Not long after, Lin Chen knocked on the door of a small wooden house.

From inside came a white-haired elder with a simple attire.

But don’t underestimate this old man; he is a genuine Golden Core Cultivator.

Lin Chen smiled and said:

"Fellow Daoist, I have been in closed-door cultivation for years and happened to pass by here, somewhat lost... Might you tell me where this place is located?"

To find out his current location, it was simple enough to just ask directly.

The old man looked Lin Chen up and down, noticing Lin Chen’s extraordinary demeanor and unfathomable cultivation.

Hastily, he said in terror:

"This Upper Immortal, this is Big Bull Village."

Lin Chen paused for a moment, then asked, "Specifically, which country does it belong to?"

Upon hearing this, the old man seemed a bit puzzled, but still replied:

"Naturally, it falls under the governance of Jiang Country, and we belong to Fangtian County..."

Jiang Country, Fangtian County, Big Bull Village, huh?

Lin Chen frowned slightly, as the information he got from the old man was evidently sparse.

Thus, Lin Chen thought for a while and asked:

"Old man, where is the nearest city to your Big Bull Village?"

This time, the old man quickly responded.

"Upper Immortal, our Big Bull Village is at the edge of Fangtian County, near a large mountain of ten thousand miles... The nearest is three thousand miles northwest, there is a Celestial Capital City, with more than a million people..."

"The Celestial Capital City, huh?"

Lin Chen nodded slightly.

From the elder’s words, he could roughly determine that he was indeed within the territory of Jiang Country.

But how is it specifically within Jiang Country, and how far away is it from the agreed location with Jiang Liqian?

From the current situation, Lin Chen was still unaware.

Therefore, he needed to find a place where he could obtain this information.

Clearly, in any major city, Lin Chen could acquire the information he wanted.

Lin Chen quickly left the small mountain village and headed toward the Celestial Capital City the elder had mentioned.

...

A moment later, Lin Chen hovered at a height of ten thousand feet, overlooking the majestic city below.

Celestial Capital City, built halfway up the side of Celestial Capital Mountain.

As for Celestial Capital Mountain... it was the tallest mountain Lin Chen had ever seen.

The mountain reached ten thousand feet, stretching for thousands of miles, like a giant entity.

And Celestial Capital City was also extremely grandiose.

Filled with an ancient atmosphere.

Lin Chen circled above Celestial Capital City once, and quickly entered the city.

Upon entering the city, Lin Chen’s expression showed a slight change.

"The spiritual energy here is so abundant..."

Lin Chen carefully sensed it; the spiritual energy here was indeed twice as abundant as in Big Bull Village.

It was more than five or six times the spiritual energy of the former Yunzhou Blessed Land.

"No wonder it’s said that cultivators in ancient times had higher cultivation; the spiritual energy of today’s cultivation realm is too weak..."

"With such abundant spiritual energy, how can one’s cultivation be insufficient?"

Lin Chen felt intensely emotional.

Looking out upon the city, he saw that among the million people here, cultivators exceeded sixty percent.

Of course, most were below the Foundation Establishment Stage.

But Golden Core Cultivators were a common sight, and Nascent Soul Cultivators were everywhere.

Lin Chen even saw a few Divinity Transformation Cultivators walking around in the city.

"It seems the number of cultivators in this era is far more than in tens of thousands of years later..."

Lin Chen shook his head; even if this were the Spirit Realm, the number of cultivators couldn’t possibly be this high.

The only explanation was that the Celestial Dao of this time had not yet declined, and the spiritual energy was abundant.

Moreover, in this era, the quality of cultivators’ spirit roots was much higher than in later generations.

"Alas, it’s really the times that create heroes... In such a flourishing cultivation era, how can one not break through to higher realms?"

Lin Chen silently mused.

He wandered around Celestial Capital City and discovered the marketplace had many rare spiritual medicines that were unseen in later generations.

Though not quite to the point where treasures of heaven and earth were everywhere, their numbers were several times greater than in later generations, which was no exaggeration.

However, Lin Chen was not in a rush to purchase these treasures.

The Celestial Ruins were to open for an entire year, with a time flow difference of thirty-nine times inside and outside Jiang Country Celestial Ruins.

This meant Lin Chen had nearly forty years to improve his cultivation.

The immediate task was to first meet with Jiang Liqian.

And for now, the priority was to locate the capital of Jiang Country.

This was not difficult for Lin Chen.

Quickly, Lin Chen found a bookstore selling books in the marketplace.

Lin Chen bought many books about the affairs of Jiang Country, speeding up his understanding of this era.

Such works as Jiang Kingdom Annals, Chronicles of the World’s Heroes, and Fangtian County Strange Tales, among others, Lin Chen bought dozens.

Evidently, no matter which world one is in, books are one of the fastest ways to understand information.

After purchasing these ancient texts, Lin Chen rented a room in a city inn.

For the entire next day, Lin Chen was in the room reading these books.

As a Returning Void Cultivator, Lin Chen’s divine soul was extremely strong, and his memory naturally surpassed the ordinary.

Within just one day, Lin Chen finished reading dozens of books, gaining a preliminary understanding of the era.

...

Closing the last book, Lin Chen closed his eyes, musing:

"So it is, in this era... Jiang Country truly is a colossal entity!"

According to these book records.

On the day Lin Chen arrived, it should be the year 78,642 of the Jiang Country Calendar.

This means, since its governance began, Jiang Country has had a nearly eighty thousand-year history.

Moreover, Jiang Country is the largest immortal country power in the entire Spirit Realm.

Its governed lands are more than countless?

There are thirty-six counties, each larger than one can imagine.

And the most powerful being in the Spirit Realm is naturally the current Emperor Jiang.

Emperor Jiang is the strongest being among the Human Race.

He is the fifth emperor of Jiang Country and the most powerful in history.

He has reigned for thirty thousand years.

His cultivation is unfathomable, making him the undisputed top cultivator in the Spirit Realm.