Chapter 1173: Longevity: My Farming-Style Cultivation Is Too Steady Chapter 1173: The Intent of the Ruin's Return!

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

Half a month later, the cosmic tide completely subsided.

The spiritual light over the sea gradually dissipated, and gray-white chaos fog once again occupied this sea domain, everything returning to how it was before the tide.

However, at the very instant the last chaos giant wave surged up, an anomaly suddenly occurred.

A streak of red light leaped out from the depths of the giant wave.

The speed of that red light was so fast that even Xu Zhangqing's divine sense could barely catch its afterimage.

Its form was indistinct, like a broken sword, yet also like a shattered scepter, yet it emitted the fluctuation of an ancient consciousness.

Breaking through the giant wave before everyone's eyes, breaking through the layers of chaos fog blockade, it rushed upward like a stray dog.

"Deep in the Chaos Sea, something is actually hidden!"

"What exactly is that?"

"Judging by the fluctuation, it's definitely not simple!"

Seeing this scene, everyone discussed animatedly.

Starting from where the red light leaped out, space cracked open seven or eight pitch-black fissures like shattered ice, each fissure extending farther away, and what surged out from within the fissures was not chaos laws, but a kind of energy purer than chaos.

It transcended the level of laws, a correcting force from the very structure of the universe.

Moreover, this space was repelling this streak of red light.

As if this heaven and earth did not allow it to exist.

The next second, space twisted.

The red light abruptly disappeared, leaving no trace whatsoever.

The shattered spatial fissures also healed in that very instant, as if nothing had happened.

Almost everyone stood where they were, each with a different expression.

Jin Que Zunzun frowned, seeming to try hard to recall what had just happened, yet remembering nothing at all.

Yin Jiuchong looked down at the heart atop his staff, muttering: "Just now..."

Baili Hong's mind was even more completely blank.

He remembered something had appeared, but had no impression of it at all.

This tearing sensation of memory and forgetting coexisting made one feel uncomfortable.

Xu Ping'an stood behind Zhen Yuanzi, his expression equally blank.

But within the blankness, there was also a trace of vigilance.

He cultivated the Dao Path of Time, and was far more sensitive to abnormal changes in time than cultivators of the same level.

And the only ones who truly saw this scene with their own eyes were Xu Zhangqing and Zhen Yuanzi.

Only those two were unaffected from beginning to end.

Zhen Yuanzi withdrew his gaze: "Senior Brother acted."

Xu Zhangqing was surprised: "Senior Brother, why did he act?"

Zhen Yuanzi said lightly: "This thing is unclean; it ruined causality.

Therefore, Senior Brother forcibly erased it from time."

Xu Zhangqing silently looked at the place where the red light had disappeared.

In his mind, he retained every detail of that streak of red light.

Its speed, its momentum, that wretched posture of fleeing at all costs.

Flee?

Why flee?

It or he or she or It, who exactly was it?

Over the next few days, the various factions departed one after another.

The cultivators of the Endless Star Domain withdrew first; before leaving, Jin Que Zunzun and Yin Jiuchong deliberately came to the floating island and cupped their hands toward Zhen Yuanzi, saying "until we meet again" with their mouths, but their gazes lingered on Xu Zhangqing for an extra moment.

After this battle, the name of the Ninth Direct Disciple of the Beidou Xianfu would probably spread throughout the Endless Star Domain for decades or even a hundred years.

The insect swarm of the Vacuum Homeland withdrew the most decisively, not even offering a greeting.

The members of the Beidou Xianfu also dispersed, each returning to their own supply line.

Xu Zhangqing bade farewell to Zhen Yuanzi and Baili Hong, then turned and left.

Xu Ping'an originally wanted to follow his father, but Zhen Yuanzi kept him by his side to continue cultivating.

Xu Zhangqing alone drove the Lei Ming Yin Dragon Ship, breaking through layers of gray-white chaos fog, heading toward the Spirit Plant Division Camp of the Third Supply Line.

Though Shrinking Ground to an Inch was fast, the Chaos Sea had just experienced the tide, and spatial nodes were still unstable, occasionally one or two residual chaos law turbulences would emerge, so taking the ship was steadier.

Along the way, the number of chaos species was clearly far fewer than when they came.

After the tide receded, most strange beasts had sunk back into the deep sea.

The few soldier beasts that occasionally emerged, upon sensing the Lei Ming Might emanating from the Lei Ming Yin Dragon Ship from afar, turned and avoided it.

Several days later, Xu Zhangqing arrived at the Spirit Plant Division Camp.

Here, it was still the same as before.

The star boat was moored outside the Chaos Fog, the defensive dharma array flowing with green light.

Xu Zhangqing had just stowed the boat; sweeping his divine sense over the camp, he sensed a rather familiar aura.

He was slightly surprised, then hurried over.

"Lao Zhao?"

"Lao Xu!"

"How did you come running here?"

"Well..."

Zhao Ziyue grinned: "I was waiting specifically for you!"

Xu Zhangqing was stunned: "Waiting specifically for me?"

At that moment, Linglong saw Xu Zhangqing arrive, and her face instantly lit up with a smile: "Father!"

Xu Zhangqing held her, rubbing her head while examining her body's condition.

The power of the Nine Dragons Supreme Pearl was still slowly releasing.

But unsurprisingly, it had already been accepted by the Dragon Bloodline within her body.

Zhao Ziyue glanced at Xu Linglong and explained: "Lao Xu, we're all brothers, so I won't beat around the bush—the Lord of Gui Xu wants to take her in."

Hearing this, Xu Zhangqing was stunned: "What?"

Ruo Qunshuang was greatly shocked: "The Lord of Gui Xu wants to take Linglong?"

Who is the Lord of Gui Xu?

That is an existence even more powerful than the Nine Extremes Heavenly King!

Zhao Ziyue nodded, saying seriously: "This little girl's Mirage Dragon Bloodline is an extremely rare kind among the Dragon Race bloodlines."

The Mirage Dragon—scanning the entire universe, you couldn't find more than a few.

Gui Xu is the destination of all Dragon Race, and also the origin of the Dragon Race bloodline.

The Mirage Dragon Bloodline within her body has not fully awakened; the Nine Dragons Supreme Pearl merely awakened part of the dormant bloodline, and the remaining part needs the Lord of Gui Xu's guidance.

Xu Zhangqing fell silent for a moment.

He did not doubt Zhao Ziyue's intentions; if he wanted to harm him, he would have acted back in the Tianyuan Realm, why wait until now?

But the Lord of Gui Xu's intentions must be confirmed clearly.

Linglong is Xu Zhangqing's Eldest Daughter, the one who has accompanied him the longest since childhood; although they have no blood relation, this father-daughter affection is real.

Once the Lord of Gui Xu takes her as a disciple, the Dragon Race bloodline will fully awaken, and she may even obtain the inheritance left behind by the Gui Xu Dragon Race.

But everything has two sides.

What place is Gui Xu?

It is the Ten Thousand Dragon Burial Ground!

Linglong is too young; suddenly entering Gui Xu's unique environment—whether it is fortune or calamity, no one dares guarantee.

Zhao Ziyue blinked: "Lao Xu, what do you think?"

Xu Zhangqing thought for a moment and replied: "I want to go meet the Lord of Gui Xu with you."

As for this, Zhao Ziyue had long anticipated: "That is precisely why I waited for you here."

If anyone else were targeted by the Lord of Gui Xu, he would have already acted to take her away, words unnecessary.

Xu Zhangqing did not delay; he exchanged a few words with Zhang Zaizhi and Ruo Qunshuang, then left with Linglong and Zhao Ziyue together.

Linglong's face was full of excitement; she had no expectation toward the Lord of Gui Xu, she was simply happy as long as she could go out with Father!