I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 187 Mountain Goddess (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

The spring equinox has just passed, and the mountain mist has not yet dissipated.

Xiao Wujiu, who was nearly thirty years old, wore a tattered straw hat and carried a bamboo basket on his back. He walked slowly up the mountain, followed by a large white goose with its head held high and chest puffed out, named Baiyu.

"Bai Yu, I had a dream last night. I dreamt that there was a mountain goddess on the mountain who could save my life. It must be because Old Man Wang and the others said there were monsters on the mountain that I was affected."

Bai Yu let out a 'caw' and flapped its wings twice.

Xiao Wujiu muttered to himself, "But even if I really find the Mountain Goddess, I don't want her to save me. My grave is all repaired, and the tombstone is all carved. If the Mountain Goddess saves me, the grave can be filled, but what about the tombstone with the inscription? I saved up for half a year to buy the best stone..."

As the mountain path deepened, the vegetation became increasingly lush.

Xiao Wujiu suddenly exclaimed "Eh!" and squatted down to touch the wildflowers at his feet.

"That's rare. I've seen peach trees blooming in the twelfth lunar month, but even the moss in the cracks of the rocks is so green it looks like you could squeeze water out of it..."

He rubbed his fingertips together, collecting a faint wisp of green mist, and a knowing glint flashed in his eyes.

"interesting."

Further ahead, the fog was so thick that you couldn't see your hand in front of your face, making people hesitant to venture in.

"There are offerings? Does Aunt Liu really worship the mountain goddess? She's so stingy that she'll take my whole basket of wild vegetables even if I just lend her a hoe, but she's willing to use white flour buns as offerings for the mountain goddess."

Xiao Wujiu unceremoniously picked up the large steamed bun from the plate by the roadside, blew off the paper dust, and was about to take a bite when he thought for a moment, then broke it in half and stuffed one half into his pocket.

"Using this half for dinner saves money!"

Biting into the cold, hard steamed bun, Xiao Wujiu fearlessly stepped into the mist, while Bai Yu rushed ahead, flapping his wings and making a cacophony all the way.

"Bai Yu, slow down! What if it's not the Mountain Goddess ahead, but a monster that eats geese?"

Xiao Wujiu quickly caught up with Bai Yu, and soon the fog dissipated, revealing a bright and clear view.

Ancient pines hang down in the mountain valley, vines weave a tapestry of springtime splendor, an out-of-season scene of vibrant beauty.

In the open space in the center, flowers bloomed like a sea, and a girl lay face down with her head on her arm, fast asleep with her eyes closed.

Her clothes were stained with blood but she was unharmed. Her black hair was disheveled, and sparrows landed on her head, chirping. A squirrel was holding a pine cone and munching on her shoulder.

Xiao Wujiu narrowed his eyes, showing no fear whatsoever, after all, he was a man who was about to die.

"These days, even monsters are so elaborate?"

Before the words were finished, a hissing sound suddenly came from the treetop. A black snake was coiled on a branch, its vertical pupils coldly staring at the sleeping girl, but it was as if it was blocked by some invisible barrier, and it could not peek down no matter what.

"Oh? The good are drawn near, the wicked are banished?" Xiao Wujiu stroked his chin. "A demon? Or a cultivator?"

Just as he was pondering this, Bai Yu suddenly spread his wings and plunged into the girl in the flower bushes.

"Oh my god!"

Xiao Wujiu reached out to grab it, but grasped at nothing. He then rushed to the girl's side without being blocked by the invisible energy.

With a snap of its beak, the white-feathered goose grabbed the tassel of the jade pendant at the person's waist.

Xiao Wujiu stared in surprise at the half-white, half-red lotus pendant, and the sleeping girl suddenly opened her eyes.

In an instant, the birds in the valley scattered in fright, the squirrels fled, and even the black snake slithered away and disappeared without a trace.

Only Bai Yu, with his neck stiff and the tassel still firmly in his mouth, looked like he was willing to risk his life for the tassel.

The girl was Jiang Yi, who had just recovered from serious injuries and had been in a deep sleep for three months.

She slowly sat up, staring at the person and the goose in front of her. Her gaze went from blank to sharp in just half a breath, and then turned to astonishment.

She had seen this person before!
Xiao Wujiu raised his hands, smiling innocently.

"Please don't be offended, young lady. My goose has poor eyesight and always mistakes the jade pendant tassel for an earthworm."

As he spoke, Xiao Wujiu nudged Bai Yu with his foot, "Aren't you going to let go? Do you want to be cooked alive after you've shed all your fur?"

Bai Yu reluctantly spat out the tassel, squawking and grumbling.

Jiang Yi looked down and saw the Yin-Yang pendant swaying at her waist. Thinking of Hua Gu Hong Li, she immediately extended her divine sense. But as soon as she moved, a tearing pain struck her from her sea of ​​consciousness and dantian, and she could faintly hear the sound of chains in her ears.

Jiang Yi's face turned deathly pale, and fine beads of cold sweat instantly appeared on her forehead. She cautiously released her weakest divine sense to check the situation of the two elements falling into the ground.

Hua Gu and Hong Li, the demon seed, were unharmed, but their injuries had not healed and they were still asleep.

Upon further examining her own sea of ​​consciousness and dantian, Jiang Yi discovered that each of them was bound and locked by three blood-red chains.

Blood River Severing Spirit Lock!

Jiang Yi quickly rolled up her sleeve to check her arm. Fortunately, no poison had spread. She knew that this secret technique was created by a notorious poison master, the "Blood River Venerable." His famous formation, the "Ten Thousand Poisons Blood River Formation," could, once activated, turn ten thousand people within the formation into highly poisonous puppets for his use.

The main function of the Blood River Soul-Severing Lock is to refine poison puppets, which use poison to invade the enemy's body and turn into chains to entangle the dantian and sea of ​​consciousness, preventing the enemy from mobilizing spiritual power or using divine sense.

The sealed person's meridians feel like they are being gnawed by thousands of ants, causing unbearable pain from which they cannot escape. Furthermore, the toxins slowly erode the enemy's body and soul, causing dark red blood lines to appear on their body, their soul to gradually weaken, and ultimately leading to the loss of self-awareness.

She doesn't feel any poisoning right now, which is probably because the detoxification effect of the spiritual energy circulation in her body and the release of toxins have reached a balance. The moonlight barrier in her sea of ​​consciousness is also effectively blocking the toxins from eroding her soul.

The only problem is this lock; it locks her cultivation, preventing her from unleashing the power of a Foundation Establishment cultivator at the early stage, at most... Qi Refining stage.

To break the Blood River Spirit Lock, one must be a cultivator of a whole realm higher than the caster to break the secret technique without any side effects; that is, a Nascent Soul cultivator.

But since she had been unconscious for so long, her master hadn't come looking for her. It was probably because the Dream Fairy Sect had made some gains and couldn't get away. And seeing that her life wasn't in danger, they didn't bother with her.

After all, she has always been a reliable person.

Another method is that the Heavenly Gang Demon-Subduing Sword has a natural and powerful restraining effect on such evil things. The divine consciousness inside the sea of ​​consciousness transforms into a sword, and the Heavenly Gang Star Power outside the sea of ​​consciousness transforms into sword energy. With the inside and outside working together, it should be able to break the chain seal.

However, she hasn't officially started cultivating the Sword Manual's inner techniques yet, and she's not proficient at transforming her divine sense into a sword. She needs a quiet place to cultivate for a while.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yi looked up and carefully examined the person in front of her.

This mortal and the snow demon looked exactly like the original owner of the Yin-Yang Pendant in the snow demon's memory, the white-robed cultivator who played the zither and wielded the sword.

He was around thirty years old, with clear features, slightly drooping eyes, and a few fine lines appearing at the corners of his eyes when he smiled, exuding a lazy and friendly air.

He was thin, wearing a patched farmer's short cloth shirt that hung loosely on his body, with the cuffs rolled up and stained with mud. He had an old bamboo basket slung across his back, with a few wild vegetables that he had just dug up scattered inside.

Those hands had long, slender joints, and the palms and fingertips were covered with a thin layer of calluses. Like Jiang Yi's, they were hands that had been wielding a sword for many years.

At first glance, this man looks like a down-on-his-luck farmer, but upon closer inspection, one senses a calm and relaxed demeanor even in his destitution, as if he could eat some porridge with pickled vegetables and then figure things out even if the sky were to fall.

He walks with a very steady gait, making almost no sound when he steps on the muddy ground. He is skilled in light-footed techniques and is a master.

However... there is a strange power within him that has extinguished his life force; he will surely die within a year!

"You're a swordsman?"

Xiao Wujiu quickly waved his hand, "Oh, I don't deserve such praise. I'm just a radish grower in the village. But you, young lady... what kind of martial arts are you practicing? How can you turn this desolate mountain wilderness into something like the back garden of the Mountain Goddess?"

Jiang Yi didn't respond, but just stared at the person in front of her, her mind racing with all sorts of thoughts.

The cultivation world naturally has the concept of reincarnation, but I have never heard of a reincarnated person looking exactly the same as their previous life.

Only powerful cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage or above can leave special marks on a person's true spirit to facilitate finding the reincarnated person. Of course, the reincarnated person may not be human.

Jiang Yi had lived for so long, and this was the first time she had ever seen two people who looked exactly alike. She subconsciously fiddled with the Yin-Yang Pendant, fearing that some kind of causal force had brought her here.

Jiang Yi tried to stand up, but the movement pulled on her back. The wound had healed, but her skin was still taut.

Following her movements, Xiao Wujiu caught a glimpse of the bloodstains and torn clothes on her back, and quickly turned away to avoid suspicion.

"If you need medicine, young lady, I have half a bottle of wound medicine, but... it expired two years ago, so I don't know if it's still effective..."

"The one who grows radishes," Jiang Yi called softly.

"Ugh!"

"Stand here and wait!"

Jiang Yi went behind the tree and changed into an ordinary blue dress. The rock-patterned silk armor that her master had given her had been pierced by that Golden Core cultivator in one blow. She would keep it for the time being and see if her master could repair it later, since it was a low-grade magic weapon.

The matter of the woman in yellow has been resolved, but she still hasn't overcome the feeling of being moved by love, and always feels that she's just one step away from it.

Hua Gu and Hong Li are asleep in the Two Elements Fall. They are more seriously injured than she is. When she falls into a deep sleep, most of the power in her body is used to ensure her own recovery.

Hua Gu and Hong Li will need to rest for a while before they can fully recover and wake up.

Before breaking the Blood River Spirit Lock, if she were to travel back to the sect alone, it would be difficult to deal with the various troubles she would encounter along the way, and there was no guarantee that there would still be people from the Qin and Zhang families lying in ambush near the sect.

Jiang Yi peeked out and looked into the distance. The man was still standing there with his back to her, occasionally kicking the white goose next to him to stop it from squawking.

This person had clearly seen that she was a cultivator, yet he showed neither the fear and trepidation of an ordinary mortal, nor any flattery or reverence.

The fact that he could bypass the invisible aura surrounding her showed that he had no ill intentions or ulterior motives towards her.

Having cultivated the Sleeping Immortal Technique to the second level, even unconsciously, the invisible energy surrounding her could recognize and repel malice.

Why not... stay in this mortal realm for a while, settle this unknown cause and effect, and wait for Hua Gu and Hong Li to recover before breaking the Blood River Spirit Lock and leaving?

(End of this chapter)