201: This thing is destined for me

Chapter 199: This Item Is Destined For Me

"A person of destiny? How is that possible…"

Xuanjizi chuckled directly. Remembering Emperor Zhengyong whom she had met a few years ago, she still shook her head and said, "Although that Emperor Zhengyong can be considered capable, he can never reach the level of a person of destiny that you speak of…"

"The Supreme Sovereign… Senior, did you calculate wrongly?"

Tian Xingzi shook his head, then formed hand seals with both hands, pointing his middle and index fingers like swords as he swiped them across his own eyes.

In the dark night, a deep blue light flashed by, and at that moment, a trace of deep blue light appeared in his pupils, shining brilliantly.

"Heavenly Star Eyes, open!"

Then, with another wave of his hand, an archaic, Bagua-shaped Magical Artifact spun out and hovered in mid-air.

Tian Xingzi stepped on it, and his figure soared into the sky, instantly flying a hundred meters high.

"Senior?"

Xuanjizi looked strangely at Tian Xingzi who had flown into mid-air, not knowing what this Senior was up to.

Tian Xingzi's gaze flickered in mid-air as he looked towards the direction of Wannian County.

Streaks of azure clouds floated up, enveloping the entire sky above Wannian County.

No.

It shouldn't be just the entire Wannian County, but rather the entire Jingji Area behind Wannian County, stretching for thousands of miles.

"Spiritual Qi, what a rich concentration of Spiritual Qi!"

"This level of Spiritual Qi is at least equivalent to having a first-grade Spiritual Vein. What on earth happened here?"

Tian Xingzi instinctively turned back, and then his gaze became even more shocked.

To the south of Wannian County, which was the direction they had just come from, there was no azure light whatsoever.

With a thought, the Bagua Magical Artifact carried him back rapidly, quickly crossing beyond the boundary of Wannian County.

As soon as he left Wannian County, Tian Xingzi's expression changed again.

He took out that ancient jade again and examined it carefully.

However, he saw that the ancient jade, which originally had a golden-yellow glow, was now slowly fading in light, ultimately turning into an archaic cyan jade.

The Spiritual Qi… dissipated?

A flash of deep blue light crossed his eyes, and he abruptly discovered that the location he was currently in did not have a shred of Spiritual Qi.

Turning around to look again, in the direction of Wannian County behind him, wisps of cyan Qi descended from the sky, shrouding it like a waterfall.

In Tian Xingzi's line of sight, a huge Spiritual Qi waterfall appeared before him, as if blocked by a thin layer of light screen in the middle, distinct and completely unrelated.

Not a single trace of Spiritual Qi from the direction of Wannian County would flow towards the north.

As for the northern direction, it remained just like before, extremely lacking in Spiritual Qi and almost imperceptible.

"This, what on earth is going on here?"

"What on earth happened in the Jingji Area?"

"Spiritual Qi… actually locked in Wannian County, or rather the entire Jingji Area?"

Tian Xingzi's heart shook violently, and the Bagua Magical Artifact beneath his feet spun and rose once more, rapidly ascending towards the north of Wannian County.

In an instant, he flew a thousand meters away.

Standing here, he looked towards the direction of Wannian County once again.

Sure enough, the entire Wannian County, as well as several counties and villages south of Wannian County, and the even more distant capital city, were all shrouded within a huge Spiritual Qi waterfall.

It was as if… a huge hole had opened in the azure sky above the Jingji Area, and countless Spiritual Qi poured out from it, nourishing the entire Jingji Area!

These Spiritual Qi waterfalls were distinct from ordinary areas, as if an invisible, giant hand was firmly controlling this boundless Spiritual Qi within the Jingji Area.

"This… a Formation?"

"No, that's not right… I didn't sense the aura of a Formation, could it be natural?"

"However… how is that possible!"

Tian Xingzi simply couldn't believe his eyes; this kind of situation was simply unheard of!

There were records in the Sect's classics that over three thousand years ago, those powerful Sects all had Guardian Mountain Arrays.

Besides protecting the safety of the Sect and its Disciples, the greatest function was to lock in the Spiritual Qi within the mountain gate, preventing it from flowing outward, to supply the Sect's Disciples to Cultivate.

However, the size of those Guardian Mountain Arrays could only protect a single mountain peak, and the largest area was at most a little over a hundred thousand mu of land, roughly equivalent to the area of a single mountain peak.

And now, the Spiritual Qi waterfall descending from the sky before Tian Xingzi's eyes covered a range of hundreds of thousands of square kilometers!

Over a dozen county towns, several mountain ranges, millions of people, and the largest city in Great Yu, the capital city!

Tian Xingzi formed hand seals with both hands again, calculating something, but couldn't calculate anything at all.

Gazing at this huge Spiritual Qi waterfall, his expression turned alternating shades of blue and white, and it was unknown what he was thinking.

At this moment, Xuanjizi's figure also flew up from the ground, asking strangely, "Senior, what did you discover?"

"The Spiritual Qi here… is somewhat abnormal. Right, come with this old man!"

The two of them, one after the other, stepped into the territory of Wannian County once again and found Su Xi.

"Xi'er, try to Cultivate here."

"Here?"

Su Xi glanced at the surrounding wilderness with a strange look in her eyes.

This was the outskirts of Wannian County, where unknown grass and small flowers grew along the path, and there was a sparse forest nearby.

In a slightly farther direction was the county town of Wannian County, where soldiers guarding the city walls could be faintly seen.

"Alright, Grandfather."

Su Xi obediently sat cross-legged and began to circulate the Mind-Cultivation Technique of the Sect.

Before long, she entered a state of meditation.

Just as she was muddledly absorbing Spiritual Qi, Tian Xingzi pointed his middle and index fingers like a sword, steadily pressing against Su Xi's forehead.

Su Xi's figure swayed abruptly, awakening from her meditative state.

"Grandfather?"

"Compared to cultivating on ordinary days, is there any different feeling?"

Su Xi thought for a moment, her eyes lighting up as she said, "Spiritual Qi! Grandfather, I can sense so much Spiritual Qi here."

"In the past, when cultivating in the place where we lived in seclusion, I could only sense a tiny shred of Spiritual Qi after meditating for most of the day."

"But here…"

She subconsciously spread her arms and said, "I, I seem to be able to feel that Spiritual Qi is everywhere here, just like soaking in a hot spring."

Xuanjizi's expression changed drastically, and she hurriedly tried to sense it as well. After a few breaths, her eyes were also filled with shock.

"It, it really is so!"

Tian Xingzi muttered, "This place… is experiencing a resurgence of Spiritual Qi!"

"Could it be that the resurgence of Spiritual Qi in our Xuan Cang World will begin from this place?!"

"Senior!"

Xuanjizi suddenly looked towards the southwest direction. That place was vast and empty, but in the distance, wisps of deep blue flames were faintly flickering.

"What is that?"

"Such a rich ghostly spirit aura…"

"Let's go, let's go take a look!"

Tian Xingzi said, "The Spiritual Qi here is so rich, something major must have happened. This old man wants to stay in this Jingji Area for a few days to see if I can discover some clues."

The three of them rapidly headed towards the southwest direction, even releasing Magical Artifacts to travel swiftly through the dark night.

Soon, three streaks of escaping light circled the sky above this place a few times, then landed on the ground.

A huge… mass grave appeared before the three of them!

"A mass grave!"

Xuanjizi looked at the dilapidated and messy graves here, and her brows furrowed even more.

"There is a wooden sign here! There are even words on it!"

The three walked over to take a look, and their eyes became even stranger.

"Military restricted area, trespassers will be executed!"

"Wait a minute…"

Tian Xingzi raised his hand to signal the two to stop, then formed a hand seal with one hand to carefully sense. As a breeze blew past, he abruptly raised his head and said, "There are Martial Artists guarding this place!"

"One, two, three… twenty-three people!"

"Among them, there is one Innate Realm Martial Artist, three Grandmaster Realm Martial Artists, and the rest are all Martial Artists above the third rank!"

"This place…"

Tian Xingzi said in shock, "Could it be that there is some Heaven And Earth Treasure here that was discovered by the Great Yu Dynasty, which is why they sent heavy troops to protect it?"

"Won't we know by going in and taking a look?!"

Xuanjizi let out a cold snort and quickly stepped into the mass grave.

"Treasures of the world belong to those with virtue."

"As Cultivators, we naturally ought to enjoy these Heaven And Earth Treasures."

"A mere Mortal Imperial Dynasty, what qualifications do they have to enjoy it?"

Tian Xingzi frowned and said, "Fellow Daoist, the Spiritual Qi here is so rich, there must be a Heaven And Earth Treasure being born. Moreover, it is heavily guarded, which has a high probability of being done by the Great Yu Emperor."

"With you being so reckless, aren't you afraid of offending the Great Yu Emperor?"

"The Great Yu Emperor?"

Xuanjizi turned back and smiled, "Senior need not be nervous. That Great Yu Emperor is merely a Mortal. Even if this place is heavily guarded, this Junior is not afraid in the least."

"Oh?"

Tian Xingzi asked strangely, "How do you know that the Great Yu Emperor is merely a Mortal?"

"It's very simple. This Junior once accepted a Disciple inside the imperial palace, who was a concubine of that Great Yu Emperor, and I had also tested that Great Yu Emperor; there was no Spiritual Root on his body."

"Without a Spiritual Root, how could there be a Cultivator?"

Xuanjizi said confidently, "Besides, there are only Mortal means and warnings here, guarding against Mortals. There is no Formation protecting it, nor can it stop Cultivators like us."

"Inappropriate."

Tian Xingzi thought for a moment, but still shook his head and said, "This old man inherits getBitmap of the Heavenly Secrets Dao. People of our Heavenly Secrets Dao emphasize going with the flow and what is predestined by heaven."

"This place is the Jingji Area, and the resurgence of Spiritual Qi must be related to the Great Yu Emperor. This old man will not participate in this matter."

"Farewell!"

Saying this, he pulled Su Xi's small hand and turned to leave.

Xuanjizi was also somewhat hesitant, but still said, "Senior, Senior!"

"Spiritual Qi is scarce, and Heaven And Earth Treasures are extremely rare. Now that we have managed to encounter one, how can we give up so lightly?"

Seeing Tian Xingzi and Su Xi walking further and further away, Xuanjizi gritted her teeth fiercely and still stopped.

"Regardless, this place only has Mortal means and no Formation guarding it."

"As long as I am a bit faster to see what the treasure inside is, if it's ordinary then fine, but if it is…"

She reached out and patted her Storage Pouch, and a grayish-white handkerchief-shaped Magical Artifact appeared in her hand. Forming hand seals with both hands, the handkerchief glowed slightly, instantly transforming into a ball of gray mist that shrouded her entire person within it.

Then, under the shroud of this mist, she slowly moved towards the center of the mass grave.

Soon, her figure appeared in front of a small campsite.

Here were the Martial Artists guarding the mass grave.

At this moment, most people were already fast asleep, but several people were still patrolling something.

Xuanjizi also quickly discovered the purpose of their guard.

That was a dead locust tree less than five hundred meters away from the campsite; strictly speaking, it was that weird plant coiled around the locust tree.

Shaped like an octopus, it appeared pale blue overall, tightly winding around the dead locust tree. Its root system went deep into the soil, and the vines at the top coiled together, vaguely forming a weird appearance resembling a skeleton.

"This is…"

Xuanjizi quickly discovered something, murmuring, "ghost spirit grass, a second-tier Spiritual Plant! It is a Supreme Spirit Medicine for treating Divine Soul injuries of Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators, and can be used to refine Soul-Condensing Pills."

"And… this item is also one of the main Spiritual Plants for refining the 'Realm-Breaking Pill'. On Star Island overseas, it can fetch a sky-high price of at least over a hundred Spirit Stones!"

"This item… is destined for me!!!"