The Purgatory Calamity-Chapter 53 - 42 Spiritual land_1
Chapter 53: 42 Chapter Spiritual land_1
Chapter 53: 42 Chapter Spiritual land_1
“Indeed, it’s a Spiritual Land!”
“In the Solitude Mountain Range of Northern Qi, there actually hides a piece of Spiritual Land! Could it be because it’s right next to the Mysterious Fog?”
“This matter is no small affair; if the Spiritual Land has always existed, we must relocate some of our family’s elites to cultivate here!”
After landing on the island, both Su and He began to circulate their cultivation techniques, breathing in and out, and soon they exclaimed in surprise.
The reason the Fourth Realm is known as the Lower Realm is that the nature’s spiritual energy here is originally scarce and moreover impure.
This also left the seven great families feeling helpless.
Dense and pure Spiritual Energy is an indispensable resource for all sects and is the fundamental condition for establishing a sect.
Across the entire Fourth Realm, there could not be found another place like this Lake Heart Island, where the Spiritual Energy is so pure.
The Fragmented World they lived in, although more extensive than the Northern Qi territory, had somewhat denser Spiritual Energy.
But the Spiritual Energy in those places was mixed with various impurities and Filth, which they had to refine and purify after absorbing.
They were so keen on sending their children to the Upper Realm because they knew that sect powers like Red Mountain, Star River Alliance, and Blood Moon were all built on lands with dense and pure Spiritual Energy.
Cultivating in such places would yield twice the result with half the effort, and advancement in realm would be much faster than in the Lower Realm.
Who would have thought that Solitude Mountain Range, a place where not even birds would relieve themselves, and so close to the Boundary Wall at the far north, would have a Spiritual Land?
Seeing them one by one, as if discovering a new continent, Pang Jian couldn’t help but be astonished, “What is a Spiritual Land?”
“Cultivators from the Upper Realm have categorized some unique places in the world as Spiritual Lands, Forbidden Lands, and God Lands.”
Luo Hongyan saw Pang Jian’s confusion and casually clarified, “A Spiritual Land, like this small island under our feet, has pure nature’s spiritual energy, can grow exotic flora, and there’s a certain chance of producing pure Spirit Stones. Additionally, the wild beasts living in a Spiritual Land are also likely to transform into Spirit Beasts, awakening exceptional intelligence and Spiritual Power.”
“Forbidden Lands are different.”
“Forbidden Lands are filled with Filth Alien Power; the Power of Filth often exceeds the density of Spiritual Energy. In such lands, ordinary cultivators who absorb Spiritual Power for cultivation would suffer more loss than gain. Most of their time and effort would be spent on purifying the Filth, hardly gathering much Spiritual Power.”
“Cultivating in a Forbidden Land also easily leads to deviation, accompanied by great risks.”
“Similarly, the plants and wild beasts active in Forbidden Lands are also extremely dangerous and filled with bloodthirsty traits.”
“As for God Lands…”
As she mentioned this, the people from the Su and He families also looked over in a daze.
Luo Hongyan’s demeanor suddenly turned indifferent, saying, “Such places are rare, and it’s difficult for ordinary people to encounter them, so I will say no more.”
Su Meng curiously asked, “Ning, we have heard about Spiritual Lands and Forbidden Lands but never about God Lands.”
He Rong and Su Yuntian exchanged glances.
They too were hearing for the first time that, apart from Spiritual Lands and Forbidden Lands, there existed such things as God Lands in the commonly known Blessed Land Cave Heavens.
Luo Hongyan looked up at the murky sky, her gaze seemingly wanting to pierce through layers of clouds to project to the Upper Realm’s Upper Realm, and spoke faintly, “If you have the fortune to cultivate in the Second Realm, someone will surely tell you what a God Land is.”
“The Second Realm?”
Su Meng stuck out her tongue with a longing face, “I’ve heard of the Second Realm, but I might not have that opportunity. To cultivate in the Third Realm is my dream goal.”
“It’s good to have dreams.”
Luo Hongyan smiled and then said to Pang Jian again, “You don’t know how to pick these exotic plants yet, so don’t touch them for now. If we can explore this island completely and if we’re still alive, I can teach you how to pick them and exchange them for Spirit Stones.”
This remark made Su Meng finally notice the flowers and plants everywhere, and she exclaimed in surprise, “Can these flowers and plants be exchanged for Spirit Stones?”
On hearing this, Su Yuntian and He Rong immediately instructed their subordinates who had come onto the island not to touch the flowers and plants lightly; only then did they cautiously observe them.
The two soon had their eyes gleaming.
They were also visiting such a Spiritual Land for the first time; they had only known that Spiritual Lands contained rare and exotic flora, and now they were seeing them for the first time—they indeed saw many rare treasures after some searching.
“There should be a controller in the crash site of the Heavenly Spirit Tower.”
Without paying attention to them, Luo Hongyan kept looking at the not-high mountain in the center of the island and frowned, “Regardless of where he was before, upon discovering the sudden fall of the Heavenly Spirit Tower, he would have rushed over to check it.”
As soon as this statement was made, the people who had been immersed in the joy of discovering the Spiritual Land suddenly came to their senses.
A person capable of controlling the “Heavenly Spirit Tower” to search souls on the island was definitely a formidable character and had to be treated with caution.
“The monks from Yin Spirit Temple mostly died at the southernmost tip of the Solitude Mountain Range, while the Heavenly Spirit Tower is in the far north,” Pang Jian frowned, holding the Dragon Pattern Spear and slowly advancing, “The two places are so far apart.”
“Before we came in, the Heavenly Spirit Tower must have already been whizzing around in the Solitude Mountain Range with the people from Yin Spirit Temple. With the speed of such an object, wandering around the Solitude Mountain Range actually wouldn’t take much time,” Luo Hongyan said as she followed him, speaking as they walked:
“The Heavenly Spirit Tower might have flown into that gorge or near it, and the people from the tower descended to look for something, only to accidentally perish there. The arrays made of disordered rocks in the gorge were indeed peculiar and likely attracted the Heavenly Spirit Tower.”
Pang Jian replied, “That’s possible.”
As they talked, they headed towards the low mountain, not minding the people from the Su and He families.
There were flowers and plants everywhere on the way, large trees with green leaves, and the air was filled with a fresh vitality that made Pang Jian’s mind exceptionally serene, feeling a strange sense of tranquility.
Living and cultivating in such a place, even without a single Spirit Stone, would be much more efficient than earnestly cultivating in other places.
Pang Jian thought to himself.
As they were going up the mountain, they didn’t encounter anyone, nor did they see any bones or wild beasts.
The small island in the lake was suffused with beauty and harmony everywhere, but Pang Jian remained cautious.
He believed that if the Black Water Pool had a giant snake and Insect Valley had a huge wasp nest, then Lake Heart Island, which his father listed as a Forbidden Land, must also have its terrifying aspects.
No matter how beautiful it seemed now, Pang Jian felt that hidden dangers lurked within, and that they simply had not yet revealed themselves.
Behind them was Su Meng, who had separated from her family’s group. The young girl was bold indeed, ignoring her father’s attempts to stop her and silently following the two men.
She didn’t speak, and as she moved, her two braids swayed from side to side, her eyes filled with curiosity as she stared at the two men.
A moment later.
Atop a low hill on Lake Heart Island, among a dense cluster of flowers, Pang Jian saw the White Tower from afar.
The “Heavenly Spirit Tower” was quite sturdy, showing no obvious signs of damage even though it had unexpectedly fallen.
On closer inspection, Pang Jian realized that the “Heavenly Spirit Tower,” originating from the Yin Spirit Temple, was actually quite tall. Even from a distance, he could feel a chill in the air, emanating continuously from the “Heavenly Spirit Tower.”
That chill was the “Mysterious Yin Power” he was familiar with, only much more intense.
The “Heavenly Spirit Tower” seemed to be made from the bones of a massive creature. Besides the chilling “Mysterious Yin Power,” there was also a strong miasma of death lingering around it.
Gazing at the “Heavenly Spirit Tower,” Pang Jian faintly heard the sound of countless weapons clashing and the lamentations of lonely ghosts and restless spirits.
“Don’t get any closer.”
Luo Hongyan suddenly spoke up, her expression turning extremely cold as she looked at the “Heavenly Spirit Tower,” and said,
“It’s fortunate that this thing hasn’t taken flight. Otherwise, if it were above our heads, it would have extracted our souls forcibly. The so-called Heavenly Spirit Tower actually refers to extracting souls from the crown of the head.”
As soon as she made this statement, those who were approaching behind them hastily stopped in their tracks.
Concerned for his daughter, Su Yuntian abandoned the idea of searching the outer perimeter of the island, helplessly followed, and grabbed Su Meng.
“We haven’t seen the four people who went to the island first,” He Rong said softly at that moment.
“Strange, why is no one around the Heavenly Spirit Tower? The one in control of the Heavenly Spirit Tower, seeing that it has fallen, shouldn’t they hurry over to investigate?” Su Meng couldn’t help but speak.
“I’ll go around and have a look.”
Knowing the strangeness of the “Heavenly Spirit Tower,” Pang Jian gripped his Dragon Pattern Spear tightly and made a circle to reach the back end of the White Tower.
There, coincidentally, was the highest point of the low hill.
Once he reached a spot with a clear view, he could look down on the island from the hill and see the whole situation clearly.
Looking towards the other end of the island, near the continuous mountain range behind Wulan Lake, he noticed someone dressed in silk, sitting dumbly next to a large well as if waiting for something in silence.
“Shangguan Qin.”
After squinting for a better look, Pang Jian’s eyes showed surprise; unexpectedly, it was the woman from the Shangguan Family.
During the incident at Black Water Pool, he had spent most of his time underwater and was unaware of the situation above.
Only later did he learn that Shangguan Qin was saved by the peculiar being named Ouyang Duanhai and had also escaped from the pursuit of the Dark Ghost.
The Shangguan Qin before him was strangely on this island in the middle of the lake, guarding a well.
“She is not the master of the Heavenly Spirit Tower; she doesn’t have the power to control this White Tower.”
While Pang Jian was surprised, Luo Hongyan, who had approached silently, also looked down at Shangguan Qin at the foot of the hill and said, “That’s not really a well, but rather… the landing spot of the fourth Phoenix Bone.”
Upon closer inspection, Pang Jian realized that the well guarded by Shangguan Qin indeed had no bricks or stones around it.
It was likely that a Phoenix Bone had fallen from the sky and pierced into the depths of Lake Heart Island, creating a huge hole that resembled a well from a distance.
Suddenly, he began to suspect that Shangguan Qin might also have obtained a drop of Phoenix Marrow.
“Hmm!”
Shangguan Qin at the foot of the hill finally noticed the two of them at this moment. Like a startled bird, she quickly wrapped her clothes tightly around her body and then waved at them.
As they looked towards her, she kept making hand gestures, indicating for them to leave quickly.
Fear filled her eyes, and she dared not make a sound, only motioning urgently with her hands for them to depart swiftly.
The two of them did not understand why.
Seeing that they did not move, Shangguan Qin became increasingly anxious, gesturing repeatedly in sign language.
But she never dared raise her voice.
“There must be something by her side; she fears that if she makes a sound, she will disturb that thing.”
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Luo Hongyan calmly deduced the reason and said softly, “She doesn’t dare to come over, as if she knows she cannot go far. She has been constantly fearing some presence.”
“That thing must be beneath the pit well!” Pang Jian said.
“You mean, someone has now dived down there, searching for the Phoenix Marrow?”
“Yeah.”
The two whispered to each other, speculating about the current situation and what it could entail.
“That woman is hostile towards you because you gained the favor of the Branded Eye under the Blood Moon; she wouldn’t be so kind to warn you. The Ning Family and her Shangguan Family have always had a poor relationship; she certainly wouldn’t like me either.”
Luo Hongyan’s eyes were cold as she analyzed, “Logically speaking, she should wish for both of us to die.”
“Her incessant urging for us to leave is only because she believes that we are no match for that thing. Additionally, there’s a possibility that she thinks that if we were killed, it would make that thing stronger.”
“Moreover, her wanting us to leave might be because she hopes we can bring stronger people here.”
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