I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 640 Kyushu (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Jiang Yi and his group encountered no obstacles on their journey and soon arrived at the other side of the continent. After crossing the coastline and climbing over a not-too-high mountain, they stood on the ridge and looked down to see a small city nestled on a wide plain.

The city was small, with low walls and a simple, ancient style. Several streaks of light streaked across the sky like shooting stars, landing lightly in or out of the city, clearly belonging to cultivators.

Further away, a few villages dot the plains, with wisps of smoke rising from their chimneys, creating a peaceful scene.

The group frowned as they tried to recall, especially Bai Shengjie, who had traveled all over the Northern Xuan lands. "When I was young, I followed my master to practice medicine all over Northern Xuan. In my memory, there was no such city in Northern Xuan, and the shape of this mountain also feels very unfamiliar to me."

Shen Puning's mouth dropped open. "Did we really go to the wrong place?"

“My Myriad Manifestations Compass is never wrong,” Yan Kongqing confirmed again with the compass in his hand, “The energy here points to the ancient land of Beixuan without a doubt, but…”

He couldn't explain the scene before him either.

Hua Luosha pursed her red lips tightly, "The calmer and more harmless it seems, the more lurking the danger."

Jiang Yi surveyed the small town and villages below the mountain and said in a low voice, "Let's investigate first. We'll split up to be less conspicuous and less likely to attract attention. After dark, whether we find anything or not, we must return here to meet up."

"Understood!" everyone responded in unison.

Hua Luosha, who was used to going her own way, was the first to speak up, "I'll go ahead and take a look at that village over there."

Before she finished speaking, a purple mist flashed around her, and her figure disappeared into the jungle like a ghost.

The remaining people quickly divided into groups. Jiang Yi led Luo Qingsi, Zhao Cangyun and Shang Shixu together, and Shen Puning, who was used to acting with Xin Wushuang, stood together tacitly. The three groups prepared to enter the city from three different directions.

Bai Shengjie, Mo Ling, and Yan Kongqing stayed near the mountain ridge. Bai Shengjie was responsible for analyzing the plants in the forest, Mo Ling had a certain ability to sense the earth's veins, and Yan Kongqing used the Myriad Manifestations Compass to observe the constellations of this place and see if there were any differences from the outside world.

"Be careful in everything you do. In case of trouble, prioritize self-preservation and passing on information. Do not be reckless."

Jiang Yi gave them another warning, and everyone nodded before quietly making their way towards their destination.

Jiang Yi led Luo Qingsi around to the other side of the small town. Instead of entering the town directly, they hid at the edge of a dense forest, carefully observing the crowds entering and leaving the town gate and the occasional streaks of light that flashed by.

The people coming and going dressed in a style quite different from the cultivators of the Eastern Continent. Their clothes appeared to be of ordinary quality, but they possessed an inner spiritual radiance, and their colors were simple and elegant without any ornate decorations.

"Senior Sister, why don't we just fly in or walk over?" Luo Qingsi squatted down next to Jiang Yi, idly fiddling with a few small, emerald-green grasses on the ground that emitted a faint glow. "They all look... kind of weak?"

She sensed that the people coming in and out were generally not highly cultivated, mostly at the Qi Refining or Foundation Establishment stages, with the occasional Golden Core aura passing by.

Jiang Yi said in a low voice, "Do you think our clothes are the same as theirs? Do we speak the same way? The people here speak with an ancient accent. If we go in rashly, we'll give ourselves away as soon as we open our mouths. Shouldn't we observe and learn first?"

"Oh, I get it!"

Luo Qingsi suddenly realized what was going on and reached out to put the luminous grass she had just plucked into her mouth.

Jiang Yi quickly brushed the grass off Luo Qingsi's hand and said helplessly, "Don't eat random things! Did you forget what I said? Everything here might be strange!"

Luo Qingsi stuck out her tongue. "Sorry, Senior Sister, I forgot."

After observing for a while, Jiang Yi made up her mind. A soft light flashed at her fingertips, and her and Luo Qingsi's black outfits instantly changed.

Jiang Yi transformed into a low-level female cultivator dressed in an elegant light gray dress, exuding a quiet and serene aura. Luo Qingsi, on the other hand, transformed into a lively young girl wearing a pale yellow short shirt and a matching skirt, with her hair styled in two buns. The two women's attire was remarkably similar to the style of the women seen in the small town.

"Remember, from now on, talk less, observe and listen more, and just call me... Sister," Jiang Yi instructed in a low voice.

"Uh-huh!"

Luo Qingsi nodded vigorously, trying her best to look like a curious, ordinary girl.

The two then emerged from the woods and mingled with the crowds entering and leaving the city, heading towards the city gate.

There were no guards checking people at the city gate. The scene inside the city was much the same as that of cultivator cities in remote areas of the Eastern Continent. Various shops lined both sides of the street, selling spiritual herbs, ores, talismans, magical artifacts, cloth, and even ordinary daily necessities. The architectural style was simple and ancient, mostly made of stone and wood, with few ornate carvings.

Jiang Yi secretly channeled his magical power, his refined eyes sweeping over the surrounding crowd.

She discovered that the spiritual energy in the dantian of everyone here was complete with all five elements, perfectly integrated, and that no spiritual root could be found in their bodies.

Their cultivation system seemed to be entirely based on the overall absorption and harmonization of the five elements of heaven and earth, which perfectly matched the descriptions of ancient Qi cultivators she had seen in ancient texts.

The sounds of people talking on the street drifted over; although the general meaning was understandable, the words and sentences were imbued with a strong classical charm.

"They were ancient Qi cultivators, even earlier than the ancient times, close to the Primordial Era."

The piercing voice entered Jiang's consciousness, and it transformed into a small mirror hanging on Jiang Yi's waist, also observing the surroundings.

Jiang Yi secretly transmitted her voice to Zhu Xin, "Could it be that we've traveled back in time?"

"It doesn't look like it!"

Zhu Xin gave this answer and then fell silent, without providing any substantial evidence.

"Sister, look at that!" Luo Qingsi tugged at Jiang Yi's sleeve, pointing to several small animals woven from fresh spiritual herbs on a roadside stall. Her eyes lit up, revealing her true nature as a curious young girl.

I'll buy it for you later.

Jiang Yi patted Luo Qingsi's hand, her gaze quickly sweeping across the shops on the street, locking onto an inconspicuous shop.

Above the door hangs a simple wooden plaque with three large ancient seal characters: Jiyazhai.

The shop was simply furnished, with rows of wooden shelves displaying not jade slips, but thread-bound paper books and ancient animal skin scrolls.

"Let's go in and take a look."

Jiang Yi led Luo Qingsi into the bookstore. The store was filled with the faint scent of ink and old paper. An elderly man with white hair and beard, wearing a blue cloth robe, sat behind the counter, engrossed in reading a book. He merely nodded slightly at their arrival and did not pay much attention to them.

Jiang Yi glanced at the labels on the bookshelf without making a sound: "Illustrated Compendium of Plants and Trees," "Records of Metals and Minerals," "Essentials of Ancient History," "Strange Tales of Customs and Localities"...

Jiang Yi casually picked up a few books and flipped through them. The contents were detailed and didn't seem to be made up randomly. She had never seen any illusion that could compile such detailed information about books in a corner.

She couldn't do that even in her dreams.

"The Chronicles of the Nine Provinces?"

Jiang Yi gently took the book down from the bookshelf, opened the title page, and lines of ancient seal script came into view.

Suppressing her excitement, she quickly browsed the table of contents, seeing chapters such as mountains and rivers, geography, local products and customs, ancient history, emperors throughout the ages, and the beginning and end of the demonic calamity.

found it!
Jiang Yi looked up at the old man behind the counter. The old man didn't seem to care that she was standing there flipping through books. There were no restrictions on these kinds of paper books. Jiang Yi immediately moved to the old man's blind spot, picked up the Heart-Piercing Mirror, and quickly flipped through the book with him.

She doesn't know what the currency is here yet, so she definitely can't buy it back. She can only have Zhu Xin record it and then transcribe it into the jade slip for others.

The Jiyazhai was unusually quiet, with only the faint sound of pages turning.

Luo Qingsi curiously looked around at the bookshelves, while Jiang Yi's mind was completely absorbed in the book "The Chronicles of the Nine Provinces"...

"Since the beginning of chaos, the clear and the turbid have been separated, and heaven and earth have their constant order. The land of the nine provinces stands with the pillars of the nine heavens, gathering the spiritual hubs of the eight directions, which is where the destiny of the universe is concentrated... The Emperor descends to earth, ruling over all spirits, refining qi and cultivating virtue, harmonizing yin and yang... All living beings are born with the qi of the five elements of heaven and earth, without any deficiency, which is called the way of 'the unity of heaven and man'..."

Jiang Yi's fingers, which were turning the pages of the book, paused slightly. Her gaze fell on the opening description of the chapter 'The Beginning and End of the Demonic Tribulation,' and her pupils suddenly contracted.

The opening scene of the 'demonic calamity' described in the book bears a chilling resemblance to the scene of the destruction of Beixuan when they fled!
So this world was formed after the destruction of Beixuan? And it has a history of three thousand years?
Isn’t this nonsense?
Three hundred years have passed outside, but three thousand years have passed here?

(End of this chapter)