun Ye a strange feeling. Because of this, he had not relaxed and continued his cultivation.

Without spirit energy, Spiritual Law became nearly useless, and since he had not regained True Immortal magic, he could not cultivate with First Day Intent.

In this situation, the originally difficult to practice Physical Law and Spirit Law had the advantage.

The paths of cultivating body and soul could continue without spirit energy, but both consumed huge resources. Without spirit pills, the cultivation speed would slow to an excruciating crawl.

It had been three years; even with Yun Ye’s extraordinary talent, he had just established the foundations in both Spirit Law and Physical Law.

“If it were the previous few lives, I would have already achieved perfection in the Mortal Realm by now. What is up with this Dongwang City? Why is there not a hint of spirit energy?”

“Is it completely monopolized?”

Yun Ye’s mind sparked with guesses; since Shui Mingqin had cultivation, it indicated that spirit energy still existed, yet it was a privilege only for a select few.

The possibility of a monopoly was, in fact, very high.

Ancient formations struggled to completely extract the surrounding spirit energy, but the Tomorrow Nation had invented many related technologies to enhance spirit energy utilization.

If someone applied this for monopolization, completely draining the spirit energy from a region would not be impossible.

If that truly was the case, it would be terrifying…