At the sight of dissolving skeletal remains, Shi Zixuan montarily blanked, then spoke.
"Stop. Stop digging."
Xiang Dong and Jin Ritian didn’t really plan to dig anymore.
They had already dug up remains, and now two more had erged with their subsequent digging.
This couldn’t be any coincidence.
Clearly, there are more bodies underneath the stone tablet.
The purpose of the stone tablet’s existence now seems apparent.
Sharing a silent glance, the two leaped out of the deep hole they had dug and landed on the ground.
They took a closer look down.
Although the part of the stone tablet that was buried underground also had ancient text on it, the words were separated into clusters of two to five, evidently the nas of people.
After confirming this detail, Jin Ritian couldn’t help but curse under his breath.
"Damn! Here I thought this stone tablet could provide so key information, turns out it’s just marking a burial site, bad luck!"
As he spoke, he raised his hand to release his Demon Fire.
Just as he was about to throw it underneath the stone tablet, the Blue Phoenix stopped him.
"Don’t be reckless. Disturbing the peace of the dead is wrong."
Jin Ritian paused at her words.
He surely wouldn’t have been pleased had anyone else tried to stop him.
He was the Southern Monster Emperor.
Couldn’t he vent his frustration a little?
What’s wrong with disturbing the peace of the dead?
It’s just so dead n’s bones after all!
But then, Blue Phoenix was no ordinary person.
Behind her, there was a person too formidable to provoke, a harbinger of both plague and death.
Reluctantly extinguishing the Demon Fire in his hand, Jin Ritian asked,
"What do we do now? If we’re not mistaken, this is a large burial ground, and even if we decipher the ancient text on the stone tablet, we probably won’t gain much from it. Should we continue our separate explorations or...?"
He directed these words at the Blue Phoenix.
But how could Blue Phoenix make that decision?
It’s not that she didn’t have opinions.
The real issue was that she had lived in the Immortal Music Palace for so many years, she beca accustod to a plain life.
What’s that saying again?
One was born in trouble, the other died in comfort.
Living such a mundane life for a long period, people tend to beco quite ordinary.
Subconsciously, the Blue Phoenix turned her head towards Li Jing in the backfield.
Shi Zixuan and Xiang Dong, standing beside, also swiftly turned their heads around.
They certainly needed advice, but not to the extent of feeling directionless like Blue Phoenix.
After all, they held imperial status.
Most of what they did on a daily basis involved making decisions.
But at this mont, undoubtedly, listening to Li Jing’s opinion seed like the best course of action.
A certain soone always made thoughtful, well-calculated decisions, and had exceptional judgnt skills - sothing they all had borne witness to.
In their hearts...
People like Shi Zixuan, Xiang Dong, and Jin Ritian who were emperors of their own realms, often lacked comprehensive thinking skills.
They, out of habit, preferred having their way.
Seeing everyone looking at him, Li Jing in the backfield smiled, thought for a mont, and said,
"The Ancient Fairyland has been destroyed for centuries now, with every construct and other things heavily decayed. The fact that this stone tablet can still be in a considerably good state, including the clearly visible inscriptions on it, indicates not only the stone’s unique materials but also that so special techniques have been applied to it. As a result, it’s not difficult to conclude that this burial site is not rely for burying a group of people together but holds special commorative significance."
"Then, about the skeletal remains — similar to the remains of powerful beings left in the burial ground of immortals, the surface seems intact but they turn to ash at the slightest touch, implying that these have also been divested of their essence like so Taoist Items. Hence, we could infer that the people resting here were extraordinary."
Having spoken his thoughts, Li Jing continued,
"It’s also a place of eternal rest, yet while the burial ground of immortals interred many venerable and powerful beings, only so Taoist Items maintained their external integrity. There were no fully intact skeletons of powerful beings, which could imply a lot."
At his words, Blue Phoenix and the others shuddered in realization.
Exactly!
How could they not have thought of this?
Although skeletal remains could be seen everywhere in the Burial Ground of Immortals, not even a single one was completely intact.
While the two sets of bones that Jin Ritian unwittingly dug out were partially damaged, overall they remained quite intact.
Being buried beneath the ground
May have been one of the reasons they could remain intact.
But this does not an that they can maintain better integrity than the remains of the strong ones in the burial ground of immortals after countless years.
"The bones in the Burial Ground of Immortals don’t show any signs of being stripped of their essence like an item, but the bones here do."
Li Jing from the backfield spoke again, saying,
"This doesn’t necessarily an that the powerful beings interred here are stronger than those in the Burial Ground of Immortals, but their bodies were definitely extraordinary and robust. Otherwise, they would not be intact like Taoist Items stripped of their essence."
Listening to his explanation, everyone started to ponder. Their expressions grew increasingly grave.
As Li Jing ntioned,
There was an evident clue right in front of their eyes.
The factors acting on the Taoist items in the burial ground of the immortals can also affect the strong physical entities.
They can strip away similar characteristics from the bodies of powerful cultivators in the sa way that they extract the essence of material objects.
Physical cultivation is inherently simple and brute-force.
The result is also quite brute-force.
As long as one has cultivated a powerful body.
Regardless of whether the foundation is ruined, cultivation is completely lost, or the body has perished, the physical body will remain at its peak level as before death.
To make it lose its state, it can only be physically destroyed.
The factors that can extract the essence from the Taoist Items can naturally also apply to many other possibilities.
There are many thods of cultivation, many of which are divergent paths.
However, it is unheard of for anyone to extract a certain characteristic directly from the body, leaving a hollow "shell" with only appearance.
But that’s secondary.
The key point is.
Such factors have stripped the essence of the Taoist Items of the powerful ones and have also taken care of the top-tier entities with a robust physique.
During this process, it is probably not just as a ans of killing enemies by soone or certain entities.
It’s also because they "need" sothing...
It’s not uncommon for aliens, including monsters, to draw nourishnt from the outside world to strengthen themself, but the effectiveness varies depending on the strength of their ability.
Considering all these factors, the Blue Phoenix and the others felt a chilling dread when they thought about it in detail.
No one knew why the Ancient Fairyland was destroyed.
There were nurous theories,
And many were mysterious.
The most convincing one was.
That the Ancient Fairyland encountered a major problem.
Sothing uncontrollable may have erged which could invade the big world and pose a direct threat to the normal operation of the world.
Now then...
Doesn’t it all connect up?
Li Jing noticed from a distance how everyone looked worse than the one before, and said.
"It seems everyone has made the relevant speculation, but don’t be too nervous. If there is anything left in the Ancient Fairyland that could kill those buried here and we happen to encounter it, the Charming Spirit will not ignore it."
Everyone was slightly taken aback by his words, and their faces relaxed considerably.
With the backing of the Charming Spirit, there wasn’t much they needed to worry about.
Things had progressed to this point.
Although Li Jing didn’t explicitly say it, everyone had already guessed sothing.
He had previously ntioned that he had other goals for going into the spatial anchor point, and that he might ask the Charming Spirit to intervene if needed, which was likely related to this.
"So what should we do now?"
Shi Zixuan asked for advice.
"Everyone else can stay here and rest for a while."
Li Jing gave an order, then turned his gaze to Xiang Dong.
"Brother Xiang, in our Eastern Immortal Domain, we must have people who are experts in ancient characters. Can you please engrave the inscriptions on this stele and I will take you back to find soone to translate."
At these words, everyone’s eyes lit up.
Li Jing is, after all, Li Jing.
If he didn’t say it,
They might have forgotten that he has the ans to return to the Immortal Domain.
The main reason is that no one had thought,
That after Li Jing sent people back, he could co back again.
But since he said it, it’s evident that it was possible.
Isn’t it very convenient?
Without any hesitation, Xiang Dong replied "Okay", and took out a small ball of spiritual objects that looked like putty and threw it at the stele.
This putty-like spiritual object was magical.
Despite being a small mass,
Once stuck to the stele, it expanded to cover the entire stele as if it could reproduce indefinitely.
Seeing the putty encapsulate the stele, Xiang Dong pointed his finger and said,
"Condense!"
Then,
The putty hardened, and a large piece covering the front of the stele fell off.
Xiang Dong waved his hand to collect it and then looked up and waited.
"Boom!"
A God Thunder descended, engulfing Li Jing.
Seeing the mont was right, Xiang Dong stepped forward and arrived by soone’s side as the God Thunder dissipated.
"How do I co back later?"
"You’ll know when you get back."
Li Jing was enigmatic, placing a hand on his shoulder.
"Hold on tight, afterwards we still have to..."
His sentence was cut short,
A "roaring" sound echoed overhead, and an extraordinarily dazzling God Thunder descended in an instant.
Without further ado, he stirred his thoughts.
Xiang Dong was the man with his separate world.
He knew this clearly.
Before having the power to overlap the independent world with the corresponding void space, it requires physical contact with the person you want to put into this world, and with their non-resistance as a prerequisite.
Seeing another God Thunder falling on his head, he promptly let go of any factors that might prevent Li Jing from sending him into his independent world, allowing him to smoothly enter.
...
The Little Universe.
Xiang Dong was directly placed by Li Jing in front of the passage leading to Chen Tang City.
He raised his eyes and saw a brick-like object embedded in the void, with a spatial passage behind it, which made Xiang Dong widen his eyes.
The Stone of All Realms.
He definitely recognized it.
After all, he had watched as Kalan gave it to Li Jing and summoned the Charming Spirit.
Ahead of him.
Li Jing, too, rather obviously used this stone to establish a passage between his independent world and the Immortal Realm.
So that’s what the Stone of All Realms could do!?
This was...
Too amazing!
No wonder it summoned the Charming Spirit!
Xiang Dong was extrely impressed, and then evilly thought.
What kind of expression will Kallen have when he finds out that the Stone of All Realms, which he has acquired long ago, has such a function?
If he gets a chance, he can actually cause a little discomfort to those long-eared enemies in the future.
He looked again at the place directly opposite his back and Xiang Dong frowned strangely.
This one...
Is it the one taken by the Charming Spirit?
Why is it here?
Could it be...
The Charming Spirit opened a passage from the Lustful Heavens to Li Jing’s place!?
He drew in a sharp breath, then Xiang Dong looked again to his left and right.
Li Jing’s independent world.
You really wouldn’t know until you entered, and it was quite shocking when you did.
Without having to wander around, he could see two strange trees, one tall and one short, radiating endless vitality and inlaid with many life rules, at his current location.
The Life Tree.
This was the first ti Xiang Dong had seen it.
But that didn’t stop him from making so judgnt on his own.
The vitality can be so rich, and can even feel many life rules from the body of the tree.
Such a treasure can only be the legendary top heavenly treasure, the Life Tree, which will completely transform into the Immortal dicine when it matures.
Barely suppressing the impulse to wander around and take a look at what other "assets" Li Jing might have, Xiang Dong stepped into the spatial passage.
...
The Ancient Fairyland.
Xiang Dong was sent away by Li Jing, who then sat down in mid-air.
With a thundercloud over his head, he was in no position to do anything else at the mont.
"Everyone have a rest. Brother Xiang might take so ti to return. We can use this ti to regain our power."
With that, Li Jing took the opportunity when there was a gap between the thunderstorms above his head, opened The Little Universe and took out a large part of the Twelfth Realm Eel that had been cooked last ti, and threw it into the distant ground.
"Golden Brother, you should also try my cooking."
At the call of "Golden Brother," Jin Ritian smiled brightly.
Before, Li Jing used to call him "Golden Dignity."
Getting the treatnt of "Golden Brother" now like Xiang Dong, did that an their relationship had beco closer?
Thinking about this, Jin Ritian said.
"Brother, thank you for your kindness. Then I will give you absolute respect."
Blue Phoenix and Shi Zixuan had tasted Li Jing’s cooking before.
There was really nothing else they could do at this mont except wait for Xiang Dong to return.
Both of them had sustained quite a loss earlier in the Broken World Fairy Cetery. Having so eel to replenish their energy was not a bad idea.
The three of them stepped forward.
Jin Ritian quite naturally took out a dining table and laid it on the ground, and then took out bowls and chopsticks.
Upon seeing this, Li Jing raised an eyebrow.
This Elder Jin...
He’s quite a man of taste!
Good guy!
Although they all had their own independent world with unlimited storage space.
But it was the first ti he saw a cultivator take out a dining table and prepare bowls and chopsticks on the go.
There.
Having made all the preparations, Jin Ritian turned toward the Blue Phoenix and Shi Zixuan, who were waiting on the sidelines, and graciously made a "please" gesture.
"Please, ladies."
Blue Phoenix was left speechless by this spectacle.
She had spent quite so ti in Cangming Entertainnt City and encountered many Blue Star cultures.
Wasn’t what Jin Ritian was showing off nothing more than the dining etiquette of Blue Star gentlen?
She called over Shi Zixuan, who had no idea what Jin Ritian was doing and found him exceptionally ostentatious, and sat her down. Blue Phoenix said with a fake annoyance.
"Alright, enough showing off. Serve the dishes."
"Alrighty!"
Jin Ritian eagerly responded, heading over to the giant eel belly that was placed on the ground. He pulled out a long knife, waved it in the air, creating a knife flourish, and quickly sliced off several pieces of tender at.
He used a bowl to gather the eel at, and then Jin Ritian turned to walk away, but then he paused on the spot with a furrowed brow, turning back around.
In the mont he turned around,
Out of the corner of his eye, he faintly caught sight of sothing erging from the broken part of the eel belly, but he was not entirely sure.
Seeing him looking fixedly at the remaining eel, Shi Zixuan asked in confusion.
"What’s wrong?"
"There seems to be sothing... sothing in this eel’s belly."
Jin Ritian mutters unconsciously.
?
Shi Zixuan slowly typed out a question mark.
Blue Phoenix also blinked in surprise.
Sothing in the eel’s belly?
Did Li Jing not clean the internal organs thoroughly?
anwhile,
On hearing Jin Ritian’s words, Li Jing also started.
He was hardly questioning his own eel preparation.
If Jin Ritian said there was sothing in the eel’s stomach, could it have sneaked in from the Little Universe?
That shouldn’t be the case.
Due to the large amount of seafood that Blue Phoenix had "caught", and each one being bigger than the other,
he didn’t place them on Canglong Mountain, but he had set up a Seven-Star Formation around the storing area.
Ordinary creatures could not approach, it doesn’t make sense that it would...
Just as he was puzzled, Li Jing froze.
Wait a minute!
What if sothing crawled into it after he took the eel out of the Little Universe?
Just as the thought occurred.
The Twelfth Realm eel, which had been cut into small pieces for eel rice and had its belly broken open, suddenly ca back to "life", wriggling its thick body and standing upright.
???
Jin Ritian, who was holding two bowls of rice close at hand, looked up.
Blue Phoenix and Shi Zixuan sitting at the dining table also stared blankly.
Before anyone could react, the eel that was already cold and had been cooked into a delicacy suddenly opened its big mouth wide and swallowed Jin Ritian, who was standing there dumbfounded, from head to toe.
!!!
Blue Phoenix and Shi Zixuan stood abruptly.
Did this eel...
co back from death?
Subconsciously, both of them were about to take action.
Seeing this, Li Jing imdiately shouted.
"Hold on! It’s the Spirit of Origin!"
???
The two won turned their heads with puzzled looks, not comprehending instantly.
The Spirit of Origin?
This cooked eel!?
Just then,
A little fairy, the sa size as Ling Ling, with butterfly wings on her back, suddenly flew out from the broken spot in the eel’s belly. She made a face at the two won, then turned into a streaming light and shot off into the distance.
Her speed was astonishing.
Not to ntion Blue Phoenix and Shi Zixuan.
Even Li Jing had no ti to react, and she was already gone.
At the sa ti,
The eel’s head burst with a "pop", Jin Ritian with a helpless look on his face, struggling to scrape off a lump of black viscous substance adhering tightly to his face.
He had no idea what this black substance was.
It clung to Jin Ritian’s face, refusing to be removed no matter how hard he tried, seeming to adhere tighter the more he struggled.
Out of options, Jin Ritian had to ask for help.
"Uh, can soone help out here?"
On seeing this, Blue Phoenix and Shi Zixuan exchanged a glance and moved forward together.
Li Jing, gazing in the direction where the Spirit of Origin had flown off, made no attempt to chase after it.
That little thing had run so fast, there was no chance of catching up.
Judging from her appearance, she seed to be very cautious.
Going after her might have the opposite effect.
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