Walking along the road in the small town, Jiang Yue noted the location of a clothing store she came across. Her first priority was to find a place to stay, as the convoy was blocking the road and stopping to buy things would prevent others from moving.
Because she had researched the area before coming, she asked around to find out where the post station was. Well, thankfully everyone in this world speaks Chinese, otherwise Jiang Yue would have had to consider bringing a translator.
Upon arriving at the post station, someone went to book a room and check if there were any problems. Only after confirming that there were no problems could Jiang Yue feel at ease staying there. The guards worked together and were settled in no time.
After putting away their luggage, Jiang Yue and Xiao Cui left a few people to watch the house. They disguised themselves and then went shopping and had a meal. Since this was still a border town, there were quite a few restaurants, but the prices were also quite high. There was nothing they could do about it unless they cooked for themselves.
Before eating, I went to exchange currency. Although everyone speaks Chinese, the currencies are not interchangeable. The protagonist didn't change the currency when he founded the country, or maybe he just hasn't had time yet. Anyway, they still use gold, silver, and copper coins. However, the official currency of the Bear Kingdom is gold, silver, and copper coins, so I had to exchange for the following currencies.
You can exchange currency at the official exchange or at a large chamber of commerce, but you'll lose out on either one. Luckily, the Jiang family's chamber of commerce has a branch here, so Jiang Yue can just use her family token to exchange it directly.
The person who went to get the money while they were taking orders had already returned. Actually, this kind of small restaurant could also provide this kind of service, but the exchange rate would definitely be more outrageous. The guard handed the money bag to Xiao Cui, who opened it and checked it before giving it to Jiang Yue.
When Jiang Yue opened it, she found a 10,000 gold note, ten 100 gold notes, and some loose gold, silver, and copper coins. In fact, 1,000 gold coins would have been enough for Jiang Yue, but she probably gave out the 10,000 gold notes just in case.
Jiang Yue ate with a frown on her face. She decided to eat at a Chinese restaurant tomorrow, as this really didn't suit her taste. After the meal, she went to the clothing store she had noted down earlier and bought two outfits for everyone in her entourage. She figured that if they wore these clothes, fewer people would look at them like they were monkeys.
Sure enough, after changing her clothes and going to another street, there were far fewer people looking at her. There were many stalls selling things on this street, including specialties from various countries. After browsing around, Jiang Yue didn't buy anything, mainly because there was no place to put it, as the space inside the carriage was limited.
After leaving this place, Jiang Yue went to the bookstore and had Bai Ze scan it. She didn't find any valuable books, but since she was already there, she bought some storybooks and travelogues to pass the time when she was bored on the road.
After spending a few days in the town, Jiang Yue and her group continued their journey to the venue for the exchange meeting. They stopped in cities along the way to resupply, and stayed longer in larger cities. They also visited a martial arts school, noting that the training focus there was different from that of Jiang Yue and her group.
The difference lies in the focus in the early stages. Once you reach the Grandmaster level, there is no difference. After visiting several cities, Jiang Yue also wrote some papers, describing the local customs and culture, and her thoughts on the political, military, and economic landscape. After all, she came here to study and travel, and she couldn't just play around every day.
"Due to historical issues and geopolitical conflicts, the relationship between the United States and some Western countries remains tense, which has had a certain negative impact on the United States' world status and influence."
"In order to alleviate Western pressure and expand international cooperation space, Xiong State has strengthened its diplomatic ties with other countries, especially with countries such as New China, which has provided Xiong State with more development opportunities and external support."
After closing her pen, Jiang Yue put the paper away in a specially made box. She planned to put it in the family library after returning home, so that other family members could learn about the country.
After packing her things up and stretching for a bit, just as she was thinking of taking a stroll in the courtyard, Bai Ze sent her a message. He had previously left the Wizard Tower at the border of the Northeast region to study the climate. Although the climate research hadn't yielded any results, the Wizard Tower had discovered an independent space.
"Independent space?"
"Yes, but this space is currently sealed off and requires a specific method to enter."
"Can it be cracked?"
"Yes, it's possible. We've confirmed that their encryption method uses rune locking. It's estimated that 20% of the computing power will take 30 days, and 100% of the computing power will take 1 day."
"Activate 100% computing power".
"Activated".
"Bai Ze, do you think this space is like the blessed land in novels?"
"Based on the worldview of this world, there is an 84.23% probability that it is."
Why not 100%?
"Because I found it to be too simple and did not match the description of blessed lands in my database, I guessed that although it was a blessed land, it was very likely a low-end version."
"Yeah, I guessed so. I just don't know if anyone is inside. And since this thing exists, do you think the Jiang family has one?"
"The main branch of the Jiang family may exist, but the master's branch most likely doesn't."
"Master, the space has been breached, and the detectors haven't found anyone inside. Would you like to go and take a look?"
"Let's go then."
Jiang Yue returned to her room and pretended to be asleep. She then followed Bai Ze to the place where the space had been discovered. As a terrestrial immortal, the journey was quite fast. On the way, Bai Ze told Jiang Yue about the current results of their exploration.
The space covers a total area of 16,410.54 square kilometers. There are many man-made buildings, as well as a desolate and lifeless place littered with corpses. According to the images sent back by Bai Ze, there is not even a single living tree in the space. It is unknown what changes have occurred here.
Jiang Yue had already arrived at the entrance to the space. Without Bai Ze's help, she couldn't find it yet. After Jiang Yue entered the space with the correct runes, the entrance slowly opened and then slowly closed again.
At this moment, a puppet brought over a thick stack of books. After opening the books and scanning them with his divine sense, he learned the reason. It turned out that this was a blessed land of a sect in ancient times. After the sect's patriarch died in a great war, the other members of the sect hid in the blessed land, but the enemy did not intend to let them go.
Although they couldn't do anything to the blessed land, they simply sealed off this space. Normally, sealing it off wouldn't be a problem, since everyone has been sealed off before. However, at this time, the world began to enter the Dharma-ending Age, and the activity of spiritual energy greatly decreased. In addition, due to the formation, it was impossible to replenish spiritual energy from the outside.
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