Yuantian Pidao

Chapter 108: Gloomy Clouds and Mist
On the seventh day after the flood, the heavy rain finally stopped. Three days later, the sky cleared up and the dark clouds finally dissipated.

“The flood has receded…”

Hiding everywhere, watching the slowly receding flood, countless people cried with joy, but more people remained numb. The flood had indeed receded, but what went away were their destroyed homes and their lost family members.

"Damn it, God..."

"This damn Qingyuan River..."

The crisis passed, the tension eased, and countless people began to curse the heavens and the Qingyuan River. What can human beings do in the face of natural disasters? This was the only way they could vent their anger and sorrow.

The flood did recede, but what was left behind was wailing everywhere and the people were living in misery. For a time, the emotions of resentment towards heaven and earth reached a peak, and the air seemed to be filled with the breath of resentment. They gathered into invisible clouds of sorrow and mist, covering the entire Qingyuan County.

Under such circumstances, the sunlight that finally set seemed to turn from golden to pale, appearing particularly weak.

Taiping Sect, as the flood continued to recede, the originally submerged Muyu Island reappeared under the sky.

After experiencing the ravages of floods, Muyu Island has lost its former splendor and is now desolate, but it also has an indescribable charm.

In the courtyard, Jiang Chen's figure appeared again.

After confirming that the Fish Dragon Pearl had been taken away long ago, he simply comforted Taomu and then temporarily left Muyu Island. At that time, Muyu Island was flooded. Although he could move freely underwater for a short period of time with his strong physique and true qi protection, he could not survive underwater for a long time after all.

With a rustling sound, the newly born peach wood demon began to shake its branches and leaves as it sensed Jiang Chen's approach.

"Taoyao, all things are defeated, only you are rising. You are still quite eye-catching."

With his palm touching the peach wood branch, Jiang Chen tried to communicate with the peach wood's spirit. Taoyao was the name he gave to the peach wood. Of course, the peach wood did not have any special reaction to this name, as its spirit was too ignorant.

Jiang Chen regarded this behavior as his consent, and because of this, the name Taoyao was officially chosen.

Buzz, the spiritual touch, Taoyao's spirituality changed dramatically, as if she understood Jiang Chen's meaning.

The next moment, its state of withering and flourishing transformed, and all its spiritual energy converged on a peach branch, while the other branches and leaves withered and died at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Seeing this scene, Jiang Chen's expression changed slightly. He wanted to stop it but it was too late.

After a while, a peach branch broke naturally, and the last trace of green disappeared. The peach tree returned to the dead state it was in before the flood, as if nothing had happened. At this moment, it had lost all its spiritual charm and demonic aura. No matter how you looked at it, it was just an ordinary peach tree, without any hint of being extraordinary.

"You are really..."

After carefully feeling Taoyao's condition, Jiang Chen didn't know what to say for a moment.

At this time, Taoyao's withering was not just an appearance, but real. It reversed its own growth and decline and had completely fallen into silence. All its cultivation was lost, and only the most basic abilities were retained, such as its spiritual roots. They were hidden deep in the earth, still silently absorbing and exhaling the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

As if sensing Jiang Chen's emotions, Tao Yao's dormant spirit showed a slight fluctuation, but soon subsided again.

Looking at Tao Yao like this, Jiang Chen finally let out a helpless sigh.

"Well, children need more sleep. You should have a good sleep."

Not knowing whether Taoyao's spirit could still sense changes in the outside world, Jiang Chen still tried to comfort her.

After completing all of this and confirming Taoyao's complete stillness, Jiang Chen finally turned his gaze to the last peach branch Taoyao had spawned. It had now lost its spiritual aura and transformed into an ordinary peach branch, about the thickness of a thumb, with a thin branch branching out from the tip, dotted with green leaves. "Seal the spirit, absorb the spirit, transform the spirit. This peach branch has retained some of Taoyao's abilities, like a low-grade magical weapon forged through a special method."

After carefully feeling Taozhi's ability, Jiang Chen's eyes moved slightly.

Tao Yao cultivates the withering and flourishing Qi, and has extraordinary control over spiritual energy, just like a spiritual tree. It is precisely because of this that most of the abilities derived from it are related to this, such as the soul-sealing technique, whose main function is to seal the spiritual energy and prevent it from leaking out.

For example, the main function of the Soul Absorbing Technique is to absorb the spiritual energy between heaven and earth and absorb it into one's own body. As for the Soul Transformation Technique, it is to sprinkle the precipitated spiritual energy out in the form of rainwater, which has the wonderful effect of nourishing the local soil and water.

Theoretically, as long as there is enough spiritual rain to nourish, the nature of the water and soil in a place will change and turn into a spiritual land. At the same time, the spiritual rain can also promote the birth of spiritual plants to a certain extent. This is the influence of the spirit of withering and flourishing, which contains illusory vitality.

"It's a pretty good magical weapon. Although the quality isn't high, its abilities are quite useful."

As his thoughts turned, Jiang Chen urged the peach wood branch.

The next moment, Taoyao's roots deep underground began to rhythmically move, and an entrance to the underground appeared in front of Jiang Chen. With the help of peach wood branches, Jiang Chen was able to control Taoyao's body to a certain extent, but it was more mentally taxing and he couldn't perform overly complicated operations.

Looking at the entrance in front of him, Jiang Chen walked in without hesitation. This passage was specially opened by Tao Yao.

"The spirit cave is still stable. Even if Taoyao has fallen into a dead state, its roots are already strong enough to stabilize the spirit cave."

Walking deep into the underground, Jiang Chen saw that the spiritual cave was still intact, and his greatest worry finally dissipated.

A moment later, he rode the wind and arrived at the west slope, which was where the Taiping Sect had previously opened up the spiritual field.

"The power of natural disasters is truly terrifying. It can easily reshape the landscape."

Looking at the devastated west slope, Jiang Chen pulled out a peach wood branch from his sleeve.

"Transformation into a spirit."

The true energy flowed, and Jiang Chen activated the soul transformation technique.

The next moment, spiritual energy became mist and turned into drizzle, covering half of the western slope. Nourished by the spiritual rain, the originally messy land suddenly gave birth to a faint spiritual charm.

After all, this is the spiritual field opened up by the Taiping Sect with the help of secret methods. Although it was destroyed by the flood, the foundation is still there. Now with the nourishment of the spiritual rain, there is an obvious reaction.

Taking all these changes in, Jiang Chen nodded. As long as there was enough spiritual energy to squander, the range covered by this soul transformation technique was quite wide, even up to a mile in radius.

After a while, after nourishing the entire spiritual field on the west slope, Jiang Chen stopped his actions. At this time, the spiritual light of the peach wood branch in his hand had dimmed a little. When the spiritual cave appeared, a torrent of spiritual energy burst out. In addition to refining a part of it himself, Tao Yao sealed some of the spiritual energy in his body, but this spiritual energy was still limited.

"It's a good treasure, but the price is a bit high."

Holding the peach wood branch in his hand, Jiang Chen saw that the west slope had changed into a new look. Thinking of the peach tree that was in a state of withering and dying, he shook his head.

"Taoyao has fallen into a state of dormancy, and it's unknown when it will awaken. Its essence is similar to a spiritual vein. Perhaps injecting enough spiritual energy into it can speed up its awakening. But where should we find this spiritual energy?"

Thinking of a certain possibility, Jiang Chen fell into deep thought.

(End of this chapter)