Chapter 131: Thinking of a Lover?
Central State, Tianyan Sect.
Above the cluster of mountain peaks towering into the clouds, magnificent and vast palaces of gold and jade were suspended.
The mountain peaks and palaces stretched out continuously together; standing at the mountain gate and looking out, one only felt that they were somewhat endless.
Looking from a distance, one felt it was the work of ghosts and gods, appearing exceptionally spectacular.
One could see many cultivators transforming into rainbow light, constantly shuttling between different mountain peaks. There were also top-tier exotic beast flying horses with wings growing on their bodies, pulling goods while treading on the air.
Exotic beasts could be seen shuttling freely within every peak.
Beneath a shorter mountain peak on the right side of the mountain range, a black flood dragon could be seen coiling around the peak, closing its eyes to rest.
Even Li Yingling, who had read storybooks, did not dare to imagine such a scene.
True Immortal clans were nothing more than this.
But this was merely the surface appearance of the Tianyan Sect.
Those who truly understood the trade did not look at those luxurious palaces or the coiled flood dragon, but rather beneath the mountain peaks.
In the eyes of Tianyan Sect disciples, this was already the most ordinary of scenes.
Occasionally, spiritual light blossomed with dazzling radiance, rushing and flowing from beneath the mountain peaks like a great river,
However, it did not rush far before crashing into a pale golden barrier.
The pale golden barrier was like a flood discharge dam, intercepting and stopping the majority of the spiritual power; only a small portion of spiritual power flowed out beyond the barrier.
The Tianyan Sect occupied one of the eighteen main streams of the spiritual energy network in the Central State, exhausting the power of the entire sect to implement methods that nearly severed the spiritual energy network here.
Only one-third of the original spiritual power would continue along the Spirit Vein, flowing toward other directions.
This was not because the Tianyan Sect was willing to let others drink soup while they ate meat; rather, wanting to completely sever such massive spiritual power was simply a fool's dream.
The Tianyan Sect had already done its utmost and could only guarantee intercepting at most two-thirds of the spiritual power under stable conditions.
Such a vast amount of spiritual power was intercepted here, preserved within by the ritual arrays set up by the Tianyan Sect.
Thus, some people said that the white clouds floating above those mountain peaks were actually not clouds of water, but Spirit Clouds formed from an excess of spiritual power.
Regarding this kind of rumor.
Xie Lingyu expressed that this matter was true, and the outside world was not spreading blind rumors.
The poor could never imagine just how extravagant the lives of the rich could be.
For other Immortal Sects, Spirit Stones might be necessities for cultivation, especially since the Spirit Gathering Arrays of most sects needed to be driven by Spirit Stones.
However, for a sect capable of monopolizing a main Spirit Vein.
Spirit Stones were merely stones used to exchange for items; as for spiritual energy, the entire sect was full of it.
Cultivating with Spirit Stones was nothing more than the effort of taking two fewer breaths.
Different ideologies would naturally lead the world in different directions.
In a world where Cultivating Immortality was a broad path, the "self" became the main theme, which also led to the strong often remaining strong permanently.
The thing that could best embody this point was these eighteen main streams of Spirit Veins.
The eighteen main Spirit Veins originated in the Central State and flowed toward the other great continents, just like rivers entering the sea.
The world had no love and treated everyone equally.
Therefore, in the initial moments, the difference between the Central State and other great continents was actually not particularly large.
The spiritual power content was basically equal; even if the Central State was higher, it would not be higher by much.
That time was called the Great Ascension Era; Heaven's Chosen Ones were born across every great continent, and various different ideologies and methods collided fiercely.
All kinds of magnificent and whimsical ideologies spread in this world; it was an era where a hundred flowers bloomed.
Because, casting aside the interference of insufficient spiritual power, one's self was the decisive factor.
As long as one was excellent enough, one could stand out.
But ever since someone set their sights on the eighteen main Spirit Veins, the Central State completely changed its appearance.
The first sect to sever a Spirit Vein—the Xuanqing Heavenly Sect.
It severed one of the Spirit Veins leading from the Central State to the Dongsheng Divine Continent.
The Dongsheng Divine Continent naturally could not tolerate this matter; that was a main vein, and ever since the main vein was severed, the spiritual power content of the Dongsheng Divine Continent had dropped by nearly one-fifth.
This was a matter of seizing people's foundations.
The Dongsheng Divine Continent united to demand that the Xuanqing Heavenly Sect release the main Spirit Vein.
As the undoubted number one sect in the world at that time, since the Xuanqing Heavenly Sect dared to do it, it had naturally made preparations.
The first Battle of Reverse Conquest thus occurred.
History books are written by the victors; hearing this name, one knows the victor was the Xuanqing Heavenly Sect.
From the start of severing the Spirit Vein, the Xuanqing Heavenly Sect was prepared to sacrifice everything that could be sacrificed.
In the eyes of the Xuanqing Heavenly Sect, this was a great cause with "guilt in the present age, merit for a thousand autumns."
The Battle of Reverse Conquest did not end with the Xuanqing Heavenly Sect blocking the attacks of the Dongsheng Divine Continent at their doorstep.
Instead, the Xuanqing Heavenly Sect used the power of the entire sect to counter-attack into the Dongsheng Divine Continent.
They severed three Dragon Veins of the Dongsheng Divine Continent and split countless branches of Spirit Veins.
They killed until over half of the sects in the Dongsheng Divine Continent were destroyed.
Corpses covered the wild, and Immortal Sects became slaughterhouses.
They killed until the Dongsheng Divine Continent became ten thousand miles of scorched earth, mountains and rivers were broken, and maps were changed again and again.
They killed until the Xuanqing Heavenly Sect was labeled as a World-Destroying Demon Sect at that time.
They killed until other great continents were trembling with fear, and only stopped when those continents prepared to lend a hand.
The Xuanqing Heavenly Sect won the victory of the first Battle of Reverse Conquest and also successfully protected the main vein.
But all this came at a price.
Of the fifteen Supreme Elders of the Xuanqing Heavenly Sect, only three survived at the end of the first Battle of Reverse Conquest.
Of one hundred and thirty-seven Elders, only fifty-four survived.
The Sect Master of the Xuanqing Heavenly Sect was a high-risk profession at that time; fully seven died in battle during the Battle of Reverse Conquest.
It was this reckless ruthlessness that allowed the Xuanqing Heavenly Sect to protect the main vein with the posture of an absolute ruthless figure.
However, even though the Xuanqing Heavenly Sect suffered such heavy losses, no large sect took advantage of the fire to rob them.
Or perhaps, what these large sects dreaded were the methods the Xuanqing Heavenly Sect had never displayed.
Facts proved that everything back then was worth it.
Time also proved that the harvest this time was a hundred times greater than the cost.
Because no matter how the mountains and rivers of the world invert, or how much worldly karma changes.
The Xuanqing Heavenly Sect is still among the top Immortal Sects of the Central State to this day.
Spiritual energy is the root of Cultivating Immortality and the cornerstone of the Great Dao.
The harvest after the Xuanqing Heavenly Sect's success was naturally seen by others.
Thus, many sects also began to imitate the Xuanqing Heavenly Sect in severing the main streams.
Some sects succeeded and their names suppressed the world, while some sects failed and turned into mere text.
As time passed, the eighteen main veins were eventually divided up by people.
History books only have a few lines recording this.
Spirit Veins severed, the world inverted, mountains and rivers broken, ten thousand directions silent.
Falling Nine Provinces to the Outer Heavens, destroying reincarnation within the Central State.
There is no scent of blood, yet every word is like blood.
How many matters have to be resolved using the word "death"?
Occupying the eighteen main veins were not entirely the original Central State sects; there were also large sects from other great continents snatching food from the tiger's mouth.
It is just that later, they were all called Central State sects.
Tianyan Sect, Zhuji Peak.
Xie Lingyu was already at the late stage of Golden Core, nearing consummation at this moment.
She stood on the Cloud Ascending Platform. Surrounding spiritual energy clouds floated slowly around her body; with just a simple breath, spiritual energy entered her body like a material substance.
"My good disciple, are you thinking of a lover?"
Behind Xie Lingyu, a tender and warm female voice sounded.
"Master, what nonsense are you talking?" Xie Lingyu did not turn back, her tone flat.
"Nonsense? I saw something was wrong with you since you came back this time!"
"Where am I wrong?"
"Even this sentence is wrong. If it were the previous Yuyu, the words said at this time would probably be—what does being wrong have to do with you."
Xie Lingyu finally could not bear it, turned around, and looked at her own Master.
She was an intellectual woman wearing a pale blue long skirt, with a beautiful face that was upright and gentle.
It was just that her eyes were peach blossom eyes, which looked somewhat mismatched with her slightly quiet and lady-like face.
At this moment, she looked at her personal disciple, her eyes full of teasing expressions.
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