Farewell, a desolate western land.

Chapter 36 Farewell, a desolate western land.

At the top of Longevity Hill, in the Wuzhuang Temple.

Ten years had passed between Chen Qing and Zhen Yuanzi as they exchanged questions and answers.

Ten years passed in the blink of an eye, and neither of them noticed the passage of time.

On this day, Zhen Yuanzi stopped asking questions and instead stood up and bowed to Chen Qing.

"Fellow Daoist Chen Qing's understanding of the Great Dao is truly profound. I never imagined that my previous questions would be resolved in such a short time thanks to your explanation."

"I will always remember your kindness, fellow Daoist."

Upon hearing this, Chen Qing simply smiled and said nothing.

He has now integrated the laws into his own Great Dao, one law leads to all laws, one path leads to all paths, and he answers all the questions raised by Zhen Yuanzi.

During the question-and-answer session, Chen Qing also gained a lot, and his understanding of the Great Dao became even more profound.

Zhen Yuanzi sat down again, then looked towards the gate and slowly spoke.

"Qingfeng, Mingyue, go and pick ten more ginseng fruits."

Qingfeng and Mingyue were standing at the main gate. After hearing Zhen Yuanzi's voice, they respectfully performed a Taoist salute and walked towards the back of the Taoist temple.

After Zhen Yuanzi finished speaking, he looked at Chen Qing and smiled.

"Fellow Daoist Chen Qing, please sit down for a while."

Zhen Yuanzi had already realized that Chen Qing wanted to leave. He also knew that Chen Qing had stayed here for a long time because of a discussion on the Dao.

Upon hearing this, Chen Qing glanced at Zhen Yuanzi and then slowly nodded.

"It's nothing. I was just traveling around the primordial world. Now, by chance, I've been discussing the Dao with you here for hundreds of years. It's also a matter of fate that we met. In these hundreds of years, I have gained a lot."

Zhen Yuanzi laughed upon hearing Chen Qing's words.

"Fellow Daoist Chen Qing, if we continue westward, that's where we'll enter the Western Sect."

"There are two saints in the Western Sect, one is the Saint of Reception and the other is the Saint of Zhunti. Both of them are disciples of the Dao Ancestor. They were bestowed with the Primordial Purple Qi by the Dao Ancestor and later established the Western Sect, thus attaining the status of saints."

"Both are powerful, but extremely protective of their own, and they occupy many places in the West. The Western Sect has immense power in the Western lands, yet you were traveling there, Fellow Daoist..."

When Zhen Yuanzi reached this point, he stopped talking and glanced at Chen Qing, the meaning of which was self-evident.

Upon hearing this, Chen Qing looked at Zhen Yuanzi and smiled.

How could he not understand that Zhen Yuanzi's words were a well-intentioned reminder, warning him to be wary of the Western Religion and not to offend its members, lest he be harassed by the two saints of the Western Religion?

But why would Chen Qing fear the two Western saints? Putting aside everything else, he is now immortal in body, spirit, and soul. Even if his strength is no match for the two saints, he is not afraid of death.

If the two saints dare to kill him, then when he returns, he may not be able to defeat the two saints, but the disciples of the Western Sect should not blame him.

At that time, he intends to exterminate the entire Western Sect. When he cultivates to become a Great Golden Immortal, even if they are saints, he will let them know that he is not someone that saints can mess with.

Moreover, don't forget that there are also saints behind him; his teacher, the Tongtian Sect Leader, is also a saint.

The Tongtian Sect Leader was also a saint, but saints are divided into different ranks. If we really had to rank them, then the Tongtian Sect Leader would definitely be a top saint, and the treasures in his hands would be something that the two Western saints could not withstand.

"Thank you for your kindness, Fellow Daoist Zhen Yuanzi. I understand."

Upon hearing this, Zhen Yuanzi breathed a sigh of relief. He then looked at Chen Qing, about to speak again, when he saw Qingfeng and Mingyue walk in.

"Master, the ginseng fruits have been harvested. Please inspect them."

After Qingfeng and Mingyue finished speaking, they placed the jade plate on the table.

Zhen Yuanzi glanced at the two of them and nodded.

After Qingfeng and Mingyue left, Zhen Yuanzi took out a jade box, then removed the red cloth covering the ginseng fruits, looked at the ten ginseng fruits, and put them one by one into the jade box.

After filling the ginseng fruit box, Zhen Yuanzi stood up, carrying the jade box, and walked towards Chen Qing.

"Fellow Daoist Chen Qing, please accept these ten ginseng fruits. If you wish to taste these ginseng fruits again in the future, you may come directly to Wuzhuang Temple. I may not have much else, but I do have some ginseng fruits in stock."

Upon hearing this, Chen Qing did not feign politeness but accepted the jade box.

"Brother Zhen Yuanzi, then I won't stand on ceremony."

Upon hearing this, Zhen Yuanzi burst into laughter.

Chen Qing also laughed, and the two looked at each other with smiles in their eyes.

"Brother Zhen Yuanzi, it is time for me to depart. I have not yet had enough of the scenery in this primordial world. Every place has different scenery and different creatures. I have been here for hundreds of years now, and it is time to set off again to continue my travels."

Upon hearing this, Zhen Yuanzi nodded in agreement.

"Since Fellow Daoist Chen Qing is leaving, then let me see you off."

After saying this, Zhen Yuanzi walked forward to lead the way for Chen Qing.

Seeing this, Chen Qing also stepped out of Wuzhuang Temple, glanced at the mirage dragon cultivating there, called out, and walked towards the foot of Longevity Mountain.

Seeing that its master was about to leave, the mirage dragon immediately stopped its cultivation, got up and followed Chen Qing toward the foot of Longevity Mountain.

As the group walked along the road, when they arrived at the foot of Longevity Hill, Chen Qing spoke directly.

"Fellow Daoist, please return now. I will see you off here."

Upon hearing this, Zhen Yuanzi also looked at Chen Qing without any pretense.

"Fellow Daoist Chen Qing, if you return, you are welcome to visit my Wanshou Mountain again. The gates of my Wuzhuang Temple will always be open to you."

Upon hearing this, Chen Qing nodded and then performed a Taoist salute.

"Fellow Daoist Zhen Yuanzi, I bid you farewell."

Upon seeing this, Zhen Yuanzi also bowed to Chen Qing.

"Fellow Daoist Chen Qing, I take my leave now."

Chen Qing glanced at Zhen Yuanzi, then turned around and continued walking towards the western land.

The mirage dragon followed closely behind Chen Qing, heading towards the western land.

At this moment, he had already broken through the Golden Immortal realm and become a cultivator at the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.

When it first heard about the Great Dao of the Sage, it broke through to the Golden Immortal realm. Later, it gained further insights and combined them with the cultivation methods taught by Chen Qing, which yielded considerable benefits. If given enough time, it will surely be able to break through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.

But because of Chen Qing, he did not make a breakthrough at that time.

Later, he followed Chen Qing on his travels, and everything he saw and heard became part of his own foundation. With the help of the ginseng fruit, he directly broke through his cultivation level and became a cultivator at the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.

Such cultivation level, while not exceptionally strong, is still quite formidable.

At this moment, he knew that following his master was definitely the right thing to do.

And so, the man and the dragon once again traversed the primordial world, beginning their tour of it.

The Mirage Dragon has now reached the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, which is quite high among the dragon race. However, in the prehistoric world, the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm is nothing special.

The mirage dragon was very self-aware, knowing that as long as it clung tightly to its master, it didn't need to worry about anything else; its master would naturally handle all the other matters.

As for myself, I only need to do my job well, and my job is to be a mount, the master's mount, and the master's face when he goes out.

As for whether he would encounter ambushes or something, he didn't even think about it. With his master's strength, did he need to think about it?

Along the way, all sorts of Golden Immortals, Taiyi Golden Immortals, and Daluo Golden Immortals were wiped out by his master.

Moreover, Zhen Yuanzi, this great master, also invited his master to discuss the Dao, and even saw him off when he left.

He knew Zhen Yuanzi well. This Zhen Yuanzi was a veteran great supernatural being, and one of the three thousand guests of Zixiao. He was a primordial god and demon of the same generation as their dragon clan's ancestral dragon, and his strength was extremely powerful.

Such a person also warmly invited his master to discuss the Dao, and even treated him to the fruit of the ginseng fruit tree, one of the ten top-grade innate spiritual roots.

At this moment, the mirage dragon followed behind Chen Qing, feeling quite pleased with itself.

Because of Chen Qing, he also ate a ginseng fruit.

It should be noted that this is the fruit of the Ginseng Fruit Tree, one of the ten top-grade innate spiritual roots. Even Ao Guang, the Dragon King of the East Sea, had never eaten it, but he had.

At that moment, the Mirage Dragon felt that its future was bright and promising.

The mirage dragon followed closely beside Chen Qing, not even noticing that Chen Qing had stopped. When it finally realized, it immediately stopped and turned to look at its master.

He looked puzzled, wondering why his master had stopped walking.

Chen Qing ignored the mirage dragon and looked ahead calmly, but let out a sigh.

"Ugh!"

"I never imagined that the western lands would be so desolate, completely incomparable to the eastern lands."

Upon hearing this, the mirage dragon looked ahead and saw mostly desert. Although there were mountains, the trees on them were not like the towering trees of the eastern mountains, but rather short and sparse.

Moreover, in his perception, the innate spiritual energy of the western land was much weaker than that of the eastern land.

Chen Qing looked out at the distant sky and earth, speaking to himself.

"The innate spiritual energy is only 30% of that of the Eastern Land, which is incomparable. As a result, the innate spiritual energy is not as abundant as that of the Eastern Land, so there will be far fewer innate spiritual treasures, materials, medicines, rare flowers and herbs, etc."

"The Western land is indeed not as good as the Eastern land. I really don't know what kind of difficulties the creatures in the Western land face when they cultivate."

As Chen Qing said this, he took a step forward.

He felt the ground beneath his feet, a ground that was utterly incomparable to the land of the East.

He lowered his head and looked at the ground beneath his feet. In his eyes, the ground was covered with gravel, and unlike the moist land in the east, the land here was extremely dry.

Chen Qing looked up at the distant sky and shook his head helplessly.

The wind blew across his face, and he felt a sense of desolation.

Sorrowful sounds came from all directions and reached his ears.

He knew that this was the earth wailing, the spiritual veins of the western land wailing.

He looked around, his eyes gleaming, and saw the severed spiritual veins deep in the earth. In just one glance, he could tell that these spiritual veins had been destroyed and that it would be extremely difficult to restore them.

Chen Qing walked forward. After hearing the wailing, he mobilized his own stellar power to trace the river of time and space and saw all the changes that had happened.

The mirage dragon looked around, then looked at Chen Qing with a puzzled expression.

"Master, why is the western land so desolate?"

Upon hearing the mirage dragon's question, Chen Qing sighed helplessly.

"This matter is also related to your dragon race. The reason why the western lands are so desolate is because of a great war in the past."

Upon hearing this, the mirage dragon looked at Chen Qing in confusion.

"Master, a great war, a great war related to my dragon race? It can't be a war between the three races, can it?"

Chen Qing nodded, glanced at the mirage dragon, and then spoke again.

"That's right, it's the war between the three races: the Dragon Race, the Phoenix Race, and the Qilin Race."

"The initial battleground of the three races was in the eastern part of the primordial land, but later, knowing that the Western Demon Race had intervened and instigated the conflict, the three races led their armies to join forces with Dao Ancestor Hongjun to launch an attack on the western land."

"That battle was extremely fierce. Before the Ancestral Dragon died, he sacrificed his own life to ensure that the Dragon Clan would forever guard the four seas. The Phoenix Ancestor died, and the Phoenix Mother led the Phoenix Clan to forever guard the Undying Volcano. The Qilin Clan transformed into auspicious beasts."

"In this battle, several powerful beings also died. Among them, Rahu, the ancestor of the Western Demon Clan, detonated the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation before his death, and then self-destructed."

"The Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation, combined with the self-destruction of the great supernatural being Demon Ancestor Rahu, directly destroyed more than 90% of the innate spiritual veins of the Western Lands, making the Western Lands unable to compare with the Eastern Lands from that time onwards."

"It was around that time that the western lands began to weaken, the innate spiritual energy declined, and the innate resources decreased sharply."

Upon hearing this, the mirage dragon's eyes showed shock.

At this moment, he began to wonder what kind of power would be needed to self-destruct and cause such a large-scale destruction of innate spiritual veins, and what kind of spiritual treasure would have such power to self-destruct.

Chen Qing watched this great battle from the perspective of the river of time and space. Although a trace of reluctance arose in his heart, his eyes remained unmoved.

Chen Qing didn't say anything more, but continued walking again.

Seeing this, the mirage dragon also followed in Chen Qing's footsteps and began to walk on the western land.

Chen Qing took each step with care, experiencing the world around him and all living things.

At this moment, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "The Western land is indeed no match for the Eastern land, not only in the laws of heaven and earth, but also in the vitality of all living things."

Although the two sages have repaired it for many years, the damaged innate spiritual veins are not so easy to repair.

The mirage dragon seemed lost in thought, keeping its head down and following closely beside Chen Qing.

The man and the dragon walked on the western land.

(End of this chapter)