parentshiftbook Chapter 218 Simple and honest folk customs, fragrant flowers
Chapter 218 Simple and honest folk customs, fragrant flowers
Chapter 218 Simple and Honest Folk Customs, Fragrant Flowers of the Land (5.4k)
"The Sakura Dragon is the ever-present guardian of the eternally undefeated Sakura Divine Tree."
"It also possesses a status almost akin to that of the ruler of this small mythical world."
"This allowed the Sakura Dragon to almost easily merge into the spiritual energy sea of that mythical world's small realm, mobilizing strength far exceeding that of a late-stage martial artist."
"However, this [Dragon Origin Homeland] secret realm is itself off-limits to martial artists from the outer realms."
"Therefore, this mythological world is a persistent pain point for Japan."
Professor Xu explained various information about the "Hometown of Dragon Origin".
"The Land of Cherry Blossoms has generously opened up this mythical world, which is extremely rich in wood and water resources."
"They even offered three drops of Baxia's spirit blood as a reward for slaying the Sakura Dragon."
"It also implies a desire to leverage the strength of our Great Xia National Government team members."
At this point, Professor Xu pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses, and a beam of white light refracted off the lenses of the non-prescription glasses.
"Therefore, my advice is that none of you should have any designs on that so-called [Baxia Spirit Blood]."
"The best option is to go into this resource-rich mythical world, collect all the rare and precious materials, make a fortune, and then leave."
These words prompted Jiang Qiyue, Su Nianyi, and the others to nod in agreement.
Only Ye Ningxue remained aloof, but her hand unconsciously gripped the hilt of her knife tightly, as if she were somewhat unwilling.
"Professor Xu is right."
Su Nianying added at the end:
"Even if there is pollution, the resource-rich mythical world of 【Longyuan Hometown】 must still have a large amount of resources."
"Moreover, this time the Sakura Kingdom has also arranged for their national team, especially the shrine maiden, Yagami Hiiro, to lead the team."
In contrast, they already had a plan to eliminate the corrupted Sakura Dragon.
"Don't let the reward of [Baxia Spirit Blood] cloud your judgment and make you a tool for others to pave the way, only to have the fruits of their labor stolen in the end."
After these words were spoken, even Wei Ying, Cai Meng'er, Jiang Tu, and the others silently agreed.
They now also have some information about the team leader of the Sakura National Team.
The woman known as the "Divine Priestess," Hiyori Yagami, is said to have triggered a divine artifact's resonance upon her first awakening of her bloodline.
He then naturally became one of the most outstanding young martial artists of his time.
The only being to have fused with one of the Three Sacred Treasures, the Yasakani no Magatama.
Before they even assembled, they received news that this person had easily defeated the entire Hanming Kingdom's national team and completed the trial single-handedly.
This is clearly a late-stage martial artist with a cheat code.
They might have come to this "Land of Dragon Origin" specifically to slay the Sakura Dragon and rid themselves of the "Calamity".
Moments later, the aircraft did not head towards the main peak of Mount Fuji.
Instead, it landed in a secluded, deep mountain ravine near the foot of the mountain.
The air here seemed to have frozen, carrying an ancient and oppressive atmosphere.
Deep in the mountain stream,
A twisted and irregular crack was faintly visible, like a wound torn open in space.
That is the entrance to the mythical world of "Dragon Origin Land".
Instead, not far in front of the crevice, the old man with two samurai swords, one long and one short, at his waist had already led his team to wait there.
The members of the Sakura National Team were still the same people, except that Hyoudou Shiro, who had been there before, was cowering at the back of the team, his aura weakened, his eyes dim, and he looked pale and weak, as if he had suffered a severe mental blow.
Li Xijun glanced at it calmly, as if she had only seen pebbles on the roadside and didn't seem to care.
But in reality, he felt a slight sense of joy.
Judging from his appearance, the heavily injured Hyodo Castle is quite greedy.
Even in this state, they still want to come to this "Land of Dragon Origin" to obtain rare and precious resources.
However, in this way... it would be perfectly normal for a martial artist who is still recovering from serious injuries to die in the mythical world.
Li Xijun, who never held grudges, tapped the hilt of her sword with amusement, while her gaze moved and finally landed on the leader of the Sakura National Team at the front.
It was a woman standing quietly.
She wore a classic red and white shrine maiden outfit, and her long, jet-black hair was tied up with white sandalwood paper, reaching down to her waist.
Her face was cool and beautiful, without any makeup, yet she possessed a sacred beauty that purified the soul.
Her eyes were calm and deep, as if reflecting the water of an ancient well, without any ripples.
She simply stood there, and a powerful and pure spiritual energy naturally flowed around her, clearly indicating that she was at the late stage of the Intent Realm.
But this is not the most frightening thing; what is even more alarming is that...
She seemed to possess an extremely terrifying, intensely hot and sacred power, like the core of the sun, which she held back but did not unleash, yet it made the team members in the realm of enlightenment feel a sense of oppression from the depths of their souls.
That's—the power of a divine artifact? The Yasakani no Magatama?
Li Xijun's eyes silently turned golden as he probed the "Emperor's Aura Observation Technique."
He could see the pure and powerful spiritual energy within the other person's body, as well as the terrifying divine fire hidden within.
"She's indeed very strong, but I wonder how much training she can trigger?"
Li Xijun made her own assessment, but she didn't feel the same pressure as the other members of the Great Xia State Palace team.
Even for martial artists who have fused with the power of divine artifacts,
Compared to the old man with withered bones, who possessed the second level of external realm, even the top-level demonic sect elder who mastered the "Heavenless Revolving Wheel of Life and Death Sword Chapter" was far inferior.
Although powerful, he still didn't take them seriously.
The only thing that piqued Li Xijun's interest was her aloof, solitary demeanor, as if she carried a mission and a sense of power.
This inevitably arouses curiosity and a desire to investigate among those who see it.
Saburo Kisaki was the first to step forward and, with a slightly respectful air, introduced himself to the shrine maiden:
"Lord Yagami, these are the members of the Chinese National Government team who are going to investigate the 'Land of Dragon Origin'."
The shrine maiden named Yagami Hiiro slightly raised her eyelids, her cool gaze sweeping over everyone before finally lingering on Li Xijun for a moment.
She seemed to sense his unique state of oneness with nature as well, a faint hint of something unusual flashing in her eyes.
But it quickly returned to its calm and still state.
The priestess merely nodded slightly, and her clear, ethereal voice rang out:
"The access point will stabilize soon, within three days."
Her voice wasn't loud, but it reached everyone's ears clearly, carrying an unquestionable divine majesty.
Gui Ma Sanlang stepped forward, a smile plastered on his face, and addressed both teams:
"Gentlemen, please prepare yourselves, the fissure will be completely stabilized at this moment!"
The voice just fell,
The rift of eerie light trembled violently, then expanded to both sides like a drawn curtain, stabilizing into a passage that could accommodate several people at the same time.
On the other side of the passage, the view was no longer that of a mountain stream.
Instead, it was a hazy, strangely colored world filled with an intense, almost palpable spiritual energy, where the outlines of towering ancient trees and strangely glowing petals fluttered in the air.
"Walk!"
With a shout, Yagami Hiiro transformed into a streak of red and white light and plunged into the passage. The other members of the Sakura Kingdom team followed closely behind.
"Let's go in too." Li Xijun said calmly, taking a step forward. Her figure seemed to blend into the surrounding airflow, naturally disappearing into the passage first.
Ye Ningxue, Su Nianyi, Jiang Qiyue and the others immediately followed.
In just a short while, the area in front of the mythical rift became empty, with only the team leaders from both the Great Xia and Sakura Chinese servers quietly gazing at the mythical world before them.
The instant you pass through the spatial rift, a strong sense of weightlessness and dizziness from the spatial shift washes over you.
But the next moment, Li Xijun landed steadily on a soft patch of ground.
He immediately concealed his aura, and the state of oneness with nature made him feel as if a drop of water had merged into the ocean, instantly achieving a subtle harmony with his surroundings.
On one hand, this state of being between heaven and man allowed him to easily sense the surrounding world and confirm that there were no problems.
On the other hand, after Li Xijun released his mental power to scan outwards,
The scenery of this "Land of Dragon Origin" couldn't help but evoke a hint of amazement in his eyes.
What a strange and abundant world this is...
The sky wasn't azure, but rather a soft, turquoise color, as if dyed by countless plant saps. The clouds were like enormous...
fluffy blue cotton wool.
The air was filled with an incredibly rich spiritual energy of water and wood.
This vibrant yet viscous feeling, full of moisture, brought Li Xijun back to the time when she lived in Guangdong Province.
It felt like I'd been licked by a giant cow's tongue; my whole body felt wet. If an ordinary person were here, they would even have trouble breathing.
However, Li Xijun couldn't help but take a deep breath.
He felt his pores open up, and the speed at which the "Azure Dragon Wood Longevity Technique" circulated within his body increased several degrees.
"It is indeed a treasure trove that can nurture a large amount of wood and water resources."
Li Xijun's mood brightened considerably as she looked around, and all she saw was an unprecedented and wondrous sight:
Giant trees hundreds of feet tall with leaves like emerald canopies; rivers teeming with peas, their waters shimmering with a luminous green light and exuding a refreshing fragrance; the ground covered with a thick layer of mystical moss, soft and springy to the touch, where one can feel the immense life energy with every step.
Countless exotic flowers and plants, whose names I do not know, grow wildly, their blossoms as large as cartwheels, colorful, emitting a mesmerizing halo and a rich, exotic fragrance.
This place is simply a treasure trove for cultivators of the wood and water elements!
however,
After a while, as the Azure Dragon Wood Longevity Technique continued to operate, he also sensed that beneath this vigorous vitality, there was an indescribable sense of distortion and filth.
Many plants are so brightly colored that they even give off an ominous and eerie feeling.
On the trunks of some giant trees, huge, pulsating, purplish-black tumors swell, oozing a foul-smelling, viscous sap.
Those rivers that exude a fresh fragrance can suddenly become murky and turbid in certain sections, churning up filthy foam and emitting a pungent fishy smell.
In addition to the rich spiritual energy, there was also a faint, sweet, and slightly rotten smell in the air.
Life and death, purity and filth, are strangely and intricately intertwined in this world.
"Is this the 'Calamity'?" Li Xijun thought to himself. His golden eyes quietly activated the "Emperor's Aura Observation Technique." After looking at this corrosive and polluting demonic energy for a moment, he shook his head.
"It's just average. It doesn't feel as polluted, distorted, or crazy as the world of Dasheng."
"Besides, this 'calamity' was brought upon Japan by its own actions; let them deal with it themselves."
After confirming the degree of contamination of the "Calamity" demonic energy, Li Xijun did not pay too much attention to it.
Having only three days in this "Land of Dragon Origin," he currently only wants to gather resources that can improve his cultivation level.
Fortunately, his "Emperor's Aura Observation Technique" allows him to easily discern where in this world the spiritual energy is pure and abundant.
Where the "calamity" is dense and lurks danger, one can find great success in collecting rare and precious treasures in this world.
In a short while,
After finding a location with the most concentrated and pure spiritual energy,
Li Xijun transformed into a black shadow and deliberately entered the overly dense forest.
Along the way, he saw many exotic flowers and herbs, but they all conformed to the refining method of "Heavenly Fragrance Volume 3: Human Fragrance Volume".
Until he began to venture deeper into the forest,
A sickeningly loud "sound" and a strong, fishy stench came from ahead, making Li Xijun's gaze sharpen.
A huge, dark purple vine covered in sharp thorns was coiled around a massive deer-like creature, just like a giant python.
The deer struggled desperately, letting out mournful cries, but its flesh and blood were being absorbed by the vines at a visible speed, rapidly drying up.
Several huge, trumpet-shaped, purplish-black flowers bloomed on the vines, constantly spewing out dizzying poisonous powder.
"A demonic vine corrupted by 'Calamity'." Li Xijun instantly determined the monster's origin.
His actual strength is roughly equivalent to the mid-stage of the Intent Realm, but in this environment filled with wood elemental energy, his recovery ability and difficulty to deal with will greatly increase.
The demonic vine seemed to have sensed Li Xijun's "uninvited guest," and several branches of the vine suddenly lashed out like poisonous whips, accompanied by a sharp whistling sound. The thorns on the vines gleamed with a ghostly purple poisonous light.
Li Xijun's expression remained unchanged. He didn't even draw his sword; he simply pointed his fingers together as if they were a sword and pointed at the air.
"!"
A white tiger-shaped killing sword intent shot out, striking precisely the life core of the demonic vine that was constantly moving and changing within its main trunk.
The opponent's vitality was indeed vigorous; under the "Emperor's Qi Observation Technique," the life core of this demonic vine was clearly visible.
"Plop!"
As if a balloon had been punctured, the demonic vine convulsed violently, its main trunk withered and shattered instantly, and the vines that had been wrapped around the deer beast loosened helplessly.
With a single strike, the seemingly ferocious demonic vine was instantly annihilated.
Li Xijun walked to the withered roots of the demonic vine, casually brushed aside the rotten tendrils, and his eyes lit up slightly.
At the base of the plant, three strange flowers were growing.
The flower was entirely ice-blue, shaped like a lotus, but it only had three petals, each with naturally growing mysterious silver patterns.
A tiny, pure white flame flickers at the flower's stamen, emitting a strange, cool fragrance that can purify the heart and calm the soul.
"This is the Pure Flame Heart Lotus?!"
Li Xijun recognized the rare flower, and a hint of satisfaction finally appeared in his eyes.
"Moreover, it's the Pure Flame Heart Lotus, possessing at least five thousand years of medicinal power. This rare and precious material inherently has the effects of tempering the physical body, stimulating vitality, and assisting in breaking through realms, making it most suitable as one of the ingredients for refining the 'Earth Fragrance' elixir."
He precisely picked the three Pure Flame Lotus flowers and placed them in a specially made box for safekeeping.
"I've only been here a short time and I've already managed to harvest this rare flower. It seems that with the wealth of this 'Land of Dragon Origin,' the other spiritual herbs I gather in the next three days will be enough for me to refine the highest quality 'Earth Fragrance'!"
At that time, with the help of that "earthly fragrance," one will successively break through the mouth and nose, reaching the realm of all seven orifices; it should be a natural progression.
Li Xijun immediately felt that the gains from this mythical world alone made the trip to the Cherry Blossom Country worthwhile.
He continued toward the spot he had seen when he used the "Emperor's Aura Observation Technique".
The sky gradually changed color.
As darkness enveloped the world, Li Xijun emerged from the forest and finally saw the ruins of a village.
It is called a ruin because although most of the buildings in the village are still intact and built with a kind of fragrant spiritual wood, the whole village is deathly silent and shrouded in a thick, uncomfortable atmosphere of resentment and filth.
The plaque at the village entrance is crooked, with a few simple characters engraved on it: "Shuisheng Shihua Village".
"Flower-Serving Village? It seems to be the village in this world that was originally responsible for cultivating spiritual plants." Li Xijun understood.
In this kind of resource-based mythological world, it's normal to have settlements specifically responsible for taking care of medicinal herbs.
But at this moment, "figures" are wandering around the village.
They still retain their human form, but their bodies have become completely plant-like, their skin is like rough tree bark, their limbs are twisted into branches, strange flowers bloom on their heads, and their eyes are two empty holes from which purplish-black sap flows.
They moved stiffly, made unconscious noises, and exuded a strong aura of resentment and death.
They may have originally been simple and honest spiritual plant farmers, but now they have been corrupted by "Calamity" and transformed into humanoid monsters with only instinctive destructive desires.
and,
Judging by strength alone, the villagers of Shuisheng Village actually possess spiritual energy fluctuations befitting early-stage martial artists.
If it were someone like Wei Ying or Jiang Qiyue, even if they came, they would only be able to look away and flee in terror at the sight of so many mythical creatures.
"Sigh... This place must have been a village with simple and honest people. What a pity."
Li Xijun uttered a soft sigh, but his voice immediately startled the monsters.
They roared and waved their plant-like limbs, rushing forward like a tidal wave, bringing with them waves of death and depravity.
He shook his head and calmly handed over a derivative sword strike of the Celestial Realm.
"!"
The moment the sword light appeared, it was like "the spring breeze turning the south bank of the Yangtze River green again," transforming into an endless spring breeze that brought forth patches of green life, instantly turning the entire decaying and desolate Shuisheng Village into a vibrant spring garden.
The monsters that had charged forward fell in droves, turning into withered branches and leaves in the realm of "Azure Dragon Presiding over Life," and the aura of resentment dissipated as well.
In an instant,
The monsters in the entire village were wiped out.
Li Xijun, on the other hand, was slightly surprised as she looked at the 'Calamity' demonic energy, which seemed to have encountered its natural enemy and was being annihilated by the Azure Dragon's intent and spiritual power.
He hadn't expected his "Azure Dragon Wood Longevity Technique" to be so domineering, easily crushing and annihilating this corrupt, lifeless, and decadent "calamity" demonic energy.
"Those five unparalleled martial arts skills in the martial arts world are just too overpowered!"
Li Xijun felt that if he advanced to the Golden Body Realm, he might be able to go to that Mythical World of Calamity and give that evil god two swords.
Of course, he'd be too lazy to bother with the country's messy affairs.
After dismissing that thought, Li Xijun entered the village of the Spirit Plant Master with curiosity and excitement.
In the center of the village is a small square with a long-dried-up fountain. Scattered around it are some broken medicine baskets and tools, faintly revealing traces of the peaceful labor of the past.
Li Xijun's spiritual power spread out like mercury, carefully scanning the village to see if there were any overlooked treasures or clues.
Suddenly, his expression shifted slightly, and he vanished instantly, arriving at a courtyard deep within the village, protected by an additional spiritual energy barrier.
The plaque above the gate of this courtyard reads the four large characters: "奇花园" (Qi Hua Yuan).
Li Xijun barely hesitated, and instantly slashed at the weak point of the barrier with his sword.
As countless specks of spiritual energy scattered across the sky, he instantly saw them upon entering.
Forty-nine extraordinary flowers, no less beautiful than the Pure Flame Heart Lotus from before, were being planted in various locations of different colors, forming an array that constantly emitted the radiance of spiritual energy.