Confucian and Taoist scholar

Chapter 383: February Dragon Rising

As the sun sets, a thin layer of mist rises above the rippling water.

At this time, it is easy to lose your way whether sailing or flying.

Lu Zheng was not in a hurry to travel. He found a small island, determined his location, and then went ashore to rest.

Qing Wan followed him onto the island and looked around, saying, "It seems there's no one here, not even any demonic energy..."

As she spoke, Qing Wan walked into the forest on the island to check the situation around.

Lu Zhengze dragged the boat onto the beach to prevent it from being blown away by the wind and waves.

Then, Lu Zheng built a fire nearby for lighting and sat there reading the books he had obtained from Tengshan Jun and the Qi Refiner.

The setting sun sank below the horizon and a hazy crescent moon rose.

A light breeze blew, and Qing Wan came back excitedly, bringing back a lot of unknown plants.

"I found two kinds of beans, and a few plants that looked edible..."

Qingwan showed off what she had gained on the island.

Lu Zheng glanced at the pile of weed-like plants.

Suddenly, Lu Zheng's eyes paused, and he reached out to pick up a thumb-sized withered yellow grass ear, and rubbed it gently, and a few seeds squeezed out.

Lu Zheng took a seed and tasted it. After savoring it for a while, a strange color flashed in his eyes.

"What is this?" Qing Wan next to her asked curiously.

She had read many illustrated books on herbs recently, but had never seen these herbs before.

Lu Zheng said, "It looks like corn."

There seemed to be no such crop as corn in the world, at least Lu Zheng had never seen it before. The seeds in his hand were relatively primitive corn, which was only slightly larger than ordinary grass ears and looked unremarkable.

"corn?"

Qing Wan stared at the seeds in Lu Zheng's hand, not thinking that this had much to do with jade and rice.

Lu Zheng stood up and said, "Let's go and look for more seeds like this. We have one more thing to do."

Qing Wan asked curiously, "Is this something edible?"

Lu Zheng gave a brief explanation.

Qing Wan was surprised when she heard this and said, "If you want to cultivate it, leave it to me!"

As a grass spirit, she is adept at using wood-based spells, and it is only a matter of time before she can cultivate various plants.

The two went deep into the island, searching all the way, and even found some primitive corn seedlings.

Lu Zheng directly transplanted these seedlings into the small world.

Soon, both of them collected a lot of unknown plant seeds and seedlings.

Suddenly, there was a slight vibration from the ground.

On a mountain in the center of the island, a colorful aura suddenly emerged and was clearly visible.

Qing Wan looked up and said with her mouth slightly opened: "This is..."

Lu Zheng narrowed his eyes slightly and flew over with Qing Wan.

The two of them landed in the spiritual and colorful air, and immediately felt a powerful vitality and spiritual energy filling the surroundings.

"Hey, what's going on?"

Qing Wan looked surprised, not knowing what was going on here.

Lu Zheng said, "It's Chun Shi who's angry."

Lu Zheng thought of something and looked towards the east of the sky. He could vaguely see a bright star twinkling. It was the Jiaoxiu of the Canglong constellation.

Lu Zheng couldn't help but whisper, "On the second day of the second month, the dragon raises its head, all things revive, and spring returns to the earth. In some places, spiritual veins will also be affected, and some unusual fluctuations in spiritual energy will appear."

Lu Zheng found that their luck was pretty good. They could encounter a scene of flourishing spiritual energy by simply landing on any small island.

Moreover, this kind of spring spiritual energy is most suitable for people to practice. It is easier to be absorbed by people than ordinary spiritual energy and is beneficial to oneself.

Now there is such a strong spiritual energy here that it has become a treasure land for cultivation.

Of course, this situation is temporary. It is estimated that within a day or two, this spring spiritual energy will dissipate between heaven and earth.

Lu Zhenggang learned this knowledge in Wanjing Building. In the past, he would have been confused.

Lu Zheng and Qing Wan each chose a place and then meditated there.

Although Lu Zheng majored in Confucianism and Taoism, it did not mean that he would be slow in absorbing these spiritual energies.

He directly used the method of Haoran nourishing qi to activate the small world of Wen Palace.

The surrounding spring spiritual energy continuously flowed into Lu Zheng's small world.

When these spiritual energies entered the small world, they began to slowly nourish all things in it.

Qing Wan couldn't help but marvel at the sight of spiritual energy cyclones forming around Lu Zheng, which were constantly absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy.

She didn't dare to waste time and sat cross-legged there trying to absorb spiritual energy, but her efficiency was much lower.

The two of them each took a place, seizing the time to absorb this rare spiritual energy.

There were rustling sounds in the surrounding woods.

Some birds, beasts and insects on the island were attracted by this special spiritual energy.

However, these creatures did not absorb the spiritual energy deeply. Just a little bit of spiritual energy from the periphery was enough for their needs. Too much is as bad as too little.

Not long after, a sound of breaking air was heard from a distance, and a figure came flying over.

Apparently, someone nearby had noticed something unusual and had come over to try and share in the opportunity. The person who came was a woman with a beautiful face and delicate features, emitting a pure and peaceful aura of the demonic spirit.

Before the woman landed, she saw Lu Zheng and the other man.

Seeing Lu Zheng absorbing spiritual energy crazily, even she couldn't help but be surprised, and thought that Lu Zheng was a highly accomplished Qi-refining master.

Lu Zheng noticed someone coming and looked up slightly.

Aquatic? Lu Zheng could sense the demonic energy and water spirit fluctuations emanating from the woman.

He didn't pay much attention to the arrival of others. He just smiled slightly and looked away.

This place is spacious enough. The other party can't possibly want to drive them away, right?
Seeing Lu Zheng like this, the woman understood that Lu Zheng had no intention of monopolizing the place, so she did not act rashly. She smiled politely in return and then ran to a nearby place to absorb spiritual energy.

After a while, three more figures flew over from all directions.

It’s really lively… Lu Zheng muttered to himself.

I thought this island was quite remote and I wouldn't meet many people.

As a result, a little spiritual phenomenon attracted several beings that could fly in the air.

The three of them arrived above the island almost at the same time, looked at each other, and found that there were people coming below, so they landed one after another.

Huh? A middle-aged monk's eyelids twitched when he saw Lu Zheng.

Lu Zheng also glanced sideways and found that it was actually an acquaintance, Wang Fang, the elder of Wanjian Sect with whom he had sparred before.

When Wang Fang saw Lu Zheng looking at him, he couldn't help but curse his bad luck. Why did he meet Lu Zheng here?

But thinking that this is Yunmeng Lake, can he still be afraid of Lu Zheng?

However, Lu Zheng just took a look without any change in expression.

Wang Fang's eyes changed, but he didn't do anything in the end. After all, there were other people here, and there was no need for him to have any conflict with Lu Zheng.

Wang Fang looked around, chose a place to meditate, and set up a formation around him. It was not easy to absorb spiritual energy wholeheartedly in such a place, so he had to take some precautions.

The other gray-robed man saw that all the good seats were taken. He knew the elders of Wanjian Sect, but he was not so familiar with the others.

However, judging from the aura revealed by the others, Qing Wan was obviously the weakest one.

The gray-robed man came close to Qing Wan and said indifferently, "Little girl, please give up your seat. This is not the place for you..."

Because Lu was by her side, Qing Wan didn't worry about anything at all, so she focused on practicing.

As a result of being interrupted, her progress in absorbing spiritual energy came to a halt.

Qing Wan frowned at the gray-robed man and said unhappily, "What do you want to do? Are you breaking the rules?"

The gray-robed man laughed when he heard this. Rules? In a place like Yunmengze, whoever is more powerful has the final say.

The man in gray robe was about to say something when he suddenly felt a chill on his back and quickly dodged to the side.

However, there was still a huge force suppressing it.

The gray-robed man looked sideways in horror and saw Lu Zheng patting his shoulder with a kind face.

The man in gray robe didn't even dare to move. He felt that if he made any small movement, the hand on his shoulder would not hesitate.

"Have you ever learned etiquette?" Lu Zheng asked softly.

The gray-robed man swallowed his saliva and said with difficulty: "I have learned..."

Lu Zheng said calmly, "You seem to be quite old now, so you shouldn't take advantage of your age."

The man in gray robe didn't know how to answer for a moment, and cold sweat broke out on his body.

Lu Zheng slowly withdrew his hand, then sat back in his original position and continued practicing.

The gray-robed man suddenly felt the pressure reduced. After all, he was a fourth-level Qi-refining master, and he couldn't even think of resisting Lu Zheng.

Although Lu Zheng did not attack, he was so frightened that he dared not stay to absorb any spiritual energy and left in disgrace.

Another Qi-refining practitioner not far away looked at them with a puzzled expression. He moved away from the few people in a low-key manner and ran to a corner.

Wang Fang was surprised. He felt that Lu Zheng had become much stronger. Fortunately, he did not show any dissatisfaction just now.

The small conflict ended quickly, and the remaining people sat in their own places without disturbing each other, absorbing the spring spiritual energy according to their own abilities.

But this peace did not last long.

After a few hours, turtles, lizards and other monsters emitting demonic energy crawled onto the shore of the island and ran towards the green mountains that emitted spiritual energy.

In the sky, ferocious-looking birds flapped their wings and descended.

The ordinary birds and beasts were frightened and fled in all directions.

Lu Zheng's eyes flashed as he looked at the birds and beasts coming like waves, and the demonic aura also spread like fog.

"Tide of beasts?"

Lu Zheng frowned. If these evil-carrying birds and beasts were allowed to climb the mountain, the spiritual charm of this place would probably be destroyed soon.

Wang Fang frowned upon seeing this. He raised his hand and waved it, and the flying sword turned into a stream of light and flew into the sky, slashing towards those evil birds.

Wang Fang's face looked a little ugly. He was planning to spend more time practicing here to improve his Taoism, but so many monsters came to cause trouble.

Suddenly, Wang Fang thought of something and looked at Lu Zheng, whispering, "The one you just chased away was an elder from the Beast Taming Sect. He must have attracted these monsters."

If you don’t get well, why don’t you let others get well?

Lu Zheng's eyes moved slightly, and he said, "I didn't drive him away. He wanted to leave on his own."

He turned to look at the monsters that were rushing over and found that their condition was not right, but he was not sure whether they were absorbed by the spiritual energy here or were really being driven by someone.

(End of this chapter)