Chapter 83 Handover
“I know, Witchfin Boy, I’m not a pureblood either.”
Horned Jade patted Witchfin's shoulder with its claws, then withdrew them and pointed to its own horn, saying, "But an old friend once told me that as cultivators, as long as our cultivation level is high, we will naturally be respected. Your ancestors were not wrong back then."
After saying this seemingly comforting remark, Jiao Jue had also convinced himself.
In that instant, he felt a sense of relief and let out a long roar to the sky.
The threshold to becoming an emperor, which he hadn't touched for many years, suddenly became clear to him. Jiao Jue couldn't help but roar: "I am the heaven, my heart is free; I am the earth, all living beings are at peace."
I see, hahaha...!
Suddenly, thunder rumbled in the sky, signaling an approaching storm, before gradually fading away.
Wu Yue and Wu Qi sensed the surge in Jiao Jue's aura and knew that he must have gained some enlightenment and was about to advance to the Emperor-level realm. They then cupped their hands and said, "Congratulations, Lord Golden Dragon."
In high spirits, Jiao Jue decided to give some longevity-enhancing treasures to these two short-lived old men.
His dragon claws had barely reached the air when he realized he was now a poor dragon, so he had to lower them.
He squinted, thinking to himself, "Never mind, I'll make it up later."
Jiao Jue felt that he would soon break through to become an emperor, so he decided to stay on Wangfeng Island with Feng Qing and not leave. He was determined to devote himself to cultivation there for three months.
He instructed Wu Yue to come and pick him up on time three months later, and also asked Wu Qi to arrange a deserted island for him to undergo tribulation.
Wu Yue and Wu Qi nodded in agreement.
They left the Horned Jade in the Spirit-Locking Array on Wangfeng Island, then took a boat to Jiefeng Island to pick up the Witch.
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On Exhausted Wind Island, there are many naturally growing spiritual herbs.
As if she had entered a treasure trove, the witch was squatting on the ground, picking out the spiritual herbs and putting them into her bosom; in no time, she had gathered a large handful.
Seeing that the witch knew the medicinal herbs like the back of her hand, Wuqi smiled at the witch and said: "Many people in the clan used to prefer using poison. The Eighth Elder Wupu and the Ninth Elder Xiwu are currently the best poison users in the clan."
Now that we have you, Witch Doctor, it seems our ancient witch clan can once again practice both healing and medicine.
After speaking, Wuqi led Wuyue and Xuanwu from Jiefeng Island to Tuifeng Island, and then to Hufeng Island, explaining the advantages of each island along the way.
Hufeng Island is small, but it is located directly in front of Wangfeng Island, making it perfect for surveillance. Xuanwu decided to live here from now on.
As for Wu Yue, he has become the Grand Elder and will reside on Huofeng Island.
Two days later, after Wuqi led Wuyue to explore all the islands belonging to the Wu tribe, Wuyue had a comprehensive understanding of the ancient Wu tribe.
Because the Lich lineage is small, there are only 17,524 people in the clan, including my own branch.
However, the Lich race had over ten thousand slaves who were poisoned and forced to mine on Vulturewind Island year-round.
Led by Huofeng Island, the remnants of the Wu tribe currently occupy five large islands and ten affiliated islands;
Three thousand lich disciples are stationed on the two affiliated islands of Hufeng Island and Qianfeng Island, guarding and managing the mines of Jiufeng Island from the front and back.
Tuifeng Island is the smallest, but it is surrounded by four smaller islands: Ningfeng Island, Kuangfeng Island, Huoguang Island, and Pingfeng Island.
None of these islands are inhabited.
Firelight Island is a magma island rich in fire crystals. It is a refining ground left behind by the original Fire Phoenix Clan and is one of the essential spiritual materials for cultivating the path of fire.
There are iron ore veins on Pingfeng Island.
Ningfeng Island also has fertile soil, making it an ideal place to cultivate medicinal herbs and precious materials.
Stormy Island is rich in wind-resistant black ironwood.
These fifteen islands originally had teleportation arrays;
In the past, these teleportation arrays enabled unimpeded travel between islands;
However, these teleportation arrays require spirit crystals as the main material and the blood of the witch clan as a supplement.
Because the bloodline of the Lich lineage was impure, the array patterns suffered varying degrees of damage, and gradually, they stopped using them.
Before Wu Yue and his party arrived, half of the able-bodied members of the Lich Clan were doing surveillance and patrol work on Vulture Wind Island;
The remaining tribespeople engaged in production on Chaotic Wind Island and its affiliated islands and Wind Island, becoming self-sufficient.
Of course, there are many more islands in the desolate sea than these, and the islands are also rich in various minerals. However, they were all locked away by the bloodline magic of the ancestral shaman and gradually became desolate.
These are all precious legacies.
When the shaman returned in the evening, he told the tribe about what had happened, and all the shamans were overjoyed.
Their faces were filled with a sense of joy and prosperity.
Only Gu Qingqing, upon hearing that Jiao Jue had taken Feng Qing to Wangfeng Island, covered her face with her claws and cried out in her heart that she had miscalculated.
She actually missed a legitimate opportunity to mine minerals.
Gu Qingqing thought to herself, if she could take a ring of spirit crystals from there and feed it to Ji Rong, Ji Rong should be able to move again!
Overwhelmed with grief, Gu Qingqing collapsed onto the grass, utterly listless.
When the witch clan saw that Lady Xiangrui was lying on the grass, they assumed that she had twisted her ankle while helping to move the big tree with her magical body during the day. They quickly used a frame to invite Gu Qingqing up and carried her into the newly built treehouse that had been covered with grass.
Gu Qingqing neither explained nor refused.
She lay in the grass, her eyes closed, lost in thought, her occasionally twitching tail betraying her restless heart.
Adu now lives with her.
Because of the previous blessing, the shaman made Adu serve as Gu Qingqing's attendant and Axiao serve as Jiaojue's attendant.
Anyway, that's how we've always been treated. Now it's just a different title, and no one seems to notice any change.
Gu Qingqing was thinking of Ji Rong, and Ji Rong and Ji Zhuang were also thinking of Gu Qingqing.
After Gu Qingqing and Jiao Jue left, Ji Rong felt that her surroundings were no longer lively.
Even though her brother Ji Zhuang returned after sending the person away, Ji Rong still felt lonely.
She desperately wanted to pull herself up by the roots and run, but she couldn't run at all.
Unable to escape, she could only sleep by swallowing the wind every day.
Ji Zhuang was very worried, but he was not good with words, so he could only try to make Ji Rong happy by catching fish and picking flowers every day.
Seeing her brother Ji Zhuang's worried expression despite his gray appearance, Ji Rong felt a pang of tenderness and said, "Brother, I'm fine. You can sit down and cultivate in peace."
Ever since we stormed into the ruins of the Witch Clan, your cultivation level hasn't improved.
Ji Zhuang nodded, squatted down beside Ji Rong's roots, and began to perform the "Refining Wind and Transforming Spirit" technique.
As the days went by, Ji Rong and Ji Zhuang focused on their cultivation, remaining as still as two wooden stakes.
Ji Rong, who had been inactive for a long time, began to grow leaves. By the time three months had passed and Jiao Jue came to see her with his eyes half-closed and humming a dragon's roar, she had already grown her eighth leaf.
“Enlightenment Leaf!” Feng Qing, who came with him, stared at the leaf patterns on Ji Rong’s body and suddenly realized, “So you have an Enlightenment Wutong Tree growing inside you.”
"What is this?" This was the first time Jiao Jue had ever heard of such a tree.
"The Enlightenment Wutong Tree is one of the Twelve Ancestral Trees." Feng Qing turned his gaze back to Jiao Jue and said, "It is said, it is said..."
At this point, Feng Qing suddenly clutched his head, convulsed for a while, and then collapsed to the ground.
Jiao Jue placed Feng Qing on Ji Rong's head, and waited for Feng to wake up before asking her questions;
However, Feng Qing acted as if she were a new fox, only saying that she didn't know and refusing to admit that she had said those words, as if she had lost the memory of the headache.
Unable to get any further information, Jiao Jue didn't think much of it. He told Ji Zhuang to dig a hole, and he dug with his two rough claws.
After digging out of the deep pit, he squinted, raised his almost worn-down claws, and said smugly to Ji Rong, "You little brat! I've found you a good fortune lately, let's see how you repay me in the future."
After saying that, Jiao Jue took out one large piece of primal spirit crystal after another from his storage ring, and soon filled the pit.
He directed Ji Zhuang to bury it in the soil, looked at Ji Rong expectantly, and asked, "Little bird, try to see if you can absorb it."
Ji Rong extended the roots upwards, and the extremely flexible roots coiled around the spirit crystal ore like thirsty snakes. The tips of the roots, like probing heads, grabbed the ore and began to suck it in.
Feeling the spiritual droplets rapidly gathering in her body's meridians, Ji Rong happily said to Jiao Jue, "Brother Jiaolong is so kind! These ores are very useful to me. Thank you, Brother!"
Upon hearing this, Jiao Jue was even happier. He thought to himself, "This little bird sounds so nice when it talks properly!"
So, Jiao Jue summoned Ji Zhuang and gave him a huge storage ring inlaid with beautiful jade. He instructed Ji Zhuang to put two holes of raw ore into Ji Rong's storage every day. Then, he flew up and went to the deserted island chosen by Wu Qi Tiao to undergo his tribulation without looking back.
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