Chapter 67 Is this the upper realm?

The Great Xuan Kingdom, Xuanjing.

At this time, there was an uproar in the Xuanjing Weather Observation Station, and all the staff stared blankly at the screen in front of them. This screen was originally used to monitor the changes in the clouds thousands of meters above Xuanjing so as to report climate changes in real time.

But what was displayed on the big screen at this time was no longer the ever-changing clouds, but instead a person!

The image of a handsome middle-aged man wearing a long robe from the feudal era of Xuan State. The middle-aged man had nothing but an ancient long sword on his back, but he was standing helplessly in the air thousands of meters high.

What is this? A magic show? But what magic props can send people thousands of meters high in the sky with unpredictable weather? Or is this the latest holographic projection technology?
Regardless of the reactions of the people in the weather station, Xuanjing was on alert at this time.

As the capital of the world's most powerful country, the sky over Xuanjing was invaded by an unidentified flying object. This was a great shame for the air defense command, so the air defense department immediately called out surveillance to lock on the invading target and prepared to use courtesy before force.

However, when they saw the images on the surveillance camera, everyone was speechless. After a brief silence, the Air Defense Department immediately sent a fighter jet to confirm the situation, and then sent the message directly to the Xuanjing Central Building.

At this moment, Yue Hongcheng was standing in the air thousands of meters high, his clothes fluttering in the unpredictable wind.

He frowned, and the majestic consciousness that had transformed into the primordial spirit swept out. He saw the small but brightly lit city under his feet, and heard the bustling sounds of people and machines.

He didn't understand why he appeared here. As a rare genius in the Ming Dynasty martial arts world for a thousand years, and a great demon who stirred up blood and rain throughout the world and killed so many people that the entire martial arts world was eclipsed, Yue Hongcheng's achievements and status had undoubtedly reached the peak in history.

If it were another person, he might feel satisfied and think that his life was worthwhile. But Yue Hongcheng didn't feel that way. He was not satisfied with being trapped in a small world after reaching the peak of his merits!
If he didn't have another memory of a brilliant and civilized world, he might have retired from society in his later years and enjoyed himself.

However, after having the experience of traveling between the two worlds, Yue Hongcheng knew that the cave paradises and the three thousand worlds in the Buddhist and Taoist legends were very likely to be true.

Since it is possible, we must verify it and do it as soon as we think of it. This is the decisiveness of a great demon lord.

So when the Great Demon Lord had already entered his old age and the entire Ming Dynasty thought that they could finally enjoy a peaceful life, the world was shaken again. But this time the shock was not because the Great Demon Lord had once again stirred up a bloody storm, but because the Great Demon Lord threatened to break the void and achieve immortality!

Yue Hongcheng still remembers how people in the world were shocked and admired him when he spread the news, but secretly sneered and mocked him. But he didn't argue with them anymore, because how could a group of frogs in a well understand his lofty ambitions?

At that time, Yue Hongcheng's cultivation had reached the level of a grandmaster, unprecedented and unrivaled.

The true Qi can already communicate with the heaven and earth, achieving endless life. And the spirit has reached pure Yang, and can move thousands of miles away, transcending the world.

With such cultivation, he has reached the end of the martial arts of the Ming Dynasty. Logically, there is no way forward. However, Yue Hong has become obsessed with it and wants to forge a path.

So after he mobilized all his life's cultivation and all his pure yang spirit to swing his strongest sword towards the sky, the entire sky cracked open.

Suddenly, lightning and thunder flashed, and a surging gale mixed with a more refined energy poured into Yue Hongcheng's body from the cracked void. At that moment, Yue Hongcheng was sublimated, and his cultivation level advanced further, making him the first person in the Ming Dynasty to reach a higher realm in thousands of years.

However, Yue Hongcheng did not stop after the breakthrough. Feeling the pure energy coming from the void crack, Yue Hongcheng instinctively thought that the other side of the crack was a higher world, perhaps the legendary upper realm full of immortals and Buddhas.

So, amid the horrified gazes of the people in the martial arts world, he ascended to the sky and rushed into the upper realm without hesitation. He was going to start a new journey there!
However, when he stepped into the crack, the imagined scene of fairies scattering flowers and friends welcoming him did not appear. Instead, he arrived at this high altitude where strong winds were raging in the blink of an eye.

If it weren't for the sweep of his soul, Yue Hongcheng would have thought that he had returned to the Ming Dynasty.

"So, this is the upper realm?"

Released the power of his soul, Yue Hongcheng carefully covered the city below. At the same time, he activated his "Ultimate Heavenly Demonic Art" to absorb the essence of heaven and earth to restore himself.

Even if he had surpassed the Grandmaster's cultivation level, he would still have to consume a lot of Qi if he wanted to fly in the air for a long time. But when he practiced the technique, he was surprised to find that he could not absorb even a little bit of the essence of heaven and earth.

How can this be? !
You have to know that even in the most remote and wild areas of the Ming Dynasty Jianghu world, there is the essence of heaven and earth, but it is relatively thin. The essence of heaven and earth is the foundation of martial arts practice. The more powerful the martial artist is, the more dependent he is on the essence of heaven and earth.

This is because a strong body requires sufficient energy to nourish and grow. If one only relies on ordinary food for nourishment, even if one lies still every day, it will not be enough to offset the body's instinctive consumption.

"Have I come to some forbidden area?" Yue Hongcheng's face was uncertain. He was ready to land first and find a local to ask.

Just as he was about to fall into the void, his external spiritual power detected an object approaching him in the distance at an extremely fast speed.

Yue Hongcheng's face was solemn, and the long sword behind him hummed and jumped out of the scabbard into his hand. He concentrated and waited, and the true energy in his body quickly flowed through his limbs and bones, so that he could take action at any time to deal with emergencies.

However, when the fast-flying object approached, Yue Hongcheng's eyes suddenly opened wide.

"Fly, plane!"

Yue Hongcheng couldn't believe it, and his body involuntarily moved closer to the green steel fighters in front of him. How could Yue Hongcheng not recognize the familiar shape and the mechanical humming sound when flying?

However, compared to the appearance of the planes in his memory, the ones in front of him were obviously more ferocious and wild. The angular steel wings were 15 meters long and the body was 20 meters long. Under the wings were black steel muzzles. When Yue Hongcheng saw those muzzles, his soul couldn't help but send out a warning.

"Have I come back and come to those barbarian countries in the west? But the faces of these people are all Xuan people."

Yue Hongcheng was puzzled. He had been traveling through the Ming Dynasty for nearly a hundred years. In the past hundred years, he had almost forgotten all the memories of the original world, but the strong ships and powerful guns of the barbarians that shocked him were still deeply engraved in his mind. Especially those planes flying in the sky that could drop extremely destructive shells.

He had thought about creating this kind of weapon in the Ming Dynasty, but all his attempts failed without exception. He couldn't even imitate some high-powered artillery shells.

It was also at that time that he completely devoted himself to practicing martial arts, and finally dominated the martial arts world.

A hundred years have passed, and now when he sees this familiar steel behemoth again, Yue Hongcheng's memories are aroused and he feels a little curious.

On the Bluebird No. 3 fighter, the pilot's heart was in turmoil as he watched the humanoid creature floating in the air in front of him and approaching him, but he still issued a warning in time.

"Creature in front, this is the capital of Daxuan. You have violated our airspace. Please return immediately. Please return immediately!"

As the electronic broadcast sounded, Yue Hongcheng's eyes flashed with realization. This was indeed Xuan Country, but how could it have changed so much? The former mansions and bluestone brick roads had become tall buildings with bright lights and gray flat roads.

Moreover, has the Xuan Kingdom also learned those things from the barbarians in the past hundred years?
Thinking in his mind, Yue Hongcheng continued to move closer to the fighter plane.

"Captain, what should we do?" The pilot in the fighter plane was nervous, his index finger on the weapon switch, ready to fire and attack at any time.

On the other end of the communication, the captain hesitated for a moment, then said, "Move aside first and see how the other party reacts."

Without knowing what kind of creature the other party was, the captain did not dare to order fire rashly. What if the other party was a creature with high-tech civilization?

"Yes!" In response, the pilot controlled the fighter plane to swing in an arc in the air, ready to get out of the way of Yue Hongcheng.

(End of this chapter)