432: Go to the beautiful country

There are two conditions for advancing to the Diamond Realm.

First, one's cultivation must reach Platinum Peak.

Second, one must thoroughly comprehend the mystery of Yin and Yang co-existence.

Upon seeing the term 'Yin and Yang co-existence', Qin Shilei immediately thought of the words Yin Thunder and Yang Thunder.

All the lightning-based abilities he currently used were essentially of the utmost hardness and Yang in nature.

Although the Silver Eel's electric discharge last time had caused his Thunder Mark to evolve, it hadn't enabled him to comprehend the aspect of Yin Thunder.

Qin Shilei had Shi Liren from the intelligence department brought to him. "Liren, have your people search with all their might for information regarding lightning-element strange treasures, secret realms, and the like."

"Understood!" Shi Liren carefully inquired about Qin Shilei's needs, then turned and left to mobilize his subordinates to gather relevant information.

Qin Shilei returned to the Blessed Land, drank the Enlightenment Tea, and tried to comprehend the mystery of Yin and Yang co-existence.

After three days of seclusion, he seemed to have gained something, yet also seemed to have gained nothing.

In his helplessness, Qin Shilei had no choice but to find Shi Yongzhen and ask how he had broken through to the Diamond Realm back then.

Shi Yongzhen shook his head and said, "Yin and Yang are one, extreme Yin gives rise to Yang, and when Yang is exhausted, it transforms into Yin..."

The other party spoke a lot of profound and mysterious words, which seemed very reasonable, yet also seemed to be trying to fool Qin Shilei.

Qin Shilei listened patiently for half an hour, and after the other party left, he entered seclusion again, even consuming a Breaking Yuan Pill obtained from the Demonic Sect.

His cultivation improved slightly, but he still failed to advance successfully.

It was then that Shi Liren brought him good news.

Shi Liren handed Qin Shilei several sheets of paper. "Reporting to my King, this is the intelligence regarding lightning-element strange treasures that has been collected during this period.

There are three strange treasures on the trading channel that might help you break through.

There are also three places where anomalous lightning has appeared, which might also be helpful to you.

Finally, there are three powerful individuals who may possess powerful lightning-element strange treasures."

Qin Shilei listened to Shi Liren's explanation while looking at the information on the paper.

Soon, he exchanged two purple pieces of equipment for two strange treasures on the trading channel; as for the last one, he didn't buy it because the asking price was too high, and he felt it wouldn't be of much use to him.

One of them was a natural treasure called the Thunder Tribulation Vine; silver lightning bolts constantly coursed through the entire vine, and these spontaneous lightning attacks were quite powerful, capable of knocking out a high-level Silver Realm Evolution user.

Qin Shilei thought that since a plant could discharge electricity, it might be helpful to him, so he bought it.

It was later proven that the Thunder Tribulation Vine was indeed helpful to his Thunder Mark, but it could not enable him to successfully advance.

The same was true for another strange treasure called the Thunder Origin Stone.

Qin Shilei finished reading the entire intelligence report and discovered that Steve of Pretty Country likely possessed an extremely powerful lightning-element staff, and one of the places where anomalous lightning appeared was also in Pretty Country.

"It seems it's time to make a trip to Pretty Country."

However, Pretty Country is over four hundred thousand kilometers away from Great Xia; even if the Golden Winged Thunder Roc flew at full speed for twelve hours every day, it would still take over ten days to arrive.

Qin Shilei, however, needed to arrange the specific affairs of the Qin An Royal Mansion before he could depart.

He planned to bring all members of the Night and also two hundred thousand Silver Realm experts.

Affairs within Great Xia would temporarily be fully handled by Tan Anguo, while matters of expanding territory would be overseen by Zhang Qiang.

The Qin An Royal Mansion generally continued to operate according to its previous model.

With a teleportation array, Qin Shilei could also return at any time, so he wasn't worried about any tragic situation of being overthrown due to being away for too long.

After making proper arrangements, Qin Shilei stored all the Night members and the two hundred thousand strong army into the Blessed Land.

Then, he mounted the Golden Winged Thunder Roc and flew towards Pretty Country.

On the back of the Golden Winged Thunder Roc, Qin Shilei and An Qian sat embracing each other, chatting leisurely with contented expressions.

An Qian remarked with a hint of emotion, "Before the apocalypse, I hadn't even left the country. I never imagined I'd now be able to visit the distant Pretty Country."

Qin Shilei gently rubbed An Qian's hair with his face. "In the future, I will not only take you to travel all over Blue Star but also experience the wonders of the myriad worlds with you."

An Qian said with a yearning expression, "Then it's a promise! I want our legends to be left throughout the myriad worlds."

Qin Shilei teased, "Hmm, in the future, your title as Natural Goddess will surely resound throughout the myriad worlds."

As they chatted, An Qian suddenly said, "Shi Lei, look at the chat channel, it's quite interesting."

Hearing this, Qin Shilei opened the chat channel.

"More than a dozen countries around Great Xia have fallen into the clutches of Qin An King. Let us mourn for those survivors for three minutes."

"Is Qin An King trying to dominate Blue Star?"

"Haha, thankfully our Pretty Country is far enough from Great Xia. Even if Qin An King wants to target us, he's powerless!"

"The person upstairs should be careful; Qin An King might lead his army to destroy your Pretty Country."

"Haha, it would take at least several years for Qin An King's army to reach our Pretty Country. Even if he had the perseverance, the powerful individuals from other worlds wouldn't give him that much time."

"What if Qin An King came to your Pretty Country alone?"

"Our Pretty Country is waiting. Let's see if he's willing to abandon his Qin An Royal Mansion."

As they read, both couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"I wonder if the survivors of Pretty Country will be shocked when they learn that you are currently leading a large army to their country."

An Qian giggled.

"Heh heh, this time I'm not only seeking an opportunity for advancement but also planning to stir up some trouble in Pretty Country."

A hint of killing intent flashed in Qin Shilei's eyes.

"Shi Lei, logically speaking, Pretty Country has very little interaction with us because it's too far away. Why do you seem somewhat hostile towards them?"

An Qian asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Perhaps I just couldn't stand Pretty Country in my previous life."

Qin Shilei said wistfully.

Although the speed of airplanes and high-speed trains on Blue Star was much faster than during Qin Shilei's previous life.

However, the distance of hundreds of thousands of kilometers meant that interaction between Pretty Country and Great Xia was extremely rare.

An Qian only knew the name Pretty Country because Blue Star's satellite network was extremely developed, and Pretty Country's national power was the strongest in that Western region.

Therefore, before the apocalypse, An Qian was able to learn about Pretty Country from the internet.

As Qin Shilei was heading towards Pretty Country, in a luxurious palace, Steve was also discussing Qin Shilei with his subordinates.

"Your Highness Thor, do you think we should warn our countrymen? Tell them not to be too provocative towards Qin An King on the chat channel, lest they anger him and bring a powerful enemy to our Pretty Country."

"You are being overly worried. Even a Platinum Realm expert flying at full speed would take over ten days to reach us.

Would Qin An King really travel thousands of miles just to vent his anger over a mere verbal dispute, and then rush back?

What benefit would that be to him? He can neither send troops to occupy our Pretty Country nor transport the resources from our Pretty Country back."

"Your Highness, I'm just afraid that Qin An King is truly a narrow-minded person who might come here to kill a lot of people because he can't stand those arrogant remarks."

"Relax, even if he really comes to our Pretty Country, he probably won't gain anything good."

After his subordinate left, Steve got up and walked into the basement beneath the palace.

He cast a spell and began to contact the powerful force he had only recently come into contact with.