Chapter 4240 — The Eastern Continent's Yellow-Rank Academy
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"But though the miasma in the Rufeng Forest never disperses all year," the blue-robed man went on, lowering his voice with an air of mystery, "there's a particular season each year when it thins for a short while, and we can enter through the Rufeng Road teleportation array. Think about it—a place no one can normally enter, where all those naturally growing heavenly treasures and earthly gems must lie scattered everywhere! I've heard tell there are even Ten-Thousand-Passage Golden Core Fruits in there!"
"Oh? Is that really true?" Wei Zhao was visibly moved at once, and even Huang Xiaotao at his side could not help but give a soft cry of surprise.
It was at Hucai's Tianwu Mountain that they had chanced upon Ten-Thousand-Passage Golden Core Fruits before, and only by that means reached their present realm. Without that treasure, Wei Zhao would likely still be at Foundation Establishment Great Perfection, not even having touched the threshold of the Golden Core stage—let alone Huang Xiaotao.
The value of a Ten-Thousand-Passage Golden Core Fruit could only be described as astronomical. Even in the Middle Isle, where the finest merchant guilds gathered, Wei Zhao had never once seen one on the market. To him, a single Ten-Thousand-Passage Golden Core Fruit was essentially the equal of a top-grade Golden Core.
This thing was far rarer even than the Heart-Devouring Linglong Grass he had once gone to such lengths to track down through every conceivable channel. It was the sort of thing that could truly only be encountered, never sought; however many attempts one made, whether one finally plucked it came down half to Heaven's will and half to luck.
"Of course it's true! I'm not just repeating idle rumors—the people who've found Ten-Thousand-Passage Golden Core Fruits in the Rufeng Forest are not one or two but practically every year. Otherwise, why would so many flock here, all rushing to this place at this very time?" the blue-robed man declared with the utmost solemnity.
Now Wei Zhao understood. With the allure of the Ten-Thousand-Passage Golden Core Fruit, drawing such a crowd was hardly surprising. After all, most of those present were either Golden Core experts or Foundation Establishment Great Perfection cultivators, and the fruit was a fatal temptation to them all. No wonder he had seen so few Nascent Soul cultivators—perhaps they had no need of such things.
"So then, all these people gathered in Zhenduan City, with every inn packed to bursting—they're all headed for the Rufeng Forest?" Wei Zhao nodded.
"Well, I wouldn't say all of them. Some are, and some aren't," the blue-robed man said with a grin, scratching the back of his head.
"Oh? Some aren't? Then what are they here for...?" Wei Zhao was taken aback.
"Heavens, how can you know nothing at all?" The blue-robed man was astonished anew, sizing Wei Zhao and Huang Xiaotao up once more as though they were rare beasts. But he was a warm-hearted sort, and went on to explain of his own accord, "Even coming from out of town as you are, surely you can't have heard absolutely nothing? Before long, the Yellow-Rank Academy of the Eastern Continent will be coming here to recruit students, and word has it that the Zhenduan sea region is their first stop. Many of the people who've come here are here precisely for that—they're all conserving their strength, waiting to show what they can do when the time comes. Pass the trials, and they'll be off to the Eastern Continent to study!"
"The Eastern Continent? What sort of place is that?" Wei Zhao grew only more bewildered, and it was not he alone—beside him, Huang Xiaotao wore a look of blank confusion as well, never having heard such a term in her life. (To be continued...)