Chapter 1099: Chapter 1069: The Tree Wishes for Stillness, but the Wind Will Not Cease

Qin Liuxi accompanied Hei Sha back to the Black Desert. After three years of absence, it was still the edge of the entrance, yet not a single blade of grass grew. Clearly, one could see it was a desert inside, but no matter what, you couldn’t walk in and just kept walking along the edge, like the principle of running towards a distant mountain without reaching it.

Feng Xiu threw a piece of fox fur over, and after a while, the fur was blown back by the wind.

"It should be a barrier that isolates everything."

Hei Sha said anxiously, "What kind of barrier is this? I, the owner, can’t even get in. Damn it, which bastard has taken over my place?"

Feng Xiu retorted, "Your use of idiom is quite clever, but are you sure you are the owner?"

"Why wouldn’t I be? I’ve been here since I had spiritual consciousness. I am the essence soul of the mountain, a mountain spirit," said Hei Sha angrily.

Feng Xiu chuckled and said, "You’re clearly a black bear."

Hei Sha: "!"

Don’t think I can’t tell, you’re calling me a bear, you sissy, do you want to fight?

Qin Liuxi said, annoyed, "If you want to argue, do it far away."

Two childish ghosts.

The two immediately shut their mouths.

Qin Liuxi sat cross-legged, took a deep breath, and quickly formed seals with her hands, pinching magic. The skill and dharma seal were intricate, her ten fingers moving so fast they made flowery shapes, making it impossible to see her actions clearly, while her mouth continuously recited scriptures.

A gust of wind swept in, surrounding her, forming a small vortex that started spinning.

Qin Liuxi bit her fingertip, drawing a talisman out of thin air. Spiritual power surged from her fingertip, mingling with blood, disappearing in the air. Once the talisman was completed, a golden talisman manifested in the air, sending golden runes towards the barrier.

Simultaneously, she leapt from the ground to mid-air. A golden-red light flashed in her eyes, and as the golden runes struck, she saw the appearance of the barrier.

Upon seeing the barrier clearly, Qin Liuxi’s expression changed dramatically and she forcibly recalled the runes.

Pfft.

The talisman was recalled, backfiring onto herself, causing sharp pain in her chest, and she immediately spat out a mouthful of blood, her body falling from mid-air like a kite with a broken string.

Feng Xiu’s face changed, his body transformed into a massive Nine-tailed Demon Fox, one of his tails catching her swiftly and landing her safely on the ground.

The slightly slower Hei Sha thought: Damn, he showed off again!

Feng Xiu, full of worry, helped Qin Liuxi up and said, "Why are you spitting blood? Are you alright?"

Qin Liuxi’s face was pale, the backfire making her look dispirited. She took out an elixir from her Qiankun Bag and swallowed it, saying, "Let’s go back first."

Without a word, Feng Xiu carried her on his back, using demon art to fold space, disappearing from the spot instantly.

Hei Sha, who ate a mouthful of sand: "?"

You bastard, come back, you left me behind!

...

Qingping Temple.

Feng Xiu placed Qin Liuxi on the cushion in the Daoist Room, looking worried: "What exactly happened? What did you see?"

Qin Liuxi said, "The barrier is entirely composed of blood-colored Buddhist Scripture. If I’m not mistaken, it should be that guy’s doing."

The Buddhist Scripture was dense, like a giant curtain isolating the outside world, enveloping the Black Desert like a silkworm cocoon, not allowing any living thing to enter or exit.

Seeing those Buddhist Scriptures gave her a scalp-tingling feeling as if intruders would be dragged into Avici Hell, never to be reborn.

She found it terrifying enough, what would happen if someone else tried to force their way in?

"It’s just a barrier, and you can’t break it?" Feng Xiu asked in surprise.

Qin Liuxi shook her head, "Those Buddhist Scriptures look evil. Breaking it violently, who knows what might happen. Besides, there’s an array set inside the barrier. If broken, it might alert the enemy, so don’t touch it for now. I’ll take another look later."

Feng Xiu frowned, "What kind of array was set?"

Qin Liuxi thought of what she saw, where nine golden pillars towered to the sky in the array, and said, "Not sure yet, but it must be related to his grand scheme."

Feng Xiu blurted out, "God Formation?"

The two exchanged a glance, both looking serious.

"Why choose the Black Desert, what mystery does that place hold?" Feng Xiu was puzzled.

Qin Liuxi nodded at her knee and said, "The Black Desert’s aura is inherently different from the outside world. It was always a separate place, a small world of its own."

This scenario was similar to when Mu Wangwang was captured into that Realm of Nothingness, it was a self-contained small world, with only entry and no exit, making souls that entered unable to reincarnate unless devoured by other ghosts, dooming them to eternal existence, hard to return to the cycle of reincarnation.

The difference, however, was that the Realm of Nothingness was full of deathly and turbid energy, whereas the Black Desert...

Had Spiritual Energy!

She recalled when she went searching for the Golden Scorpion, opposite the Green Lake in the Black Desert, that ground held Spiritual Energy, even denser than outside.

This place harbors some mystery, we must seek related records, most importantly, have Hei Sha recall what that place was, thousands of years ago.

The tree wishes to be still but the wind does not stop.

Qin Liuxi took a deep breath and said, "No matter what reason prompted him to choose that place, considering the effort made in the Black Desert, it can be seen that he hasn’t been idle these past years. Alright, this backfire requires me to retreat and meditate for a while. Let Hei Sha know not to go to the Black Desert to die, and have him recall the past of the Black Desert again. Then you return to Shengjing and keep an eye on Zhaozhao and others for me, also keep an eye on Princess Si Yi Mansion."

"What’s wrong?"

"The alchemist from Prince Xinyang Mansion, also called Xuanming, just like the Li Family, is on his way to Shengjing. Probably to do with the Array Map and Princess Si Yi’s childbirth matter."

Faced with serious matters, Feng Xiu didn’t linger, "Then take care of yourself."

Qin Liuxi nodded, closed her eyes, and soon entered meditation.

Feng Xiu closed the door, standing at the entrance for a while, waiting for Hei Sha to return. Before he could start cursing, Feng Xiu blocked his mouth, "She suffered a backfire and needs to retreat for cultivation. The Black Desert is indeed like you said, occupied."

Hei Sha was furious, "Which damned bastard did it?"

"Evil Buddha Siluo!"

Hei Sha: "..."

You’re leaving me no way out!

Feng Xiu couldn’t be bothered to chatter, directly taking him back to the capital. What if he runs to the Black Desert in madness?

Better to follow him back to the capital to watch the children, given there are quite a few monsters and freaks there.

Meanwhile, Xuanming, as mentioned by Qin Liuxi, looked at the freshly cast divination, his face as black as the bottom of a pot.

Who was it holding the Array Map, running to Shengjing at one moment, then south, and more absurdly, heading to the Western Regions, then in the blink of an eye, back to the south, able to traverse heaven and earth, running so skillfully?

Or perhaps, this wasn’t a human?

Xuanming was momentarily uncertain whether to pursue the Array Map or handle the matters of the Princess first in Shengjing.

Contemplating, he picked up the turtle shell for re-divination, and soon the divination came out, his face turning green.

Chasing after the Array Map resulted in an ominous divination!

What kind of demon is holding the Array Map?