Who let him join the Sword Sect!

Chapter 504 The Origin of Tires

At this time, in Central Continent.

Holding the Medicine King Cauldron, Qin Lang stood in the center of the wasteland. As the array patterns beneath his feet fluctuated, endless vitality surged from the cauldron, seeping into the desolate earth.

The ancient dragon village soared in the air, and with each roar of its dragon, gentle rain fell upon the earth.

With the help of both, tiny specks of green sprouted from the wasteland.

New shoots emerge, full of vitality.

However, this green color could not last long. Even with the blessing of the Medicine King's Cauldron, it was fleeting and was polluted again in an instant.

Until Mother Tree arrived, she was pushed and rolled from Changzhou by the fireflies.

The roots of the Mother Tree spread from underground to the border of the Central Continent, following the interconnected veins of the Eastern Continent.

Subsequently, under the protection of the Tianzong cultivators, she invaded Zhongzhou along the star vein guarded by the Tianzong, and arrived here with the guidance of Qin Lang and Xiang.

The earth rumbled, as if a dragon were turning over.

After a while, it suddenly burst into a soft "poof".

A root transformed into the shape of a young girl and emerged from the ground beside the Medicine King's Cauldron.

As soon as Mother Tree, who had created an interactive interface for herself, appeared, she patted her clothes somewhat unhappily, as if she had been stained with something unclean.

However, after sensing the life force emanating from the Medicine King Cauldron, she exclaimed "Ah!" and then took a comfortable deep breath, her expression becoming quite content.

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After feeling comfortable for a while, she remembered her business. After greeting the village flying in the sky, she took another deep breath.

Her roots wriggled in the earth, emerging from those pre-determined locations. The roots peeked out, took a breath of fresh air, and then burrowed back into the ground, like a turtle taking a breath.

As the roots spread, the broken veins of the earth in this area were reconnected.

However, this connection is only temporary and unstable. If you want to further strengthen it, you will need to take the next step.

Roll it up.

The roots that had been protruding and shrinking back into the ground once more, this time sprouted something else.

The enormous flower buds used the deep pits they had dug as channels to push open the earth.

As the flower buds opened, tires emerged from within.

A green, ring-shaped, detachable giant spore, its exact nature unclear, was named "Tire" by the people of Medicine King Valley based on its shape.

The shape is a wheel, while the tire represents new life and embryo.

That's why it's called a tire.

Anyway, it's quite reasonable, and everyone thinks it's reasonable.

Along with the tires, the fireflies that grew alongside the mother tree also sprouted flower buds.

After they came out, they took a deep breath of the life force released by the Medicine King Cauldron, and then they pushed, stepped on, and pedaled the tires and ran happily.

Among the little fireflies, there are also some little rotten girls.

As the hundred or so giant tires rolled, all sorts of strange plants took root in the wasteland, thriving under the protection of the Mother Tree's roots and the Medicine King's Cauldron.

There were also some colorful mushrooms and sticky mycelium mixed in, probably planted by Fukihime on a whim.

These plants are new varieties cultivated in Luoyushan, Changzhou. After testing and verification, it has been proven that they can adapt to the waste soil environment and, to a certain extent, purify the pollution of the waste soil.

These plants are a bit strange, though.

For example, an eggplant that can change its appearance.
Looking at those strange plants, the junior sister felt that she couldn't let the mother tree and the rotten princess play anymore, otherwise the future would be unimaginable.

Heaven knows how many evil things might lurk in Central Continent.

I've already sampled enough different kinds of Tai Sui...

But no matter what the junior sister thought, the action continued, and more and more greenery appeared.

Amidst this joyful rolling of tires, small calamities occasionally emerge from the ground.

However, due to the Sword Sect's harvest and the Medicine King Cauldron's suppression, these calamities have long since become insignificant and pitifully weak, even unable to defeat Lily.

The fireflies, with their ahoge (cowlicks) twirling, saw the Calamity that had been driven out, grabbed it, and slapped it across the face several times.

Then snap it and throw it to those cucumbers with eight mouths to eat.

Just like applying color, the area within a radius of twenty or thirty miles quickly became vibrant with life.

While it's a bit too vibrant, these Changzhou specialties are starting to show a trend of evolving into something resembling Plants vs. Zombies.

At this point, the governance plan had reached its penultimate step.

The Thousand Machines Pavilion cultivators, who had prepared well in advance, flew down from the sky on their impressive Thousand Machines magical artifacts.

Under the clamorous banner that fluttered in the wind, the Thousand Machine Cultivators unfurled their prepared mobile platforms.

The technologies used on these platforms have been verified at the Linglu Valley and Luoyu Mountain observation bases. In addition to ensuring the daily lives of cultivators, these platforms can also plan the growth of those evil plants.

To prevent them from becoming too unruly and turning into another kind of disaster.

Like a greenhouse, circular domes unfold around the floating platform, covering the earth.

The junior sister stood on her flying sword in the air and looked around. Suddenly, she remembered the image that Zhang Ze had brought out from the ancestral temple in the Mountain and Sea Secret Realm.

These silver domes in front of them are very similar to the strongholds set up by the exiled fleet in Ah Li's memory.

Not only those silver domes, but upon closer inspection, even the current situation is somewhat similar.

They were faced with nothing but a wasteland where no living thing could grow.

However, they now have far more and better cards to play than their ancestors.

"This time, we're in!"

Before Chen Qin could even utter the words "I won't lose," her self-talk was physically interrupted by her older sister, Chen Mumu.

Pavilion Master Mu Mu covered her younger sister's mouth and reminded her, "Don't say such things in advance, it's bad luck."

Unlike her brother-in-law, who was obsessed with seclusion, Chen Qin was often played with like a doll by Chen Mumu when she was a child. She could tell what the girl wanted to say at a glance.

The junior sister quickly shut up. She remembered that her senior brother had mentioned this, saying that it was called "planting a flag" or "establishing a flag," which was a very unlucky ritual.

While the junior sister's flag-planting activity was forcibly interrupted, the Zhongzhou governance platform construction plan also reached its final stage.

They used the power of the sacred tree to suppress the Central Continent.

However, the roots of the sacred tree are not as pliable as those of the mother tree, and they grow extremely slowly; it would be an unknown number of years before they could reach out.

Therefore, the Sacred Tree Department came up with a new idea.

That means planting a new one.

Dizhuomala followed Anya's grandmother to the central open space.

There was no silver dome there, nor any chili peppers that would suck your toes; there was only an empty space.

Grandma Anya gave Qin Lang a disdainful look, but in the end she still took out a seed.

The seed is golden, like a grain of rice.

It is the seed of the sacred tree.

Qin Lang smiled and bowed to Granny Anya, then made a hand seal to summon the life-giving Gu that had been passed down from Medicine King Valley.

The junior sister, who had been flying in the sky, pulled her older sister Mu Mu down to Qin Lang's side. She stood on tiptoe, looking at the living Gu, trying to see what it looked like.

However, it was unclear.

The living Gu looked like a ball of light, soft and squishy, ​​and it was hard to tell what it felt like to touch.

But no matter how closely you look at it, you can't see what's inside.

After the emergence of the Living Gu, the seeds of the Sacred Tree seemed to be attracted. Drawn by an unseen force, the seeds drifted toward the Living Gu and began to merge.

After the two merged, an invisible ripple began to spread from it, like a heartbeat, like the sound of a drum.

As the Gu, carrying its seeds, merged into the earth beneath their feet, a root of the Mother Tree transformed into a giant blue snake, rising into the air and swirling with the village.

The rain started again.

Nourished by the rain, a silvery-white sprout emerged from the earth and began to grow rapidly.

Soon, a sapling over a hundred meters tall rose from the ground, pointing straight to the sky.

Sunlight pierced through the murky clouds in the sky and shone upon the newly sprouted sacred tree sapling.

Only then was the chaos here completely suppressed.

However, to truly purify it, we need to descend to the Jade Capital beneath the sea.

After that, with the growth of this silver sacred tree sapling and the efforts of the mother tree, the entire wasteland of Central Continent will be purified.

This is the plan of the Thousand Machines Pavilion and the Six Sects.

……

After the sacred tree sapling stopped growing, Qin Lang stepped forward under the wary gaze of Granny Anya.

However, looking at the sacred tree so close at hand, he didn't reach out to touch it, but merely beckoned it. At his call, a moment later, the life-giving Gu was released from the sacred tree and returned to Qin Lang's hand.

At this point, the state of the Gu worm was not good, and it was different from its initial soft and light appearance.

Its color was dull and lifeless, looking like it desperately needed watering.

Qin Lang touched the living Gu as if to soothe it, and then threw it into the Medicine King Cauldron.

There was a pop.

The living Gu was immersed in it and began to recover its health.

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The junior sister looked curiously at the life-giving Gu that was rising and falling in the Medicine King Cauldron, then turned to look at the towering new sacred tree sapling, and was a little confused.

It's baffling why Grandma Anya, who's always wary of Qin Lang, would so readily entrust the seeds to him.

But Master Qin really only touched it once and didn't do anything else.

Shouldn't it be dug up completely?
Because the junior sister had been thoroughly corrupted by Zhang Ze, her cunning eyes were now exactly the same.

Qin Lang glanced at her and smiled.

"Is my image really that bad? I'm not a child. Even when I'm being silly, I should know when to stop."

"And judging from the appearance of the living Gu, it probably won't be eyeing the Sacred Tree again."

Whether it was out of defiance or agreement, the living Gu that was soaking in the Medicine King Cauldron bubbled up.

The junior sister shook her head, not understanding what it meant.

Qin Lang explained, "The living Gu has been passed down through generations of Valley Masters. It not only grows stronger with the nurturing of each Valley Master, but also inherits some of the memories, thoughts, and knowledge of each Valley Master, passing them on to the next generation."

"During the great war between the East and West, Medicine King Valley was naturally not spared. Before the Valley Master disappeared, he used a secret method to send the living Gu back, along with a lingering obsession."

As Qin Lang spoke, he tapped the body of the Medicine King Cauldron with his hand, and the living Gu inside was awakened again, floating up somewhat unwillingly.

As the junior sister looked at the living Gu, she had a momentary illusion. She seemed to see something like mycelium spreading and burrowing into the bodies of everyone present.

But when I blinked again, I saw nothing.

At the same time, a vague and fragmented obsession appeared in the minds of those present.

If only there were a sacred tree.

If there were a sacred tree, more people could be saved.

Even a single seed would be helpful.

[If the Gu poison and the sacred tree are together.]

There were many "what ifs," but in the end, they all vanished into nothingness.

Qin Lang snapped his fingers, and the obsession that had been lingering in everyone's hearts vanished in an instant, and the Gu worm sank back to the bottom of the Medicine King Cauldron.

"Fortunately, my mother-in-law is of great righteousness, which has given us this opportunity to fulfill the long-cherished wish of our ancestors." Qin Lang smiled at his mother-in-law and then bowed respectfully.

"Then this is it." The junior sister looked at the sapling of the silver sacred tree beside her, and then at Qin Lang.

Qin Lang: "Yes, this is the result. The Life Gu gave most of its power to the seed, which gave birth to this new sacred tree sapling."

Lao Di, who had been quietly listening, spoke up at this moment.

"So, Master Qin, you've been pondering our sacred tree every day because you're affected by that Gu worm?"

Unexpectedly, Qin Lang shook his head upon hearing this, and said openly, "I am the Gu Master, not Gu Yi'er, so how could I be easily influenced by him?"

"My actions of collecting and protecting various spiritual plants and sacred trees, and spying on your holy trees, all stem from my own heart."

"It's my idea to do this, because there's endless fun in fighting with others."

Dizhuomala was speechless. For a moment, she felt that this person was both upright and shameless.

Looking at Qin Lang's sunny and cheerful smile, she suddenly understood why her mother-in-law disliked Mr. Qin so much.

'Hmm, I'll have to put that "Fire Prevention, Theft Prevention, and Qin Lang Prevention" sign back up when I get home.'

The day after the silver sacred tree sapling took root in the heart of Central Continent, Zhang Ze arrived here with his kicking team.

Looking at the sapling that was only a hundred meters tall, Zhang Ze exclaimed in surprise. Then he stretched his hands behind his back, preparing to do a single-leg squat.

Seeing Zhang Ze's actions, the junior sister, realizing what he was about to do, immediately pounced on him.

She slid in and tackled Zhang Ze, pinning him to the ground.

But it was too late. The sacred tree sapling had already heard Zhang Ze's whispered words and began to turn pink.

Fortunately, Granny Anya was also there. When Zhang Ze was being forcibly controlled by her junior sister, she persuaded the innocent and naive sacred tree sapling, unaware of Zhang Ze's wickedness, to return.

The pink turned back to silver.

Silver is better.

Zhang Ze, "The pink ones are so good..."

Junior sister, "What a load of rubbish!"

……

Nothing happened after that. After a final check, Zhang Ze and his invincible teammates followed the roots of the sacred tree sapling and dived into the sea below.

Colorless light enveloped everyone, creating a pure land in the sea of ​​earth.

Zhang Ze recalled the memories he had received from the monk when he was young, slowly discerning the direction and avoiding the 'whirlpools' and 'undercurrents' that appeared from time to time.

Because it wasn't the first time he'd done something like this, Zhang Ze walked with great confidence, and soon he led everyone to 'dive' to the target location.

"We've arrived," Zhang Ze said.

Lu Yuzhou, "Huh?...We've arrived?"

Zhang Ze: "Yes, we're here. It's right under our feet."

This experience is somewhat novel even for Mahayana practitioners. The feeling of having nothing to rely on and being able to vanish at any moment is both terrifying and fascinating.

It's like walking on the edge of a cliff.

So when they heard Zhang Ze's voice and felt the 'realness' beneath their feet, they were all stunned for a moment, and then they all breathed a sigh of relief.

Even the giant tortoise Zhu Luo is the same.

Although there was nothing there, what everyone was standing on was the 'outer shell' of the Jade Palace.

"How do we get in?" Qin Lang asked curiously.

"That's easy, just wait a moment."

Zhang Ze told him to calm down, and then began to touch his tattered magic bag.

"found it."

As he spoke, Zhang Ze took out what he needed from inside.

But after taking it out, he realized he might have taken the wrong one.

Holding playing cards, the bewildered little fairy was pulled out of Zhang Ze's treasure bag.

Zhang Ze gave him an awkward smile, then shoved him back into the box.

After that, Zhang Ze made two more mistakes.

Only after he placed Ah Li, who was fuming from being taken the wrong key twice in a row, on his shoulder did he stop making mistakes and take out the correct key.

That stone arm that's making a thumbs-up gesture.

This thing can help Brother Feng open the Mountain and Sea Secret Realm, there's no reason it can't open this Jade Capital.

Zhang Ze, supporting that enormous arm, closed his eyes and began to find the feeling.

He placed his middle finger on the outer shell of the white jade, gently rubbing and scratching it repeatedly, occasionally pawing at it and patting it a few times.

Skilled technique.

After a long time, Zhang Ze finally got the hang of it and found the weakness. He seized the opportunity and shoved his thick middle finger inside.

As the middle finger plunged in, a gap appeared before everyone.

Just like when entering the Mountain and Sea Secret Realm, a huge suction force emerged from the gap, and Zhang Ze only had time to retract the arm into his treasure bag.

Bai Yujing.

Zhang Ze opened his eyes, got up from the ground, and looked around at the scenery with some confusion.

"Did I go wrong?"

He did not see the divine capital called Baiyujing; all he could see was a desolate Gobi Desert.

Besides that, there is another matter that is somewhat difficult to handle.

That is, his invincible teammates were not by his side at this moment; they had all disappeared without a trace.

Even Ah Li, who was perched on his shoulder, was nowhere to be seen.

(End of this chapter)