Chapter 606

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

After finishing his talk with Qingxuan, it was already the latter half of the night.

Apart from the occasional "rustling" sound of leaves rubbing together when blown by the wind.

The entire Hongfeng Valley was unprecedentedly silent.

Xu Zhangqing arranged Qingxuan and Youlian in the guest rest rooms.

However, he did not go to the second-floor bedroom to accompany Ruo Qunshuang, but instead came alone to the sealed cultivation chamber.

Of course, the reason for coming here was not to cultivate, but because the exchange with Qingxuan just now had stirred something in his heart.

After activating all the restrictions, his whole person vanished into thin air.

As his vision recovered, he arrived once again in his personal space.

It has been expanding silently all along, its covered range growing larger and larger.

It's just that this kind of change is very hard to detect; it is all formed by day-by-day, month-by-month accumulation.

Spirit fields, spirit rice, spirit plants, puppets, spirit insects — everything here is very normal.

When Xu Zhangqing arrived at the Water Liang Gong, at a glance he saw Bai Ye curled up in a corner; as for the surrounding walls, they were already densely carved with the character "zheng".

Looking out, it was a dense, packed mass.

Four years. He has been trapped here for four whole years.

No sun or moon, no four seasons, not even a perception of time.

Sleep when tired.

Hungry, and puppets provide food.

Day after day, every day the same.

Xu Zhangqing saw it in his eyes and thought to himself: "If he's faking, he couldn't persist this long; it seems his body and mind indeed have problems.

Since he can't be kept, better to send him out."

Over these years, through many contacts, everything that should be asked has been asked, everything that should be understood has been understood.

Yet even Bai Ye himself doesn't understand what exactly is going on.

He only knows there's a voice in his heart, constantly urging him to "go home".

But where is home? No target, no direction, no exact location.

Like duckweed in water, drifting with the waves all day, going wherever the current takes him.

Maybe with good luck, he really will go home.

It's just that this probability is the same as a blind cat bumping into a dead rat.

In today's Tianyuan Realm, the Canglan Dragon Vein has been severed, the Black Rust Imperial Palace has been sacrificed, and even the Demon Realm has begun to infiltrate.

The future will absolutely be quite dangerous.

Keeping Bai Ye trapped here — isn't that a kind of protection?

However, Qingxuan explicitly stated that some things cannot be kept.

Like time, air, sand between fingers, and especially thoughts.

Since they cannot be forced, better to untie the bonds.

With his mind made up, Xu Zhangqing pushed open the great doors of the Water Liang Gong and walked step by step toward Bai Ye in the corner.

Taking advantage of the other's deep sleep, at the edge of the tattoo on his right arm, he engraved a concealed positioning talisman.

Then, he bent down, lifted Bai Ye up, silently took him away from the Water Liang Gong, and headed toward the small teleportation array.

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Cangyan Peak, the summit.

The east gradually showed a fish-belly white, and orange warm light emerged along with it.

Then, the originally dim sky began to brighten bit by bit.

The chill dispersed, and the air gradually warmed.

Bai Ye, having slept a while, was stimulated by the light; his eyelids began to twitch.

After a while, he finally opened them.

At first his gaze was blank, his whole person exceptionally bewildered.

However, when he clearly saw the surrounding situation, he instantly stared wide-eyed, his pupils revealing an expression of utter disbelief.

"I left that place?"

"Where is this?"

"Cangyan Peak!"

At the side, Xu Zhangqing's voice suddenly rang out.

Bai Ye was first startled, then immediately looked over.

But he discovered the other party was also lying on the ground, hands pillowing his head, a blade of green grass still clamped in his mouth, looking leisurely and content.

Bai Ye was filled with shock and doubt, even a bit unaccustomed: "You're not trapping me anymore?"

Xu Zhangqing looked at the distant blazing sun, chuckled lightly, and said: "No longer necessary."

Bai Ye stared blankly: "Oh?"

Xu Zhangqing crossed his legs, shaking one as he continued, "I bear you no malice, merely pure curiosity."

Bai Ye nodded. "I know."

If he had malice, the other party would have acted long ago.

It was impossible to provide a place to stay, let alone food.

Although he had been trapped these four years, there had been no danger whatsoever.

One could even say it was safer than anywhere else.

Simply, this kind of life ultimately did not suit him.

Xu Zhangqing finished appreciating the sunrise and climbed up from the ground. "The mountain foot is full of roads; if you want to leave, just go."

Bai Ye blanked for a moment. "You..."

Xu Zhangqing patted his shoulder. "Don't be so naive. I only trapped you for four years; anyone else would have taken your life."

In truth, the content he wanted to understand had already been grasped in the very first year of trapping the other party.

The reason he kept him for three more years was to give the other party a lesson.

Moreover, it had to be a profound lesson.

Only then would this person remember it for good.

Bai Ye hesitated a moment, then cupped his fists in salute. "Many thanks!"

Immediately after, he found a path leading down and began walking toward the mountain foot.

Xu Zhangqing saw it in his eyes; his figure swayed and he abruptly vanished from the spot.

Yet he did not leave; instead he arrived inside Cangyan Peak.

Here was his "Second Home".

Moreover, the Earth Spirit Root woman Tu had been mining inside all along.

Sensing the main body's arrival, she appeared before long.

Compared to a few years ago, she had basically not changed much.

"Here are all resources suited to Wood Spirit Root and Water Spirit Root!"

"Quite a lot too. Did you go out for a trip?"

"I occasionally go out, even attend Spiritual Array exchange meetings!"

Xu Zhangqing and the woman Tu sat facing each other, chatting about recent events.

In fact, a connection has always existed between the main body and the Spiritual Roots.

Distance near, connection strong.

Distance far, connection blurry.

If something happens — for instance, being killed off — the connection would sever.

Over these years, whether Fire Spirit Root Zhu Rong, Metal Spirit Root Rushou, or Earth Spirit Root woman Tu, they all occasionally meet.

One is to exchange news, one is to provide resources.

Therefore, this is also why Xu Zhangqing lacks nothing.

Even because there is too much, he had no choice but to take two disciples to consume it.

Yet among the three Spiritual Roots, the one developing best is not the Fire Spirit Root.

Although he became the Wan Family's Supreme Elder and has Wan Niang attached, enjoying numerous benefits, the good things he can bring actually fall short of the Earth Spirit Root.

Especially those auction items — they must be exchanged for spirit stones, and there are many restrictions.

Conversely, the Earth Spirit Root is a zero-capital business; just keep mining.

But the one developing best is actually the Metal Spirit Root.

He became a far-and-wide renowned forging grandmaster.

He occupied a predecessor's cave abode, now renamed "Jin Guang Cave".

Inside the cave is a Yin Pool, which can both refine artifacts and refine pills.

Beneath it lies a Yin River; in the water lives a kind of mysterious silver-white shrimp.

Moreover, he also discovered an iron ship of unknown origin.

The Metal Spirit Root found it suspicious, so he occupied it and has been researching it ever since.

If Xu Zhangqing remembers correctly, last exchange the other party explicitly stated that beneath Jin Guang Cave there is another cave abode, and the two seem to have some kind of connection.

Only the restrictions inside are extremely heaven-defying; they cannot be solved in a short time.

Perhaps only by going together with the main body to provide support can the secrets inside be excavated!