[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl":3,"chapter-the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-chapter-492":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Great Jin's Most Iron Rice Bowl",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1897266,2531,"Chapter 492: The Ancient Path of the Yellow Spring","the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-chapter-492",492,"\u003Cp>After leaving the forbidden ghost realm, Hua Changxi retracted her aura and moved silently across the wasteland, swiftly approaching the towering fortress that stretched across the horizon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along the way, Hua Changxi vigilantly scanned her surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above, the sun and moon shed no light, only dead silence; gray fog churned in the mid-air, exuding a bone-chilling cold; the earth beneath her feet was hard as iron, with scattered chill that seemed capable of freezing one's soul instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walking amidst this, every breath caused her physical body to endure unimaginable erosion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of this proclaimed a cruel truth: this region was inherently antagonistic to life, tolerating not a shred of yang energy, and was absolutely no place for the 'living' to linger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi condensed a cluster of ghost fire, coating her body with it; that cold flame, carrying the aura of the netherworld, barely sustained a thin barrier around her, slightly resisting the pervasive erosion of the Nine Netherworlds against the 'living'.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she drew closer to the massive fortress, ghosts began to appear along the path one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, most of these ghosts were merely wandering spirits; upon seeing the ghost fire clinging to Hua Changxi, they fled from afar, posing no threat to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not until a murky, dark yellow giant river came into view that ghosts with sinister auras began to appear on the road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Yellow River?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, it was not a river!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi shook her head, her gaze locking死死 onto the dark yellow river flowing across the earth ahead; the water was filthy and viscous, shimmering with an eerie glow, resembling a long-festered wound upon the land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strange, jagged rocks lined the riverbank, piled like withered bones; black qi seeping from the crevices tangled endlessly with yellow mist rising from the water surface, shrouding everything around in a dead, hazy silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no sound of wind, no noise of water, only the pervasive stench of rotting fishiness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having inhaled just a little, Hua Changxi felt her divine soul tremble, as if hundreds of millions of wronged souls were screaming silently beneath the water, trying to drag her into the river.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It should be called the Yellow Spring!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On both banks of the Yellow Spring, yin winds howled furiously; countless fierce ghosts loomed in and out of the mist, their oily green eyes greedily scanning past living beings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi did not rashly approach the riverbank; relying on the ghost fire clinging to her, she managed to intimidate the fierce ghosts along the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the ghost realm, any ghost clan member capable of manipulating ghost fire was no ordinary figure, qualifying as a powerhouse among the ghost clans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the disguise of the ghost fire, Hua Changxi walked along the Yellow Spring Road, encountering almost no obstruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, she had not traveled far when, amidst the originally nauseating stench of decay and fishiness, a cloyingly sweet exotic fragrance suddenly mixed in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That scent possessed both the rich fragrance of a hundred flowers and the mellow intoxication of wine; the two strangely intertwined, forming an invisible hook that struck directly at the divine soul, tempting one to become drunk with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi's heart tightened, and she subconsciously held her breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately after, a bizarre scene unfolded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those fierce ghosts that had been wandering and screaming, along with the wandering spirits hidden deep within the gray fog, seemed to hear some silent call; they scrambled one after another toward both banks of the Yellow Spring, sitting cross-legged in perfect unison, facing the river, their expressions revealing a fanatical devotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, the world lost its color, leaving only a splash of vivid red that scorched Hua Changxi's eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On both banks of the Yellow Spring, hundreds of millions of blood-red flowers bloomed simultaneously; at first, there were only a few scattered points of scarlet, but in an instant, it spread like a prairie fire, engulfing every inch of black soil on both banks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flowers were red to a heart-stopping degree, red with purity and resolve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye, a boundless sea of crimson flowers completely submerged both banks of the Yellow Spring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This overwhelming blood-red hue, under the dim sky, directly reflected upon the murky waters of the Yellow Spring, turning them entirely crimson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sight was spectacular to the extreme, and bizarre to the extreme; it was so beautiful it made one's heart tremble, so beautiful it left one breathless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching this scene, Hua Changxi's eyes trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red flowers had long, curly stamens, resembling countless hands reaching toward the void, swaying gently in the breeze and scattering specks of scarlet light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This appearance brought three words to Hua Changxi's mind—Red Spider Lily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, how could the banks of the Yellow Spring lack the adornment of Red Spider Lilies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the ghost clan intoxicated by the fragrance of the Red Spider Lilies, and then at the blood-red flowers themselves, Hua Changxi felt a stir of desire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Red Spider Lilies possessed the effect of stabilizing the divine soul and were one of the main ingredients for refining various soul pills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since she had encountered them, how could she leave empty-handed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, Hua Changxi moved; borrowing the intimidating power of the ghost fire, she forcibly squeezed a path through the ghost clans layered inside and out, approached the riverbank, and positioned herself before the Red Spider Lilies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as she neared the Red Spider Lilies, Hua Changxi noticed something unusual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Red Spider Lilies had grades: lower grade were blood-red, middle grade were dark red with a hint of purple, upper grade were deep red like ink, and supreme grade were pure white like bone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Generally, the banks of the Yellow Spring would mostly nurture only lower-grade Red Spider Lilies, with middle grade being rare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet at this moment, Hua Changxi saw quite a few upper-grade Red Spider Lilies, and even spotted several supreme-grade ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi swallowed hard; supreme-grade Red Spider Lilies could purify the sea of consciousness and the primordial spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how the sea of consciousness or primordial spirit had been polluted, they could clear it all with a single touch; they were top-tier soul plants that one could encounter only by chance!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, she also noticed that all the ghost clans automatically avoided the areas where upper-grade and supreme-grade Red Spider Lilies grew, daring only to stay in the zones of lower and middle-grade flowers to absorb their fragrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This scene put Hua Changxi on high alert; she knew that picking a supreme-grade Red Spider Lily would definitely not be easy!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Hua Changxi was pondering how to obtain a supreme-grade Red Spider Lily without causing a major commotion, a voice of exclamation drifted down from the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is indeed the Ancient Path of the Yellow Spring; even the Red Spider Lilies bloom so brilliantly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1150,"2026-06-12T02:51:24.126Z",1,"Qwen3.5 397B","21dc0856fbd41ae834f098ce3d2d298b6862f1903322be8471aa45fd0d694b6b","the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-chapter-493","the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-chapter-491",558,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-cover.jpg"]