Chapter 129: Kunlun
Chapter 129: Kunlun
At that critical moment, the Primordial Five-Colored Mirage Light broke through a bottleneck and reached the fourth layer. This both surprised and delighted Mu Yuan.
The colorful lights swirling around his body neatly separated into four layers of halos. Each layer was dazzling with five colors, overlapping and penetrating each other, creating even more splendid and fantastic hues. It was much more powerful than before. Mu Yuan even felt that no attack in the world could break through this defense!
“This Divine Ability is truly formidable, more profound and wondrous than any spell I have ever practiced!” Mu Yuan was secretly astonished by the changes in the Divine Light, but it only lasted a brief moment before he retracted his Magical Power.
“Is this Kunlun? And is that the Immortal Divine Tree before us?”
What appeared before Mu Yuan and Lin Fangjing was not a towering giant tree, nor the magnificent spectacle Mu Yuan had imagined with intertwined branches piercing the sky and dense layers of emerald leaves. Instead, it was just a section of root that had broken through the cliff wall!
The part of the root exposed outside the cliff wall stretched out for dozens of feet like spreading claws, resembling dragons and snakes. It had backward-facing sharp thorns and wisps of tendrils swaying in the wind. Clearly, there were also roots of the Immortal Tree inside the cliff rock, pushing the rock upwards, coiled and tangled, with dense traces reaching up to a hundred feet. The sight left both of them in awe.
“So, what do you think? Isn’t the main body of this Patriarch impressive enough?” The proud voice of the Longevity Patriarch rang out in his Dantian.
Mu Yuan snorted lightly and ignored him. He stepped forward and touched the exposed tendrils on the cliff wall. He felt that the essence of Jia Wood contained within was extremely abundant, vast like the sky and sea. Yet, when he circulated his profound skill to absorb it, he could not draw even a bit. He could not help but feel startled.
“Heh, trying to absorb Jia Wood essence from this Patriarch’s main body is wishful thinking. Not just you, even if the sect leader of your Longevity Palace came, he would have no method whatsoever! The Immortal Divine Tree connects to the heavens above and penetrates the nine netherworlds below. One can only observe it with the spirit, not copy it blindly.”
Hearing the Longevity Patriarch’s words, Mu Yuan felt something. Being able to face the number one divine tree in the world, he certainly would not miss such a good opportunity. He immediately sat down cross-legged, his Spiritual Sense entering a clear and insightful state, carefully contemplating that mysterious and indescribable immortality!
Lin Fangjing was also seeing the boundless magnificent scenery of Kunlun for the first time. In the Southern Abyss, the Langgan Forest stretched continuously, with undulating hills. Countless rare and exotic beasts roamed among them: phoenixes with shield-like crests, six-horned Flood Dragons, long-tailed apes, lion-dragon beasts… too many to count!
The flowers and plants surrounding the Immortal Divine Tree were even more diverse in style. There were Langgan pearl trees hung with pearls, pearl trees with red bark and green leaves, jade-veined trees… Under the Moonlight, they reflected colorful hues, like coral clusters, dazzling and beautiful, dreamlike and illusory!
“No wonder people say Kunlun is the finest scenery under heaven. It truly lives up to its reputation!”
Lin Fangjing murmured in admiration, deeply amazed. Looking into the distance, the mountain range was covered with snow, like a dormant dragon beast, rising and falling, as if it might awaken from its slumber at any moment and devour people!
While she was watching, a burst of brilliant light suddenly surged in Mu Yuan’s Dantian. Before Lin Fangjing’s eyes appeared a finely carved, jade-like doll, resembling a five or six-year-old child from the mortal world. However, its spirit was restrained, and its eyes shone like lightning. It laughed and jumped onto the root of the Immortal Tree, pointing at a giant purple tree not far away.
“This is the Great Thunder Divine Tree in the Kunlun Mountains. Have you heard of it, little girl?”
Hearing such a doll call her ‘little girl,’ Lin Fangjing wasn’t angered but instead smiled. When she understood the meaning of its words, her eyes lit up. “The Great Thunder Divine Tree!”
Of course, Lin Fangjing had heard of the Great Thunder Divine Tree. This tree used thunder energy as nourishment. Every inch of its branches contained extremely rich Thunderbolt Power and Yin-Yang Dual Energy. It was an excellent Magical Artifact for practicing the Thunder Method. Lin Fangjing had heard her sect elders mention this divine tree more than once but had never seen it, deeply regretting it. She never thought she would get to witness it herself!
She immediately walked a few steps to the Great Thunder Divine Tree mentioned by the Longevity Patriarch and extended her Spiritual Sense to investigate. Sure enough, she detected its wonders within!
Inside the divine tree, there was a natural formation. The fierce and overbearing lightning power was tamed into a liquid, juice-like form, nourishing the wood energy and emitting a powerful aura!
“Truly a divine tree, exquisitely created by nature!”
Lin Fangjing murmured to herself, “No wonder Kunlun has been the number one orthodox sect for thousands of years. Its foundation is so profound, truly leaving other sects far behind. Such astonishing natural talent, so uniquely blessed by heaven!”
The Longevity Patriarch chuckled but paid no further attention. He just sat leisurely on his own main body, the divine tree, watching Mu Yuan comprehend and experience that indescribable, ineffable essence of immortality!
Previously, in True Lord Shuiyun’s Immortal’s Abode, during the battle with the Dragon Mermaid, because the Dragon Mermaid had a bronze mirror that specifically attacked the mind and spirit, the Longevity Patriarch had split off a wisp of his Spiritual Sense and merged it into Mu Yuan’s Spiritual Sense, forming an immortal breath. Now, observing the main body of the Immortal Divine Tree, his feelings multiplied.
Mu Yuan’s powerful Spiritual Sense wandered freely within the Immortal Tree. If it were anyone else, they would have been expelled by this divine tree long ago. Even within the Kunlun sect, only the sect leader could communicate and gain insights with the Immortal Divine Tree; none of the other Primordial Spirit elders could achieve this.
His Spiritual Sense traveled upwards, reaching a height of ten thousand ren before it touched the peak of the Immortal Tree. The pathways of its veins and the flow of its energy were all clearly perceived by Mu Yuan.
And the divine tree within his Spiritual Sense was also slowly changing. Originally mixed with the Longevity Patriarch’s aura, this divine tree already had traces of the Immortal Divine Tree. Now it became even more remarkably similar in spirit. All over Mu Yuan’s body, unknown changes began to occur!
“Heaven and earth are enduring, but lifespan has its end. Those who feed on energy and become divine spirits to live long still have a time of exhaustion! The Stars are eternal, yet even they struggle for eternal life, let alone mountains, rivers, lakes, and seas!”
“The Immortal Tree, its spirit reaches to heaven, its roots planted in the earth. It receives the splendor of heaven, absorbs the essence of the earth. It itself becomes time and space, escaping the Cycle of Reincarnation of heaven and earth, standing outside of natural creation…”
Mu Yuan gradually touched upon the true divine wonder of the Immortal Divine Tree. The wood spirit within his Spiritual Sense plummeted downwards, piercing through all the major acupoints of his body, and finally settled in his Dantian. Countless rootlets spread out, extending to all the major acupoints throughout his body. The largest one, however, took root in his Dantian. All the meridians and acupoints in his body seemed to be strung together into a massive, enormous rhizome!
The Yongquan acupoints on the soles of his feet, at this moment, gripped the ground like sharp claws. A continuous stream of earth essence energy surged upwards and traveled along the fine rootlets.
From the Mud Pellet Palace acupoint at the top of his head, an ethereal green light energy shot out, forming countless branches above his head that stretched horizontally through the air. The emerald leaves, illusions created by his Zhenqi, overlapped and intertwined, soaring high into the clouds, connecting with the essence of the Nine Heavens, linking with the earth energy, continuously transforming his internal organs and expanding his meridians.
In an instant, Mu Yuan felt refreshed and invigorated, and his cultivation also improved slightly.
“Not bad, not bad. So quick to comprehend a bit of this Patriarch’s realm!” The Longevity Patriarch clapped his hands, jumped down from the Immortal Tree, and said to Mu Yuan with a laugh.
Mu Yuan only felt that the essential energy within his body was abundant. It seemed that with just a wave of his hand or a step, he could pierce the Void. Of course, he knew this was just an illusion. To achieve Void Shattering, one needed at least Primordial Spirit cultivation. But this indicated that his cultivation had improved considerably compared to before.
“How long have I been sitting here?”
Mu Yuan noticed that quite a bit of dust had settled on his clothes and asked with a slight frown.
“Not too long, just two months!” the Longevity Patriarch said carelessly, while holding a fresh, red, flowing green fruit and eating it heartily, mumbling as he spoke.
“Two months already!”
Mu Yuan looked around and saw that Lin Fangjing was also sitting peacefully beside a giant purple tree. A layer of flickering electric light enveloped her body, connecting her to the large tree in front of her. And that tree also continuously generated layers of arc light and lightning, extremely magical!
“Kunlun…”
Mu Yuan sighed. Like Lin Fangjing, he was speechless about Kunlun’s ability to lead all others.
“Stupid kid, don’t think about it. Don’t you have that Soul Pearl you just seized? Hurry up and refine it. What are you waiting for!”
Mu Yuan chuckled, opened his palm, and the Earth Guardian Kirin Curse emerged, spitting out the Soul Pearl. Mu Yuan closed his eyes and concentrated his spirit, immersing his Spiritual Sense into it. He felt as if he had fallen into a piece of gorgeous, brilliant light, filled with ethereal mist drifting back and forth like light gauze.
These wisps of mist seemed to be countless sentient beings, changing according to his thoughts. After some refinement, Mu Yuan understood the function of this Soul Pearl.
Besides being able to plunder others’ souls and transform them into his own Spiritual Sense, the Soul Pearl could also forcibly seize others’ memories. It was the top treasure for interrogation and extracting information, much better than many soul-searching great methods!
Soul-searching great methods could only extract what one wanted, and sometimes it was fragmented. But the Soul Pearl could display the other person’s entire life in detail, storing it all within the pearl. Then one could pick what was useful, and the rest would turn into wisps of mist, remaining in the Soul Pearl.
When the memories stored in the Soul Pearl became numerous enough, one could use them to set up an illusion to trap enemies. The more memories there were, the more powerful the illusion would be.
“That being the case, it’s somewhat similar to our sect’s Mirage Dragon Thousand Illusions Array. If used as an artifact to suppress the array, it would be most suitable!”
Mu Yuan immediately stored the Soul Pearl. The Soul Pearl transformed into a piece of illusory light, residing in his Sea of Consciousness. It shone brightly like the sun and moon, interacting with Mu Yuan’s Spiritual Sense and sending back many wisps of mist, strengthening Mu Yuan’s Spiritual Sense.
The Soul Devourer Beast had devoured many living souls during its lifetime, but most were ordinary people, along with some beasts and birds. There was nothing particularly worth borrowing. If Mu Yuan truly wanted to tap into this treasure’s potential, he needed to go out and hunt for them himself.
“Hmm.” Mu Yuan nodded slightly. “Speaking of pearls, it seems I got a pearl from Zhishan back then, but I’ve never used it. I don’t even know what it is.”
Mu Yuan rummaged through the Black Water Gourd and then turned his hand over. In his palm was now a fiery red round bead. Fiery energy drifted from it. Upon contact with the air, the red light on it immediately burst into flames, leaping up about a foot high, blazing and imposing!