A month later, Wu Yu and his companions had completed more than half of their journey to the capital.
Layton was a country adventurer who had never traveled far from home, while Violet was a sheltered young lady who had never left her home. As a result, the important task of leading the way fell to Wu Yu, an outsider from another world who had lived on the mainland for less than a year.
It was also thanks to Wu Yu that he scored over 60 points on his geography exam that year. He didn't understand things like climate and ocean currents, but at least he could read a map.
Under the guidance of Wu Yu, a half-baked expert, the group took many detours but managed to cover a journey that should have taken half a month in the end.
At this moment, Wu Yu was holding a map book that he had almost worn out from flipping through it. He kept gesturing and, after confirming that the number of hills was exactly the same as the ones marked on the map, he waved the map book and cheered.
"Everyone, we've finally arrived at the Evil Dragon Mountain Range. Once we cross these mountains, we'll reach Cloud City and then take the teleportation array directly to the capital."
It has to be said that this other world is so unbalanced that it's almost grotesque. The means of transportation are basically still at the level of using livestock, but at the same time, it has teleportation arrays, a kind of black technology that is a hundred times more advanced than 21st-century science.
After obtaining the map, Wu Yu calculated the area of this world in his spare time. A small town in this other world was roughly equivalent to a county town in his previous life, and a large country was comparable to a continent. Overall, it should be about three times the size of Earth. Given the backward transportation, ordinary people would basically choose to stay in their hometown for their entire lives.
There are only a handful of major cities in the country with teleportation arrays, and Wu Yu and his group would have to travel for more than half a month to reach their nearest destination.
"Yay! Everyone, let's speed up!" Violet, who had been in high spirits ever since leaving home, cheered and took the lead.
Looking at this girl who was as lively as a rabbit, Wu Yu couldn't connect her with the quiet girl she used to be. Perhaps this was her true nature. In the past, she was just bound by her own body and the towering walls.
But that's good; the more lively Violet is, the happier Wu Yu is.
Moreover, Violet's change of clothing style gives her a unique and distinctive look.
Her long, flowing white hair was tied into a high ponytail. She wore a blue and white leather armor suit with brown shorts and tall boots for running, transforming Violet's style from a delicate young lady to a sharp adventurer.
Wu Yu picked out this outfit for her so that Violet could run faster in case of danger.
Wu Yu had no intention of letting Violet participate in the battle. At her level as a first-tier earth mage, she could only fire three earth bullets at most, which was about the same as Wu Yu throwing a stone with all his might.
Therefore, mages are really trash at low levels. Wu Yu simply told Violet not to carry her magic wand in her hand, and then put a scabbard on her waist to hold a dagger. Wu Yu thought that she might be more lethal if she used the sharp dagger she inherited from Jack.
As for the battle, Layton and the priestess Ella could basically handle it. Wu Yu and his companions were traveling on the main road, and they only occasionally encountered low-level magical beasts along the way. How could they possibly be a match for a third-tier berserker? All of them were turned into delicious dishes by the priestess Ella to satisfy Wu Yu and his companions' appetites.
Moreover, Wu Yu can now be considered a combatant, albeit barely.
After his physical abilities improved, Wu Yu was able to crush first-tier professionals with his huge advantage in skills, and Wu Yu's strength was still gradually increasing.
Wu Yu had been practicing his battle qi for a whole month, and finally felt it in his body yesterday morning. This talent astonished Layton, who couldn't help but sigh that there was such an inferior person in the world. Finally, he patted Wu Yu on the shoulder encouragingly and went to help Ella make dinner.
According to Layton, once the body is trained to the required standard, it would take an average person at most three days to generate a sense of Qi.
Of course, there are reasons why Wu Yu would appear to be so incompetent.
Ordinary people usually memorize the formulas and incantations of the cultivation technique before they can even feel the battle qi. However, Wu Yu memorized the formulas and practiced the battle qi at the same time. It took Wu Yu half a month just to memorize the cultivation technique, which was almost as thick as a Chinese textbook.
This was largely thanks to the fact that Wu Yu chose the worst cultivation method on the mainland, "Detailed Explanation of Battle Qi Cultivation Method." If Wu Yu had practiced the "Moon Yin Technique," a book as thick as a dictionary passed down through generations of the Russell family, he probably wouldn't have finished memorizing it by now.
There's a reason why Wu Yu chose the worst cultivation technique. Cultivation techniques are essentially like a battle qi processor; the more powerful the technique, the greater the battle qi it produces.
However, Wu Yu, being a cheat-like character, doesn't need the power of battle qi. With the system in hand, Wu Yu is certain that he is absolutely invincible among his peers in this world.
On the contrary, he urgently needed a simple and easy-to-learn technique like "Detailed Explanation of Battle Qi Cultivation".
Wu Yu's body reached the level where he could cultivate battle qi with the help of the magic potion. Although the magic potion itself did not have any side effects, Wu Yu's strength was not something he had trained himself. Even now, Wu Yu was still a little unaccustomed to controlling his strength.
This also greatly slowed down Wu Yu's speed in sensing Qi. According to Layton's estimate, it would take him about half a year to successfully condense a battle Qi vortex and advance to the first-level transcendent.
Once Wu Yu has acquired battle qi, he will be able to go into the mountains to kill demonic beasts and live a good life with income.
"Be careful, the road ahead is mountainous, it's easy to slip and fall," Wu Yu said, noticing Violet running too fast.
"You're so long-winded, Wu Yu. If you keep going like this, you'll turn into an old man faster." Violet turned around, made a face, and then ran off even faster, showing no intention of listening.
After gaining the ability to speak, Wu Yu discovered that Violet was slowly developing into a sharp-tongued person, with her witty language reminiscent of Jack's style back in the day.
However, Violet stopped running after climbing a small hill.
Wu Yu was relieved to think that the child hadn't reached the rebellious stage yet, but when he got closer, he was stunned on the spot.
Looking down that slope, you can see a small village nestled in the valley.
The village itself was nothing special, but Wu Yu's map didn't even have the coordinates for it!
"Could it be that I've taken the wrong path again?" Wu Yu thought to himself in a panic.
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