Eternal Life as False Emperor-Chapter 153 - 121: The Trapped Innate Spiritual Qi
After giving instructions, Zheng Yi began to carefully examine the Yin Yang Treasure Mirror again.
"Manipulating spiritual energy..."
He started to keenly sense the surrounding spiritual energy, yet it remained unchanged as before.
Perhaps ten strands of innate spiritual energy were still too few, given his current strength, he couldn't fully grasp them.
"Could it be... that I need to use the Yin Yang Treasure Mirror?"
With this thought, he immediately connected with the Yin Yang Treasure Mirror.
At the same time, he emitted strong waves of intent to control spiritual energy.
Sure enough.
Soon, the Yin Yang Treasure Mirror exuded a gentle glow.
On the originally chaotic mirror surface, clouds dispersed slowly, revealing a huge map.
The map resembled a giant beast, high in the north and low in the south, with mountains and plateaus to the west, while the east held an endless ocean dotted with numerous islands.
Zheng Yi quickly looked over.
He saw giant cloud formations, resembling dragons, spanning across the entire territory of Great Yu.
Counting them carefully, these giant cloud formations, resembling dragons, numbered exactly ten!
This was the trajectory of those ten strands of innate spiritual energy.
With a thought, the mirror map became like a large 3D map, continuously expanding and contracting.
Yet, it was just a vague map, unable to view the entire land.
At least five strands of massive innate spiritual energy cloud formations had traversed the southern territories.
One of them stretched towards the southwest, occupying most of Nanyue County.
This strand of innate spiritual energy cloud formation was associated with Zheng Yi's first daughter, Zheng Yuyao, at her birth.
It appeared first, so its movement in speed and distance was the furthest.
Meandering across thousands of palace halls, it appeared like a stretched spring, swaying in the distance, and like a kite, it could break at any moment.
"Nanyue County, huh? This strand of innate spiritual energy has wandered around Nanyue County for nearly five years! Who knows what kind of impact it might have on Nanyue County?"
With a thought, Zheng Yi began to retract this strand of innate spiritual energy.
Indeed, as he intended, the strand of innate spiritual energy visible in the mirror started to move slowly towards the northeast.
Though slow, it was shifting at a speed visible to the naked eye.
At this rate, within a few days, Zheng Yi could retrieve this strand of innate spiritual energy wave!
Though the journey came with losses, he wasn't overly concerned about the minor details.
Next up were the other several spiritual energy waves.
The second, third, and fourth strands of innate spiritual energy had all moved into the southern areas of Great Yu!
Among them, the Yunmeng Marsh direction held the most, at least two strands!
The second strand was already entirely overlapping with Yunmeng Marsh, and a small portion of the third strand overlapped with Yunmeng Marsh as well!
The third strand of innate spiritual energy wave was positioned slightly southeast, spanning across Jiangzhou.
"Yunmeng Marsh? What kind of Grotto Heaven Blessed Land could warrant enjoying one and a half strands of innate spiritual energy wave?"
"Yunmeng Marsh has been silent for so long, as if lifeless; could it be related to these two strands of innate spiritual energy?"
"Two Innate Realm Martial Artists emerging consecutively in the south, plus a Master Fayuan, who knows how many innate powerhouses are coming out in secret."
"Could it be related to my innate spiritual energy?"
Zheng Yi frowned and said, "How dare they freeload my innate spiritual energy for so long without acknowledging me, plotting a rebellion perhaps? Where in the world is such fairness?"
"Return to me!"
With a thought, the second, third, and fourth strands of innate spiritual energy waves immediately quivered, and steadily moved in the opposite direction.
The strange thing is...
The retraction speed of the fourth strand of innate spiritual energy wave was similar to the first, detectable to the naked eye.
But why were the second and third strands of innate spiritual energy waves near Yunmeng Marsh moving so slowly!
Hardly perceptible to the naked eye!
Zheng Yi stared for a long time, finally noticing the slightest movement of these two spiritual energy waves.
"Damn! This Yunmeng Marsh really is peculiar, it can actually affect the innate spiritual energy!"
"Though it may be slow, it's still on its way back."
"I refuse to believe I can't retrieve it!"
Zheng Yi's gaze then fell upon the fifth strand of innate spiritual energy.
This strand of innate spiritual energy has traveled far, almost reaching the ocean's edge, spanning Xuzhou, Jiangzhou, and other places.
Upon reaching the ocean, it became thin, as if it wanted to merge with the sea.
In Zheng Yi's view, the fifth strand of innate spiritual energy had the lowest concentration.
It seemed... much of it had dissipated.
"Even mosquito meat is still meat, return to me!"
With a thought, the fifth strand of innate spiritual energy wave swiftly returned.
After handling these five strands of innate spiritual energy waves, Zheng Yi's gaze once again shifted to other directions.
The tenth strand of spiritual energy wave remained within the Imperial Palace, accompanying the newly born Princess Zheng Yuxiao by Noble Consort Cui.
The other four strands of innate spiritual energy waves appeared in different directions.
Among them, the sixth strand appeared in the northwest of Great Yu.
It traversed Bingzhou, Yongzhou, directly piercing towards the more western mountain directions.
According to the Embroidered Uniform Guard's investigations, west of Yongzhou were deserts and mountains, with barren land but inhabited by numerous alien races and countries.
For instance, Wusi Country that worships Ancient Buddhism, Great Yue Country skilled in archery and horseback, the rumored descendants of ghosts in Ghost Country, etc., at least dozens of small countries with diverse cultures and regions settle here.
The spiritual energy wave that flowed to this place was even more peculiar, it had fragmented into more than ten smaller spiritual energy strands, pouring into these small countries.
As if... a multi-head charging cable.
Moreover, compared to the other innate spiritual energy waves, this strand had a much lower density, almost half that of the other innate spiritual energy.
"This strand of spiritual energy wave seems to have been divided by those dozen countries of the Western Regions?"
"That's just too strange."
"Could it be that this group of people has a way to sense or even control the fluctuations of innate spiritual energy?"
Zheng Yi stroked his chin, but without any hesitation, he commanded this wave of spiritual energy to return.
"Mine, all mine!"
"These innate spiritual energies are mine. On what grounds are you intercepting them?"
"Return them to me!"
With a single thought, the sixth wave of spiritual energy, which stretched across the Western Regions, immediately began to move towards Great Yu.
However, the speed was much slower!
As if someone was forcibly pulling the deeply rooted roots of a willow tree from the ground.
Even so, Zheng Yi did not give up in the slightest, still instructing the Yin Yang Treasure Mirror to reclaim that innate spiritual energy!
"Phew..."
Letting out a long breath, he then turned his attention to the seventh and eighth fluctuations of innate spiritual energy.
These two waves of innate spiritual energy had appeared within the borders of Wu Country!
Among them, two-thirds of the seventh wave were within Wu Country, while the remaining third was in the neighboring Wei Country.
Wei Country is situated in the southeast of Great Yu and Wu Country, a nation on a peninsula.
The border between the two is blocked by numerous high mountains, perpetually clad in snow, providing Wei Country with a natural defense barrier.
That's why it has managed to survive for so many years.
But Wei Country is also very clever, continuously paying tribute to Great Yu, becoming its vassal state.
So as long as Wei Country doesn't make much disturbance, Great Yu turns a blind eye to it.
Surprisingly, such a small country holds a third of an innate spiritual energy fluctuation within its borders.
And the eighth wave of innate spiritual energy entirely penetrated into Wu Country, crossing Binzhou, passing through Black Mountain Pass, and going deep into the Wu Country Imperial Court.
One wonders how the turmoil in Wu Country is faring, which Prince has emerged victorious?
The Embroidered Uniform Guard must be tasked to investigate heavily.
And the ninth wave of innate spiritual energy... is even stranger.
It travels all the way north, stretching over millions of kilometers, becoming thinner as it passes through the various states of Great Yu.
Most of the innate spiritual energy, unexpectedly, surged into the snowy mountains one by one.
That is... Xueyun Country!
A major country in the far north of Great Yu and Wu Country.
Almost all of this country is covered with mountains, at least a thousand of them, with only a minuscule portion of plains for its people to live on.
The most peculiar thing is that this country experiences snow at least two hundred days a year, resulting in numerous snow-capped mountains and extremely cold weather.
It is rumored that a mysterious group of people reside on the highest snow-capped mountain, capable of controlling storms and flying through the air!
Zheng Yi used to think it was just a tale from Xueyun Country.
Now it seems that there are likely cultivators within Xueyun Country too.
Those cultivators who chose to hide among the snow-capped mountains to escape the spiritual energy tide!
With a single thought, he immediately desired to reclaim this wave of innate spiritual energy.
As expected, it did not surprise him.
The speed at which this wave of innate spiritual energy was reclaimed was no slower than the one from the Western Regions, both at roughly the same pace.
As if this wave of spiritual energy had been frozen solid!
Retrieving it would take who knows how long.
However, Zheng Yi was not concerned, for as long as he willed it, he could eventually reclaim each wave of innate spiritual energy!
"What I need to do now is wait..."
In Baiyu City, Zheng Yi sat cross-legged, quietly awaiting the return progress of the remaining nine waves of innate spiritual energy.
The first day passed with no movement.
The second day, the third day...
Until the seventh day, the fifth wave of innate spiritual energy stretching to the edge of the East Sea was reclaimed back to the Capital City!
In the Capital City, there were now two waves of innate spiritual energy!
On the ninth day, the fourth wave of innate spiritual energy located in Jiangzhou was reclaimed!
On the twelfth day, the third wave entangled in Yunmeng Marsh was reclaimed!
On the eighteenth day, the first wave of spiritual energy that had long flowed to Nanyue County was reclaimed!
On the twenty-fifth day, the seventh wave split between Wu Country and Wei Country was reclaimed!
On the thirty-fourth day, the eighth wave located within Wu Country was also successfully reclaimed!
By this time, the Capital City where Zheng Yi resided already had seven waves of innate spiritual energy!
But the remaining three waves, lying in Yunmeng Marsh, the Western Regions Countries, and Xueyun Country, were still ensnared, unable to be immediately reclaimed.
It was as if... they were like a cart stuck in a mire.
Even though they were wriggling back slowly, the pace was extremely sluggish. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎
It was like someone was playing tug of war with him.
Through the Yin Yang Treasure Mirror, it could be seen that these three waves of spiritual energy had only moved slightly, with most of them remaining at their original location.
"At this rate, it will take at least several more years."
"But I am not in a hurry. In the future, if nothing unexpected happens, I don't plan to have a daughter anymore, but a son instead."
"Breaking through the Three Thousand Worlds, I think will be more beneficial to me than the birth of innate spiritual energy."
Withdrawing his consciousness from the Yin Yang Treasure Mirror, Zheng Yi said calmly.
"Moreover, reclaiming the innate spiritual energy through the Yin Yang Treasure Mirror indicates that in the directions of Yunmeng Marsh, the Western Regions Countries, and Xueyun Country, there is undoubtedly the presence of cultivators!"
"Even the locations previously wandered by the innate spiritual energy like Jiangzhou, Xuzhou, Wu Country, and Wei Country have the presence of cultivators."
"These areas where the innate spiritual energy can't be completely trapped, are most likely similar to Noble Consort Cui, being loose cultivators."
"And these regions that can affect the flow of innate spiritual energy, like Yunmeng Marsh, must be the presence of cultivation clans, or even cultivation sects!"
Zheng Yi murmured to himself: "I wonder if they are able to perceive the existence of innate spiritual energy?"
