The Cloud Wilderness was sparsely populated. Desolate and fierce beasts were everywhere and there were many small tribes.
Under such circumstances, it would take a lot of manpower and material resources to gather these scattered small tribes together for the assessment.
Although the Divine Kingdom had a long history, the number of warrior selections held in the vast wilderness could be counted on one hand.
Hence, it had to be said that being born in the vast wilderness was a form of tragedy. Not only was there a lack of resources, even if you were a genius, it was almost impossible to be discovered and stand out.
Even if the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom knew this, there was nothing they could do about it. Not just the Cloud Wilderness, even geniuses born in the 108 states could be missed!
Hence, over the years, many geniuses in the vast wilderness had died in vain. They could starve to death, die of illness, fall to their deaths while picking herbs, or end up in the stomachs of beasts.
Some people who were supposed to be elites would die like beggars. After they died, they would not even have a straw mat to wrap their bodies around. They would just find a random place to bury their bodies. They might even erect a piece of wood as a tombstone, just like Yi Yun. However, this tombstone would only last a few years before it rotted and collapsed. By the time the people who remembered the deceased had passed away, they would only be left with "nothingness".
To be born poor and die without a trace, this was the fate of the people of the vast wilderness. Lian Chengyu knew this very well, which formed his distorted outlook on life.
The fat elder said, "Our visit this time has nothing to do with the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's warrior selection, but it also has something to do with it. To be specific, our visit to the Cloud Wilderness and the sudden warrior selection in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom is probably because of the same thing."
"Oh?" The girl's interest was piqued. Her slender eyes blinked gently. Her long eyelashes had a faint luster under the sunlight.
"Five months ago, there was a phenomenon in the Cloud Wilderness. Originally, the sky was clear, but in less than a minute, the entire sky of the Cloud Wilderness was covered in thick clouds!"
"And the strangest thing was that these clouds were purple in color!"
"For purple clouds to cover the Cloud Wilderness, such a phenomenon is amazing. The Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's astrologer specially predicted this phenomenon, and called it the Purple Cloud's Birth!"
"Such a phenomenon actually appeared again two months ago. Moreover, the most recent time was even more terrifying. It was simply like clouds swallowing the sun and moon, and its aura covered the world!"
"This Purple Clouds' Birth has alarmed the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, but the mortals in the Cloud Wilderness do not know about it. This is because the phenomenon happened at night. With the eyesight of mortals, it is difficult to distinguish the color of the clouds at night. Besides, they do not know that these purple clouds have covered the entire Cloud Wilderness. They do not know that the Purple Clouds' Birth has caused the entire Heaven Earth Yuan Qi in the Cloud Wilderness to become chaotic."
"At that time, even the many ten thousand year desolate beasts in the depths of the Cloud Wilderness were alarmed!"
"There are a few possibilities for such a phenomenon."
"The first possibility is the birth of a treasure. However, the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom had already used their national treasure, a treasure compass, to search the Cloud Wilderness five months ago. The treasure compass may not be able to find the exact location of the treasure, but it can at least determine if there is a treasure in a large area."
"But the Treasure-seeking Compass isn't reacting at all. That means there's either no treasure at all, or the treasure is too mysterious that even the Treasure-seeking Compass can't detect it. If it's the latter, then it's hard to imagine! Such a treasure is enough to cause a bloodbath in the continent! "
"The second possibility is that a reclusive Great Emperor of the human race has made a breakthrough, or an ancient desolate beast is undergoing a tribulation. However, this possibility is not high. Although the Cloud Wilderness is vast, it is nothing special when compared to the entire world. A reclusive Great Emperor or an ancient desolate beast might not choose this place to complete their breakthrough."
"As for the third possibility, the possibility is even smaller. It is just a groundless ancient legend. Let's not talk about it. The reason why I brought you to the Cloud Wilderness is because of this phenomenon. Who knows, there might be a treasure that can join up your terminated meridians!"
"Master …" The girl faintly sighed. She was touched, but she could not bear to see the fat old man rush around for her terminated meridians. He would not miss even the slightest bit of hope.
But she also knew that her terminated meridians were cursed meridians. Although it was rumored that in ancient times, an empress had joined up her terminated meridians with her own strength, it was an empress, and it was just a rumor.
This rumor proved how difficult it was to join up terminated meridians!
The fat old man knew Lin Xintong's thoughts and smiled, "Alright, with such a phenomenon, it's only right to come and take a look. It doesn't matter even if there is nothing to gain. This phenomenon appeared in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's territory. The Divine Kingdom's royal family has long been alarmed. Not only the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, even the neighboring Divine Kingdoms have secretly infiltrated the Cloud Wilderness to investigate! "
"In the past few months, the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom has sent out the Jin Long Wei to search for the cause of the phenomenon. They are hoping for a treasure to appear. Since the Jin Long Wei has come to the Cloud Wilderness, they might as well take this opportunity to hold a warrior selection."
The fat old man's words enlightened the girl. It was no wonder the Jin Long Wei had specially drawn up a map for the Cloud Wilderness. Even a small tribe with a population of a thousand families was clearly marked.
"Alright, let's hurry on. After we cross that mountain, we will pass by the Lian tribal clan. The next stop will be the Tao tribal clan. It is a large tribal clan with a population of more than a hundred thousand families. We will rest there."
As the fat old man said this, he suddenly felt something and gave a soft "eh" sound.
"Master, what's wrong?"
"There's someone under the waterfall in front. It looks like he's drowning. Let's go take a look!" As the old man said this, he walked into the dense forest. His steps looked slow, but each step he took covered a great distance. It was as if the ground beneath his feet had shortened.
Lin Xintong also followed. They were figures who lived in the clouds in this world, and the billions of commoners in this world were living in misery. They could not do anything about it, but if they were to really meet them, they would also lend a hand to save the dying and heal the injured.
…
Yi Yun did not know how long he had been in the pool. Since last night, Yi Yun had absorbed all the energy in the desolate bones and jumped into the pool to cultivate. Until now, Yi Yun's consciousness was not fully awake. He felt like he was in a dream.
The desolate bones' energy had been completely digested by Yi Yun's body, leaving not a single drop behind!
His body had entered a state of hunger once again.
In a daze, Yi Yun felt a soft hand grab his collar and lift him up …
Yi Yun's body was light as a feather. He felt as if he was lying on soft grass. Then, the soft hand from before pressed against his chest.
"Puah!"
Yi Yun spat out a mouthful of water. This mouthful of water was not clear water, but extremely turbid. It contained impurities from Yi Yun's body tempering.
"Eh?"
The girl who saved Yi Yun did not show a look of disgust when she saw this mouthful of dirty water. Instead, she was surprised. As a Desolate Heaven Master, she could instantly tell what the saliva was.
Yi Yun woke up. After regaining his vision, the bright sunlight made it difficult for him to open his eyes.
(I saw a reader's reaction that there was a bug. They were probably saying, "Why doesn't the vast wilderness grow its own vegetables to eat? Why doesn't it catch fish? How can it be so hungry? For this, I hope everyone does not look at the problem from the modern Earth's point of view. In ancient China, people ate Guanyin clay and traded their children for food. Even in the 1960s, China had a shocking three-year famine. Many people starved to death. Actually, you can also ask, why don't they eat fish or dig up worms? Why don't they eat locusts during the locust plague? Were the ancients stupid to not know how to eat these?)
(The ancients were not stupid. When people were hungry, they would trade their children for food. What else was there not to eat? Mother Cocoon's home was near the sea and mountains. There were more fish in the sea than in the pool. There were mushrooms and rabbits on the mountain, but they still suffered from hunger. Mother Cocoon had experienced the famine. In her words, during the famine, not even grass grew on the mountain. Why was that? Firstly, it was a drought. Secondly, the grass roots had all been dug up. With all the grass eaten, it was too difficult to hunt rabbits. As for fish, fishing requires fishing boats and large nets. Ordinary people do not have them. In shallow seas, rivers and lakes, if you do not specially raise fish, the number of fish will be very small. It is already small, and with so many people catching them, the number of fish will be even smaller. As a result, the cost of catching them is extremely high. For people like Mother Cocoon to catch fish, the energy replenishment from catching a few small fish is not as much as the energy expended. As for catching insects, there is no need to mention it. It is equivalent to suicide.)
(In the book, the setting of the vast wilderness is much more barren than Earth. Even the land is described as black ironstone, making it extremely difficult to farm. Taking ancient China's food production as an example, it was pitifully low. There was no hybrid rice or combine harvesters back then. As for the other settings regarding the barrenness of the vast wilderness, Mother Cocoon felt that explaining them one by one would be too tedious. A small pool of fish could be caught, so little that it would make you waste your energy to catch them. If it was non-poisonous and easily caught frogs, they would have long been caught and eaten. When people starve, they are no different from locusts. To rely on a pool and a few depressions with frogs, it is impossible to feed a tribe of a thousand households. Mother Cocoon did not mention how tedious it was, but she did not expect it to cause such a controversy. After some thought, she decided to explain the tedious part.)
(Some people even asked Yi Yun why he did not go hunting. The book had already explained that to reach the Purple Blood realm and go to the vast wilderness, only then would he have the ability to hunt fierce beasts. Some readers might ask, what do fierce beasts eat? Although Mother Cocoon felt that there was no need for a Xuanhuan book to have a hundred thousand whys, but when Mother Cocoon wrote this book, she had made a complete setting of the world. She tried her best to make it so that there were no loopholes. As the book progresses, it will slowly be written out.)
(Thank you for everyone's opinions. The book review section will be read as long as it is meaningful. If anyone has any suggestions or comments, please leave them in the book review section.)
(After explaining a thousand words, I am also drunk. In the future, I will not do such tedious explanations. I sincerely hope that everyone can fill in the blanks with their imagination and have less doubts. Actually, many things are not loopholes. Either Mother Cocoon did not write it because it was tedious, or it was written but no one saw it. Mother Cocoon thanks you.)
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