Chapter 424

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Chapter 424: The Wild Southern Land

Just as Jiang Yun was about to send his divine sense into the ground, Xiao Wangjie came with a group of people.

These people, young and old, all looked at Jiang Yun with curiosity in their eyes.

Clearly, as Xiao Wangjie said, their village never had any outsiders visit before.

Leading the group was a man in his fifties, bearing a resemblance to Xiao Wangjie.

Burly in stature, with bright eyes and a smiling face, he walked up to Jiang Yun and greeted him with a bow, saying, "I am Xiao Yun, the village chief of this village!"

Initially, Jiang Yun thought Xiao Wangjie was the village chief of Xiao Village, but it turned out to be this elderly man.

But based on their appearance, Jiang Yun could easily guess that these two were father and son.

Jiang Yun glanced at Xiao Yun, keenly noticing a hint of black in his eyes, along with a slightly weaker aura than Xiao Wangjie’s. He already knew that there was an old illness in Xiao Yun’s body.

However, Jiang Yun naturally wouldn’t bluntly state it. He politely said, "I am Jiang Yun, coming here unexpectedly and causing a disturbance!"

Xiao Yun chuckled and said, "It is our honor to have our Taoist friend visit our village. No need to talk about disturbance. Come, both of you, come and meet Taoist Friend Jiang!"

So, the group of people one by one came to greet Jiang Yun, with most of them showing respect like younger generations, which made Jiang Yun a bit puzzled.

After everyone had greeted each other, Xiao Yun waved his hand, signaling the other villagers to leave, leaving only his son, himself, and Jiang Yun sitting under the big tree.

Xiao Yun thanked again, "Thank you, Taoist Friend, for saving my grandson’s life. If you need any help, we will do our best!"

"It’s just a small effort."

Jiang Yun waved his hand and said, "I am new to this place and know nothing about it, so I would like to inquire about the general situation here."

Jiang Yun didn’t explain that he was from another world because he was worried the other person wouldn’t accept it.

Xiao Yun didn’t doubt it, nodded and said, "This is simple, I’ll talk to my Taoist friend about it!"

With Xiao Yun’s explanation, Jiang Yun finally had a rough understanding of this world.

In terms of environment, this world is not much different from the Mountain-Sea World.

Both have mountains and seas, deserts and forests, and are even divided into five major regions: east, west, south, north, and central.

The location of Xiao Village is in the southeast of this world, together with the entire south, known as The Barbaric Southern Land!

However, what surprised Jiang Yun was that this world had no sects, only clans!

In short, in this world, the vast majority of humans live together in the form of clans.

For the few without clans, or those whose clans are weak, they will try to attach themselves to other clans.

Of course, if you are strong enough, other groups will try to recruit you, like the offering from Mu village who was killed by Jiang Yun before.

In short, these groups have a stronger bond in their practices and way of life compared to the sects, because they share the same bloodline.

However, the downside is that their way of practice is very monotonous.

Each group treasures their own techniques and methods of practice, and they will not easily share them with outsiders.

This results in varying levels of strength among the groups, with some having a big difference in power.

Besides practicing their own techniques, each group also looks for ways to enhance their strength.

The most common way is through beast taming!

Although there are no monsters here, different types of animals have varying strengths due to their different talents.

They are divided into only two categories: common beasts and super beasts!

The black wolves raised in Xiao Village are common creatures.

Creatures like Jiang Yun’s Blood Wolf and the Golden-Armored Demon Ape are considered super creatures in this world’s classification system, possessing special abilities.

Within the category of super creatures, there are nine levels ranging from first level super creature to ninth level super creature.

Xiao Yun’s storytelling came to an end.

It’s not that he didn’t want to continue, but when he noticed Jiang Yun furrowing his brows during the storytelling, he felt worried that he might have said something wrong and upset his young yet powerful Taoist friend.

Xiao Yun chuckled and changed the subject, saying, "Taoist Friend Jiang, you seem young, but have you entered the Tao Entering Realm with your cultivation?"

Jiang Yun, who had been deep in thought, suddenly looked up in confusion and asked, "Tao Entering Realm?"

Xiao Yun was surprised by Jiang Yun’s reaction and said, "Yes, Master Liu from Mu Village is already at the late stage of the Basic Realm in cultivation. To easily defeat him as you did, you must at least be at the level of Tao Entering Realm!"

Late stage of Basic Realm, Tao Entering Realm!

These two words, Jiang Yun actually understands their meanings.

Bai Ze told him that Meridians Unclogged, Blessed Land, and Dao Realm are known as the basic realms.

While Dao Spirit, Earth Protection, and Heavenly Blessing are known as the entry realms!

But from Xiao Yun’s words, Master Liu’s Sky Reaching Realm cultivation level has directly become the late basic realm.

Even if he can easily defeat the opponent, he should only be in the Tao Spiritual Realm, but in Xiao Yun’s words, he is in the Tao Entering Realm!

"Could it be that the cultivation levels in this world do not have detailed divisions like Meridians Unclogged, Blessed Land, and Sky Reaching Realm, but instead, these three realms are directly classified into the basic realm?"

"Does that mean Dao Spirit, Earth Protection, and Sky Blessed Realm are directly included in the Tao Entering Realm?"

Jiang Yun was intrigued and deliberately asked, "Does the village chief think highly of me, I am also just in the basic realm."

"By the way, I wonder what realm the highest cultivation level has reached in The Barbaric Southern Land?"

Jiang Yun’s answer made Xiao Yun look a bit surprised, but he truthfully replied, "The highest realm is only the late stage of Tao Entering Realm, and the realm after that, Seeking-tao Realm, is just a legend. It’s not easy to reach at all!"

Seeking-tao Realm!

Jiang Yun immediately asked Bai Ze, "Bai Ze, after the basic three realms and the entering the Tao three realms, is it the asking the Tao three realms?"

However, what surprised him again was that Bai Ze, who usually liked to show off his knowledge, did not respond to his question, so he had to ask Su Yang again.

Su Yang immediately gave a positive answer!

Up to this point, Jiang Yun could also be sure that the classification of cultivation realms in this world is very simple, even you could say it’s vague.

There are only three major realms: basic, entering the Tao, and asking the Tao!

Each major realm is divided into early, middle, and late stages, corresponding to smaller realms within the Mountain-Sea World like Meridians Unclogged and Blessed Land.

Although Jiang Yun found this classification a bit strange, he could accept it.

After chatting for a while, Jiang Yun pointed towards the valley entrance and asked, "I’m quite interested in formations, may I know which Taoist friend set up this formation? Would you kindly introduce me?"

Xiao Yun chuckled and shook his head, saying, "I’m afraid that would disappoint our Taoist friend. This formation was not set up by us, it exists naturally!"

"It was because of this formation that we moved our whole family here. Thanks to its protection, we have survived till now!"

Naturally occurring!

Jiang Yun was surprised, he didn’t expect that.

At this moment, Xiao Yun and his son exchanged a glance, then Xiao Yun smiled and said, "Since our Taoist friend seems to be alone, would you be interested in staying in our Xiao Village?"

"Don’t worry, we don’t need our Taoist friend to do anything. We just hope that Taoist Friend Jiang can help us in the upcoming Beast Arena."

Before Xiao Yun could finish speaking, Jiang Yun suddenly heard Bai Ze’s familiar sharp voice in his mind, "Jiang Yun, I know, I know how this world works!"