Starting with Proficiency Panel-Chapter 619 - 616 Peach Garden

"Next."

When Lu Ren held the token, guided by the strand of Immortal Light emerging from above the token, he smoothly arrived in front of a palace. After handing over the token to the Celestial General on duty, he received a set of Celestial Soldier standard armor, selected his favored weapon, and then underwent seven days of intensive training.

Then, the training officer said that everyone was an adult, and seven days were sufficient and reasonable. Now it was time to gather into each respective duty team, encouraging everyone to work diligently, with the proverbial pie of promotion inevitably coming someday.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, Lu Ren had been on the Journey to the West for three years. Currently, he patrolled the Celestial Court according to his duty schedule, and after a month of inspection with his assigned team of Celestial Soldiers and Generals, he would have rotating rest.

Over these three years of exploration, Lu Ren finally figured out places such as the Peach Garden, Douluo Palace, as well as some libraries and treasuries.

Even after a month of patrolling, Lu Ren was surprised to discover how vast the region of the Celestial Court was; some patrol areas were not even limited to the Celestial Court.

The so-called Celestial Realm also had many worldly regions with various places for entertainment, yet these were intended for the consumption of Immortal Gods and the like.

Lu Ren even sensed a strong demonic aura in a tavern owned by the Celestial Realm. However, the patrol leader seemed accustomed to it, leaving Lu Ren to understand that this world is not simply the Journey to the West.

The world displayed by Journey to the West was only the tip of the iceberg of this vast cosmos.

"Brother Lu, next we have a rotating rest; do you want to have some fun at the Drunken Immortal Square?"

Wu Gang, from their six-person team, removed his helmet and winked at Lu Ren, with a knowing look.

Lu Ren maintained a calm demeanor, solemnly replying, "Recently, I've had a vague insight into the Eighteenth Grade Celestial Immortal Spell and need to go back to contemplate. I might even have to seclude myself for a while."

This Eighteenth Grade Celestial Immortal Spell was entirely split from the Thirty-Sixth Grade Celestial Immortal Spell for the cultivation of Celestial Soldiers and Generals.

It's not bad; if it were in the Mortal Realm of Journey to the West, it would be a revolutionary Immortal Technique people would fight to the death for, but in the Celestial Realm, it was, admittedly, quite average.

After the Eighteenth Grade Celestial Immortal Spell, one would need to accumulate battle merits or use military merits for exchange. It was rumored that a complete Thirty-Sixth Grade Celestial Immortal Spell would be a groundbreaking True Skill, no less than the Nine Revolutions Profound Skill.

However, Lu Ren felt this was exaggerated. He carefully investigated the Eighteenth Grade Celestial Immortal Spell and even if one possesses the Thirty-Sixth Grade Celestial Immortal Spell, cultivating it to the utmost would still only be a fledgling in the Celestial Immortal realm, relatively weak among the Celestial Immortals.

Hearing Lu Ren's words, Wu Gang couldn't help but comment, "We've already become Immortals in the Celestial Court as Celestial Soldiers and Generals, without needing to go to the front lines, just patrol leisurely. Our annual salaries are generous, benefits excellent, and by working honestly, those three calamities and five tribulations aren't a concern. Just save up for three or four hundred years, then mortgage a Celestial Treasure Communication for a loan, and with that accumulation, you can weather through it smoothly.

The Three Realms are peaceful now, the front lines victorious, very stable."

Hearing Wu Gang's rambling, Lu Ren couldn't help but think of a word.

Worker!

Damn, even as an Immortal Human, the only benefit is Longevity and Vision; everything else requires hard labor. Accumulate for several hundred years, only to see it all dissipate in a method to avoid disasters.

A typical modern miserable person, accumulate in silence early on, see wealth dissipate for mortgages mid-life, and pay off loans in the later stage!

It seems this situation can't be avoided in any world!

Though his heart was full of complaints, Lu Ren's expression remained calm as he said, "Brother Wu, though the world may be peaceful now, in our line of work, an extra bit of strength is always an extra bit of vitality."

Seeing that Lu Ren was about to start talking about principles, Wu Gang waved his hands dismissively, lazily saying, "Alright, alright, we are Immortals with Longevity and Vision, our Cultivation will naturally improve, right? Isn't there a poem from the Mortal World that goes... As the saying goes, 'seize the day with song and drink, enjoy the moment for tomorrow may never come.'

Didn't you see the South Celestial Gate getting smashed nearly to pieces, but still had Celestial Venerables stepping in? The sky won't fall!"

Lu Ren shook his head discreetly, thinking that Wu Gang had a good temperament, but unfortunately, he was a lay-flat candidate and seemed to have some connections, enjoying a comfortable life.

To be honest, he wanted to lay low too, but his circumstances wouldn't allow it!

After all, though there might be tall people to hold up the sky, the first to be affected would be the short ones.

Even in the present world, when the Celestial Palace first appeared, the shockwaves from the Jade Emperor's battle with Lu Ren damaged several Cosmic Battleships, with casualties reaching tens of thousands.

This was the best outcome, with Lu Ren dragging the Jade Emperor to fight far away.

Wu Gang eagerly headed to the Drunken Immortal Square, muttering about recent visitors from the Eastern Sea, including mermaids, very intriguing...

Lu Ren couldn't be bothered to respond and returned to the Military Department area of the Celestial Court, back to his assigned residential courtyard. He glanced at the sky, waiting for nightfall.

Even the Celestial Realm had a division of day and night, with the rotation of Yin and Yang, in alignment with the Great Dao.

As night fell, Lu Ren utilized a lump of Thick Earth Essence Qi to transform into a tight-fitting black Fish Scale Armor. With a step from the courtyard, he entered a dimensional layer, moving forward. Lu Ren even deliberately drifted near a patrolling team of Celestial Soldiers and Generals a couple of times, satisfied when they were none the wiser before leaving. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

It's not that the current world's Immortal Path Cultivation System is superior to the Journey to the West Immortal Path, but rather the focus differs.

While both are named Immortal Path, their cultivation routes are vastly different.

The present world leans more towards the microscopic and dimensional aspects, whereas the Journey to the West Immortal Path values the Yin and Yang of Heaven and Earth, the grand cosmos, aiming for Unity of Heaven and Man.

So it's not that cultivators of the Journey to the West's Immortal Path cannot perceive dimensional changes, but that there are many dimensional layers.

Like the Inner Image Land within the True Realm of the current world, where the Inner Image is an extreme microscopic world, the Celestial Sect of the Mythical Era's Celestial Palace also left a place there.

Thus, although Lu Ren has not studied concealment methods thoroughly, leveraging the cognitive differences between these two worlds, he proceeded smoothly to the entrance of the Peach Garden.

This Peach Garden is not like the one depicted in the Journey to the West's movies and TV shows, just planted in an orchard.

The entrance to the Peach Garden has a teleportation gap channel, flanked by Celestial General Warriors with deep auras, signifying its importance within the Celestial Court.

And as Lu Ren passed by, the two Celestial General Warriors were oblivious, eyes bulging out, vigilantly watching the surroundings.

Passing through the spatial gap into the Peach Garden, what appeared in Lu Ren's practiced vision was a gigantic tree, its enormity covering the sky and taking root in the void, the main trunk massive enough to rival the stars.

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