Chapter 379 Popularization
In order to discuss the fate of "Immortal Lord Jiyang" with the leaders of various tribes in Juzhou, Leng Hezhong decided to personally preside over a Frosty Banquet.
When the invitation was delivered to Shanshui, Shanshui said gently to Lenghexia, who had come to deliver it, "Tell your elder sister that this is a matter for your Juzhou. My friend Ji Rong and I are just passing through, so we won't be going."
This was something Ji Rong and Shan Shui had agreed upon long ago; if Leng Hezhong had come to invite them, they certainly wouldn't have gone.
Firstly, they were indeed just passing through;
Secondly, Ji Rong felt that Juzhou was a land of ice and snow, so what delicacies could it possibly have? The ice flower frost wine that was taken from the cold river to entertain the mountains and rivers that day... was probably already the best thing in Juzhou.
Ji Rong was impatient to eat ice and watch fish play, and she didn't want to stay on the ice boat every day looking at the white ice mist, so she decided to go to Sunset Abyss alone to see Xi Tong.
Before setting off, she asked the fish-headed cultivator who was serving her for a large amount of spirit fish and spirit water, so that Xi Tong wouldn't have to rummage through the garbage in her own campfire.
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With Xi Tong's Sunset Abyss, although it has only been three months, the changes are already obvious.
Huge puddles were visible everywhere on the ice surface, and every hour, ice floes fell from the cliff and crashed onto the ice below.
Occasionally, a patch of frozen soil would peek out from the cliff, where grass could be seen growing. The mist in the air was cool and damp, and soon it soaked Ji Rong's feathers. Ji Rong felt that Sunset Abyss was colder than when she last came here.
Beneath the setting sun, Xi Tong nibbled contentedly at the spirit fish that Ji Rong had brought.
While clearing away the debris around Xi Tong with her wings and claws, Ji Rong said, "Sister Hei, do you think you can put away all this fire? The Great Cold Immortal Lord and the Little Cold Immortal Lord have both gone bald because of you."
Xi Tong put the fish down, gently brushed his mouth with his fin, and nodded, saying, "Arong, the fire can be put away now."
But there's no spiritual energy here, and the spiritual energy within me isn't enough for them to consume. The storage rings that held the fire crystals were lost long ago during my cultivation journey. If I were to take them in, they would only be able to burn my flesh for food.
Upon hearing this, Ji Rong had no choice but to take out another storage ring full of spirit crystals and put it into Xi Tong's claw.
Xi Tong took the ring of fire crystals and immediately showed a happy expression. She opened her gray-white eyes and affectionately rubbed against Ji Rong for a long time until Ji Rong's fur was dry and her whole body was warm before taking out the spirit crystals from her storage ring to absorb.
After absorbing half a ring of spirit crystals, Xi Tong suddenly opened her beak and spat out a fire seal into the misty sky. With her claws, she attached her spiritual energy to the fire seal, and the raging flames on the ground began to move into the fire seal.
Once the fire had died down, Xi Tong opened its large beak again and swallowed the fire seal.
As soon as Ji Rong saw the fire seal enter Xi Tong's body, the intact claw on her chest shrank into her soft belly hair as if it were clutching something.
Ji Rong asked, "Good sister, how long can this much spiritual energy burn?"
Xi Tong thought for a moment and said, "One month."
"Being the sun is so expensive?!" Upon hearing this, Ji Rong was shocked and jumped up. She flapped her wings and circled around Xi Tong, shouting, "Then how much does Xi Jun use every day? Why doesn't He get burned to death?"
Xi Tong smiled and corrected him, "Arong, I am no longer the sun. I am just an ordinary immortal lord who possesses some solar essence fire."
As for Xi Jun, it possesses countless fire crystal veins and should have stored up a great deal of source energy; how could it be easily burned to death?
Seeing that Xi Tong had eaten and drunk her fill, Ji Rong transformed into a magical bird and pulled out three frozen giant logs from the ice. She simply placed the three logs together to make a wooden stake, and let Xi Tong climb onto the logs to rest.
Xi Tong obediently lay down on the large dead tree and fell asleep peacefully.
These days, blind and with her broken legs, she couldn't extinguish the flames on her body. In Sunset Abyss, where a large puddle could be burned in a short time, she had to move to another place with the flames after staying for half a day. She hadn't been able to rest at all.
Although she put out the fire, it was still a source of heat, and soon Ji Rong saw that the ice and snow on the large withered tree had melted away.
Ji Rong observed Sunset Abyss from the side, and saw before her:
A thousand-foot-deep icy abyss, a hundred-foot-deep snow, a patch of black amidst the white mist.
The golden crow perches on a withered tree, the damp air obscures the arrival of spring;
Sunset Abyss was a huge ice cave. Ji Rong dug in for eighty feet and it was still ice, without a trace of soil.
The bottom of this abyss is like a plain, stretching as far as the eye can see. No wonder Leng Hezhong said that if Xi Tong lived here for a long time, Juzhou would be flooded.
Ji Rong thought to herself, "This place can't be exposed to the sun!"
So, after Xi Tong slept for four days and then woke up, Ji Rong told Xi Tong about her worries. Ji Rong said, "You possess the essence of the sun's fire, but they are extremely cold and different species. They cannot meet."
Otherwise, you can talk it out yourselves, so I don't have to run around relaying messages.
Xi Tong laughed and said, "Arong, the things of yin and yang, good and evil, are inherently mutually restraining. If it weren't for you, how could it have been so easy?"
The ice layer in this abyss must have evolved from the algal bloom left over from the destruction of the sun in the past.
When I came here, I thought that Sunset Abyss was the lowest point, making it the best place for me. If there were powerful water conservancy experts in Juzhou who could build dams around it, allowing the snowmelt to flow slowly away instead of through the glacier, wouldn't that be wonderful?
Ji Rong shook her head and said, "Sister Hei, it's easier said than done."
But those who are good at water are not good at ice, and those who are good at ice are extremely afraid of fire. Sister Hei, this Sunset Abyss is the source of the Ice River. If you stay here for a long time, the Cold River sisters might die out. How could they not come after you?
The Mountain and Water God holds power over mountains, rivers, and land. The Lenghe clan is quite respectful to Him and has even returned the God's six divine beasts. I'll go back and ask the God if He has any good ideas.”
Ji Rong handed over all the spiritual food and precious wine she had obtained from the fish-headed cultivator to Xi Tong, then hugged Xi Tong and dried herself off again before hurrying back.
On the ice boat, the six divine beasts were sitting around the room listening to Shan Shui explain his understanding of mountains and rivers. This was a rare learning opportunity, and the six divine beasts were very well-behaved. They all listened with their eyes wide open, and soon two of them fell asleep.
When Ji Rong went in, the sound of pushing open the ice door was a bit louder, and then the mountain leopard and the mountain bear landed with a thud.
The other four divine beasts looked at Shan Shui nervously. Shan Shui helplessly reached out his little hand, stood on tiptoe, and patted their heads. He said, "You guys go and wake up the mountain bear and the mountain leopard. Don't go out to drill through the ice. Go find a house you like on the boat and settle down."
Upon hearing this, the mountain fox immediately nodded to the mountains and waters.
Then, He gave a wink to the largest mountain whale, which then raised its tail and slapped the mountain bear and mountain leopard repeatedly.
As soon as they opened their eyes and were still confused, Shan Shui said, "Alright, that's enough for today. Go down now, and listen carefully to what Shan Hu says."
As soon as the six divine beasts left, Ji Rong plopped down on the ice bricks and sighed, "Alas, Divine Lord, it seems that this Black Sister only achieved half of her Dao attainment, but she has already exhausted all her treasures."
My Lord, do you think she didn't put out the fire earlier? It's because she had nothing of value. If she had put out the fire, she would have only been burned by it. What kind of logic is that!
I gave her a large storage ring of spirit crystals, and now her fire has subsided, but it's incredibly expensive; all that spiritual energy was only enough for her to burn for two months.
Then, Ji Rong added, "I think Leng He has some feelings for Sister Hei."
It's just that having to fly back and forth to deliver messages every time is really exhausting.
My Lord, this place is all white. If I hadn't reached the Emperor level in my cultivation, I would definitely have gotten lost.
Blackie wants to stay here. After we leave, how will they send messages?
"My Lord, I see that the Mountain Fox is eloquent and persuasive, so let Him stay here to assist Sister Black in relaying messages."
Shan Shui smiled gently and said, "Young friend, there's no need for the mountain foxes for this. They're more suited to cultivating the earth's veins here."
If you want them to talk it out themselves, that's easy too.
"I can make the mountain whale and mountain sturgeon grow larger and hold Cold River in their mouths, so that even though they can't see each other, they can still talk to each other."
Ji Rong said, "Then will we need to spend some source water?"
Shan Shui laughed and said, "That's natural, but by spending some resources, we can enable the spirit of extreme cold to communicate with the essence of yang."
As she spoke, Ji Rong couldn't help but become curious about how the gods used the power of the Source Flow. She had seen the Mountain and Water and the Horned Jade exercise their powers, but what could the Moon Lord and the Sun Lord do when they exercised their powers?
With this thought in mind, Ji Rong asked, "Divine Lord, Xi Jun is the true sun. Doesn't He consume a lot of energy every day? Can Heaven and Earth support Him?"
Shan Shui placed the broken bowl on Ji Rong's head, whose face was covered in white frost, and said, "It is certainly affordable. She does not need to burn the source every day, and most of the time she can use fire crystals."
Xi Jun and Yuan Jun primarily use the Source Flow to restore themselves and maintain the vitality of their divine bodies.
Their authority is the sun and the moon. Being exposed to light for so long, they will gradually decay, but the source can repair their damage.
Compared to Xi Jun, Yuan Jun is quite special; she only needs to collect the yin energy transformed from the sun's afterglow during the day to make the moon bright and clear.
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