The mountains are verdant, the distant peaks layered, white clouds hanging above the blue sky, the sound of spring water tinkling faintly heard, and vines and other such things growing on the cliff at the edge of the view, making this place seem like a deep mountain wilderness.

But the stone tablet ahead indicates that this place is by no means uninhabited.

Qiu Dragon Mountain — Qingyun Path

"Is this the Martial Arts Heaven and Earth?"

Chen Ku looked around, noticing that Guan Hongluan and others were not beside him, he secretly guessed:

"Could it be that we were transmitted to different locations?"

At this moment.

He didn't even know which direction to go after entering.

Although he got at least five challenge locations of the arenas from Guan Hongluan, the clues from Guan Hongluan did not mention what kind of place Qiu Dragon Mountain — Qingyun Path was.

It is said that a county-level Martial Arts Heaven and Earth is as vast as hundreds of thousands of li in all directions, and this time, it seems like the scale of the Martial Arts Heaven and Earth opened is even larger at the prefecture level.

Just as Chen Ku was pondering deeply.

A puff of white smoke suddenly emerged from the stone tablet in the distance.

"What is that?!"

Chen Ku became alert and instinctively took a step back.

He then saw an elderly man, only three feet small, clad in a landlord hat and holding a dragon-headed walking stick, standing smilingly in front of the stone tablet enveloped by white smoke and bowing to Chen Ku:

"Qiu Dragon Mountain Land Deity, awaiting the Daji Military Scholar."

"Land Deity?"

Chen Ku stood there, scrutinizing this three-foot-tall old man. The opponent's image and essence seemed similar to that of Baojiao County City God Duan Mingbi, both being Incense Fire God Bodies.

Since the Daji Dynasty has City Gods as True Gods, then below City Gods, there must also be Land Deities. Chen Ku did not find this surprising, so he slightly cupped his hands in salute:

"I am Chen Ku, a martial examinee from Baojiao County. After passing the selection from the Martial Temple, I entered the Martial Arts Heaven and Earth holding the Golden Token. May I ask what kind of place is this Qingyun Path and Qiu Dragon Mountain? How can I find the arena I need to challenge?"

The Qiu Dragon Mountain Land Deity, leaning on the walking stick, pointed the stick towards the stone tablet of Qingyun Path and said with a smile: "This is Qiu Dragon Mountain Qingyun Path, a 'supply point' for Military Scholars to train in Qiu Dragon Mansion's Martial Arts Heaven and Earth. As for how to find the arena you need to challenge, you just need to walk straight along the path, and perhaps you will find it. As for the specific location, please pardon this lesser deity for not being able to disclose it. This would be giving the answer in advance, which is strictly against the Grand Law. This lesser deity dares not knowingly break the law."

Chen Ku took a deep breath and asked: "Supply point? Does it mean I can get water and food here?"

He also didn't know how many days of trial he needed in this Martial Arts Heaven and Earth.

After all, he hadn't yet reached the point of not needing food or drink.

"Not just water and food, but also pills for cultivation and healing, everything is available."

The Land Deity pointed the dragon-headed walking stick towards the stone tablet and said:

"Military Scholar, you only need to place your 'Martial Arts Gold Order' on the stone tablet to be able to purchase the pills, water, and rice you need from the stone tablet."

"How magical is that?"

Chen Ku, listening, felt that this Martial Arts Heaven and Earth was even more convenient than the virtual spaces of his previous life. However, having just experienced the magical 'space transmission' already, he had become more open to accepting such things, considering that this Martial Temple and Martial Arts Heaven and Earth were ancient places in this world with thousands of years of inheritance, possessing incredible features was normal. So he attempted to step forward:

"Let me give it a try?"

He promptly placed the Martial Arts Gold Order he was holding in front of the stone tablet of Qingyun Path.

Buzz~

A magnetic-like attraction emerged between the two, causing Chen Ku's palm to tremble slightly. Immediately after, the tablet surface of the stone tablet suddenly rippled like a water curtain, and lines of Daji text cascaded down, divided into several categories:

Food,

Pills,

Weaponry,

Martial Arts,

Materials.

Teleportation.

Chen Ku casually opened the food category and found that it was full of mountain delicacies, including the Eight Treasures Banquet from Baojiao County's Hongyan Tower.

The pill category covered a wide array, including Detoxification Pill, Anti-plague Pill, Healing Elixir, Qi Replenishing Pill, among others.

However, the prices of these items were marked not by the external world's gold, silver, or Copper Coin, but by something called 'Martial Destiny'.

"What is Martial Destiny?" Chen Ku immediately turned his head and asked the Land Deity.

"Martial Destiny is the condensed essence of the world's Martial Arts Destiny. The Martial Arts Heaven and Earth is developed with it, serving as the operational energy of the Martial Arts Heaven and Earth world. When concentrated, it forms into the powerful demon spirits and defenders within the Martial Arts Heaven and Earth. When dispersed, it becomes Qi. Military Scholars can collect Martial Destiny within the Martial Arts Heaven and Earth through various means, to use it at supply points for purchasing necessities until they break through the arena," the Land Deity explained.

"Various supply points?" Upon hearing this, Chen Ku said: "As the name suggests, it sounds like there are many stone tablets like 'Qingyun Path'?"

"Certainly, the Martial Arts Heaven and Earth imitates the layout of the dynasties outside, ten li per pavilion, ten pavilions per town... mountain water villages all have points." The Land Deity finished speaking and smiled:

"This old one's guidance ends here. Next, the military scholar might as well move forward on his own, and one can explore clearly. As you explore more stone tablets, later you can directly teleport using the stone tablets, each time... consuming only a little Martial Destiny."

As the words fell, his figure transformed into a wisp of white smoke and then shrank back into the stele of the Qingyun Path.

Chen Ku felt the spirit of this land deity, roughly equivalent to that of the County City God Lord Duan Mingbi, estimating it to possess the Divine Power of the Fourth Realm Day Travel.

"Logically, above the land deity is the City God. If even a land deity has reached the Fourth Realm, could there also be a City God within? Perhaps the Prefecture City God of Qiu Dragon Mansion plays some role in the Martial Arts Heaven and Earth?"

Chen Ku's thoughts turned, and he looked once more with curiosity at the weapons and pills on the stele.

"Are there really Divine Weapons among the weapons?"

Chen Ku, incredulous, looked at the weapon category on the stele, surprisingly divided just like the outside world into Mortal Iron, Sharp Weapon, Famous Weapons, and Divine Weapons.

Beyond the Divine Weapons, there was even another section, shrouded by gray mist.

At the stele's Divine Weapon purchase section, there were eighteen Divine Weapons, symbolizing the eighteen types of martial skills.

Purple Lightning Thunder Blade (Divine Weapon), Breaking Formation Dragon Snake Spear (Divine Weapon), Ruyi Qing Guangjian (Divine Weapon)...

Chen Ku was so enticed that he was drooling.

Especially that "Mixed Iron Ice-Breaking Stick," which, as described, could even unleash an attack of Mysterious Ice Cold Qi.

But upon taking a closer look,

every Divine Weapon level weapon required 'Eighteen Thousand Martial Fortune,' and what really frustrated Chen Ku was that this Eighteen Thousand Martial Fortune was just the 'crafting fee'. Additionally, he needed to supply special forging materials.

For instance, to forge the Mixed Iron Ice-Breaking Stick, beyond the Eighteen Thousand Martial Fortune, three types of Divine Weapon level iron material were required, plus a piece of 'Xuanming Ice Crystal', to craft it.

Chen Ku turned to the materials section and found that Divine Weapon level iron materials were also for sale here, but each one cost sixty or seventy thousand.

Even more, Chen Ku discovered the 'Ruyi Stone' included in the list of Divine Weapon level iron materials.

"I wonder if Er Lang has successfully crafted a Famous Weapon... it might be too late now, but..."

A thought suddenly arose in Chen Ku's mind:

"If Er Lang also passed through the Martial Path checkpoint and entered here."

At the thought,

he transmitted this message through the Transformation Diagram.

Immediately after,

he saw that many Divine Weapon level iron materials had notes underneath, like an iron material called 'Python Scale Iron,' described as 'shed from the Iron Python King,' urging military scholars to challenge the Iron Python King for a chance to acquire this material.

Chen Ku rubbed his chin, having basically figured it out, and muttered to himself:

"It seems the Martial Temple crafted the entire Martial Arts Heaven and Earth into a perfect trial ground. The logistics alone are near perfect. Although weapons are not directly sold, they can be crafted, which indicates the Martial Temple possesses not just one 'Divine Weapon Level Craftsman'."

From this, it shows how strong the foundation of the Daji Dynasty truly is.

Aside from the Imperial Court, perhaps no sect can treat Divine Weapons as products to be sold at scale.

Conversely, only a dynasty has the power to create such a trial place for military scholars nationwide.

No, to be precise, it should be an ancient dynasty... the Ji Dynasty only inherited the Martial Temple.

Chen Ku looked further and found in the martial arts section that martial arts were divided into: Cultivation Technique, Combat Skill, and mental method. He even found a Supreme Level rod martial art.

Imprisoned Dragon Stick Technique— the exclusive martial art of Prince Wei Yang Shuang, one of the Nine Elders who founded the state, capable of conquering all prefectures and capturing all cities with unstoppable force.

Yet another martial art that matched his martial path, but upon seeing its price, the exorbitant Supreme Level Martial Arts.

The Imprisoned Dragon Stick Technique required a total of thirty thousand Martial Fortune to obtain.

Martial Arts Skills were nearly half as expensive again as Divine Weapons.

"With Supreme Martial Arts, can there be no Divine Skills?"

Chen Ku couldn't believe that the Ji Dynasty, so vast, lacked such resources. Yet as he kept looking up the stele, he received a hint:

"To learn higher-grade martial arts, please proceed to the State Province Martial Temple."

He was slightly enlightened.

This Martial Temple Heaven and Earth was hosted by the grandmaster Qin Yuxian from Qiu Dragon Mansion. It was probably a Prefecture Level Heaven and Earth, lacking Divine Skill level martial arts, but that doesn't mean higher-level heavens don't have them.

"It feels like testing for the Martial Temple is like taking a university entrance exam?"

Chen Ku inexplicably had a faint smile in his heart.

He browsed through the items sold in the Martial Temple again, memorizing several desired items. Then he looked at his Martial Fortune points on the screen, which were completely zero, and he sighed:

"Looks like I have to go earn some currency."

What is Martial Fortune, if not currency!

Immediately, he pried off the Martial Arts Gold Order from the stele.

Unexpectedly, just as he removed the Martial Arts Gold Order and was about to tuck it into his bosom, a voice echoed in his Heart Sea, the mellow and rich voice of the grandmaster Qin Yuxian:

"Junior Brother..."

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