Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension

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Inside the mine, Zhao Sheng activated the Spirit Fire Gourd, from which a thick purplish Spiritual Fire as thick as a child's arm sprayed continuously.

At this moment, not far in front of Zhao Sheng, dozens of Geng Gold were slowly melting under the relentless burning of the Spiritual Fire, showing signs of fusion.

Time slowly passed, sweat appeared on Zhao Sheng's forehead, and his eyes looked slightly weary.

But he dared not relax at all, striving to maintain the stable output of the Spiritual Fire.

A quarter of an hour later, a bead flashing with blue light was rising and falling, spinning sleekly within the Spiritual Fire.

Seeing this, Zhao Sheng's heart leaped for joy. He immediately withdrew the Spiritual Fire and summoned the Geng Gold Pearl to his side, then carefully placed it on the spirit plate beside him to cool naturally.

By now, the spirit plate already held another bead of the same size as the Geng Gold Pearl.

Zhao Xuanjing had labored for an entire day mining just to obtain these two Geng Gold Pearls.

But despite seeming so little, a single Geng Gold Pearl could easily sell for hundreds to thousands of Spirit Stones.

Two quarters of an hour later, Zhao Sheng stored the two Geng Gold Pearls into the Storage Bag, nodded to Zhao Xuanjing, and then left the place.

When Zhao Sheng appeared again, he had already arrived at Flame Ridge.

After erupting for nearly half a year, this volcano had vented all its fury and gradually cooled down, only emitting some black smoke occasionally, but it no longer affected the Zhao family members from digging and treasure hunting here.

Lying on the Spiritual Vein Land, Flame Ridge, an active volcano like this,

After each eruption, it would spew out numerous spirit materials from Earth's Core, mainly of the Fire and Metal elements, and occasionally Earth element spirit materials as well.

Zhao Sheng came here not to hunt for treasures, but to check on the excavation progress.

Don't forget, beneath Flame Ridge lies an Earth Fire Vein.

In a rare instance of initiative, Zhao Keru volunteered to be in charge of the development of Flame Ridge, in order to utilize the Earth Fire as soon as possible.

Zhao Sheng landed at the base of the mountain and targeted a piece of open ground, casting several spiritual formulas in succession.

The ground there suddenly blurred, then split open to reveal a doorway into the pitch-black tunnel behind it.

Zhao Sheng quickly entered the tunnel, and the entrance soon sealed itself, returning the area to its empty state as before.

A short while later, the entrance opened again, and Zhao Sheng walked out, his face showing a hint of happiness.

The progress of the tunnel was pleasing; according to Zhao Keru, the Earth Fire Vein would be breached within a maximum of half a month.

Back at Lush Peach Mountain, Zhao Sheng listened to the reports from the clan members, learned that all matters on the mountain were going smoothly, and felt relieved.

Two days later, Zhao Sheng stood by the spirit field at the foot of the mountain, looking at the lush spirit grain seedlings in the field, and expressed his satisfaction to Zhao Xuanjing and the others nearby, saying, "Very good, you've been diligent."

"We dare not take the elder's praise lightly. This is what we should do."

Zhao Sheng nodded, about to inspect another industry,

when suddenly a breeze came, carrying drifts of fresh fragrance as large swathes of white flower feathers floated down from the sky, much like snowflakes.

Zhao Sheng's shoulders were soon covered in white. He caught a few flower feathers with his hand, and said in slight surprise, "Eh, the White Feather Flowers are blooming? Another year has passed already, time flies indeed!"

"Yes, time really flies!" Zhao Xuanjing agreed.

Hm?

After dusting the flower feathers from his head and shoulders, Zhao Sheng suddenly looked up towards the southern sky, his face showing a trace of surprise.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

At that moment, looking from afar, a dark line slowly appeared on the southern horizon, which then turned into a sparse black cloud and gradually spread toward Lush Peach Mountain.

Flap, flap!

Zhao Sheng quickly made out that the so-called black cloud was, in fact, a countless number of birds and flying beasts.

Some very fast-flying creatures like the Wind Swallows and Eagles had already flown past Lush Peach Mountain and were desperately fleeing into the distance.

In no time, a variety of chirping and flapping sounds filled the air, growing louder and louder, until finally, it became extremely noisy and grating.

As more and more birds and demon beasts flew over their heads, the sunlight was completely blocked by the birds, preventing it from reaching the ground and darkening the sky as if heavy clouds were pressing down.

Just as everyone's expression turned increasingly anxious, the number of birds in the sky abruptly thinned out, followed by the bird swarm flying past Lush Peach Mountain altogether, and soon the sky cleared and sunlight once again bathed the land.

Seeing this, everyone heaved a great sigh of relief, but Zhao Sheng kept staring solemnly at the south.

Zhao Sheng, without attending to his enterprise, hurriedly returned to Lush Peach Mountain and immediately issued a recall message.

At Flame Ridge, Zhao Keru, with a shocked face, watched the tide of birds flying across the sky; just then, a streak of light flew from a distance and landed in his hand.

Upon opening the talisman, he saw written: "Urgent! Summon everyone back to Lush Peach Mountain immediately!"

Inside the Geng Metal Mine, Zhao Xuanjing looked at the words "return immediately" on the talisman, his expression very surprised.

A hundred miles away from Lush Peach Mountain, in a dense forest, Zhao Jijian was hunting a raccoon-headed demon beast when a streak of light flew toward him,

Shortly after, a sword light carrying a figure surged from the dense forest and ascended into the sky, making a half-circle before swiftly flying toward Lush Peach Mountain.

As the sun gradually leaned toward the west, the members of the Zhao Family began coming back to Lush Peach Mountain one after another.

During this period, two more waves of birds flew over, each group larger than the one that appeared first.

At the time of the third wave of birds, a group of about twenty Steel Claw Sparrows suddenly attacked the encampment, but fortunately, Zhao Sheng was well-prepared and, along with his clansmen, quickly killed this group of First Rank demon beasts.

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By this time, everyone had realized that something was amiss.

Once Zhao Jijian, Zhao Keru, and Zhao Xuanjing and all other family members had returned to Lush Peach Mountain.

Zhao Sheng immediately activated the full power of the Small Four Symbols Formation. A light shield quickly rose from the stone wall, occasionally displaying illusions of earth, water, wind, and fire on its surface.

The Dragon-shooting Crossbows were also fully equipped with crossbow arrows, aimed at the sky.

The members of the Zhao Family rushed to the wall, ready for battle.

Zhao Sheng stood with Zhao Jijian and others atop the wall, each wearing a different expression as they looked down upon the mountain slopes.

After several controlled burns, the area within ten miles of Lush Peach Mountain had long been burned to white bare ground, devoid of any vegetation.

However, beyond ten miles it was still overgrown with bushes and wild grass, still the unkempt, undeveloped look of a wild, rugged mountain.

At that moment, ordinary animals like wild boars, rabbits, foxes, and lizards panicked and fled out from the deep forest, dazedly charging toward Lush Peach Mountain.

Their alertness gone, they exhibited irrational behavior, as if a myriad of fierce beasts were chasing them from behind.

Zhao Jijian, watching a gray-haired wild rabbit dash to its death against the stone wall, asked in astonishment, "Chong He, what do you make of this situation?"

Zhao Sheng, seeing more and more wild animals appearing below the mountain, said seriously, "This is not good! What in the world happened in the depths of the Desolate Domain? If this continues, a beast tide is inevitable."

"Let's not worry too much; it might just be a mountain fire causing the panic. It might calm down in a few days," Zhao Keru casually said.

Beast tides are not uncommon in the Southern Border; every few decades to a century, large or small beast tides occur in the Southern Border.

Many factors can cause a beast tide, most are natural disasters like earthquakes or mountain fires, but a few are also caused by human errors.

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