Chapter 34: Long Life: My Farming-Style Cultivation Is Too Steady Chapter 34 Xuanwu Companion Beast, Thirsty Wood Spiritual Root

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

A yellow flying paper crane drifted downstream.

Two people stood on it.

One was Li Sancai.

One was Xu Zhangqing.

As they flew farther and farther, a large dense forest suddenly appeared ahead.

Low roars came from time to time within the forest.

Li Sancai pointed there and introduced, "Past this forest is the Ling Beast Valley; if you have any needs in the future, you can enter from this direction."

"Good." Xu Zhangqing glanced again upon hearing this.

After going forward for about an incense stick's time like this.

Suddenly, the surrounding terrain changed, becoming undulating like a mountain range.

Huge pits appeared on the ground one after another from time to time.

Some were shallow.

Some were bottomless.

Metal spiritual energy in the air gradually became dense.

Even mixed with a rusty smell.

Li Sancai continued introducing, "The Zhuqi Peak is right above our heads; be careful when passing by, as discarded items occasionally fall down, so don't get hit."

Xu Zhangqing looked up, but couldn't see the so-called Zhuqi Peak at all, and couldn't help but joke: "Don't we need to wear a helmet?"

Li Sancai was stunned, not quite understanding, but still waved his hand: "That's not necessary; when the discarded items fall, there's noise, and you can hear it from far away."

Just as his voice fell, a "whoosh" of tearing through the air suddenly came from ahead.

Immediately after, the two saw a burning fireball fall from the sky.

Because it was far away, they couldn't tell its exact size.

But they could still feel a heat wave sweeping over from the distance.

Both were wood spiritual roots, so they felt very uncomfortable.

Normally, facing this situation they should definitely stay away.

But Xu Zhangqing discovered that quite a few people were actually approaching.

Li Sancai explained: "These are earth spiritual root disciples from the spiritual vein; they occasionally find some heavy discarded items to exercise their bodies."

"Or take them to the loose cultivator market outside to sell; there are loose cultivators there who specialize in recycling our top-tier sect's trash."

"No wonder they ran out of the pits." Xu Zhangqing suddenly understood.

In the following period of time, or rather distance.

Almost all was covered by the Zhuqi Peak.

Fireballs fell from the sky from time to time.

Some were very large.

Some were very small.

But regardless of size, they were all scrambled for by the earth spiritual root disciples.

Xu Zhangqing and Li Sancai, relying on this flying paper crane, took a long time to finally get far away.

The following journey seemed comparatively normal.

Either empty space.

Or grassland.

As they kept getting closer, Xu Zhangqing found that streams, river water, and swamps around gradually increased.

At first it wasn't obvious, only visible occasionally.

But not long after, everywhere was rippling.

Various tributaries emerged one after another.

Water spiritual energy in the air became increasingly dense.

After another ten or so minutes.

Suddenly, countless tributaries began to gather.

Finally forming an extremely huge lake ahead.

But strangely, this water was actually black.

And near the center of the lake, a strange pavilion floated.

It had nine layers in total.

Each layer was at least five meters high.

Ripples rose on the surface from time to time.

Large fish could even be seen leaping out.

This seemed to be... a nine-layer pavilion formed of water.

Li Sancai said: "The Water Pavilion has arrived."

Xu Zhangqing's Adam's apple rolled, and after a while he made a sound: "Senior Brother, could it be that the Water Pavilion is made of water?"

Li Sancai said nothing, merely nodding.

As the two drew ever closer.

More and more flying paper cranes appeared.

Some were incomparably huge.

Ten or so people stood on them.

Others were extremely petite.

Able to accommodate only one person sitting cross-legged.

But actually it was not only paper cranes; there were many kinds of flying magic tools.

Such as boats, vessels, shuttles, spirit beasts.

Xu Zhangqing even saw a blood banner fluttering in the wind.

Just as the two were about to approach the Water Pavilion.

Suddenly, the lake water below surged up for no reason.

The air, or perhaps this very space, was actually trembling.

This caused many flying magic tools to become extremely unstable, beginning to shake incessantly.

The water spiritual qi in the air grew increasingly chaotic, becoming hair-raising.

Everyone looked down, all their faces changing color.

A huge and ferocious snake head, carrying a yellow snake body over a hundred zhang long, burst out of the water.

Just below its head was a pair of enormous flesh wings.

The moment they spread open in the air, they simply covered the sky and blotted out the sun.

A large area instantly turned pitch black.

The terrifying aura made one feel as if fallen into an ice abyss.

Xu Zhangqing hurriedly shouted: "Senior Brother, what do we do?"

Li Sancai struggled to control the flying paper crane, forcibly stabilizing it, before replying: "Don't panic. Beneath the Water Pavilion is suppressed a Xuanwu, and this Teng Snake is its companion beast."

Once the Xuanwu falls asleep, the Teng Snake will run out to stir winds and waves.

But don't forget, this is the Water Pavilion's territory.

Indeed, as his words just fell.

The black Water Pavilion ahead trembled violently.

Immediately after, enormous yellow spirit talismans flew out from within one after another.

Xu Zhangqing looked up and discovered the content on the spirit talismans was obscure and incomprehensible.

The characters were not like characters, the symbols were not like symbols.

But strung together, they emitted a heart-palpitating energy.

In an instant, nine enormous yellow spirit talismans swept toward the Teng Snake that was about to stir winds and waves.

Giving it no time or opportunity to resist at all.

Releasing strands of brilliant green spiritual light, rapidly intertwining together.

Instantly transforming into a sky-covering great net, trapping this hundred-zhang-long yellow great snake.

Although the Teng Snake struggled incessantly, causing the great net woven from spiritual light to constantly emit "zila" sounds, it nonetheless caused no substantial damage.

In a short while, the great snake was forcibly pressed into the pitch-black lake water.

This sense of crisis came quickly and went quickly.

"It starts acting up every summer!"

"Why can't this Teng Snake be thoroughly suppressed?"

"I heard that the Xuanwu and the Teng Snake must have one appear; they cannot both sleep at the same time!"

Voices of complaint came from all around.

Seeing that Xu Zhangqing was indeed fine, his hanging heart finally settled.

Afterwards, under Li Sancai's control, the flying paper crane gradually approached the first layer of the Water Pavilion.

The moment Xu Zhangqing landed, a "puchi" water sound came from underfoot.

It was not hard earth at all, but still black water.

But strangely, one could not sink into it; instead there was a strange buoyancy.

Li Sancai reminded: "Every layer of the Water Pavilion has its uses. The first layer mainly issues tasks to Formal Disciples with Water Spirit Roots."

"My cousin's birthday banquet is on the third layer. Let's go."

Xu Zhangqing quickly followed, while curiously sizing up the surroundings with a face full of curiosity.

The Water Pavilion was not ordinarily large; it always felt as if silently expanding.

Stepping into the first layer, he discovered an interior space comparable to a square.

One could see many, many Water Spirit Root Disciples.

Male and female.

Old and young.

After entering, Xu Zhangqing had a very special feeling.

His body seemed as if it would grow and develop.

He did not ask Li Sancai, because it was easy to understand.

The reason for the feeling of development should have a great deal to do with the spiritual root.

Being inherently Water Generates Wood, and here everywhere were Water Spirit Roots.

And the Water Spirit Qi was also extremely dense.

All sorts of reasons combined together, making the Wood Spirit Root become exceptionally "thirsty"!