Inside Jinyang City.
Lu Heng was in an alley, processing the information that had suddenly appeared in his mind.
The place he was now was called the [Divine Yuan Continent] by the locals.
This place had similarities to the ancient world Lu Heng was familiar with. Both the clothing of the people and their lifestyles resembled certain eras of antiquity.
However, this world was also different from the worlds he knew. This world was filled with various magical beasts, and people obtained demon crystals by killing these beasts, which could be used for cultivation.
The function of demon crystals was similar to the crystals within the zombies in Lu Heng's familiar world. People could absorb demon crystals to gain energy and cultivate.
However, not everyone in this world could absorb demon crystals to cultivate. When children reached the age of twelve, they could use an item called a [Spirit Stone] to detect their innate aptitude and attributes.
These attributes were also similar to the special ability attributes humans gained after absorbing crystals in Lu Heng's world.
Therefore, every year, many sects on this continent would go to various cities to find children who had reached the age of twelve. After detecting their aptitude and attributes, these children could then follow the people from these sects to learn.
But those who failed the test, even if they consumed demon crystals, could not awaken any abilities and could only live as ordinary people.
Children who entered sects would receive a lowest-grade demon crystal, which would awaken their abilities. Subsequently, through initial learning of various body-refining and Qi-refining skills, combined with absorbing some demon crystals to practice cultivation techniques, they could advance to higher realms.
It was just that the number of demon crystals provided for free to cultivators was too small. Most sects only provided one per month. Unless someone had exceptionally good aptitude, they would receive special attention and training from the sects. Others needed to cultivate to a certain level and then personally hunt magical beasts to obtain demon crystals.
Through many years of cultivation, the humans here, across various sects, had created various body-refining and Qi-refining cultivation techniques.
Body-refining techniques were similar to the various fist techniques, sword techniques, footwork, and other body-strengthening martial arts of Shaolin martial arts before the apocalypse.
Qi-refining techniques were more diverse. Those who created Qi-refining techniques created a wide variety of techniques based on their different understandings. Techniques like "condensing Qi into a sword" and "demon blast technique"... The Qi-refining techniques Lu Heng currently understood were similar to the elemental abilities in the apocalypse.
There were also some alchemists here who forged weapons of different attributes by altering the properties of metals. When combined with different Qi-refining skills, these weapons could unleash stronger effects.
Of course, with Qi-refining cultivators, there were also alchemists here. They could refine various pills by mastering flame abilities and altering the properties of plants. However, such people were rare, as it was very uncommon on this continent to master both these characteristics simultaneously.
After digesting the information in his mind, Lu Heng had a preliminary understanding of this place. Shortly after, the golden eagle also flew back.
The golden eagle communicated with Lu Heng telepathically: "Master, there are almost no people walking outside here now. I only saw one person, and they were tapping on something as they walked."
"Mm, that's a night watchman. Did you discover anything else unusual?"
"Uh... I think I saw some domesticated animals that were quite strange, different from ours."
"Oh? How were they strange?"
"Their calls. The calls of those animals were quite eerie."
"Oh, are there many of those animals?"
"Quite a few. I saw them in several households."
"Alright, let's return to the space for now. Since there's no one walking outside, it wouldn't be convenient for us to suddenly appear on the street. When we're ready someday, I'll change into the local attire before coming out again."
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Inside the ancient city of the space.
Since it was inconvenient to move around in the ancient city in the real world at night, Lu Heng decided to explore this space more. Although there were no living beings here to learn from, the items here were the same as those in the outside world.
After entering the ancient city in the real world just now, he had already understood the differences between this place and the world he lived in. He might as well explore these slightly different places first.
With a thought, Lu Heng appeared in the alchemy room of the ancient city.
The alchemy room here was similar to the medical clinics of the past. Besides the attending physicians, there were also various pills for sale. Lu Heng couldn't help but marvel at the rows of medicine cabinets in the alchemy room.
Besides some unknown herbs, Lu Heng also found many medicine bottles here. These medicine bottles were small porcelain bottles with medicine names attached. Each porcelain bottle contained only a few pills, and the pills varied in color and scent.
Lu Heng only smelled a few medicine bottles before he dared not smell any more. What if some medicines were incompatible, or if there was a bottle of poison here, wouldn't he be in danger in this alchemy room?
Then Lu Heng tried to take a medicine bottle from the counter. As expected, the medicine bottles here would automatically replenish.
Lu Heng's lips curved slightly. This meant he could use the medicines here freely.
Afterward, he activated the "zero-dollar shopping" again, taking one bottle from each labeled porcelain bottle. He also took some of each herb from the cabinets to study their composition back at the hospital.
Right, there was also the place where weapons were refined. That should be a blacksmith's shop.
With a change of thought, Lu Heng arrived at a place selling finished weapons. Lu Heng looked closely here. He couldn't identify the material of many weapons; they were completely different from those in his world. However, some weapon styles were similar, indicating some common ground.
Then, picking up a long saber, Lu Heng weighed it in his hand. He then activated different special abilities to sense it, and soon he determined that this long saber was most suitable for wind-elemental abilities. Well, he could use this.
With a wave of his hand, he put the long saber into his space apartment. Soon, another identical long saber appeared in the place where the long saber was stored. Lu Heng tried several abilities with the long saber again, and indeed, it was still most suitable for wind-elemental users.
This time, Lu Heng did not take the long saber away. There was no need to have two weapons with the same function.
Then Lu Heng began to experiment with the weapons in this shop one by one. Soon, he found one weapon for each elemental ability. It was just that the lightning-elemental weapon looked a bit strange, very much like a staff from the Western world. Fortunately, these weapons were not too heavy to hold, and Lu Heng didn't mind collecting one of each.