Chapter 728: Chapter 676 Sumeru Moving Mountain_2
Yunxi gazed at a group of Mad Thunder Rhinoceroses among which was mixed a white silhouette that seemed to be a female of the human race, and she couldn’t help but be curious.
But in the next moment, she saw that group of rhinoceroses inexplicably fall dead to the ground, with all their essence blood dissipated into nothingness.
And on that white-dressed woman, her white gown suddenly turned as crimson as blood...
"Within the Earth Immortal Realm, aside from the Wild Beasts, there are all sorts of indescribable things... Poisonous insects and snakes that can kill high-ranking cultivators are just the tip of the iceberg... There are also some bizarre and evil creatures that even Integrating Immortal Cultivators, upon seeing them, would turn and flee."
An Escape Light flashed, and Liu Xu appeared beside Fairy Yunxi, gently explaining, "Therefore, after Yaksha Camp accepted the task of opening up new territory, it has taken the trouble to relocate this ’Sumeru Moving Mountain’ here... This ’Sumeru Moving Mountain’ is an Exotic Treasure, not only is it extremely vast, enough to serve as a temporary Dongfu for us cultivators, but it has also been sacrificially refined for a hundred years by the Brahman Sect’s Great Power ’Jin Gangzi’ with Buddhist methods, and engraved with 108,275 ’Vajra Evil Repelling Secret Mantras’ in the mountain, which are most capable of driving away evil spirits... With this item’s protection, at the very least, we in the Thunder Marsh Wilderness can have a sturdy and safe haven."
After all, she had integrated with a strand of Fairy’s Essence Soul, so she wasn’t completely ignorant about the Earth Immortal Realm.
However, that strand of Essence Soul was very fragile, and Liu Xu could only evoke related memory fragments upon encountering specific things.
"Sumeru Moving Mountain, drive away evil spirits?"
Observing the numerous clouds of dust from those fleeing this place, Fairy Yunxi seemed lost in thought...
Once the ’Sumeru Moving Mountain’ had settled down completely, it had turned into a massive temporary encampment spanning tens of thousands of miles.
From the private Dongfus of each cultivator, to the marketplaces, barracks... everything was available.
Of course, being away from home, the conditions were crude.
The Dongfus assigned to the various Transcendent God officers were only about a hundred miles or so.
And the situation for the Nascent Soul soldiers was even worse, having a mere few miles...
Fang Xi obediently mixed with the many cultivators of the Yaksha Camp, contributing to the collective effort and showing himself to be utterly mediocre.
Now that he had returned to his own Dongfu, the first thing he naturally did was to set up an Array, concealing his privacy.
Most cultivators did the same.
’Sure enough, that woman cultivator surnamed Pu and Xu Qingzi are also here...’
’Is it really because they are Ascending Immortals? Assigned the toughest task...’
Thinking of this task to open up new territories, Fang Xi couldn’t help but sigh.
Apart from the small portion of Ascending Immortals who had actively sought refuge with the Brahman Sect, the rest were either here to open up new territory or, like Prime Taoist Gu, had been stuffed into the most thrilling battlefields...
One could say that their outcomes were not too good.
’No wonder many talents emerge from the Ascending Immortals... Because, with such a degree of danger, those who are slightly less genius would have long since perished...’
Fang Xi thought to himself in silence; after arranging his Dongfu, he met with allies like Master Kuantao, and only then did he proceed to the Dongfu of his immediate superior—’Prime Taoist Feixing.’
This person was the leader of the Yaksha Camp and one of the authorities in charge of this opening up of new territory.
Incidentally, he was also the ’man behind the curtain’ who had selected Fang Xi’s trio and Master Kuantao for service.
But after the actual visit, Fang Xi found that his superior treated him roughly the same as the other Transcendent God cultivators, all equally indifferent.
The connection Prime Taoist Gu had mentioned about using a leader of Heaven Crowd Camp now seemed subtle.
’Maybe, this Prime Taoist Feixing really does have a good relationship with that leader of Heaven Crowd Camp...’
’Or perhaps... aside from being hinted by his friend from Heaven Crowd Camp, it’s more crucial that he received commands from higher up?’
Fang Xi was never shy about surmising the worst about his enemies.
At that moment, subtle associations formed in his mind.
Luckily, Prime Taoist Feixing did not make things difficult for him, and after assigning the task, he let Fang Xi leave...
...
One month later.
At a certain place, a thousand miles away from the ’Sumeru Moving Mountain.’
Fang Xi released his Divine Thought, sweeping inch by inch over a lush grassland beneath his feet.
The so-called opening up of new land... For mortals, naturally involved burning down a piece of wasteland, then ploughing, removing large stones and stubborn roots, and then fertilizing, sowing seeds... Initially, the land was infertile and unable to grow crops, so they began with plants that were easier to cultivate.
For Immortal Cultivators, opening up new territory was somewhat different.
It first required high-level cultivators to use their Divine Consciousness to scan through the land inch by inch to ensure no hidden Monster beasts or evil spirits lay in wait.
Then the Nascent Soul soldiers re-plowed the land one more time for the final check, scavenging any remaining Spirit Medicine and materials they could find.
As for ordinary weeds?
Those were issues for the lower-ranking cultivators, or even ordinary mortals, to worry about later.
In the Earth Immortal Realm, Transcendent Gods had a Divine Consciousness range of hundreds of miles, which meant that the task area assigned to Fang Xi spanned tens of thousands of miles!
This repeated use of Divine Consciousness was a great burden even for a Transcendent God.
Not to mention, some Monster beasts and evil spirits possessed the innate ability to be exempt from ’Divine Consciousness Scan.’
If one was not meticulous, the one who would end up in trouble and at a loss would still be oneself.
In fact, if an area was large enough, it certainly contained one or two elusive creatures that could not be detected by Divine Consciousness.
At those times, the Nascent Soul cultivators’ thorough searches were, in fact, akin to delivering themselves on a platter.
Using their lives to remind the Transcendent Gods that danger was approaching!
This was the cruel reality of opening up new land!
Even with such cruelty, in the end, success was not guaranteed.
Of course, as dangerous as opening up new territory was, the harvest could be substantial as well.
In such seldom-traveled lands, the probability of naturally occurring exotic herbs and treasures increased significantly.