Chapter 105: The struggle between humans and demons

Hua Changxi looked at the patterns on the stone wall and basically understood the evolution process of the Four Spirit Realms.

The Four Spirit Realms first had the prosperity of the demon race, then the prosperity of the human race. Although there were no patterns afterward, Hua Changxi guessed that the Four Spirit Realms should have experienced at least one great extinction; otherwise, there wouldn't be the current spiritual energy recovery.

Looking at the nine patterns, Hua Changxi saw a pattern: when things developed to a certain stage, they would start to reshuffle, which was a bit like... reincarnation.

"Is the current spiritual energy recovery also a reincarnation?"

The Four Spirit Realms had existed since the day the interface was opened. After the appearance of the human race, it could be said that the subsequent development history of the interface became a history of struggle between the human race and the demon race.

Now she was coming into contact with more and more cultivators, but the demon race...

Before, when she saw demon beasts and demon plants, she didn't take them to heart, feeling that they were just a link in the ecosystem.

But after seeing the patterns, Hua Changxi had a few more misgivings about the demon race.

The demon race was an existence that wanted to compete with the human race for the dominance of the interface.

The figures of cultivators were becoming more and more active now, but there wasn't much news about the demon race.

Hua Changxi thought of the monk in white and regretted burning him to ashes. She wanted to know whether he was a human or a demon.

There was a "Demon Race Cultivation Notes" in the Buddhist beads, which recorded in detail that the demon race could cultivate into a human body after reaching the Nascent Soul Stage.

"If that monk in white was a demon race in the Nascent Soul Stage, he shouldn't have been burned to death by the fire lotus so easily."

Hua Changxi felt that the monk in white shouldn't be a demon race.

But if he wasn't a demon race, but a human, then the situation was even worse.

Humans were actually helping the demon race, and they were hiding in the crowd, making people hard to guard against.

How many such people were there?

Also, why did the monk in white want to find Aniu?

Protector of the Demon God?

Would the human race be a protector of the demon race?

Hua Changxi intuitively felt that there was something going on here. She also thought of Xu Ling. Xu Ling was also targeted by the monk. Would there be any connection between the two?

She had to find time to go to the Xu Pharmacy.

Hua Changxi's gaze fell on the ninth pattern again, the Demon Prison where the human race imprisoned the demon race, and the five continental plates of north, south, east, west, and center...

Was the Demon Prison on the central continent? Was the central continent the continental plate where the Great Jin Dynasty was located?

The five continents were separated. Where were the four continents of north, south, east, and west?

There was another place that puzzled Hua Changxi. One interface had five continents, which could accommodate so many great demons to be active. The area of each land must not be small.

She had seen the territory map of Great Jin and knew that there were other countries around Great Jin, but Great Jin's territory was the largest.

With her speed as a Golden Core Stage cultivator, she could run back and forth from the capital to Qingzhou in one hour. Great Jin had nine states. Roughly estimating, it would be enough for her to go from the southernmost end of Great Jin's territory to the northernmost end in one day.

Great Jin was so small. Even adding other countries, the area of the entire continental plate couldn't be that big. In such a small territory, could those great demons of ancient times be active?

Soon, Hua Changxi thought of some other things. Mount Wuzhi was much, much larger than what was seen from the outside. She could reach Qingzhou from the capital in more than half an hour, but she hadn't explored all the areas of Mount Wuzhi yet.

And many people had indicated that many mountains and rivers were growing larger.

With the occurrence of extinction, was the land area compressed?

Hua Changxi felt that many things were covered in clouds, unclear and unpredictable, and she could only explore step by step in the future.

Pulling her thoughts back from the map of the Four Spirit Realms, Hua Changxi looked at the totem golden bowl embedded in the stone wall. With a wave of her hand, the golden bowl fell into her palm.

On the stone wall, the position where the golden bowl was embedded merged directly, and it was impossible to see where a golden bowl was missing.

The golden bowl was retrieved, the golden light dissipated, and the patterns on the stone wall disappeared accordingly.

The Qihuang Pavilion was clearly a place for teaching medicine. The totem golden bowl could illuminate the bloodline totems of humans. Its appearance in the seventh Qihuang Pavilion was definitely not to tell people about the evolution history of the Four Spirit Realms.

So, what medical knowledge did the seventh Qihuang Pavilion want to teach?

Bloodline totem...

"Is it bloodline?"

The evolution pattern didn't detail how the human race came to be, but the human race was able to survive because they received the protection of the 'gods' they sacrificed to and learned the supernatural powers of the 'gods'.

"So, the seventh Qihuang Pavilion wants to teach people to stimulate their own bloodline power and then obtain the supernatural powers they once had through atavism?"

Hua Changxi went to the third Qihuang Pavilion, brought Zhou Qiuyu and the others to the seventh Qihuang Pavilion, picked up the totem golden bowl, and illuminated them one by one.

Among the twenty people, like her and Aniu, no one had a clear totem image stimulated by the golden bowl.

Finally, only four people had extremely faint totem images under the illumination of the golden light.

The totem images of the four were all rabbits.

Clearly, the totem power in the bloodlines of the other sixteen people was almost gone, and the golden bowl couldn't even illuminate their totem images.

Hua Changxi asked these twenty people to take a Heart Demon Oath not to talk about today's events, and then let them retreat first.

Once they left, Hua Changxi walked quickly toward the stone wall on the west side. After illuminating four totem images, another pattern appeared on the wall.

This pattern was a medicinal bath picture, with someone sitting in a medicinal barrel, soaking in medicinal soup, stimulating the totem image.

The formula for the medicinal soup was clearly recorded below the medicinal bath picture.

Seeing this, Hua Changxi was very excited and quickly took out paper and pen to record the medicinal bath formula.

She actually knew how to stimulate and enhance the totem power in the bloodline, which was to take atavism fruits.

But atavism fruits were hard to come by and almost had no operability.

But this medicinal bath formula was different. She knew all the spirit herbs on it. Although it would take a certain amount of time to prepare, it was finally no longer a matter of luck.

After recording the formula, Hua Changxi left the seventh Qihuang Pavilion. Seeing the sword pattern appear on the stone pillar outside the pavilion, she originally wanted to find Pharmacist Xu, but her footsteps turned and she went to the old square courtyard again.

Now Gu Xing, seeing Hua Changxi come to take away another wooden plaque, was already very calm.

Looking at the only lonely wooden plaque left on the wall, Gu Xing thought that if others didn't hurry up, this wooden plaque would probably be taken away by Hua Changxi again.

The wooden plaque was the key to opening the Qihuang Pavilion. He knew this, but he knew nothing about how to open it.

Like the Minister of the Heavenly Department, like the Medical Department Head, the time they got the wooden plaques was twenty or thirty years earlier than Hua Changxi. In such a long time, neither of them discovered how to use the wooden plaques.

Hua Changxi had only been in contact with the wooden plaques for less than two months, and she had unlocked how to use them.

She was right, the wooden plaques were destined to be with her!

Gu Xing looked toward the First Street and shook his head. The Qihuang Pavilions were almost half occupied by Hua Changxi, and Gu Qiming was still fighting with others.

"Hey..."

Gu Xing suddenly woke up. The Alchemy Saint Hall was a holy land for alchemy, a holy land for spreading medicine, not a place for fighting for power and profit. He had thought in the wrong direction before.

No matter how far Hua Changxi could go, at least she was really spreading medicine.

Just this point alone was better than Wei Zhenjie and Gu Qiming.

"Uncle Xu."

Hua Changxi went to the Ninth Street to find Pharmacist Xu again. Seeing Pharmacist Xu's expression relaxed, she asked with a smile: "Uncle Xu, has Aling returned?"

Pharmacist Xu smiled: "Sorry to trouble you for worrying about Aling. She returned the next day."

Hua Changxi asked again: "Aling is okay, right?"

Pharmacist Xu's smile deepened: "She's fine. Aling's problem of being sleepy has been completely solved. Jiuniang, we all blamed Master Konghai wrongly. He really wanted to help Aling. As soon as Aling's illness was cured, Master Konghai said goodbye."

Hua Changxi's eyes flickered: "Is that so? Then I thought too much. Uncle Xu, is that Master Konghai wearing a white monk robe?"

Pharmacist Xu looked surprised: "No, Master Konghai wears a yellow monk robe. Why do you ask?"

Hua Changxi smiled: "I saw a monk in white on the street yesterday. I was thinking of Aling, so I asked."

Pharmacist Xu nodded with a smile: "Aling is already well."

Hua Changxi: "Uncle Xu, I haven't seen Aling for a long time. Can I go to your house for dinner today?"

Pharmacist Xu looked at the sky: "My errands for today are done, I can go back. Do you have anything else to do?"

Hua Changxi quickly said: "I have nothing to do either."

Pharmacist Xu: "Then let's go back now, just in time for lunch."

Hua Changxi followed Pharmacist Xu and left the Medical Department, went to the Xu Pharmacy, and saw Xu Ling busy in the pharmacy.

"Dad, you're back!"

"Jiuniang, why are you here?"

Seeing Hua Changxi, Xu Ling's expression brightened, and she ran toward Hua Changxi happily. But when she was about to reach Hua Changxi, she stumbled, which made her stop.

"Oh, I've been busy for half a day, and I'm all dirty. Jiuniang, you go in and sit yourself, I'll go change my clothes first."

Hua Changxi looked at Xu Ling, who fled to the backyard as if escaping, and felt a bit strange. But seeing that she was no different from before and was as enthusiastic as ever toward her, she didn't think deeply about it.

After Xu Ling changed her clothes, Hua Changxi and Pharmacist Xu were already sitting in the hall.

Xu Ling served tea to the two of them, didn't sit next to Hua Changxi, but sat diagonally opposite her.

Hua Changxi looked at Xu Ling: "Aling, I am a cultivator. Did Uncle Xu tell you?"

Xu Ling nodded and looked forward: "Jiuniang, can I also become a cultivator?"

Hua Changxi smiled: "I heard from Uncle Xu that Master Konghai has already taught you how to cultivate. You are a cultivator now. I can even feel the spiritual energy on you. Why, don't you know this?"

Xu Ling was shocked: "I'm already a cultivator? I thought the breathing method Master Konghai taught me was just to treat my sleepiness."

As she spoke, she looked excited.

"Dad, did you hear that? I'm a cultivator."

Xu Ling then looked disappointed and lost: "Unfortunately, Master Konghai left. I didn't even get to say thank you to him."

Hua Changxi quickly asked: "Master Konghai was living well in the pharmacy before, why did he leave suddenly? Did he say where he was going?"

Xu Ling shook her head: "Master Konghai actually wanted to leave, but seeing that I wasn't completely well, he stayed in the pharmacy. Now that my illness is cured, he left."

"Master Konghai said that his lifelong wish was to save all living beings and rescue those in distress and pain. He should be going to save others now."

Hua Changxi wanted to see the cultivation technique Master Konghai gave Xu Ling, but hesitated and didn't say it.

Cultivation techniques were secret matters for cultivators.

Prying into other people's privacy was not her style.

Although Hua Changxi still had some doubts about that monk Konghai, after carefully observing Xu Ling, she didn't find anything unusual, so she didn't ask any more questions.

After lunch, Hua Changxi left. When she left, she couldn't help but pull Pharmacist Xu aside and give him a warning.

"Uncle Xu, you know about me being kidnapped by a demon monk."

"In this world, besides demon monks, there are also demon monks."

"Aling is not an ordinary person. The totem power in her bloodline is very powerful and may be targeted by some ill-intentioned people."

"I haven't seen that Master Konghai, but since he can teach Aling to cultivate, he should have the ability to protect himself. Why was it such a coincidence that he was saved by Aling? And afterward, he taught Aling to cultivate for free. I always feel something is wrong."

"But looking at Aling's appearance today, she doesn't have anything unusual, but I still hope you can pay more attention to Aling in the future."

Pharmacist Xu was a bit nervous: "Jiuniang, it's not as serious as you said, right? I think Master Konghai is really a good person."

Hua Changxi smiled: "Maybe I thought too much. Then Uncle Xu, I'll go first."

Pharmacist Xu watched Hua Changxi leave, turned back to the backyard, and saw Xu Ling curled up in the hall with a pale face. His expression changed: "Aling, what's wrong with you?"

Pharmacist Xu supported Xu Ling, only to find that she was shaking violently, as if she had been frightened.

Xu Ling grabbed Pharmacist Xu's hand and held it tightly: "Dad, I just had a picture flash in my mind. Jiuniang wants to kill me."

Pharmacist Xu's expression changed: "How is that possible?!"

Xu Ling shook her head: "I don't know either. I only know that I was killed by her. Dad, don't associate with Jiuniang in the future, okay?"

Pharmacist Xu hesitated: "Aling, could it be that you thought too much?"

Xu Ling: "Master Konghai told me when he left that there are many bad people in this world, and my blood is a great tonic for cultivators."

"Dad, can you guarantee that Jiuniang is definitely a good person? She might have been before, but she is a cultivator now. If she knows that my blood helps her cultivate, will she really not be greedy?"

Pharmacist Xu helped Xu Ling sit up: "Aling, calm down first. As for Jiuniang, Dad will handle it."

Xu Ling looked straight at Pharmacist Xu: "Dad, if you continue to associate with Hua Changxi, I will definitely be killed by you."

Pharmacist Xu was shocked. Jiuniang asked him to keep an eye on Aling, and Aling asked him to stay away from Jiuniang. He didn't know what to think anymore.

After a long silence, Pharmacist Xu hugged Xu Ling, who was still lingering in fear, and muttered: "Don't worry, Aling, Dad won't let anyone hurt you."

Xu Ling hugged Pharmacist Xu back: "Dad, I don't want to die, I want to be with you forever."

Pharmacist Xu patted Xu Ling's back gently: "It won't happen. My Aling will live a long life, won't die, don't be afraid, Dad is here." ===== CHAPTER 106 =====