282: Chapter 283 A map in the palm of one's hand encompasses heaven and earth; one's will traverses the nine provinces.

Having completely renovated the Ethereal Wonderland, Lu Chen headed straight for Zhongnan Mountain.

Outside the thousand-year-old capital of Chang'an, the continuous mountain ranges lay like dormant Dragons.

On the highest and most renowned main peak, amidst swirling clouds and mist, one could faintly discern jade pavilions and towers; this was precisely the Holy Land of the Daoist School—Shangqing Palace.

"Ancient Tomb..." Within the map of mountains and rivers in Lu Chen's Sea of Consciousness, in the patch of light and shadow representing the Zhongnan Mountain region, a tiny point of light suddenly ignited and flickered, perfectly overlapping with the location of the underground space he sensed with his Divine Sense.

"As I thought." Lu Chen nodded.

It seems this Ancient Tomb is indeed a blessed land, or at the very least, a crucial node; otherwise, the map of mountains and rivers would not have reacted.

With a thought, he acted.

By the Jade Pool in the Kunlun Sacred Realm, the four women—Yin Susu, Ji Xiaofu, Fang Yanqing, and Yang Huangyi—felt a flash of light before their eyes, and the next moment, they appeared above the valley of Zhongnan Mountain.

Below their feet swirled clouds and mist, and the surrounding mountain scenery was unfamiliar.

"Eh? Where is this?" Yang Huangyi looked around curiously.

Yin Susu reacted the fastest: "Husband, you've been gone for another dozen days or so; where have you brought us?"

Lu Chen smiled and pointed to the seemingly ordinary valley below: "Huang Yi, take a look below; do you recognize it?"

Yang Huangyi gazed intently. At first, she was bewildered, but soon, a flash of excitement and nostalgia crossed her eyes.

"It's... it's the Ancient Tomb! It's the Ancient Tomb!"

"It doesn't take that long to travel from the Kunlun Mountains to Zhongnan Mountain!" Yin Susu was still calculating, feeling that the time Lu Chen had disappeared didn't add up.

Lu Chen stepped forward, wrapped his arms around Yin Susu, gently stroked her lower abdomen, and said dotingly: "I went to handle an important matter this time and went back to check on the ancestral grounds of the Xiaoyao Sect."

"If our baby wants to embark on the path of cultivation in the future, they will need the protection of the Old Ancestor of the Jie Sect!"

Upon hearing this, Fang Yanqing, Ji Xiaofu, and Yang Huangyi all wore expressions of disbelief: "Is the Immortal Realm really that easy to visit? When are we setting off?"

Lu Chen laughed it off and did not continue the topic.

When their group entered the Ancient Tomb, several maidservants dressed in plain white robes were stunned when they saw Yang Huangyi, and then erupted into joyful cries.

"Young Miss! It's Young Miss and the Young Master-in-law who have returned!"

"Young Miss! Young Master-in-law!" The maidservants waved excitedly at Yang Huangyi.

Yang Huangyi's eyes reddened slightly, and she moved. "Qing'er! Lan'er!"

She clearly had deep affection for those maidservants; as soon as she landed, she was surrounded, and they chattered away, expressing their longing and worries after the separation.

After the group finished reminiscing, everyone left the Ancient Tomb. Lu Chen took a deep breath and slowly raised his hands, as if lifting an invisible, heavy object.

"Mountains and Rivers!" he whispered.

The map of mountains and rivers in his Sea of Consciousness shone brilliantly.

A vast and majestic spatial power, centered on Lu Chen, enveloped the entire area where the Ancient Tomb was located.

The ground began to tremble slightly, and ripples appeared in space. The Ancient Tomb became distorted and blurry, as if the entire world were rotating and compressing. Everything became illusory.

The entire space turned into a stream of light and plunged into the map of mountains and rivers that Lu Chen had already unfurled in his palm.

On the map of mountains and rivers, the flickering point of light representing the Zhongnan Mountain region stabilized.

The back mountain of Zhongnan Mountain, where the Ancient Tomb was located, was completely folded away from reality and disappeared, as if it had never existed.

"This... is that it?" Yin Susu's mouth hung open. She had imagined all sorts of earth-shattering scenes, but she hadn't expected that Lu Chen would just "grab" it and pack away a legendary School's base like that.

Ji Xiaofu also wore a look of disbelief. A sharp light flashed in Fang Yanqing's eyes, as if she were analyzing the mysteries of the spatial power just now.

Yang Huangyi steadied herself. Looking at the empty space ahead and then at the scroll in Lu Chen's hand, she finally understood what had happened, and her face displayed an expression of both amazement and joy. "Husband, this..."

"Alright, let's go inside to talk." Lu Chen smiled, and with a thought, he took the four women and the maidservants, flashed, and entered the space within the map of mountains and rivers.

The next moment, everyone appeared in the hall of the Ancient Tomb that had just been "relocated" inside. Of course, there were also the "Night-Shining Pearls"—incandescent light bulbs—that Lu Chen had created back then.

Yang Huangyi took a deep breath and looked at Lu Chen, her eyes filled with little stars of adoration.

Just then, a strange change occurred within the map of mountains and rivers!

The light clusters representing the Kunlun Sacred Realm, the Ethereal Wonderland, and the newly added Zhongnan Ancient Tomb suddenly lit up with brilliant golden energy channels!

These channels seemed substantial; golden light flowed like a long river of energy, continuously flowing from the Kunlun Sacred Realm to the Ethereal Wonderland and to the Ancient Tomb at the back of Zhongnan Mountain, ultimately forming a triangular network.

Hum... Within the entire Ancient Tomb space, the concentration of Spiritual Qi began to skyrocket at a speed visible to the naked eye!

The Ancient Tomb, which had been slightly quiet due to leaving the earth's veins, quickly revitalized with vibrant life. The moss on the stone walls seemed greener, and the air was filled with a refreshing fragrance. Those maidservants only had to take a few breaths to feel refreshed and full of energy.

Lu Chen could clearly feel that the Ethereal Wonderland had also undergone huge changes; the concentration of Spiritual Qi was increasing! A glimmer of realization flashed in his eyes. "So that's it!" He clapped his hands.

"Husband, what have you understood again?" Yin Susu asked.

Lu Chen explained: "The entire back mountain of this Zhongnan Mountain is on top of a Dragon vein node!"

Lu Chen said, enunciating each word, "The land of China is covered in Dragon veins, with main veins and branch veins, like the meridians of a human body. Some special blessed lands happen to be located on the key nodes of these Dragon veins, capable of connecting to the Spiritual Qi of the earth's veins."

He paused, looking at the golden energy channels connecting Kunlun, Piaomiao Peak, and the Zhongnan Immortal Mountain, his eyes shining.

"I previously thought that for the map of mountains and rivers to store blessed lands, it needed Spiritual Roots as 'anchors.' Now it seems it's Dragon vein nodes!"

"Kunlun is the ancestor of all mountains, the source of the Dragon veins, and the largest main node. This Zhongnan Immortal Mountain is one of the important secondary nodes."

"Now, the map of mountains and rivers has connected them. The Spiritual Qi of Kunlun can pass through these channels to nourish the Zhongnan Immortal Mountain, allowing it to maintain its characteristics as a blessed land here, and even... be better than before!"

Listening to Lu Chen's explanation, the women nodded, seemingly understanding yet not quite grasping it.

Lu Chen's gaze became increasingly profound. He looked at the vast light and shadow on the map of mountains and rivers, representing the territory of the Great Ming and even wider regions, and a bold idea surged into his mind.

"If I find all these legendary blessed lands and those hidden Dragon vein nodes, store them one by one into this map of mountains and rivers, and then connect them all with energy channels..."

"Doesn't that mean that in the future, on this Earth, I can reach anywhere I want in an instant?!"

"At that time, what does 'under the wide heaven, all is the king's land' mean?"

"This is what it truly means to say 'I am the world'!"

Watching their husband, who looked as if he had found a treasure and couldn't wait to put his hands on his hips and laugh wildly, Yin Susu and the others, along with the group of maidservants nearby, were all speechless.

But in her eyes, there was also a sense of anticipation and a glow of pride.

Her man's goals seemed to be getting more and more "outrageous," but also increasingly... interesting.

Lu Chen didn't care what they thought; his mind was now full of the grand blueprint of a "Global Node Teleportation Network."

"With matters here concluded, let's return to the capital first."