Chapter 44 Re-entering the Forest of Ten Thousand Spirits, the Plants Have Changed...
Parting always comes unexpectedly.
The Liaowang Sect was busy preparing for the sect's martial arts competition, and Lian Wumiao was preoccupied with training the sect's disciples, so he had no time to think about Chang Yubai.
After opening up to Li Hongyi, Lian Wumiao stopped paying attention to her beloved.
The two parted amicably, and surprisingly, they really did become strangers.
Just as the three of them were discussing where to go, Lian Wumiao took some time out of his busy schedule to come over.
"I need to know where you're going next."
Lian Wumiao said this.
But Li Qingyun translated for her: "You're worried that Li Hongyi might die out there and no one will claim his body, so you're specifically asking about his next location, right?"
Li Hongyi: ?
Chang Yubai felt that this was too blunt, so he helped Li Qingyun polish it up: "It should be because they were afraid that Li Hongyi was going to a dangerous place, so they wanted to prepare him mentally in advance."
Li Hongyi: "..."
Li Hongyi: "Hey, I'm not that weak."
However, Lian Wumiao supported the statements of Chang Yubai and his apprentice, and especially supported Li Qingyun's statement.
"Young Master Li has been missing for years. If he really died somewhere, I really have no clue where he is. I'd be sorry to see his body lying in the wilderness." Lian Wumiao spoke with the most elegant tone but with the most ruthless sarcasm.
Li Hongyi: "..."
Who is this? Is this Miaomiao, whom he knows?
"If Mr. Li looks at me again, I will assume that you still can't let me go."
"I've heard that Li Langjun has many female confidantes, so he probably doesn't need me. He shouldn't be so infatuated with me anymore."
Lian Wumiao smiled at him, but instead of offering comfort, she gave him a warning.
Li Hongyi broke out in a cold sweat, a smile playing on her lips.
No wonder Miaomiao was acting strange today.
"Don't worry, Mr. Li, I always keep my promises," Lian Wumiao said, and then said no more to Li Hongyi.
She turned to look at Chang Yubai: "Brother Chang, where are you going next?"
"It's not decided yet."
Chang Yubai counted on her fingers, wanting to visit many places: "I want to take Xiaoyun on a tour of Guanwu. We can't go to Ghost Island. If we go north, we can pass through the Forest of Ten Thousand Spirits and reach the Great Wilderness. If we go south, we can go to the land of ice and snow and feel the cold wind."
"Traveling east to Yan Kingdom is indeed a good option, but the nine kings of Yan Kingdom are constantly at war, which is too dangerous and too boring, and would definitely diminish the enjoyment of the trip."
Lian Wumiao also thought it wouldn't work: "The war in Yan Kingdom involves too many old grievances and may take hundreds of years to end."
“It is indeed a century.” Chang Yubai nodded, his gaze inadvertently glancing at Li Hongyi.
Li Hongyi: ?
"Perhaps one of the lucky ones will be born on the day the Hundred Years' War in Yan Kingdom ends."
Chang Yubai spoke cryptically, but kept observing Li Hongyi's reaction.
This guy seems a bit slow on the uptake. At first glance, he didn't realize what Chang Yubai was referring to. It wasn't until Chang Yubai secretly glared at him several times that Li Hongyi slowly started to recall the sentence, trying to analyze it in conjunction with Chang Yubai's behavior.
—Wow, was it born so late?
Li Hongyi expressed shock and disbelief.
Chang Yubai silently noted his reaction.
"Let's go to the Forest of Ten Thousand Spirits," Li Qingyun suggested when no one else spoke.
His statement will definitely attract two people to vote automatically: Chang Yubai and Lian Wumiao will undoubtedly stand on Li Qingyun's side without hesitation.
Li Hongyi seemed somewhat hesitant, but his opinion could not sway the choice of the three people opposite him.
Besides, he couldn't really go to Yan Country or the glacier with the two of them; the environment there was too extreme, and going there would just be asking for trouble.
Although the Forest of Ten Thousand Spirits wasn't exactly a good place for him either.
Li Qingyun deliberately chose to go north.
The creatures of Ghost Island should not be disturbed, the glaciers are unbearably cold, and the Yan Kingdom is embroiled in conflict, but none of these are considered dangerous for Li Qingyun. On the contrary, they are more of a test for her.
However, the Forest of Ten Thousand Spirits still holds most of Li Qingyun's essence.
He didn't return to Wanling before because there was no need to specifically mention it, but now that he has a reason and an opportunity, Li Qingyun wants to try and make a move.
Although he returned to his "hometown" much earlier than expected, the Benyuan Ginseng was an indispensable treasure for his cultivation, and the sooner he obtained it, the more beneficial it would be.
He was determined to visit Shuque County and Shuying County in person.
"Then I wish you all a safe journey."
"I also wish Liaowangzong great success in his martial arts training."
Thus, the journey through Leizhen Valley came to an end.
As I stepped through the rolling dark clouds, the scent of grass and trees, mixed with the fragrance of earth, filled my nostrils.
The leaves rustled, but there was also the sound of heavy branches rubbing against each other.
As they entered the Firefly Stream, the giant plants of the Wood Dome County quietly extended tender shoots to explore, only to be startled back into place by a surge of rich spiritual energy.
After many years, the atmosphere in Muqiong County has become much more solemn.
The peaceful and serene natural scenery that I used to remember now feels tense and hostile.
"Why are there so many more aggressive giant plants?" Li Hongyi waved his hand and sent flying the spirit-eating flower that was trying to devour him.
Chang Yubai did some quick calculations and also felt something was amiss: "The conflict between the three prefectures should last for quite some time."
Li Hongyi peeled off another huge leaf that seemed to want to eat him: "What is this thing?"
"...What exactly do you know?"
"I didn't come from the future."
Li Hongyi's rebuttal was righteous and confident.
Chang Yubai: "I guessed it."
Chang Yubai: "But it's still useless."
While listening intently to Chang Yubai's speech, Li Qingyun channeled her spiritual power to control the surrounding spiritual plants, attempting to calm them down.
After a while, no more attacks landed around the three of them.
"The three counties of Wanling disliked each other. The county of Suying wanted to control the narrative, so it instigated the county of Shuque to attack the county of Muqiong. The three counties fought each other for more than twenty years, and finally the chief patriarch intervened to mediate."
"I forgot the cause, but the process was quite tragic, and in the end, no one benefited."
Unlike the nine monarchs of Yan Kingdom who waged war, the Forest of Ten Thousand Spirits believes in the way of self-cultivation. Unless they are forced into a corner, these rabbit-like wooden figures will not take action.
However, the Wood Spirits are born with the bloodline of the Tree God, but their human minds are simple and easily provoked. Once rumors spread, they will never stop.
It sounds like a cannon fodder setup, but the Wood Spirits have an inherent advantage over cannon fodder—the Tree God can directly control the fate of the entire race and issue orders.
Even a hundred years later, the Tree God remains renowned, retaining the title of God among all the Venerable Martial Realm experts.
In the past, humans were called emperors and demons were called gods. After a hundred years, the emperors fell, and the demon gods were nothing more than spirit pets and beasts. Only the tree god continued to protect the Forest of Ten Thousand Spirits, using its ancient wisdom and body to block the hostility of foreign races.
I wonder how long the tree spirit has lived, what its name is, and whether it likes to eat sweets.
Chang Yubai's thoughts inadvertently drifted off again.
The three walked along, seemingly wandering aimlessly, but as Li Qingyun used his spiritual power to calm the plants in a certain direction, Chang Yubai and Li Hongyi subconsciously followed the path he had opened.
This road leads to Shuque County, and the closer they get to the border between the two counties, the louder the sounds of conflict become.
During this time, some Wood Spirit Clan cultivators were fighting fiercely with each other and were accidentally knocked towards them. Just as they were about to crash into each other through a leaf, Li Hongyi directly released his spiritual power to push them back safely.
Only after the cultivator thanked him from afar did Li Hongyi realize that he had saved a girl. Under the guise of Chang Yubai's mocking gaze, he quickly made his escape.
"Don't tell us you're starting a new relationship."
"If you keep messing around with women, don't follow us."
"That's right, to avoid another incident where Ling Yu'er surrounded us."
The master and apprentice took turns criticizing him, but Li Hongyi only snorted coldly and said nothing more.
It wasn't until he stepped into Shuque County that Li Hongyi finally found peace and quiet.
It's a bit too quiet.
Chang Yubai and Li Qingyun both fell silent at the same time.
Li Hongyi also took out his handy weapon and assumed a fighting stance.
Of the three, Chang Yubai was the strongest in cultivation and had the most acute perception of spiritual energy. He discovered that these plants seemed to be staring at them closely, subtly absorbing the spiritual energy in the air.
Thinking of the legend of the Forest of Ten Thousand Spirits in later generations being inhabited by living beings, Chang Yubai stopped the other two who were about to make a move.
He affixed a talisman to each of the three people, which surprisingly eased the bleak and dangerous environment.
“I have concealed the spiritual power within us.”
Chang Yubai guessed, "These plants seem to be marking our location."
Li Qingyun was also surprised: "Let me ask."
But just as he was about to make a move, Chang Yubai stopped him.
"Don't use your spiritual power yet."
"But if I don't use spiritual power, then..."
"Can you sense the Primordial Ginseng?"
"……able."
Chang Yubai nodded: "Then there's no problem."
Li Hongyi was still clueless: "What ginseng?"
He felt that the surrounding environment was too oppressive.
I don't know if it was just my imagination, but those plants seemed to be staring at him very intently, as if they were afraid he would run away.
Anyone who didn't know better would think they were supervising someone else.
Uh… Li Hongyi’s steps were a little slow.
"No way." Li Hongyi suddenly felt overwhelmed.
I shouldn't be that unlucky; I'll probably run into an old acquaintance.
The emotional debts he incurred in the Forest of Ten Thousand Spirits couldn't possibly be that terrible, could they?
"Um... take this, I'll be leaving for a bit." Li Hongyi took something out of his spatial storage, stuffed it into Li Qingyun's arms, and ran away.
"Where are you going?" Li Qingyun asked, looking completely bewildered.
"pee!"
Li Qingyun: "..."
Chang Yubai: "..."
That reason is far too flimsy.
Besides, who would believe that a cultivator at the Xuanwu Realm would still have to relieve themselves?
"He'd better not be courting death."
Li Qingyun glanced in the direction Li Hongyi had left, marked the surrounding plants, and then set off.
Shuque County is twice the size of Muqiong County, so finding the original ginseng will be twice as slow.
As the tenth primordial ginseng was creaked and tossed into his pocket, Chang Yubai caught a whiff of blood.
Then he held his breath and began to explore the situation further away.
The faint sounds of conversation gradually reached my ears, and finally became clear at a certain point.
"Quan Quan, you won't listen to reason, you have to resort to violence, right?"
The first thing that reached my ears was the arrogant, unfamiliar words.
Elder Quanquan?
Chang Yubai was surprised. Wasn't Quan Quan the regent of Muqiong County? How could he be in Shuque County?
It seems like we've run into some trouble?
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