Longzang

Chapter 114 This young master is favored by destiny

According to the common knowledge learned in class, the recognition of a celestial artifact by its master requires only a few conditions: luck, cultivation level, bloodline bond, karma, and compatibility of cultivation techniques. Wei Yuan knew that apart from luck, he probably didn't meet any of these conditions, and was far from it. With his Azure Nether rank, even a True Person of the Dharma Aspect wouldn't be able to control it; only a True Monarch could attempt it. For a sure thing, only a Celestial Monarch would be able to do it.

After activating Qingming, Wei Yuan learned about the difficulty of Qingming recognizing its master, and couldn't help but feel even more contempt for Yun Xihe.

That guy probably didn't know about the concept of recognizing a master, so he diligently served as a physical god for over fifty years until his primordial spirit was eventually dissolved by the power of incense and prayers.

Even if Yun Xihe eroded the Immortal Lord's divine will, he still wouldn't be able to make Qingming recognize him as its master. Moreover, the immortal left behind a wisp of divine will originally to teach Qingming how to activate the formation, seeking a destined person for Qingming. However, an accident occurred during his demise, and the divine will inherited his dying pain and madness, turning the inheritance into a killing trap. By eroding the divine will, Yun Xihe severed the inheritance of the formation's activation.

It doesn't matter that Qingming can't recognize a master at this moment, and Wei Yuan doesn't intend to let Qingming recognize a master either. How could a mere newly established Dao Foundation cultivator like him possess such a celestial object? Even Zhang Shenglai couldn't, nor could Fen Hai.

The Azure Sky should be the item that the Immortal Lord sought when he made his move. With this item, it doesn't matter whether Yun Feifei lives or dies; he can just leave her here to fend for herself.

Wei Yuan gently pressed and lifted, trying to pull Qingming out. However, with this movement, the surrounding earth's spiritual energy suddenly fluctuated. Wei Yuan was startled. After careful examination, he discovered that Qingming had somehow become one with the earth, essentially being planted there! Upon further thought, he concluded that Qingming had been in contact with the earth for too long, gradually and spontaneously becoming part of it over tens of thousands of years.

With this discovery, many questions were answered. For example, tens of thousands of people in Quliu Town were ravaged by the environment and on the verge of death, while seventy or eighty thousand people in several towns around Lanshen Palace were still doing quite well, with the townspeople only being a little weak. The root cause was that Qingming had already been planted. Although it had not been activated, it was still a celestial object, which could soften the surrounding environment, allowing people to barely survive.

Previously, when the Wuyu tribe's army passed through, they had already destroyed all the boundary stones that hadn't been removed in time, and then the damp winds and poisonous miasma would naturally take over this area. Wei Yuan had thought that it was the leakage of pure energy from the fragments of the cave that made the surrounding area less uninhabitable, but now it seems that he was wrong; the reason should be Qingming.

Wei Yuan hesitated at this moment, wondering whether to pull it out or not.

If Qingming is pulled out, the surrounding environment will rapidly deteriorate, and tens of thousands of mortals living around Lanshen Palace will die one after another within a year. Then Quliu Town will also be affected. Not to mention, at least half of the poor people in the northern district will die within six months, unless other boundary stones are used to replace them. However, the expansion of human territory is a major event, and it is done step by step along the border to encroach on foreign lands. By the time the human race lays the boundary stones over, who knows when that will be.

As for ordinary people migrating on their own, that's out of the question. Reaching Hanyang Pass is thousands of miles away; no one can travel that distance alive.

However, if we don't take it, this place is extremely close to Wuyu and a full five thousand miles away from Hanyang Pass. Unless the Xu family nearby provides full support, it's impossible to defend it, and we'll have to take it in the end. If Wei Yuan doesn't take it, the Wuyu clan will come and take it anyway.

Wei Yuan hadn't expected to encounter such a problem. He hesitated, his hand unconsciously caressing Qingming. Just then, the continent in his sea of ​​consciousness suddenly trembled slightly, and Qingming also began to shake!
In the heart of the vast land, Jade Mountain began to change, gradually becoming transparent and slowly transforming its shape, eventually becoming a larger version of Azure Nether. From within Azure Nether emanated a sense of joy, and a point of light gradually shone from its core.

Is it going to acknowledge me as its master? Wei Yuan was startled. Wasn't this stone just now rejecting him so decisively? Why is it suddenly becoming so unreserved?
Wei Yuan quickly raised his hand, interrupting the process of recognizing the artifact as its master. How could he possibly handle such a celestial artifact? Recognizing it as a master would be a huge problem.

The Azure Netherworld has already been planted and activated by Wei Yuan. Once it recognizes its master, it will truly become one with this region, and Wei Yuan's limited Dao power won't be able to remove it. Moreover, Wei Yuan recognized its master through Dao Foundation resonance, while the Azure Netherworld recognized the vast land and rivers, not Wei Yuan. Therefore, once it recognizes its master, Wei Yuan can leave if he wants, but the vast land and rivers will remain.

Wei Yuan wasn't sure if he could abandon the vast land and rivers and run away alone; he figured it was impossible. Even if he could, his master would definitely punish him afterward. Wei Yuan was very self-aware; what he cherished was the vast land and rivers, not himself. He couldn't even leave with his Dao Foundation intact, how could he possibly leave?
Fortunately, the process of recognizing the master was indeed interrupted after the contact was broken, which relieved Wei Yuan. He circled Qingming several times, unsure how to handle this trouble. The best solution was to remove Qingming and then have the Xu family take the mortals away. However, such a major matter as relocating hundreds of thousands of mortals was not something Wei Yuan was qualified to discuss; it required the intervention of the higher-ups of the Taichu Palace.

It seems that the Xu family is unwilling to relocate the mortals from the Broken Realm, otherwise they would have had plenty of time to do so over the past two years.

At this very moment, inside the small house outside, the woman in red tried several different explanations, but Xu Wan'er refused to remove the Soul-Binding Array. No matter what she said, she kept repeating, "Let's wait for Senior Brother to return before making a decision."

The woman in red, enraged, shouted, "I only touched you a few times, and you've become like this?"

Xu Wan'er's face flushed red, and she stammered, but her attitude was very firm: "Of course it's not like that... We'll wait for Senior Brother to come back... and decide..."

At this moment, the junior brother suddenly said, "Sister Wan, we've known each other for many years, please save me, I'm going to die!"

Xu Wan'er finally couldn't bear it any longer and went to her junior brother's side, making him lie down and tending to his abdominal wound. Her senior brother's strike had been extremely ruthless, the Dao power having ripped his internal organs to shreds. Xu Wan'er desperately channeled her Dao power into him, but she was barely clinging to life.

At this moment, the eldest brother also said, "Wan'er, I watched you grow up, can you save me?" Xu Wan'er turned her head and saw that only the eldest brother's two eyes were visible on the ground, the rest of his body was buried in the soil. Thinking that the eldest brother had often played with her since she was a child, Xu Wan'er couldn't bear it, so she went over to check his injuries and found that the eldest brother's Dao foundation had several cracks and was almost shattered.

Xu Wan'er was surprised and secretly astonished. Her senior brother had long since reached the Nascent Soul stage, possessing profound cultivation and formidable fighting skills. He had been her idol when she was young. Later, when her senior brother fell in love with Yun Feifei, she was secretly heartbroken for a few days. Then, she went out for a walk to clear her head, and inexplicably, she felt better.

Now, our senior brother's Dao foundation has cracked just because he was hit twice by that senior brother from Taichu Palace? The senior brother from Taichu Palace is indeed extraordinary!

Both sides needed treatment, and Xu Wan'er was in a flurry of activity, while the woman in red looked ashen-faced.

Just then, a jade pendant beside Yun Feifei suddenly flashed, displaying lines of text. This was a jade pendant used for emergency communication within the Lan Shen Palace, similar to the one Xu Wan'er held. Only four people remained in the Lan Shen Palace; at this point, the only one capable of sending a message was their third junior sister, who had escaped to Hanyang Pass. However, the jade pendant's range was limited, and Hanyang Pass was far beyond its coverage area. How had this message been transmitted?

The woman in red was anxious in vain, but unfortunately she couldn't move and could only watch the jade pendant shimmer.

Just then, a soft laugh came from the doorway: "Junior Sister Yun, you were hiding here after all!"

Another young woman entered through the door. She was charming and beautiful, though her figure was slightly plump, and her eyes and brows had a somewhat vulgar look. She held an array plate in her hand, and her communication jade pendant was placed inside the array plate.

The woman in red felt a chill in her heart. The jade pendant didn't need an array plate at all; the array plate was for tracking the direction of the information!
The newly arrived woman's eyes lit up as she entered the room, and she laughed, "So all my fellow disciples are here! Ha, what a sight! So you sent me away so you could have some fun like this!"

The eldest brother shouted, "Third junior sister! You've come at the right time! Yun Feifei has betrayed our master and ancestors, and Xu Wan'er has colluded with outsiders. Quickly capture them both!"

The third junior sister didn't move, but instead scrutinized her eldest senior brother, her divine sense sweeping across his sea of ​​consciousness. The eldest senior brother's Dao foundation was cracked, leaving him utterly defenseless; the sweep of her divine sense caused him to scream in agony.

The third junior sister scoffed and said softly, "Senior brother, so you've finally met your match! Not only are you heartbroken, but your foundation is almost crippled. Senior brother, it's not that I'm criticizing you, but you're never efficient at anything. Look, you've already lifted Senior Sister Feifei's skirt, and you still haven't succeeded? If you miss this chance, you'll never have another one!"

The eldest brother felt something was amiss as he listened, and said, "Third sister, you..."

The third junior sister's face turned vicious as she said, "Back then, I was deeply in love with you, but you not only didn't appreciate it, you also humiliated me. Now you want me to save you? Why don't you ask your dear junior sister Feifei to save you? Oh, I know, senior sister Feifei likes junior brother, not you who has no family background, no looks, and is already old!"

The eldest brother was so angry that his eyes were spitting fire, but he couldn't move at the moment and could only keep shouting and cursing.

The third junior sister remained completely calm. She looked at the woman in red and said, "It's rare for all of us, my fellow disciples, to be gathered together today, which saves you trouble, young master. You have the ability to transfer your soul to a physical body, so don't waste your beauty. You'd make a perfect plaything. It's just a pity that the old ghost died so young, otherwise he would have suffered for decades!"

The woman in red said with a stern face, "So it was you who betrayed the sect! That young master, he's outside the door right now, isn't he?"

The third junior sister laughed and said, "A good bird chooses a good tree to perch on. My young master is very famous, as you all know. He is none other than the Jade-Faced Immortal Sword Xu Jingfeng!"

A cough came from outside, and the young swordsman pushed open the door and entered, smiling slightly, "I am Jade Face..."

He touched the bandage on his face, which was still stained with blood, and felt that the title "Jade Face" was somewhat undeserved. As a result, his hatred for Li Zhi grew even stronger.

Xu Jingfeng skipped over his favorite part of introducing himself and said, "It's rare for everyone to gather here, saving me the trouble of making a trip. It seems that what Master said about me being favored by fate and having my wishes fulfilled is indeed true!"

(End of this chapter)