Chapter 2166: Ancient Temple (1/2)
While Li Qiye was preparing a trap inside the dao foundation of Insane Court, Ivory Gap became quite lively as well due to another appearance from the ginseng.
On a particular mountain in the range, a poofing noise came about with auspicious clouds and an ocean of blood churning in the sky. Visual phenomena appeared all around the vegetation in the area. Flowers blossomed and withered at a rapid rate, even the fruits crazily ripened.
These visual spectacles attracted the attention of the cultivators. Among the clouds and blood ocean was a shadow around the size of a fist. It was emitting everything and looked a bit impish.
“Blood ginseng!” The ones closest to this mountain shouted and rushed for it.
“Whoos.h.!.+” The ginseng root jumped into the mountain range and disappeared among the gaps instantly.
“After it!” How could the elders and disciples give up so easily? They all headed for the same direction.
The news of its appearance spreaded across the entire place. Ever since its previous spotting, it stopped showing up so despite the ma.s.s’ effort, no one could find anything.
Right when they wanted to give up, the ginseng appeared again and caused quite a stir. The ones hanging outside the mountain range lost patience and all joined in.
“Where do you think you’re going?!” The fastest one was Chu Qingling.
She needed it more than anyone else in order to cure her deficiency. Otherwise, her future would remain a mystery.
The rest of the crowd quickly chased after her. It didn’t take long before Silver Fox and Grand Tutor all brought their legions inside as well.
In fact, these two and the people behind them weren’t here just for the blood ginseng but rather the primordial treasure of Insane Ancestor. The latter warranted such a ma.s.sive mobilization.
Alas, there was no sign of that treasure and their ancestors had no clue where it was. Thus, they remained static all along.
The ginseng stirred them into action right now. If they could get it, they would gain enough cultivation power to be like a tiger with wings. In their mind, getting the ginseng was a good consolation prize if they couldn’t obtain the primordial treasure.
The easily-excited all rushed into Ivory Gap but a small minority stay outside to watch. A few ancestors were actually around in the shadows.
The system didn’t only have the four great powers. There were many lineages outside of the royal court with some extremely powerful ones. Their ancestors were very famous characters. Some of them were naturally happy to see this blood ginseng.
“The system is about to have a new ruler.” One ancestor commented: “The rumor of this ginseng has been around for a while but it has never actually showed up, way too elusive. Something is changing here now, this might be a sign of the events to come.”
A different ancestor said with worries: “It might not be appearing on its own volition. Something evil must be disturbing it. Could it be that the disaster of the mountain is still around?”
Their sects weren’t inside the royal court so they didn’t partic.i.p.ate in the internal struggle, but if something bad were to happen, they wouldn’t be able to escape either.
“The disaster back then…” The beings of their level still became moved after bringing this up.
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The blood ginseng instantly disappeared after running deeper into the mountain. Someone as powerful as Chu Qingling couldn’t spot it any longer. Its movement was too swift for True Saints to spot.