Chapter 133

Accidentally obtaining a portable village, Hua Changxi was very happy. However, at this moment, she was more concerned about the black fish pattern.

The black fish pattern on the back of her hand had disappeared. She wanted to verify whether the appearance of the black fish pattern really represented the degree of the black flame burning in her body.

Hua Changxi sat cross-legged, her consciousness sank into the Dantian Qi Sea, 'watching' the black flame burning on the chest of the Nascent Soul, constantly recalling the scene when she had murderous intent toward Gu Jinfan.

Sure enough, when the murderous intent was awakened, the black flame began to sway and shake, and at the same time, pain came from the back of her hand.

Hua Changxi withdrew her consciousness and opened her eyes, just in time to see the black fish pattern on the back of her hand slowly dissipating.

"Awakening pattern..."

Hua Changxi probably understood the function of the awakening pattern. It should be an auxiliary tool to help her better perceive the changes in her seven emotions and six desires.

When emotions are on the rise, she indeed cannot control herself many times. With this awakening pattern, it can really help her better control her seven emotions and six desires.

"This awakening pattern is really useful."

Before, when she had murderous intent toward others, she could also feel it, but that was more of an instinctive reaction. Having the reminder of the awakening pattern could make her clearer about her own thoughts.

With clear thoughts, she could also make better decisions.

Confirming that the awakening pattern was beneficial and harmless to her, Hua Changxi was relieved, took out the alchemy furnace and spirit herbs, and began to focus on alchemy.

【First-grade Alchemist (Top-grade Pill): Alchemy 9816 furnaces 9816/】

She had to improve her alchemy grade quickly.

Nanxiang County.

Wei Zhenjie led a group of Demon-Suppressing Army from the Jiuyou Kunmen Pass and came directly to the gatehouse of Lingguang Palace.

Looking at the towering and magnificent Lingguang Palace in front of him, Wei Zhenjie's eyes flickered: "Send more people to Mount Wuzhi. We must find out the identity of the Fire Lotus Fairy."

Chu Junyi nodded: "Yes." He paused, "Master, Prince Fu ordered all intersections leading to Lingguang Palace to be blocked."

Wei Zhenjie heard this and hummed with a smile: "What do you think of this?"

Chu Junyi: "Cultivators have many means, the imperial court cannot stop them."

Wei Zhenjie smiled: "The imperial family must also know this. Prince Fu doing this is just showing the imperial family's attitude." As he spoke, his smile faded, and his face showed gravity.

"Now the recovery of spiritual energy has just begun, the imperial family still controls the Great Jin, and various forces dare not openly oppose the imperial family. However, I'm afraid this situation won't last long."

"Once the imperial family is weak and cannot fully control the situation, the chaotic world will come."

Wei Zhenjie looked at Chu Junyi and the Demon-Suppressing Army behind him: "You must hurry up and improve your strength, otherwise, let alone protecting the peace of one side in the future, you won't even be able to protect yourselves."

Chu Junyi saw Wei Zhenjie say such serious words today and frowned: "Master, you seem to be very wary of Lingguang Palace?"

Wei Zhenjie looked at him: "Do you know what the appearance of Lingguang Palace represents?"

Chu Junyi shook his head.

Wei Zhenjie looked at the palace in the distance: "Lingguang Palace is the transmission dojo of the Zhu Que Emperor in the Central Continent. But those who come here to receive transmission and cultivate the techniques left by the Zhu Que Emperor have a unified name. The world calls them the Zhu Que Army."

Chu Junyi and the Demon-Suppressing Army present were all shocked.

Zhu Que Army...

It is actually the title of an army. Such power indeed possesses the ability to shake the foundation of the imperial court.

Chu Junyi: "Does the imperial family know this news?"

Wei Zhenjie glanced at him: "What do you think?"

Chu Junyi was silent for a moment: "Prince Fu and the others should want to find the person who opened Lingguang Palace more than we do." After finding them, they probably want to cut the weeds and dig up the roots.

Wei Zhenjie didn't speak, clearly agreeing.

"Let's go, back to the Heaven Department."

On the way back to the capital, the Demon-Suppressing Army was shocked by the changes in Nanxiang County.

"This is too outrageous. Now the area of Nanxiang County is simply dozens of times larger than before."

Chu Junyi looked back at the towering Lingguang Palace: "With the ruins that have been sealed being unearthed one after another, our world will undergo earth-shaking changes."

Meng Ziyu laughed softly with his comrades beside him: "Now many places are growing larger. If it continues to develop like this, maybe in the future, we won't even be able to go to the border of the Great Jin."

Chu Junyi heard this, his eyes flickered. The Great Jin has been founded for nearly a thousand years, which is unprecedented. Now that spiritual energy has recovered, it is difficult for the Great Jin to continue to unify the world!

Maybe in the future, there will be no Great Jin Dynasty.

Meng Ziyu added: "Nanxiang County is almost larger than an ordinary prefecture now. The imperial court is probably going to send more officials to govern this side."

As soon as this was said, Ye Jingzhou opened his mouth: "The original officials of Nanxiang County have all been replaced."

Meng Ziyu was stunned: "How do you know?"

Ye Jingzhou: "As soon as I left Jiuyou, I received a message from a colleague in the Heaven Department. Lingguang Palace appeared in Nanxiang County, and it is so close to the capital. The imperial family will not let it go. Now the officials of Nanxiang County are all confidants personally appointed by Prince Fu."

Meng Ziyu: "What about the original officials of Nanxiang County?"

Ye Jingzhou shrugged and didn't speak.

Those with some background relationships might have gone to other offices to serve; those without background relationships were either waiting for vacancies or were directly dismissed.

Meng Ziyu was obviously also aware of these inside stories, sighed, and didn't say anything.

Chu Junyi listened to his subordinates chatting silently. Suddenly, he saw Wei Zhenjie in the carriage in front beckoning to him, and he hurriedly rode his horse forward: "Master, what's the matter?"

Wei Zhenjie: "I heard that among this batch of confiscated magic tools, there is a storage magic tool that even Jiang Yanyi cannot open?"

Chu Junyi nodded: "It's a Buddhist bead."

Wei Zhenjie: "Let me see."

Chu Junyi took the Buddhist bead bracelet out of his arms and handed it to Wei Zhenjie.

Wei Zhenjie took it and looked at it, smiling: "This is something worn by a young lady." As he spoke, he condensed spiritual power, wanting to forcibly erase the imprint on the Buddhist beads.

"Master, be careful!"

As soon as Wei Zhenjie's spiritual power acted on the Buddhist beads, a fire lotus flew out.

The fire lotus not only resisted Wei Zhenjie's spiritual power but also burned Wei Zhenjie's palm.

"Master, are you okay?" Chu Junyi looked at Wei Zhenjie with concern.

Wei Zhenjie consumed a lot of spiritual power to extinguish the fire lotus. Being injured in front of his apprentice made him feel a bit embarrassed, but he felt more fear in his heart.

A mere imprint of essence and blood could hurt people; one could imagine how powerful the owner of the Buddhist beads was.

Although Wei Zhenjie still had means to erase the imprint on the Buddhist beads, he didn't do so and threw the Buddhist bead bracelet to Chu Junyi: "Keep this Buddhist bead bracelet well. It is very likely to be the Fire Lotus Fairy's."

Chu Junyi had guessed this when he saw the fire lotus fly out of the Buddhist beads, and solemnly put away the Buddhist bead bracelet.

【Second-grade Alchemist (Low-grade Pill): Alchemy 1 furnace 1/10】

After three days and three nights of focused alchemy, Hua Changxi finally improved her alchemist grade to second-grade.

Looking at the second-grade Yuanling Pill in her hand, Hua Changxi didn't continue, but left the Medical Department and went to the Shennong Pharmacy in Feng'an Square.

The field of the gray bead was left barren like this, and she felt it was too wasteful.

Arriving at the pharmacy, after understanding the situation in the shop with Seeing Pucao and A'niu, Hua Changxi went to find the Green Bull Demon: "Green Bull, I'll take you to a place."

The Green Bull Demon knew Hua Changxi wouldn't harm it, so it agreed without thinking. Then, it felt the world spinning, and when it felt its feet on the ground again, it found it was no longer in the backyard of the pharmacy.

"Where is this?"

Hua Changxi: "This is a portable village I just obtained. You see, there are so many barren fields here, it's too wasteful. You are a bull, you are specially for plowing the land. How about you plow the land for me here?"

The Green Bull Demon had lived in the pharmacy backyard with A'niu and Seeing Pucao for so long, and it was considered accustomed to the human way of life. It immediately started to negotiate conditions: "Then how much wages will you give me?"

Hua Changxi looked at the Green Bull who was seriously discussing wages with her and felt it was a bit funny: "1000 low-grade spirit stones a month."

The Green Bull shook its head: "Ten thousand low-grade spirit stones."

"Ten thousand is too much. I'll add a little for you, two thousand low-grade spirit stones, no more."

"Five thousand low-grade spirit stones, no less."

"Okay, five thousand low-grade spirit stones, deal."

Looking at Hua Changxi who agreed so readily, the Green Bull felt its wages might be low, so it hurriedly made up for it: "I don't want low-grade spirit stones, I want top-grade spirit stones."

The spiritual energy in top-grade spirit stones is purer and smoother to absorb.

Hua Changxi didn't treat the Green Bull harshly on this: "Okay, from now on, your monthly wages will be five top-grade spirit stones. However, Green Bull, I spent so many spirit stones to hire you to work, you must plow the land well for me."

The Green Bull flicked its tail: "Don't worry, plowing the land is my specialty."

After negotiating the wages, the Green Bull wandered around the portable village.

"Changxi, you want to plant spirit grains and spirit herbs, the spiritual energy here is probably not enough."

"You plow the wasteland first, I'll go transport spirit mines in."

Hua Changxi told A'niu that she was taking the Green Bull to work for her, and then rode the clouds to Mount Wuzhi, transporting one spirit mine of each of the five elements—gold, wood, water, fire, and earth—into the portable village.

The mountain spirit didn't say anything about her operation, just told her to remember to make up for it.

"Make up for what?"

"You transported the spirit mines to another space. The spiritual energy of Mount Wuzhi and the Four Spirit Realms as a whole has decreased, so naturally, you have to make up for it."

"But, how can I make up for it?"

"You can go to the outside world to transport it."

"The outside world? Can I still go to the outside world?"

"Cultivators from the outside world can come in, so naturally you can go out."

"But how can I go to the outside world?"

"How would I know? You have to find it yourself."

"You don't know, yet you ask me to make up for it."

"You transported the spirit mines away, so naturally you have to make up for it."

"The cultivators who enter and exit Mount Wuzhi on weekdays will absorb a lot of spiritual energy, why don't you ask them to make up for it?"

"Because they are cultivators of the Four Spirit Realms. When they die in the future, the spiritual energy will still return to the Four Spirit Realms."

Hua Changxi listened to the mountain spirit's words and thought thoughtfully: "You mean, this portable village of mine is not considered part of the Four Spirit Realms?"

Mountain Spirit: "Of course not. This is a Sumeru Mustard Space, an independent space. Even if the Four Spirit Realms were destroyed, it would only drift to other places and would not be destroyed along with the Four Spirit Realms."

Hua Changxi: "Is that so... But Mount Wuzhi is my dojo, if I transport a few spirit mines away, why do I have to return them?"

The mountain spirit looked at her earnestly: "Fairy, all things are repeated cycles. You can use the resources of Mount Wuzhi at will, but you cannot transport them to other spaces."

"The spirit mines you transported to Sumeru Mustard cannot circulate with the resources of the Four Spirit Realms. If you don't make up for it, you are a thief of the Four Spirit Realms."

"Do you want to be a thief?"

Hua Changxi didn't want to speak: "Okay, I know. I will make up for it."

The mountain spirit nodded with a look of 'the child can be taught': "That's right."