115: Chenjia Village Ice Valley

The next morning, Chu Jingyu went to Qingsha Village very early.

Because of the correspondence from the previous day, it didn't take much effort. The villagers who agreed to relocate had naturally packed their luggage early, waiting only for Chu Jingyu to arrive to set off immediately.

Compared to Fuhe Village, there were actually more households in Qingsha Village willing to relocate. Chu Jingyu looked down at their village from mid-air and understood the reason.

He saw that on the edge of the village, several houses had been violently destroyed and collapsed, with bloodstains splattered in the courtyards.

Presumably, before Chu Jingyu arrived, a Source Beast had broken into the village and injured people.

No wonder the villagers of this village were so cooperative; it turned out that the bloody reality was laid out before them. Under the threat of death, there was no sentimentality about having difficulty leaving one's homeland.

Chu Jingyu stood in the Void Realm, able to sense the aura of several Source Beasts moving around the village.

Through the Golden Armored Jade Pupil Beast, Chu Jingyu could roughly sense their appearance. They were not the Crocodile Source Beasts seen yesterday; they had snake-like bodies, but their bodies were flat and long, with four webbed feet, and long, narrow eyes, looking very sinister.

To be honest, this type of Source Beast did not fit Chu Jingyu's aesthetic at all, and since they were only at the Mortal Rank Realm, Chu Jingyu had no intention of capturing them alive.

He gave the Golden Armored Jade Pupil Beast the order to kill them all, and then set off with all the villagers towards Qixia Mountain.

Dealing with those Mortal Rank Source Beasts did not take much effort for the Golden Armored Jade Pupil Beast. After finishing, the Golden Armored Jade Pupil Beast strung their corpses together and caught up with the main group.

Under the awe-struck gazes of the villagers, Chu Jingyu stored these six corpses into his jade pendant.

Afterwards, although they occasionally encountered other wild Source Beasts, most were between the Mortal Rank and Uncommon Rank. Those of the Uncommon Rank were generally smarter; sensing the aura released unreservedly by the Golden Armored Jade Pupil Beast, they avoided them from afar.

If they encountered ones that weren't smart, there was no need for the Golden Armored Jade Pupil Beast to act; the White-Browed Mountain Eagle flying in the air could easily finish them off.

It took nearly the whole morning, but the villagers of Qingsha Village safely arrived at Qixia Mountain.

Just like the treatment of the Fuhe Village villagers yesterday, on the mountainside below the platform of the Fuhe Village villagers, the Golden Armored Jade Pupil Beast expanded a new platform and built houses of the same specifications, although this time more households were built.

After settling the villagers of Qingsha Village, Chu Jingyu went on without stopping to escort the villagers of Tuwozi Village.

By the end of the day, more than half of the forest on the sunny side of Qixia Mountain had been cleared, turning into three stepped platforms with many buildings added, as well as villagers coming in and out. The whole mountain gained a bit more vitality.

Disturbed by the aura of the Golden Armored Jade Pupil Beast, the Floating Jellyfish and Colorful Cloud Jellyfish that had descended upon Qixia Mountain drifted to the shady side of the mountain, completely turning that area into a mist forest.

It became a Forbidden Ground in the eyes of the villagers living on the mountain.

On the third day, at Chen Family Village, Chu Jingyu encountered a new situation.

Early in the morning, Chu Jingyu descended upon Chen Family Village.

However, he saw ice crystals growing wantonly along the streets at the village entrance, and the ground of the entire village was covered with a thick layer of ice.

Snowflakes formed from ice dust floated in the air; just a step away, it had become two different weather scenes.

Chu Jingyu looked deep into the canyon at the end of the village with profound eyes. It seemed that this breaking of the Realm had also had a certain impact on the mysterious Spirit Rank Source Beast in that Ice Valley.

Originally, the ice layer was limited to within the valley, but now it could actually be exposed to the sunlight.

Chu Jingyu had just landed at the village entrance from the air when he saw two figures jump out from outside the village, waving continuously at Chu Jingyu.

"My Lord, Noble Person, we are villagers of Chen Family Village, waiting here specifically for you."

The two, one middle-aged and one young, looked quite excited as they trotted all the way to Chu Jingyu.

Chu Jingyu glanced at the empty village and asked, "Where are the others from your village?"

"The village is too cold to stay in, so the village head took us to set up tents, and we are temporarily staying on the wheat field over there."

The elder one answered, pointing his hand towards the east.

"When did this situation in the village appear?"

The day before yesterday, when the White-Browed Mountain Eagle delivered the message, it did not convey any further emotions about anything unusual here after returning.

The elder one looked at the village, his expression becoming a bit distressed. "This situation appeared yesterday morning. First, it started snowing in the village, and then the ice layer spread from the original... from the former village head's house. We couldn't stand the cold, and when someone went out of the village to chop wood, they discovered this situation only appeared within our village. Later, the village head took all of us villagers and moved out."

Chu Jingyu nodded. "You go tell the village head first, and have the villagers pack their luggage and prepare to leave."

Then, in his heart, he gave an instruction to the White-Browed Mountain Eagle, letting it follow the two villagers to where the villagers were gathered.

Chu Jingyu turned his eyes to the village, as if he could see the Ice Valley at the end of the village. Now that he had been promoted to the Spirit Rank, he could go deep inside to take a look.

Thinking this, Chu Jingyu rose from the ground amidst the awe-struck gazes of the two villagers nearby, swept over the village, and descended directly at the entrance of the canyon.

The Ice Valley had not changed much from the last time he came, except that the ice crystals growing on the ground and the two walls had become more numerous, densely packed as if they were going to occupy every space here.

Chu Jingyu hovered in the air, slowly moving inward along the only passage of the Ice Valley.

After walking for nearly a kilometer, he finally saw the master of the entire canyon amidst the ice crystals everywhere: an Ice Lotus sitting in a cold pool.

Its lotus bloomed with twenty-seven petals, and the unfolded corolla was nearly three meters in diameter. White cold Qi was released from its lotus petals to the outside world. These mists flowed outward along the Ice Valley, turning into a thick layer of ice covering the ground.

Beside this Ice Lotus grew seven or eight white lotus flowers that looked very fragile. Although their appearance was not exactly the same as the Ice Lotus, their auras were of the same lineage, and they seemed very close.

Sensing Chu Jingyu's arrival, beside the Ice Lotus, dense ice dust swirled and gathered in the air, forming two storms.

Seeing this Spirit Rank Middle Stage Ice Lotus ready to fight without a word,

the Golden Armored Jade Pupil Beast appeared directly beside Chu Jingyu. Three huge, upright, prismatic, three-dimensional eyes floated in front of the man and the beast, and dark green brilliance instantly covered this area.

Chu Jingyu spoke: "I do not intend to be enemies with Your Excellency, but have come with good intentions. Would you like to hear me out before deciding whether to fight or not?"

Chu Jingyu's words seemed to have some effect. The ice dust storms slowly dissipated in the air, replaced by the light shadow of a huge blooming lotus protecting the entire cold pool.

After that, there were no other movements. This seemed to be a defense imposed to prevent Chu Jingyu from being untrustworthy and attacking suddenly; clearly, there was no trust at all between the man and the beast.

"As a Spirit Rank Source Beast of the plant type, you are often at an Innate disadvantage in many situations, being a tier lower when encountering Source Beasts of the same rank. At least, that is the situation you are facing now.

Why not consider forming a contract with me? I will provide for your future growth and development, and you will also be able to gain the ability to walk freely with me."