My gorgeous wife Chapter 2379 - 2347: Li Chen Fainted from Exhaustion

The Naval Empire.

One of the Seven Great Empires of the Purple Fir Continent.

Though the Naval Empire ranks only fourth among the Seven Great Empires, it does not affect its transcendental status on the entire Purple Fir Continent.

After all, besides the Seven Great Empires, there are numerous small kingdoms. Below the kingdoms, there are duchies and even marquisates, down to the smallest tribes.

Layer upon layer, rigid order, such is the situation on the Purple Fir Continent.

On the Purple Fir Continent, there aren’t many cultivator sects because these countries are controlled by powerful cultivators.

Of course, as a ruler of a nation, not only does one need high cultivation, but also considerable talent in governance to be capable.

Undoubtedly, in any country, even if the royal family isn’t the strongest, it’s surely one of the most powerful forces.

The Naval Empire places great importance on nurturing the younger generation, as the emperor of this generation has farsighted vision.

He is very clear that in the short term, unless the Naval Empire has exceptionally strong forces joining, it is fundamentally impossible to surpass the top three in continental ranking.

In such a case, victory can only be achieved with the power of the new generation.

The emperor of the Naval Empire believes that as long as the empire continues to focus on nurturing young people, in a few years, even if it can’t become the number one empire on the continent, it can at least pull down the two that rank above it.

Thus, the Naval Empire has spent great resources building two academies, Profound Ice and Zhuoyan, to cultivate the young talents of the empire.

In terms of selecting individuals, the Naval Empire is extremely prudent, sparing no expense to invite some strong individuals to join these two academies.

As for the dean, Qu Qiu, although his strength can only be considered average, in talent cultivation and educational policy, he is undeniably top-tier talent.

"Senior, up ahead is Zhuoyan City." Sitting on the blade of Red Moon, Qu Qiu spoke with full respect.

Along this journey, Li Chen indeed provided him with much guidance, simplifying in a concise manner many cultivation issues that had troubled him for years, dissecting them as skillfully as a butcher.

This enlightenment made Qu Qiu almost reach sudden realizations numerous times along the way.

He is even sure that after returning to the academy, he just needs to go into closed-door cultivation for a while, maybe a year or two, to break through the Soul Realm, which he has pursued countless years.

Li Chen wore a serene smile on his face, though he was actually close to foaming at the mouth.

His current state was clear only to himself; he couldn’t carelessly think too much. Although these questions were as simple as one plus one for him, especially given his Seven Realms Tome-based cultivation, Li Chen felt his sea of consciousness beginning to tremble as the questions continuously came his way.

Moreover, the divine soul in his sea of consciousness convulsed occasionally, as if having seizures.

Yet during this time, he had to maintain a façade of calm and ease...

This was the price of forcibly acting superior.

"Senior, Zhuoyan City was constructed with our Zhuoyan Academy at its core. Not only does it house young talents from all over the Naval Empire, but also their families. Should you encounter a promising talent, we would appreciate your guidance... Eh, senior, why do you look unwell?"

"It’s nothing." Li Chen’s lips twitched slightly. He wanted to say, isn’t it because you’ve been asking endless questions?

However, this statement could only stay in his mind for now.

"I am cultivating a unique technique, which is causing these symptoms. Once I master it, everything will return to normal," Li Chen said ’serenely’.

"Oh." Qu Qiu realized: "I see, I was wondering why you looked increasingly uncomfortable. I thought you were irritated by me; turns out you were cultivating. I’m truly ashamed. Even while traveling, you never forget to cultivate. No wonder you’ve achieved so much. Indeed, success is proportional to effort; I have learned my lesson," Qu Qiu said, completely convinced.

Meanwhile, the Seven Realms Tome laughed heartily in Li Chen’s sea of consciousness.

Beneath Li Chen and Qu Qiu, Red Moon’s blade also began to ’quiver’.

"Quickly take me to the concealment formation," Li Chen said, his face turning dark, "my technique is nearing a critical phase, so I need to stabilize and go into seclusion soon."

"Yes!" Qu Qiu nodded quickly, "Follow my direction, senior; you can avoid the city gate and enter through the weak point of the formation..."

Before Qu Qiu could finish, Red Moon cut through the sky and dashed into Zhuoyan City.

"This..." Qu Qiu was dumbfounded, glancing around; they simply... entered?

Although the Zhuoyan City outside Zhuoyan Academy doesn’t possess the might of an Eighth Level Composite Grand Formation like the academy, it still has a Seventh Level City Defense Array. How could this be...

Qu Qiu quickly looked up, only to find the great formation above showed no signs of disturbance, let alone being breached.

"I forgot to mention, I am also an Array Master," Li Chen said, "but due to a lack of materials, I couldn’t set up my own formation."

"I did not realize senior was also a Formation Path Grandmaster; my apologies," Qu Qiu became even more respectful.

"Alright, hurry and take me there." Li Chen said, discreetly wiping away a bit of foam from his mouth.

"Yes!"

Hearing Li Chen’s reminder, Qu Qiu, who initially wanted to show Li Chen around Zhuoyan City, dared not delay and swiftly led him to Zhuoyan Academy. Behind the academy, they reached a vast mountainous area, where Qu Qiu pointed in a certain direction.

"Senior, from there, you can directly access the mountain underground. In the cave at the mountain’s base is the core of that concealment formation. When the concealment grand formation is not activated, that place is the most hidden. No aura can leak out... Eh? Senior?"

Of course, Li Chen wouldn’t waste more words with that old man; he was already foaming at the mouth and feared that continued chatter would make him vomit blood.

With Red Moon’s help, the exhausted Li Chen directly entered the cave at the mountain’s base. Without any guidance needed, Li Chen pinpointed a spot in the vast cave, and Red Moon immediately activated.

The entrance at the cave’s top vanished.

Finally, Li Chen felt completely at ease. With the activation of the Eighth Level Concealment Formation, even if old Qu Qiu knew the entrance, he absolutely couldn’t enter.

Breathing a sigh of relief, Li Chen could no longer hold back and began to vomit wildly in the corner.

"Blegh~~~!"

After vomiting for a while, Li Chen washed his face in an underground river at the cave’s bottom, then laid down on a large stone.

"I’ll deal with restoring my cultivation later; even if the sky collapses, don’t wake me up. Let me... sleep well first!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Chen rolled his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

The formidable Heaven-level Expert fell asleep from exhaustion, and... his snores were thunderous.

The Seven Realms Tome floated out, and it exchanged glances with Red Moon.

Red Moon scratched its head, also found a rock to sit on, and began cultivating.

It had its own ideas.

If he became a true Dao Saint, maybe... the master wouldn’t be so tired.

So... he must strive to cultivate, to become a true Dao Saint soon.

He must... protect his master!