Chapter 837

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

However, these are merely rare spirit plants on the outer perimeter.

Deeper inside, Master still cultivates quite a few rare spirit plants.

Time Spirit Mushroom, pale gold in color, its surface flowing with fine streaming light, containing the laws of time.

Even in the entire Tianyuan Realm, it is something one can only encounter by chance, not seek; yet here several grow, each over a thousand years old, their spiritual light increasingly rich.

Void Crystal Grass, leaves pale purple, their surface covered in space folds; when a breeze brushes past, the leaves sway and give rise to faint spatial ripples, containing the laws of space.

Ordinary cultivators must expend tremendous effort to cultivate a single stalk, yet here there are actually ten, and every one stands remarkably tall and straight.

At this moment, Xu Zhangqing's steps paused, and he said in surprise: "That is?"

Ahead there is a flower, its bloom huge, its petals a blend of five colors, each petal corresponding to a law: the green petal holds wood resonance, the red petal carries fire might, the yellow petal bears earth thickness, the black petal contains water gentleness, the white petal conceals metal sharpness.

When the petals unfurl, they release the laws of the five elements, the dao resonance of the five elements returning to one.

Xu Zhangqing drew a deep breath: "If I recall correctly, this is a Five Elements Dao Resonance Flower!"

This is an ancient spirit plant that can only be planted and cultivated in Five-Colored Earth.

Unexpectedly, Master has kept even this one alive.

And that is not all; beside the Five Elements Dao Resonance Flower, there is also a stalk of "Spirit Rice".

The Spirit Rice hovers between black and white, its straw tall and straight, its grain heads shimmering with chaos color, containing the most primal chaos dao resonance.

This is actually a variant of Jiahe, the legendary Chaos Jiahe.

Xu Zhangqing was shocked beyond measure, and exclaimed in admiration: "Master's heritage truly runs deep!"

He reached out and stroked a Time Spirit Mushroom; a strand of time law surged into his body along his fingertip, instantly calming his somewhat restless state of mind, and he even comprehended a trace of the subtle dao resonance of time's flow.

"Fortunately Fifth Senior Sister reminded me; if I let these spirit plants containing laws and dao resonance get damaged, I would have no way to answer to Master!"

"But looking at it, even if I don't tend to them, there'll be no problem for a short time!"

"Never mind, I'll cultivate them a little!"

As Xu Zhangqing raised his right hand, he activated the Jiahe Record.

This is a heaven-rank cultivation method, specially used to cultivate spirit plants.

Its effects are extremely numerous, and Xu Zhangqing had long since upgraded it to max level.

Therefore, with a single move, wood spirit qi gathered in his palm, then spread out like mist.

Wherever it passed, the spirit plants were all nourished, naturally swaying, the spiritual light flashing around them and the colors they displayed becoming even clearer and brighter.

On the other side, Mu Ning, who was eating Green Mist Spirit Honey, suddenly felt a cool breath surge into her body; she immediately narrowed her eyes, then revealed an expression of enjoyment.

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At the border between the Southern Region and the Eastern Region, on a desolate wasteland uninhabited by humans, already stained dark red by fresh blood, this is a no-man's-land with no immortal sect governing, no demon race occupying; only two great mortal nations wage a tragic slaughter here.

Over a hundred thousand soldiers clad in armor, weapons in hand, roar and kill.

The crisp clash of blades, the dying wails of soldiers, the mournful cries of warhorses intertwine, echoing across the entire wasteland, the scene too miserable to behold.

Fresh blood converges into streams, flowing along the terrain, emitting a pungent bloody stench.

Some soldiers pierced through the chest by sharp blades, maintained their killing posture even in death.

Some soldiers lay in pools of blood struggling in pain, gradually losing their breath.

In the distance, Lin Feng and three other Eastern Region cultivators he had met by chance stood shoulder to shoulder; all four were at Golden Core cultivation, their faces full of solemnity.

This kind of scene, everyone was encountering for the first time, so they halted to watch.

Lin Feng's gaze fell on the tragic battlefield below, his tone full of emotion: "Such slaughter, corpses strewn across the wild, blood flowing into rivers; if we were not cultivators, without cultivation to rely on, we would likely end up the same, powerless in chaotic times, ultimately becoming dead souls under the blade, or dry bones in the wilderness."

A cultivator in an ink-colored daoist robe beside him agreed: "Indeed!

Cultivators have cultivation to protect them, have sects and powers sheltering them.

While mortal people have only a suit of armor, a single weapon, life and death entirely up to heaven's will.

Pity, cultivators may not interfere in mortal world disputes; we can only watch from the sidelines."

The other two nodded, their faces full of helplessness.

Though they had the ability to end this slaughter with a flick of a finger, they were constrained by cultivator rules, forced to watch helplessly as the soldiers below fell one after another; though their hearts held reluctance, the thought of intervening never arose.

The few stood quietly, watching the increasingly tragic battlefield, their hearts a mix of five flavors.

Just at this moment, a sudden change erupted!

Only to see at the battlefield's edge, a sudden "gulu gulu" bubbling sound rang out.

Immediately after, endless black water gushed forth, spreading toward the battlefield like a tide.

That black water was pitch-black like ink, emitting a pungent fishy stench, and its spreading speed was extremely fast.

In a flash it submerged most of the battlefield, sweeping the fighting soldiers into its midst.

"What water is that?"

"Did a cultivator make a move?"

"This... what do we do?"

Seeing this scene, Lin Feng and the others were struck dumb.

The soldiers were even more panic-stricken, desperately struggling to escape the black water.

But the black water was incomparably viscous; once touched it would cling tightly, utterly impossible to break free.

Even more terrifying, the Black Water contained extremely strong corrosiveness; the submerged soldiers' skin instantly ulcerated, their bodies dissolving at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Shrill screams rose and fell in succession, continuing for a moment before gradually fading.

In just a few breaths' time, the hundred thousand soldiers originally locked in struggle were all submerged by the Black Water; even soldiers skilled at swimming could not escape.

In the Black Water, only countless floating skeletons surged, the scene strange and terrifying.

Lin Feng and the others were shocked beyond measure; they had never seen such strange Black Water.

With such terrifying corrosiveness, even Golden Core Stage cultivators would likely be reduced to nothing but bones.

However it was not over; just as the few people were still reeling from shock, a dull vibration came from the distance, and the earth also began to tremble violently.

Lin Feng and the others looked over, only to see a hundred-zhang-long black snake swimming from the Southern Region.

The earth was pressed into a deep gully, vegetation instantly crushed to powder, even the air stirred into a howling sound.

When the black snake arrived at the battlefield, it opened its huge maw, and a terrifying suction force erupted; the countless essence blood in the Black Water, along with the flesh and blood not yet dissolved, were all sucked into its belly together.

This was precisely the Black Water Xuan Snake that shared Symbiosis with Bei Qingtang!

Having undergone bloodline Symbiosis, and now having absorbed the essence blood of a hundred thousand soldiers, its body type grew even more massive; its hundred-zhang body was thick and sturdy like ancient wood, its whole body pitch-black as ink, scales palm-sized, tightly fitted upon its body, tougher than refined iron, colder than Cold Jade.

The snake head was massive, a pair of golden vertical pupils like two blazing suns, gleaming with bloodthirsty ferocious light, exuding a heart-palpitating tyrannical aura.

Lin Feng was still relatively calm, but the people beside him were already scared pale as paper.

Everyone knew in their hearts that this black snake before them was absolutely not an existence they could contend with; if they continued to linger here, they would surely be devoured, ultimately reduced to nourishment.

"Go!"

"Hurry and go!"

"Quickly summon your Flying Magic Tools, flee at the fastest speed!"

Originally, the few of them had prepared to walk back to Dongyu, thus tempering their dispositions.

Now frightened by the Black Water Xuan Snake, they summoned their respective Flying Magic Tools — Flying Swords, Spirit Boats, etc. — and flew toward Dongyu at extreme speed!