Xiuxian: I use magnetic fields to prove my truth

Chapter 349 Iron Curtain
Unfortunately, Zhou Qingyan's prediction came true.

About a month later, the sect leader returned to the Dharma propagation center dejectedly.

Judging from the looks of it, I could tell that this breakthrough had failed again.

Mu Zhuosha showed no sympathy for her father's failed breakthrough and said nonchalantly, "I knew beforehand that it was hopeless again."

“He broke through at the Dharma Propagation Center several times before, but this time he inexplicably wanted to return to the Qingyun Sect, saying that he was going back to the homeland of the patriarchs of all generations. With the patriarchs’ blessing, he might succeed.”

“Zhou Qing, do you think this sounds like something a cultivator would say? I knew back then that it was hopeless again, which is why I insisted on going back with him, lest he not only fail to break through but also suffer a qi deviation.”

The sect leader said dejectedly, "Don't listen to her nonsense. My failure to break through has nothing to do with any of this. It's purely because the medicinal power of the Golden Elixir was insufficient to completely melt the Golden Elixir, allowing my primordial spirit to penetrate it and take shape. As a result, I could only fail."

Zhou Qing, sensing the problem, asked, "Are even the Grandmaster's Melting Gold Pills now of inferior quality?"

Throughout the entire Western Continent, only the Hongfa Dojo can refine the Gold Melting Pill, which comes in two grades: top-grade and second-grade.

The medicinal herbs used in the Supreme Gold Melting Pill are all of the highest quality and most potent medicinal herbs. These herbs grow in good environments and for a long time, so the quality of the pills made from them is naturally better.

However, this high-quality elixir is only produced in the Central Continent, and the Western Continent cannot collect it in its entirety.

Since the Central Continent imposed a blockade on the Western Continent, the Western Continent has rarely been able to obtain such high-quality spiritual herbs, and the quality of the refined Gold-Melting Pills has naturally declined.

Because of Zhou Qing, the people of Qingyun Sect have always been treated with preferential treatment.

Even the Grand Master's Melting Gold Pills are now of inferior quality; it seems the Dharma Propagation Center can no longer find top-grade Melting Gold Pills.

Nie Yunxi is now practically Zhou Qing's full-time secretary. Upon hearing this, she said, "I inquired about this matter with Saintess Xianglian. Ever since Senior Brother encouraged cultivators in the Western Continent to strive for cultivation, several Golden Core cultivators from various sects have applied to fuse their Golden Cores in recent years, in addition to the Golden Core True Persons of the Hongfa Daoist Temple."

"The consumption of the Gold Melting Pill has far exceeded that of the past, and we can no longer go to the Central Continent, so we are indeed in a bit of a predicament now."

Zhou Qing nodded, thinking to himself that now only he from the Western Continent could go to the Central Continent, and anyone else who went would inevitably face retaliation.

They dare not come here to kill people on their own initiative, but if people from this side go here and are retaliated against, they can't say anything.

Having returned to the Dharma Propagation Center a month ago, Zhou Qing has adjusted himself to his best condition. He was also looking forward to seeing what arrangements the people in Zhongzhou had made. Now, he happened to encounter a famine of Golden Elixir, so he decided to set off immediately.

"What? You've only been back a few days and you're already leaving again?"

Mu Zhuosha said with dissatisfaction, "I just returned to the dojo today, and you want to leave already? It's as if I scared you away. At least give your senior uncle some face."

Zhou Qing smiled helplessly, then postponed the trip by a day and told Mu Zhuosha about the trip to Zhongzhou, which he had already told many times before. Mu Zhuosha was so surprised that she kept exclaiming. Judging from her reaction, she was even more excited than he was, who was actually there.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk!"

Mu Zhuosha exclaimed in admiration, "You can travel hundreds of thousands of miles in an instant, Zhou Qing. Even if you say you have already become a true immortal, I will believe you."

Zhou Qing smiled and said, "As far as the fate of the cultivation world is concerned, the role of a true immortal is negligible."

Mu Zhuosha pouted and said, "Zhou Qing, when did you start talking big? The fate of the cultivation world is such a distant matter."

The sky was filled with stars.

Zhou Qing reached his jade-like hand into the fire and poked around, turning over a mountain deer that was sitting on the fire. Mu Zhuosha's words made him think for a long time before he replied, "The cultivation world is like a large house on fire, and we are all people in this house."

"People can live a life of debauchery until the fire reaches them, since most people won't live to see the fire. But I am the one who seeks immortality."

At this point, Zhou Qing said somewhat dejectedly, "I originally thought that all cultivators were focused on achieving immortality, but later I found that it seems that only I am seriously seeking immortality. Everyone else just assumes that reaching a certain stage is enough."

"Because I don't really expect to live forever, I take those distant disasters lightly, since I may never encounter them myself."

"As for future generations, I'll be dead by then anyway, so why would I care?"

Mu Zhuosha frowned, her eyebrows furrowing in frustration, and said, "What nonsense are you spouting? Don't I want to live forever?"

"We are just self-aware. So many people throughout history who are far more capable than me have not achieved immortality. Why should I think I can go further than them? Of course, we should know when to stop and enjoy life while we can."

"Only you are truly convinced that you can do something that no one before you could do."

At this point, Mu Zhuosha revealed a teasing expression and laughed, "Heaven gave you a unique talent, but at the same time, it also placed an inescapable shackle on you. If you think about it that way, I don't think I need to envy you anymore."

"Alright, why say such meaningless things? Let's drink up. You're going out to wander again tomorrow, and who knows when we'll see each other again?"

The group ate the barely noticeable food and drank the bland, tasteless wine, and gradually became somewhat intoxicated.

Early the next morning, Zhou Qing transformed into golden light and flew towards the Central Continent.

He traversed tens of thousands of miles of land in the blink of an eye.

Zhou Qing solidified his form at the border between West Pole and Central Pole, and was stunned by what he saw.

He had passed through here before and observed it from the relay station, so he had some understanding of the terrain. However, the terrain here now was completely different from what he remembered.

Between Central Continent and West Antarctica, although there are many mountains, there are always some roads of various sizes that can be accessed, and the terrain is also undulating.

But now the situation has completely changed.

Ahead lay no longer the undulating, continuous mountain range, but rather neat, towering cliffs that seemed to form a majestic wall between Middle-earth and West Pole.

Zhou Qing flew along the high wall for a while and found that the wall was very long, completely covering the boundary between Central Continent and Western Continent.

After careful observation, Zhou Qing discovered that this "high wall" was not formed by randomly piling up rocks, but was created by someone using great supernatural powers to forcibly change the direction of the mountain.

Only the Nascent Soul stage cultivators of the Four Great Dao Palaces can accomplish these things.

Only by working together could such a miracle be created.

Zhou Qingfei flew to the top of the cliff and found a curtain of light shooting into the sky and disappearing into the infinite heights.

He flew upwards for a while, flying thousands of feet, but still couldn't see the end of the light curtain. When he arrived here, the spiritual energy was already very thin.

(End of this chapter)