Rise of the Alchemy God

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Teleportation devices were nothing new in the mortal plane.

As long as one had the funds and necessary resources, they could build as many as they wanted and use them as much as they wished.

In the Long Empire, for example, several teleportation points were scattered across the empire, connecting all the important locations, from large cities to kingdoms, and so on.

Although their range was limited, even the weakest of these arrays could make a difference when it came to saving some time.

Of course, the costs of using one were by no means low, but for those who had the means and needed to be in different places due to their business or other matters, these costs were reasonable.

A bit like private jets in Ethan's previous world.

While owning one, constantly refueling it, and covering its year-round maintenance costs could make having one expensive,

for all the wealthy individuals who had business back and forth in various locations, these jets saved a lot of time, and consequently, the costs were not considered a waste in their eyes.

Ethan knew that the teleportation arrays of the empire were very underdeveloped, and their maximum range was just a few hundred miles.

Ethan was aware that the cause of this was the locals' limited knowledge of arrays and, well, their limited understanding of all professions in general.

Even he wouldn't know much if it weren't for the system.

That said, what he needed was a teleportation array that could be several times more powerful than what was used in this plane.

More precisely, an array that had a minimum range of tens of thousands of miles.

This was because, from an approximate estimate Ethan had made, the distance between the continents was at least over 10,000 miles, a distance that, Ethan could say, was increasing due to the continents not being fixed in place.

It seemed that something akin to plate tectonics also existed in this plane, which at this point was no longer accurate to call a "plane" but rather a mortal world situated within the mortal plane.

If it were merely something like a tower with different levels, then once one reached the peak of the mortal rank, it would have been easy to perceive the celestial plane and consequently attempt the ascension, even if the cultivation method they used was flawed.

But instead, one had to find the presence of the celestial plane and form a connection that would guide the cultivator, already at the spiritual realm, to travel and try to ascend to the higher plane.

The matter was still a bit confusing for Ethan, but he had never delved too deeply into it due to the fact that, until now, he was far from even being able to perceive the existence of a higher plane.

That said, Ethan had already used a teleportation array once, and on that occasion, he had had the chance to examine it closely and memorized the formation schema used to construct it.

He then used his spiritual Qi to generate a sort of light in his fingers and drew in the air the teleportation formation of the human continent.

He had already developed an upgraded formation model that would ensure that the teleportation's range wouldn't have a maximum limit but would work as long as both ends remained intact.

In other words, even if the continents were to drift a bit further apart in the future, the teleportation would still function.

In the end, he upgraded the formation from a level 3 one to a level 4, and this level of formation was already considered more than sufficient for this plane of existence.

He used an entire area as large as a major city to set up this formation. Once it was done, he took a step toward the Beast Continent and, in an instant, appeared at its borders, in the air.

"Alright, now where should I place it?" he thought, searching for a suitable spot to position the second end of the teleportation array.

He had decided on the Beast Continent because he was more or less done with his affairs on this continent. Hence, he would find a good spot to set up the teleportation formation here and then immediately move on to the Human Continent.

It took Ethan a total of about forty minutes to set up the formations across all three continents.

Thirty minutes were primarily spent setting up the formations on each continent, while the other ten were mostly used to handle a few matters on the Beast Continent, including notifying others about the purpose of these formations.

Although sooner or later, the rulers of the three continents would discover these formations on their own, he wasn't sure what they would do.

He had to ensure that none of the three would attempt anything drastic once he was gone.

The Human Continent was settled in this regard, as was the Beast Continent.

The newly purified continent, however, didn't yet have a true ruler, as its population was a mix of beasts and humans.

They had only recently recovered, and it would take time to establish some form of order and hierarchy.

After this, Ethan flew calmly south of the Phoenix Kingdom, where a fairly prosperous trade town stood, allowing its citizens to avoid living in complete poverty.

This was the city of Oston, as well as the first place where Ethan had set foot when he arrived in this world.

In the countryside of the town, amidst the vast fields, several people were working hard.
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The day was still long, and the afternoon sun beating down on the lands below made working in the fields even more difficult.

But despite the unbearable heat, the people who had worked here for most of their lives were already used to it, and apart from a few grimaces, no one wasted time complaining about the weather.

On the contrary, many were happy because this season would make their crops grow faster and more abundantly.

Putting up with some hard work in exchange for a good harvest was nothing to them,

or at least, to most of them.

A young woman, who was no more than 25 years old, was incessantly hoeing the soil, preparing the ground for the next seeding season.

She had woken up at the crack of dawn, and since then, she had completed several chores, from taking care of her old and sick father to helping other farmers with small tasks, and finally to working the fields, which was one of her main duties of the day.

With every strike of her hoe against the ground, she couldn't help but mutter something in an irritated voice.

Thud!

"If only I had an ox, I wouldn't have to do all this work myself."

Thud!

"That stingy old man, would it have killed him to lend me his for a few hours?"

Thud!

"At this rate, I'll never finish in time."

The woman kept complaining as she continued to tirelessly hoe the ground.