Chapter 227 No Way Up
Chapter 227 No Way Up
The space around the ancient Dan Well returned to calm.
At the same time when the black pill appeared, the medicinal power surging in the space slowed down, and the pollution that almost occupied the entire space now disappeared.
Only the cheerful vines were left stretching their bodies, wandering leisurely around the ancient Dan Well, feeling the cool spiritual energy was extremely comfortable.
"My vines are clean and my sanity is no longer affected." The medicine spirit was moved and surprised.
He had sealed away the pollution for too long and almost forgot the feeling of being relaxed and free without evil thoughts clamoring in his mind.
At this time, the space was filled with a soft medicinal fragrance. Qin Baiqing dodged the vines that subconsciously clung to her to express her gratitude and tried to get closer to the ancient elixir well.
There was no obstruction.
The ancient elixir well allowed Qin Baiqing to approach. The scent of the black elixir was faint. Only after Qin Baiqing approached did it frown in discomfort. After holding the elixir, its whole body repelled the scent of the elixir.
"This is a bad thing," she said firmly. "The smell makes me uncomfortable. I hate it!"
This was the first time Qin Baiqing had seen a pill with such a strange aura.
Instead of having a soothing medicinal fragrance, it exudes a dark aura that is like the impurities of heaven and earth. It feels cold and sticky when standing on the body, making people feel uncomfortable all over.
"What should we do with it?" Qin Baiqing held the pill and handed it to Feng Budu.
Feng Budu took it and sealed it without thinking the moment he touched it. The powerful sealing technique instantly compressed the aura around the pill and wrapped the pill inside.
Several people breathed a sigh of relief, but the seal was suddenly dissolved, and the pill returned to normal, even showing signs of wanting to emit a dark aura.
"Oh no..." The polluted breath was about to become unstable. Qin Baiqing was at a loss. She hurriedly took it from Feng Budu and imitated the sealing technique herself.
This time, she used the ninth mysterious spiritual power in her body to purify pollution.
Fortunately it worked. Several people stared at the seal closely and saw that it was still solid after a long time. Then they breathed a sigh of relief and held the tricky pill in their hands, not knowing what to do with it.
"Keep it first, and give it to the Venerable when you see her later."
"Give it to mother?" Qin Baiqing was puzzled for a moment, then immediately accepted the suggestion, nodded, and put the pill away.
It is better to leave the bad things that are difficult to solve to the omnipotent mother.
"But I still can't advance to the Mahayana stage," Qin Baiqing complained with her hands on her hips after resolving the crisis: "As long as all the pollution is purified, I can upgrade to the Spirit Refining Stage."
She muttered with regret and resentment.
In this small world, Mahayana has reached its peak.
But for the small world of the Spirit Refining Realm that they had briefly visited, retreating from the mortal world was just a small part of the small world, and only those who had reached the Spirit Condensation Realm were qualified to come to the table. Moreover, their spiritual awareness was clearly sufficient for the needs of the second realm.
"I want to upgrade..." She pouted, her breath was low, and she searched for the spiritual power she had drawn from Feng Budu, "If you give it back to me, will it be enough for me to advance?"
"You're thinking too much. You can't upgrade now." Feng Budu decisively suppressed Qin Baiqing's eagerness to try and warned her, "Before the conditions are met, you will still fall even if you force yourself to advance, and then it will affect your own foundation."
"Why!"
"What are the conditions for upgrading?" Qin Baiqing asked aggrievedly, and confirmed the authenticity with Qi Pulan: "Auntie Danzong, do you know the conditions for advancement?"
"Her cultivation is not good enough." Feng Budu said casually with contempt.
"Hmm..." Even though Qi Pulan was unhappy, he could only nod and admit: "Knowing too many secrets of a higher realm is not good for cultivation. Before my realm reaches a critical point, I will most likely not know the conditions for advancement." Otherwise, it will damage your Taoism and affect your mentality for cultivation. Knowing too much will do more harm than good.
"You should have thought of it the last time you saw the small world of the second realm," Feng Budu reminded, "It's not that there are no people with the qualifications to approach the small world we are in, but no one has been promoted. The reason lies in the barriers of the world outside us."
"There is a world barrier blocking you. Even if you force your way through it, you will fall. In the end, you will die. That's why they won't let you break through."
"But, we..." Qin Baiqing subconsciously wanted to refute.
They had entered and exited the small world before, which shows that the world barriers are not completely locked.
But looking at Feng Budu's calm expression, Qin Baiqing suddenly understood, closed her mouth and stopped struggling.
Yes, although they had once broken through the barrier of the small world and went to the outside world, they were forcibly dragged away by Si Lingyue once. They also went through a lot of hardships when they came back, and only with the help of Situ Fusheng did they open the teleportation array.
The local monks who were promoted here did not have such good luck.
"World Barrier... I've never heard of such a thing." Qi Pulan's face turned pale after listening to the whole story. "Why does such a thing exist? After being promoted, can we only be trapped and die in this small world?"
No wonder she had seen so many talented and powerful people, but had never heard of anyone being promoted.
"Doesn't this mean that the small world we live in has been abandoned by the heavens?"
Qi Pulan was swept up by great sadness and helplessness. For a moment, the world seemed insignificant to him. It was like a cage trapping all living things to death. What was the meaning of cultivation?
Should he suppress his cultivation and live in disgrace, or should he be promoted and then die a short-lived death?
The surrounding atmosphere was affected by Qi Pulan and became gloomy, and even Qin Baiqing was about to be infected by the atmosphere of despair.
"...Don't think too much," Feng Budu said in a speechless tone, and comforted him bluntly and ruthlessly: "If the sky falls, there are Mahayana to hold it up. It's still early for you to cultivate to that level."
In short, this was not something she should be considering.
Qi Pulan realized that his heart was unstable and he slowly put away his anxiety. After that, he thanked Feng Budu gratefully. Then the three of them began to search for medicinal herbs around the Ancient Dan Well.
In the end, the ancient elixir well was also easily put away by Qin Baiqing, and the space was left bare, with only the cramped vines that had nowhere to put the medicinal essence.
"You, why did you close the well as well?" It looked towards the direction of the ancient Dan well reluctantly and spoke to Qin Baiqing eagerly.
The medicinal fragrance emanating from the well smells even better than mine.
"This is my inheritance, of course it belongs to me," Qin Baiqing said as a matter of course, with a triumphant smile, "but you can come back to the sect with me."
"Yes! I want to go. I'll go with you." Yao Jing nodded repeatedly.
It was reluctant to leave Xiang Jue Lin, but coveted the Ancient Dan Well even more. Before leaving, it reverently left a trace of its essence to its brothers and sisters, and prayed sincerely: "I am leaving, and I hope that a new medicine spirit will appear and accompany you in the future."
The three of them, along with the medicine spirit who was going out for the first time, made their way out of the forbidden area of Xiangjue Forest without any obstruction.
After returning to the sect, Qin Baiqing stopped where he was, feeling unbelievable.
“This is not my sect,” she shook her head with wide eyes, muttering, “Xingzhi must have robbed someone else’s sect…”
Otherwise, where would so many disciples come from? There was even enough energy to expand the inner and outer sects, and the original five disciples were firmly seated in the position of direct disciples.
(End of this chapter)