Chapter 877

The whole feeling was just wonderful.

Xiao Jiu felt she could see them, but every time she tried to look closely to confirm, she again felt that the whole picture wasn't moving.

As if possessed, Xiao Jiu reached out to touch the Screen Wall.

When Xiao Jiu stretched out her hand, she didn't hold much hope, after all, although her spiritual sense had condensed into a humanoid form, it wasn't her true physical body, and Xiao Jiu had prepared herself mentally to feel nothing at all.

But the moment her hand touched the Screen Wall, her entire spiritual sense seemed to be sucked in.

She felt the mountain wind and water vapor, heard the rustling of leaves being struck, heard bird calls, and at times seemed to have beasts flash past her side…

Xiao Jiu only felt her spiritual sense unprecedentedly full; the previous yin cold and discomfort she had experienced vanished completely.

All of this was too wonderful.

It was so good that Xiao Jiu just wanted to wander in it forever, never to wake.

But soon, a strong repulsive force shoved Xiao Jiu, and in the next instant she was back standing before the Screen Wall.

Xiao Jiu looked again at the Screen Wall, as if what had just happened was a great dream.

She was somewhat startled.

When she turned around the Screen Wall, she suddenly realized that everything that had just happened, compared to the scene before her eyes, was nothing short of a minor witch seeing a great witch.

Behind the Screen Wall, in the sky above, was actually a tremendously vast dome!

That dome was like a projector, displaying the entire mountains, rivers, and earth veins of Huaxia above, constantly shifting, with a strong sense of three-dimensionality; merely looking at it gave one the illusion of being present.

Xiao Jiu walked forward all the way, unable to resist looking up.

Without realizing it, she had already arrived at the end of the dome.

There, there was another palace gate.

Xiao Jiu took another deep breath; she could no longer imagine what kind of "surprise" awaited her beyond the next palace gate.

That feeling of stagnation, heaviness, and a strong sense of disjunction came again.

When Xiao Jiu passed through this palace gate, before her eyes lay a expanse of gold and splendor.

Xiao Jiu could no longer describe the magnificent sight before her in words, and her gaze finally settled on the Dragon-Phoenix Divine Platform straight ahead.

Enshrined on the Dragon-Phoenix Divine Platform was, surprisingly, the golden statue of Hou Tu Niangniang.

On either side of the platform stood two gilded attendant statues, holding exquisite jade vessels and precious brocade boxes, their demeanor calm and proper.

Xiao Jiu stopped looking around, bowed her body, and paid respects to the golden statue of Hou Tu Niangniang.

When she lifted her head again, the scene before her eyes had actually changed.

Seated on the Dragon-Phoenix Divine Platform was no longer just the golden statue, but Hou Tu Niangniang herself, wearing a double-phoenix-assisting-dragon crown, dressed in a great red round-collared robe, overlaid with a blue rosy cape, holding a white feathered tablet.

Even the two gilded attendant statues on the sides had turned into living people.

The entire hall was filled with a strong incense aura, and amidst that incense, Xiao Jiu also smelled a faint earthy fragrance.

Xiao Jiu bowed again toward Hou Tu Niangniang.

Before she could kneel, an invisible force had already lifted her up.

Hou Tu Niangniang smiled at her, lips slightly parting, voice gentle: "Xiao Jiu, you have finally come before me."

At this moment, Xiao Jiu actually didn't know how to respond to Hou Tu Niangniang's words.

Her heart was also excited.

Since Dang Pu was upgraded to Yin Dang Hang, over ten years had passed, and Xiao Jiu had finally awaited this day.

She faintly felt some insight in her heart.

She involuntarily thought back to that day in Jiuzhou Fu, in Liu Junyan's bedchamber, when Liu Junyan told her those words.

It seems Liu Junyan is indeed more perceptive than she.

At that time, he might have already foreseen this moment.

Hou Tu Niangniang's voice sounded again: "These days, along the way you've come, how have you felt?"

Xiao Jiu quickly gathered her thoughts and described in detail: "I saw many 'qi', felt the power contained behind these 'qi'; if I haven't misunderstood, these 'qi' are all nurtured from the earth veins, and should… should be related to the Dìmài Lóngshén sorting out the entire Huaxia earth veins."

Hou Tu Niangniang gratifiedly said: "Xiao Jiu, you are very smart, have high comprehension, I have always liked you very much."

"Since Pangu opened heaven and earth, through countless vicissitudes of time, innumerable beings have propagated and perished, whether by natural disaster or human cause, the entire Huaxia earth veins have suffered severe damage; the Dìmài Lóngshén spent over ten years to finally set them right, ushering in the second resurgence of Earth Vein Spiritual Energy."

Xiao Jiu exclaimed in surprise: "Second resurgence? Has anyone before done the same thing?"

"Yes, and not just once." Hou Tu Niangniang said, "But only two times succeeded; the first was over a thousand years ago, when the resurgence of Earth Vein Spiritual Energy also brought forth countless beings' propagation, of course, the filthy things hidden in the darkness also gradually showed their heads; that time, the resurgence of Earth Vein Spiritual Energy was very brief, ending in utter chaos."

Xiao Jiu thought of the 'qi' she had seen along her journey; they were indeed too chaotic, with good ones and bad ones both present.

If not regulated and handled, another chaos… is merely a matter of time.

Xiao Jiu could even imagine how dire the situation was on Liu Junyan's side right now; he must be busy to the point of being frazzled.

Thinking of this, Xiao Jiu stared straight at Hou Tu Niangniang and asked: "Then, what can I help with within my ability?"

Xiao Jiu was very cautious.

Behind her were Yin Dang Hang, the entire Jiǔyàn qū, and a large group of kin and friends who have shared life and death with her since birth.

Every step she takes will move this huge whole.

If Hou Tu Niangniang wanted her to devote herself completely, even to the point of self-sacrifice, for the entire Huaxia earth veins and all beings on the earth veins lines, she could do it.

But, only she herself.

It has nothing to do with Yin Dang Hang, Jiǔyàn qū, or Jiuzhou Fu!

Xiao Jiu's gaze was very frank, and Hou Tu Niangniang also stared steadily at Xiao Jiu.

From beginning to end, Xiao Jiu had no evasion at all.

Hou Tu Niangniang obviously appreciated Xiao Jiu's frankness and courage; she smiled and waved at the attendant on her right, and that attendant came over holding a jade-made box.

As that attendant walked, the fragrance of medicinal herbs mixed with earth flowed through the entire space, smelling exceedingly good.

In the blink of an eye, she arrived before Xiao Jiu, her lustrous jade hand opened the jade box, and Xiao Jiu saw inside was actually another handful of soil.

This handful of soil is black, not as bitterly cold as yin soil, and it captivates the heart and soul.

Under the maid's indication, Xiao Jiu raised a hand and touched that handful of soil.

When her fingertip touched the soil, that handful of soil seemed to come alive, climbing up her finger and quickly forming a small black dragon-like shape that coiled around Xiao Jiu's right thumb.

In the end, it formed a translucent, ink-jade-textured coiling dragon jade thumb ring…