Food System in Cultivation World-Chapter 375 - 362: Unexpected, Mr. Zhou’s Gift
Inside the cave, Chen Xu stood at the entrance, suddenly startled.
He immediately withdrew his long staff, pressing his body against the cave wall, and at the same time, began to circulate True Yuan within his Dantian, gathering power.
Wind Summoning, Water Divination, Fire Control, the essentials of these three Magic arts flashed through Chen Xu’s mind in an instant.
These three Magic arts had been cultivated to an extremely advanced level by Chen Xu, and in the Great Li Kingdom, he could even summon winds and rain over a large area.
Yet now, when he tried to mobilize True Yuan, Chen Xu found it incredibly difficult to sense the Primordial Qi of wind, water, and fire in the world around him.
In other words, though he hadn’t lost his Magic, the current barriers in the world would severely hinder his control over these arts.
In the Great Li Kingdom, the highest realm of cultivating Magic was to harmonize with Heaven and Earth.
Sensing the Power of Heaven and Earth, wielding the Power of Heaven and Earth, mastering the Power of Heaven and Earth!
This was the three-fold advancement of Magic.
Chen Xu had originally reached the highest level, but now, in this different world, everything felt different again.
He made a swift decision to abandon using Magic, instead pressing his hand against the cave wall, stealthily assuming a posture to wield a long knife.
The knife was not in hand, but in his Sea of Literature, where lay the Wu Hook.
If the newcomers proved to be a danger, Chen Xu was prepared to suddenly draw his Wu Hook from his Sea of Literature.
Gather strength, draw the blade, and then strike!
Chen Xu was preparing for the worst while hoping for the best.
In this unfamiliar world, he could not afford a moment’s relaxation of his Heart and Spirit.
He pricked up his ears, listening to the conversation and movements outside the cave.
The footsteps of two people came closer, interspersed with the sounds of discussion:
"That’s the Star Return Ancestor, who would have thought he’d spend his latter years recovering in this remote little place, at least thirty thousand miles from the Kunlun Mirror Sea.
He would rather live out his days in this wilderness than return to the Kunlun Mirror Sea; who knows what really happened back then?"
"None of our business, we’re just here to treasure hunt. Damn it, we’re cultivators at the seventh or eighth level of Qi Cultivation, and yet we’re practically starving in this world.
It’s all those Four Elephant Alliance bastards’ fault! Hypocrites, deceiving us from small schools...
Hey, hold on. Junior Brother, you said there was movement here earlier, but I don’t see anything now.
Could you have been mistaken? Maybe it was just some wild pheasant or rabbit darting by, and you got spooked."
Only to hear the Junior Brother’s voice: "No, I saw the vines here move just now, Senior Brother, let’s clear them and take a look. Senior Brother, do you think there might be a cave or something back there?"
Inside the cave, Chen Xu, pressed against the wall, slowed his breathing, even suppressing his heartbeat to nearly nothing.
He listened as the wind outside moved suddenly.
Whoosh—
The curtain-like vines at the cave entrance were pushed aside by a long sword with a hilt!
Bright light streamed in from outside, and Chen Xu, pressing against a recess in the wall, slightly tilted his head, his gaze silently shifting to take in the two at the entrance.
They were two weather-worn young men, dressed plainly, almost in tatters.
They stood at the cave entrance, dusty and travel-weary, with a shared expression of disappointment.
In that instant, something flickered in their disappointed eyes that told Chen Xu all he needed to know, and he restrained his urge to immediately attack.
Only to hear the Senior Brother frown and say: "What cave? It’s just a stone wall, there’s nothing here."
Junior Brother also expressed disappointment: "Could it really have been some mountain critter that caused the noise? What a pity, sigh!"
He sighed, his tone regretful.
What does this mean?
This is clearly a cave, yet these unknown brothers confidently claim it’s a stone wall?
Chen Xu’s heart skipped. The strange suspicion that had emerged was suddenly somewhat validated.
Yet despite his suspicions, Chen Xu was still not entirely convinced of his own thoughts.
He feared all the same that these two outside were putting on an act to deceive him.
Until the Senior Brother amongst them raised a hand and struck the entrance, and then came a dull thud!
That was the sound of a fist hitting a stone wall—
But to Chen Xu, what the Senior Brother hit was nothing but air.
Yet from their movements and the sound outside the entrance, it seemed they struck a "rock wall."
After the "thud," the Senior Brother cursed: "Damn it, nothing to be found."
Junior Brother consoled: "Since it’s a relic left behind by such a great master, how could it be so easily found by us? Never mind, let’s keep searching for a few more days.
After all, we can’t return to the Celestial Wilderness now. Roaming the mountains, avoiding entanglements with those people, is much more tranquil anyway."
He consoled him thusly, and the Senior Brother could only accept.
But the Senior Brother still complained: "It’s peaceful in the mountains, but life like this is insufferable.
The Spiritual Qi is chaotic, cultivation impossible, and we hardly have any Spiritual Food to eat, our stomachs are nearly empty, and those wild creatures taste no better than wood shavings, sigh!"
With such a sigh, he seemed to recall something particularly vexing, suddenly drawing the long sword in his hand, slashing repeatedly at the hanging vines before the stone wall with several swift strokes.
The sword flashed, severing the vines, which fell rustling to the ground, a large swath cut down in an instant.
The Senior Brother briefly let out a breath, then sheathed the sword and said: "Let’s move on, head to the eastern hill."
Junior Brother said: "Precisely, the Spiritual Qi there seems a bit gentler, maybe some Spirit Flowers or Spirit Grass might survive, and if we gather some Spirit Grass, bringing it back to Senior Sister would surely delight her."
The Senior Brother agreed: "Let’s hope so."
As they conversed, they turned and left.
Leaving behind a cascade of vines, along with that which they
Junior Brother said: "Precisely, the Spiritual Qi there seems a bit gentler, maybe some Spirit Flowers or Spirit Grass might survive, and if we gather some Spirit Grass, bringing it back to Senior Sister would surely delight her."
The Senior Brother agreed: "Let’s hope so."
As they conversed, they turned and left.
Leaving behind a cascade of vines, and the Junior Brother said: "Precisely, the Spiritual Qi there seems a bit gentler, maybe some Spirit Flowers or Spirit Grass might survive, and if we gather some Spirit Grass, bringing it back to Senior Sister would surely delight her."
The Senior Brother agreed: "Let’s hope so."
As they conversed, they turned and left.
Leaving behind a cascade of vines, and the Junior Brother said: "Precisely, the Spiritual Qi there seems a bit gentler, maybe some Spirit Flowers or Spirit Grass might survive, and if we gather some Spirit Grass, bringing it back to Senior Sister would surely delight her."
The Senior Brother agreed: "Let’s hope so."
As they conversed, they turned and left.
Leaving behind a cascade of vines, and that which they
