Chapter 65: Mountain Spirit Seeks Sealing

The fire lotus swallowed two people in the blink of an eye. Not only were the Qingzhou Army and the villagers of Thumb Mountain stunned, but Hua Changxi herself had a moment of blankness in her brain.

Two people... just gone like that!

Since embarking on the path of cultivation, Hua Changxi knew very well that because of the limited cultivation resources, fighting and snatching were inevitable, and she had long been mentally prepared.

However, even if some things were rehearsed countless times in her heart, when it was really implemented, she found that she was not as calm and fearless as she imagined.

Hua Changxi's right hand that swung the fire lotus was trembling, and her heart was beating violently. A kind of belated fear spread in the bottom of her heart.

What was she afraid of?

Clearly, she had solved the two cultivators in a crushing manner, and those two cultivators were so bad, triggering the collapse of the mountain, completely ignoring the villagers at the foot of the mountain. She was doing justice for heaven.

"I am doing justice for heaven."

"I am doing justice for heaven."

Hua Changxi recited this sentence over and over again, as if only in this way could she curb the panic deep in her heart.

Suddenly, a dangerous breath attacked from behind, and Hua Changxi subconsciously dodged.

"Boom~"

Behind the position where Hua Changxi had just stood, a small mountain several meters high was blasted to pieces.

Hua Changxi looked sideways and saw a middle-aged man stepping on a flying sword approaching her quickly.

"Bold thief, dare to kill my Cui family member of Qingzhou, take your life!"

Hua Changxi saw this, and before her brain started to run, her body turned around directly. In the panic and haste, she ran rapidly toward the depths of Mount Wuzhi.

"Thief, don't run!"

Mount Wuzhi is composed of five giant peaks, the mountains are connected, the peaks are undulating like five fingers, steep and rugged. Thumb Mountain, as the first peak, is the best entrance and exit to the mountain.

Because of the ease of entering and difficulty of exiting Mount Wuzhi, since June, all parties competing for Mount Wuzhi have been stationed on the outskirts of Thumb Mountain.

At this moment, watching the two figures, one fleeing and one chasing, pass by, everyone became interested.

At the beginning, all parties sent their subordinates deep into Mount Wuzhi, but three months passed, and no one came out. Later, all parties did not dare to enter easily.

Now that someone is entering to explore the way, everyone is willing to fulfill it.

"Cui Cheng, come back!"

Seeing that the pursuer was about to go deep into Mount Wuzhi with the fleeing person, a loud reprimand sounded over Thumb Mountain, stopping the person.

The pursuer seemed unwilling, staring at the figure of the fleeing person disappearing into the mountain, before turning back with a dark face.

"Patriarch, Qingfeng is dead."

The pursuer was Cui Cheng of the Cui family in Qingzhou. As soon as he returned to the Cui family camp, he gritted his teeth and told the story of his biological son being killed.

The two people fighting behind Thumb Mountain earlier were one from the Cui family in Qingzhou and one from the Jiang family in Jizhou.

For these three months, all parties have been provoking or bringing up old grudges, and they would start fighting if they disagreed, the purpose of which was to probe the situation of all parties.

As for the villagers around Mount Wuzhi, like the Sanqing Palace, Taisu Palace, and Demon Suppression Department, they would still care a little, but other forces would not care about anything when they fought.

Thumb Village is not far from the camp, and all parties actually noticed the situation just now.

Cui family patriarch Cui Yuanpeng carefully inquired about the process of the incident, and learned that the fire lotus burned two late-stage Energy Refining cultivators clean in the blink of an eye, his expression was a bit heavy.

Late-stage Qi Refining, whether in the Cui family or other forces, is not a weak person, but now, they were killed in one move.

He really didn't expect that this trip to Mount Wuzhi would explode so many cultivators, and their cultivation was higher than the other.

Not to mention Taisu Palace and Sanqing Palace, they are true Taoist inheritances, and it is normal for their disciples to be powerful.

The Demon Suppression Department relies on the imperial court, has a deep foundation, and has sufficient cultivation resources. The Demon Suppression Army has strong combat power, which he can understand.

As the biggest opponent of the Demon Suppression Department, the Asura Gate has combat power above other forces, which he can also accept.

However, like the Cui family, the Jiang family in Jizhou, which is a local powerhouse, actually appeared with an absolute powerhouse who suppressed the Demon Suppression Army, Sanqing Palace, Taisu Palace, and Asura Gate, which he could not accept.

Is the foundation of the Jiang family deeper than the imperial court and the Daoist sect?

In the nine states of the Great Jin, the strength of the powerhouses in each state is not much different on the surface, but now the Jiang family has suddenly emerged, making the Cui family patriarch feel a little uneasy.

The stable situation in the nine states is afraid that it will be broken.

Looking at Cui Cheng, who was angry and wanted to avenge his son, the Cui family patriarch said: "You are not that person's opponent. Going deep into Mount Wuzhi will either get you lost in the mountain or killed by that person."

Cui Cheng was unconvinced. He is a Qi Sea Realm cultivator. In the current Mount Wuzhi where cultivators gather, his combat power is also in the forefront.

"Patriarch, that thief just ambushed Qingfeng. If she really had the ability, she wouldn't have fled into the mountain in a panic as soon as she saw me."

The Cui family patriarch frowned: "That person's speed was too fast, so fast that I couldn't even make a move before he disappeared from my sight. That person's cultivation might even be above mine."

Hearing this, Cui Cheng's expression changed. The patriarch is a late-stage Qi Sea Realm cultivator, and he is convinced of his vision.

"Could it be that Qingfeng died in vain?"

The Cui family patriarch looked into the depths of Mount Wuzhi: "That person went deep into Mount Wuzhi, and it is unknown whether he can come out." After a pause, "Order down, the sparring with other forces ends here, don't continue."

Prince Dong'an is here, and the villagers around Mount Wuzhi are the people under this Prince's rule. If too many die, I am afraid it will make him unhappy.

At the same time, other forces are also discussing what just happened.

Taisu Palace.

Daoist Qingyun looked at his most outstanding disciples with a smile: "The Jiang family and Cui family members were killed, what do you think?"

Taisu eldest disciple Liu Yiyun said immediately: "Well killed. If they want to spar and compete, they should run further away. They just had to find a place close to the village. They ignored other people's lives, and now that their lives have been taken, I can only say one sentence: the Heavenly Way is good at reincarnation."

Daoist Qingyun nodded, noncommittal: "What about the others, do you have any other views?"

Second disciple Chu Junmo spoke: "To deal with two late-stage Qi Refining cultivators, the person who made the move could kill them in one move. Their cultivation is at least mid-stage Qi Sea Realm."

Liu Yiyun was puzzled: "Cui Cheng is only an early-stage Qi Sea Realm cultivator. Why did that person flee as soon as he saw him?"

"Probably scared."

As soon as this was said, everyone looked at the person who spoke.

Yan Xiaoyang saw everyone looking at himself and said with a light smile: "That person should be encountering such a thing for the first time. Maybe he hasn't prepared to kill yet. Seeing someone chasing, in a panic, he subconsciously wanted to run away. When we went out to practice, weren't we like that too?"

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but recall the various awkward things that happened during their first practice, and their expressions were a bit uncomfortable.

Yan Xiaoyang continued: "That person should just want to save people. Killing the Jiang family and Cui family members should not be his original intention. At least he should not have the heart to kill."

Liu Yiyun nodded in agreement: "I believe in the words of the sixth junior brother. That person was chased by Cui Cheng and rushed directly into the depths of Mount Wuzhi, which shows how panicked he was."

Other disciples expressed one after another: "That person's temperament is not good."

Chu Junmo noticed Hua Changxin, who was silent on the side, and walked over to ask with concern: "Seventh junior sister, what's wrong with you?"

Hua Changxin put down the hand covering her left chest: "I don't know what happened just now, my heart suddenly beat very fast."

Chu Junmo's expression tightened: "Go, let Elder Qingyun take a look."

Hua Changxin hurriedly pulled him: "Second senior brother, I am fine now, maybe it's because I haven't rested well during this time."

Chu Junmo was still not very relieved: "If you are still uncomfortable, you must tell me."

Hua Changxin nodded with a smile and changed the subject: "The people who came to Mount Wuzhi during this time are all traveling together, but that person is alone. I really don't know whether to say he is bold or reckless."

Chu Junmo: "After coming to Mount Wuzhi, are there few such self-righteous cultivators? Many people suddenly get powerful strength, but their temperament cannot keep up. If they cannot control this strength, they will only take their own lives."

Demon Suppression Department.

The Demon Suppression Army wearing Qilin masks is solemn and sharp. Even from far away, one can feel the killing aura emanating from them.

"The Jiang family lost a cultivator, is there any movement?"

"No, the Cui family still has a Cui Cheng who wants to take revenge, but the Jiang family has no reaction."

"The ancestor of the Jiang family has entered Mount Wuzhi for almost three months..."

Demon Suppression Army commander Chu Junyi rubbed the hilt of the sword in his hand, his eyes as sharp and stern as a hawk: "What exactly does he want to do when entering the mountain?"

The strength of the Jiang family ancestor is unfathomable. As long as he makes a full move, all parties must retreat, but he didn't make a move, but entered Mount Wuzhi.

Is there something in Mount Wuzhi that makes him have to enter?

"Commander, Prince Dong'an seems to have also entered Mount Wuzhi?"

Chu Junyi frowned. After Prince Dong'an came to Mount Wuzhi, he had been in the tent and hadn't come out.

What is he doing entering Mount Wuzhi?

Is he not afraid of not being able to come out?

Prince Dong'an has been stationed in Qingzhou for many years, and his power in Qingzhou far exceeds the imagination of the imperial court. There must be a reason for him to enter Mount Wuzhi.

"Is there any movement from Taisu Palace and Sanqing Palace?"

"No, these two sides are very quiet, both looking like they are bringing disciples out to practice."

"Keep watching all parties, and report any movement immediately."

Asura Gate.

"Left Envoy Yang, Prince Dong'an has been successfully persuaded by the people we planted, and has secretly entered Mount Wuzhi."

"Very good, gather manpower immediately, we will also go in. As long as Prince Dong'an dies, Qingzhou will definitely be in chaos."

"Whoosh~"

Hua Changxi galloped all the way, constantly going deep into the mountain. After her mood slowly stabilized, she stopped, and then looked up, finding that the ancient trees were towering, blocking the clouds and the sun, the atmosphere was gloomy, and everything was silent.

Uh...

Hua Changxi covered her face with both hands in annoyance. She had always felt that she was calm and sophisticated, but she didn't expect that when something really happened, she would find herself so unable to hold her breath.

In the panic, she only cared about running away and forgot to fight back.

Hua Changxi reflected on herself, and then began to investigate the situation around her.

Looking at the mountain peaks that went straight into the clouds, Hua Changxi guessed that she should have run to the third peak of Mount Wuzhi.

"In the myths and stories of the previous life, the Great Sage Equaling Heaven was pressed under Mount Wuzhi. I wonder if there is a big demon pressed under Mount Wuzhi here too?"

Hua Changxi walked through the mountain quickly. After wandering for most of the day, she found that she couldn't fly out of the range of the third peak no matter what.

"Is it really only possible to enter and not exit in this mountain?"

Hua Changxi's expression became serious, but she was not too worried. The Grandmaster who created the "Mount Wuzhi" technique could go out, and she must be able to too.

In the subsequent walking, Hua Changxi deliberately slowed down her speed and carefully observed the terrain and mountain situation.

"Bang bang bang~"

Two sides were fighting fiercely.

Hua Changxi took a look from afar, didn't care, and quickly moved away.

"Roar~"

"Woo~"

Hua Changxi broke into the fierce battle scene again, but this time it was a fierce tiger and a group of wolves fighting.

The fierce tiger sprayed fire from its mouth, and the wolves controlled the soil. For a while, the ground sank, and for a while, the soil piled up. They were fighting back and forth.

Hua Changxi watched the battle silently for a while. According to the fluctuation of spiritual energy, she knew that the fierce tiger was a Qi Sea Realm demon beast, and the wolves were all Qi Refining Realm demon beasts.

Didn't disturb them, quickly moved away.

"Eh?"

Not long after moving away from the tiger-wolf battlefield, Hua Changxi suddenly stopped, looking around with alert.

She just sensed that something seemed to be following her.

Looking around several times, Hua Changxi found nothing, continued to walk in the mountain, flying while investigating the surroundings, still gained nothing, but she just felt something staring at her.

She believed in her intuition, and for the rest of the way, she was even more careful.

Not long after, she encountered the third battlefield.

This battlefield was a bit weird. Six people were fighting against dozens, but the minority suppressed the majority.

Just because one of the six people was controlling a six-petaled black lotus.

The black lotus hung high in the air, spinning rapidly, constantly throwing out one black lotus after another burning with black flames.

Whenever people on the opponent's side were hit by the black lotus, black flames would immediately ignite in their eyes, and then they would turn around and start attacking people in their own camp.

"Wu Yang, Prince Dong'an's Mansion and the Asura Gate have never interfered with each other. Why did you ambush this Prince?"

Hua Changxi was originally only interested in the black lotus and didn't care about the two sides fighting, but hearing Prince Dong'an's Mansion and the Asura Gate, her expression changed suddenly.

This Prince...

Hua Changxi looked at the middle-aged man in brocade robes surrounded by several cultivators, a bit surprised. Was that person Prince Dong'an?

The Great Jin has four different-surnamed princes, namely Prince Beizhen, Prince Dong'an, Prince Nanding, and Prince Xiping.

The four vassal princes have made indelible contributions to the stability of the borders of the Great Jin.

As a member of the Great Jin, Prince Dong'an was in danger, and she shouldn't turn a blind eye.

Hua Changxi looked at the people of the Asura Gate again, wearing black robes, and the six-petaled black lotus they controlled looked evil.

This is not a sect that walks the right path!

Hua Changxi took a deep breath and made a move.

Six fire lotuses shot out, and the air instantly became scorching.

"Ah~"

The black-robed people of the Asura Gate were covered by the fire lotus, and flames ignited on their bodies immediately.

"Bang~"

Wu Yang, who controlled the black lotus, could not resist the burning of the fire lotus. With a distraction, the black lotus fell to the ground.

As soon as the black lotus fell, the black flames went out.

However, those subordinates of Prince Dong'an who were hit by the black flames before did not wake up and were still attacking their colleagues.

Wu Yang wanted to pick up the six-petaled black lotus, but Prince Dong'an made a move. A spiritual power passed, directly knocking the black lotus far away.

Seeing this, Wu Yang was full of anger. The flames on his body spread too fast, and he could not resist. If he went to pick up the black lotus, the flames would swallow him.

He could foresee that once swallowed by the flames, he would definitely die.

Looking at the direction where the fire lotus flew out, Wu Yang really wanted to cut that sneak attacker into a thousand pieces. The next moment, he threw away the other five people of the Asura Gate, crushed the teleportation talisman, and ran.

The other five people of the Asura Gate... after a few breaths, turned into ashes, and with a gust of wind, disappeared between heaven and earth.

Facing such a scene for the second time, Hua Changxi was still a bit uncomfortable, but much calmer than the first time.

Prince Dong'an, who thought he was going to die, didn't expect that when they were about to be completely defeated, someone would make a move to save them, so he quickly said loudly: "Thank you, fellow Daoist, for your help. Please come out and see me."

No response.

Prince Dong'an immediately understood that the person who made the move did not want to appear, and said again: "I am Prince Dong'an. If the fellow Daoist has any use for Prince Dong'an's Mansion in the future, please be sure to tell me. This Prince will definitely do his best to help."

Hua Changxi didn't listen to Prince Dong'an's words seriously, but was looking at the six-petaled black lotus not far away, her expression a bit hesitant.

Although that was her trophy, she didn't really want it.

She always felt that the black lotus was not a good thing.

The black flames thrown out by the black lotus, she felt a bit like "pollutants". From the encounter of Prince Dong'an's subordinates just now, once contaminated by black flames, one would be controlled in mind.

She didn't have a box to isolate the breath on her, and putting it into the Shennong Ding, she had to worry about the Shennong Ding being polluted.

Forget it, don't want it.

There are so many cultivators, she will always be able to pick up magic tools in the future. At worst, there are cultivators like her who refine medicine, and there must be those who refine tools. At that time, she will find an artifact refiner to help her build magic tools.

Go.

Prince Dong'an looked at the quiet mountain forest and didn't wait for a reply until his subordinates subdued the people whose minds were swallowed by black flames, and then shifted his attention.

"Prince, the black lotus of the Asura Gate..."

Prince Dong'an took out a box from his storage bag, walked over personally to put the black lotus into the box, put the box back into the storage bag, and looked around again.

Who exactly was the person who made the move?

Why didn't he even want the black lotus?

Hua Changxi encountered the fourth battlefield in Mount Wuzhi, a team of cultivators fighting against a willow tree.

Looking at the willow tree that was constantly emitting green light, with branches growing longer and larger at a speed visible to the naked eye, Hua Changxi let out a breath.

Very good, she saw demon beasts before, and now she saw demon plants.

"Slap slap slap~"

The cultivators were whipped up by the willow tree, but I don't know what they were thinking. After being whipped away, they didn't run away quickly, but instead turned back and asked for a beating again.

"This..."

"Are they training their reaction speed?"

Hua Changxi couldn't figure it out, shook her head, and left.

"Who?"

"Come out!"

"Grandma saw you!"

Not long after leaving the willow battlefield, Hua Changxi felt something spying on her again, and immediately ran her spiritual power. In an instant, the grass and trees around began to sway.

Then, countless leaves hung in the air, like flying bullets, shooting toward one place from 360 degrees without dead ends.

"Ah~"

A baby's cry sounded out of thin air.

"Don't hit me, it hurts, it hurts so much, it hurts to death, it hurts to death..."

The milky baby voice made Hua Changxi stunned. The next moment, a five-colored light group appeared. The light group seemed very unstable, sometimes transparent, sometimes solid.

"Don't hit me, don't hit me..."

Hua Changxi looked at the jumping light group suspiciously. Seeing no danger, she withdrew her spiritual power.

The surroundings returned to quiet, and the leaves fell one after another.

The light group confirmed that Hua Changxi would not hurt it, so it leaned toward her bit by bit. After getting closer, it flew around her a few times, and then...

"Hmm~"

"Hmm~"

The light group made the sound of a baby trying to eat milk. Slowly, the light group condensed two arms, then condensed two legs, and finally, made a round head.

Hua Changxi felt that the breath emitted by the light group was very comfortable, and the vigilance in her heart lessened. She looked at the light group in a daze, shouting in her heart, what exactly is this thing?

Mountain monster?

"Fairy, fairy, what do you think I look like?"

The light group used a small milky voice, dancing and jumping in front of Hua Changxi.

Hua Changxi naturally didn't know what this light group was, and looked at it without speaking.

Seeing that she didn't speak, the light group "whoosh" directly hugged her leg: "Fairy, fairy, what do you think I look like?"

In the tone, there was still a thick meaning of acting like a spoiled child. Even if the light group didn't grow eyes, Hua Changxi felt that the light group was winking at her.

Thinking this way, the corresponding picture appeared in her mind. Looking at the humanoid light group hanging on her leg, Hua Changxi laughed and said: "I think you look like a person."

As soon as the words fell, a magical scene appeared. Spiritual lights of five colors—gold, wood, water, fire, and earth—emerged from the ground and constantly merged into the light group.

With the continuous gathering of the five-colored spiritual light, under Hua Changxi's dumbfounded gaze, a tender, white, and fat baby boy appeared on the ground.

After the five-colored spiritual light disappeared, the baby boy stood up flexibly from the ground, clasped his hands together, and bowed to Hua Changxi.

"Thank you, Fairy, for the sealing."

"Thank you, Fairy, for the sealing." ===== CHAPTER 66 =====