Chapter 414: Chapter 413: Xu Jian Joins
With Qin Huai’an’s response, Yang Fei no longer insisted so much on going to Imperial City to help Qin Yanyang.
Since Qin Yanyang would not be in danger and could handle the trouble himself, he decided to focus on heading to the Hidden Sect.
Although he was puzzled why his master was so eager for him to go to the Hidden Sect, he had already planned to visit there. Even with doubts, the most he would do was to be more cautious after arriving.
Wang Lei had been watching Yang Fei make the phone call and had heard some of its content. Seeing him hang up, he asked, "So, you’ve decided to go to the Hidden Sect?"
Yang Fei pondered briefly and nodded, "Yes, to the Hidden Sect."
Knowing he had made up his mind, Wang Lei didn’t try to persuade him otherwise, instead he offered, "Since you’re set on this, I’ll accompany you."
Yang Fei hummed in response, recalling a matter once entrusted to him by the elder Xu Jian.
Yang Fei took the Hidden Sect very seriously and never underestimated the strength of its powerful figures.
He knew he must make ample preparations before going to the Hidden Sect.
Having Wang Lei, an acquaintance, to lead the way was not enough; he also needed to strengthen the power of the people around him.
He had already returned to his peak condition, even stronger than his original prime, with his legs tempered for foundation establishment, boosting his power and speed considerably, which made handling opponents of the same realm no issue.
However, the Hidden Sect had too many powerful figures, and it would still be very dangerous to be attacked by many of them.
An extra person meant extra strength.
With this thought, Yang Fei dialed Xu Yunshan’s number.
Xu Yunshan answered quickly, his tone respectful, "Hello, Mr. Yang."
Yang Fei got straight to the point, "Put your elder on the line, I have something important to discuss with him."
"Of course, please hold one moment while I connect you," responded Xu Yunshan.
About ten minutes later, the phone rang, and Yang Fei answered to hear the elderly voice of Xu Jian, "I hear you were looking for me?"
Yang Fei said, "Yes, senior, I’ve decided to go to the Hidden Sect. Would you care to join me?"
"Hahaha, you’ve made up your mind, that’s great," Xu Jian laughed heartily, sounding very pleased.
Yang Fei stated, "I will wait for you for one day, I’ll head to the Hidden Sect tomorrow."
"Alright, wait for me," Xu Jian said, and then hung up the phone.
After hanging up, Yang Fei looked at Wang Lei and asked, "Brother Wang, what is the overall strength of your Wang family in the Hidden Sect?"
Wang Lei, understanding Yang Fei’s intention, said, "The Hidden Sect currently consists of five aristocratic families and three major sects. The disparity in overall strength isn’t vast. It’s hard to say where exactly the Wang family ranks, especially since the relationships among the Eight Great Forces are intermarried and intertwined, pulling one strand would affect the whole, avoiding uncontrollable conflicts of interest."
Yang Fei nodded silently, then asked, "What is the highest realm among the strongest in the Hidden Sect world? You must have heard of it."
Wang Lei nodded and said, "In terms of realms, the martial artists of the Hidden Sect are divided into Inner Strength, Energy Transformation Realm, Innate Realm, Divine Travel Realm, and Vajra Realm."
"Vajra Realm?" Yang Fei was slightly surprised.
Wang Lei nodded and said, "It is said that after the Divine Travel Realm, cultivators truly achieve Unity with Heaven and Man, with both the divine soul and body cultivated to their limits, one can step into the Vajra Undying Realm."
Yang Fei secretly marveled and asked, "Does the Hidden Sect World have Vajra Realm masters?"
Wang Lei shook his head without hesitation and said, "The Vajra Realm exists only in legends for the Hidden Sect World, so the strongest in the Hidden Sect are merely at the Divine Travel Realm."
Yang Fei quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
Although his current state isn’t the true Divine Travel Realm, it is similar, and he isn’t afraid of facing a Divine Travel Realm master; he has the power to fight. If there were Vajra Realm masters in the Hidden Sect World, he would be somewhat apprehensive and dare not go there lightly.
"The Hidden Sect World has been a mysterious land of cultivation in Divine Continent since ancient times, where the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is even richer, indeed more suitable for cultivation. Plus, with more complete secrets of cultivation techniques held there, it’s easier for cultivators to give birth to formidable masters. But it’s not as mysterious and powerful as imagined, after all, they are still mortals with fleshly bodies. It is rumored that in the Vajra Realm, one’s body is as hard as copper and iron bones, and even if flesh and blood are lost, it can be remade; with a solid and strong divine soul, it is hard to dissipate, hence it is also called the Undying Realm." Wang Lei slowly explained.
Yang Fei thought about his legs being tempered and strengthened; if his whole body were tempered, he might well be equivalent to the Vajra Realm described by Wang Lei.
According to Qin Yanyang, this realm in Taoist cultivation is actually the true Foundation Establishment.
And in Taoist realms, prior to Foundation Establishment, it is all Qi Cultivation Realm.
Those in the Hidden Sect World who practice martial arts are just martial artists who, after cultivating martial arts to a certain extent, touch the threshold of Taoist cultivation and classify the power levels above martial arts into divisions such as Innate Realm, Divine Travel Realm, and Vajra Realm.
"So from young to old, you haven’t seen a Vajra Realm master?" Yang Fei refocused his thoughts and looked at Wang Lei as he asked.
Wang Lei shook his head, "In my Wang Family, I rarely see even a few legendary Divine Travel Realm ancestors, they are often elderly, and to live a few more days, they rarely go out and are almost always in secluded meditation.
"The same goes for Wang Family, and other sects or aristocratic families are the same; so the real active cultivators in the Hidden Sect World are below the Divine Travel Realm, with Energy Transformation being the most common, and the Innate Realm already being a first-class master."
Yang Fei grinned, "If that’s the case, if we go there, wouldn’t we be able to stride across it unchallenged?"
Wang Lei’s mouth twitched, thought for a moment, and said, "If no one knows your true identity, and those masters do not come forward, with our combat power and realm, even if we can’t act recklessly, we won’t face great danger."
"Add Xu Jian to that, the three of us will be even safer," Yang Fei optimistically said.
Wang Lei coughed dryly and said, "Don’t forget your own identity."
Yang Fei said, "Once we enter the Hidden Sect, the three of us can change our appearance; who could recognize us? As I understand, the Hidden Sect World is like ancient Divine Continent, transportation relies on oxen and human power, and communication is by messenger; there’s no Heavenly Eye system, no high-tech to verify identity information. Once we’re there, just keeping low profiles will be like finding a needle in the ocean, extremely hard to be singled out."
Wang Lei sighed and nodded, "Yes, the advantages of the Hidden Sect World are clear, but the shortcomings are also extremely distinct. Indeed, leaving aside those nearly invincible personal strengths, it would actually be quite difficult for the Hidden Sect World to integrate, as many modern weapons would suffice to annihilate them."
Yang Fei suddenly got an idea and said, "Right, we could also bring enough weapons over."
Wang Lei hurriedly shook his head, "Doing so would only expose our identity and movements faster, plus what we could bring would just be some minor weapons of little power, which are not very useful against real masters."
Yang Fei thought about it and let it go.
But he was thinking, if in the future there’s no need to hide identities, it would be quite possible to bring enough modern weapons there, which would definitely be a significant deterrent to the Hidden Sect World.
While waiting for Xu Jian, Yang Fei asked Wang Lei many questions about the Hidden Sect.
Even though he had already learned a lot about the Hidden Sect from Wang Hui, Wang Lei seemed to know even more, so it was necessary to ask more detailed questions before deciding to enter the Hidden Sect World.
Here, the Eight Great Forces are the strongest, besides that, various places also have weaker families or sects banding together, and more are households engaged in manufacturing and production.
This is a world independent of the modern world, a backward world.