Chapter 282: Jade Pool Sect, Fire Land Prohibition (2/2)
It wasn't difficult to follow those three guys among which Ji Yeyue's culitvation was the highest. Though she had condensed Gang Qi, both her senior brother and junior brother were only at the peak of Level Six. In this way, Ji Yeyue couldn't fly, but displayed her Qinggong and moved at a slow speed with them in the sandstorm.
As they were moving at such a slow speed, Junior Leopard could catch up with them easily. However, Junior Leopard began feeling impatient when the slow speed continued for too long.
”Damn! Where on earth are they going? They've already moved at this slow speed for three days, and the distance they've covered is not longer than an-hour-run for me. I've run past tens of thousands of miles and encountered nothing unusual. With their speed, it'll take them at least four or five days to cover the distance I've covered with two hours. How inefficient!” After following them for three days, Junior Leopard was now filled with discontent.
”Take it easy. You need to be patient. You need to follow them even it takes 50 days, let alone five days. After all, this is better than being lost in the endless hollow.” persuaded Green Spirit.
”But this is too slow and too inefficient!”
”You think they're too slow? That's fine, you can help them. Now that you have condensed your Gang Qi, it's totally not a burden for you to take them with you. What you need to do is to wrap them up and take then wherever you want in an instance. What do you think?” smiled Green Spirit.
”Come on. I don't want to expose myself so early!” retorted Junior Leopard. ”Besides, I can also get a lot of imformation by following them.”
Indeed, by following those three guys and listening to their conversation, Junior Leopard learned a lot about their school.
It was a very mysterious school called Jade Pool, which Junior Leopard at least, had never heard of. Mysterious as it was, it was very strong and had all the elements needed, including Leader, Elders and disciples. Ji Yeyue was the only core disciple of the Leader and the only candidate for future Leader. Thus she enjoyed high status in the school.
As for the other two, the elder one was called Yu Qingyong, while the younger one was Wu Lingxiao. They were both direct disciples of Jade Pool. As the leader of the direct disciples of his generation, Yu Qingyong enjoyed status only lower than Ji Yeyue. Wu Lingxiao's status was pretty much the same as Yu Qingyong's, but as he was younger, he always followed Yu's lead.
The Azure Heaven, also the Azure Secret Area, mentioned by disciples of Jade Pool, was a place specially for disciples of Jade Pool to cultivate Daoism heart and practice Gang Qi.
Now Green Spirit was sure that this mysterious micro world was the Azure Heaven, one of the Thirty-three Heavens governed by the Emperor of the Azure Heaven from the Demon tribe that was one of the Seventy-two Emperors in the Antiquity Times. As for why the Azure Heaven now would be controled by the Jade Pool and how it was turned into such a weird place from the legendary heaven full of spirit, he had no idea.
Though Ji Yeyue was the core disciple of the leader and also the future leader, the future was unpreditable and she was not the leader now. Her status in the Jade Pool was only high when it was compared with other disciples of her generation and ordinary elders. Essentially, she was no more than a disciple. A micro world like the Azure Secret Area was the top secret in the school. Of course she would know nothing about it before she became the leader.
After following those three guys for another several days, Junior Leopard was approaching the margin which he had detecetd previously and they stopped before a dune.
”We've come here and found nothing suspicious!” Junior Leopard asked in confusion after looking at the dune and places around.
”You idiot! You've just flown past it and that it took you less than two hours! You did nothing, but you've taken a hurried and cursory glance. How can you find out anything!” scolded Green Spirit roughly. ”Just watch what they are going to do. Maybe there are some special inhibitions here!”
Before he finished, the dune began trembling and the sand began rolling down as if the ground was violently bombarded by a huge pile driver. Before long, the dune which was about a head height, declined and a large number of pneuma seeped out from the sand during that process.
”Cave?!”
Junior Leopard stared at the dune in astonishment and exclaimed incredulously. Under the dune, there was an indistinct cave.
”Underland!” exclaimed Green Spirit. Then as if he was reminded of something he had long forgotten, he said, ”I got it! I got it! Only the Spiritual Qi on the surface of the Azure Heaven disappeared, the underground Spiritual Qi didn't!”
”Is it possible?” Junior Leopard asked in confusion.
”Why not!” shouted Green Spirit. ”Isn't there a geocentric fire vein in the present world? Think about it. The Spiritual Energy of Fire in the geocentric fire vein far exceeded that of the surface in density and quality, didn't it? Since that can happen in the present world, why not here!”
”It makes sense. As that has happened in the present world, it can also happen here!” nodded Junior Leopard. ”That is to say, there is a place similar to the geocentric fire vein here?”
”You can understand it this way!” Green Spirit's voice was full of mockery. ”But, the underground of the Azure Heaven... Gee, this is...”
Before he finished his big speech, massive pneuma gushed out from the cave like an erupting volcano. This pneuma, unlike those odorless, colorless air or pneuma in the present world, was flashing azure light like a fine jade. As Green Spirit had said, this azure pneuma was much purer than pneuma in the outside world which was heterogeneous. It could be turned into Internal Qi directly without spending much effort purifying or refining it. What was more, at the same density, practicing in this pneuma is ten times faster than that in ordinary pneuma. This practice of ten times faster had taken the endurance of the human body into consideration. The Divine Energy of Azure Clouds could nourish the body and enhance its strength to a huge degree. Under these circumstances, the practising speed could be increased ten more times. If the body element was not taken into account, the practising speed could be increased at least 50 times.
”If I can pratice in this Divine Energy of Azure Clouds for several years, my body aside, the amount of Internal Qi in my two External Elixirs will definitely increase by a few times and become very powerful. Maybe I can also get the insights of the secret at Level Eight and reach Level Eight!” Junior Leopard thought to himself. To enter Level Eight, his body needed to open more acupoints, while his External Elixir didn't have that requirement.
When he was immersed in this thought happily, he felt the Essence of the World around him suddenly tighten and pour towards him.
”What happened?!” Junior Leopard was puzzled and his expression became strange. The Essence of the World would not gather together for no reason. Junior Leopard could see clearly that though at first the Essence of the World flowed in a random way, when they reached within 1,000 feet, everything changed,
The dense pneuma rolled and surged within a thousand feet like galloping horses along an abstruse track.
”Formation! This is formation!” Green Spirit shouted excitedly. The running track of the pneuma was so abstruse and incredible that it formed a huge talisman formation and smashed down from the sky violently.
Enormous pressure rushed down and Junior Leopard felt there was a powerful strength squeezing and tightening around him. It was OK for him and Ji Yeyue as they had both been Level Seven experts who had condensed Gang Qi. Besides, the target of the surging talisman formation was not him. Therefore, when the pressure caused by the formation went past them, they felt nothing but a gentle breeze and were not impacted at all. But Yu Qingyong and Wu Lingxiao were not that lucky. Their cultivation was only at Level Six. Though they had reached the peak, they hadn't condensed Gang Qi yet. Once squeezed by the pneuma, their bodies floated as suddenly as the fallen leaves in the wild wind. They were rolled up by the airstream and smashed towards the cave.
”Oh, no!” Seeing this, Ji Yeyue's eyes flashed. A dark red stripe popped out from her sleeves and dragged the two men back.
”Be careful! The inhibition here is very strong!”
”Yes. Thank you, Junior Sister!” The two answered with a lingering fear.
As the talisman formation had come into being, enormous pneuma poured towards the cave and totally pressed back the ejecting Divine Energy of Azure Clouds.
”Fire Land Prohibition!” whispered Green Spirit when he saw the talisman formation on the cave. ”Damn it! I finally got why there is only Earth Spiritual Qi here, and I think I know what's underneath!”