[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers":3,"chapter-the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers-the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers-chapter-185":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Mountains and Rivers of the Imperial Granary",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2231601,4184,"Chapter 185: Re-exploring Mohe","the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers-chapter-185",185,"\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou carried a plate of fruit and knocked on Ye Tinglan’s door again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan opened her eyes from her cultivation. \"Enter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She not only stopped observing but also stopped listening to the conversation between the two, completely returning to the image of a high-minded person who had nothing to do with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in Lu Xingzhou’s eyes, since she had entered the mortal world, she was no longer high-minded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is Master well today?\" Lu Xingzhou placed the fruit on the edge of the table and asked in the posture of a disciple paying respects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan looked at him indifferently, her eyes calm and without emotion. \"I am well. What is the matter?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Firstly, to see if Master is accustomed to living here, and secondly, to ask about Master’s itinerary.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because you are staying here longer than expected?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\" They left the capital for a trial; they didn't know there would be changes, and they specifically detoured to Xiazhou just to see Shen Tang. Lu Xingzhou wanted to comfort his longing, and Ye Tinglan had the intention of examining them. Anyway, the original plan was not to stay for more than two days and to leave at any time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But looking at the current situation, it seemed they couldn't leave in the short term.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan said lightly, \"Since I cast that divination in the cave, I knew this trip would be overdue; it is just that you are unlearned and unskilled.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou: \"Then if I turn around and leave, will this divination collapse?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you willing to turn around and leave?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan said, \"If I want to leave, I will turn around and leave, and you won't be willing to let me go either. Tell me, who do you plan to use my power to fight?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou smiled apologetically. \"Master, what are you saying? How could I...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I heard it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...How could I not plan for Master? We are all our own people, so I won't be polite with Master. Otherwise, Master would say I am being distant, wouldn't you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan said lightly, \"So you say you hope I can be more relaxed, while at the same time you use me and find things for me to do. Tell me, are you hypocritical?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou touched his chin and thought for a moment, then honestly admitted, \"Put that way, a little.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan had a smile in her eyes. \"At least you are honest. It’s just that your skin is a bit thick.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because I consider Master one of our own, so I am justified in asking for help,\" Lu Xingzhou said. \"Conversely, if Master also considers me one of your own and throws some burdens to me, wouldn't you be more relaxed?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan looked into Lu Xingzhou’s eyes, and Lu Xingzhou’s expression was calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan thought about how he had indeed said these words when whispering with Shen Tang—\"I hope to help a little,\" \"When I have the ability, I will naturally give back\"—and she couldn't help but feel moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He can help Yuan Muyu devise strategies, why can't he help me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the mindset shifted from positioning him as someone who needed to be assessed and guarded against, to someone who could be used as an arm, it seemed that life would really be much easier. Not only did it turn something that required effort into an aid, but this aid’s ability had also been proven many times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed Elder Xu had also said, \"Will Yuan Muyu be angered to death...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh... Ye Tinglan also wanted to touch her chin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was simply a change in mindset, and the sea and sky were vast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, taking a disciple and teaching him alchemy diligently was, of course, hoping for some feedback, but at first, she didn't trust him enough and didn't think about these things for the time being. She didn't know when the trust started to grow slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it from the time he kept expressing his hope that she could be more relaxed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she still didn't show it on the surface, only saying lightly, \"You are my disciple; if I have something for you to help with, isn't it a matter of course? Do you need to express your loyalty here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou laughed. \"That is true.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anyway, I am not in a hurry to leave in the short term. We will talk after you finish your business. Don't worry about me during these days; I don't need any morning or evening greetings, I just need peace and quiet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uh, we usually wouldn't come to disturb Master anyway.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I mean, keep your voices down when you are doing things in the room.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou: \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In addition...\" Ye Tinglan pondered for a moment and suddenly said, \"There should be a secret realm at the bottom of this mountain, right? This pool of water should be one of the passages.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou felt a chill in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Master is truly amazing. She didn't do anything, just looked at the pool, and could judge it so clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is not something that can be done with spiritual sense. The reason why a secret realm is secret is that it can isolate spiritual sense; just the spiritual energy of this spiritual pool can greatly block the spread of spiritual thoughts. If it could be found by probing with spiritual sense, the Huo family wouldn't have gained nothing here before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless her spiritual sense is stronger than the First Realm Grand Tutor Huo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, since she had already judged it, there was no point in hiding it, so Lu Xingzhou answered honestly: \"There is indeed a secret realm. Does Master want to go and see?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan smiled faintly. \"You allow me to see?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since Master already knows...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Knowing that you have a treasure vault and allowing people to go in and see are two different things.\" \"That’s true.\" Lu Xingzhou laughed. \"What needs to be hidden is the existence of the secret realm itself. Since Master already knows, then go ahead and see. Perhaps you can even suggest some value we haven't discovered.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan looked at Lu Xingzhou, her eyes somewhat complex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This attitude was truly treating her as one of their own, while she hadn't yet entered the role.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sighed softly. \"Then take me to see it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two quickly dived into the pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou felt embarrassed to take out a wheelchair in front of her to waterproof it, feeling very awkward, so he secretly pinched a water-avoidance technique. The dive was quite long, and he almost ran out of spiritual energy, his face flushed red. Turning his head to look, Lady Ye was calm and composed, and when she emerged from the pool, not even a corner of her clothes was wet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wanting to see her wet was indeed just a luxury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan stood by the pool with her hands behind her back, frowning and looking for a while. \"According to this layout, there might have been an innate spiritual water crystal here... on your leg?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A waste of heaven's gifts, just used like this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you hadn't taught me to penetrate the bones, that waste would have been even greater.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are quite proud?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou laughed. \"For me at that time, being able to heal my leg was the greatest pursuit; everything else was secondary.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan ignored him and went to inspect the water’s edge on her own. \"If you set up an array here to cultivate, it would be better than being above. Other than that, there is not much to say. Let’s look elsewhere... Wait, wait.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou turned his head and watched Ye Tinglan gently stroke the sword marks on the cave wall. \"How come there are traces of the Frost Heaven Frozen Moon sword energy here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou twitched his mouth. \"Miss Qingli from the Heavenly Jade Holy Land has been here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This place hadn't just been visited; it had also been shaken by a wheelchair... How cute the little white hair was back then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, she is in the Third Realm now, and she is cold again, only knowing how to say she wants to be friends...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan looked at the sword marks with deep meaning, thinking to herself that this little disciple had started to hide things from his Master... This secret realm was obviously very important, not only related to the Profound Heaven Sword Sect but even related to the changes in the entire Xiazhou earth vein. For such an important matter, Qingli didn't report a single word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking carefully, it was understandable. If this matter had spread at the time, it would have been a devastating blow to Shen Tang, and it absolutely could not be easily told to outsiders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is a Master an outsider?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing her finally step into the dark corridor, Lu Xingzhou breathed a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being able to distinguish that it was Frost Heaven Frozen Moon from mere sword marks was a bit outrageous... Could she be even more awesome and distinguish what the water traces underground were composed of?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Passing through the dark corridor to the original cave dwelling, the iron corpse that had died at the core of the cave had already been collected by Shen Tang in a stone room in the corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou remembered this and specifically opened the stone room for Ye Tinglan to see. \"Master, look at this ancient corpse.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan squatted down to examine it for a moment, her expression changing slightly. \"Huiyang!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou’s heart also jumped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huiyang... Super-grade!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Qian only had two super-grades on the surface: the National Teacher Ye Tinglan and the Emperor Gu Zhanting. Perhaps the royal family and the Heavenly Jade Holy Land each had some hidden ones, but the number would definitely not be large. Added to the demon race, other countries, and a very small number of special demonic creatures, super-grades were still as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But one died here inexplicably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Added to the fact that the original owner of this place, Mohe, must also be a super-grade, he must still be alive, and it was unknown where he was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This ancient corpse and Mohe didn't seem to belong to the power system known to the Great Qian, nor did they look like those of other countries. If other countries had any major super-grade power die silently in the Great Qian, it would have caused a major diplomatic incident, and it wouldn't be so silent that no one had even heard of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the question is, what is the origin of this ancient corpse and Mohe?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan examined it, her expression becoming more and more ugly. \"Ziwei Profound Art... Taiyi True Water.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The former is the body technique practiced by the ancient corpse, and the latter is the root cause of his poisoned intestines and rotten belly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, it was right to bring Lady Ye to see this place; her vision and knowledge could know many things that everyone else couldn't see before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are these all ancient methods and treasures that have been lost for a long time?\" Lu Xingzhou couldn't help but ask. \"But the formation of this place is at most a hundred years.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This place was found by them later; it doesn't represent their origin.\" Ye Tinglan’s expression was very serious. \"The origin of these people is very likely to represent an ancient world unknown to modern people, and there are points of verification with what our sect knows.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>World...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou’s expression also became ugly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it involved the concept of planes, the worldview of this world would change a lot. The Great Qian, which he thought was the whole world today, might just be a drop in the ocean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He still asked cautiously: \"How does Master judge that there is another world, rather than a hidden sect? Master’s own origin is a hidden sect, isn't it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are indeed other worlds in the world, perhaps they can be called the Heavenly World, or perhaps not.\" Ye Tinglan stood up and responded very seriously: \"Everyone knows there are immortals, but today, where are the immortals?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",2051,"2026-06-18T01:46:09.112Z","2026-06-18T03:18:02.290Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","f7a2ca08bf50c2585a3737563ec0bd74b2e6ac337fdbd22b42a742b8bf6b7a01","the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers-chapter-186","the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers-chapter-184",325,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmountains-and-rivers-of-the-imperial-granary-cover.jpg"]