I might have been playing a fake cultivation game.

Chapter 047: The Trial of Hell Begins

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yunshen couldn't help but sigh.

Chen Xin'an's status within the family is truly high; he doesn't even take the family's Golden Core Ancestor seriously...

Seeing that Zhou Yunshen remained silent, Chen Xin'an reached out and pushed open the heavy stone door in front of him.

As the stone door was pushed open, thick white mist immediately poured out of the meditation room.

This is spiritual energy.

The spiritual energy was so concentrated that it was almost liquefied.

This was the first time Zhou Yun Shen had ever seen such abundant spiritual energy.

Just by coming into contact with this spiritual energy, Zhou Yunshen felt his spirits lifted.

He subconsciously took a deep breath and immediately felt an indescribable coolness and comfort in his chest.

"What do you think of this place?" Chen Xin'an asked with a hint of smugness.

Zhou Yunshen nodded and said, "Okay."

With that, he stepped directly into the meditation room.

As for the slight apprehension he felt towards the Golden Core Ancestor of the Chen family, he had long since forgotten about it.

On the path of cultivation, one must not be timid or hesitant.

In this gaming world, skill is the only true measure of success.

When he cultivates to the Golden Core Realm, he will also be a Golden Core Ancestor!

"Thanks, brother." Zhou Yunshen thanked him and was about to close the door when Chen Xin'an called him back and handed him an exquisite jade box.

"What is this?" Zhou Yunshen asked, taking the jade box with a puzzled expression.

Chen Xin'an said, "This contains the Qi-Strengthening Pill, which is used to protect the soul. If your foundation building goes smoothly, this thing won't be of much use. But if things don't go so smoothly, this thing can help reduce the damage to your soul."

Zhou Yunshen looked at the jade box in his hand, feeling somewhat moved, and said, "Thank you."

Upon hearing this, Chen Xin'an waved his hand and said, "I'm leaving, brother. I wish you all the best on your path to Foundation Establishment."

As he spoke, he reached out and closed the heavy stone door of the quiet room for Zhou Yunshen.

The meditation room suddenly became quiet.

Only the luminous pearl embedded above their heads emitted a faint light.

This meditation room is about ten square meters in size. There is no furniture in it, except for an old futon that has been used for who knows how many years in the center.

Zhou Yunshen walked over and sat cross-legged on the futon.

He opened the jade box in his hand and found a white pill the size of a date pit lying quietly inside, emitting a refreshing medicinal fragrance.

Zhou Yun Shen stared at the pill in the jade box. Soon, a line of text appeared next to the white pill: Solidifying Essence Pill, an auxiliary pill used to protect the soul, of excellent quality.

Identifying objects is an ability that all players possess. This ability can be used when controlling a character with a mobile phone. Zhou Yunshen once used this ability to identify herbs in the wild.

When a player gains the ability to teleport, they can use this ability to distinguish things in front of them when they teleport into the game world.

Zhou Yunshen originally intended to put the Qi-stabilizing pill into his storage ring.

This storage ring was also a gift from Chen Xin'an. It has a space of about one foot square. Although the space is not large, it is enough to hold some personal items and this Qi-stabilizing pill.

But after thinking about it, he finally chose to gently place the jade box on the ground.

In this way, if he fails to establish his foundation, he can save himself the trouble of retrieving items from his storage ring.

Zhou Yunshen took out the "Red Sun Burning Heaven Scripture" that he kept close to his body, turned to the last page with the visualization diagram, and placed it on the ground.

Then, he silently recited "Return to Earth" in his mind, and his consciousness returned to the real world.

In the real world, after getting out of bed, Zhou Yunshen picked up his gaming phone and tapped the cultivation icon.

At this moment, the cultivation option next to the "Red Sun Burning Heaven Scripture" in the cultivation interface turned gray and could no longer be clicked, while a breakthrough option appeared next to it.

Zhou Yunshen reached out and tapped the breakthrough option.

Instantly, a faint flame appeared on the character on the phone screen. At the same time, the dense spiritual energy in the meditation room, like mist, surged towards the character from all directions and was absorbed into the character's body.

A golden progress bar appeared, displaying the percentage of progress.

Below the progress bar, a line of small text appeared: With your current cultivation aptitude, your success rate in breaking through from the tenth level of Qi Refining to the Foundation Establishment realm is 100%.

When Zhou Yunshen saw the words "100%", he couldn't help but smile.

It seems that having a high-grade spiritual root is quite useful.

When others break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, they are all on tenterhooks, fearing failure.

His statement indicated a 100% success rate for the breakthrough, with absolutely no possibility of failure.

This is true and lasting happiness!

Zhou Yunshen deftly took out the transparent tape and firmly stuck his left hand fingers to the screen.

After doing all this, he picked up his new phone and started browsing the "official" forum for the Xuan Yuan Invasion.

A few days have passed, and the Xuan Yuan Invasion Forum has become quite lively. With no government officials interfering, players have gradually become more open in their posts and comments, saying whatever comes to mind, no longer as reserved as they were at the beginning.

Zhou Yunshen glanced at the real-time online user count in the lower right corner of the forum.

He discovered that the number of people online at any given time had exceeded 30,000, and the total number of registered users had exceeded 50,000.

This is enough to roughly determine the number of players in the entire Xia Kingdom.

Zhou Yunshen estimated that the number of surviving players in the entire Xia Kingdom should be around 70,000 to 80,000, and at most no more than 100,000.

The total population of Xia Kingdom is 1.4 billion, and the current number of players is 70,000 to 80,000.

It's roughly 20000:1.

Seventy or eighty thousand players seems like a lot. If this were an ordinary game, this number of players would be enough to make the game company and planners live a life of luxury.

However, once these players are placed into the Xuan Yuan Realm, their numbers become very small.

This can be easily calculated using mathematics.

The information gathered by players so far is that there are 157 large and small forces in the entire Xuan Yuan Realm. If the number of players in Xia Kingdom is 80,000, then each force can be allocated 510 players, which is rounded up.

The Xuannan Kingdom, where Zhou Yunshen is currently located, has a total of 12 Dao (regions). The Qingzhou Dao, where he is located, has a total of 10 Prefectures. Luchuan Prefecture, where he is located, is just one of the Prefectures.

Based on this calculation, the vast Luchuan Prefecture can only be allocated to about four players.

If the allocation is at the county level, a county might not even be able to allocate half a player.

A county town, including its subordinate villages and towns, can have a population of one or two million, according to rough estimates...

It can only be said that players are a minority group in this game world.

As Zhou Yunshen pondered these thoughts, he casually refreshed the forum's information and discovered a new pinned post.

The post is titled: The Journey of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator: The Trials of Hell Begin!