Chapter 509 Manifestation (2)
Compared to the universe, all living beings are like ants; when these ants break through their limits and grow wildly, the universe will naturally bring down calamities.
—This is how cultivators undergo tribulation!
Having barely managed to block the onslaught of the Flowing Fire, Jiao Jue dragged out a huge purple-gold vat from the Spirit Crystal Mountain. With a flick of its tail, it grabbed one of Ji Rong's thick aerial roots in mid-air with its hind claws and roared, "Foolish bird, take your roots back!"
"Otherwise, you'll be stuck here forever!" With that, he channeled his spiritual energy and snapped it off.
Ji Rong's heart trembled, and she immediately endured the pain to pull the roots back. Ignoring the tens of thousands of thin roots that had broken in the soil, she lifted the roots and retracted them into the large purple-gold vat that Jiao Jue had dragged out.
She had just absorbed some spiritual energy when a huge stream of fire struck the spot where she had been standing. The sparks burned her remaining roots in the soil to ashes along the deep pit.
Then, as if unable to bear the weight, the little red star shattered from one into two, from two into four, ... into dust.
As the fire arrived, Ji Rong completed her final transformation. Her tree trunk rapidly expanded in that instant, soaring into the void, reaching a height of countless thousands of feet.
Countless tiny roots, having lost the support of the soil, absorbed spiritual energy and shot out in all directions like rays of light, leaving behind extremely fine lines in the void before instantly retracting back.
As her roots retracted, her form gradually shrank, transforming into a dazzling emerald-gold tree only ten feet tall, before entering a state of omniscience and omnipotence.
Though there are no eyes to see, one is aware of the changes in the void;
Having no soil to rely on, yet it connects itself with all the stars;
As the fire passed, the debris and dust in the void suddenly stirred. Ji Rong's exposed vital energy root twisted into the character "走" (go), and slapped it onto Jiao Jue's body. Jiao Jue sensed this character, and immediately, carrying the large vat on its back, roared towards Qing Pingzi in the sky: "Let's go."
Upon hearing this, Qingpingzi immediately flew to Jiaojue's side. He made a hand seal and chanted an incantation, and a whisk flew out from his storage ring. The threads on the whisk quickly grew larger and wrapped around the Qingzijin vat.
With the whisk handle held in his mouth, Qingpingzi nodded to Jiaojue and together they sped off towards the direction of the Blue Star.
There are hundreds of dead stars on the way to the Blue Eternal Realm. Even if any tails follow, they can use those stars as cover.
As soon as they left, a huge ball of light, emitting a faint white glow, suddenly appeared in the void. Countless dust particles and broken stars were ejected from it, colliding and spinning in the void, filling the area where the little red star was.
The aftershocks pierced the flesh of Jiaojue and Qingpingzi, leaving their tails a bloody mess. The loud noise and the long-lost pain prompted Qingpingzi to glance back, before she and Jiaojue accelerated forward in perfect unison.
They flew over a cluster of colorful stars, passed through the milky white layer of air above the Blue Eternal Realm, and finally dragged Ji Rong down to the largest spirit crystal mine—the Fifth Mining Area.
The mines of Blue Star are all managed by Gu Qingqing and Ji Zhuang.
This fifth mining area is actually a private mine owned by Ji Rong and a few others. Not only are there spirit crystal veins here, but also many edible spirit plants have been grown on the edge. Therefore, as long as Gu Qingqing and Ji Zhuang don't have anything major to do, they will stay in this mine to settle accounts and count spirit crystals.
Hearing the deafening roar in the sky, they spotted the figure in the distance. Ji Zhuang immediately flew into the sky, channeled his spiritual energy, and shouted, "Disaster is coming! All creatures in the Fifth Mining Area, heed my command and quickly seek refuge in the cave!"
Gu Qingqing then summoned the small mine owners in the mining area to count the miners under their command and evacuate the mining area to the cave.
As the last small mine foreman led his miners into the cave, the eight tails of Gu Qingqing, who was standing at the cave entrance, moved together, trapping all the miners gathered in the cave within an illusion array, preventing them from seeing any trace of the outside world or hearing any sound from outside.
Because of the constant disasters in the Blue Eternal Realm, these caves are not only equipped with stable formations, but also have spiritual food and water available year-round, so even if they stay inside for a year or two, they will not starve to death.
Jiaojue and Qingpingzi pulled Ji Rong deep into the fifth mining area before stopping to catch their breath. Ji Zhuang followed closely behind, and it was clear that they both had large and small wounds on their bodies, with many wounds exposing bone.
Qingpingzi was missing a piece of flesh from his back, revealing the charred veins and the white-gold bones underneath. It was hard to imagine how he could endure the pain and pull Ji Rong back with Jiaojue in this condition.
Ji Zhuang quickly stepped forward, fed them both some spiritual water and pills, cleaned their wounds, and haphazardly applied some ointment.
After Jiao Jue and Qing Pingzi finished eating and using it, Qing Pingzi wanted to put away his tattered whisk. Jiao Jue pointed to the roots of Ji Rong that were already exposed and said, "You can't put it away. This purple-gold vat will definitely rot again. If you take away the magic weapon, your good junior sister will definitely grow back into the soil."
Qingpingzi said with heartache, "Juejun, this was used by my master Lingxiaozi in the past. It is one of the few treasures she has left in this world."
Jiaojue was already exhausted. He said coldly, "Go ahead and smoke. After you've done that, this bird might not be able to move."
Then you'll not only lose a whisk, but also a junior sister.
Ji Rong's exposed roots also bent in the air as if nodding.
Qingpingzi had no choice but to put down his claws, then leaned against the large purple-gold vat that held Ji Rong and closed his eyes.
Gu Qingqing arrived shortly after, and Jiao Jue knelt beside her, asking, "Were we followed by anyone when we came? How are things in the various mining areas now?"
Gu Qingqing shook her head and said, "Only the fifth mining area on Blue Star is sealed off; there are no abnormalities in the other mining areas."
I have used an illusion array to surround the miners inside the cave; tomorrow I will incorporate them into the sixth mining area.
Hearing this, Jiao Jue felt relieved and simply said, "Fill the mine for her," before falling asleep on the spot.
Both Gu Qingqing and Ji Zhuang possess four major cheat codes related to extraterrestrial spirit crystals.
Gu Qingqing and Ji Zhuang stood guard, and seeing nothing unusual, they left Ji Zhuang to fill Ji Rong with spirit crystals alone, while they got up and went out to move the miners and settle the accounts.
Kakujue and Kiyohirako woke up and fell asleep again, and their wounds healed on their own over time. By the second year, Kakujue was fully awake.
Once he regained consciousness, Jiao Jue immediately pulled the four small dragons of power from Ji Rong's tree trunk and pointed them at Qing Pingzi's back, saying, "Bring out the fire inside for him."
The four little dragons looked at Him, opened their mouths, and roared.
Even a skilled cook can't cook without rice; they need to know the origins!
Where is the source of the horned jade? If it were, how could it allow those dregs and aftershocks to damage its own tail?
Seeing the four little dragons' actions, Ji Zhuang immediately took out one from his storage ring and said, "Jade Lord."
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