Chapter 106

The Northern Region produces source. Source stones, which are extremely precious in the Southern Region of the Eastern Wasteland, can be mined by mortals here. Wealth gave birth to evil, and thus there were batch after batch of roving bandits.

Lin Xian and his group acted on behalf of Heaven along the way. Relying on the Wordless Secret and the Great Void Art, they crossed nearly one hundred thousand li. Just by killing roving bandits, they collected nearly a hundred catties of source.

This was a considerable amount. A piece of source the size of a fist could allow a cultivator in the Divine Bridge Realm to advance a realm, reaching the Other Shore Realm.

Even for a bottomless black hole like the Desolate Ancient Holy Body, throwing in a hundred catties of source was enough for Ye Fan to complete his transformation through the nine levels of the Other Shore.

"It really is that there is more source than people."

"Could it really be as the legends say, success comes from source, and failure comes from source? This mysterious substance condenses the essence of life and seems to have sucked dry the spiritual energy of the entire Northern Region."

Ye Fan sighed. Along the way, the oases they saw ranged from a few li in radius to over a thousand li, scattered across the reddish-brown earth. That red color seemed endless, swallowing everything.

"It's not just that simple. The Big Dipper Emperor Star has a significant background, and the layout of the five regions was formed later."

Lin Xian shook his head and said, "All these changes are related to the passing of a certain ancient Emperor. It is not just the Northern Region; the Northern Plains, which borders the Northern Region, has also been affected and is very barren."

Ye Fan's heart skipped a beat, and he couldn't help but ask, "Can a cultivator truly reach such a realm, relying on their own strength to change the entire world?"

"When your Holy Body reaches perfection, or little Tingting's Taiyin Body reaches perfection, you will also be able to achieve a similar level." Lin Xian smiled. "Ascending the heavenly path, singing as we walk, covering the sky with a flick of a finger, carefree in a single thought—isn't this what we cultivators seek?"

Ye Fan's heart yearned for it, and even the fatigue and hardship of the journey were washed away a little.

Lin Xian then painted a big picture: "As long as we get the Source Heaven Master's inheritance, let alone source, we will be eating divine source and throwing it away. With enough resources to support us, the perfection of the Holy Body is just around the corner."

"Charge!" A radiance called hope bloomed in Ye Fan's pupils. He brandished the Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist, his golden blood energy boiling, and roared, venting the frustration he had felt these past days.

"Charge, duck!" Little Tingting followed suit and started practicing the Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist; this was what Ye Fan had taught her.

Lin Xian smiled without a word. A Taiyin Body that knows the Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist—it seems the future family status of the Sun Body will be very low.

"Damn it, where did these bird-men come from, disturbing my dream!"

"Hurry up and hand over the source, and I'll let you live."

Just as Ye Fan and Jiang Tingting were roaring wantonly, a curse rang out. A middle-aged man dressed like a classic roving bandit, carrying a curved blade, walked over grumbling, leading a dragon-scaled horse in his hand.

This was a type of exotic beast, shaped like a horse, covered in green scales, traveling four or five thousand li a day without fatigue.

"A Life Spring cultivator?" Lin Xian glanced at him, patted little Tingting's head, and smiled, "I'll leave him to you."

"Okay, duck!"

After the baptism of these days, Jiang Tingting's cultivation and combat skills had improved. The once cute little girl now had the demeanor of a swordswoman, punishing evil and promoting good, killing roving bandits—it was just that her voice was still a bit milky, making people feel incredibly awed.

"A little milk-baby in the Bitter Sea Realm, daring to come out..."

The Life Spring bandit laughed loudly, not taking Jiang Tingting to heart.

"Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist!"

Jiang Tingting shouted, and a wild, desolate aura emerged spontaneously. Between her wide-open and wide-close movements, every punch hit flesh.

"Slap! Slap! Slap!"

After a chaotic beating, the bruised and swollen Life Spring bandit knelt on the ground, begging for mercy: "Little Auntie, I was wrong. Please, with your great magnanimity, spare this little one."

Jiang Tingting withdrew her fists and looked at Lin Xian and Ye Fan. Lin Xian nodded, signaling Ye Fan to pull him up for questioning.

"Which faction's roving bandit are you?" Lin Xian asked. "What is your name?"

The Northern Region is dangerous, and even being a roving bandit is not easy. Like this Life Spring cultivation, if there were no backing, he would be a skeleton in the barren land by the next day.

"Answering the Lord," the Life Spring cultivator said with lowered eyebrows and a submissive look, "this little one is named Ma Liu, nicknamed 'Big Horse-Ha', and I'm hanging out with the Qingxia Sect."

"Qingxia Sect?"

The three of them looked at each other, instantly pleasantly surprised, knowing they were almost at their destination.

Lin Xian then began to interrogate the details of the Qingxia Sect, and Ma Liu spilled everything like beans from a bamboo tube in one breath.

Within a radius of five hundred li, it was all the Qingxia Sect's sphere of influence. They secretly controlled many roving bandits to work for them, and large amounts of source were sent to the Qingxia Sect, nurturing a great expert at the Palace, Third Level.

"Two Lords, and Little Auntie, are you going to rob the Qingxia Sect?" Ma Liu's eyes rolled, his face filled with smiles, and he rubbed his hands and said, "This little one knows the way to the Qingxia Sect. I'll take you there right now!"

"You're selling them out pretty fast." Lin Xian was a bit speechless; he hadn't even spoken yet, and Ma Liu was already preparing to be a traitor.

"Doesn't this show your might?" Ma Liu flattered. "In this day and age, being a roving bandit or a subordinate, where isn't it just being a subordinate? It's not worth losing your life for a few catties of source."

Saying this, Ma Liu spat viciously and said, "That bunch of bastards in the Qingxia Sect haven't been any better to us. They exploit us layer by layer, sending piles and piles of source into the mountain gate, never considering us little thieves who do the work."

"They are unrighteous, don't blame me for being unrighteous."

"Saint Master, should we keep him?" Ye Fan asked. He was a newcomer and unfamiliar with this place, so he happened to need a local snake.

"Let's see how much blood is on his hands."

Lin Xian channeled his profound energy and suddenly shouted, "Actively open your sea of consciousness!"

Ma Liu was instantly stunned, standing there like a wooden puppet, his sea of consciousness wide open, and his past memories manifested.

Lin Xian used his powerful spiritual sense in conjunction with Spirit Restraint and General Dispatch to look inside.

Although it was not as comprehensive as the Dual All-Encompassing Hands, which could reach the bits and pieces of the soul's depths, search the soul, view the other party's inheritance, and even transform a person's soul into his own puppet.

But he could see some of the deeper, unforgettable scenes in his life.

Those memories that one cannot forget float on the surface of the soul, and those with powerful spiritual sense can see a thing or two with a single sweep.

Then, Lin Xian was surprised to find that although Ma Liu followed along in doing evil, he was a slacker; every time they charged, he was at the very back, but when it came to splitting the loot, he was the first to rush forward.

The Qingxia Sect did indeed mistreat him, exploiting him layer by layer, but that was because Ma Liu did not put in the effort, so the rewards he received were the least.

He was not a wolf that fought well, nor a loyal dog, but a fish that just drifted along.

"This child has a connection with my Tianxuan Holy Land."

Lin Xian sighed, feeling that Ma Liu's spirit was very much in line with their corporate culture.

Then, he ruthlessly rejected Ma Liu's request to join.

Having one slacker in the Tianxuan Holy Land was enough; how could there be another one?

A connection is a connection, but it is also a struggle of the Great Dao.

"Ah!"

"Ma!"

"I guarantee that I will work diligently in the future, be a beast of burden, without a single word of complaint."

"I'll take you in as an outer-gate servant first." Lin Xian said indifferently. "If you can do 007, then you'll be promoted to a registered disciple."

"Why 007?" Ma Liu, a native of the Big Dipper Star, asked naively.

"That is a kind of blessing." Lin Xian smiled slightly, standing with his hands behind his back, "Don't ask what the Holy Land can give you, but ask what you can do for the Holy Land."

Ma Liu nodded hurriedly, but in his heart, he was cursing, the new boss is really even stingier than the Qingxia Sect; the Qingxia Sect at least rewarded them with two pieces of source from time to time.

"Don't have any resentment. When we break the Qingxia Sect, the Public, oh, the Holy Land is successfully founded, you will be a veteran-level figure, and there will be no shortage of benefits for you."

Lin Xian then unleashed his second great magical power, painting a big picture to fool him: "At that time, I'll make you an outer-gate Elder. You'll have as much source as you want."

"I, can a person like me also be an Elder?" Ma Liu swallowed his saliva, "I only have Life Spring cultivation."

"Don't say such discouraging words. Heroes don't ask about their origins. In the past, the Ruthless Emperor was but a mortal body, yet she could stand above the Nine Heavens and prove the Dao as an Emperor!"

Lin Xian was impassioned, outlining dreams, painting blueprints, and said loudly, "Even a mortal body can become an Emperor; why can't you be an Elder?"

"Applause if you understand!"

Ye Zong, who was from Earth and drove a Mercedes, had a flash of inspiration, stood up in coordination, and applauded vigorously.

Little Tingting was ignorant and innocent; seeing Ye Fan applaud, she also followed suit and clapped her hands.

Ma Liu couldn't help but have tears in his eyes. No one had ever looked up to him, a small Life Spring cultivator. In the past, when he went to the Qingxia Sect to deliver source, let alone the Palace-level Supreme Elders, even a Divine Bridge disciple would be arrogant and look at people through their nostrils.

Sometimes they wouldn't even let them into the mountain gate, as if the roving bandits with blood on their hands would pollute the Qingxia Sect's immortal land.

Little did they know that those high-and-mighty disciples and those Elders with Daoist bones and immortal wind were the culprits who created blood and tears, the source of all evil.

And, now, Ma!"

"When working, use your job title; call me President Lin from now on." Lin Xian said indifferently, waving his hand, already somewhat immersed in the role.

"Ma!"

"Ahem, Saint Master, we are not on Earth." Ye Fan coughed, reminding him in time that they were founding a Holy Land, not a company.

The style of the Big Dipper was incompatible with Earth.

"Is that so." Lin Xian touched his chin, pondered for a moment, and said, "Let's not rush to attack the Qingxia Sect yet. The other side has an expert at the Third Level; it is a great enemy."

"Third Level?" Ye Fan was stunned and couldn't help asking, "Saint Master, what is your cultivation now?"

He remembered that when Lin Xian was at the Taixuan Sect, he was already at the Palace, Third Level.

"Third Level, so what." Lin Xian said in surprise, "Is there a problem?"

"The Qingxia Sect is just a small sect..." Ye Fan looked conflicted, trying to explain. There were no experts in a small sect who could defy the heavens and slay immortals; it would be good enough if they weren't the ones being slain.

You, a Tianxuan Saint Master, learning the Emperor Scripture and using the Jie-character Secret, going to fight the Palace, Third Level of the Qingxia Sect—that's a crushing game.

"So what if it's a small sect? Don't underestimate small sects." Lin Xian's expression turned serious, and he said solemnly, "Prepare for the enemy with caution. The Holy Land has Emperor weapons to suppress its foundation; a small sect might have a Quasi-Emperor weapon. In all things, caution is the priority."

Ye Fan was speechless. How many grades apart are a small sect and a Holy Land? It would be a blessing if they could have one Immortal Platform weapon.

If a small sect in the Northern Region could have a Quasi-Emperor weapon, he would go and bark like a dog tomorrow.

(End of chapter)