I was already disheartened, and coupled with my conflict with Nangong, I didn't think too much about it. I shook my head and refused the fatty.
Seeing my reaction, the fatty became anxious and continuously tried to persuade me. However, I had already made up my mind, so I naturally wouldn't be moved by a few words. After he spoke for a while, I interrupted him and changed the topic. "Fatty, let's not talk about this for now. There's something I'm curious about. Nangong is a member of the witch tribe. How did he get involved with your sect?
Although he hasn't done anything detrimental to your sect, he's a very scheming person. Who knows when he might implicate your sect. If you have time, you should advise Zhenren Guan not to get too involved with him. "
The fatty's face was blank, as if he hadn't expected me to suddenly bring up this topic. After a moment of silence, he shook his head and looked at me cautiously. "Third Child, I know you're still worried about Suan Ni. I don't have the right to speak on this matter, but Martial Uncle Nangong isn't as unbearable as you say. He … he should have his own difficulties."
Hearing the fatty defend Nangong, I didn't have the mood to continue talking. I lifted my foot and returned to the Fire God Temple.
The fatty caught up with me and continued to persuade me. He wanted to change my mind.
The fatty had always been a lazy person. I didn't know what was wrong with him this time, but his words were filled with a sense of responsibility.
He talked for a full hour, but seeing that I wasn't moved, he seemed to be discouraged. He sighed and became silent.
I thought he had finally given up and was about to speak to ease the atmosphere. After all, I had a close relationship with the fatty. There was no need to ruin our friendship for Nangong.
However, before I could say anything, the fatty spoke again.
"Third Baby," he said, "the truth is, I don't really understand. You said that the Mountain and Sea Realm was connected to the human world in ancient times. How did the humans survive in such an environment, and even grow so strong?" "That's right, Third Baby.
The fact that he had suddenly changed the subject indicated that he knew he couldn't change my mind. After a moment of thought, I said, "According to my speculations, rather than saying that the Mountain and Sea Realm is opening, it would be more accurate to say that the Ancient Wildlands aura is coming out of the Mountain and Sea Realm.
I came into contact with the Savage Ancient Qi before, and it should be the primal chaos left behind at the beginning of the world. That's why it possesses such great power.
"Back in ancient times, the Mortal Realm probably also had an aura like this. However, after the Mountain and Sea Realm was isolated from the rest of the world, and after thousands of years of rapid development, the Desolate aura in the Mortal Realm was almost completely used up. Perhaps the Mountain and Sea Realm had more Desolate Ancient aura, or perhaps less of it was used up.
Over the past few days, I had already made some conjectures in my mind, so I didn't think much about it before I told him my conjectures.
Actually, there were some things I didn't say. It was highly likely that the primal chaos aura was the foundation of the taisui, and that the taisui was the source of Dao and Shaman qi. Therefore, in some ways, the power of primal chaos was the source of power for all cultivators in the world.
If that was the case, it would explain why President Li and Celestial Master Zhang were so eager to open the Mountain and Sea Realm, and why they were so certain that Immortal destiny could be found in the Mountain and Sea Realm.
Even the things I said on the surface made the fatty stunned. After pondering silently for a while, he suddenly said, "So you're saying that this kind of aura is not only beneficial to those monsters, but it's also beneficial to us humans?
When the Demonic beasts improve their cultivation bases, humans also improve. Is that why the ancient humans were able to grow so strong? "
This kid really did have some intelligence. Originally, I had thought that I would have to explain a bit more, but it turned out that he had figured it out on his own.
However, what he said was just a general idea. In reality, the Dao energy that human cultivators generally used had to be transformed by the taisui clan. The taisui clan had already become a legend, and with the passing of Little Gold, even I didn't know where the taisui could be found. If humans wanted to absorb the ancient energy of the Wild Wasteland, it would be very difficult for them to do so.
Of course, there were too many things involved, so I didn't explain it to Fatty.
After discussing this issue, the two of us sank into silence again.
Fatty hesitated, as if he wanted to say something more. When I sensed that, I interrupted him. I got up and told him to rest while I went to prepare dinner for him.
The Fire God Temple already had some ingredients, so I went outside to find some wild vegetables and wild animals. I tore off a huge leg from the huge bird that I had killed earlier and cooked it together to make a sumptuous dinner.
With wine and meat, Fatty didn't mention his mission this time. While drinking and eating, he chatted with me about what had happened in the past years. The two of us laughed and joked, almost forgetting about the things that had happened in the mortal world.
After we ate and drank to our heart's content, we fell asleep. In the blink of an eye, it was already the next morning.
Fatty seemed to have matured a lot. After he got up, he tried to persuade me one last time. Seeing that I wasn't moved, he said goodbye, saying that there were many things waiting for him to do in the outside world. He even jokingly said that if I didn't go back, he would have to share my burden.
I didn't respond to the hint in his words and just smiled as I said goodbye to him.
Since Fatty's cultivation base wasn't high enough, he couldn't fly for a long time. Moreover, there were many wild animals in Shennongjia, and I was worried that there would be another bird-like monster. Thus, I got up and prepared to send Fatty out of Shennongjia's range before returning.
Fatty naturally didn't refuse. The two of us moved forward together. With my help, we left the forest after an hour. Just as I was about to say goodbye to Fatty, the Sound Transmitting Talisman in Xiang Liu's pouch suddenly vibrated.
I frowned and took out the Sound Transmitting Talisman. After a careful look, I saw that the person who had sent the message was Zhang Kanwen. The content of the message was only a few words — "Wang Li has been kidnapped. Return quickly."
Something happened to Wang Li again?
I didn't have time to think and hurriedly replied, asking what had happened.
A few seconds later, Zhang Kanwen sent another message. He told me that Little Wang Li had been taken away by a huge monster. He wasn't strong enough and was injured. Now, he was being chased.
Previously, I had only talked about the calamity in the mortal world. Besides that huge bird, I didn't know anything else. But in the blink of an eye, this matter had spread to people I was familiar with. Speaking of which, it really made me sigh.
However, after thinking for a while, I felt that it was strange. Since there was a monster, why didn't it attack Zhang Kanwen and the others? Instead, it attacked the harmless Little Wang Li?
After thinking for a while, I couldn't figure it out. But no matter what, I couldn't stay out of this matter anymore.
After sighing, I asked Zhang Kanwen for his current location.
When I sent the message, the fatty didn't know what had happened. After I had dealt with it, I simply informed him and asked if he wanted to travel with me.
Hearing that, the fatty was overjoyed. He immediately took out the Sound Transmitting Talisman. After giving some instructions, he urged me to set off.
After bringing along the fatty, who was a burden, his flying speed inevitably decreased. This was because I was helping him from the side. Otherwise, with his current cultivation, it would be best for him to walk on the ground. Only when he encountered an impassable place would he be able to use the flying technique as an emergency measure.
At first, I was very anxious, but after thinking about it, although Zhang Kanwen wasn't lacking in hot-bloodedness, he had always been steady in his actions. He had already informed me of the news. What he needed to do now was to track the monster that had kidnapped Wang Li and not risk his life, so there shouldn't be any danger to his life. If I arrived earlier or later, it wouldn't have much of an impact.
After thinking it through, I wasn't in a hurry. While taking care of the fatty, I also had the spare energy to observe the situation on my way.
It wasn't much different from the mess I had seen before. Along the way, there were still ruins everywhere. In the desolate scene, there were also rotting corpses and human bones. Seeing this made my heart feel suffocated. I couldn't tell what this feeling was.
After traveling for a while, a monster suddenly appeared in front of me.
This monster looked like a wild swine. Its body was more than six meters long, and its pair of huge fangs were covered in blood. It was wantonly killing humans.
Although I had told the fatty that I didn't want to interfere with the monster's rampage, I couldn't suppress the anger in my heart when I saw such a tragic scene.
I took the initiative to ask the fatty to stop and land on the ground. Then, I went straight to the monster.
After the rush, my understanding of all living things in the world had increased by another level. After the previous fight with the big bird, I had roughly figured out how to judge the monster's cultivation realm.
The strength of this ugly Wild Hou Demonic Beast in front of me was merely at the level of a seal. When I approached it, I casually waved my hand, and a strand of Shaman Qi that carried Sword Insight pierced through the Demonic Beast's head like a bolt of lightning. After a short moment, the Demonic Beast's head exploded from the middle with a bang, and its sturdy body dashed out another tens of meters due to inertia before crashing to the ground like a collapsing mountain.
When the surrounding people who were being killed by the monster saw this scene, their faces were full of astonishment and shock. After a few seconds, they reacted and knelt in front of me, shouting for the Immortals to appear.
In the past, cultivators would be very careful when casting spells in the mortal world, and I would also try my best to avoid such a situation.
But now that the monster was wreaking havoc, it was better to show some of my methods in front of people to let them know that it wasn't the end of the world.
Since I was worried about little Wang Li, I didn't stay here any longer and directly flew away with the fatty.
Along the way, I thought about the two monsters I had seen and couldn't help but worry.
The big bird's cultivation should be at the late stage of Yang Spirit or even at the peak stage, while the wild swine just now was at the middle stage of the seal stage.
If converted to human cultivation, it meant that these two monsters were at least at the Celestial Master level. If the monsters that were wreaking havoc everywhere were at the Celestial Master level, it would be very difficult to set things right.
Fortunately, after consulting with the fatty, according to what he said, that was not the case. On the way to the Fire God Temple, he had met many demonic beasts with cultivations below the Heavenly Master. There were all kinds of cultivations, but he had only met one demonic beast with a cultivation above the seal. Including the big bird and the wild swine, he had only seen a total of three.
After listening to his explanation, I heaved a sigh of relief, but I still didn't dare to be careless.
Although there weren't "Celestial Masters everywhere" like I had imagined, there were monsters of all levels. This meant that it was very likely that there were monsters at the Ascension stage, and there might even be Ascension stage monsters.
In the human world, the big bird that had just absorbed the Savage Ancient Qi could leap to the Yang Spirit stage. In the Mountain and Sea Realm, after thousands of years of nourishment, it seemed logical that there would be Ascension stage monsters.