158: Refusing to form a team, I was two hundred years ago?
Li Ziyu looked up at him.
Li Ziyu had a rough understanding of the strength of Chen Xing, Wei Jianguo, and Mei Wan'er.
This configuration could not be described as anything but luxurious.
If placed in the outside world, it would be enough to crush any peer.
Even a Six-Level Beginner Warrior coming might be able to contend for a bit.
However.
For the current Li Ziyu, it was not of much help!
Li Ziyu carefully examined Chen Xing, then turned his gaze to Wei Jianguo and Mei Wan'er, not immediately agreeing.
He did not fully trust them yet.
After all, the Martial Saint Secret Realm was not just anything; he did not believe anyone would willingly pave the way for others.
Moreover, with his current strength, there was no need to form a team.
After a moment of thought.
Li Ziyu made his decision.
The airship flew at high speed over the desert.
At this moment.
The voice of the person in charge sounded.
"Everyone, we will enter the Martial Saint Secret Realm in thirty seconds. You will be randomly dispersed to various locations, so please be prepared."
Hearing this, Chen Xing, Wei Jianguo, and Mei Wan'er immediately began to check their weapons and equipment.
"We're here already?"
"Why do I see nothing ahead?"
Chen Xing leaned his head out the window and looked outside, finding that the environment was no different from before, a look of confusion on his face.
Wei Jianguo heard him and also followed, looking out the window. After seeing it, he too was full of confusion.
Li Ziyu also looked out through the window.
Although there was still an endless desert ahead.
But with his eyesight, upon closer inspection, he could notice that the color of the sand in the distance was distinctly different from the rest.
The color was lighter.
If one's mental strength and eyesight weren't strong, it would be hard to tell without a close look.
"There's a barrier ahead."
Li Ziyu secretly thought.
"You can see it?"
The person in charge's strength was also not low. Although Li Ziyu's voice was soft, he heard it clearly.
The person in charge couldn't help but glance at Li Ziyu.
He had performed dozens of missions transporting people to the Martial Saint Secret Realm, and Li Ziyu was the first person to discover the barrier ahead.
This young man was not simple.
"Why don't I see anything?"
Chen Xing looked puzzled.
However, ten seconds later.
With a 'pop' sound.
The airship shook, and the scenery outside the window suddenly changed. Chen Xing couldn't help but glance at Li Ziyu:
"There really was a barrier…"
…
Inside the Martial Saint Secret Realm.
Li Ziyu surveyed his surroundings.
The moment the airship passed through the barrier, he was teleported here—to a bustling modern street.
Tall buildings lined both sides of the street, the street was bustling with people, and small cars occasionally weaved through the center of the road.
"Hey, buddy, it's a green light, don't just stand there, walk."
As Li Ziyu was looking around, he suddenly felt a push on his shoulder.
Years of combat reflexes made Li Ziyu instinctively turn around and fiercely punch towards the head of the person who pushed him.
His fist stirred up a gust of wind.
However, just as his fist was about to smash into the person's nose, Li Ziyu realized the other party was an ordinary person and stopped his punch.
The young man looked in horror at the fist less than a centimeter from his face and swallowed with difficulty:
"I… I'm sorry, Ancient Martial Practitioner, I didn't mean to push you!"
After saying that, the young man held up his hands and couldn't help but retreat two steps.
Li Ziyu glanced at the young man and withdrew his fist.
He looked around.
At this moment, he was standing on a crosswalk at an intersection, with many people behind him whose path he had blocked, and they were looking at him with displeasure.
However, when these pedestrians saw his motion of swinging a fist at the young man, the displeasure on their faces turned into awe and fear.
Several people even picked up their phones to secretly take pictures of him, whispering to each other.
"It's fine, I was blocking the way first."
Li Ziyu apologetically patted the young man's shoulder, which made the young man shiver all over:
"No… No problem, Ancient Martial Practitioner."
After saying that, he quickly looked up at Li Ziyu and then scurried away.
Li Ziyu also moved out of the way and walked to the side of the road along the crosswalk.
"Martial Saint Secret Realm… modern city…"
"Ancient Martial Practitioner…"
Li Ziyu stood by the roadside, observing the bustling crowd, and recalling what the young man had just said to him, he fell into thought.
The term Ancient Martial Practitioner, he vaguely felt he had seen it somewhere.
"I remember now! Two hundred years ago, when the second World Echo first occurred, a large number of warriors were born on Blue Star.
At that time, people's understanding of warriors was still like the Ancient Martial Practitioners described in novels, so they were called Ancient Martial Practitioners!"
"So, the environment I am in now is the Great Xia from two hundred years ago?"
Li Ziyu's eyes flickered.
When warriors first emerged, the Great Xia government had not yet fully disclosed the truth about warriors to the general public.
Everyone thought that warriors were like those in novels, like ancient martial families that had always existed.
Therefore, they were called Ancient Martial Practitioners.
"It seems Xingyao Wusheng Martial Saint began to rise two hundred years ago. Is the current time node I am in perhaps the same period as Xingyao Wusheng Martial Saint?"
"If I remember correctly, the current Xingyao Wusheng Martial Saint is probably just starting his first year of university, right?"
Li Ziyu's eyes were thoughtful.
Two hundred years ago, when Ancient Martial Practitioners emerged, although the government had not yet fully disclosed the truth of the world to the public.
However, universities specifically for training warriors had already been secretly established.
A group of students with warrior talent had already been selected and entered these universities.
And Xingyao Wusheng Martial Saint, Supreme Path Martial Saint, and Transcendent Martial Saint, who were just eighteen at this time, were selected to enter the Warrior University during this period!
"Tsk, could it be that in the Martial Saint Secret Realm, I'll have to go to school with the three great Martial Saints?"
The more Li Ziyu thought about it, the more he felt it was possible, and he clicked his tongue in surprise.
If he could interact with the three great Martial Saints in their youth, that would be too interesting.
He also wondered, with his current talent and strength, who would be stronger or weaker compared to the three great Martial Saints of that time.
Just as Li Ziyu was lost in thought.
At this moment, the communication wristband he was wearing flashed.
Li Ziyu tapped it a few times, and a blue 3D virtual projection popped up.
The top left corner of the projection displayed the current time:
September 1, 2065.
Below it was a countdown: 29 days, 12 hours, 31 minutes, 21 seconds.
The numbers were constantly decreasing, clearly indicating the closing time of this Martial Saint Secret Realm.
Besides the time, the center of the screen indicated—Current Martial Saint Secret Realm population: 102.
This time, due to Supreme Path Martial Saint's interference, people from the military and S-rank battle groups also joined, making the total number several times higher than the originally planned ten people.
"The time is indeed two hundred years ago, it matches perfectly. This is definitely Xingyao Wusheng Martial Saint in his youth."
"And looking at this time node, it's still when he just enrolled."
Li Ziyu looked at the information displayed on the screen and thought to himself.
However, the screen only showed these two pieces of information, with no mission display.
At this moment, another pop-up notification appeared on the virtual screen—[You have a group chat invitation, please check it in time.]