Starting with Proficiency Panel-Chapter 695 - 691: Meeting the Queen Mother of the West Again

Beside them, Nezha showed little interest in their conversation, simply stating, "I think you're going around in circles; a strong fist is the hard truth, and hard work in cultivation is the right way. Brother Yang, your path has gone astray. Look at your Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade, you've even put it in the living room as a decoration, it really opened my eyes."

Yang Jian was speechless, then shook his head and said, "Nezha, my path is different from yours. I just want to use this method to mutually verify each other. Actually, you should study this knowledge too, it will be very useful for you."

Nezha pouted, then revealed his exceptionally powerful biceps, chuckling, "Brother Yang, I think my body still has untapped potential. Once I truly can't progress further, I'll consider it then."

Yang Jian's eye twitched slightly, but he said nothing more. Just at that moment, an engineer adjusting equipment below raised his hand and said, "The adjustments are complete, we can start anytime!"

As he finished speaking, everyone's eyes turned to Lu Ren, waiting for him to give the order.

As the current leader of the Huaxia Human Race, holding fast the central power, bearing all external pressure, everyone looked at him with reverence and fervor.

Lu Ren, with a calm expression, said, "Begin."

"Begin!"

The Main God Space device constructed by clay sculptures suddenly emitted a mechanical command, then in an extremely short time, drew a large amount of energy, with a massive quantity of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi being swallowed like a whale at that moment.

Buzz!!

As the generator performed its function, a beam of light suddenly illuminated the Martial Arts Family member of the Bright Awakening Realm. When the beam dispersed and the energy returned, the figure of that Martial Arts Family member in the Bright Awakening Realm had vanished without a trace.

"It worked!"

Yang Jian looked pleased, observing as various detection devices continuously collected spatial change data below. His Primordial Spirit Divine Thought was also slowly withdrawn, with a look of realization on his face.

Lu Ren didn't bother him much, knowing that once the first journey was confirmed successful, the task of optimizing the clay sculptures for large-scale application was most crucial, which would require an extensive period for verification.

After leaving the experimental base, Lu Ren walked out of Hantu, returning to the Earth's realm that was already integrated within Hantu, as the terrain remained largely unchanged due to the great magical power used to stabilize the land previously.

And within the Shu Capital, Lu Ren wandered around, looking at the familiar buildings, the flowing streams of people, reminiscing the changes as everything had remained yet seemed different.

Unknowingly, Lu Ren stopped in front of a flower shop, his somewhat hazy spirit suddenly cleared. Turning his head, he watched the busy slender figure inside the small flower shop with deep, peculiar eyes.

Lu Ren entered the flower shop, noticing the shop owner was a woman in a long dress, her hair in a bun, holding scissors and carefully trimming bouquets. After observing in silence for a while, he spoke slowly.

"May I ask what the Queen Mother of the West has drawn me here for?"

The proprietress of this flower shop was indeed the long-absent, elusive Queen Mother of the West.

After a fierce battle with the Jade Emperor, the Queen Mother of the West vanished without a trace, hiding herself among the sea of people. Modern society is not ancient times; the Queen Mother of the West's movements were discovered immediately, prompting Lu Ren to order the research materials to be completely destroyed, keeping only the renamed research results as all goes, marking everything else permanently top secret, not to be shared or mentioned.

Who knows if the Queen Mother of the West found out about the research she underwent during her slumber, she might entirely lose her mind and destroy everything.

Fortunately for Lu Ren, the turmoil of this matter had completely subsided; the researchers involved were mostly already resting beneath the yellow earth, leaving only some extraordinary individuals, who to this day remained among the living top masters.

These people didn't worry Lu Ren at all, because if any one of them were to disclose anything first, they would surely be crushed by the Queen Mother of the West without hesitation.

Only fools would mention this event, banking on the je-ne-sais-pas of not seeking life, not seeking death; no one would spill the beans, rather swallow it as a secret.

As for the Queen Mother of the West's guidance, it was just a slight leading. If Lu Ren had not been wandering aimlessly, he wouldn't have been affected, so he bore no grievance.

The Queen Mother of the West placed the bunch of flowers in a tray beside her, shaking off some petals, then clapping her hands clean of her delicate palms, she smiled at Lu Ren and said.

"I actually wanted to see who the current leader holding the Huaxia Human Race's luck is, that's why I did this."

Lu Ren shook his head and said, "I can't be called a leader. As for Huaxia's internal affairs, I have hardly managed; it was just because my realm led the way, so I was able to hold the position."

Saying this, Lu Ren sighed slightly, "It's a pity that the new Earth Immortal Realm cultivators are somewhat inflated. Many only reach this with external aids, and don't understand many principles deeply."

"Your standards for them are too high," the Queen Mother of the West smiled, "In my time, those who achieved Earth Immortal in several hundred years were considered among the outstanding."

Lu Ren smiled silently, indeed feeling a bit helpless, since among today's new generation of cultivators, there was not even one who could step into the Earth Immortal Realm, with Human Immortal Realm at its peak being the highest.

Those who managed to achieve the Earth Immortal Realm were those who lived one or two hundred years, enduring and accumulating, waiting until the Primordial Qi of Heaven and Earth fully returned, then suddenly rising to achieve their Taoism Fruit.

Seeing Lu Ren's expression, how could the Queen Mother of the West not know what he was thinking, she merely smiled and said, "Your expectations are too high. In the mythical age, achieving Earth Immortal from a mortal body required thousands of years of accumulation for enough foundation to achieve it.

Several individuals stepping into the Earth Immortal Realm in just four or five hundred years are truly outstanding talents."

Saying this, the Queen Mother of the West also sighed, "In this era, seeing Huaxia's long-oppressed luck burst forth in an instant truly surprises me."

At this moment, a man and woman entered the store hand in hand, clearly looking like a couple, and seeing this, the Queen Mother of the West gave Lu Ren an apologetic smile, then adeptly attended to the customers, laughed with them after selling a bunch of roses, sending them outside the store, before turning back.

"Sorry, with the approaching Qixi Festival, many are buying flowers."

Lu Ren watched, suddenly speaking, "Isn't the Queen Mother of the West really fighting anymore?"