Capítulo 654: Chapter 353: Pilgrimage?
In addition, those special treasure lands, such as the Mountain and River Spirit Nest and the Earth’s orifice, already have owners and have long been occupied.
The entire territory has been almost fully developed, making it difficult to find any “leftovers.”
As for exploring the Night Fog Sea above the Nine Heavens, that is indeed too risky. It’s unlikely to encounter opportunities such as the Golden Palace or Divine Medicine in the sky, and climbing too high increases the chance of meeting monsters even paler than Cui Chonghe and his great-grandmother’s faces.
Qin Ming pondered, “No wonder people leave Ye State every year to explore New Worlds. For those who come after, the resources aren’t enough, and they have to seek alternative paths.”
He had been lurking in Black and White Mountain for over a month, having mostly comprehended the Scripture he studied. Next, he wanted to try his luck to see if there were any ownerless Miracle Medicines or Immortal Nests in this dark world.
If the distant and splendid human kingdom was reliable, he was also prepared to set off to take a look.
Otherwise, just relying on arduous cultivation and walking the conventional path would still take him many more years to break through the Heavenly Gate of the Fourth Realm.
“Xiao Qin, this ‘Black and White Scripture’ is indeed very useful in alleviating my symptoms. I seem to have come into contact with it long ago; it feels very familiar. I should be able to endure this long winter, so rest assured and travel afar.” Liu Mo bid farewell.
Qin Ming had long suspected that this Scripture was related to Old Man Liu, and now it was undoubtedly confirmed.
“Mountain Master, are you going on a journey again?” The talking sparrow blinked its gem-like eyes, ultimately holding back from following. It planned to take it easy for a while.
“Uncle Qin, be sure to come home often!” The Red Squirrel was much more obedient than before.
During this period, Qin Ming spent the shallow night in Black and White Mountain and the deep night under the double trees, trying to avoid the villagers here and reduce entanglements, leaving silently today.
As he passed Chixia City, he discovered that Meng Xinghai’s severe injuries from the Western Border Battlefield had nearly healed, which put his mind at ease.
“Xiao Qin, your progress has been swift. Now it’s important to steady yourself, don’t take risks!” Meng Xinghai advised earnestly.
“Uncle Meng, I understand!” Qin Ming stayed there for only a day before riding the Thunder King Bird to depart.
Even during his travel, he continued cultivating. In many giant cities in Ye State, and famous mountains struck by Heavenly Light, he left his mark.
Qin Ming couldn’t help but marvel that some territories indeed possessed Creation materials, with colorful Divine Radiance flowing through the mountains and Heavenly Light bubbling from crevices, making him drool.
Unfortunately, deep in the secret orifices of such lands, old monsters were in seclusion, having been occupied by Esoteric Buddhism, the Immortal Road, and others a thousand years ago.
Qin Ming, determined, walked in the deep mountains and great marshes, using his Newborn’s Eye, attempting to find dragon lairs, seek divine nests, and discover uncharted miraculous sites.
However, ultimately, he ended up covered in dust and dirt, surprisingly digging up a mass grave in an apparently peaceful great marsh, which later sparked bizarre phenomena.
Every time he dreamed, an old woman with blood streaming from her seven orifices appeared, seeming rooted in his Spiritual Field.
Even the Thunder King Bird was plagued with nightmares daily.
Eventually, Qin Ming used Heavenly Light to burn himself for three days and nights and continuously purified the Thunder King Bird to finally rid himself of the bleeding face.
Of course, his immediate escape to the Da Yu Imperial City also played a role; the more vibrant the yang energy of a place, the dimmer and faster the old face dissipated.
Though Qin Ming was still somewhat dissatisfied, he had to admit that the good places indeed already had owners.
Along the way, he heard many rumors about visitors from the Mysterious Realm.
In the past, batches of experts ventured far to explore the New Worlds, and it seemed only those who traveled to the southwestern direction safely returned after entering the Earth Immortal level domains.
“After discovering that splendid human civilization, we wanted to return and report quickly, but the dense mist between made the return path hundreds of times more difficult than the way there.”
By traveling different paths, once they penetrated the mist, they would appear in different territories, far deviating from their original intended destination, without knowing how far off they would be.
In those days, when they ventured southwest, it was primarily because predecessors had left stone markers before the mist, so most later followers traveled the same route.
Most crucially, the mist across wasn’t stable, intermittently appearing and disappearing over hundreds of years. To take the return path, they not only needed to try various methods but also had to wait for the clear appearance of Mist Gates to enter.
Recently, there had been news of returning travelers, so Qin Ming found it easy to inquire about them.
“Do this group of people have any problems?”
Qin Ming wondered, given the shrewdness of the Ancestor Masters in Ye State, if there were serious issues, they’d act ruthlessly regardless of whether they were once sisters or brothers.
Moreover, he suspected that, following some Ancestor Masters’ methods, they had secretly examined the Consciousness Sea of certain individuals without anyone knowing, and likely succeeded.
Soon after Qin Ming entered the Da Yu Imperial City, someone sought him out. The visitor, tall and slender, wore scarlet armor, yet couldn’t hide graceful curves. Her long hair cascaded to her waist, skin ivory-white, her beauty alluring, elegance unparalleled.
She was none other than the Fourth Princess Yao Ruoxian of the Da Yu Dynasty.
Qin Ming wasn’t surprised, given that on her territory, especially with his mount, the Thunder King Bird, being extraordinary and a gift from Yao Ruoxian, it naturally caught attention.
However, he wasn’t worried about his whereabouts being exposed.
Although he hadn’t joined the Six Imperial Ancestor Court or Tathagata Sect, he and Xiang Yiwu represented the face and image of the young generation on the Newborn Road. Furthermore, with Lu Zizai having recently backed him, in this broad context, no one would trouble him.