Live Strong in the Wilderness

"Xu Yi, what level have you reached now?" The Spirit God initially wanted Xu Yi to say it himself, but in the end, she couldn’t hold back.

Xu Yi glanced at the Spirit God, then calmly said, "When that spiritual energy wasn’t completely absorbed, I had already reached the peak of level 21. Originally, I wanted to break through to level 22, but even after absorbing it all, it didn’t work. So, it seems this kind of spiritual energy can’t help me break through to level 22, and I need to find another way."

Level 21 peak?

So quickly?

I’m still just at the peak of level 19, so why is there such a big gap with Xu Yi!

Moreover, it was only after completely absorbing the spiritual energy that I reached the peak of level 19, while Xu Yi was already at level 21 even without fully absorbing it.

What’s even more discouraging is how indifferent Xu Yi sounded when he said it.

"This Illusionary Flower Demon has already been tamed by us together. She will follow my commands and yours. So, I’ll leave her to you, and we’ll split her Energy Pearls fifty-fifty." Xu Yi expressed his thoughts.

The Department also needs to grow stronger and naturally can’t miss out on such an opportunity for improvement with the Illusionary Flower Demon.

Moreover, Xu Yi discovered after taming the Illusionary Flower Demon that his snail had actually awakened its spiritual power and was also a flower demon, but the snail’s consciousness hadn’t awakened, making Xu Yi mistakenly think it was an Illusionary Flower Beast.

Since he already has a snail, Xu Yi felt it was fine to hand over the newly tamed Illusionary Flower Demon to the Spirit God.

He believes that the Spirit God wouldn’t be stingy or deceitful.

"Alright, rest assured, I will take good care of her. Once she has Energy Pearls, I’ll have them sent to the Department." The Spirit God said, visibly pleased, as this outcome was much better than she had anticipated.

Then, the Spirit God took out a Star Chart and fitted it onto the Illusionary Flower Demon, allowing her to move freely without the need for constant supervision.

"I trust you completely. I want to experience the power of level 21." Xu Yi said as he stood up, stretched his body a bit, and then asked, "What about you?"

"Me too, let’s go. She is quite safe here." The Spirit God thought that nothing could be safer than the Illusionary Flower Demon in the Demon Race, as it’s too easy to fall under her spell.

Now, the Illusionary Flower Demon could control her fragrance, making it very faint.

Unless you are well-prepared and cautious, it’s very easy to fall under its influence.

"Indeed. Would you like to give her a name?" Xu Yi asked, glancing at the Illusionary Flower Beast.

"Yanzhi, I think this name is quite nice." the Spirit God replied.

"Yanzhi?" Xu Yi squinted slightly, wondering if the Spirit Race also had such a thing.

The Spirit God smiled slightly and explained, "In my spare time, I read some of your human literature, and I find it quite interesting. This is a relatively easy way to understand your human civilization."

"It seems I need to look for some of your Spirit Race literature too. Do you have any recommendations?" Xu Yi thought the Spirit God made a good point that understanding through literary works is much easier compared to reading dull information documents.

Thus, after chatting about literature for a while and recommending a few books to each other, they parted ways.

After all, one was at the peak of level 21 and the other at 19, so there was still a gap between them.

To truly understand one’s strength, one must challenge Fierce Beasts of the same level or those slightly higher. Of course, challenging beasts three or four levels lower is also an option.

However, Xu Yi and the Spirit God didn’t know where the beasts on the Spiritual Star were located, so finding them wouldn’t be easy. Therefore, testing their strength against Fierce Beasts was a more suitable choice.

After breaking through to level 21, Xu Yi’s flying speed increased significantly, almost reaching the speed of a shuttle.

After several hours of flying, Xu Yi arrived in the territory of the level 21 Fierce Beasts.

Upon finding a level 22 Fierce Beast, Xu Yi launched an attack without hesitation.

He didn’t use any secret skills or martial techniques, just his spiritual power to attack the Fierce Beast.

The Fierce Beast reacted quickly. Even before Xu Yi’s spiritual power hit it, it had already started to counterattack.

Xu Yi’s telekinesis clashed with the Fierce Beast’s power, erupting into a flash of light before exploding.

The shockwave from the explosion decimated the surrounding plants.

Within a 20-meter radius, all the vegetation shattered into pieces, showing the explosion’s power.

However, Xu Yi realized that a level 21 Fierce Beast wasn’t difficult to deal with.

So, Xu Yi decided to go all out, aiming to settle the fight with a single move.

The Fierce Beast, feeling the surge of Xu Yi’s power, instantly decided to flee, turning tail and running.

But Xu Yi didn’t give it a chance.

His attack directly engulfed the Fierce Beast, and Xu Yi watched as the beast’s flesh was destroyed by his power until only a skeleton remained.

"The higher the level, the greater the difference between the peak and the ordinary." Xu Yi looked at the beast’s corpse and then used his spiritual power to shatter the beast’s skull, extracting its Brain Crystal.

Securing the Brain Crystal, Xu Yi ascended into the sky.

He flew directly toward the 22-level Fierce Beast’s territory, feeling there was no need to challenge the peak of level 21 beasts and could directly take on the level 22 ones.

After flying for several more hours, Xu Yi arrived at the level 22 Fierce Beast’s domain.

Upon entering the level 22 Fierce Beast territory, Xu Yi felt a bit of pressure.

This pressure stemmed from the spiritual energy, not from the beasts.

Xu Yi paused, wanting to quickly adapt to the level 22 spiritual energy.

Right now, for Xu Yi, improving his own strength is the most important thing.

After all, he still wants to reach level 30 to gain advanced authority in the system. With advanced authority, Xu Yi would be able to obtain more resources.

The intermediate authority he had before already brought Xu Yi quite a few benefits, allowing the upper echelons of Yi Sect to reach the peak of level 14. If he were to gain advanced authority and obtain a batch of advanced gift packages, perhaps the upper echelons could be raised to level 20.

However, reaching level 30 is still very difficult.

Even though Xu Yi is now at level 21, just 9 levels away.

The resources Xu Yi can use now have already been fully utilized.

To quickly improve from here, he can only rely on fortuitous encounters.

For example, encountering a higher-level Illusionary Flower Demon.

But the possibility of this is too low. After all this time, the Spirit Race has only discovered one Illusionary Flower Demon. Finding a higher-level one is easier said than done.

Furthermore, even if one is found, it might not be within the appropriate realm. Maybe the Illusionary Flower Beast encountered exceeds level 22. Under such circumstances, even if Xu Yi gathers a few more people to establish a spiritual link, it would be impossible to tame it. He might even get tamed instead.

Other encounters are even more challenging for Xu Yi.

Because having never encountered them before, it’s now too difficult to hope for one.

Xu Yi thought that if he had Su Yan’s incredible luck, he might stand a chance.

After a little bit of cultivation, Xu Yi began to adapt to the spiritual energy of level 22.

However, he didn’t make any moves, just continued to sit there in meditation, cultivating.

Xu Yi wanted to try hitting level 22; if successful, then only 8 levels would remain till level 30.

Unfortunately, after cultivating here for more than a dozen hours, Xu Yi still showed no signs of breaking through.

If he can’t break through, he might as well challenge a level 22 Fierce Beast.

Soon, Xu Yi found a level 22 Fierce Beast.

Facing the level 22 Fierce Beast, Xu Yi felt evenly matched.

Without martial techniques or secret skills, Xu Yi used his spiritual power to battle the Fierce Beast for several hours.

In the end, Xu Yi shattered the Fierce Beast’s head and took away its brain crystal, which contained little telekinetic energy.

The higher the level of the brain crystal, the more research value it holds.

Xu Yi’s research department has already started researching brain crystals, with several research teams focusing on different directions.

Some are studying military applications, some are exploring civilian uses, and some are looking into biological aspects.

So regardless of whether the brain crystals contain telekinetic energy, Xu Yi collects them all and hands them over to relevant personnel when he returns to Yi Sect.

After understanding his own level, Xu Yi left.

He needed to return; he had gained some insights and needed to undertake closed-door training for a period.

Xu Yi’s current Supreme Profound Scripture was only cultivated to the fourth level. He felt he needed to calm down and cultivate for a while.

To break through, starting from the cultivation technique is essential.

He felt that his level had surpassed his cultivation technique, making it naturally difficult to break through to a higher realm.

So, he flew for three days before returning to Yi Sect.

Upon arrival at Yi Sect, Xu Yi exchanged a few words with Lu Ke, handed over his things to Lu Ke, and then ran off to seclude himself.

Now on Yi Sect’s Spirit Cloud Peak, there are many caves developed for the disciples to use for cultivation.

Xu Yi chose one and immersed himself completely in cultivation.

He wasn’t distracted by other matters.

In a flash, three months passed.

For Xu Yi, these three months flew by, feeling as quick as three days.

Because he didn’t feel hungry at all and didn’t eat anything.

During these three months, he just kept cultivating, continuously cultivating.

The benefit is that his Supreme Profound Scripture has been cultivated to the sixth level, and to continue further, he could only wait for the second half of the Supreme Profound Scripture.

But for now, there is still over a month until the second annual gift package.

However, now Xu Yi has broken through to level 22.

Only 8 levels remain from level 30.

After completing his cultivation, Xu Yi went to find Lu Ke.

After being in seclusion for so long, perhaps something significant happened in Yi Sect.

Or, has the Jialan Race already gone to war with the Spirit Race?