117: Is Chapter 117, or rather, is it a complete whole in itself?

Fatty was seen dancing with excitement, and a wisp of Qi was visible at his fingertips.

This caused Song Yiqing to be slightly stunned.

He knew that the backgrounds of Lin Tianyi and the other two were not simple.

The physical fitness of these three far exceeded that of ordinary people in the martial world, except for Wang Shan.

Even without Qi, Lin Tianyi and Fatty could barely keep up with his intentionally slowed pace through physical strength alone.

This was definitely not something an ordinary person could achieve.

Clearly, their place of origin should also have cultivation methods, but the two of them hadn't grasped the essentials and thus couldn't step onto the path of cultivation.

Compared to Fatty's ecstasy, Lin Tianyi appeared much more composed.

Qi also began to appear on his body.

However, Lin Tianyi didn't shout 'it's done'; instead, he quickly sat cross-legged and entered a meditative state to cultivate.

Wang Shan did the same.

In contrast, both Wang Xianzhi and Zhang Qilin remained expressionless, standing calmly to the side.

At this moment, Wang Xianzhi turned her head to look at Song Yiqing.

"Little Brother Song, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi here is exceptionally abundant, far exceeding the surface. The speed at which you recover your Qi will also greatly increase."

"Hmm?"

Song Yiqing also felt this way.

"So, what do you mean?"

"Once you've recovered, have a fight with me!"

Wang Xianzhi raised her head, her face full of anticipation for a battle.

"If you lose, give me a sword!"

"You're crazy."

Song Yiqing didn't want to deal with this martial arts fanatic at all. She wanted to fight at every turn; couldn't she have anything else in her head?

Thinking this, he also sat cross-legged and activated the Qiankun Technique to cultivate.

Cultivating in this place with abundant spiritual energy yielded remarkable results.

Simultaneously, his insights into other abilities became deeper.

Wang Xianzhi originally wanted to keep pestering him, but seeing him start to cultivate seriously, she immediately chose to give up.

"Practice then! When you return to your peak, that will be the moment I draw my sword!"

"..."

Zhang Qilin glanced at her and turned his head away speechlessly.

As time passed, Fatty suddenly frowned while practicing.

"What's going on? Why is the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi gone?"

"This place doesn't seem that great after all!"

As he spoke, he opened his eyes and saw the spiritual energy surging toward Song Yiqing like a tangible tidal vortex.

"Holy crap!! Lord Song, did you turn on a washing machine!! You're sucking it all up!!"

"Leave some for others! Leave some!!"

Lin Tianyi had finished his cultivation early. Looking at Song Yiqing's heaven-defying cultivation behavior, he also felt a sense of helplessness.

"Sometimes the gap in talent is reflected in every aspect. Even though we have cultivation methods, it took us until now to successfully refine our first wisp of Qi."

"Old Lin! We are not the same,"

Fatty said, leaning toward Wang Xianzhi.

"We geniuses generally don't have such laments as you do."

"?"

Wang Xianzhi frowned.

"Who is 'we' with you? Go away! Or I'll cut you."

"Hey hey hey! You're too fierce!"

Frightened, Fatty eventually returned to Lin Tianyi's side.

...

In the bullet chat section:

[Good, good!! Directly fast-forwarding to the cultivation arc, are we?]

[What fast-forwarding? It was already xuanhuan to begin with!! It has been since the Forbidden Zone appeared!]

[But can anyone in the know explain why Fatty and the others weren't practitioners before, but have Qi after entering this place? What's going on? If we go, can we also refine Qi?]

[Replying to the person above, this possibility exists. The reason the number of practitioners in the current world is extremely scarce is mainly because the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi has decayed too severely.]

[That's why there's no way for more people to become practitioners.]

[Because the pie is only so big, it's not enough to share.]

[But the place Song Yiqing and the others are in now should be quite special, with relatively abundant spiritual energy.]

[That's how Lin Tianyi and Fatty were indirectly activated.]

[Holy crap! There's actually such a thing. Is anyone forming a group to go to the Forbidden Zone? Just by going deep inside, there's a chance to become a practitioner!]

[Pfft! Hilarious! The person above really hasn't recognized reality! Do you think you're Song Yiqing?]

[You think you can become extraordinary just by going in?]

[Look at them, they're all practitioners, but Lord Song is like a washing machine, frantically stirring the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.]

[Fatty and the others can only watch and cry miserably!]

[Too real, it's just too real!]

...

Inside the Blood City,

After a bloody battle, Hou Kun and Tan Wei finally killed the Flood Dragon Python.

They themselves had suffered considerable injuries, and the hatred for Song Yiqing in their hearts grew even stronger.

They vowed to find him and give him a severe beating.

But when they felt the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi gradually becoming denser,

Their expressions instantly changed drastically.

"Strange! How can the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi here be so abundant?"

Tan Wei looked at Hou Kun beside him in shock.

"How is this possible! Why is there such dense spiritual energy in this place?"

"Clearly, only our Penglai should have this level of spiritual energy density!"

"Stop talking, let me calm down."

Hou Kun's expression was grave. Ever since entering the Blood City and discovering that the architectural style here was almost identical to Penglai,

A thought had formed in his mind.

And now that the spiritual energy was constantly increasing, this thought was being invisibly confirmed.

'There is an indirect or direct connection between Penglai Island and the Forbidden Zone!'

However, he still couldn't understand that one sentence the old men said when they were drunk:

'The existence of the Forbidden Zone is, in fact, protecting Penglai to some extent.'

Why would it be protecting Penglai?

Could it be that once the truth behind the formation of the Forbidden Zone is revealed, it will lead to the destruction of Penglai?

But this thought was quickly dismissed by Hou Kun.

"No, no, it's really not right!!"

"Brother Kun, what is going on with all this?"

Tan Wei looked at him with a face full of surprise and anxiety.

However, Hou Kun shook his head.

"Calm down. Let's go deeper and see. Perhaps we can find the answer."

...

Following the departure of Tan Wei and the others,

The group from the Flying Tiger Archaeology Team finally entered the Blood City. The ruin-like scene here also filled them with shock.

Just then, Dou Nanchun noticed a relief carving among the nearby ruins.

"Strange, Elder Fei, the pattern of this relief is very odd. Isn't this the pattern that appeared before in the Kunlun Forbidden Zone?"

"Why would it appear here as well?"

"What?"

Fei Erfeng looked at the strange pattern, his brows gradually furrowing.

The mural he had seen before surfaced in his mind once again.

Then he murmured a sentence,

"Could it be that the Forbidden Zones themselves are interconnected? Or rather, is it a single entity in itself?"

...