Chapter 389: Twenty Million Earths
Even Cai Chaoan couldn't tell how big the Vientiane Sea was.
Because the territory of the Vientiane Sea is constantly changing, it is constantly expanding and shrinking with the movements of the surrounding Jedi and certain islands.
However, according to previous statistics from the Wanxiang Sect, the size of the Wanxiang Sea area has reached about one square kilometer.
One trillion is one trillion, and one trillion is one kilometres. In other words, the volume of the Vientiane Sea exceeds 10 trillion square kilometers, which is roughly equivalent to the volume of 20 million Earths.
Even Lu Changjing couldn't imagine such an astonishing size.
Moreover, there are many areas similar to the Vientiane Sea in the Blood Ocean. The Vientiane Sea is just an inconspicuous sea area in the eastern part of the Blood Ocean.
The location is relatively remote, the concentration of spiritual energy from heaven and earth is limited, and even Cai Chaoan is not sure how far it is from the main continent.
He only knew that the main continent was to the east of the Wanxiang Sea, and that it was incredibly huge, far exceeding the Blood Ocean in size.
Even with Cai Chaoan's strength, he did not dare to cross such an astonishing sea and head to the main continent.
Even in the Wanxiang Sea, there are many dangers that can threaten him, such as the celestial demon Xuanwu in the Fengtian Cold Prison.
Having lived for nearly ten thousand years, the farthest distance Cai Chaoan has ever been to is a nearby sea area, which once briefly had a safe passage connected to the Vientiane Sea.
However, that sea area was full of monsters and demons, and the number of humans was extremely small. After several battles between the two sides, the safe passage disappeared, and there was no contact since then.
This means that even two adjacent seas may never interact with each other.
There are all kinds of desperate places and dangerous places in the sea. There are countless dangerous places like the Sealing Heaven Cold Prison, which divide the vast Ocean of Blood into seas of different sizes.
The Wanxiang Sect does not know how big the Ocean of Blood is; the Wanxiang Sect does not know how many seas there are in the Ocean of Blood; and the Wanxiang Sect does not know who the most powerful being in the Ocean of Blood is.
Perhaps the only way to describe it is endless and boundless.
Lu Changjing felt embarrassed when he recalled that he had mistakenly believed that the land of Kyushu was the entire world and the four lakes around it were the four seas.
Even though he later took control of the entire Chang'an Island and upgraded the Four Seas to the surrounding waters, it still seems like a frog in a well.
How could the real four seas be only that big?
Perhaps the entire vast Ocean of Blood is just a certain area of sea.
It is very possible that the warriors of various races in the main continent regard the Ocean of Blood as one of the four seas.
Even though he had thought that this world might be very big, Lu Changjing still didn't expect that this world would be so big. It was simply unbelievable.
How big was the earth in the previous life? If placed in this world, it would probably be just a small stone.
When he first traveled through time, he underestimated how big the world was. When he left Chang'an Island, he underestimated how big the world was again.
Until this moment, I have only gotten a glimpse of the tip of the iceberg of this world.
The headquarters of the Vientiane Sect is located in the center of the Vientiane Sea, called the Vientiane Islands. The headquarters of all the sect’s elephants are basically in the Vientiane Islands.
The entire Vientiane Islands are in the shape of a circle. The further inward you go, the higher the concentration of spiritual energy from heaven and earth, and the better the conditions for cultivation.
At the core are the Upper Nine Elephants of the Wanxiang Gate, further out are the Middle Hundred Elephants, and outside of the Middle Hundred Elephants are the Lower Wanxiang.
Circle after circle, you will receive different treatments and be assigned different positions according to your ranking.
This ranking is determined based on various lists, the Xiangyun List is one of them, and it is one of the most important lists.
Different treatments are obtained through different lists, which ultimately determine the ranking of each elephant and thus their different positions.
Every thousand years, a ranking will be conducted and the positions of each elephant will be adjusted.
The next millennium adjustment is not far away.
The Nine Yang Elephant, as the best among the hundred elephants, is located within the three rings of the Vientiane Islands. The first ring is the top three elephants among the nine elephants, and the second ring is the bottom six elephants among the nine elephants.
The third ring is the top ten elephants among the Zhongbaixiang, among which the Jiuyang Elephant ranks third among the Zhongbaixiang and twelfth in the entire Wanxiang Sect.
This ranking is definitely not low.
The headquarters of the Nine Yang Elephant is a floating island built with Xu Yang Stone. It covers an area of 3.6 billion square kilometers and is situated above the Nine Heavens. It is tempered and nourished by the power of the sun and gathers a vast amount of the power of the sun. Practicing the Nine Yang Tian Gong system in it can be said to be like adding wings to a tiger.
A floating island of 3.6 billion square kilometers is as large as seven Earths. Just thinking about it makes Lu Changjing feel shocked. It is worthy of being the Zhongbai Elephant and the Jiuyang Elephant.
Fenghan Island is tens of millions of kilometers away from the Vientiane Islands. It doesn't sound far, but this is only the straight-line distance. It is impossible for them to reach the Vientiane Islands in a straight line. Instead, they have to bypass many dangerous places and places where powerful monsters and demons appear.
In this case, the detour would be more than tens of millions of kilometers, possibly even billions of kilometers.
When passing through certain places, you cannot make too much noise and need to be careful.
Many of the dangers in the Vientiane waters are hard for ordinary people to imagine.
While on the way, Cai Chaoan told Lu Changjing a lot of useful things, which made him fascinated.
The two of them were riding on a high-level celestial weapon, the Tianyang Boat, which was equipped with a group of high-level celestial formations that could effectively resist various attacks.
The Tianyang Boat can be big or small. When it is big, it can cover an area of hundreds of thousands of meters, and when it is small, it can only cover tens of square meters. It can accommodate up to tens of millions of people, and is worthy of the name of a heavenly vessel.
However, its defense when it is big is not as good as when it is small. When it is in its smallest state, its defense is also the strongest.
Because there were only two people on board, Cai Chaoan only kept the Tianyang Boat in an area of several hundred square meters, enough for their living and practicing needs, of course, on the premise that not too much noise could be made.
If one wants to practice the great or small magical powers, that is definitely not enough.
Naturally, Lu Changjing would not be so outrageous. He spent most of his time on his skills and a small part on other aspects, among which the Auspicious Cloud Technique was the focus of his practice.
From Cai Chaoan, Lu Changjing once again realized the importance of the Lucky Cloud Technique. Although he did not tell Lu Changjing the benefits of improving his potential, he was repeatedly reminded that if he wanted to reach the top of the human race, or even surpass the top of the human race, it would be best to practice the Lucky Cloud Technique to the highest level.
Cai Chaoan's attainments in the art of auspicious clouds have reached the seventy level. He began practicing it when he was about ten years old, and it has been thousands of years now.
Even if it is not for increasing potential, the talents and cultivation foundation increased by the seventy levels of Lucky Cloud Technique are also quite considerable, and it is definitely not a waste of effort.
Not to mention that the most important point of the Xiangyun Technique is that it can increase potential.
Therefore, Lu Changjing deliberately took out more time to practice the Lucky Cloud Technique. "The Nine Suns Heavenly Technique system was born from the sun above the nine heavens. If you can keep the sun in mind while practicing, the effect will be better..."
As the person with the highest achievements in the Nine Yang Heavenly Art system, Cai Chaoan's guidance was extremely useful. He often answered Lu Changjing's doubts in just a few words and provided Lu Changjing with many tips for practicing the Nine Yang Heavenly Art system.
Not to mention the Kowloon Combat Skills System. You must know that Cai Chaoan also played a significant role in the improvement and enhancement of the Kowloon Combat Skills System.
Therefore, when it comes to understanding the Nine Dragons combat skills system, Cai Chaoan is one of the best in both the Nine Yang Elephant and the Nine Dragons Elephant.
Under the guidance of Cai Chaoan, Lu Changjing's Nine Yang Heavenly Skills System and Nine Dragons Combat Skills System both progressed rapidly, at least several times faster than before.
This made Lu Changjing realize once again the importance of a famous teacher. No wonder Lou Guangzhi had always hoped that he could become a disciple of Cai Chaoan. This strongest of the Nine Yang Elephants was indeed very good at teaching students in accordance with their aptitude.
Even after just a few dozen days of getting along, he gave different guidance plans based on Lu Changjing's situation, and constantly adjusted them to make them more suitable for Lu Changjing.
At this rate, by the time they return to the Vientiane Islands, Cai Chaoan should be able to successfully create a training plan suitable for Lu Changjing, which would increase his training speed by about two or three times.
In terms of Xiangyunshu, not to mention Cai Chaoan's guidance, there is also the practice notes left for him by Lou Guangzhi. With the guidance of these two big guys, he made rapid progress.
Cai Chaoan even dabbled in alchemy. Although he was only a top-level divine alchemist, he was able to give Lu Changjing some guidance because he had read many high-level alchemy books.
Moreover, Cai Chaoan's most powerful secondary job is not alchemy, but weapon refining. He has already cultivated to the level of a top-level weapon master and is able to refine top-level weapons.
If Lu Changjing wants to practice weapon refining in the future, he can also learn from Cai Chaoan.
With more than 9,000 years of accumulation, even if one only spends a little time in a deputy position, one can achieve results that are unimaginable for ordinary people.
Moreover, Cai Chaoan's comprehension is also very high, otherwise he would not have been able to improve the Nine Yang Heavenly Skill System and the Nine Dragons Combat Skill System so many times. Even many people in the Wanxiang Sect speculated that Cai Chaoan might have helped the Nine Yang Elephant to upgrade the Nine Yang Heavenly Skill System to the level of a top-level Heavenly Skill system.
If it succeeds, the Nine Yang Elephant will soon be promoted to the level of Upper Nine Elephants instead of Middle Hundred Elephants.
Just a few days after leaving Fenghan Island, Lu Changjing gained enough experience under the guidance of Cai Chaoan and entered into the enlightenment of Xiangyun Technique.
Various inspirations intertwined in his mind, and the experience and skills he gained from Chen Derong through the initiation technique were also integrated into his body, driving Lu Changjing's auspicious cloud technique to improve at a terrifying speed.
Before leaving Fenghan Island, Lu Changjing deliberately performed the initiation technique with Chen Derong dozens of times, mainly to instill experience, skills, perception..., but did not directly instill his attainments in the Xiangyun Technique.
In this way, the damage to the foundation is limited, but a lot of insights about the Auspicious Cloud Technique can be gained, but it requires subsequent practice and improvement.
Doing so can also prevent Cai Chaoan from discovering anything unusual. He does not want anyone to know about the existence of the initiation technique for the time being, otherwise the existence of the golden finger may be exposed.
After all, the side effects of the initiation technique are too terrible. Once it is performed, it can directly damage the foundation of cultivation and the soul, but Lu Changjing dares to perform it frequently.
How he avoided this kind of harm cannot be explained by his special physique alone.
In order to avoid the golden finger being discovered, it is better not to expose the initiation technique first.
Even if it really has to be exposed, you have to think about how to explain it.
The rapid improvement of the Lucky Cloud Technique soon attracted Cai Chaoan's attention. After all, the two were too close to each other, and any slight movement would be discovered.
Lu Changjing's strength is far inferior to Cai Chaoan, so it is difficult for him to hide it from Cai Chaoan.
Cai Chaoan was a little surprised when he noticed the unusual movements of Lu Changjing, and then he suddenly realized that this was happening too frequently.
I’ve only been this disciple for about a month, and he’s already had several sudden realizations, three, or four?
Even though Lou Guangzhi and his guidance allowed Lu Changjing to unleash his years of accumulation, the frequency of his sudden realizations was still too terrifying.
No wonder he was able to reach the four-star Xuanzun realm in just a few decades. Most of the time he was on the barren Chang'an Island. It was the most unreasonable to have sudden enlightenment during the practice.
A sudden enlightenment in just half an hour or so can often catch up with many years of hard practice. Even things that cannot be achieved through many years of hard practice can be achieved in the state of sudden enlightenment.
With such a terrifying level of comprehension, it seems understandable that his cultivation progress is so fast.
If I had such understanding, I'm afraid the Nine Yang Heavenly Art system would have been upgraded to the level of an advanced Heavenly Art system long ago, and I would also be able to bring the Nine Yang Elephant to the level of a superior elephant.
By the time the epiphany was over, Lu Changjing's Auspicious Cloud Technique had surprisingly broken through to the fourteenth level. With two more levels, he might be able to be ranked on the Auspicious Cloud List.
Even though he already knew that Lu Changjing had made amazing progress in the Auspicious Cloud Technique, Cai Chaoan was still amazed to see him cultivate the Auspicious Cloud Technique to the fourteenth level from scratch in just over a year.
Not to mention anything else, just in terms of the Auspicious Cloud Technique, the speed of his little disciple's cultivation has already crushed the several senior brothers and sisters in front of him.
If he could keep it up, he might soon become a prominent figure on the Xiangyun List.
This move to snatch the disciple was absolutely the right thing to do. Lu Changjing's talent and aptitude were so amazing that they were much better than imagined.
Even with Cai Chaoan's shrewd personality, he couldn't help but smile and was very satisfied with Lu Changjing.
He continued to think about what kind of practice plan should be formulated to help Lu Changjing improve his practice and reach the realm of Earth Venerable as soon as possible, or even a higher level.
After Lu Changjing consolidated his progress in the Auspicious Cloud Technique, he began to practice the Nine Yang Heavenly Art system again to improve his spirit and energy and increase his cultivation level.
In any case, this is the most fundamental thing.
Without sufficient cultivation level, one cannot exert sufficient combat power, and various secondary positions are also restricted by the level of cultivation.
When encountering difficult questions, Lu Changjing would ask Cai Chaoan first, and he would basically get a perfect answer. Even if he could not get an answer, Cai Chaoan could provide relevant ideas.
A good teacher is really important.
This reminded Lu Changjing of Master Fu and Feng Qi. Without their help, his advancement in his deputy position wouldn’t have been so fast, as well as Chen Derong.
Chen Derong played an indispensable role in the rapid progress of the Lucky Cloud Technique.
Unfortunately, now that I have left Fenghan Island and arrived at the Vientiane Islands, I still need to find a suitable person to learn from and continue to practice the initiation technique.
Without the help of the initiation technique, his progress in the auspicious cloud technique, formation technique, alchemy technique, etc. would be reduced by at least dozens of times. Lu Changjing could not accept such progress.
"Be careful, there is a bottomless whirlpool ahead. We need to take a detour and leave this place immediately."
At this moment, Cai Chaoan's solemn voice came to my ears.
(End of this chapter)