Chapter 1723: Immortal Residence

The sheep hooves tapped lightly, and the sheep and cart jumped again, flying over several rows of houses in succession, and landed back on the dirt road. Everyone looked back, and the house was intact, with only one tile kicked crooked.

Seeing a sheep cart that could fly over eaves and walls for the first time, the wind-riding talent of these few big sheep is really extraordinary.

Even the Black Armor guards felt their eyes opened, and the commoners in the town knelt on the ground, things rolling all over the floor without picking them up, only burying their heads and worshipping in the direction the sheep cart left, while chanting the Wind God's name loudly.

The sheep cart drove so fast, He Lingchuan could still hear the sound of "Immortal Grandpa, Immortal Grandpa" coming from behind, so he asked Lu Jing: "You don't go down the mountain often?"

Immortals, after all, have to live high above the clouds. If the Mirage Sect disciples often go down the mountain, so that mortals can always see them, then there is no mystery.

Lu Jing said: "Cultivation is hard, and the sect does not allow disciples to go down the mountain privately. The procurement and connection of the people are handled by special personnel."

This sheep cart speed is extremely fast, almost running out of shadows, and it left the small town in two or three strokes, heading toward Stone Dragon Mountain.

If you look down from a high place, three-fifths of the area of Silver Pearl Island belongs to the Stone Dragon Mountain range. Looking from a distance, the mountain looks like a screen, especially the main peak, Stone Dragon Peak, which is a peak supporting the sky, and the half of the mountain is hidden in the clouds and mist, which is very spectacular.

The Yingtai sheep cart also passed through the special road of the Wind God Temple, but did not stop. Everyone could only feel that this temple was built quite grandly, and the area occupied was also very large, and then they entered the Stone Dragon Mountain range.

No one noticed that a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy by the mountain road raised his head when he heard the sound, staring straight at the sheep cart.

He looked at the big sheep pulling the cart, and also saw the people on the cart.

Of course, the sheep cart was as fast as a white horse passing through a gap, and it disappeared from his field of vision in just three or five breaths.

After going up the mountain, Yingtai had more room to play. When running, the real scenery on both sides turned into virtual lines, especially flying over cliffs and streams like walking on flat ground. Several times, they were even stepping on the cliffs, running parallel to the ground, and neither the sheep, the cart, nor the people could fall off.

The only drawback is that this cart makes people dizzy when flying over eaves and walls, and those who can't stand firm are easy to flash their waists, which reminds He Lingchuan of the roller coaster he sat on in his previous life.

Everyone consciously stayed away from Zhu Xiuer. If they accidentally fell on her, it would be called a thousand holes and bleeding all over.

Lu Jing said before that Yingtai could ride the wind and fly in the past. Why can't it now? Heh, thinking about it, it's probably because the spiritual energy concentration of the Cave Heaven and Blessed Land has dropped significantly in the past half year, and they are forced to travel on land and slow down.

It can be seen how fast the spiritual energy consumption here is.

He Lingchuan originally suspected that True Person Qianhuan had left the Upside-Down Sea, but judging from this, this worry is purely redundant.

Apart from such an ancient true immortal, who else can whale-suck the spiritual energy of the Cave Heaven and Blessed Land? Entering the Stone Dragon Mountain range, you can't see any rare birds and beasts on the side of the road, but instead, there are various rare birds and beasts. For example, an owl with a white bottom and black spots on the tree branch clearly has two small antennas on its forehead, but when it turns its head one hundred and eighty degrees, everyone discovers that it has a human face! Human-faced owl.

The Yingtai cart galloped in the valley and almost hit a group of spirit deer. These deer were much taller than ordinary horses, pure white as snow, and could even emit a hazy white light in the gradually darkening valley, looking exceptionally holy.

The further up the mountain, the denser the spiritual energy.

There are even thick cyan mists moving in the air—

Foggy spiritual energy, even He Lingchuan saw it for the first time! Even though everyone had experienced the baptism of Emperor Flowing Pulp in the outside world not long ago, taking a few more deep breaths at this time had the same oxygen-drunk feeling!

"The spiritual energy on this mountain is so dense!" Dong Rui was surprised, "At least six or seven times that of the foot of the mountain!"

The spiritual energy of Silver Pearl Island, compared to the human world four months ago, is already a heaven and an earth.

But the spiritual energy on Stone Dragon Peak is more than five or seven times denser than Silver Pearl Island! He Lingchuan knew that this was mostly because the spiritual energy absorbed by the spirit-gathering array was concentrated and invested in Stone Dragon Peak. Silver Pearl Island just picked up a little leak and drank a mouthful of soup, and the spiritual energy was denser than the outside world.

He took a deep breath, only feeling that his chest and lungs were comfortable, and his body became light.

These immortals can really enjoy themselves, hiding in the Cave Heaven and Blessed Land, forming their own system, living their peaceful years, and not caring about the rise and fall of the world? The poverty and distress of all living beings on the Flash Gold Plain? Heh, can't see, can't see at all.

He Lingchuan pinched the carriage board. If this were an ordinary carriage, he would have pressed a few finger marks on it long ago.

Lu Jing shook his head: "It has weakened a lot compared to the original. You came from outside, do you know what happened?"

Dong Rui looked blank and asked knowingly: "Ah? What happened outside?"

Heh heh, isn't it that the Upside-Down Heaven and Earth Array was broken, and this gang of turtles can't suck the spiritual energy of the outside world! Lu Jing didn't say any more.

Even if these people are from Spirit Mountain, he is a disciple of True Person Qianhuan, so he doesn't need to be humble, and he doesn't need to answer every question.

Dong Rui asked again: "Can we see True Person Qianhuan himself when we go up the mountain now?"

Lu Jing shook his head: "The Immortal Venerable is in seclusion. For specifics, you have to ask Sect Master Xiao."

He answered very cautiously. After all, after these people go up the mountain, they will also know that the Immortal Venerable is in seclusion, so he didn't leak secrets by saying so. But He Lingchuan heard it and looked at Zhu Xiuer, and thought, sure enough.

Qianhuan had an accident.

Before, it was just suspicion, but now it can be confirmed.

Before they entered the storm circle, they had already discussed the key points. There were strange things before and after True Person Qianhuan's seclusion this time, and he closed the seclusion early and was reluctant to come out of the mountain for a long time. He Lingchuan also deduced whether True Person Qianhuan was seriously injured and had never recovered? But Zhu Xiuer thought that this possibility was extremely small. For a great immortal at the level of True Person Qianhuan, if he said he had been in seclusion for more than 150 years and still couldn't heal his injuries, it could only be that his origin was damaged.

Even if a heavenly god came down to earth to deal with him, unless the main god took action, it would be difficult for other gods to hurt Qianhuan like this; conversely, if they wanted to seriously injure Qianhuan, the main god would have to pay a corresponding price, and the most likely result was both sides suffering.

The stronger such a person is, the less willing they are to take action personally, so Zhu Xiuer was more inclined to believe that True Person Qianhuan had encountered a problem in his cultivation.

Just listening to Lu Jing's answer, it was impossible to see whether He Lingchuan or Zhu Xiuer was right.

Wanzai Feng also interjected: "Has Lu Sir cultivated to become an immortal?"

Lu Jing looked at him: "Even in the Cave Heaven and Blessed Land, immortals are not so easy to cultivate."

This means there is none.

The road ahead became wider and wider, and the huge valley was opened as farmland, and the figures of mortals appeared again—carrying baskets and hoes, working hard in the fields.

This farmland looked no different from ordinary farmland at first glance, also green, and the growth was very gratifying. But Wanzai Liang had sharp eyes. In the process of the Yingtai cart galloping, he found two running figures in the field—

Milky, fat, more than a palm high little baby, with green leaves on his head, and several red elixir fruits on the leaves.

They almost rushed under the sheep cart, dancing and dancing.

"Whoa, Ginseng Baby!" Wanzai Liang had only heard of such rare treasures in storybooks before, and didn't expect to witness it with his own eyes. "Is this an immortal field?"

"Indeed." Lu Jing asked him back, "Is there none in the human world?"

"It's been gone for a long time." Dong Rui sighed, "The best medicine field in the human world is in Beijia, which is also intensive large-scale planting."

No wonder these melon babies would rather die than leave the Cave Heaven and Blessed Land. The welfare here is too good, right? Ling Guang also stared at it. It saw many rare medicinal herbs in the field, which should have been distributed on high-altitude cliffs, and would die if transplanted, which was very expensive. Unexpectedly, the immortal planted them here as if planting green onions, fat and strong, and growing gratifyingly.

If the sheep cart wasn't running too fast, it really wanted to jump down and observe carefully.

Wanzai Liang couldn't help but say: "I thought the immortal field had a unique planting method, how is it also manual work by mortals?"

Why not use magic spells to irrigate and sow seedlings? And the density of mortal farmers here far exceeds that of flat land.

Looking from a distance, it is an immortal mountain that is difficult to reach, but when the lens is pulled closer, the green fields are all busy figures in cloth clothes.

Lu Jing shook his head: "I once managed the field affairs of Stone Dragon Peak. Alas, the weeds in the immortal field grow faster than the spirit grass. Some are poisonous, some will strangle the spirit grass, and some will sprout again if they are not rooted, and finally, they have to rely on human eyes to identify and human hands to pull them out. What magic spell can take care of these by itself?"

No tool or magic spell is as flexible as human hands. Therefore, the labor of mortals is a very important part of this system.

Walking forward, it was pieces of fruit forests, mulberry fields, and workshops, which also couldn't do without people.

Dong Rui was curious: "They say that the immortal clothes are seamless, could it be that the immortal's precious clothes are also woven by mortals?"

"If they are not woven by hand, could the brocade and silk automatically shuttle and weave into clothes?" Lu Jing laughed, "No matter what precious clothes, such as combing and brocade, the first seven processes must be done by hand, and the later shaping, refining, and inlaying are taken over by the sect."

Primary raw materials, primary craftsmanship, all have to be labored by mortals.

"There are also many disciples who don't have the ability to fast, and can't eat wind and drink dew for a long time. Their food, clothing, housing, and transportation all need to be supported by the entire Silver Pearl Island." Lu Jing added, "The labor in the sect is extremely heavy, how can it be done by our few people?"

Both said so.

He Lingchuan also knew clearly that there was another important reason, which Lu Jing avoided mentioning, and that was cost.

The corvée of mortals is much cheaper than magic spells for farming. They eat little, do a lot, and are obedient. Why not use them? The root of all economic activities is nothing more than cost accounting. High-ranking immortals also have to calculate this account well.

On the other hand, if the mortals on Silver Pearl Island have no value to Qianhuan and the Mirage Sect, their end will be the most miserable.

No matter which world, people can survive only because they still have value and are still useful to others.

The sheep cart ran for several more li, and the fields on both sides of the mountain road were deserted. Although you could still see the paths, the weeds had already grown very high. ===== CHAPTER 1724 =====