The spirit veins nurture countless living beings across the world, and can be said to be the source of life for all things.
All living things require spiritual energy to grow, and the spirit veins are rich in life force.
The spirit veins serve a purpose far beyond transporting spiritual power—they also spread life force throughout heaven and earth. Only by drawing on this life force can all things grow.
Reversing the spiritual vein means transforming the spiritual energy that brings vitality to all things into demonic qi that brings death. When that happens, all things wither, and life fades away.
At that point, the world before your eyes will become a dead world. But that’s no matter—after a long period of time, creatures suited to growing in places of demonic qi will replace the current living beings, and a new cycle of life will begin.
After hearing the Divine Dragon Senior’s description, Qin Mu felt he could summarize it: basically, this was a mass extinction of living beings!
This was part of the evolutionary process of life cycles, and there was no use trying to stop it.
“Divine Dragon Senior, then what should we do?”
Qin Mu felt a bit at a loss. Was this going to shift from a xianxia cultivation style to an apocalypse survival style? If so, the contrast was way too huge!
“What should we do? Stop it, of course!”
“Stop it? Can this even be stopped? Shouldn’t we just eat, drink, and wait for doomsday to arrive?”
Qin Mu was confused. How do you stop a mass extinction? An asteroid impact would be manageable—this world has plenty of great powers who could shatter it—but this wasn’t an asteroid impact.
“Ouch! That hurts, that hurts!”
Qin Mu suddenly felt a pain in his head. It must have been the Divine Dragon Senior’s doing inside his sea of consciousness. The Senior didn’t even know how to hold back.
“Kid, it’s obvious someone is behind this. If we don’t stop it, the entire world will suffer.”
Actually, whether the world suffered or not wasn’t something the Divine Dragon cared about, because she had no interest in saving the world. But reversing the spiritual vein was different—if it was completed, she would never be able to reshape her physical body.
That wouldn’t do! The Divine Dragon absolutely refused to allow it.
“Young Friend Qin, surely you’ve sensed it too.”
Although Shui Ao didn’t have Qin Mu’s ability to directly see the spirit veins, he could still sense that the spiritual energy around them had suddenly become somewhat impure.
Just as he finished speaking, a graceful woman in green walked out. Seeing the old man in the courtyard, she furrowed her slender brows and asked,
“Why are you here?”
“Greetings, Lu Sect Leader. This old man merely wished to have a chat with Young Friend Qin.”
Shui Ao’s opinion of Lu Qian was half displeasure—after all, she had injured quite a few Dragon Clan elders—and the other half was helplessness, because he couldn’t beat her in a fight right now. At best, he was evenly matched with Lu Qian.
If it weren’t for that, Shui Ao would have taken Qin Mu and left without a second word. But with Lu Qian here, the moment he made a move, she would sense it.
Lu Qian didn’t press further about Shui Ao’s words. Instead, she came to Mu’er’s side, then looked up at the sky and said,
“Hey, old dragon, you sensed it too, didn’t you?”
“Heh heh, worthy of being Lu Sect Leader. Such perception—this old man admires it.”
Shui Ao said this sincerely. Lu Qian herself was also a monstrous talent. In less than a thousand years, she had cultivated to such a level—one could call it lightning speed.
Ordinary cultivators would already be several hundred years old by the time they reached the Heavenly Unity Stage. Those with poor talent took a thousand years. After entering the Heavenly Unity Stage, the growth of cultivation level became even slower, and the Tribulation Stage seemed endlessly far away.
Entering the Tribulation Stage within a thousand years already made one a genius. Cultivation wasn’t just about improving one’s cultivation level—it also concerned one’s temperament and a Dao heart that would never waver.
Lu Qian paid no attention to Shui Ao’s flattery. She looked at Mu’er beside her, who was also gazing up at the sky with a hint of surprise on his face. Could it be that Mu’er had seen something?
“Mu’er.”
Lu Qian bent down slightly, looking directly at Qin Mu, and asked,
“Did you see something?”
Hearing this, Qin Mu hesitated internally for a moment.
Should he tell the truth, or should he conceal it?
If he told the truth, what if Aunt Lu asked how he was able to see it? What should he do then?
If he lied… Aunt Lu had been so good to him…
After much hesitation, Qin Mu made his decision.
“Yes! The spirit veins seem to be mixed with some demonic qi.”
Since Aunt Lu wouldn’t harm him, what was there to hide!
Besides, he could clearly see the big white thing right in front of him, and Aunt Lu didn’t seem to mind at all. Not to mention, he’d been forced to personally experience its softness quite a few times. Aunt Lu’s conscience was truly the best!
How did that saying go—big is good!
“Demonic qi…”
Hearing Qin Mu’s words, Shui Ao stroked his beard, a thoughtful look appearing between his brows.
“How strange. How could demonic qi possibly appear in the spirit veins? And moreover…”
Shui Ao’s pair of vertical pupils stared at Qin Mu, making the latter feel a chill in his heart.
“Young Friend Qin, I didn’t expect you could see to such a degree. Is this also the power of the Divine Dragon?”
In just a few short sentences, Qin Mu felt like he was facing a great enemy. This white-bearded old grandfather knew a bit too much.
As for the Divine Dragon Senior’s power, Qin Mu had basically never mentioned it to outsiders. With just a brief meeting, this Dragon Clan elder had said such a thing. If he actually went to the Dragon Clan, wouldn’t all his secrets be seen through in an instant!
“Haha, maybe so. I never really paid attention to it.”
Qin Mu brushed it off casually, while quietly moving behind Aunt Lu.
Not long after, Chu Jiujiu also arrived. The earlier disturbance had made her sense something was wrong, so she came over to ask Lu Qian and hear what she thought.
But Chu Jiujiu didn’t expect there to be another powerful figure!
Judging by appearance, it should be Dragon Clan—those eyes, plus the dragon horns on the head, were very distinctive features.
“Heh heh, this old man greets the High Priest.”
Seeing Chu Jiujiu arrive, Shui Ao greeted her with a smile.
“You are…”
Chu Jiujiu’s beautiful eyes examined the elderly dragon before her.
“This old man is Shui Ao, an elder of the Dragon Clan. Entering the Gu Tribe without greeting anyone first is rather presumptuous of me.”
The other party was so courteous, and on top of that, he had pulled her out of that world. Chu Jiujiu didn’t press further and simply nodded, saying,
“Senior is too kind.”
With that said, Chu Jiujiu turned her gaze to Lu Qian and said,
“You sensed the commotion just now too, didn’t you?”
“Yes. According to what Mu’er said, it seems there’s more demonic qi in the spirit veins.”
Lu Qian’s words surprised Chu Jiujiu.
“Demonic qi?!”
As someone at the Tribulation Stage, she naturally knew what it meant for demonic qi to appear in the spirit veins.
“It seems this day has come sooner or later.”
Chu Jiujiu muttered to herself. She had originally thought there were still a few decades left, but she hadn’t expected it to be this soon.
“Is it a problem with the Gu Tribe?”
Lu Qian asked. She also knew that Mu’er had become entangled with the Gu Tribe.
“Yes. Right now, I’m afraid we’ll need to go to the source to resolve it.”
After Chu Jiujiu finished speaking, her gaze shifted to Qin Mu, who had been trying to stay quiet and minimize his presence.
“Hm?”
Qin Mu felt Chu Jiujiu’s gaze, and then Aunt Lu’s gaze followed, along with that white-bearded old grandfather’s.
“Ahaha, everyone, keep chatting. Why are you all looking at me like that…”
Qin Mu already had a bad feeling in his heart at this moment.
“Young Master Qin, this time, we’ll have to trouble you again.”
Chu Jiujiu walked up to Qin Mu and said slowly.
Qin Mu: “…”
Sure enough, what was meant to come could never be escaped.