Chapter 561: The Wind of the Jiyue Domain Rises, the Star Fire Wants to Start a Prairie Fire

Gods have dreams, using dance as a sacrifice, cutting paper for living beings, painting all things.

The talented please the gods and are blessed with eternal Dao; the mediocre are hated by the spirits and destroyed in a single thought.

This is the ritual dance.

At this moment, as the old man in the Twin Peaks perished in this backlash, all the dancing butterflies produced by this failed ritual dance also dissipated with him.

These dancing butterflies swallowed his flesh and blood and melted into heaven and earth, leaving no trace, allowing all living beings to be clear-minded.

And for the living beings of the Weiyang Mountain Range, waking up... perhaps is not a kind of happiness.

A life not arranged might bring more confusion.

Looking around, starting from the cities under the mountains, this storm of confusion swept across, submerging the cities.

In the cities, whether mortals or cultivators, they were silent the moment they woke up.

Some couples, some friends, some relatives, some masters and apprentices—they looked at each other, complexity replacing daze in their expressions. They were strangers and familiar to each other.

What was strange was that they didn't know each other before and were given roles to be together, what was familiar was that this memory hadn't disappeared, and what was dazed was where to go after waking up.

The cities were like this, the sects were like this, and family after family was the same. The storm swept through the entire Weiyang Mountain Range, shrouding everything.

Some chose to leave, never to return to this place that made them feel terrified and absurd.

Among them, more were outsiders.

But in fact, the vast majority of living beings in the Weiyang Mountain Range had actually lived here since birth, and their destinies were changed in infancy.

Even tracing back further, their ancestors were all like this.

They were accustomed to life being arranged, accustomed to everything having a determined trajectory, and even this habit had become an instinct, because before waking up, they didn't know the truth at all.

In their understanding, heaven and earth hadn't changed, and life was normal.

It was like being locked in a cage. When one day the cage was opened, they... would still choose to stay in the cage.

Even in their hearts, in order to reinforce their thoughts, they would raise some doubts, questioning whether this so-called dream awakening was a scam.

To prove that they had been awake from beginning to end.

This is a kind of happiness, and also a kind of sorrow.

Xu Qing was silent.

At this moment, with the help of the blue ice coffin where the Captain's past life body was located, and with the help of the scepter power within it, his divine sense covered the entire Weiyang Mountain Range.

This allowed him to clearly perceive the thoughts of all living beings.

Finally, Xu Qing and the Captain chose to leave.

Before leaving, the Captain also felt all this and sighed.

"These living beings who have lived here since birth, and whose ancestors have lived here for generations, even if they wake up from the dream, are still no different from being in the dream."

"They will continue to live here, just like before, without change."

"Little Ah Qing, let's go... perhaps for them, our appearance is a disturbance."

The Captain shook his head, put away his ice coffin, walked toward the sky, paused after a few steps, and turned to look at Xu Qing.

Xu Qing took a deep breath, withdrew his perception, and walked toward the Captain.

The two left silently in the sky, until they stopped outside the Yin-Yang Flower Sect.

Wu Jianwu was there.

At this moment, the Yin-Yang Flower Sect was less than five out of ten. The mountain had collapsed, the spirit pool was also muddy in the dust, and more than half of the sect's disciples had left after waking up.

Only those who were born here sat silently on the broken mountain rocks, their thoughts in a mess.

And Wu Jianwu's figure stood blankly at the foot of the mountain. In front of him was Yun Xiazi, who was walking away step by step.

The sunset sky carried a sense of curtain call, giving people a sense of oppression, just like his heart at this moment, and just like Yun Xiazi's complexity at this moment.

Wu Jianwu stared blankly at Yun Xiazi's figure, his heart indescribable.

After feeling the dramatic changes that had occurred here, he ran back here for the first time, saw the collapse of the mountain, saw the chaos around, and also saw Yun Xiazi.

He had recited poetry, but the other party seemed unable to understand it anymore. From beginning to end, she didn't look at him, and finally went far away, disappearing without a trace.

Wu Jianwu was disheartened and retreated a few steps, sitting on the side.

Xu Qing and the Captain walked over silently. Looking at the gloom on Wu Jianwu's expression, Xu Qing raised his hand and gave Wu Jianwu a pot of wine. He felt that Wu Jianwu at this moment must want to drink.

Wu Jianwu took it tremblingly, took a big gulp, and his eyes turned a bit red, whispering in a low voice.

"She couldn't understand at all, it was all fake!"

The Captain sighed, patted Wu Jianwu on the shoulder, and didn't say much.

Until a while later, as Wu Jianwu's mood recovered a little, their group left the place, only Wu Jianwu was silent all the way.

On the way, the Captain found Xiang Ningyan hiding in a crack in the ground and picked him up.

Xiang Ningyan was terrified. The scene here earlier made him feel incomparably dangerous, so after seeing Xu Qing and the others, his mood was also excited. Then he glared at Wu Jianwu, about to speak, but found that Wu Jianwu's mood was wrong.

Xiang Ningyan was surprised, wanting to ask, but also knew that it was not suitable at this moment, so he suppressed this curiosity in his heart.

Just like that, their group left the Weiyang Mountain Range, and as the Captain took out the artificial sun, everyone's figures flashed inside and disappeared on the horizon.

Time passed, and soon seven days went by.

The things that happened in the Weiyang Mountain Range gradually spread from the mouths of those who left. At the same time, the death of the ritual dancer also attracted the attention of the entire Yin-Yang Flower Sect.

In these seven days, many strong men of the Yin-Yang Flower Sect, after hearing about this, used disciples to teleport over to check.

Finally, a wanted notice from the Yin-Yang Flower Sect spread throughout the Jiyue Great Domain.

The wanted notice was for the God-defilers led by Weiyangzi and Tianqingzi.

If anyone provided clues, they would receive the friendship of the Yin-Yang Flower Sect. If someone sent their heads and souls, the Yin-Yang Flower Sect's main sect would give the Jienan Pill as a reward.

Once this wanted notice came out, the entire Jiyue Great Domain was shaken. On one hand, this matter was not small, and on the other hand, it was the Jienan Pill.

The only function of this pill was to alleviate the pain formed by the curse.

The cultivators of the Jiyue Great Domain, as their cultivation grows and time passes, the Red Moon curse in their bodies will gradually bring extreme pain to their bodies and souls.

The torture formed by this kind of pain is something no cultivator wants to bear, and the only thing that can alleviate this pain is the Jienan Pill.

It's just that this pill is too rare, and there are many living beings who need it, so it is extremely precious. It cannot be bought with spirit stones, and often any one of them is a rare commodity.

Like the ancestor of the two-race alliance back then, he intended to capture Xu Qing alive and send him to the temple to exchange for the Jienan Pill.

From this, one can imagine how great the temptation of this wanted notice is.

And at this moment, Xu Qing and the Captain and others who were wanted had already moved away from the Weiyang Mountain Range and appeared near the western land.

Here, the Captain wanted to avoid the limelight and at the same time prepare for another thing.

Xu Qing didn't intend to follow. He had his own things to deal with.

He always remembered the more than 100,000 people in the Firefly City near Watching Duanmu Cang who were under the curse. He wanted to help them resolve the curse.

It's just that to untie this curse, he needs to conduct a large amount of research and experiments, which requires a relatively stable environment and a certain amount of time.

With the Captain's jumpy personality, it was clearly not suitable to be with him.

At the same time, there was a place Xu Qing also planned to see.

So Xu Qing told the Captain about this idea.

"Researching the curse?" The Captain's eyes lit up when he heard this. After taking out a peach and taking a bite, the light in his eyes became even more intense.

"Haha, Little Ah Qing, this idea of yours was originally the eighth big thing I prepared. If you can have some insights in advance, we can save a lot of time for subsequent things."

"That's fine!" The Captain's face showed decisiveness. He handed Xu Qing an apple, put his arm around his neck, and spoke in a low voice.

"Little Ah Qing, if you go out by yourself, remember to pay attention not to be found by the Yin-Yang Flower Sect. As for me, I plan to do a small thing first, which will take about half a year or so."

"How small?" Xu Qing glanced at the Captain.

"Haha, a very, very small thing." The Captain raised his hand, touched his thumb and index finger, and then separated them by a gap to metaphorize what he was going to do.

"Then take care." Xu Qing smiled and didn't ask much.

The Captain laughed and looked at the distant heaven and earth.

"Alright, let's separate here. How about we meet at the Kusheng Mountain Range in half a year? I tell you, Little Ah Qing, don't be late this time. It's best if you can arrive early. In half a year, Big Brother will take you to join a particularly awesome organization!"

"That place is an important chess piece for us to fight the Red Moon!"

Strange light appeared in Xu Qing's eyes. He first heard the name Kusheng Mountain Range from Watching Duanmu Cang, knowing that there was a way to join the Niyue Palace there.

As for the specifics, Xu Qing didn't understand, and the place he originally planned to go also included the Kusheng Mountain Range.

Because Watching Duanmu Cang informed him that the Niyue Palace had deep research on the curse. If he could obtain relevant information from within, it would save him a lot of time for research.

And by analogy, it could also provide him with many thoughts.

So Xu Qing nodded, and after discussing some details of meeting with the Captain, Xu Qing got up and prepared to leave.

Before leaving, the Captain took some seeds from Wu Jianwu and handed them to Xu Qing.

"Little Junior Brother, if you arrive at the Kusheng Mountain Range early, plant these seeds there. In this way, if I encounter any urgent matters and need to find you, I will let Big Sword Sword arrange for an offspring to follow the aura of these seeds to find you. After I finish my work and go over, I can also find you through this."

Xu Qing took the seeds, feeling a bit strange in his heart. He knew the special nature of Wu Jianwu's offspring. The wish box from back then couldn't help but surface in his mind, so he looked at Wu Jianwu.

Wu Jianwu was still in that disheartened state, lying there without any love for life, sighing from time to time.

"Don't worry about him, heartbreak, normal, he'll be fine in a few days."

The Captain said with a smile. After speaking, he took a deep breath, looked at Xu Qing, his eyes filled with blessings.

"Then Little Junior Brother, let's each follow our own destiny and take care of each other!"

Xu Qing nodded when he heard this.

Xiang Ningyan pricked up his ears on the side, had been eavesdropping on the conversation between the two, and until he heard the word heartbreak, he finally understood why Wu Jianwu had been like this these days. Disdain arose in his heart, secretly thinking, just this?

At this moment, seeing Xu Qing about to leave, he hurriedly got up to see him off, his eyes filled with longing. He hoped Xu Qing would take him away...

Xu Qing didn't pay attention, took a step, left the artificial sun, flickered in the sky, and disappeared in an instant.

"Grown up and don't play with Senior Brother anymore." The Captain watched Xu Qing go far away, feeling emotional in his heart, then raised his hand to make a seal, and the artificial sun roared, accelerating forward.

Time passed, and soon half a month went by.

The Yin-Yang Flower Sect's wanted notice was still there, but no clues were found for the wanted people, as if they had evaporated from the world. At the same time, the spread of another major event made people instinctively ignore this wanted notice.

This major event was too shocking to the mind, and the entire Jiyue Great Domain was shaken by it.

The God Son was seriously injured!

The cause of this matter was well hidden at the beginning. Except for the headquarters of the Red Moon Temple, others didn't know. They only knew that dramatic changes had occurred in the northern ice sheet, that visions had appeared on the Fire Sea, and they had felt the fluctuations of heaven and earth for more than a month.

Although there were many guesses, there was no real information.

It wasn't until several months later that the real situation of this matter was spread, and it wasn't the Red Moon Temple that spread it, but the people of the Niyue Palace spreading it everywhere.

They told the world that the vision of the Fire Sea was formed by the escape of the Master's Son.

And the dramatic change in the northern ice sheet was the Son saving the Master's daughter, Princess Mingmei, back then.

These two astonishing existences, after escaping, killed toward the headquarters of the Red Moon Temple for the first time.

A shocking battle unfolded there.

This was the reason why the fluctuations of heaven and earth lasted for a month.

As for the outcome of this great battle, the Son and Princess Mingmei disappeared, and the Red Moon God Son was seriously injured.

This matter revealed a key point, that is... the Red Moon Red Mother did not descend.

This didn't make sense, because if the God Son was seriously injured, he would inevitably unfold the God Descent Technique, but judging from the fluctuations of heaven and earth during this period, this didn't happen!

So two more rumors spread along with this matter.

The first rumor was the true identity of the Red Moon God Son, and the divine souls he had collected from his suppressed brothers and sisters over the years were taken away during that great battle.

These divine souls were the reason why the Master's sealed offspring lost their sanity.

It is said that the moment they were taken away, countless wails came from the Red Moon Temple, not like human voices.

This matter was shocking. Some people analyzed the Son's plan, which was by no means just to fight the God Son on the surface, but had other deep meanings.

Perhaps these divine souls were just one of his goals.

As for the specifics, no one knew.

And the second rumor moved the hearts of all living beings even more.

"The Red Moon Red Mother has fallen into a deep sleep due to matters in the Outer Domains and cannot wake up for a short time!"

The information contained in this rumor was too shocking, and the sky of the Jiyue Great Domain seemed to have changed because of it.

Some believed it, some didn't, but no matter what... the entire Jiyue Great Domain began to fluctuate because of this series of events.

Like ripples appearing in a pool of stagnant water.

In an instant, some folk organizations appeared in every county and every state, like sparks of fire.

They promoted the slogan of Niyue, calling on people to rise up and resist, trying to start a prairie fire.

It's just that the Red Moon Temple and all the forces attached to the temple, as well as a large number of God Envoys, God Servants, and God Slaves, all went out soon—to suppress.

There was even the Temple Emperor of the temple, who woke up from his deep sleep after the God Son was seriously injured to preside over the overall situation.

His style was iron-blooded, setting off a storm of flesh and blood, sweeping across the Great Domain.

But ultimately... the wind of Jiyue had risen.

And at this moment, in the Qingsha County in the west of the Jiyue Great Domain, a cyan wind and sand blew between heaven and earth, as if connecting the sky, covering the line of sight.

Qingsha County is one of the seven counties in the west of the Jiyue Great Domain, close to the center.

The origin of the name of this place is because the entire county is completely composed of deserts.

And the desert here is very special. The sand is not yellow, but cyan.

So the wind that blows is also a cyan sand wind, which never dissipates all year round.

People living here must also adapt to the climate here, living and multiplying in this endless cyan sand wind.

And there are many legends about the cyan sand wind here, one of which is the most recognized.

Legend has it that this place was not a desert a long time ago, but a huge basin, in which countless tall mountain peaks existed.

At that time, the earth's soil was black, and mist would rise from the ground, forming a sea of mist here.

Until one day, a cyan hair fell from the sky. This hair drifted here, turned into dust, filled the basin, and formed cyan sand.

It also made this place turn into a desert from then on.

The tall mountain peaks back then were also submerged by more than half, and the exposed parts connected to each other, becoming mountain ranges of various sizes.

The largest mountain range is called Kusheng.

And this desert is also called the Qingsi Desert.

Because of the harsh climate, there are not many local residents in the Qingsi Desert, but because of some special reasons, there are many outsiders here.

So as time passed, one earthen city after another was gradually formed here.

These cities were all built on mountain peaks, not on the sand, and the Red Moon Temple also specially established a stronghold here.

At this moment, in the cyan wind and sand, heaven and earth were hazy. In this blur, there was a figure moving within it.

The wind was very strong, emitting a sobbing whistling sound, pushing against the face like countless hands, hindering the strength of moving forward, and even blowing the robes, constantly swaying.

But it couldn't stop the figure in the wind and sand. His speed didn't seem fast, but every step he took was a range of several feet, only occasionally he would pause to take out a jade slip to identify the direction.

"Still some distance."

Xu Qing murmured in a low voice. He wrapped his face with a scarf, and his hair was the same, only revealing his eyes to gaze into the distance.

After separating from the Captain, he pondered his next itinerary and simply placed his destination directly in the Kusheng Mountain Range.

He prepared to find a way to join the Niyue Palace here, and at the same time find a place to settle down and study the curse.

Today is his third day entering this Qingsha Desert.

The Daoist robes on his body had been changed to local attire: tight-fitting tops, wide-legged trousers, knee-length leather boots, and a wide gray outer robe, shrouding his whole body and protecting Ling'er well.

The wind here also possessed penetrating power for cultivators. If one relied on cultivation to resist, it would be fine for a short time, but once it was long, it would inevitably be exhausted.

Because the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the entire desert was shattered in the wind and sand, very thin.

At the same time, the wind here also carried some desolation. If it blew for a long time, the vitality would gradually dim until death aura lingered, becoming a skeleton.

Only some special creatures could be like a fish in water here and adapt to the environment.

For example, when Xu Qing was checking the direction at this moment, a cyan scorpion more than half a person long suddenly rushed out from the sand behind him.

Its speed was so fast that it approached Xu Qing in an instant, the scorpion tail shining with cold light. Seeing it was about to sting, Xu Qing's shadow under his feet rose instantly, directly shrouding the scorpion.

The scorpion disappeared, and the small shadow returned rapidly.

From beginning to end, Xu Qing didn't check it at all. He encountered many similar ferocious beasts after entering here, each containing a curse, which made Xu Qing very happy.

So he had long ago ordered the shadow to capture them alive in its body for later research.

Now that he had determined his position, Xu Qing put away the map jade slip and continued forward.

During this advance, another seven days passed. As he went deeper, Xu Qing saw some weird things in this cyan wind and sand.

Those were giant mushrooms more than ten feet high.

These mushrooms were like tall houses, standing in the desert. Their colors were bright, and seeing them from afar would instinctively make people feel yearning in their hearts.

Xu Qing didn't approach. After sweeping his gaze over them, he chose to avoid them.

He didn't want to touch this kind of unnecessary trouble, and besides giant mushrooms, illusions would occasionally appear in the desert.

That was formed by wind and sand, turning into men and women, laughing and moving forward in this heaven and earth.

That was a giant mushroom over ten zhang tall.

As if there were long worms under the desert, wandering with them.

Besides this, there were pillars that occasionally appeared in Xu Qing's eyes.

These pillars were hung with weathered skeletons, as if warning of something.

Xu Qing gazed at these and continued forward, until a few days later, he saw a group of giant beasts tied with bells in this desert.

These giant beasts looked like rhinoceroses. Wherever they passed, the sound of bells echoed in all directions. On them sat some thin and tall aliens, also wrapped tightly, leaving only white eyes to watch everything around.

After meeting Xu Qing, the giant beasts paused, and the aliens on them were also vigilant.

Xu Qing clasped his fists and chose to retreat, and they also nodded to Xu Qing after thinking, each going their own way, not provoking each other.

Just like that, time passed, and soon a month went by.

The Kusheng Mountain Range was in sight.

Under the dim sky, heaven and earth were hazy. The Kusheng Mountain Range was like a sword dragon lying in the desert, with mountain peaks rising and falling, from west to east, with a range of more than 8,000 miles. ===== CHAPTER 562 =====

Upon encountering Xu Qing, those giant beasts paused, and the alien races atop them also looked on with vigilance.

Xu Qing cupped his fists and chose to retreat, and after some thought, they nodded to Xu Qing and went their separate ways, neither side provoking the other.

Just like that, time passed, and a month went by quickly.

The Kusheng Mountain Range was visible in the distance.

Under the dim firmament, the world was hazy; the Kusheng Mountain Range resembled a dragon made of swords lying in the desert, with undulating mountain peaks stretching from west to east, covering a range of over eight thousand li.