The Innkeeper

Deviating from their original plan of immediately trying to progress their realm, Jack and his crew began to gather the as of yet unnamed ore across the Artica realm, being mysteriously guided by shooting stars ever towards the depths of space.

But the time difference made it so that time moved much slower in the Artica realm than realms that hadn’t completely matured. Within the Midnight Realm, the Cultural Circus officially began, but unlike the previous events, there was no rush. This was an event that had been scheduled to last for five years - an idea Lex got from the New Age Expo, which was supposed to last five years in Artica realm time.

Such things were actually far more common in the universe at large than Lex had originally thought. On Earth, back when he was a mortal, the world worked very quickly. In pursuit of efficiency and productivity, everyone was always in a rush - a far cry from life in the older ages, and even in the countryside.

But in the universe, things had gone beyond that, and the rate of everything appeared to have slowed down, though in actuality that was not the truth. High cultivation levels meant that everyone could maintain high productivity even while taking things slow.

The extremely long lifespan of cultivators meant that for things that didn’t include emergencies such as war or fighting, everything was slowed down.

In that regard, an event that lasted five years wasn’t even that long. Lex had even heard that in some places there are entire plays that span several decades, as every moment, big and small, of a character’s life are portrayed in an attempt to capture the depth of his or her emotions.

While Lex surveyed the Inn remotely, he noticed an odd trend, though one he very much appreciated. Fewer and fewer higher level cultivators came to the Inn, for they had something much more relevant to their level to occupy their time. The Champions tourney, which was very much still going on, was picking up in momentum and starting to really heat up.

As a result, there was a gradual trend of lower level cultivators making up the larger number of guests in the Inn. Alongside the targeted services towards mortals, and the five year long event, the Inn was about as safe as it had ever been.

When he wasn’t focusing on that, Lex went around exploring the jungle, finding ways to strengthen his seal time and time again. As a result, his knowledge and understanding of seals enhanced, and Lex was forced to use laws in more complex and creative ways.