Bexia, who had obtained some basic information, did not stay long in this small town and was prepared to leave. Before leaving, however, there was a small incident where the captain of the patrol team brought the father of the half-fishman whose ear was severed by Bexia to confess his crimes. The captain even invited him to join the patrol team, but Bexia promptly declined and ignored the guy who begged for mercy. With a wave of her hand, she threw him out of her room.
After resting for a night, Bexia left for the nearest third-tier city, where there was a teleportation array that could directly transport her to the main city. Such arrays were only available in cities of third-tier or higher, and the cost of teleportation was not low.
There are two kinds of currency in this world. One is gold coins, used by ordinary people and similar to the gold coins in the Godsend Continent. The second is the currency used by cultivators, or even in most areas of the dimensional universe, called dimensional coins. However, this currency is not a real currency, but a virtual one.
The dimensional universe network is something that Bexia has encountered, a tremendously marvelous virtual world that can be accessed with corresponding items, enabling incredible interdimensional communication. Legend has it that this network was passed down from the previous era of the dimensional universe, and the dimensional coins are the virtual currency used within it.
As for why this virtual currency has become the universal currency for trading among cultivators, that is something Bexia is not aware of. To truly understand why, she probably has to enter the network herself.
Bexia went to the main city to buy a login device that would allow her to access the dimensional universe network. According to her understanding, acquiring information within the dimensional universe was quick, and she would be able to search for anything she desired. Furthermore, Bexia was curious about the existence of the dimensional universe network itself.
Although it was quite close, it took Bexia a whole ten days of non-stop travel to reach this third-tier city. Despite its low level, its prosperity was no less than that of the imperial capital, or perhaps even surpassing it. More importantly, the change in strength here was evident, with cultivators being seen everywhere, even street vendors exuding considerable energy fluctuations.
Cultivators are a collective term for special beings surpassing ordinary humans, similar to how Bexia was called a mage previously because she used magic for battles. If she were to cultivate spiritual energy, then she would be called a spiritualist.
Bexia also learned that there are various kinds of energy within the dimensional universe. According to the strength of these energies, they are classified into three sequences. The lowest level is the third sequence, also known as basic energy, which includes widespread energy such as magic, spiritual energy, and battle energy, all under the control of champions.
The second sequence is transcendent energy, which usually requires at least champion-level strength to control. It can be considered an enhanced version of third sequence energy, but with more varieties. Some common second sequence energies include magic energy, spiritual power, and vital energy. Of course, there are also some special second sequence powers such as dragon power, magical power, and darkness power, which are not easily mastered by ordinary races.
The first sequence powers are not few in number, but they can only be controlled by saints. These powers have a special characteristic in that they exist in all regions of the dimensional universe. This means that there is no concept of a region without energy or being suppressed in any area.
Speaking of suppression, this is a very special situation, referring to a situation where a certain area lacks a certain power. For example, if there is no spiritual energy on the Godsend Continent, if a cultivator with spiritual energy appears, they will be constantly suppressed by the heavens and the earth. Not only will their strength not be fully utilized, but the techniques they use will also be suppressed by the will of the plane. Moreover, they will not receive any energy recovery. It can be imagined how uncomfortable it is for cultivators in such situations.
Similarly, Bexia seems to have also realized why no one has broken through to the monarch level on the Godsend Continent for thousands of years. It is because there is no subsequent energy to enhance cultivation. The power of the third sequence, no matter how hard one cultivates, can only reach the level of a champion at best, and can never become a monarch.
Because to advance to a monarch, one must obtain energy from the second sequence to break through their own limits. It can be said to be a metamorphosis of the lifeline, a foundation for advancing to a higher level. This is also why champions are much stronger than Extremes.
On the Godsend Continent, the lack of a monarch is partly due to the absence of this energy, but it is not the most fundamental reason. There are many second sequence energies that cannot be nonexistent, such as the power of life and the power of elements. The reason for not being able to advance to a monarch is also due to the suppression of the world.
The energy that cultivators cultivate comes from the world. From a certain perspective, cultivators are parasites in the plane world. On one hand, they are beneficial to the world, but on the other hand, when the degree of cultivation of a cultivator becomes higher and they absorb too much energy, exceeding the balance of the world's energy, the suppressive force of the world will prevent them from advancing, thereby reasonably stabilizing their own growth. This is also the division of plane world levels, using the world's suppression to differentiate the highest cultivation limits.
The prosperity of the third-level city dazzled Bexia, and he couldn't help but wonder what the bustling main city would be like. According to their words, the main city is a hundred times more prosperous than the second-level cities, and the second-level cities are at least five or six times stronger than here! This shows how difficult it is for Bexia to imagine the prosperity of the main city.
As for the login device for the dimensional universe network, it is not sold in third-level cities. Only the special shops in the main city have it. This made Bexia lose the desire to stay here. After all, this is just a temporary stop, and his goal from the beginning was the main city.
Using a teleportation array to go to the main city is quite valuable. Since Bexia doesn't have the corresponding identity in the dimensional universe network, he can't use dimensional coins and can only use other things to pay equivalent value.
The price of the teleportation array is one hundred dimensional coins, and the specific value of this price can be roughly understood as ten lower-grade magic stones equaling one dimensional coin. A single Extreme magic stone is only worth one hundred dimensional coins, which greatly refreshed Bexia's understanding of money. Even though the valuables he had on him were not bad, there wasn't much when calculated properly.
Bexia paid a total of twenty top-grade magic stones to clear his and Christine's teleportation array usage fee. It is worth noting that Bexia saw the material used for the teleportation array, which is the rift crystal that the pirate gave him before. Surprisingly, this is the material that the teleportation array requires!
However, the teleportation array uses a relatively large void crystal, which has also undergone special treatment. It cannot be compared to the small piece he obtained and is probably not worth much, otherwise it would not have been obtained by a small pirate.
