Chapter 343 Flood Control (Encountering an Ox)
The mountains were heavy, and the mines covered with trees were even heavier. Even though Qing Guanzi was an earth dragon with the highest level of cultivation, it was still difficult for him to travel through them and repair the water veins.
Four months later, Qing Guanzi repaired one-third of the main underground water vein of the Danxue Mountains. When he came out again, the dragon had lost weight and his body had become as slender as a water dragon. He collapsed on the ground and did not want to move. Meanwhile, Ji Rong had built up a large number of hanging storage rings under his left wing.
"Sigh, I'm broke again!" Ji Rong felt the weight under her left wing and thought to herself that her senior brother Guan Shan was indeed a big eater, completely forgetting that she herself was also a big eater.
After thinking for a moment, she reluctantly stomped her foot and took out one of the top-grade Qi-replenishing pills that she had plundered from Qingpingzi and originally intended to keep as a treasure. She also divided the only ordinary spiritual materials she had left in her body in half.
She wrapped half of it in a large leaf and placed it in front of Qing Guanzi, saying, "Senior Brother Guanshan, first take a good pill made by Junior Nephew Gulin to calm down, then eat something else. I'll be right back."
He then placed the remaining half-bottle of the Source Bottle in front of Qing Guanzi's mouth and said, "Senior brother, if I return late and you are hungry, have some."
We need to finish repairing this waterway in one go, lest the water rush up and cause it to collapse again while we're gone.
Upon hearing this, Qing Guanzi immediately stretched out its claws and grabbed all the birds that had flown to its mouth.
He waved his other muddy paw with a serious expression and said, "Haha, junior sister, I caught you again!"
You have to accept the consequences of your bet! Let's make it clear from the beginning that this is just a game. What does it matter to me whether the underground water veins collapse or not? This isn't my mountain.
Stop dawdling and hurry up and get more food and drinks. This little bit isn't enough to fill me up.
As soon as Ji Rong left, Qing Guanzi held the pill in his hand and held it up to the sunlight. The pill was full of spiritual energy and glowed brightly. It had a light lotus fragrance and the pill had ten patterns on it, like rivers.
As soon as this pill was produced, the energy of heaven and earth in the mountains gathered around it, and all the birds and beasts looked towards it. Only when they saw the powerful aura and huge size of Qing Guanzi did they hurriedly retreat.
Qing Guanzi held the pill in his hand. Just swallowing the air made him feel refreshed. He put the pill in his mouth and thought bitterly, "Senior Brother Wanfa is indeed biased. Now he only thinks about Junior Sister in everything. He even has to send out pills through his junior nephew."
Thinking this, Qing Guanzi swallowed the remaining ordinary spiritual food in one big gulp, and with a stomach full of sourness, closed his eyes and fell asleep.
When Qing Guanzi woke up again, it was already morning. Ji Rong was spreading her wings and preening her feathers on a tree not far away, admiring herself in the morning light.
Her clear voice attracted birds from several nearby hills.
Birds flew around Ji Rong in an orderly fashion, tree by tree. When Qing Guanzi looked up, he saw colorful birds circling around Ji Rong in the sky, while on the ground, there was a thick layer of black and white bird droppings!
Outrageous! Does this bird-like junior sister hold bird meetings every day while I'm asleep?!
Bloodshot and hot-blooded, Qing Guanzi immediately groped his head and body, but only when he found nothing did his anger subside.
Hearing a commotion coming from Qing Guanzi's direction, Ji Rong immediately turned her head. Seeing that Qing Guanzi was awake, she flapped her colorful wings at the birds and called out loudly, "Scatter!"
Birds of all colors then circled around Ji Rong in the air, bowing respectfully before gracefully retreating one by one.
Ji Rong flapped her wings and flew to Qing Guanzi. She handed him a storage ring with one paw and said happily, "Senior brother, you're awake. Are you hungry? Would you like something to eat?"
Looking at Ji Rong, whose eyes sparkled like stars, Qing Guanzi suddenly felt that it was only natural for his senior brother Qing Pingzi to dote on her. Who wouldn't like such a kind-hearted creature?
Qing Guanzi took the storage ring filled with food from Ji Rong, and took out a lot of spiritual meat from the inner room. While eating it with relish, he asked in surprise, "Why is there meat today?"
“Sigh,” Ji Rong sighed, “It’s all because of road construction.”
During this time, Juejun borrowed a section of the Yueyin Mountain Range from Yuanjun, and then, following the example of the stone road we built back to the Yuxu Mountain Range, also built a road towards the Canglan Mountain Range.
Nowadays, supplies from the Canglan Mountains and waterways no longer rely solely on waterways to reach this area; they can also be transported by land.
"It's quite chaotic over there, so it's normal for meat to be offered up. Even in our Danxue Mountains, we often have meat, but Juejun didn't take it; she had that old fox Guchan distribute it to her subordinates as supplies."
After eating and drinking his fill, Qing Guanzi let out a burp and, unusually, didn't need Ji Rong to urge him. He then went down into the crevice to continue repairing the water veins.
Ji Rong stood there, looking herself over in confusion. Then she opened her large beak and spat out a pale golden ball containing the ancestral tree.
Clutching the pale yellow sphere, she muttered to herself, "I clearly didn't open the tree trunk, so why is Senior Brother Guan Shan suddenly so willing to burrow into the soil?"
Ji Rong held the pale yellow sphere and examined it carefully. Finding nothing unusual, she put it in her mouth.
Then, flapping its wings and hopping along, it chased after the direction in which the earth was churning.
As Qing Guanzi continued his construction along the main underground water vein towards the Danxue Mountains, he lamented in his heart that the era of the gods had truly passed.
With the source of life destroyed, the mountains and rivers once again faced a time when all races truly needed each other.
As Qing Guanzi traversed the soil, he felt as important as a god.
Although his speed in clearing the channels is not as fast as when the God of Sorcery exercised his authority on the Jade Void Mountains, he can still dredge the underground water veins without needing a source, can't he?
Another month passed, and they traversed one mountain after another, finally arriving at Sifang Mountain, not far from Xingluo Plain.
The terrain here is low. Qing Guanzi had just emerged from the broken pass and was eating and drinking with Ji Rong on a grassy area, talking about his recent insights into the path of immortals and gods. Just then, a frightened Xuanling Realm Thunder Ox transformed into a Dharma Ox and rushed over at high speed, carrying a spirit sack in its mouth. In the sky, an ancient remnant species, the Golden Crow, was chasing after them with its large wings.
Upon seeing Ji Rong, the ox knelt down on both knees and howled, "Lord Ji, save me!"
Over the years, I've taught a thousand small tribes how to farm, and I've even plowed the land of three great mountains. And that blackbird still wants me to farm! And it won't even let me come out to find you! This is too much…”
Seeing Xi Tong already flying down, Niu Fen immediately transformed into a celestial being, grabbed Ji Rong's feet, and continued to howl, "Please tell the Black Bird Great Sage to let me rest for a while. If this continues, I won't have time to cultivate!"
Ji Rong looked at Niu Fen's rough hooves, nodded, and said to Xi Tong, "Xi Tong, you can scatter the seeds."
With a large bag of top-grade spiritual herbs hanging around her neck, Xi Tong shook her head in disapproval and said, "Lord Ji, you may not know this, but the yield from scattering is not high."
Upon hearing this, Niu Fen immediately continued to cling to Ji Rong's feet and howled, "Lord Ji, you have to... take care of me! I'm your little ox!"
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