The road is vague

Chapter 260 Insights and Improvement
After leaving Bai'an City, Li Mo made a detour to the Beishan Sect to pay respects to his mother.

Having arrived at the Beishan Sect, Li Mo naturally had to exchange ideas with the sect leader, Dou Chi. He stayed there for several days before finally setting off in his white jade flying chariot, satisfied, heading straight for the Southern Barbarian Lands.

This time, he flew for more than ten days before finally arriving at the Nanman Cangyuan region.

After landing a few miles from Stone City, he changed into local clothes and walked into the city.

The local earth god temple that once stood here is now occupied by the military.

Several years have passed, and the Stone City, which was destroyed in the war, has not only been restored, but has also been significantly expanded, and its population seems to have increased considerably.

Unlike when Li Mo first came here, the barbarians he saw on the streets were all savage and fierce, either eating raw meat and drinking blood, or fanatical believers in local temples.

The barbarians here have now learned to do business, and their conversations occasionally include classical Chinese phrases.

Li Mo sat down in front of a steamed bun shop.

"Shopkeeper, what kind of filling do these buns have?"

Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper came over with a smile.

"Haha! This bear meat was just hunted yesterday. Judging from your accent, it seems to have come from the Great Qian Dynasty, right?"

Li Mo did not respond.

Seeing Li Mo's reaction, the shopkeeper knew that Li Mo was wary, so he continued his introduction.

"Please don't take offense, sir. Actually, I'm also from the Great Qian Dynasty. I only came here from Zhanghe County, Muzhou, a couple of years ago with my instructor. There's no other way; the cost of living in the Great Qian Dynasty is too high. After I arrived, the two of you informed the officials that they had built a house and set up a shop for me. Then, the instructor assigned me a wife..."

As Li Mo listened to the shopkeeper's introduction, he couldn't help but seem to be deep in thought.

"So, all the people doing business on the streets here are actually from the Great Qian Dynasty?"

"Not all of them. Some barbarians have also started to do business. The Pacification Office takes good care of these barbarians who voluntarily submit, not only providing subsidies and teaching them various skills, but also hiring teachers to give free lessons to the children. However, there are still many barbarians in remote areas who are quite resistant to us, which is very dangerous. The instructors often adopt a policy of appeasement and hire herbalists..."

Through this shopkeeper, he gained a preliminary understanding of the naturalization policy in Stone City.

If this continues, in a maximum of ten years or so, the barbarians here will be completely assimilated and become part of the Great Qian Kingdom.

The Great Qian Kingdom has proven through a thousand years of experience that the Three Offices system is indeed quite feasible.

Unfortunately, Stone City was ultimately just a small border town in the Southern Barbarian Lands, and compared to the entire Southern Barbarian Lands, it was really insignificant. He failed to find out the turbulent background of the Southern Barbarian Lands here.

"It's important to take care of the important matters first."

Thinking this, Li Mo followed his memory and headed southeast of Stone City. He soon arrived at the large altar that was not yet completed. It had now been protected by the military and had become a tourist attraction in Stone City.

The gate beneath the altar has been sealed off.

Li Mo recalled his past exploits here, which seemed vivid in his mind. He then activated his Earth-Walking Boots and used Earth Escape Technique to sink into the ground and disappear.

After a while.

Li Mo arrived at the corridor leading deep underground, but it was now pitch black.

With his inner power surging, Li Mo activated the Lightning Technique, and the surrounding area instantly became as bright as day. He continued to walk deeper into the ground, and after passing through underground passages that stretched for several miles, he finally arrived at the underground ruins of the Great Zhou Dynasty where he had once fought a great battle with the bamboo rat spirit.

The vast underground space remains in ruins.

The military headquarters stationed here clearly did not take this place seriously. After a brief exploration and confirmation that it had no value, they sealed it off.

The miniature Seven Stars Celestial Altar remains intact.

Huang Tong attempted to sacrifice a child here, but failed and was rescued by Li Mo.

Some people have made speculations based on certain geological conditions.

Thousands of years ago.

Centered on the southern barbarian lands, and affecting large areas of nearby countries, a super earthquake occurred, burying countless ancient sites of the Great Zhou Dynasty underground.

"I don't know if it will work, but let's give it a try!"

Say it.

Li Mo took out several spirit stone lamps and arranged them around the Seven Stars Celestial Altar. Then, he took out some brushes and demon blood that he had prepared before coming here and filled them in according to the runes on the altar.

This process is not easy.

Although it was only a mini altar, considering the size of the witch race, even a so-called mini altar was quite large for the human race. Li Mo had to spend three days enchanting the entire altar.

After being enchanted by Li Mo's demon blood, the altar exuded a bloody and brutal aura.

According to the "Great Zhou Dream Interpretation", only when humans offer sacrifices to the witches will the carvings be elaborate. For the witches, the process is very simple; they only need to slaughter a large number of slaves for blood sacrifice, which the witches call sacrifice.

For humans, the word "sacrifice" is a positive one.

However, for the Wu tribe, sacrifice specifically refers to the blood sacrifice enchantment ritual.

Li Mo then took out seven mid-grade spirit stones and inserted them into the grooves of the Seven Star Heavenly Altar. The altar immediately emitted bursts of bloody light.

After doing all this, Li Mo pursed his lips and summoned the Six Ding Six Jia Matrix Puppet and the Combined Attack Puppet.

As he formed hand seals, the Six Ding Six Jia Matrix Puppet instantly transformed into thirty-six basic puppets. Centered on the altar, beams of spiritual light shot into the sky, intertwining to form a grand array.

"The next step is the final one."

In "The Great Zhou Dream Interpretation," the process of communicating with the order of heaven and earth after the Seven Stars Celestial Altar was offered to the Wu Clan in reverse was described as miraculous, almost like a rebirth. Li Mo couldn't help but be quite tempted.

So he carefully took out the sealed bottle and placed it under the altar.

With a single hand gesture, he pointed gently at the sealed bottle, which then contracted and shattered, revealing a giant sitting on the ground in a dormant state.

Affected by this, the Seven Stars Celestial Altar emitted a buzzing sound, summoning several streaks of blood-red light from all directions, like chains, which wrapped around the giant's limbs.

As a result, the little giant, which had been dormant for hundreds of years, showed signs of awakening once again.

It seemed to sense the danger, and suddenly opened its emerald green eyes, struggling desperately. The earth rumbled, and the chains that stretched out from the void, which had been binding it tightly, now showed signs of breaking free.

"This altar is too small!"

Li Mo then understood why Huang Tong had planned to build a larger altar on it.

If the sacrificial witches were to break free, their first instinct would likely be to kill the sacrificers. Given the strength of this miniature altar, it could at most only sacrifice some witch infants in return.

Fortunately, Li Mo acted with great caution.

Upon seeing this, the combined attack puppet vanished in a flash, suddenly appearing above the witch's head and slamming its fist down from mid-air.

A terrifying impact erupted, and the earth sank sharply from the center of the witch's body.

Then, the chains of order that were about to break free wrapped around him again, and a lightning sword faintly appeared, immediately drawing Li Mo's attention.

"This seems to contain a trace of tribulation lightning."

The Wu tribe, bound by the order of heaven and earth, clearly sensed the crisis.

It opened its mouth wide, as if trying to summon something, but found it empty. Its eyes widened in panic, and it looked around frantically, but couldn't find anything.

"Could it be that they are looking for that black lotus?"

Upon seeing this, Li Mo seemed to be deep in thought.

Seeing the imminent crisis, the panicked witch let out a roar, and a bright green leaf appeared on her forehead, the power of which was unknown.

But Li Mo, who was already prepared, was not about to let it go as planned.

He immediately activated the spatial restriction power of the array and directed it towards the leaf.

With a powerful distortion of spacetime, the leaf, before it could even unleash its power, began to fade rapidly and disappear.

next moment.

This leaf actually appeared in Li Mo's hand.

"Roar!!"

The witches, bound by the altar, let out angry cries.

It showed a hint of fear, glaring fiercely at Li Mo, and kept trying to break free from its current predicament.

Li Mo glanced at the leaf in his hand and his eyes lit up; he was overjoyed.

This is a treasure comparable to the Heavenly Golden Sword, its pure earth and stone spiritual energy reaching an almost unbelievable level.

Li Mo remained unmoved by the furious roars of the Wu tribe.

He actually took the magic weapon in his hand and fanned it hard. The green leaf quickly enlarged and turned into a fan. As amazing spiritual light from the earth and stone surged through it, the angry roaring witch clan was transformed into a huge sculpture, which looked lifelike and vivid.

This is clearly a magical artifact with suppressive and sealing properties.

After a while.

The lightning sword fell, striking the petrified heart of the witch clan member. Immediately afterward, Li Mo's pupils contracted, and he vaguely saw an illusory door opening above the altar.

Yes, it's a door!

The general order of heaven and earth, even when it manifests in form, often appears in various simple forms. But as a door, it is clearly mixed with too many human factors.

Li Mo had a vague feeling that this place was like a huge prison.

The degenerate age is like the iron bars and locks of a prison.

At this moment, the huge prison opened a crack in front of Li Mo, and several ribbon-like streams of spiritual light flew out and poured into Li Mo's body.

Boom!
Li Mo felt his blood, bones, and soul instantly boil over.

He felt himself melting, yet there was an indescribable sense of comfort, as if he were being reborn.

Suddenly.

Li Mo seemed to have returned to his mother's embrace, or rather, returned to his mother's body, evolving into a newborn infant under the Heavenly Dao.

Faintly.

Li Mo felt his physique being rapidly strengthened, like a fiery rock at the earth's core, brimming with intense vitality, and constantly collapsing towards his heart.

He no longer seemed to be made of flesh and blood, but rather a lava giant.

At the same time, he heard the rhythm of the earth, as if he could hear the movement and changes of the earth's crust, and countless plants and trees were making pleasant melodies, as if this was how the world should be.

Humans, monsters, ethereal beings, demons, ghosts, and evil spirits are all just parasites that destroy the natural world.

I do not know how long it has been.

Li Mo suddenly opened his eyes and stared blankly at everything around him.

His lightning spiritual root aptitude seemed to have improved, and his sensitivity to the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was significantly stronger. At the same time, his cultivation level increased dramatically in a short period of time, almost reaching the peak of the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. Furthermore, his understanding of heaven and earth and nature also improved significantly, to the point that he felt he could easily master various mid-level spells.

"This feeling is truly amazing."

Li Mo muttered to himself, as if he had realized something.

He finally understood why the Wu tribe of the Mountain and Sea Realm had completely disappeared, and he also finally understood why the "Great Zhou Dream Interpretation" recorded that the Wu tribe was always in the process of constant conquest, and that this kind of sacrifice seemed to be a transaction with heaven and earth.

(End of this chapter)