Chương 195: Heading to the central province

Long Feng listened to Yan jian and Li Yue'er with a pondering expression and nodded.

"You're right. Although I can't bring myself to kill them since they failed to actually hurt me back then, this can also be considered a form of retribution. I can't blame myself for it" Yan jian nodded.

"That's good. Let's leave?"

"Yeah. I don't suppose anyone from the jianhai province managed to pass the inter province competition and is eligible to participate in the Yihua clan's selection?" Long Feng voiced his thoughts.

"Of course not. Even that Han man could not have passed the competition, and he could have been ranked among the top five in this province with his strength back then. It is very unlikely that anyone would pass. It is probably only the Juniors of powerful clans from the mid rank and high rank provinces that managed to scale through" Yan jian shook his head and replied.

"I thought so. Let's go and prepare for the competition" Long Feng shrugged and they left the jianhai clan's territory shortly after. After meeting up with Lord Yi Ming, they returned to the Mortal heaven sect. Even now, no one other than the sect master was aware of their presence, and he naturally wouldn't go running his mouth. As for his battle with the jianhai clan chief, the jianhai clan managed to keep everything hidden from the masses and continued on as though nothing had ever happened.

Meanwhile, Long Feng, Yan jian and Li Yue'er focused completely on increasing their cultivation. In this upcoming Yihua clan selection competition, there would probably be spirit realm Juniors. With Long Feng's current strength, he was confident about getting a spot, but Li Yue'er and Yan jian needed to increase their cultivation, especially Yan jian. This was not mentioning that the Yihua clan's selection was insignificant compared to the true competition to cone after; the hundred continent meeting.

Even Long Feng wasn't confident in standing out unless he reached the spirit realm, and even then, he wasn't sure he could make it. After listening to Hua Liuli's explanation on the hundred continent meeting, Long Feng knew that it was a stage where the future of geniuses would be decided, whether they would end up great or fall back to the earth and Lord over a tiny continent. The Jade sea that separated the continent zones with the mainland; the four regions, was actually a barren sea.

It got it's name from the fact that it was as clear as Jade. The sea was vast, and no one had ever reached the ends of the sea. Dreadful sea beasts and monsters lived in the Jade sea, and the deeper one went, the more powerful beasts one would encounter. And with the natural energies above the sea been so unbelievably thin to the extent that even a connate realm cultivator couldn't absorb it, no one below the Dao realm would dare to fly across the sea.

Either one would be attacked by powerful sea beasts and killed, or one would run out of inner energy and fall down to their death in the sea. Even Dao realm cultivators has a high chance of losing their lives. Considering all these, it was impossible for Long Feng to cross the sea on his own and go to the four regions.

Although he could stay in the continent zones and cultivate to the Dao realm, he was unwilling to do that, as it might take him over ten years to do that with the thin natural energies in the continent zones. Therefore, he must grab this chance would stand out in the hundred continent meeting and leave the continent zones together with the emissaries from the various forces in the four regions. For this, he had to seize every chance he could to cultivate.

The faster he reached the spirit realm and broke through further, the more assured he would be in the hundred continent meeting. With this thought in mind, Long Feng put everything aside and focused on raising his cultivation. Due to the fortuitous encounter with the demon sealing coffin spirit in the yin ghost forest, Long Feng's inner energy was comparable to a spirit realm cultivator. He would not encounter any barriers till he reached the spirit realm.

Two weeks passed in a flash and only one or two weeks were remaining to the beginning of the Yihua clan's selection competition. The entire continent and all the thirteen provinces, mainly the mid rank and high rank provinces were all investing their resources in their Juniors below the age of twenty four. All the clans and sects in these provinces had an idea about the hundred continent meeting and some of them might even had people who participated in the last one but failed to make it past the preliminaries.

Royal Road is the home of this novel. Visit there to read the original and support the author. They all knew that this was a one in a ten year chance for their clans and sects to shine and get that slim chance to leave this backwater continent zone and making a fresh start in the four regions. In this period of time, many Juniors were in seclusion, trying to make an unexpected breakthrough before the Yihua clan's selection.

If they couldn't pass this selection and get a spot, the they could kiss goodbye to their wish of leaving this continent and soaring to the sky. And once they missed this chance, most, if not all of them would never get the chance to participate again as they would have long surpassed the age of twenty four before the next hundred continent meeting in ten years. Therefore, this chance was essential to all of them and they couldn't miss it.

In the jianhai province's mortal heaven sect, Long Feng had not managed to breakthrough to rank 8 Yang realm but was consolidating his cultivation at this moment. Yan jian broke through to rank four Yang realm while Li Yue'er had broken through to rank six. In an isolated room in Lord Yi Ming's palace, Long Feng opened his eyes and breathed out a mouthful of cold air.

"I'm still far from rank nine. I won't be able to make it before the Yihua clan's selection" His eyes flashed as he sighed. Although he could definitely secure a spot in the Yihua clan with his current cultivation, that wasn't his purpose. He wanted to stand out in the hundred continent meeting and join a prominent force, perhaps even a grade three or even grade two force! Unfortunately, that would remain a dream if he couldn't raise his strength.

According to hua Liuli, peak spirit realm Juniors had appeared in previous hundred continent meeting, even though they had no combat power above their realm to speak of. Or there would occasionally be a rank seven or eight spirit realm genius who could hold his ground against a rank one imperial realm cultivator! But the most rarest of cases was when an imperial realm Junior below the age of twenty four appeared.

This sort of talent was enough to shock all other continents and easily gain the top spot, gaining the approval of the four regions envoys. Of course, these sort of geniuses only appeared once in fifty years or even hundred years. In the face of these sort of talent, Long Feng was only above ordinary and wouldn't be able to cause a stir.

The only thing noteworthy about him was his high combat power, and even that was due to the demon sealing coffin spirit, otherwise his combat power would have fallen by two or three realms. It wasn't impossible for the top forces in the four regions to have Juniors at the yang realm with combat power equalling or even surpassing his own.

"I can't think of anyway I can rapidly improve my cultivation, and even if I can, rapid improvement will definitely lead to my foundation becoming unstable and my combat power to fall drastically. The gains won't make up for the losses" Long Feng shook his head, feeling that it was a pity. Was he really going to wait till he reached the Dao realm before he left for the four regions?

"I have to think of other ways to leave. I can't remain here for heaven knows how long to reach the Dao realm." Long Feng shook his head and returned to consolidating his cultivation.

A few days later, Long Feng, Yan jian and Li Yue'er left the mortal heaven sect after bidding farewell to Lord Yi Ming. It was time for them to set out for the Central Province, where the Yihua clan was based.

"To reach the central province from this jianhai province, we have to travel through three provinces. That will take us a few days. By the time we arrive at the Yihua clan, the competition would begin in one or two days. That's good enough" Yan jian analyzed as they stood right outside the gan Yu city gates.

"The central province… the Yihua clan." Long Feng murmured with Bright eyes.

"The central province is the strongest province in this continent, and all the heavyweight sects and clans of this continent are based there. Some forces are comparable to the province overlords of high rank province like the soul heaven hall and the blue sky sect, probably even stronger. They are only inferior to the Yihua clan. The main competitors will come from these forces." Yan jian spoke. Long Feng nodded. He also knew a little about the central province.

"The central province is as large as two high rank provinces combined, but one third of this vast province belongs solely to the Yihua clan. No force is allowed to establish themselves in this area and even mortals are not allowed into this territory." Yan jian spoke. It was imperative that they knew everything about this proud continent overlord before they go lest they make fun of themselves there.

"One third? The Yihua clan's territory alone is as large as the entire jianhai province?" Long Feng was astounded upon hearing this. One third of the central province was definitely as large as, If not larger than the jianhai province! And the Yihua clan took all this area for themselves? Wasn't this too overbearing? Yan jian could guess what Long Feng was thinking and he replied,"Your thinking is too shallow.

As the overlord of the entire continent, the Yihua clan is already been gentle by not claiming the entire central province as their territory. This world is where the strong are respected, no matter how overbearing you are" Long Feng remained silent but he still didn't approve of the Yihua clan. In his mind, even one sixth of the central province was more than enough for the Yihua clan. Why take so much more? Having grown up in the Long clan, Long Feng was definitely lacking in experience.

The concept of the strong was king and the weak was an ant was not yet engrained in his mind.

"The other forces in the central province take another one third of the province. All these heavyweight forces compete for this territory. The remaining one third is left for mortals and weaker cultivators. This competition will be held in the Yihua clan's territory and is one of the only time when entry into the territory is not banned" Yan jian said.

"The capital province sounds pretty interesting." Long Feng smiled, then he paused and glanced at the silent Li Yue'er.

"Miss Li, are you sure you want to come along? The capital province…" He was referring to the fact that Li Yue'er's Li clan which was annihilated by the limitless blood assassin was based in the central province. The clan itself was a force to be reckoned with, having several spirit realm cultivators, but none of them had been at the same level as the limitless blood assassin, therefore, he was able to slaughter everyone on the clan. This was an eternal wound in Li Yue'er's life, a heart demon.

It was probably unwise for her to return to the central province. Not to mention that the limitless blood assassin was also from the central province. It was likely that he was there right now, and there was a chance that they would run into him, no matter how little. Last time they ran into him, Long Feng and Yan jian were almost killed by him even after they played their entire trump cards. The power of the spirit realm was terrifying to them at that time.

If not for the sudden appearance of an enemy of the limitless blood assassin who rescued them and kept the assassin busy, they would have not survived. Even now, with their strength improving, none of them could fight against the limitless blood assassin who was a rank six spirit realm cultivator. Even escaping would be hard.