Chapter 121 Qingyao Mountain
Within the Qingyao Mountain area, boundless grasslands occupy most of the space, and a river flows down from the side connecting to Jiarong Mountain, passing through the grasslands and joining the Ningjing River.
Li Chang'an first arrived at the place where Qingyao Mountain and Jiarong Mountain meet.
There are thousands of pools of water cascading down the hillside, arranged like terraced fields, with a height difference of about fifteen centimeters between the pools.
The basic manual includes an introduction to the gold particles:
【Xiaoyao Pool】: Built by the mountain god, the pool water is five-colored, drinkable, and has a sweet taste.
On the right side of the Leisure Pool, there is a stone path leading straight to the top of the pool. Pale blue flowers grow on both sides of the stone path, their petals closed, like folded butterfly wings.
【Sunset Flower】: The petals are closed during the day and open in the evening, emitting light to illuminate the way for passersby at night.
Li Chang'an walked along the stone path, admiring the Xiaoyao Pond.
At the foot of the mountain, the pools are blue, and as you move upwards, the water gradually transitions to green, light cyan, pale pink, and gold.
Of all the pools, the blue area has the deepest water, ranging from 50 to 80 centimeters, while the other colored areas have a maximum depth of 30 centimeters.
The pool water is not its true color; you can still see the soil and stones at the bottom of the pool by standing on the edge.
Along the way, Li Chang'an saw several new creatures. As soon as his gaze fell on them, the basic manual immediately provided him with answers.
【Red Flower Fish】: Its scales are red and gold when it appears during the day, and turn black and blue at night. It is not edible.
【Black Jade Algae】: It lives in symbiosis with the Red Flower Fish. Eating it can make the hair black and shiny.
Both the red croaker and the black jade algae live in the blue pond area. The red croaker occasionally jumps out of the water, and its scales are even more brilliant under the sunlight, which is very beautiful.
【Silk Dragonfly】: Its wings are like silk. If it grows in symbiosis with the star lotus, the star lotus can have the effect of calming the nerves and dispelling nightmares.
Li Chang'an stopped by a pond in the green area and used his spiritual power to lure a silk dragonfly over.
The silk dragonfly landed on Li Chang'an's fingertip. It was entirely bluish-green with only a pair of wide, soft wings that shimmered in the sunlight.
It seems that its name comes from its silky wings.
“Flying Star Lotus…” Li Chang’an murmured.
It seems there are no flying star lotuses in this green area of the pond.
He snapped out of his daze, his fingers twitched slightly, and the silk dragonfly spread its wings and flew away.
Li Chang'an continued walking upwards.
【Mysterious Moon Shrimp】: It absorbs the essence of the moon to cultivate itself, and mortals who eat it can see in the dark.
【Floating Duckweed】: It floats on the water surface and is the core of the Five-Colored Pool's spiritual energy, enabling the circulation of spiritual energy and the symbiosis of organisms in the Five-Colored Pool.
These two creatures live in light blue water. The crescent shrimp is quite transparent, and Li Chang'an could not see them if he hadn't used his spiritual power while standing by the pool.
The duckweed looks like colorful candy wrappers, each only the size of a palm, and there are only a few of them floating on the surface of the water.
【Rainbow Loach】: It molts its scales every seven days. The molted scales can clean impurities in the water and purify the water body. It is not edible.
This type of loach lives in ponds with a light pink area. Its scales are shiny and eye-catching, and you can see a patch of color at the bottom of the pond from a distance.
They seemed a bit dazed. Li Chang'an squatted down by the pond. Unlike ordinary loaches, the several loaches in the pond in front of him did not swim away in fright. Instead, they remained motionless, their black eyes staring at Li Chang'an.
Li Chang'an reached directly into the water and touched a colorful loach.
The loach didn't run away; it just gently swayed its tail.
Li Chang'an chuckled softly and stood up.
At the very top is a golden body of water.
Upon arriving here, Li Chang'an felt a wave of warmth.
The warmth was gentle, warming you to the bone, without making you feel too hot or irritable.
Two species live in the water.
【Warm Jade Toad】: It has a gentle nature and its whole body is like jade. Those who carry it can stay warm all year round. It is poisonous and should not be eaten.
It seems that the warmth that Li Chang'an felt was released by these jade toads.
【Fire Essence Shell】: Rare in quantity, it can condense into fire essence.
Li Chang'an stopped in his tracks when he saw the line of words formed by the golden particles.
Fire essence... So now he has four kinds of spiritual essence, which means he can grow more immortal rice?
Li Chang'an was somewhat pleased. He used his spiritual power to carefully sense the area and discovered that there were only thirty-six Fire Element Shells in total.
He left a trace of spiritual energy on all the Fire Element Shells so that he could sense when they condensed into Fire Essence.
Li Chang'an had reached the end of the Five-Colored Pool. The stone path here split into two: the left path led to Qingyao Mountain, and the right path led to Jiarong Mountain.
Li Chang'an walked towards Qingyao Mountain.
Stepping into the birch forest in the mountains, you will see a layer of golden leaves covering the ground, beneath which lies dark, fertile, and high-quality soil.
Each tree is tall and thick, a high-quality mature tree that has grown for many years. The trees are not crowded together, so there is no feeling of oppression when walking in the forest. Looking up, you can see the sky and the snow-capped mountain peaks, making you feel relaxed and comfortable.
After walking for a while in the woods, Li Chang'an suddenly heard a buzzing sound.
The sound came from a grove of cedar trees nearby.
Li Chang'an went over to take a look and found a small hole on a gentle slope. The hole was no more than a meter high and was right in the middle of the mountain wall.
As soon as he entered, he saw a bee the size of his little finger fly out of the cave.
The bee was round and plump, with yellow and black stripes, and was very cute with its fluffy fur. Its oval wings were slightly transparent, with only a few intricate patterns on them.
When Li Chang'an looked at the bees, the basic manual introduced them to him:
【Wenwen】: A low-level spirit beast with a gentle nature, capable of gathering nectar from hundreds of flowers to brew nectar.
【Hundred Flowers Spirit Honey】: It has a sweet taste and is an essential ingredient for alchemy and elixir making. It contains a large amount of spiritual energy and can cure all diseases, nourish the soul, and strengthen the body.
Top-quality materials!
Li Chang'an was somewhat surprised. He looked into the cave but found no Hundred Flower Spirit Honey.
However, along his journey, he only saw a type of flower called Sunset Flower by the Five-Colored Pond, and Wenwen Bee had no materials to make Hundred-Flower Spirit Honey.
Li Chang'an then shifted his gaze to the Wenwen bee that had flown out.
The bee stared at him for a while, then emitted a soft buzzing sound.
Then one, two... several Wenwen bees flew out of the cave.
They looked just like the first Wenwen bee that flew out—fuzzy, round, and very cute.
A swarm of little bees buzzed and stared at Li Chang'an.
Li Chang'an raised his hand in greeting: "Hello?"
"Buzz~" The bees didn't change their posture, their wings fluttering.
Li Chang'an was unable to communicate with them, and there were no spirits around him to help him at the moment.
He had no choice but to leave a spiritual mark on Wenwen's Bee Cave and continue walking up the mountain.
After passing through the woods on the mountainside, we arrived at a place with a small amount of snow.
Among the black rocks, scattered flowers grow, emitting a delicate fragrance.
These flowers have no leaves and grow close to the ground. The flowers look like plum blossoms, with rounded petals that are only white, but the stamens are red and yellow.
【Earth Star Plum】: Stars on the ground are also regarded as spiritual vein flowers. They grow in the gaps between spiritual stones, and being in the flower bushes can accelerate cultivation.
Li Chang'an tried meditating and cultivating between the Earth Star Plum Blossoms. After an hour, he opened his eyes and found that his cultivation level had increased three times as much as usual while cultivating here.
The higher one progresses in cultivation, the more difficult it becomes. He is still only at the Nascent Soul stage, but with the Earth Star Plum, his cultivation should progress much faster.
Li Chang'an smiled, got up, and continued walking upstairs.
The wind seemed very strong at the top of the mountain, stinging my face.
Suddenly, the wind picked up, carrying snowflakes that lashed at Li Chang'an, making it difficult for him to even open his eyes.
Li Chang'an frowned slowly; his intuition told him that something seemed amiss with this snowstorm.
He activated his spiritual energy to protect himself, slowly opened his eyes, and golden light appeared in his eyes, allowing him to see normally even in the wind and snow.
Li Chang'an looked around.
The snow-covered mountaintop was devoid of other life, except for pure white flowers growing near the snow line.
These flowers also have no branches or leaves, growing close to the ground. They resemble double-petaled hibiscus, but are much larger, with each flower about the size of two of Li Chang'an's palms.
The moment I saw these flowers, the wind and snow around me disappeared.
Li Chang'an stared intently at one of the flowers.
Could the wind and snow have been caused by these flowers?
【Snowy Rainbow Robe】: A celestial item, visible only to those with pure Daoist hearts, possessing the effects of nine cycles of resurrection and bringing the dead back to life.
Li Chang'an was slightly taken aback.
Before this, the only immortal plants in Xuanling Immortal Mountain were the five immortal grains he cultivated. He never expected that there would be immortal plants on Qingyao Mountain as well.
Footsteps came from the side, the sound was very light, just like when Li Xiaoguai walks, her paws landing lightly, so the movement was very small.
Li Chang'an turned his head and saw a snow leopard with a shoulder height of about 1.2 meters, which was larger than an ordinary snow leopard.
It's also a feline, no wonder its footsteps sound similar to Li Xiaoguai's.
These are creatures from Qingyao Mountain; they are unlikely to be ordinary animals.
Li Chang'an clasped his hands in greeting: "Greetings, senior."
The snow leopard walked up to him, stared at him for a while, and then replied, "I am the guardian spirit on Qingyao Mountain responsible for watching over Xue Nishang. You can call me Xuewei."
"You have the aura of the mountain god on you, so it was your ritual that broke the seal?"
Li Chang'an nodded: "Yes."
Snowtail flicked its fluffy, white tail and said, "Then you are the master of this blessed land."
Li Chang'an nodded again.
Yukio looked at him, her eyes seemingly showing some satisfaction.
It turned to look at Xue Nishang and said, "You have passed Xue Nishang's test and are able to see them."
A gentle breeze blew by, and the petals of the snow-white flowers swayed gently. Pale purple specks of light floated out from the flowers and gathered above them.
"These are the Snow Fairies," Snow Tail introduced.
Li Chang'an had expected to see a fairy in human form, but after a while, there was only a fist-sized ball of light above each snow-white dress.
There are twelve snow-white flowers growing on the mountain, which are also twelve orbs of light.
The light cluster was pale purple, shaped like a sphere, and looked very soft.
"Xue Ni Chang is also known as the mirror of the Dao heart. What kind of person you are, that's the kind of fairy you'll see."
"The purer one's Dao heart, the simpler the appearance one sees, such as a ball of light."
"Understood, thank you, senior," Li Chang'an said.
He didn't say what he saw, and Xuewei didn't care about how Xue Nishang appeared to others, so he didn't ask.
At this moment, a ball of light, resembling a fairy in a snowy robe, slowly floated in front of Li Chang'an.
Immediately afterwards, he heard a clear and transcendent voice: "Since you have the mountain god's seal, you are someone recognized by the mountain god. We will obey your commands."
"The mountain god left some things here with us, asking us to pass them on to you."
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