Chapter 99

Chapter 99: Remote Reaches

Li Yao was stunned as he pointed at his nose . "My fault!? You and your dad fought because of

me?"

Meng Jiang nodded his head .

"Yes . As you know, my dad has always hoped for me to apply to a cooking school so that I could

inherit my family’s steamed bun store in the future . However, my dream has always been to

become the best hairdresser and makeup artist, and perhaps even the best Master Beautician!"

"And I’m sure that you know that my dad is as fierce as a bear . At home, he has the final say in

everything and has never allowed me to go against him . That's why I originally planned to

follow his wishes . If he wants me to be a chef, then a chef it is . In the end, it's just a job!"

"However, when I saw you, Little Devil, choosing the Grand Desolate War Institution's Refining

Department, I was touched . I brood over it for an entire night . Since we’re buddies, if you can

stick to your dream, then why can't I? So, first thing in the morning, I had an ugly fight with my

dad . Afterward, I chose a beautician school—despite it being the worst beautician school!"

A brilliant and proud smile appeared on Meng Jiang's face as he used his thumb to pound on his

own chest . "Someday, other people will also call me a 'Master' . I’ll be known as the king of the

Stylist Industry—Master Meng!"

With a heart set ablaze once again, Li Yao tightly hugged Meng Jiang . "In the three years of my

life at Crimson Nimbus Second Senior High School, my biggest gain was to have made a good

friend and brother like you! Let us both stake everything in university and become the Master

of our respective field!"

"Sure, I will definitely use my life to learn, to live, and to fight . I will absolutely not be any worse

than you . . . Although I won't become a cultivator in this life, I will similarly live a wonderful

life!"

Meng Jiang straightened his chest as he shouted in loud and clear voice .

The two chatted and laughed as they once again recalled their glorious school life . Only when

both of their eyes had turned a little red did Li Yao reluctantly turn to his other side .

"You don't need to act all cuddly with me . You and I are not that familiar . We are just ordinary

friends . " Vigilantly, Ding Lingdang stared at him .

Scratching his head, Li Yao embarrassedly smiled and said, "That day it was just because of a

momentary impulse . You don't need to take it to your heart . "

"I have already taken it to my heart . My heart has suffered a great deal of trauma, but if you

think about taking the Combat Department as your major and the Refining Department as your

minor instead, then maybe I will feel a little better . " Ding Lingdang still had not given up her

hope . She stared at Li Yao with an eager look in her eyes .

"It depends on the circumstances . I still don't know anything about the Grand Desolate War

Institution's Refining Department!" Li Yao, while speaking, arrived before his last friend .

To be precise, he was exactly not his friend but his swine friend, the one who could control both

spiritual energy and tenebrum energy at the same time—the hidden cultivation genius, Zheng

Dongming!

"Who would have known that you, Floating Spear City's champion of the college entrance exam,

would go and choose that waste Grande Desolate War Institution's Refining Department,"

Zheng Dongming calmly said .

"Haven’t you, the third highest scorer in Floating Spear City for the college entrance

examination, instead chosen the Sky Fantasia Academy’s Combat Department? Aren't we the

same?" Li Yao gave a slight smile .

"We are not the same, we are absolutely not the same . Although it is similarly a waste

department in the Nine Elite Universities, there is a fundamental difference between your

Grand Desolate War Institution's Refining Department and my Sky Fantasia Academy's Combat

Department!"

Zheng Dongming said in a high and enigmatic tone .

"What's the difference?"

Li Yao narrowed his eyes . He could understand what Zheng Dongming was implying .

"The male to female ratio in Grand Desolate War Institution's Refining Department is 10 to 1,

and not only are the girls small in number, they are also not that beautiful . In contrast, the Sky

Fantasia Academy's Combat Department is very different . Although its results are very poor, the

male to female ratio is more than 1 to 10, and all of the girls are outstandingly beautiful; they

are all women of a thousand charms . Not to mention that there is a large number of closecombat

related courses in the Combat Department curriculum . I can have an unreserved, zero

distance contact with my senior and junior sisters and feel the collisions of our souls and

bodies, don't you think that it is intrinsically different?"

Zhen Dongming gave a very lewd and lascivious smile .

Li Yao was mouth agape . Only after having been stunned for a while could he reply, "Indeed, it is

intrinsically different . Then, I wish for you to have fun till your heart's content in Sky Fantasia

Academy's Combat Department!"

Zheng Dongming hesitated a bit before pulling Li Yao far away and activating a "Sound

Insulating Glyph" around them . Only then did he speak and that too in low voice:

"Fellow Student Li Yao, the matter of Devil Flood Dragon Island . . . it is better to forget it . Since

childhood, I have had no ambitions . Besides eating, I have never thought of doing anything else .

My only dream is to flirt with all of the girls in the world that I could flirt with . If possible, I also

don't want to cultivate that damn tenebrum energy! That's why, you don't need to worry . If one

day my devil techniques reaches the point of culmination, even then I will absolutely not kill

you . And you, even more so because of your fear of being killed of me, don’t need to kill me

before I kill you . Do you understand?"

Li Yao pondered a bit . "Oh?"

"Hey hey hey, I said so much, I expressed my kind-heartedness and all my sincerity, but all you

can say is 'Oh'? Don't think that I'm afraid of you . You have had your fortuitous encounter, and I

have also had my fortuitous encounter . From here on out, we will drift along in the cultivation

world . Who the f*ck wouldn’t have 8-10 fortuitous encounters? Do you think you are

formidable?"

Li Yao smiled as he patted Zheng Dongming's shoulder:

"You see, no matter what I say, you are not going to believe me, and similarly, no matter what

you say, I am not going to believe you . Since that’s the case, then why don't we just sprint on the

road of cultivation, climbing to the peak? Come on, let's compete with each other!"

While speaking, a tattered, long-distance flying shuttle gradually descended .

With a leap, Li Yao climbed aboard, waving his hand at everyone as he said, "Goodbye, everyone!

If all goes well, then maybe after three months, I will be a true cultivator myself!"

…

From this day onwards, Li Yao traveled to the far reaches of the Star Glory Federation .

His first stop was the "Seamount Island" located in the southernmost region of the federation .

It was a very small island . All year round, only a palm-sized part of the island was visible above

the surface of the water . That was why it was also known as "Palm Island" .

However, under the water, cultivators had instead built a huge underwater city around the

endless undersea mountain range .

Here, the residents of the city resided in glittering and translucent crystal bubbles . And to leave

and enter, they would use "Waterproof Beads" to clear the path before using a special

underwater jet-type flying shuttle to go back and forth .

Under the sea, they cultivated a large number of colorful corals, and much like a herd of sheep

and cattle, a large number of fish, shrimp, crab, and turtles were reared . This was the source of

the entire federation’s fresh seafood .

In here, the women liked to wear pearl shirts sewn by tying the pearls together the most .

Every night under the pitch black darkness of the sea, wearing colorful and gorgeous pearl

shirts, they would beautifully and charmingly sit on the corals as they played their spirit flute

which could be heard under the sea, waiting for the powerful men of the sea to quietly come in

the darkness .

In here, Li Yao enjoyed the colorful and picturesque scenery, ate the most delicious and

sweetest seafood before returning back to the continent and heading to the farthest reaches of

the southern west direction .

On the fourth day after his departure, he arrived at the "Lantern City" .

It was a town built in the vast rain forest located at the southern region of the federation . It was

a town which was completely devoid of high-rising building . Using a secret technique, the

cultivators would constantly accelerate the growth of a fruit on a special tree in the rain forest

called the "Lantern Tree" . Finally, each and every lantern fruit hanging from the branches

would be modified into houses .

The residents of this city lived in this very lantern fruit . Every night, the fruit radiated in a

colorful and gorgeous shimmer, turning the entire city into a sea of lanterns .

Because the rainforest is inconvenient to travel from here and there, the residents of this city

liked to ride huge grasshopper-type spirit beasts, hopping from one branch to the other as they

harvested precious herbs in the jungle .

Whenever there were guests from afar, the residents would invite the guests to ride the giant

grasshopper . If any one of them on their first try managed to successfully ride the giant

grasshopper for over a minute, he would be treated as a true warrior and would get to enjoy the

finest VIP treatment .

Li Yao tried three times, but at the last moment, he was ruthlessly thrown down by the giant

grasshopper . He could only helplessly throw in the towel .

Although he didn't get to enjoy the VIP treatment, when the straw skirt wearing girls of the

rainforest, who had skin as smooth and delicate as honey, held cold salves and meticulously

smeared it on his body, he felt a different kind of relish .

On the ninth day of his departure, Li Yao arrived at the "Saber’s Tip Snow Mountain"

Although it was not the highest peak of the Star Glory Federation, it was one of the most

difficult mountain peaks to climb .

The entire snow-capped mountain was like a double-edged saber that was as bright as snow,

ruthlessly stabbing towards the sky .

The steepest part of the mountain was as smooth as a mirror; it simply didn't have a single

foothold . Furthermore, all year round, the powerful gusts always lingered around the peak .

Even for a cultivator riding a flying sword, it would still be very difficult for him to fly to the

peak .

At the summit of the snow-capped mountain grew a very precious Seven-Star Snow Lotus . It

was one of the natural ingredients absolutely necessary for a dozen types of high-level

strengthening drugs .

Consequently, this was where the best flying sword riders in the entire federation were

produced .

The November of every year when the wind was at its strongest and the Seven-Star Snow Lotus

bloomed, countless flying sword experts would whistle through the sky as they charged

through the raging winds to reach the summit .

Amidst these perilous, fierce winds, they would seek for the gaps, try to feel its rhythm as they

charged left and right, and would even be tossed around for 3-5 days before eventually

conquering these winds and acquiring the most precious herb!

Although it was not the blooming season for the snow lotus when Li Yao arrived, it didn’t

decrease the number of flying-sword experts that gathered around the snow-capped

mountain . Amidst these winds, they were undergoing training and doing all sorts of eyecatching

air maneuvers, which made Li Yao feel like it was not a wasted trip; he was completely

satisfied .

If it was an air-battle, the battle prowess of these flying sword expects would absolutely not be

less than any flying demon beast .

In the next three months, Li Yao toured mountains, rivers, rainforests, hills, deserts, oases, and

farmlands of the federation; he saw all kinds of weird towns .

There was a town located on top of a crater of an active volcano . The entire volcano crater had

been sealed by a huge array of glyphs .

Rumor has it that four hundred years ago, this volcano had once erupted, ravaging a dozen

nearby towns . A cultivator, after sealing the volcano, had lived here with his family, guarding

the volcano .

Even to this day, the family had developed into a new town but they had never forgotten their

mission as they referred to themselves as the “Guardians of the Volcano” .

There was a town which was completely built on the back of a few hundred ginormous "Alpine

Camel Beasts" .

In the Heaven Origin Sector, the Alpine Camel Beast was one of the largest spirit beasts on land .

Each Alpine Camel Beast was like a whale surfing on the sea . People built houses on the back of

these Alpine Camel Beasts, and each Alpine Camel Beast could house a few dozen families on its

back . Hundreds of Alpine Came Beasts together constituted a mobile city .

The residents of the city took part in the care of animals for a living . With the changes in the

season, they would drive the Alpine Camel Beasts to seek water grass to raise the cattle and

sheep . Here, Li Yao ate the freshest mutton in his life; he boiled the mutton for ten minutes to

the point where the blood didn't coagulate, and when he took a bite, it immediately melted in

his mouth as it rolled down his throat, much like a delicious wine .

Town after town . . .