Xiaoyang realized Dimuli's mood and returned to the spiritual contract space obediently. His spiritual contract space is very special. Many people have seen the peach forest of the academy outside. Perhaps, his spiritual contract space is the Tongtian Peak where the academy is located. Although it is very strange and difficult to understand, his existence is unique in the Great Wilderness.
Dimuli had no organization, so everyone sat together in a big circle. The discipline in the academy was very good, and everyone knew what to do without him saying anything. But before the meeting started, Dimuli had a conclusion. As a leader, Dimuli was good at making the best decision in the shortest time.
Looking towards the east, Dimuli pointed out a way, but would the world over there be as devastated as the wasteland at this moment? After thinking for a moment, Dimuli said:
"Half of you will go back, and the other half will go to the East China Sea with me."
No one wanted to leave. The teachers wanted to contribute to the academy, and the students wanted to broaden their horizons. But the former was rational and quickly advised the latter that those with more serious injuries and weaker strength must go back. The students had no choice but to agree. Just like the teacher said, if they couldn't move freely and not get hurt on the battlefield here, how could they deal with the scene east of the East China Sea? The enemies there were stronger than this.
Hu Bugui led most of the people to stand aside. These people far exceeded half of the total number of the academy team, but they were injured and unfit for battle and could not show off their strength. Seeing that Senior Hu Bugui was ready to return to the academy, those who left with him naturally had no complaints.
In the golden light of the talisman array, more than 150 people disappeared on the spot, leaving only 71 people. Compared with the previous redundant team, it is now more refined. But in this team, Ah Zhu seems out of place. She is close to Xia Xiao, as if to show her role and will not become a burden.
The 71 people, except Dimuli, 40 teachers, and 30 students, were all sitting cross-legged under the dark brown sky, making hand seals to restore their vitality. Behind them, because of their current state of concentration, vitality trees appeared one after another. The vitality trees without the five elements were colorless, with only the general shape of the tree, but no obvious features. Xia Xiao's tree, however, showed a different color.
Because he was the first to be familiar with the wood element, Xia Xiao's vitality tree was no different from an ordinary tree. It appeared behind Xia Xiao, and following his hand prints, it absorbed vitality in a whale-swallowing posture. Some students and teachers noticed this and couldn't help but exit their state to watch Xia Xiao's exaggeration when he absorbed vitality.
Neither the teachers nor the students had expected Xia Xiao to absorb the vital energy so quickly. When they found out that Xia Xiao was using four elements of vital energy at the same time, they understood the situation and were shocked. However, their desire to learn was also dispelled the moment they saw the four elements.
On the shadow of the vitality tree, four kinds of vitality representing different elements entered the vitality tree. The tree continued to absorb it, but it did not grow stronger, but was busy replenishing itself.
The vitality is like water, and the tree is like a pot. The latter is gradually filled up, giving Xia Xiao a vague sense of fullness. When the vitality in his body is sufficient, Xia Xiao does not stop absorbing the vitality, but gathers the shadow of the vitality tree and begins to irrigate the vitality tree with the absorbed vitality. Waiting for it to grow is what every practitioner does.
During the practice, Xia Xiao faintly released an aura that ordinary students could not touch. Even though he deliberately moved away from everyone when he sat down, this faint aura still disrupted the plans of many students to recover their strength, but when he looked at Xia Xiao, he was still unaware of it.
It took three hours for everyone to recover their strength. It was a long time, but everyone's injuries and breath were fully recovered.
Everyone made full use of this time. While the students spent more time recovering their vitality, Xia Xiao was practicing, and the teachers were making future plans. But Ah Zhu was very bored. Because his mind was restless, he only opened his eyes once in a while and did not get anything done.
"None of us have been to the east of the East China Sea. I'm afraid it might be dangerous. Teachers and students should be paired up one by one. Take care of yourself. The other ten teachers will form a combat team and be ready to fight and defend at any time."
Everyone was very careful. Xia Xiao's palm touched the scroll in his backpack. He had not used it before, but it might come in handy next time.
"Brother Zhong Lei, what's the situation?"
"The temporary bridge has been built and can be used for transport at any time. But to bring you back, it will probably take another three hours to build the bridge."
There is no doubt that this is bad news, but we have to go now. Staying here will not solve any problems.
"Okay, got it."
With Dimuli here, no one will be in danger. Those evil disciples have no ability to hurt anyone under his nose. But he is also vaguely afraid of something, such as... the involvement of black energy and demonic power.
Not to mention the power of the devil, the black energy has been looking for trouble with Xia Xiao. The East China Sea is too far away. If anything unexpected happens, I hope that the peach blossom petal that the senior sister has always placed on Xia Xiao can play a role and sustain him until she arrives.
In a moment of distraction, Dimuli couldn't find Xia Xiao. He seemed to have disappeared from the team, and he seemed to have evaporated from the face of the earth, leaving no trace. Because Xia Xiao was wearing that wristband, Dimuli kept it in his sight, fearing that he would not be able to find him. Facing Ah Zhu's ability to conceal his breath, Dimuli was helpless. But he just said a few words to Sun Zhonglei, and Xia Xiao disappeared?
"Where's Xia Xiao?"
Dimuli looked a little flustered, and when the students looked surprised, he made way for him. Behind them were Xia Xiao and Azhu. They had their backs to this side, and no one knew what they were looking at. Dimuli walked towards him, attracting the envy of many people. The only people who could make this respected senior so concerned were Xia Xiao and Azhu.
If Xia Xiao and Ah Zhu were not really special, they might have gone astray from envy and jealousy. But after seeing those mentally deformed monsters before, they knew right from wrong better. So they just watched silently and recorded this rare historical scene.
The background is a wasteland full of scars and earthen mounds, with holes everywhere. Near them, Xia Xiao and Azhu looked at Dimuli and waited for him to come to them. The three of them stood together, but because of the distance, they seemed to be two opposing camps. Xia Xiao and Azhu were on the left, and Dimuli was on the right.
Many people didn't notice this detail, and Di Muli and Xia Xiao, as one of them, didn't notice it. They had other things to pay attention to, such as the wasteland in front of them. The wasteland that was previously full of wounds was now being repaired, and the cylindrical pit blasted by Hu Bugui was also healing under a certain force.
The power was so magical that Xia Xiao was attracted by it at first sight. He saw that Dimuli did not look surprised, so he asked him why. The latter replied:
"South of the South China Sea, there is an ancient temple of the ancestor of the Spiritual Contract. Four of the five talisman arrays outside it lead to the Tanghua Temple. Although they have the aura of the gods, they are all broken. In order to repair them and cooperate with the Tanghua Temple to continue to resist the black energy in the south of the South China Sea, the life of the wild beast's tail horn was sucked. This is why there is nothing in this wasteland. These wild grasses are just to cover up the desolation of the lifeless."
"The Wild Beast Tail is a corner abandoned by the Great Wilderness. It is as huge as an illusion, and only a strong enough vitality can break through it. There is only a lonely temple on it, and nothing else. This piece of land, together with the sky above, has been changed by the talisman formation. The talisman formation absorbed everything, and also left some things, such as being indestructible."
"Will this wasteland never disappear?"
Xia Xiao didn't know the story of the wild beast's tail horn, but it was because of the black air that brought this desolation. Xia Xiao resented it more and more, and turned his eyes to the south. When he was thinking, he was taken away by it. His thoughts passed through the boundless wasteland like a fantasy, crossed the Tanghua Temple, and reached the sea when the leaves of the yellow fruit tree trembled slightly.
South of the sea, south of the palace, and in the far horizon, a dark aura seems to be hidden in the universe. It has no exact shape, but its strange aura is like the most ferocious aura in the world. The fishy smell lingers everywhere, just like the wasteland that never dissipates. Some things are destined to remain unchanged for hundreds or thousands of years!
After Dimuli answered Xia Xiao, they set out on the road to the east of the East China Sea. Xia Xiao was absent-minded along the way, with only dark brown and bright clouds and the sky in his eyes, and only overwhelmed weeds, some of which fell to the ground and were broken, and some of which were floating in the cold wind.
Ah Zhu glanced at Xia Xiao from time to time. She felt that there was nothing worth remembering in the wilderness and wondered what he was thinking. In fact, Xia Xiao was not sad because of Shu Shuang, whom Ah Zhu thought of later, but because that kind of scene always gave him a false sense of eternity.
Demulius said before that the place would never change. It turns out that life is not eternal, but death is. There is nothing, not even sparrows in the sky, and the earthworms in the ground have disappeared without a trace. But it is this wasteland that has become the first place in the Great Wilderness that will never disappear.
In the tunnel of the talisman array, they could not feel the changes around them, but they were already traveling through the air, in a special way of flowing light, from the wasteland through the mountains and forests, through many mulberry fields and cultivated lands, to the East China Sea. Going a little further east, there were very few ships on the East China Sea. There was never a shortage of sea fish here, but there was a lack of courageous people to conquer it.
Further east, there was no sign of anyone. But the goal of the academy team was still in the east. They kept heading east, as if they were chasing the mysterious origin of the sunrise.
The streamers in the sky were like meteors in the daytime, as bright as at night, except that no one could see them. But when they stopped, they caused quite a stir. But was this desolate place, far away from the human world, really their destination?
Landing on a strange rock reef, this small island is as featureless as many other islands, and is not unique because of its distance from the land. The wild grass on the island is very tall, and a few seabirds can be seen in it. They have abandoned their nests due to the arrival of many humans, and the sound of their flapping wings has become rapid and panic.
Xia Xiao stood on the rock and looked around, but found nothing. He couldn't help but be curious. There was not even a trace of vitality fluctuation here. Could there really be nearly a hundred people hiding here?
Everyone was looking around, watching the waves crashing against the rocks, splashing foam. The trees and grass, the rustling of leaves in the wind. And the raised hills of the island, behind which seemed to be another world. Sooner or later, the students would focus their eyes on them, then look at the teacher beside them, and look at Dimuli, waiting for the latter to point out the direction to go.