213: Chapter 213 Communication

Although this High-Tier Grade 3 senior had tried their best to overestimate his talent and the time it would take to reach the High Tier, Wang An felt that it would be safer to become a High-Tier cultivator within these 500 years as soon as possible.

After finishing the history of the Bronze Human Race, Wang An and the dozen or so others were led to the reception hall here to sit down.

Attendants immediately brought over various strange melons, fruits, spiritual plants, and beverages.

As a human civilization that rose to prominence using extraordinary bronze, there was naturally no shortage of various bronze wine vessels and other drinking utensils. In terms of etiquette, there was not much difference between the two sides.

Time passed bit by bit. As more and more High-Tier cultivators received the news that the Tianhe Real Person had arrived at the academy, they gathered. Some pulled themselves away from their laboratories, some were awakened from seclusion while contemplating the laws, and others even rushed over at superluminal speeds in warships from nearby star systems.

In less than seven days, 20 High-Tier powerhouses had gathered here. However, because the Dao Discussion Conference had not yet begun, everyone was merely getting to know each other and had not yet entered into deeper discussions on cultivation.

A man wearing bronze battle armor, covered in bronze-patterned exotic beast totems, with a bronze sword at his waist, appeared. The faint sound of thousands of battlefields shouting could be heard. He was broad-shouldered and thick-waisted, nearly 3 meters tall, with a majestic and extraordinary face. His movements were like a fierce tiger descending from a mountain. He was a High-Tier Grade 2 powerhouse of the [War Sacrifice Dao].

He picked up a glass of wine and, while toasting the Incarnation, said:

"Tianhe Real Person, I am the [Jiuli Bingjian] of the Jiuli Clan. Sitting and discussing the Dao is not our custom in the [War Sacrifice Dao]; talking back and forth is quite boring. When the time comes, I must ask the Tianhe Real Person to spar with me so we can truly experience the differences between our extraordinary paths."

Wang An naturally accepted this type of invitation. For him, having numerous divine abilities to protect his body meant he had almost no weaknesses. Now that he had cultivated [Sword Edge Gold], which further strengthened his frontal combat and offensive capabilities, he naturally had nothing to fear.

"Since Fellow Daoist Jiuli has kindly invited me, I will naturally follow the host's customs. Although my cultivator system emphasizes self-cultivation and the contemplation of rules and the Great Dao, our combat skills are not lacking. This type of path for protecting life and oneself naturally requires plenty of practice."

Afterward, the two picked up their bronze goblets and toasted each other, drinking the [Qingxiuyun] wine, which was unique to the Bronze Human Race.

A deep, bronze-rust flavor rushed into their mouths, and the [Xutong Spiritual Rhyme] in the wine was quickly absorbed by their bodies.

Bronze is typically formed from regular brass that has been corroded by the passage of time, and this [Qingxiuyun] made Wang An feel the sensation of that long passage of time. It felt as if a long time had passed, and even a High-Tier existence like him was somewhat intoxicated by it.

Jiuli Bingjian saw Wang An looking a bit tipsy, laughed heartily, and explained.

"This wine is a Grade 2 spiritual wine called [Qingxiuyun]. It is brewed over long years of bronze maturation and has the power to allow one to briefly experience the power of time and smooth out all difficulties and obstacles."

"It is also a wine we of the Bronze Human Race only use to entertain distinguished guests, because it takes ten thousand years to brew. We use various long-lived spiritual fungi, spiritual herbs, and spiritual fruits, selecting the parts that represent the passage of time to achieve this effect."

The group of High-Tier powerhouses on the field saw Jiuli Bingjian talking eloquently and could not help but laugh.

Wang An, who was slowly sobering up, felt his somewhat frivolous state of mind—caused by his rapid surge in strength over the past decade—gradually settle down due to this power of time.

Seeing everyone like this, Wang An asked in confusion.

A female priest dressed in cyan-green robes with a gentle face, surrounded by laws related to vitality and creation, answered him at this moment.

"This priest of ours from Jiuli is just a battle-maniac and a wine-maniac. If he isn't fighting and clashing with the captive exotic beasts in several High-Tier ecological star systems, he is tasting various wines. Later, because he loved collecting and consuming all kinds of wine so much, he was constantly financially strapped. That's why he started researching and brewing various wines himself to subsidize his expenses, which is why he knows so much detail."

Seeing that it was this female priest, who faintly possessed the strength of a High-Tier Grade 3, teasing him and even spilling his "deeds," Jiuli Bingjian could not help but feel a bit embarrassed.

He explained stiffly.

"I am doing this to promote the signature wines of our Bronze Human Race! You can't say it's to subsidize myself. Besides, if a priest of the [War Sacrifice Dao] doesn't drink, can they even be considered to be of the [War Sacrifice Dao]?"

When this was said, the few [War Sacrifice Dao] members present all cheered in approval.

Gaoyang Zhenkong also came over to tease him.

"I think the Jiuli lad has some talent in this area. In the last thousand years, our varieties of wines related to excitement, passion, combat, and conquest have increased quite a bit. He has the potential to become a master brewer. Perhaps he might even have some talent in contemplating the laws of wine in the future."

Seeing this, everyone held back their laughter and nodded in agreement repeatedly.

And Jiuli Bingjian, hearing High Priest Gaoyang Zhenkong say this, naturally dared not refute anything. He even took these words to heart, wondering if he could cultivate these types of rules in the future.

Afterward, the female priest introduced herself, and Wang An learned that she was a High-Tier Grade 3 High Priest of the [Spirit Sacrifice Path], the Shennong Clan's [Yinmu Priest]. Her natal magic treasure was a [Bronze Divine Tree] named [Yinmu]. Most of the Bronze Human Race's technology regarding the [Bronze Divine Tree] was researched and implemented by the [Spirit Sacrifice Path].

The [Bronze Divine Tree] was not merely a bronze structure; it was a spiritual plant with bronze properties, modified through a series of special laws, and possessed its own vitality.

In addition to expanding and modifying the environment within the area to fit the extraordinary system of the Bronze Priests, it could also operate to generate large amounts of [Xutong Spiritual Rhyme] to improve the entire living environment.

From this, one can see how superb the Bronze Human Race's craftsmanship in this area is, being able to graft inanimate bronze materials onto spiritual plants.

Moreover, after such a [Bronze Divine Tree] is refined into a natal magic treasure, it becomes a special life form that is half-plant and half-magic treasure, capable of continuing to grow and perfect itself.

Wang An then gave everyone a general overview of the cultivation levels of the [Heavenly Talisman Dao Foundation Cultivator] system.

From the Qi Refining cultivator gathering the energy of heaven and earth, refining [Wondrous Qi], and contemplating the principles of laws to construct their own talents, to taking the imagery of the Five Elements to forge a Dao Foundation and thus become a cultivator, and cultivating divine abilities to complete the Dao Foundation and ascend to [Zifu True Person].

Taking advantage of this time, he borrowed quite a few research results from the Bronze Human Race regarding the path of priests.