Chapter 139: "These Days, Fighting and Killing Leads Nowhere."

Chapter 139: "These Days, Fighting and Killing Leads Nowhere."

"Hmm."

Fei Long sighed as he gazed at the endless stream of resentful spirits surrounding him, their forms dissipating into wisps of green smoke. "These resentful spirits seem to have no brains at all."

"They're like moths flying into a flame."

"If they had even a hint of spiritual intelligence, wouldn't they be terrified seeing their companions die one after another?"

"I think if you, Brother Qiu, stay here for a day and night, you might just clear out all the resentful spirits beneath Feizhou, and then Feizhou won't be cold anymore. It would directly solve the problem of the Boundless Ice Plains' coldness at its root."

"Maybe the Boundless Ice Plains will melt entirely."

"This world is truly strange."

The scholar was awe-struck, his face filled with wonder as he looked around, muttering. The place was illuminated only by the faint green light emanating from the countless resentful spirits, their green glow lighting up the entire underground depths.

The Boundless Desert's heat was due to the underground sea of flowing fire.

The Boundless Ice Plains' coldness was due to the underground sea of resentful spirits.

What about the Boundless Sea? What about the Boundless Snow Mountains?

"Hmm."

Chen Qiu glanced around and didn't say more. His body surged with spirit qi, and countless dark clouds appeared above the deep pit. A storm surged forth, and hundreds of thousands of lightning dragons roared amidst the deafening thunder, massacring the resentful spirits in the underground depths like mowing grass.

Although his Heavenly Dao Saint Body could annihilate all kinds of evil spirits, this included the resentful spirits.

But only those close to him could trigger this effect, making the efficiency a bit too slow.

The lightning dragons were also highly effective in exterminating evil spirits.

The countless lightning dragons with purple-blue arcs flashing on their bodies also illuminated the underground area.

The group had no specific target; they just kept slaughtering the resentful spirits below as they moved forward. After an entire quarter of an hour of uninterrupted massacre, the resentful spirits showed no signs of diminishing.

The empty space they had cleared behind them was quickly filled again by the resentful spirits pouring in from all sides.

Endless.

Fei Long's body was already freezing, and he was shivering uncontrollably. His teeth chattered, "Damn, no wonder Feizhou is so cold. If you sleep on top of this stuff every day, you'd better be cold or you're seeing ghosts."

"We must have killed hundreds of thousands of resentful spirits, but there's no sign of them decreasing."

"Moreover, the underground of Feizhou is almost completely hollowed out. With so many spaces, there's not even a single support point. Hasn't Feizhou shown any signs of sinking over the years?"

"Does this make sense?"

Chen Qiu decided not to move forward anymore, as it was pointless. The empty space he had just cleared would soon be filled again by the resentful spirits. As Fei Long had said, there was no point in clearing it now.

He had nothing to do for the next few days.

He didn't believe that the resentful spirits in the underground depths of Feizhou couldn't be cleared out.

An hour later.

The surrounding resentful spirits still showed no signs of decreasing in number. Hundreds of thousands of lightning dragons had been continuously unleashed for an entire hour, and Chen Qiu felt like his right arm was about to be pierced through by the armor, leaving countless wounds. Although his injuries could heal instantly, the pain was still there.

The scholar and Fei Long had long since returned to the Little World.

The place was too heavy with resentment.

Staying too long could cause the resentment to enter their bodies, which wouldn't be good. Back when he was at the Foundation Establishment stage, he had carried only a fraction of the resentful spirits he was carrying now, and Old Cao had said he was brave.

"Continue!"

Chen Qiu was starting to get into it. He decided not to cultivate today. He didn't believe that the number of resentful spirits at the bottom of Feizhou could exceed his ability to clear them.

Several hours passed, and it was already midnight.

The Golden Core Heavenly Dao Cultivation Pill had arrived, and at this moment, Chen Qiu's expression was a bit dazed. His release of the Lightning Summoning Art had become an unconscious action.

Every time he released the Lightning Summoning Art, he felt a sense of exhilaration.

The feeling of spirit qi moving within his body.

Especially the Spirit Controlling Technique, which allowed the spirit qi to accumulate within his body until it was about to burst, and then release it, creating a sense of exquisite control.

Coupled with the overwhelming storm, it made him feel incredibly refreshed.

But after continuously unleashing it for several hours, he became completely numb. He didn't even want to use the Lightning Summoning Art anymore, feeling like he had overused it. Even his right arm had started to lose sensation, going numb.

Completely numb.

However, the surrounding resentful spirits didn't seem to have decreased at all!

Were there so many resentful spirits that they seemed to have been shot out by someone? Otherwise, he couldn't imagine what Feizhou had gone through in the past for there to be so many resentful spirits underground.

Had they been cursed by heaven?

Three days and three nights passed just like that. At this moment, Chen Qiu's eyes were filled with a dazed and lost look. His entire body was numb as he stood in the air, and his body unconsciously unleashed hundreds of thousands of lightning dragons again, but they struck nothing. Only then did a glimmer of spirit appear in his eyes.

Looking around, not a single resentful spirit was in sight.

His spirit sense spread out, but not a single resentful spirit was detected.

"Finally... is it over?"

Chen Qiu's state of benevolence slightly recovered, and he rubbed his dry eyes, releasing the scholar and the others from the Little World. His voice was tired and powerless as he said, "Scholar, go and see if there's anything special."

"The sudden frenzy of the underground fire beneath the Endless Desert was due to the Eight-Petaled Flame Lotus.

And this winter, the Sea of Vengeful Spirits beneath the Endless Ice Plains also went into a frenzy, possibly due to something similar to the Eight-Petaled Flame Lotus.

However, when he released his Divine Sense, he couldn't detect anything.

"Alright."

The scholar nodded energetically, and a three-foot-long green sword instantly shot out from his sleeve towards the distance. Fat Dragon, standing beside him, was amazed as he scanned the surroundings and gave Chen Qiu a thumbs-up.

"Brother Qiu, you're amazing!"

"Hehe."

Chen Qiu forced a smile, squeezing out a grin. Amazing? He also thought it was pretty impressive, but it was exhausting!

As the scholar explored further...

They had even traveled from the depths of Fat State to the heart of the Endless Ice Plains. Just as Liu Zide had said, a portion beneath the Endless Ice Plains had been hollowed out. There should have been countless vengeful spirits here, but now it was completely empty.

The entire underground seemed to have been naturally carved out to form a gigantic cave.

Completely empty.

Not a trace of light could be seen.

The only source of illumination was the Lightning Dragon swirling around Chen Qiu, but Liu Zide's statement wasn't entirely accurate. The area beneath the Endless Ice Plains hadn't been completely hollowed out. As they ventured deeper into the Endless Ice Plains, not far from their starting point, and even before reaching the locations of the nine great legacies, they reached the end.

The ancient ruins they had visited a few days ago were located at the edge of the Endless Ice Plains, and they had already passed that ancient site.

Indeed.

In the vast, empty underground cave, with no supporting structures, there was a winding, twisting dirt pillar that led straight down to the depths of the earth, abruptly jutting out in the middle of the cave.

And within that dirt pillar was...

The ancient ruins passage of the Mock Heaven Sect.

No wonder it felt colder the deeper they went; it was as if they were surrounded by countless vengeful spirits.

At the end of the underground passage, Chen Qiu also saw what he had been hoping to find.

A flower resembling the Eight-Petaled Flame Lotus was slowly floating in mid-air.

It was a pale green color, like that of vengeful spirits, emitting an extremely eerie glow and an intensely dense aura of vengeful spirits.

It was different from the black Eight-Petaled Demon Lotus.

The Eight-Petaled Demon Lotus emitted death energy, an extremely dense death and demonic aura, while this one emitted a grudging aura, somewhat similar to the difference between a demonic cultivator and a demonic cultivator.

"I shall name you, Eight Petal Vengeful Lotus."

Chen Qiu gave this eight-petaled lotus a new name and then effortlessly reached out his hand, easily collecting the Eight Petal Vengeful Lotus into his Little World, once again hovering above his Little World.

It formed a corresponding position with the Eight-Petaled Demon Lotus.

Now, there were two lotus flowers above his Little World.

One emitted death energy, and the other, grudging energy.

As a result, his Little World, which was originally a sword cultivation sect focused on killing, had now transformed into a ghost realm, filled with deathly energy. It felt more like a holy land in the eyes of demonic and demonic cultivators than a sword cultivation sect.

If one were to cultivate here,

their cultivation would undoubtedly increase rapidly.

He still didn't know what these two lotus flowers were for, only that they were valuable treasures. However, he had no idea what their specific uses were. Nonetheless, these objects couldn't be stored in a Spirit Artifact or jade box.

Only his Little World could accommodate them.

In other words,

aside from him, even if someone in the Great Xia Kingdom saw these lotus flowers, they wouldn't be able to take them away. After all, even the so-called hidden families in the Great Xia Kingdom, who possessed Little Worlds, only had fixed, immovable Little Worlds.

There probably wasn't anyone else who had a portable Little World like his.

His movable Little World was created by the Mock Heaven Sect, and aside from the Mock Heaven Sect, there were only a few others in the Great Xia Kingdom with the strength to create such a portable Little World.

"Let's go back."

After collecting the Eight Petal Vengeful Lotus into his Little World, he scanned the surroundings and, seeing no vengeful spirits or anything unusual, began the journey back the way they came.

Soon...

Chen Qiu and the others shot out from the cave entrance in the wilderness, a hundred li away from Fat City, where Liu Zide and the Wang Family Patriarch had been waiting.

"Brother Qiu."

Liu Zide hurriedly approached, excitedly saying, "Is everything taken care of? I noticed a few days ago that there were no more vengeful spirits at the bottom of the cave entrance, and the temperature in Fat State has been warming up quickly these past few days."

"Although it's still colder than other states due to its proximity to the Endless Ice Plains, it's much better than before. The temperature has returned to normal, except for the Endless Ice Plains, which remain cold without any change."

"Mhm."

Chen Qiu nodded slightly, gazing into the depths of the Endless Ice Plains. The coldness in Fat State was partly caused by the vast number of vengeful spirits deep underground and partly by the howling cold winds from the Endless Ice Plains.

Now that the vengeful spirits had been cleared out, Fat State naturally warmed up.

However, the coldness of the Endless Ice Plains had little to do with the vengeful spirits. The howling winds that blew year-round were from an unknown source.

"From now on, you can freely acquire the Malevolent Wood. The vengeful spirits beneath Fat State have been cleared out, so there's no need to worry about the decrease in Malevolent Wood suppressing the vengeful spirits."

"But there are no more vengeful spirits."

"The Malicious Wood won't grow either."

"We can speed up the acquisition."

The reason why the Malicious Wood grew a new batch every year was mainly to suppress the vengeful spirits, a natural law, just like how venomous snakes often had corresponding antidotes growing nearby.

In places where malicious spirits lingered year after year, Malicious Wood would naturally grow.

With no more vengeful spirits, there was no need for the Malicious Wood to grow either.

But there was nothing to regret. He planned to advance his cultivation to the peak of Golden Core Great Perfection within a year, leaving this place behind and not waiting for the Malicious Wood to grow again next year.

The batch that grew this year, along with the accumulated ones from previous years, was already sufficient for his needs.

"Understood."

Liu Zide nodded solemnly, emphasizing his agreement.

Then Chen Qiu looked at the two of them with a light smile and nodded, not saying anything more. Along with the scholar and the others, they transformed into streams of light and shot towards the direction of Fat City.

These two were quite interesting.

The Wang Family Patriarch wasn't good with words, and Liu Zide had always been the one communicating with him. But the Patriarch didn't seem to have any thoughts of being usurped, which was unusual for someone in a position of power.

Some people established families to leverage their influence and elevate themselves further.

Others founded families to pass on their glory, ensuring each generation surpassed the last.

And some created families purely for the joy of a happy family, preferring to spend time with their loved ones, finding greater happiness and a sense of belonging with them.

They didn't aspire to seek immortality.

With similar cultivation, power, and wealth, this life would be lived similarly.

There wasn't a better way.

He could understand all of it.

But he had his own path to follow, and that path was to ensure his own safety, to sleep without worrying about sudden attacks, and to become the strongest.

Achieving immortality would be ideal.

If immortality couldn't be attained, then those who displeased him would be prevented from achieving it first.

A simple wish.

Upon returning to Fat City, Chen Qiu found that it was already nearing dusk.

With barely a pause, he hurried back to the inn and immediately fell into a deep slumber on the bed, not even bothering with the thirty Golden Core Heavenly Dao Cultivation Pills accumulated over the past few days. All he wanted was sleep.

Not a single Golden Core could endure what he had—fighting for three days and three nights, each battle with full force.

He could take it.

Even his meridians couldn't withstand it.

But if asked how tired his body was, it was actually not too bad. It was mainly mental exhaustion; three days and three nights of continuous fighting, not to mention the battles themselves, would make anyone feel dazed, even if they were just doing manual labor.

Sleep first.

Let the world collapse if it wanted to; he'd deal with it after waking up tomorrow.

This time, even if the world fell, he wouldn't wake up.

Let it collapse; after all, he wouldn't be the only one dying.

"This Mock Heaven Sect is becoming less and less like a place for righteous cultivators."

On the back mountain of the Mock Heaven Sect.

Fat Dragon lay on the grassy slope, a blade of grass in his mouth, his whole body leaning back with his hands propped behind him, gazing at the Eight-Petaled Demon Lotus in mid-air, emitting a dead aura, and the Eight-Petaled Vengeful Lotus, emitting a resentful aura.

He sighed with a look of emotion.

"Not only is it getting colder, but it's also becoming more eerie. When the Eight-Petaled Flame Lotus was here, although the Mock Heaven Sect was hot, at least the light was bright."

"Look at it now."

"There's not a trace of a righteous sect left; it looks like a demonic or evil sect's sacred ground."

"I understand that Qiu-ge fought for three days and three nights, and he's really tired. Returning to the inn, he doesn't want to think about anything and just wants to sleep. I totally understand."

"But—"

Fat Dragon spoke with a hint of resentment: "At least let us out first. Staying here for a night, I feel like I'm about to turn evil."

"Qiu-ge said he wanted to find people to repair the sect. With the current atmosphere in the Mock Heaven Sect, those who come to repair the sect might be scared, thinking that the completion of the sect will be their funeral day."

"It's not that bad."

The scholar lay on the grass, his head resting on his hands, and smiled: "I think it's fine. As a sword cultivator, staying in this environment for a long time can further temper me."

"Then you can practice well."

Fat Dragon rolled his eyes at the scholar, then suddenly remembered something. He squeezed his eyebrows and smiled: "Well, since we're free now, do you want to go play with me?"

"Get lost."

Seeing Fat Dragon's expression, the scholar immediately understood what he meant. He sighed: "I'm a sword cultivator, it's useless for me."

"That's not right. Going to the brothel can enhance your cultivation. You're not going, and you're so happy?"

"That's different."

After hesitating for a while, the scholar carefully chose his words: "I'm not used to sharing with others..."

"Pfft."

Fat Dragon waved his hand, stood up, patted his buttocks, and walked towards the interior of the Mock Heaven Sect without looking back: "I won't talk to you anymore. I'm going to cultivate. But I suggest you avoid going to the brothel from now on."

"Why?"

Fat Dragon turned to the puzzled scholar, his mouth twitching slightly for a while before he closed it and continued walking towards the interior of the Mock Heaven Sect. "It's nothing."

He really wanted to say, "I'm afraid you'll end up with your relatives."

After all, the ancestors of everyone in the Great Xia Kingdom were from the same group of people, and who knew what order they followed for breeding. But after careful consideration, he thought that after so many generations, they couldn't really be considered relatives.

If that were the case, then their ancestors on Blue Star were also from the same group, and they would also be considered relatives.

Monsters were better.

Their bloodline was absolutely pure, and they couldn't possibly be relatives.

".

Fat Dragon's mouth twitched slightly as a sudden thought crossed his mind. He had an extremely twisted idea, but after careful consideration, he felt that their ancestors probably weren't that twisted.

"Heart to heart, heart to heart."

At this moment, inside the disciple dormitory of the Mock Heaven Sect, the middle-aged shopkeeper paid no attention to the newly appeared Vengeful Lotus in mid-air. Instead, he stayed in his room, using charcoal to continuously calculate on the wall, completely immersed in a state of extreme passion and excitement.

He had originally thought that it would take at least three to five years to break the seal on the Spirit Artifact.

But now, it seemed that the process could be greatly shortened.

When he stopped trying to break the seal and instead put himself in the role of the person who had set up the seal, he suddenly realized that many of the seal's design principles were exactly the same as his own.

It was as if they were long-lost friends who had not seen each other for many years.

He stopped trying to break the seal.

Instead, he began to deduce in reverse.

As he started deducing in reverse, his thoughts became instantly clear and lucid, and the speed of deduction was much faster than the speed of breaking the seal. He became more and more curious about this person he had never met before, and if one day they were to meet, the other person would surely become his best friend and confidant.

He believed that the other person would also feel a sense of mutual appreciation for him.

"Roar."

At this moment, on the Endless Desert.

A young brown bear was lying on the warm desert, enjoying the sun. He covered his eyes with two large green leaves he had found somewhere, and leisurely crossed his legs, occasionally scratching his body with his bear claws to get rid of fleas.

"Son, why have you suddenly become so listless?"

An old brown bear standing nearby asked with confusion, "Not long ago, you wanted to unite the Monster Clan and attack the Great Xia's Xuzhou, to seize a fertile land for our clan. Now, our clan members have gathered, and we are just waiting for your command to launch an attack. Why have you become so despondent?"

"Kill?"

The young brown bear removed the green leaves covering his eyes and looked at his father standing in front of him with surprise, "Father, why do they suddenly want to fight?"

"It's natural that they have become accustomed to a life without food shortages, and recently they found that the Spirit Rice had died again. They want to retake Xuzhou to ensure they can eat their fill again."

"I understand."

The young brown bear nodded seriously, "So, they are hungry, and that's why they want to fight, right? But I, as the young leader of the clan, am not lacking food. Why should I follow them and risk my life in battle?"

"It's them who are hungry, not me."

".

The old brown bear fell silent for a long time before speaking with difficulty, "Let me think about it."

"You don't need to think about it either."

The young brown bear waved his hand impatiently, "You've seen the Shadow Stone, right? Chen Qiu of the Great Xia is almost driven mad. With a casual strike, he nearly wiped out the Sea Tribe, and they even had Golden Core Cultivators. Our Brown Bear Clan doesn't even have a single Golden Core Cultivator."

"And you still want to invade the Great Xia? What are you thinking?"

"Just stay put and behave. Don't provoke Chen Qiu, or he might come to the Endless Desert and wipe us out as well. That would be fun. The Sea Tribe can escape into the sea, but where can we run to? Can we run into the depths of the desert? Wouldn't a bunch of brown bears running in the desert be too conspicuous?"

"We can't dig underground, can you? I can't."

"But..."

The young brown bear crossed his legs and scratched his belly with his bear claws, smiling, "There's no need to worry too much. A few days ago, I sent my trusted followers to contact the Starlight Sect near the Endless Desert. I've heard that this sect is quite peaceful."

"It is said that our brown bear's urine is a valuable medicinal ingredient for them."

"I've decided to trade with them."

"We'll exchange bear urine for food."

"In these times, fighting and killing won't get us anywhere. No matter how powerful you are, can you defeat Chen Qiu? If you can't beat him, don't even think about fighting and killing."

"The Monster Clan and the Human Clan can coexist peacefully."

"Although there have been some conflicts and disputes in the past, both sides can blame the Monster Beasts. We can use the Monster Beasts as a buffer zone and say that all the past misdeeds were done by them."

"As long as the recently risen Monster Clan's Talented Genius doesn't get carried away and challenges Chen Qiu, there will basically be no problems."

Recently, a Talented Genius had risen within the Monster Clan.

He was very powerful.

He had defeated all the Monster Clan's Talented Geniuses without any resistance, and it was said that he had become extremely arrogant, seeking a defeat.

(End of Chapter)

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