readytorunbook Chapter 263 Old Friend
Chapter 263 Old Friend
I don't know if this change of events was sudden or not. Less than half a month has passed, and Feng Mo's injuries haven't healed yet.
One day, the sounds of fighting suddenly broke out in a peaceful area.
A subordinate rushed in to report: "My lord, something terrible has happened! The Southern Region has joined forces with the Northern Region to invade, and they have even divided up the entire Central Region!"
Feng Mo's expression hardened: "Didn't I just order the border regions to prepare their defenses?"
The subordinate lowered his head: "No, those people in the Southern Region are like madmen, we can't stop them at all!"
Liu Jun, who was standing to the side, had not yet spoken, her head bowed in thought. Feng Mo was silent for a moment, then turned to look at her: "You do not belong to this world, and this calamity is also an undeserved one..."
As he spoke, he took out another item and handed it to her: "Take this and go to the place I told you about before."
Seeing the object in his hand that looked like a token, Liu Jun wasn't in a hurry to take it. Instead, he looked up at him as well.
The latter simply smiled faintly: "If I could, I would really like to go and see your world, but I can't remember where I came from..."
The curse on the Sinful Immortal goes far beyond tormenting his body and mind...
Liu Jun took the things from his hands, opened his mouth several times, but finally looked up at the horizon without saying a word.
In ten years, she had only met this person a few times and didn't know much about him. It seemed that from the moment she arrived, he had been busy preparing for the impending war.
This world was already rotten to begin with, it just so happened that Liu Jun arrived at its worst time.
Liu Jun is very weak now, so weak that anyone could crush her. Therefore, she needs to be more pragmatic. This war has nothing to do with her. Since she has chosen to live, she must cherish her life.
"Take care. If I survive, I'd like to hear about your past."
After a respectful farewell with hands clasped, the two exchanged a smile, and then Liu Jun decisively left this place of trouble.
The White River border is vast, and the place Feng Mo pointed to is not within the Eastern Region, but it is definitely a secluded and safe place.
Liu Jun didn't know him well, but his actions certainly made him a good person.
After the sinful immortals, it has never been these descendants who are guilty. Moreover, after hearing about the maid's experience, it remains to be seen whether this "sin" is minor or serious.
After flying for several days, Liu Jun finally found the place Feng Mo had mentioned, guided by the token.
It was a rare, desolate place, untouched by humans, making it an ideal hiding place.
He cleared out a small open space and built a simple triangular wooden house. He also tried to set up a hidden barrier around it, but he gave up after several unsuccessful attempts.
At least this area shouldn't be affected; at worst, we'll just have to be more vigilant.
The first day was calm and peaceful.
The next day, the same thing happened.
On the tenth day, there was still no movement.
I thought she would quietly continue cultivating in this place, and that's exactly what happened. Battles between cultivators can easily last for ten or eight years.
At first, you might remember each day, but gradually, you'll lose track of the dates.
She had already established her foundation and practiced abstaining from grains before she came here, so she wouldn't feel hungry or anything like that.
As a world evolved from the relics of ancient gods, it was rich in spiritual energy. Perhaps due to the effect of the single spiritual root in his body, Liu Jun smoothly cultivated from the Foundation Establishment stage to the Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and Divine Transformation stages, without feeling any bottlenecks or obstacles along the way.
However, I no longer know how many days and months have passed outside.
However, considering that the seed planted when I first entered the Golden Core Realm outside the wooden house has now grown into a towering tree, it must have taken quite some time.
Liu Jun exhaled a breath of turbid air, stopped sitting cross-legged, cast a purification spell on himself, and then stepped out of the wooden house. He stared at the big tree in silence for a while, then placed his hand on it, and a faint blue light instantly appeared around his hand.
"So, it's been this long..."
In the mountains, time passed; in the world, a thousand years went by. In the end, she accepted this kind of life.
The past two hundred years felt incredibly long to her, but now, a real thousand years have passed in the blink of an eye.
Looking at the shattered keepsake in her hand, it resembled a dead "living thing," devoid of any life force, signifying that it was time for her to leave.
Now she can clearly sense that there is a giant spirit-gathering array on the ground beneath her feet, and this token is the key to activate the array.
Now that she has achieved godhood, the array has dissipated and the key has been destroyed, she should go find the answers.
A spirit-gathering array, a token, and that person who, despite only meeting a few times, was willing to hand over this great opportunity...
Why not kill the "outsider" immediately upon seeing them? Is it simply out of kindness?
……
Along the way, Liu Jun heard a lot about what had happened over the years.
A thousand years ago, the Southern Domain Lord joined forces with the Northern Domain to conquer the three regions of East, West, and Central. After the victory, he turned against them and took the opportunity to swallow up the Northern Domain. Since then, only one Supreme Being remains in the Sichuan region.
The Southern Domain Lord was notoriously cruel, but after unifying the Five Domains, he divided them under the rule of his five kings and devoted himself to cultivation.
There was no persecution happening down there; he was simply required to provide the best resources for his cultivation as before, and nothing else mattered.
The five kings were extremely loyal to him, obeying him without any thought of rebellion. As for the former lords, no one knew what had become of their subordinates.
"It sounds like the current Lord isn't as bad as the rumors say...?"
He's more like a cultivation fanatic who refuses to submit to this world.
"We gave him all the good stuff, and now we can't even cultivate. How are we supposed to survive?"
"That's true, even if resources are offered, the spiritual energy in the world is still there. It's just that cultivation is a little slower than without resources. But resource monopoly is indeed wrong."
The man scratched his head: "What monopoly?"
"Uh...nothing."
"The upper realm never cares about life or death here, and similarly, things that happen here will not be reported to the upper realm. He has grievances in his heart, and this is the only way for him to break through the shackles."
As night fell and the lights dimmed, shadowy figures appeared. A clear, melodious voice came from behind, as if it had traveled through the long river of time, waiting for thousands of years, its sound reaching the ears.
The people around him fell to the ground in terror, and the noisy street became eerily quiet. Only one person remained standing still. After a long while, he slowly turned around and saw that the person not far away was already in tears.
"you……"
The man started walking, quickening his pace, and in one swift step, he crossed the line and pulled her into his arms, holding her tightly as if she were a lost treasure that had been found again.
"Starry night, starry night, starry night..."
He had always called her Goddess, but this time, he called her name over and over again, afraid that this encounter would be another fragile dream that would shatter at the slightest touch.
"...Wuji (limitless)".
That sound truly pierced his ears, and only then did he dare to tremble and loosen his grip on her a little.
"Lord God, you really...you've really come back, is it really you?"
"it's me."
Liu Jun smiled faintly. Even though her appearance, voice, and even her spiritual root had changed, he still recognized her at a glance.
It wasn't until she saw Geng Wuji that Liu Jun understood everything.
The Floating Tree can regenerate as long as a trace of its primordial spirit remains.
So her current body was regenerated using the Floating Tree, no wonder her appearance is so different despite having a wood spirit root.
When the body regenerated by the Floating Tree is cultivated to a certain level, it will undergo a regeneration and differentiation process, at which point it will return to its original form, similar to the rebirth of the Golden Crow clan.
Geng Wuji held her hand tremblingly, tears streaming down his face. He had waited so long for this moment...
Upon learning of Liu Jun's death, he frantically tried to preserve a fragment of her primordial spirit, placing it into a body he had prepared long ago, nourished by his own flesh and blood.
That world was too poor to nurture the divine bodies of adults. This world is much better, with pure energy surrounding it, much like the former divine realm.
From then on, he stayed by her side, watching over her...
They search for rare and precious materials, refine them, and then offer them to their gods.
But a thousand years ago, his goddess disappeared. In order to find her, he was willing to search the whole world. If she wasn't here, he would go out and look for her!
But he was really too weak. He had exhausted his energy to cultivate a divine body, and he needed more resources to leave this place.
But in that instant a thousand years later, he seemed to feel her presence again, so close.
His heart began to beat again.