Reborn as a lotus, she initially refuses to hand it over to the state.

On Heilong Lake, Chu Zhou looked at the Jianmu seed reflected in the water.

"In that case, we can't let it stay in the Beishan mine any longer."

The strange stone's patterns shimmered: "Indeed, the North Mountain Pupil Gate is too close to it. Once the Moon Abyss Priest confirms the location of the Jianmu seed, he will break down the gate at any cost."

Chu Zhou asked, "But the seeds from the Northern Mountains are connected to the earth's veins, how can we take them?"

The strange stone said in a deep voice, "Who gave you permission to take it directly?"

"Lotus Demon, now that you've reached the ninth-tier King Realm, haven't you realized that your spiritual sea has already become a world in itself?"

Chu Zhou paused, his beard twitching: "A world of its own?"

The strange stone said, "A King Realm expert's divine soul can perceive mountains and rivers, and their spiritual sea can open up grottoes. They use the Zhenyuan Emperor Seal to suppress the earth, the Taiyin World-Suppressing Pearl to stabilize the heavens, and your Azure Lotus Origin to evolve life force."

"If you can create a small grotto-heaven within your body, and the seed of the Jianmu tree is willing to enter, you can refine it into the foundation of the grotto-heaven."

Chu Zhou asked, "Refine it?"

The strange stone sneered: "It's not about letting you devour the seed. How could a lotus like you, a tree that reaches the heavens, swallow something so easily? You're just creating a space for it, giving it a place to take root."

"If it is willing to stay, it will coexist with you. At that time, your cave will be its home, and its roots will be your boundary veins."

Chu Zhou gazed at the water mirror inside the North Mountain mine.

The Jianmu seed floated quietly, its azure light constantly echoing the blue lotus mark on Lin Qingxue's chest.

Chu Zhou's roots landed on the Emperor's Seal of the Mountains and Rivers: "Then let's give it a try."

hum!

Above Heilong Lake.

Ten lotus leaves unfolded at the same time.

The Taiyin Zhenjie Pearl rose from the heart of the lotus.

The moonlight shone on the lake.

The Emperor's Seal of the Mountains and Rivers, which was suspended in mid-air, was interwoven with four colors of light: black gold, moon white, blue silver, and earth yellow.

The five major earth vein nodes vibrated simultaneously.

Changbai Mountain Tianhu Lake.

Chu Zhou split into nine lotus leaves that swayed in the breeze.

In Tokyo Bay, the Moon-Suppressing Nail emitted a low hum.

Zhenhai Relic Island, where countless vines of Qingfeng pierce the seabed.

On the Fuyue Stone Ridge, the Fuyue Embryo Stone on the shoulder of the mountain chieftain shines.

In Heilong Lake.

The endless source of the earth's veins surged wildly into Chu Zhou's lotus heart, following the roots of the boat.

[Ding! The host has been detected to possess the necessary qualifications to open a King's Cave.]

[A boundary-suppressing item detected: Taiyin Boundary-Suppressing Pearl.]

[A powerful artifact has been detected: the Imperial Seal for Suppressing Mountains and Rivers.]

[Should we open the King's Cave?]

Chu Zhou did not hesitate: "Open it up."

boom!

Chu Zhou, deep within the lotus heart.

The once vast spiritual sea suddenly trembled.

In an endless darkness.

The black gold imperial seal descended from the sky.

The moment the imperial seal fell.

In the darkness, a yellowish-brown mountain emerged.

The mountains stretched outwards, and at their foot, cyan-silver roots pierced the void, turning darkness into land wherever they passed.

The Taiyin Zhenjie Pearl hung above the cave, transforming into a small, moon-white moon. Moonlight spilled down, and vast expanses of Black Dragon Lake's spiritual water surged from the void.

Below the mountains, the water converges to form a lake several hundred meters in circumference.

The cave is still expanding, one hundred meters, three hundred meters, five hundred meters.

Finally, the entire space stabilized, with a diameter of one kilometer.

Green mountains, a sacred lake, moonlight, and all around, an impenetrable, chaotic mist still hangs in the air.

[Ding! The King's Cave has been opened!]

[Current Name: Azure Lotus Cave Heaven]

Current diameter: 1 kilometer.

[Current Cave Heaven Level: Initial.]

[A grotto-heaven possesses: spiritual soil, a spiritual lake, moonlight, and the foundation of the earth's veins.]

On Heilong Lake.

The Chu boat unfurls its lotus leaves.

He could feel it clearly.

That hidden paradise exists deep within my own lotus heart.

With a single thought, he could see every mountain and lake within the cave.

The strange stone looked at the water mirror, its scarlet stone patterns lighting up, and said, "It's barely passable."

Chu Zhou's roots entangled the edge of the strange rock: "My beloved consort has good taste. This is my first time opening a cave, and it's already a kilometer long."

The strange rock roared, "If you shout again, I will smash your one-kilometer-long cave into a hundred meters."

Chu Zhou smiled and said, "My beloved concubine, are you willing to part with her?"

The strange rock's texture flashed wildly: "Get lost!"

……

Beishan Mine.

The blue lotus mark on Lin Qingxue's chest shone brighter and brighter.

A wisp of Chu Zhou's thought entered her mind: "Step back."

Lin Qingxue's expression shifted. She raised her head and looked at the Jianmu seed: "Does the Azure Lotus Master intend to take it away?"

Chu Zhou's voice came: "Leaving this seed on you will only bring disaster. Now I will find a place where it can take root."

Lin Qingxue looked at the pale green seed and could sense that the seed was not resisting.

Instead, after Chu Zhou's aura descended, it exuded a very faint sense of intimacy.

"It is willing."

Lin Qingxue said softly.

Chen Xueli frowned slightly: "This thing is connected to the North Mountain's geological veins. Will moving it rashly affect the seal on the Pupil Gate?"

Lin Qingxue closed her eyes, and the pulse-listening stone tablet hung in front of her.

After a moment, she said, "The seed will not sever the roots of Beishan. It will leave a root. Beishan is not its prison."

"But Beishan is where it first awoke."

hum!

In the center of the stone chamber.

The emerald green stone trembled.

The seed coat of the *Jianmu* tree, which encloses the seed, is cracking little by little.

The outer layer of emerald green stone shell transforms into countless bluish-green light spots.

The light spots swirled around the pale blue seed, and tiny roots emerged from beneath it.

Most of them are roots.

Following the wood grain on the rock wall of the stone chamber, we plunged into the northern mountain veins.

And the central main root.

But it lifted up, passing through layers of rocks, through the North Mountain, and through the sea of ​​clouds above Linjiang City.

Finally, it transformed into a pillar of azure light, extending towards Black Dragon Lake.

Above Linjiang City, countless people looked up and saw the direction of Beishan.

A streak of azure light stretched across the sky, and at the other end of the light was the ten-petaled azure lotus deep within Black Dragon Mountain, which blotted out the sky.

"What is that?"

"Has something happened in Beishan again?"

"Look, the Qinglian Forbidden Zone!"

Ninth Bureau Headquarters.

The psionic map flickered violently.

Between Beishan Mountain and Heilonghu Lake in Linjiang City.

A previously unrecorded, azure-green ley line has appeared.

Su Wan raised her communicator: "Headquarters, an unknown ley line has appeared in Beishan. Target direction: Black Dragon Lake."

On the other end of the communicator, Zhou Zhenshan said with a solemn expression, "Continue monitoring, do not interfere."

Within a single day, the Qinglian Forbidden Zone experienced two unusual disturbances.

First, the Moon Abyss Priest behind the North Mountain Pupil Sect broke the seal and challenged the Ancestral Realm. Now, what unusual moves has the Azure Lotus Lord made?

The world is becoming increasingly unclear.

Zhou Zhenshan looked at Wang Jun in the conference room and asked, "Has Senior Xuanweizi returned from the Azure Lotus Forbidden Zone?"

Wang Jun had just received the news when he quickly said, "I just called Wudang. Master Song Yunhe said that Senior Xuanweizi has returned and will be spreading the Dao for our Dragon Kingdom in the next few days."

Preaching?

Inside the conference room, Elder Ye, Qin Zhenyuan, Lei Zhenyue, and the others could no longer sit still.

You should know that Xuanweizi is currently recognized as an ancient alchemist in the Dragon Kingdom.

A forbidden existence at the peak of the eighth rank.

If he could personally preach the Dao, then the Dragon Kingdom would surely be able to advance to a higher level in cultivation.

How can I keep them from getting agitated?

On the other side, at Black Dragon Lake, Chu Zhou's roots stirred slightly.

Within the Azure Lotus Cave Heaven, in the center of that earthen yellow mountain, a patch of spiritual soil split open.

The azure seed traveled through the void via its root system.

The moment the seed landed, it fell into the grotto.

The entire cave was shaking, and the chaotic mist at the edge of the cave retreated dozens of meters outward.

On the yellow earth of the mountain.

The mountain-like patterns lit up.

The pale moon casts its light.

The spiritual water of Heilong Lake rises from the lake, transforming into fine rain that falls on the surface of the azure seeds.

The seed did not germinate immediately.

It simply takes root, a verdant root burrowing into the sacred soil of the cave.

The second, the third, and soon, countless fine roots spread out in all directions of the cave.

Instead of plundering the spiritual energy of the Azure Lotus Cave, the roots gradually smoothed out the chaotic earth veins.

The newly formed spiritual lake gradually became clear, and the cracks on the earthen-yellow mountains were also healed by the entwining roots.

On Heilong Lake.

The Mountain and River Town Emperor Seal emitted a low hum.

At the bottom of the Imperial Seal, a fifth kind of light emerged, which was azure blue.

[Ding! The seed of the Sky-Reaching Jianmu tree has entered the Azure Lotus Grotto.]

The seed of the Jianmu tree has achieved a preliminary symbiotic relationship with its host.

[Current status of Jianmu seed: Dormant.]

Current alert level: 0.01%.

[The Emperor's Seal of the Mountain and River Town has obtained the Origin of the Jianmu Tree.]

[New Ability: Jianmu Root Seal.]

[Root Imprint of Jianmu: Root imprints can be left at nodes of the earth vein to repair wounds in the earth vein and stabilize cracks in the sealing gate.]

The Myriad Miles of Azure Lotus Realm has been upgraded.

[Current possible evolution path: Realm of the Tree of All Spirits.]

The mountain-suppressing spirit seal within the imperial seal suddenly flew out.

A bluish-brown stone shadow hangs above the seed of the Jianmu tree.

It stared at the seed, and after a long time, a wisp of earthy yellow mountain-like pattern lit up on the surface of the stone.

The seed of the Jianmu tree also has a very thin root hanging down, which wraps around the stone body.

"Tree...guard."

Two beams of light, one azure and the other earthy yellow, intertwined.

The aura of the Mountain-Suppressing Spirit Seal gradually became gentle.

[Ding! The Mountain-Suppressing Spirit Seal has gained the approval of the Jianmu Tree.]

[Spiritual Seal Transformation: Guardian Stone Spiritual Seal.]

The Guardian Stone Seal can suppress the earth's veins in the northern mountains and protect the root system of the Jianmu tree.

Inside the Beishan Mine.

The main root of the Jianmu tree that remained in the stone chamber sank into the ground.

The dark green wood grain extends outwards from the stone chamber as its center.

The crack at the base of the mountain, which had been severed by the mine shaft.

Under the azure light, it healed little by little.

Outside the North Mountain Pupil Gate.

The sword with black and gold lotus patterns.

It also has an extra layer of faint bluish-green root lines.

The vertical pupil totem on the stone gate twisted slightly, but when it touched the root veins of the Jianmu tree...

An angry growl came from the totem, then fell silent again.