The Journey of Immortal Cultivation-Chapter 649 - 369: This Way Is Impassable
The guest rooms provided by Hidden Stream were all tree houses. However, the houses here were quite unique. It was a mystery how the tree demons here cultivated the plants, but the allocated tree house they got was situated atop a gigantic banyan tree, surprisingly with six or seven rooms, all more than thirty meters off the ground. The view from inside the house was quite nice. Among the entire team, she was the only woman, so it was a matter of course that she had a room to herself, while Tu Jin and Qi Zai shared another. However, these rooms were too close to each other; any disturbance could be mutually heard, which was troubling considering her next actions were somewhat secretive, and she had to keep even the Immortal Bandits in the dark.
It was still broad daylight; they couldn’t act recklessly for the time being. Ning Xiaoxian instructed Tu Jin and Qi Zai to keep a good lookout while she turned to enter God Demon Prison, returning to her little wooden hut and hurriedly took a bath.
As she stepped onto the lower floor, she found Changtian tasting the newly brewed Spiritual Wine. Grasping a clumsy jar that weighed over twenty pounds in one hand, he poured the honey-colored liquid into the White Jade Cup and drank it up in one gulp, with a few drops trickling down his resolute chin, tempting her so much that she itched to sip those drops. Could this be considered "a feast for the eyes"? Ah, at such a time, why was she still contemplating these things - could it be that she was naturally lustful?
This fellow was originally quite handsome, and she had never imagined that he would drink with such roughness. Perhaps men reveal their true nature when drinking wine, or was it the return to the Ba Snake Mountain Range that caused fluctuations in his mood and stirred up old emotions?
"You actually stole my wine while I was away!" she shouted, then blinked and asked, "Is it good? Give it a good review, a good review, please!"
"Quite good." It was not easy to receive such praise from him. He refilled the cup, waved his hand, and the cup steadily flew towards her. "Try it yourself." 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶
The cup he had just used still carried his scent, detectable by her keen sense of smell. Her face flushed slightly as she picked it up and took a gentle sip, immediately falling in love with the taste. Sweet and slightly spicy, with the sweetness of glutinous rice wine from Huaxia, yet with the qualities of grape wine, and she had also added some blueberries to enhance the color, adding a refreshing aroma.
For her first attempt at brewing wine, she did not end up producing vinegar, and she chortled with joy, "I’m really a genius!" After drinking two more cups, she felt slightly tipsy.
"How far is it from here to your True Body?" They only had one day, and they had to find his True Body no matter what.
"The geography here hasn’t changed; I remember it’s about three hundred miles north of this valley." Everything in the Ba Snake Mountain Range looked so familiar, especially the Forest Palace, which was practically the same as when he left, except even grander, as if thirty thousand years hadn’t passed. A return to the old place, if he said his feelings hadn’t changed even slightly, that would be a lie.
Changtian’s expression carried a hint of daze and unease, making him seem more like a Human rather than a majestic and all-powerful God. This was rare for him, she rested her chin on her hands admiringly, wondering if this was what they called homesickness?
"Three hundred miles?" She frowned, "Has our plan changed?" Their demands were not too high; they only needed to reach the location of Changtian’s True Body. She told Fu Yunzhang that they were going to collect Snake Flame Grass, which would only grow near the mouth and nose of the True Form of Ba Snake within the Ba Snake Mountain Range. And it was within reason that this place was designated a Forbidden Land by Hidden Stream.
She carried Changtian’s Divine Power within her, so moving through the forest was no issue; the trees wouldn’t hinder her. But what about the demons here? She had walked along the forest path earlier, and at least Changtian had detected the presence of twenty to thirty great monsters; he complained of a sore mouth from reporting them all and didn’t want to speak anymore. How was she going to sneak past so many alert eyes, ears, and noses and silently infiltrate the location of the True Form of Ba Snake?
If she went there secretly, and was able to bring out the True Body, all would be well, and Changtian would deal with the rest. But what if she couldn’t? How would she face the wrath of the entire Hidden Stream?
All of a sudden, Changtian said, "There’s some movement outside, nothing significant, but you’d better go out to avoid suspicion."
This was the heartland of the Ba Snake Mountain Range, where the Hidden Stream Palace was situated; what kind of significant event could happen? Only when she went outside did she realize that the ground was trembling slightly, as if a dull sound was coming from the Earth Core, causing the entire forest to panic.
