Chapter 438 The Past of Lassie
With the blessings of his ancestors and the nourishment of spiritual veins, Mao Han smoothly achieved the Venerable Realm.
However, just as he was about to reach the King Realm, a sudden change occurred. His aunt, the head of the Fangu Cave Heaven, the wrestling demon king, died while dealing with the Iron-Toothed Demon King, a challenger from the Mane Wolf Clan.
Escape and slaughter filled the entire Fan Gu Cave Heaven for a time. Mao Han, who had not yet successfully advanced, hid in the shadows with his body shattered by lightning and barely managed to gather his clan before embarking on a long migration.
In the past, when they were in the Fan Gu Cave Heaven, everyone only knew that the spiritual veins were gradually depleting, but it did not affect their lives much. It was only after they came out to wander that they realized that even if the spiritual veins were bad, they were still spiritual veins.
There aren't that many low-level spiritual herbs to eat in the outside world!
Because of their status as defeated and dying, they were surrounded and attacked as soon as they showed their faces.
Seeing that his tribe was dwindling and his own health was deteriorating, Mao Han gathered the remaining tribe members together, then distributed all his treasures, saying, "If this drags on any longer, we'll all die. I'll leave first; you can go and join other donkey herds."
Having said that, Mao Han headed towards the Western Continent with a death wish.
He knew his own body well; he had just undergone the tribulation of lightning and fled in haste, so his bones and muscles had not fully recovered.
Then, while leading his people to break through the encirclement, he was struck by the Iron-Toothed Demon King, and his internal organs were displaced.
Although he was not yet beyond saving, he knew that his tireless efforts over the past few days had clouded his Daoist elixir.
To survive, one needs a vast amount of rare and precious natural resources, but how could a cripple like him, who had lost his tribe, possibly obtain such things?!
Mao Han, driven by a strong will to not die, walked from the Laxi Mountains to the Bingtian Mountains. Due to the bone-chilling cold, he collapsed on the road and was picked up and kept by the old chieftain of the Yellow Donkey clan.
The old yellow donkey, who was at the Venerable Realm, said to him the day before he died: "Senior, please don't go out."
If you go to the Western Continent, you will have to pass through the Niannu Mountains, where they are very skilled at hunting blood prey. Your body is already weak, so if you go there, wouldn't you just be offering yourself up as meat to those guys?
At least in this wretched blessed land of ours there is a small spiritual vein that can sustain you, and there are still some treasures to be found in the Bingtian Mountains; otherwise, we wild cultivators would not have been able to achieve such cultivation.
Please stay here comfortably. We will descend the mountain tomorrow to search for the precious medicine on the cliffside for you.
The old yellow donkey didn't have time to say who left the cave, because it disappeared the next day when he led the tribe out to find food and medicine. The only Xuanling Realm cultivator in the tribe also disappeared without a trace.
Mao Han lay in the cave for three days, seeing only dozens of young lads, but no old yellow donkeys.
When Mao Han questioned them, these young men all said they didn't know, looking confused.
Mao Han knew something was wrong, so he had no choice but to drag half of his body out to look for it.
Finally, he found many signs of a fight on the cliff in the middle of the mountain. On the grass where the signs were left, there were a few donkey hairs and a bloodstain. He knew then that they would never come back in this life.
So Mao Han became the chieftain of the Yellow Donkey Clan in the ruined blessed land of the Bingtian Mountains, and devoted himself to raising the cubs there.
Without the protection of the old yellow donkey, these highly intelligent lads lacked spiritual materials to eat, and their progress was very slow. Bai Han didn't know how long he could live, but he was very content every time he could wake up again after a nap.
After listening to his story, Ji Rong asked, "Are there any other blessed lands or grotto-heavens within the Bingtian Mountains?"
The old donkey shook his head and said, "Sir, I don't know."
Ji Rong then changed the subject, asking, "If you recover, do you still want to go back for revenge?"
The old donkey replied in a low voice, "There's no need for revenge. Back then, we occupied the ancient grotto heaven, which was rich in spiritual energy, but the four major branches were almost exhausted. We were guilty of possessing a treasure, and it was only a matter of time."
"If I could go back, I would be content to see even a few survivors."
Ji Rong was satisfied with Mao Han's answer. She thought that this old donkey had seen through life and death and possessed rare wisdom, so she asked again, "Mao Han, if you get better, would you like to teach?"
Mao Han thought for a moment and said, "Does Your Excellency want me to teach your tribe's children? I am not very talented; I only know a few characters."
Ji Rong laughed and said, "Since I am the supreme ruler, all the people under heaven are my tribe. What you said is not wrong."
Mao Han respectfully lowered his head, the only part of his body he could move, and said, "If I am spared, I am willing to be your slave and obey your commands."
"But sir, this tribe of yellow donkeys is not of my kind. I implore you to be lenient and allow them to live in the mountains."
Ji Rong stroked her paw and said, "It's even better that you can think this way."
After the conversation, Ji Rong had the mountain rat and the mountain python explore the spiritual veins below and repair them.
The terrain here is extremely high, and because the spiritual vein has been preserved by turning into spiritual crystal veins at both ends, this blessed land truly lives up to its name.
The mountain python spat a small amount of its source water into the spiritual vein to power its circulation; Ji Rong, under Xiao Bai's cover, used the terrain to manipulate the small spiritual vein.
She connected the two ends of this spiritual vein, allowing it to flow freely and preventing it from becoming stagnant and losing its vitality.
Then, she used her roots to search for spiritual veins and treasure lands within the Bingtian Mountains.
No more spiritual veins were found, but several huge skeletons buried deep in the ground were discovered, along with some relics of unknown age.
Having learned about the situation in the Bingtian Mountains, Ji Rong summoned Huang Wushisan and Huang Shi, and gave them some low-grade spiritual herbs, saying, "I'm going to take your grandfather to get treatment."
"You all stay here properly and maintain good hygiene. If you're still this filthy when I come next time, I won't feed you any spirit herbs."
Huang Shi and Huang Wushisan led their herd of yellow donkeys to the broken stone ground outside the blessed land and bowed down to Ji Rong. Amidst the chorus of "Ah-huh," three stuttering "Lord Ji"s were interspersed, a result of Ji Rong's recent feeding.
After explaining the Yellow Donkey Clan, Ji Rong directed the Mountain Rat and Mountain Python, who had witnessed her abilities and were now worshipping her, to take Mao Han away.
Mao Han was lifted up by the mountain rat in a daze and taken out of the cave, where he saw the light again.
They trudged through the snow, stepped over stones, and descended the mountain. Then, riding on the giant python, they sped along until they stopped beside a lake covered in tender grass, where the wind carried a bitter scent. Beside the lake stood a small, golden palace, and next to it, rows of neat stone houses.
The air here is fresh, carrying a refreshing and invigorating quality that seeps right into the old donkey's heart.
As soon as Ji Rong returned to Shoudao Palace, she shouted, "Yu Cang, come to see me immediately!"
No sooner had the words left his mouth than a yellow toad came rushing over in a whirlwind. Ji Rong pointed to Mao Han on the grass and said, "Yu Cang, this is the helper I found for you, his name is Mao Han."
He was both highly skilled and very polite. It is said that he was born in the Fangu Cave Heaven of the Laxi Mountains in Buzhou. He was injured by his enemies at the critical moment of his ascension to the rank of king.
"Take a look at him and see if his condition can be cured."
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