Chapter 385 Cultivating Meridians
In the Source Regeneration Pool, a colossal ancestral tree stands in the center.
But see that:
Old leaves are gleaming, new leaves are verdant.
Layer upon layer, rustling softly.
It grows positively every day.
Ji Rong's tree trunk grew too fast. To prevent the ancestral tree from growing outside the restriction, the four little dragons had to pile up another thick layer of clouds, rain, and lightning on it every day, which was rather like trying to cover up the truth.
Under the tree, Ji Rong sighed to Jiao Jue, "Lord Xi is truly both greedy and domineering."
He has already lived for many years, so why must He pursue immortality?
Now the world is under our control; it's time to change it according to our own ideas.
The horned bird, lying beneath the tree, sneered, "Colorful Bird, how will you transform?"
“Aging is the norm. If He were to remain in the sky and refuse to descend, how could a fire magic cultivator like Xi Tong possibly advance any further?”
Ji Rong spread his wings, raised his head, and said seriously, "Brother, in my dream, beyond heaven and earth, there is a vast space."
But why do you, as the gods, only think of the land of the Nine Provinces, and never consider what lies above the heavens?
Jiao Jue squinted and said, "Is that something you can even imagine? When you became emperor, you must have seen it with your own eyes. The complex chain of order surrounds heaven and earth so tightly that it is impenetrable. It only loosens occasionally when one attains the divine path. How could we possibly pass through it?"
"Oh." Ji Rong pondered, "Why are we isolated? Is there a world like ours hanging in the sky, inhabited by cultivators like us?"
Above the eldest brother, are there any other powerful beings who wield even greater authority, such as the power to command the stars?
As Ji Rongyue spoke, she felt that her idea made sense. Pointing to her increasingly large tree trunk, she said, "Brother, in the past, the ancestral tree could reach the heavens and the earth, but it was cut down innocently. Look at its current appearance, won't it break through the sky?"
Jiao Jue squinted at the increasingly tall and strong tree, frowned and said, "Heaven covers the earth, the earth is round, forming a whole, cycling and repeating, endlessly regenerating."
If, as you say, we were to tear a hole in the sky and let the spiritual energy dissipate, we would simply be reduced to mortals.
But what if the creatures outside are stronger than us? Wouldn't that just be opening the door for them to catch us?
"Silly bird, the destruction of the ancestral tree must have been for various reasons, which we can't trace back now, but the risks of breaking through the heavens are too great; we can't speculate."
That makes perfect sense! Ji Rong was stunned when she heard this.
"Well, well, a dream is just a dream, you can't believe it all." Ji Rong said this as she headed into the Dragon and Phoenix Palace.
Seeing that Ji Rong flew back as if nothing had happened, Jiao Jue went about his business.
Now that the waterway to Juzhou has been opened, He needs to arrange for some capable people to manage the river and, along the way, regularly send some fire crystals to Xitong so that she doesn't become too poor and burn herself out.
After Ji Rong entered the hall, she went to Qing Pingzi to talk about things beyond the heavens.
Qingpingzi was indeed interested. He rarely raised his head and said to Ji Rong, "Junior sister, your idea is brilliant. After I finish carving this book, our cultivation will definitely advance further. When that time comes, I will carry you up to take a look."
Ji Rong wasn't in a hurry. She said, "Okay," and then knelt down beside Qing Pingzi to watch him carve the book.
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The mountain, carrying the water, started from the Danxue Mountains, traveled through the Canglan Mountains and waterways, then turned to the Mangshen Mountains and went down to Liangzhou.
Wherever the mountains and rivers go, they unite with the Hundred Sons to connect the spiritual veins to the Danxue Mountains.
Therefore, every ten days or so, Ji Rong could feel the spiritual energy channels under the roots expanding little by little.
Meanwhile, in the Source Regeneration Pool, the pale gold source stream that had been painstakingly accumulated often flowed back due to the continuous expansion of the new spiritual vein, making Ji Rong very anxious, fearing that the newly acquired spiritual vein would deplete the source stream in the pool.
Once, Jiao Jue, who was squinting and frowning with worry, said to Ji Rong, "Silly bird, the Nine Provinces are as broken as a sieve. If it were really so easy to repair, the gods of the past would have repaired it long ago."
In my opinion, we've acquired enough land now; perhaps we should speak to the mountains and rivers and ask them to stop bringing in any more spiritual veins.”
Ji Rong patted his belly and shook his head firmly, saying, "Brother, it's not time yet. We'll talk about it when that time comes. I have my own plans."
"What are your plans? Are you going to vomit up the little bit of essence in your belly to make up for it? Why bother?"
Upon hearing this, Ji Rong glared at Jiao Jue with her beady eyes and howled, "I want to make reforms, big brother!"
The poor and weak in this world are born that way; now, I will make them born rich!
Hearing this, Jiao Jue remained silent for a long time before saying, "Silly bird, are you out of your mind? If the Hundred Sons of the Mountain can't hold out in front, we'll be surrounded and attacked by the blessed lands of the Nine Provinces, which won't do us any good."
"Just think of me as crazy, but this doesn't do us any harm." Ji Rong pointed to the ancestral tree that had been growing stronger over the years due to the Origin Regeneration Pool and said, "Now I am becoming more and more powerful because of this, isn't that a benefit?"
Jiao Jue opened his eyes and looked at Ji Rong, saying in an annoyed tone, "But you can't move your tree trunk either."
This is a fact, and Ji Rong cannot refute it.
Back then, she thought that once she had taken over three states and four regions, she could put away the tree trunk and travel freely.
However, the damage to the ley lines varied from place to place, and most of the time they were not self-sufficient and had to rely on the source flow regeneration pool for supply to flow.
Therefore, Ji Rong often lamented in his heart: "The restoration of this source is indeed a bottomless pit. No wonder no god in the past was willing to take the lead in doing this."
Although most of the incoming spiritual veins are broken and dilapidated, there are occasional surges in spiritual flow.
Whenever Ji Rong felt that her decision was too idealistic and was about to spit out the source stream to make up for the source stream gap caused by the new spiritual vein, streams of milky white spiritual stream would surge into the pool along with waves of pure golden source stream ripples, making Ji Rong extremely grateful.
This situation is very rare, and it has only occurred intermittently five times, preventing the source of the regeneration pool from being completely exhausted.
Each time, Ji Rong would pray in her heart: "Yuanliu, Yuanliu, if only you could come every day."
She had tried to search within the spiritual veins by waving her roots, but now the network of spiritual veins was becoming increasingly vast. She could only see that the source came from the Guangyang Mountains, but she couldn't tell exactly where it came from or which mountain god she should contact.
Four years passed in this way. After touring Liangzhou and nearly exhausting the source of its waters, he returned.
When He heard Ji Rong recount the perilous events, He smiled gently and said, "Young friend Ji Rong, this is not good luck. The wild boar and the wild goose stole His reserve source while Xi Jun was engrossed in refining the power."
"Ah?" Ji Rong exclaimed in surprise, "Divine Lord, didn't you tell me before that we shouldn't accept other people's spiritual streams at will, lest they follow the path to kill us? If Lord Ruoxi knew this, wouldn't she find out our secret by following the movement trajectory of the wild boars?"
Shan Shui laughed and said, "No, Xi Jun is currently indulging in the fusion of power, which consumes the source flow itself."
The wild boar was clever; it only replenished a small portion of the spiritual energy from the mountain when it sensed the energy draining too quickly, so that Xi Jun wouldn't notice for the time being.
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