Chapter 345 - Receiving a Great Shock
Fatty Qu was taken aback. This Guo Liang was a little overexcited. Wei Zi Qi smiled from the side, saying, “Fatty Qu means, all these things will be given to you as gifts, you don’t need to spend money to buy them.”
“Re.. Really?” The joyful news came too quickly and Guo Liang could not believe it.
Fatty Qu nodded, saying, “These things weren’t made very well anyway. Since you want them you can have them! Anyway if I take them for a evaluation no one would want them.”
“Thank you, Fatty Qu.” Guo Liang was so excited that he almost bear hugged Fatty Qu.
Guo Pei Pei helplessly shook her head as she watched her brother’s behaviour. When she saw that Sima You Yue and Beigong Tang were fiddling with something at the side, she walked over and asked, “What are you guys doing?”
“Making porridge, for boosting one’s beauty, suited for a lady.” Sima You Yue said smoothly. “You can have some when it’s done.”
Guo Pei Pei looked at Sima You Yue, saying, “You’re a grown man, how would you know what a lady needs to be nourished?” Sima You Yue was actually making the porridge for herself and Beigong Tang, and so when Guo Pei Pei had asked her it had slipped. Why was it that she was like a hooligan in comparison to Guo Pei Pei?
“Beigong’s body isn’t well, and so I make stuff often for her.” She was just surprised for a while, but was able to retain her composure quickly.
Beigong Tang glanced over at her quickly, but didn’t say anything.
“I see. Miss Beigong is lucky indeed, having you all to care for her.” As she said that she looked over to Wei Zi Qi, who took over Beigong Tang in roasting the meat. “Right, you all have different last names, so you’re not form the same family, right?”
“We’re not, but we’re as good as family.” Beigong Tang Said. “We came as a group from the age of about fifteen or sixteen, and we have lived together for six to seven years to date. In this time we have always been together, and we’re closer than family.” It was rare to hear Beigong Tang to say such sentimental things, and Sima You Yue felt strange hearing those words emerge from her lips.
“That must be nice.” Guo Pei Pei said enviously. A big family like hers made it hard for them to have such sentiments for each other.
“Lady Guo, what is the Restless Continent like?” Sima You Yue asked.
“The Restless Capital is one of the ten great capitals, full of great talents, and many of our leaders and families are in the Primordial Lands holding some power.”
“One of the ten great capitals? How do they rank them?” Beigong Tang asked curiously.
Guo Pei Pei was rather surprised that they were unaware of this. But when she remembered that they were people from a captive capital, the thought that that might just be so, because they would have never been a part of the goings-on between the capitals. She explained patiently, “The rankings are determined by the talents that come out from those lands. Every five hundred years, there will be a competition between the capitals, and the results of the competitions will determine the ranking of the capitals.”
“That competition recruits all the talents from each capital?” Sima You Yue asked.
“That’s right, all the talents under the age of two hundred.” Guo Pei Pei said. “This competition is usually held in the higher lands, and those who are outstanding in their talents will be chosen to represent their capitals in the competition. Those who do well might even be given an opportunity to join those in power.”
“Doesn’t everyone who achieves a Divine Rank get to enter the Upper Lands?” Sima You Yue asked.
“Hahahaha!”
Everyone from the Guo family laughed as they heard what she said. A girl named Guo Fu smiled and said, “It’s not like that. Everyone who achieves a Divine Rank gains the ability to enter the Upper Lands, but they don’t necessarily get to enter.”
“Why not?” Fatty Qu asked.
“Because it is too hard to survive in the Upper Lands. If you don’t have a powerful background, then you are easily wiped out despite your Divine Ranking.” Guo Fu said.
“What?” Fatty Qu blinked. Was the Upper Lands always so cruel?
“Guo Fu definitely isn’t exaggerating, though. Where we’re from, even all those who have achieved the Divine Ranking would not always go up. They usually will wait until they are even more strong and powerful before they go up. Only those who have been chosen by the Upper Land powers would go up.” Guo Pei Pei said.
“You guys can go up to the Divine Rank status?” Sima You Le asked in surprise.
“Yes, definitely. Why, can’t you?” The Guo family members asked Sima You Yue and the rest curiously.
Sima You Yue shook her head, saying. “In our Capital we can only go up to achieve the maximum ranking of a Spirit Paragon, and after that we are unable to move up anymore. Except for gaining another Sacred Beast, we have no idea how else we can increase our ranking.”
“I heard, that the Yilin Capital has long been called the “Suppressed” Capital, because the rules and sanctions are so strict. Maybe it is because of that that you are unable to achieve even greater rankings.” Guo Pei Pei suggested.
“Lady Guo, you said that it is cruel up there, what do you mean by that?” Fatty Qu asked.
“What I’ve heard from an uncle was, that in the Upper Lands, it is common to have tens of thousands of people dying everyday.” Guo Pei Pei said. “It doesn’t sound like very much, but it adds up with each day. How many people must have died from the past until now?”
Fatty Qu swallowed his saliva, saying, “So many people dying each day? Wouldn’t they all die an disappear eventually?” If this was the Yilin Capital, surely the entire population would have been wiped out in a matter of days!
“Ey…” Hearing what he said, the Guo family members laughed again. Guo Liang shook his head, saying, “Every Capital has such a great number of people, and the Spirit Masters live for really long and must have numerous descendants! Although there are many people dying each day, there are also many more being born each day. Although many have died, there are people born to replace them! So, we don’t have to worry about the entire population disappearing.”
“This, do you know how many Capitals there are in total?” Fatty Qu was in great shock.
They used to think that the Dong Chen Kingdom was huge, but as they travelled more, and saw the Yilin Capital, they realised that the Dong Chen Kingdom was indeed small. And after hearing what they had said, it turns out that the whole Yi Lin Capital was just a speck of dust in comparison to the rest of the world.
“What we heard is that there are thousands of Capitals, and the Primordial Lands is one rank above ours. I heard that there are some Lands that are at war with the Primordial Lands, but this world is too big, and we don’t know if what we heard is true.” Guo Pei Pei said.
Clunk!
The meat that Fatty Qu was holding fell to the ground, because he was utterly shocked. Sima You Yue’s hands had also stopped stirring the porridge, and her ladle had almost fallen into the pot. Wei Zi Qi and Ouyang Fei had also forgotten to flip the meat over, their faces plastered with shocked expressions.
Guo Pei Pei looked at Sima You Yue’s team’s expressions, and know that what she said has shocked them tremendously. So she combed her hair, saying. “Actually, no matter how big this world is, as long as we are always moving forward, we will get to our goal of going to the Upper Lands one day.”
“That’s right. This world is nothing much, it’s just that this is the first time you are hearing this, that’s why you’re so surprised.” Guo Fu also said. They had not a single clue about what was outside the Yi Lin Country, and so they had never expected to hear such information that would give them such a great shock.