Family Cultivation: Evergreen of the Song Family

There are many speculations about this abnormal phenomenon in the vast jungle, but no matter which theory it is, it is difficult to convince the public because there is no substantial evidence.

The most widely circulated one among them is the "Strange Treasure Theory".

The person who put forward this view believes that there is a rare treasure buried in the vast jungle, which is constantly absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy, causing the spiritual energy in the vast jungle to become thin and the land to become barren.

Any cultivator with some knowledge would scoff at this statement. The vast jungle has been synonymous with poverty since ancient times. What kind of rare treasure would require so much spiritual energy to nourish? A magical weapon?
Even if there really is a magic weapon, how could it only absorb the spiritual energy of the vast jungle?

It doesn't make any logical sense.

Even so, it still triggered waves of treasure hunting craze.

I don’t know whether the treasure was found or not, but the monsters in the vast jungle suffered a great disaster and were swept away again and again by the swarms of adventurers, wandering cultivators, treasure hunters, etc.

Until now, the treasure hunting craze has subsided, and the number of monsters in the vast jungle has flourished again, and it has once again turned into a primitive jungle that is difficult for ordinary people to set foot in.

However, the so-called difficulty to enter is only for cultivators with weaker cultivation, which obviously does not include Purple Mansion cultivators.

When Song Changsheng's purple mansion pressure was released, the surrounding monsters immediately avoided him from afar as if they had seen something terrible, and did not dare to come forward to bring bad luck upon themselves.

Without the harassment of these monsters, Song Changsheng was happy to have some free time. He walked in the dense jungle with his hands behind his back, wearing a green shirt and plain shoes. The early morning light shone through the layers of treetops and fell on his body, as if he had been coated with a layer of golden light, adding a bit of mystery.

The mental method started running automatically, and strands of the sun's essence entered his body from the Baihui point on the top of his head. Song Changsheng felt warm all over, and even his footsteps seemed to be lighter. While he shuttled through the jungle, he used his spiritual sense to fully open up and search the land inch by inch.

Song Youping accidentally entered the cave in order to escape from being hunted by monsters, so he could not give Song Changsheng an exact address, only a rough direction, and he had to search slowly in that direction.

Fortunately, the area of ​​the vast jungle was not very exaggerated, and Song Changsheng got a harvest in about four or five hours.

He came to a river less than three meters wide. Due to the lack of rain in recent days, the water level in the river dropped a lot, revealing the strange rocks at the bottom of the river that had been washed away.

It is such a small river that may dry up at any time, but there is a thick layer of white-gray fog floating above it, which is very strange.

Song Changsheng's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said to himself, "Found it."

In the face of this fog, his spiritual power was greatly restricted, but he had already seen that the source of the river was a cave.

The river, the cave, the mist, everything fell into place.

"When Youping came here, the fog was only in that cave. I didn't expect it to spread outside now." Song Changsheng frowned slightly. This was really not a good sign.

At this moment, a loud eagle cry was heard, and a first-grade top-grade [Iron Claw Falcon] pierced into the mist like a sharp sword.

The moment it entered, a group of tiny black particles instantly swarmed towards the [Iron Claw Falcon]. In just a moment, the [Iron Claw Falcon] with a wingspan of ten feet turned into a shriveled corpse and fell into a puddle on the riverbed. It died just like that without even a single struggle the entire time.

Even when it fell, it still maintained its flying posture.

Song Changsheng was naturally familiar with these black particles. They were exactly the [Mist Hidden Insects] that Song Youping had shown him before. Just now, there were at least several thousand of them.

"No wonder it feels so quiet here, it turns out that all the fog has been fed to the [Mist Insects]." Song Changsheng looked grim. Fortunately, the fog appeared in the vast jungle. If it was in a densely populated area, it would be a disaster.

"Such an evil thing cannot be kept!"

Song Changsheng's expression turned stern, and he waved his sleeves. The [Purple Void Divine Fire] swept out and collided with the gray-white mist above the stream, causing an immediate violent reaction, with bursts of black smoke rising straight into the sky.

During this period, accompanied by a series of "crackling" sounds, countless [Mist Hidden Insects] were ruthlessly swallowed by the flames of the [Purple Void Divine Fire].

Looking at the billowing black smoke coming out of the burning, Song Changsheng couldn't help but sneer: "It is indeed an evil thing!"

The thick fog was the best fuel for the [Purple Void Divine Fire]. The fire grew stronger and stronger, and the fire wall, which was dozens of feet high, spread to the surroundings at an extremely fast speed.

Song Changsheng had to take action himself to control the fire. There was no other way. If he allowed the [Purple Void Divine Fire] to continue spreading, the area of ​​the entire jungle would probably be reduced by half.

The sin of killing involved is too heavy, and Song Changsheng doesn't want to do this unless it is necessary.

The surrounding flames were gathered and pressed towards the sky above the stream. The gray-white mist that originally covered the sky was quickly consumed, and tens of millions of [Mist Insects] turned into nothingness in the flames, leaving not even ashes.

Song Changsheng strode forward behind the wall of fire that had risen to a hundred feet high. The dazzling purple flames reflected on his expressionless face, making him look particularly cold.

The powerful spiritual consciousness spread out in an overwhelming manner, conducting a carpet search, not even leaving out the gaps between stones. Whenever it found any [Mist Hidden Insect] that had managed to survive by chance, it would directly use its magic power to crush it.

Soon, a water curtain cave less than ten feet high appeared in front of him. It was drizzling, but this did not affect the speed of the [Purple Void Divine Fire] burning the fog at all, and it soon cleared a path for Song Changsheng.

Song Changsheng entered the cave and found that this should be a natural karst cave. He didn't know how deep or long it was. If it was too wide, it would be a bit troublesome.

He controlled the fire a little and moved forward gradually. After slowing down, he found that there were some shriveled corpses or bones almost every few meters on the ground of the cave, not only those of animals but also those of humans.

Obviously, this cave is not as hidden as imagined. Over the years, many monks have entered here, but they were obviously not as lucky as Song Youping and all died here.

This fog kills people without anyone noticing!
Unexpectedly, this cave had not many branches and none of them were deep. Song Changsheng used some magic power to clear them all.

Although there are few branches, the main vein is bottomless.

Song Changsheng drew a magical barrier to block the fog in front of him, then took out the spirit wine and sat cross-legged against the wall of the cave, drinking while slowly recovering his magic power.

"I wonder where this cave leads to." Looking at the deep cave entrance, Song Changsheng thought to himself.

He had been in the cave for five or six hours and had walked at least thirty or forty miles, but the cave still had not bottomed out, so it was probably still very deep.

Therefore, he must always maintain sufficient magic power and physical strength. Who knows what is at the end of this cave? If anything goes wrong, he will be able to deal with it.

After a brief recovery, Song Changsheng continued to move forward, still using the [Purple Void Divine Fire] to lead the way.

Suddenly, he paused and frowned, "The spiritual energy here seems to be more abundant?"

He stopped and felt it carefully for a while, confirming that it was not an illusion. The concentration of spiritual energy in the cave had indeed increased.

At the beginning, he used the [Purple Void Divine Fire] to clear the way, not only burning the fog and [Mist Hidden Bug], but also the spiritual energy and air, and the cave became a vacuum zone, so he didn't feel it very clearly. But he just rested in the same place for half an hour, and the spiritual energy from the outside world was replenished. At this time, he found that the concentration of spiritual energy here was far higher than that of the outside world, as if someone was deliberately pouring it in, which was obviously unreasonable.

I closed my eyes and felt it. There was no wind blowing into the cave, but there was indeed an unusual airflow carrying the spiritual energy into the cave.

"What the hell is in here?"

This abnormal situation made Song Changsheng's desire to explore unprecedentedly strong. His intuition told him that he must continue to move forward, otherwise he would regret it.

At his level, intuition has become a means of avoiding danger and seeking good fortune. He did not sense too much danger, so he thought it would be okay to go deeper.

However, just in case, he still held the [Five Thunder Heavenly Evil Talisman] that he had exchanged from the third-level treasure house in Luoxia City in his hand.

Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the eventuality.

If there really is something extremely evil hidden inside, with this third-grade top-grade talisman in hand, as long as the opponent is not higher than the fourth grade, even if I cannot defeat him with one strike, I can at least buy him time to escape.

After cautiously advancing another eight or nine miles, the cave space became increasingly spacious, and the density of the [Mist Insects] increased at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This couldn't help but make Song Changsheng a little confused.

According to Song Youping, these [Mist Insects] also need to eat the flesh and blood of living beings in order to reproduce and produce large amounts of fog. If they do not eat the flesh and blood of living beings for a long time, they will lose their activity.

He could understand the high density in the front, after all, there were often human monks and wild beasts who strayed into the cave. But they had been here for dozens of miles, and the number of [Mist-Hidden Insects] had not decreased, but showed an upward trend.

How do these [Mist-Hidden Insects] survive?

"Could it be that this cave actually leads to the other side of the mountain?" Song Changsheng muttered to himself.

This seems to be the only reasonable explanation.

However, that would cause problems, as these [Mist Insects] might have already spread out.

But no matter what, he has already come this far, there is absolutely no way he will give up halfway.

After walking a distance, Song Changsheng suddenly stopped, his deep eyes staring straight ahead, as if he wanted to see the end of the cave through the layers of fog.

In fact, Song Changsheng saw nothing. There was only a grayish white area in front of him.

His strangeness came from an energy fluctuation sensed by his spiritual consciousness, a very familiar force.

"That is... the power of space."

For a moment, Song Changsheng stood there in a daze.

He and Song Xianming had both studied space teleportation arrays and had even set up more than one space teleportation array. He was too familiar with this power and there was absolutely no way he could make a mistake.

"Could it be..."

Thinking of all the previous doubts, he suddenly had a very bold guess in his mind.

"Bang bang bang..."

Song Changsheng's heart began to beat wildly uncontrollably. If it was really as he thought, then this trip was really the right one!
His blood boiled and his face couldn't help but turn red, but he didn't get carried away by excitement. People tend to stumble at this time. He became more cautious, carefully controlling the [Purple Void Divine Fire] to move forward.

As he went deeper, the spatial fluctuations became more and more obvious, and he could vaguely see a circle of hazy light through the fog.

"I see!" Song Changsheng was cheered up and quickly put out the fire, destroying the remaining [Mist Hidden Insects] one by one.

As the fog dissipated, the object emitting light was completely revealed in front of him. It was a circular vortex with a radius of three feet, emitting strong spatial fluctuations. Wisps of fog were spreading out from it, and there were even a few [Mist Insects] mixed in it.

"It is indeed the case!" Song Changsheng was overjoyed.

His guess came true. The end of the cave was indeed connected to another world, just like the Wutong Secret Realm, and these [Mist-Hidden Insects] came from that world, and it was a world with life!
Since the space corridors are interconnected, while these [Mist-Hidden Insects] are passing through, that world is also constantly absorbing the spiritual energy of the Purple Imperial Realm through this space corridor to strengthen itself.

This may be the reason why the spiritual energy in the vast jungle is so thin.

Ordinary treasures do not require so much spiritual energy, but what if it is a small world?
Song Changsheng swallowed subconsciously and felt his throat a little dry.

This is a small world, its value is immeasurable!
He forced himself to break free from his excitement and began to think carefully.

Since there is this opportunity, he will definitely not give it up and must keep it firmly in the hands of the Song family.

But this gave rise to a problem.

There must be a large number of [Mist Insects] in that small world.

this is a problem.

Although the [Purple Void Divine Fire] can easily destroy the [Mist Hidden Insects], its destructive power is too strong, and everything it passes by turns into a white field.

The purpose of developing the small world is to obtain the resources therein. If a fire is set, the [Mist Hidden Insects] will be extinct, and the small world will probably be burned up as well. This is something Song Changsheng cannot accept.

But if we can't use the [Purple Void Divine Fire], how can we get rid of those [Mist Hidden Insects]?

It is known that Qi-cultivating cultivators are absolutely unable to resist it, and foundation-building cultivators are probably in trouble as well. After all, their spiritual consciousness is completely useless in the mist.

The Purple Mansion cultivators can easily deal with these bugs.

But how many Purple Mansion cultivators can the Song family produce?
It can be foreseen that development will definitely be a big challenge.

Thinking of this, Song Changsheng couldn't help but laugh at himself. He didn't even know what the situation on that side was. It was too far-fetched for him to start thinking about these things now.

...(End of chapter)