Chapter 202 Feeling Happy
Wen Qing thought for a moment and said, "About three years..."
Three years of severe drought and total crop failure were truly a catastrophe for the lower mortal world. Some wealthy countries had no production, and tribes on the grasslands like these were probably having an even harder time.
Once resources are insufficient and survival becomes difficult for all parties, they will easily develop dissenting ideas. At this time, riots will surely break out and war will probably begin.
The world of cultivation usually does not interfere in the affairs of the mortal world, so He Cen just asked this question.
After all, the situation in the world is always changing. He is no longer a mortal. Some things can just be seen and understood.
However, if there is a serious injustice, we can intervene and take care of it.
He Cen did not think much about it at the time. After he and Wen Qing found the Mother River that originally nurtured the grassland tribe, the two of them went upstream and found the foot of the snow-capped mountains. They also took in all the scenery along the way.
Although the spiritual energy in the mortal world is thin, there are many magnificent and beautiful scenes that are hard to take your eyes off. They are much more beautiful than you can imagine.
Nature is so amazing that once you are in it, you will be shocked by the world.
Wen Qing looked up at the snow-capped mountain, then looked at He Cen beside him, "Do you want to go up and take a look? The snow-capped mountains in the mortal world won't be too cold."
He Cen said "hmm", and the two of them drove the horses back, found a family to give them the horses, and then used their spiritual power to climb the snow mountain.
The mountains in the mortal world are not as spiritual as those in the world of cultivation. Although the snow-capped mountains in these marginal areas are cold, the cold air does not penetrate people and poses basically no threat to cultivators.
The two of them reached the top easily. Wen Qing was obviously quite familiar with this snowy mountain, and he even took He Cen to find a sheltered cave.
"There is a cold pond here, and the fish raised there are very delicious."
He Cen's eyes widened. "It's so cold, the cold pond is not frozen? There are still fish?"
Wen Qing laughed and took him in. "It's not as cold as in the mortal world, and the fish won't freeze to death. I had nowhere to go before, so I lived in the snowy mountains for many years. This place is where I'll stay."
He Cen uttered a soft "Ah——" and said, "Master, have you ever experienced something like this?"
He hasn't seen it in his memory yet, probably after he became a medicine man.
Wen Qing rubbed his head. "I was so scared at that time. I had no heartbeat, but I couldn't die. I turned into a ghost. I didn't know what happened to me, so I could only hide."
"It was also by chance that I found a secret book of cultivation here, and from then on I entered the realm of cultivation."
"The progress of ghost cultivators is very different from that of human cultivators. Those upright cultivators are very hostile to ghost cultivators, so I hid here from the Central Plains. At that time, I also met Jun Chao."
He Cen pricked up his ears when he heard this. "Chao Chao? What did Master look like at that time?"
Wen Qing pursed his lips, "Hmm... quite marginal, seems to be an outer disciple, hard to tell, looks like a very low rank, probably the kind of disciple who does the most dirty and tiring work in the sect."
"My master was dying at the time, so I snatched the medicine residue from his hand and ran away. He didn't chase me."
The four of them were of the same generation and their ages were not that different, so it was not surprising that they met at the crossroads of life.
The little sword spirit tilted his head, "Does Chao Chao know?"
"He should know about it. We met many times afterwards, but we just tacitly agreed not to mention it."
"When I returned to the Central Plains, Jun Chao and Bo Lou had already achieved Dan formation and were already well-known in the cultivation world. The struggle between the immortals and the demons was also intensifying."
He Cen nodded, "Have you met Bei Bei at that time?"
Wen Qing thought for a moment, "As for Bei Qi... He was probably like me at that time, still hiding and practicing. He was a demon cultivator who suddenly rose up in the spirit world one day. I heard that he didn't have good talent at the beginning, and was looked down upon and ignored by his clan. Later, I don't know what happened, but he suddenly appeared in the spirit world as a nine-tailed celestial fox."
"I heard that the Fox Tribe was in turmoil at that time, and it was his doing. It is said that the first thing he did after his root bone mutated was to massacre the Fox Tribe. I also heard that from others. You can ask him in person later."
"Bei Qi likes you so much, he won't hide it."
Hearing him say this, He Cen was a little surprised, but he also felt that it was reasonable. None of the masters were good people. They had been displaced all the way, so how could they be as pure and clean as a blank sheet of paper?
Massacring the entire clan might sound scary, but having read so many novels and stories, He Cen naturally felt that there was something hidden behind it.
In his eyes, Bei Qi is definitely not a cruel and insensitive person. He is just a little jealous of such a beautiful woman like Fox Master. What other bad intentions could he have?
He Cen accompanied Wen Qing for a walk in the snowy mountain cave. After grilling two fish, they prepared to leave. After a tour of the old place, Wen Qing's memory did not change much.
The little sword spirit sighed softly, a little disappointed, "Go further into this cave, have you ever been there?"
Wen Qing paused for a moment. "It was a long time ago, I can't remember clearly, but there shouldn't be anything there. If you want to see it, let's go further inside."
He Cen happily pulled his hand and said, "You have already picked up a cultivation manual here. Maybe you will find something else. Let's go."
He was a good treasure hunter, and his intuition told him that there must be something else he hadn't discovered.
This snow mountain ice cave is indeed very deep. After walking a long way inside, He Cen and Wen Qing did not find anything. Although there were a few very rare and hard-to-find medicinal herbs growing along the way, they always felt that there should be even greater treasures behind.
Wen Qing didn't know what the little baby was holding on to, but seeing that he was very curious, he didn't disturb him.
The environment inside the cave is very simple, with only one road. As we go further in, visibility becomes lower and lower. We later used fire to illuminate but still didn't find anything.
He Cen whispered, "Is there really nothing?"
Wen Qing pinched his face and said, "The treasure hunt failed. He He's premonition was wrong this time."
He Cen leaned on Wen Qing's arm a little depressed, "That's not right, it's written like this in the novel, if you don't believe it, look for it again."
He carefully looked at the scene again, and there was really nothing but darkness and coldness.
"That's not right. You can pick up the secret manuals of cultivation here, so how could there be only that one book? Could it be that someone else picked it up?"
"There are very few secret manuals on ghost cultivation. There must be a very powerful senior here. Are we not destined to meet him?"
Wen Qing smiled and said, "My teacher is so powerful now, it doesn't matter if I don't have those things."
He knew that He Cen wanted to coax him. After all, the little sword spirit has always been soft-hearted. Knowing so many of his stories, how could she not feel distressed? Recently, she has been trying to find good things for him.
A big man in the ghost world who has lived for thousands of years and experienced so many ups and downs, why would he need a sword spirit to coax him?
But Hecen had this intention, and he was indeed happy.
The two of them just walked along the same path in such an ordinary way, and he felt happy.