Cultivators Are So Weak in This World-Chapter 244: Repetition 222 Part 2

Before long, the group finished lighting the fire and began preparing ingredients to cook.

Zhang Rongfang also patted the robe on his body, found a shady place nearby, sat cross-legged, and rested.

The official road where they were was on the mountainside of a deep mountain.

On one side was a steep gray mountain wall, and on the other, a high cliff.

The spot Zhang Rongfang chose was under an old pine tree between the official road and the cliff.

Below the pine tree fell a thick layer of pine needles, mixed with withered yellow and dark green, occasionally scattered with other tree leaves and branches, feeling soft and comfortable to step on.

He sat cross-legged and gazed into the distance below the cliff.

A large lake lay below the mountains in the distance.

The lake surface appeared blue-black, with a layer of mist shrouding it, obscuring a closer view.

Further away, the lake surface, green hills, and clouds blended into one, tiered from bottom to top.

Zhang Rongfang took a deep breath, feeling the air clear, a warm breeze blowing, feeling relaxed and at ease.

Gazing afar at the vast lake below, he felt a sense of openness and comfort in his heart.

While feeling cheerful, Zhang Rongfang planned to use the attribute points he had saved over the past month.

In a month, he had accumulated four points and could advance the level of External Medicine by one more grade. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

Closing his eyes, entering meditation, and adjusting his state.

Then, he gently added the points.

Cultivation was so effortless, simple, and natural.

Amid a subtle cracking sound from bones, Zhang Rongfang once again felt changes throughout his body.

It was as if his body had become heavier.

The people nearby were initially a bit surprised but later discovered this occurrence was periodic.

The three of them assumed it was due to Zhang Rongfang cultivating a special martial art. However, the cultivation state of this martial art was very similar to the appearance during External Medicine stimulating body enhancement.

No one would have guessed that Zhang Rongfang was not practicing martial arts but truly breaking through.....

Before long, after waiting for his state to stabilize.

"Speaking of which, Brother Chen Han, how often did you take External Medicine back then?" Zhang Rongfang asked.

Chen Han was right behind him, inseparable in providing protection.

Upon hearing the question, he recalled.

"It should be once a year. Of course, with nine External Medicines, not everyone could reach nine times. Most people couldn’t continue after five times.

After five times, there was another threshold. Once through, one could smoothly enter Internal Techniques.

If not, they would stop there and consider worshiping gods."

"Five times is a threshold?" Zhang Rongfang understood.

"To be precise, not many Super Grades succeed even once in External Medicine. After that, their potential is exhausted.

Such Super Grades are almost always assigned to various places to oversee sect affairs," Chen Han replied.

"Breaking through one External Medicine, achieving two to five times, shows quite impressive Super Grades. With proper cooperation, even I can only handle two.

This level of masters is generally the middle and upper-tier in various major forces."

"Then Brother Chen, do you know how many Super Grade masters we have in the Great Dao Teaching?" Zhang Rongfang couldn’t resist asking out of curiosity.

"Well...." Chen Han slightly furrowed his brows, "I’m not sure, but according to standard allocation, at least one Super Grade is allocated for each province and route."

"That really is quite a lot...." Zhang Rongfang sighed.

The Great Spirit has one main and four subsidiary great countries. He had roughly calculated this on the map during his free time.

He found... the territory of the Great Spirit was comparable to one and a half to two of his previous lives’ China.

Its vastness and ethnic complexity were unimaginable.

And the Great Capital was only the capital of the Sect Leader’s country, with the other four state capitals being similar.

The Great Dao Teaching mainly covered the Sect Leader country.

The other four subsidiary countries were not as widespread, with major presences from the Buddhist Sect, Zhenyi Sect, and other sects.

Estimating roughly, the Super Grades of the Great Dao Teaching numbered in the hundreds.

"But Daoist, don’t worry. In the Great Capital, Super Grades aren’t much, but in other areas, a Super Grade is often one in power, rarely risking themselves.

Even Citong, the nation’s number one port, surpassing ordinary cities in strength, couldn’t be as exaggerated as the Great Capital," Chen Han said solemnly.

He thought Zhang Rongfang was worried about what to do upon reaching Citong.

"That’s best," Zhang Rongfang nodded.

Just then, a wailing cry suddenly came from the official road ahead.

The cries of women and children were gradually approaching.

Zhang Rongfang squinted and gazed forward.

He saw a group of raggedly dressed people slowly making their way along the winding road in the opposite direction.

The group consisted of just over ten people, including five women, two children, and the rest were elders.

Their clothes seemed to once be of good material but now were dirty and tattered, ripped into shreds hanging on them like rags.

"They must have been attacked by bandits," someone in the convoy said softly.

Zhang Rongfang also noticed that these people bore various injuries, some even festering and infected.

Some had a broken arm, a child had one eye wrapped in cloth, slowly oozing blood.

These people clearly hadn’t received any treatment for some time.

Additionally, Zhang Rongfang noticed that most of the older people’s clothes were black.

Moreover, they wore green hats.

Princess Yongxiang’s convoy made no moves upon seeing this scene.

A few people bowed their heads, unwilling to watch.

Particularly the children, a little boy about seven or eight years old with one damaged eye.

Another little girl around five years old had a fist-sized rotten hole on her shoulder, nearly corroding her entire shoulder, exposing the black and red flesh inside.