Xiuxian: I use magnetic fields to prove my truth

Chapter 355 Asking for help
After much deliberation, Zhou Qing decided to tell the truth.

The situation will not stop worsening just because humans are unaware of it.

The sooner you understand the truth, the sooner you can be prepared.

Zhou Qing then recounted in detail what he had witnessed at the end of Qionghua Island.

As expected, everyone fell silent.

Zhou Qing said, "For a long time to come, our situation is unlikely to improve; it will only worsen. Everyone should be prepared."

"Qionghua Continent is completely surrounded by the Demon Abyss and is constantly being eroded by it. The barrier protecting Qionghua Continent is constantly weakened and can only shrink its area to maintain its existence."

“I stayed there for a few days, and every day I could see large areas of land being melted away by the Demon Abyss because the barrier was shrinking. The speed was about tens of miles per day.”

"At this rate, I'm afraid that in a few hundred years, the Western Continent will become the end of the Qionghua Continent, facing the Abyss of Demons."

"From today onwards, you must prepare for a life of hardship. All resources in the Western Continent will be under unified management, and all important spiritual medicines will be transplanted to the Dharma Propagation Center, where they will be used to refine elixirs and prepared according to regulations."

Zhou Qing paused for a moment, then said, "Hopefully, we can find a solution before then."

The group had not yet recovered from their immense disappointment.

With their cultivation level, even if they make no further progress, most of them will still have a lifespan of several hundred years.

In other words, they are very likely to witness the complete fall of Qionghua Prefecture.

They actually encountered a major upheaval that hadn't happened in tens of thousands of years; it's truly infuriating to think about.

But what can be done if one is unwilling? Did those predecessors who witnessed the chaos of the demonic invasion and the fragmentation of the cultivation world accept it?
Everyone sighed and bid farewell, returning to their respective dojos. Following Zhou Qing's instructions, they began sending people to various parts of the Western Continent to transplant as many spiritual herbs as possible to their dojos.

If transplantation was absolutely impossible, then people were assigned to guard it closely.

The severity of the situation filled Zhou Qing with a sense of urgency.

The barrier at the end of Qionghua Island seemed to transform into a warning line in his heart, a line that was constantly shrinking and closing in on him when he couldn't see it.

Just realizing this put him under immense pressure.

To relieve stress, the only way is to continuously improve one's abilities.

Zhou Qing once again immersed himself in cultivation.

With his cultivation level advancing to the fifth level of Foundation Establishment, his speed of absorbing spiritual energy increased dramatically once again, forcing him to switch spiritual veins every half month.

Of the eighty-one main spiritual veins of the Dharma propagation center, Zhou Qing himself possessed five, and at this moment, they were even showing signs of being insufficient.

Zhou Qing then asked Bai Mei to coordinate and free up five more spiritual veins for him, which finally met his current needs.

The Hongfa Dojo has a large number of people, and with the addition of the few remaining sects, many disciples also cultivate there.

Giving Zhou Qing five more spiritual veins would naturally involve a major upheaval.

Zhou Qing could already foresee that this move would inevitably spark a lot of discussion.

After all, ever since he moved into the Hongfa Dojo, he first clashed with the Qingxu Dao Palace, and now he has caused the entire Western Continent to be sealed off by the Central Continent. It is impossible for others not to have grievances.

But he can't care about that now.

The Western Continent, and indeed the entire Qionghua Continent, is now like a wrecked ship that could sink at any moment, and he is the only one who can possibly steer it safely through the storm. To slow down one's advancement out of concern for temporary gossip is truly a crime.

Two more years passed, and Zhou Qing's 150 dantians had all reached the peak of the fifth level of Foundation Establishment. He estimated that he would be able to attempt a breakthrough in about six months.

That day, Zhou Qing woke up from his seclusion and was about to change his spiritual vein to continue his cultivation when Nie Yunxi stepped forward and said, "Senior Brother, someone from Zhongzhou has come to see you."

People from Central Continent?

Zhou Qing's heart stirred, and he thought to himself, "I haven't received any news from Zhongzhou in the past two years."

Because of the existence of the Iron Curtain, the people of Western Antarctica could not cross over there, and he was in a hurry to cultivate and had no time to travel there, so the two sides were completely cut off from each other.

Zhou Qing followed Nie Yunxi to the guesthouse where she was in seclusion and saw Xiao Xiao and Lin Li receiving a familiar guest.

Upon seeing Zhou Qing, the three of them quickly stepped forward and bowed.

Zhou Qing glanced at the newcomer and smiled, "Chen Xiao, what brings you back?"

The visitor was Chen Xiao from the Chongshui Sect.

When he was traveling in the Western Continent, he embarked on the path to invincibility. His first real stop was the Chongshui Sect. At that time, Chen Xiao was also setting up a challenge to fight against others in order to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage. Among the younger generation of disciples in the Western Continent, there were very few who could defeat him. He was considered a hero of his time.

The Chongshui Sect already had a grudge against Zhou Qing, so when the opportunity arose, the entire sect naturally moved to Zhongzhou.

For some reason, Chen Xiao ended up here.

After many years, Chen Xiao is no longer the same as before. He no longer has the high spirits of a genius young man, but instead has become somewhat depressed.

Upon hearing Zhou Qing's question, Chen Xiao suddenly knelt down and said, "This junior has been entrusted by the cultivators who went to the Central Continent to come and seek an audience with True Lord Tiantong. I beg you to set aside past grievances and lend a helping hand to bring everyone back to the Western Continent!"

Zhou Qing's eyes flashed, and he smiled, "You stand up and talk first."

Chen Xiao then straightened up and carefully sat down beside him.

Zhou Qing asked, "Why come back after all the hard work of moving to Zhongzhou?"

Chen Xiao's face showed deep sorrow as he said, "We've all been deceived by them!"

Zhou Qing said: "How do you say that?"

Chen Xiao said, "It was agreed that the four major Dao Palaces would be responsible for arranging a place for us to stay, and each sect would have a spiritual vein to supply our daily cultivation."

“After we moved there, they kept their promise and arranged a nice, beautiful place for us. The conditions were no worse than when we were in West Antarctica.”

"Who would have thought that less than half a year after the relocation of West Pole was completed, they suddenly turned their backs on us, saying that the spiritual veins they had arranged for us actually had other owners and were the property of the Seven Great Dao Temples."

“Since we occupy their property to continue our sects, we should pay them interest, for which each sect has undertaken a great deal of labor.”

"We have become their servants, spending our days doing all sorts of complicated tasks. The better ones are guarding spirit beasts and plants, or working in the alchemy and weapon-refining rooms. The unlucky ones are assigned to guard the Demon Abyss and assist Nascent Soul True Monarchs in resisting evil demons."

"Most of those who went to guard the Demon Abyss could not survive."

"People could not bear it any longer, and many sects simply returned the spiritual veins and sought other locations. However, although the Central Continent was vast, there was nowhere for everyone to stay. Even if they managed to find unclaimed land, it was extremely barren and impossible to maintain their cultivation."

“No fewer than a million cultivators migrated from the Western Continent to the Central Continent. In just a few years, only a little over 300,000 remain. If True Monarch Tiantong refuses to lend a helping hand, we will be wiped out in less than ten years.”

(End of this chapter)