Tian Yuan War Chronicles: The Path of Artifacts to Ascension – Chapter 24

Ch 24: Spiritual Vein Village

Hua Kong stayed at home for three months. Besides Hua Kong’s life, what the family was most worried about was whether he would marry and have children.

Hua Kong could only say that he was alone in the Divine Capital and unfamiliar with the place, so it was not easy to find someone.

The family discussed finding him a wife from the village, and Hua Kong racked his brains to think of some excuses, finally managing to get by.

Although he could clearly feel his family’s worries, Hua Kong didn’t have any good solutions for the time being. Isn’t Old Ancestor Lin Lian still alone?

So he spent his free time hunting. Although he was not a bloodthirsty person, he still added a lot of preserved meat and salted meat to the family.

It seemed like this could make up for the years of being away from home.

Looking at his parents’ gradually aging faces, Hua Kong thought about bringing some elixirs from the Seven Yang World to his parents in the future to prolong their lifespans.

Time always passed quickly. After experiencing another sad separation, Hua Kong finally chose to return to the Divine Capital on the tenth day of the first month, giving his family time to calm down and have a good Lantern Festival.

When Old Ancestor Lin Lian came to pick up the three, only the Emperor and the Crown Prince came to see them off, which was fewer people than last time.

Three months of mortal life still brought some changes to Lin Lan and Lin Yu, reducing some of their detached coldness and adding some mortal life.

Separation is always sad, but the imperial family is always better at handling emotions than ordinary people. The few people calmly said goodbye to their father and Elder Brother, and then boarded Old Ancestor Lin Lian’s Flying Boat and flew into the high sky.

The three returned to the small courtyard, and life returned to the way it was before, as if nothing had happened, except that there were some New Year pictures and small trees brought from home in the courtyard.

Not long after, Old Ancestor Lin Lian sent a message that Lin Lan was going to go on a mission with the Sect.

Originally, this kind of thing could not be brought along with servants like Lin Yu and Hua Kong, but the last time the two performed well and were recognized by Old Ancestor Lin Lian, Lin Lan was allowed to take the two with her.

When Lin Lan set off that day, she found that the cultivator leading the team was Senior Brother Feng of Old Ancestor Lin Lian, whom she had met at the last Ascension Banquet, and was considered her Martial Uncle.

“Xiao Lan is here,” Martial Uncle Feng waved his hand as a greeting. He didn’t say much when he saw Lin Lan bringing two people.

“Martial Uncle Feng!”, Lin Lan greeted him, then led the two and stood at the back of the crowd.

“Okay! Okay! Everyone is here! Let’s go!”, Martial Uncle Feng counted the number of people, then released the Flying Boat for everyone to board.

“Only two floors!”, Hua Kong muttered in a low voice. This Flying Boat looked about the same size as Old Ancestor Lin Lian’s from the outside, and the color was not much different, but the internal space was much smaller.

But the number of rooms was enough after all, and Lin Yu and Hua Kong were arranged in a room next to Lin Lan.

After the Flying Boat flew for more than ten days, it arrived at a rather desolate village in the east of a continent.

This small village was very poor, and there was no production around it. Most of the villagers lived by the big lake next to the village.

This village is located in a mortal kingdom within the sphere of influence of the Tian Yuan Sect. The reason why the cultivators came to this village was not to visit the big lake for sightseeing.

It was because the Spirit Stone Mine vein newly discovered by the Tian Yuan Sect extended here. In order to facilitate mining, the village needed to be moved away.

It was just that when the government and army of the mortal kingdom came here to ask them to move away, they were rejected. Their explanation was that they had to guard the ancestral tombs in the big lake.

When the government and the army wanted to increase the intensity a little, they found something was wrong!

The villagers in this small village were actually very strong and good at fighting. Although the mutation of mortals and mortal beasts was not common in the Spirit Qi-rich Seven Yang World, it could not be said that it did not exist.

The local government reported it level by level, and finally this matter fell to Senior Brother Feng of Old Ancestor Lin Lian.

When he first arrived here, he didn’t want to act rashly based on only a little limited information, so he stopped the Flying Boat outside the village and walked to the village to understand the situation.

“Who are you? Stop immediately!”, Martial Uncle Feng led a group of people and was stopped by a child of ten years old as soon as they reached the entrance of the village.

“Little Brother, hello! Are the elders of your village here? Can I go and see them?”, Martial Uncle Feng asked with a smile.

“Don’t waste your time! Our Village Chief said! We won’t move!”, the little boy had obviously been trained.

“Hey~~ Little Brother, why be so decisive? Nothing is absolute! Let’s talk first!”, Senior Brother Feng patiently persuaded.

“Our Village Chief said! You people! Are just bad people sent by the government! Want to take our village’s Feng Shui and Mine Vein!”, the child said a lot of things that exceeded his age.

“Haha! Little Brother, don’t worry! You can lead me to see your Village Chief! We will discuss these things ourselves!

Besides, we are not from the government! We can provide much more than the government!”, Martial Uncle Feng still patiently persuaded.

“No…”, the child was about to say something more, but was interrupted by an old voice.

“Suwa! Go back! These people are not from the government!”, the old man said.

“Uncle Mei! Then I’m going back!”, the child ran back to the village in a puff of smoke when he saw the person coming.

“May I ask which Elder of the Tian Yuan Sect are you under?”, Old Man Mei looked at Martial Uncle Feng, who was in the lead, and said.

“My Master is Elder Gao Yunxian of the Tian Yuan Sect! I am Feng Zichang! These are all my Tian Yuan Sect disciples!”, Martial Uncle Feng learned that this village may have mortals who have mutated into cultivators, so he politely introduced himself.

“Immortal Elder Feng, hello, I am Mei Jinjiu, please come in!”, Old Man Mei made an inviting gesture.

“Mr. Mei, please!”, Martial Uncle Feng also stretched out his hand to make a gesture of invitation, to show that they were going together.

“Then I won’t be polite,” Old Man Mei said unceremoniously, walking tremblingly with Martial Uncle Feng. All the Tian Yuan Sect disciples followed behind the two.

The group walked to a slightly spacious and clean brick and tile small courtyard. This small courtyard made Hua Kong, who was behind the group, feel quite cordial.

“Speak! What is the Tian Yuan Sect’s plan!”, Old Man Mei led the cultivators into the small courtyard, led Martial Uncle Feng to sit on the tables and chairs in the main room, and said straight to the point!

“Mr. Mei, don’t worry, our Tian Yuan Sect has no plan! My Tian Yuan Sect rules most of this continent. But we are not unreasonable bandits!

Everything must be reasonable!”, Martial Uncle Feng patted his chest and said with righteousness.

“Okay! Okay! The Tian Yuan Sect has an extraordinary demeanor! But we really can’t move away from this place!

This is the rule set by our ancestors! Our ancestral teachings say! We must wait here for the resurrection of our ancestors!”, Old Man Mei said decisively.

“…”, Martial Uncle Feng was stunned by Old Man Mei’s words, staring at the shriveled old man in front of him, resurrection? This statement is fresh!

“Immortal Elder Feng doesn’t believe it?”, Old Man Mei asked calmly without getting angry.

“It’s not that I don’t believe it! It’s just that we cultivators will not arbitrarily discuss the ghosts and gods mentioned by mortals!”, Although this place is in the eastern part of the continent, it is still far away from the territory of the beasts of the East Sea Nine Nether Sect. What ghosts dare to act rashly here!

“If Immortal Elder Feng doesn’t believe it, you can go to the Ancestral Spirit Lake to take a look!”, the old man said coldly, somewhat displeased.

“Mr. Mei, don’t worry! Seeing is a must! My Tian Yuan Sect rules the continent! For the well-being of all living beings in the world! My Tian Yuan Sect’s door is open to everyone!

As long as Mr. Mei’s village moves away in time! We will not only give the villagers silver to settle down, but also select some children with Spiritual Root talent to enter my sect for cultivation! Share the path to Ascension!”, Martial Uncle Feng said leisurely.

“Immortal Elder Feng might as well go to the Ancestral Spirit Lake and take a look before speaking! Of course, Immortal Elder Feng must not fly a sword in the Ancestral Spirit Lake! It will anger the Lake Spirit!”, Old Man Mei said calmly without being moved.

“Lake Spirit?”, Martial Uncle Feng was a little angry. This old man was impervious to reason and used ancestors, resurrection, and Lake Spirit to scare himself. Did he think he was easily frightened?

“Yes!”, the old man said calmly.

“Okay! Then I will meet that Lake Spirit!”, Martial Uncle Feng suddenly stood up and was about to rush to the big lake outside the village.

“Immortal Elder must not fly a sword on the lake to anger the Lake Spirit!”, Old Man Mei reminded again.

“Then you usually catch fish, play in the water, and pee in the lake, won’t that anger him?”, Martial Uncle Feng asked half sarcastically and half seriously.

“Of course not! The Lake Spirit is transformed by the souls of our ancestors. Even if we defecate in the lake, we will not offend him! But outsiders may not be so sure,” Old Man Mei said strangely.

“Really?”, Martial Uncle Feng was shocked by the old man’s strange words and became a little worried.

“Really!”, Old Man Mei said without hesitation.

“Okay, then we will go and check it out!”, Martial Uncle Feng gritted his teeth. If he really encountered something evil, he would run away, but he couldn’t put himself in it.

“Martial Uncle! Don’t listen to that old man’s nonsense! He must want to scare us away! And monopolize the Spirit Stone Mine!”, a male cultivator said after leaving the small courtyard.

“Let’s go and see first! This Tian Yuan Continent is so big! It’s normal to have some strange things! Just be careful. Listen to my arrangements later! Don’t act rashly!”, Martial Uncle Feng warned the cultivators.

“We respectfully obey Martial Uncle’s decree!”, all the cultivators agreed.

The group did not use the Flying Boat again, and walked to the big lake outside the village on foot.

“It doesn’t look any different!”, a disciple walked to the lake, stood on a rock, and kept waving his hand in the lake, splashing water everywhere.

“Jing Hong, come back! Didn’t you hear what I just said?”, Martial Uncle Feng scolded while taking out a stack of Talismans from the Storage Bracelet.

“Okay! Martial Uncle!”, Jing Hong quickly jumped up from the lake and walked back to the crowd. In fact, what he said was not wrong. Cultivators are very sensitive to Spiritual Energy and evil energy. If there is anything abnormal, they will definitely notice it.

“Small Wind Finch, give me Spirit Eye! Go!”, Martial Uncle Feng took a small bird-shaped Magical Artifact, pasted two Wind Element Talismans on it, and manipulated them to fly into the lake.

He held a piece of Spirit Jade in his hand, which showed the lake scene seen by the Wind Finch’s eyes in real time.

“There is indeed nothing special!”, Nearly half an hour later, the Spiritual Energy on the Talismans was about to be exhausted, but the lake surface was still calm, and even saw a few fish and shrimps playing.

“Forget it, let’s try a new Talisman!”, Martial Uncle Feng planned to fly the Wind Finch farther this time.

“Go!”, This time Martial Uncle Feng recalled the Wind Finch, pasted three Wind Element Talismans on it, and controlled the Wind Finch to fly towards the middle of the big lake.

“Pa!”, But before the Wind Finch could fly far, it was smashed to pieces by a water ball flying out of the lake.

“Who is being sneaky!”, Martial Uncle Feng was furious. How could he not see that the Water Ball Technique was such a low-level Water Element Cultivation Method.