Longevity, starting from being a chicken raising servant-Chapter 1387 - 41: Entering the World
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At the far end of the spacious cave.
A dark and shadowy cave entrance looms faintly.
Seated in the very center of that entrance is the ghostly figure of an old crone.
Her robe is plain, her face lined with wrinkles and age spots that mark the passage of years.
Her form radiates an aura of death and decay.
She barely opens her eyelids.
Her gaze is as deep and ghostly as a specter, watching her.
And around her, even more ethereal figures with closed eyes are scattered in every corner of the entrance.
As if guarding something.
The intense Corrosive Force flows uncontrollably from behind these figures.
What shocks Qin Lingxiao is that all these figures have the appearance and stature of women.
"Are, are these all... Primordial Spirits?!"
"And what is this place?"
"Indeed."
At the end of the cave.
The old crone’s figure by the shadowy entrance stares at Qin Lingxiao, her eyes emitting peculiar shades.
As if she is admiring an exquisitely fine object.
She can’t help but mutter:
"Good! Good!"
Such a gaze makes Qin Lingxiao quite uncomfortable.
She frowns slightly and says:
"What do you want by bringing me here? And who exactly are you?"
The old woman smiles faintly, her wrinkled face nostalgic:
"Before I answer your questions, are you not curious about what lies behind me?"
"Behind?"
Qin Lingxiao starts, her attention involuntarily drifting back to the old crone’s rear.
The deep and mysterious cave mouth, like a giant maw, exhales an unknown corrosive breath.
Beyond that, however, nothing can be seen.
"What exactly are you trying to say? Don’t beat around the bush; just speak plainly!"
Qin Lingxiao says with a touch of impatience.
"Hehe."
The old crone, unfazed by Qin Lingxiao’s attitude, smiles lightly:
"No hurry, no hurry."
"What my identity is, what I wish you to do here, all will become clear once you hear my words."
Qin Lingxiao surveys her surroundings silently without speaking further.
The old crone continues on her own:
"You came from the Fenglin Continent... there, the consequences brought about by the Heaven and Earth Decline must be even more serious, right?"
Qin Lingxiao’s brow furrows slightly.
With only Nascent Soul Cultivators remaining in the outside world, certainly it is extremely serious.
Conversely, it’s peculiarly strange that the Zhongsheng Continent still has Divinity Transformation cultivators moving freely.
She does not respond.
But the keen perception of the old crone, seeing Qin Lingxiao’s silence, causes her to chuckle:
"As I thought... Hehe, I guess the Fenglin Continent can now only accommodate early-stage Class V, right? No, that’s not right... could it be that it can only hold Class IV mages?"
Qin Lingxiao feels a jolt in her heart.
Though her face remains expressionless, the old woman seems to have eyes that can pierce into her innermost thoughts, and she sighs:
"The mighty Jin Sect, arising swiftly and perishing abruptly, could not withstand the grand trend of the world after all!"
Qin Lingxiao replies discontentedly:
"The Jin Three Sects and One Clan still exist. Among the Three Sects, it is not unusual to see Divinity Transformation cultivators. Where does this talk of arising swiftly and perishing abruptly come from!"
"Hehe, I will not argue with you, young girl."
The old woman dismissively shakes her head, then counters:
"Don’t you wonder why our Zhongsheng Continent still allows the existence of Class V Saint Meats?"
Qin Lingxiao does indeed want to ask, but considering her response might reveal details of Jin’s situation, attracting the covetous eyes of the Zhongsheng Continent, especially since this old woman had previously orchestrated a war against the Fenglin Continent.
Any curiosity in her heart instantly vanishes, replaced by deep wariness and silence.
However, the old woman doesn’t seem to care whether Qin Lingxiao responds or not; it’s as if she’s more interested in finding someone to confide in.
She raises her trembling hand, pointing upwards, and speaks in a deep voice:
"I have traveled Xi Tuo Continent, where the monks say, ’One flower one world, one leaf one Bodhi,’ talking about changes in scale."
"In my observation, the Little Cang World is like a human shell, the Realm Membrane as its skin, and the Eight Continents as its organs."
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Hearing the old woman’s words, Qin Lingxiao is visibly affected.
"The Realm Membrane as its skin, the Eight Continents as its organs?"
Despite her vigilance and caution towards the identity of this unknown old woman, she can’t help but be struck by her words.
The voice of the old woman lost the mystery and gender ambiguity it had before they met; instead, it carried a deep timbre that spoke of ages past and the wisdom accrued within.
As if narrating an ancient legend, she continues:
"In this view, the Three Continents of the west are actually one, the locus of Metal Essence accumulating; hence when the world is ill, Metal is depleted and Water overflows, resulting in great floods."
"Tianmo is akin to Liver Wood, silent and still; Huangji Continent is Kidney Water, fundamentally stable; Jingyuan Continent is Heart Fire."
"The Fenglin Continent is Spleen Earth, while the Zhongsheng Continent is Stomach Earth. The stomach and spleen are the foundation of the five organs; a disharmony there, and the limbs, the five organs, the facial features, and the orifices, both front and rear, will all suffer."
"The affliction of the two lands is a matter of one splitting into two. Now that the Yuanci of the Zhongsheng Continent is in turmoil, it must be that the Fenglin Continent also faces such calamities."
The first part of her speech finds Qin Lingxiao deep in thought, but when the old woman speaks of the Fenglin Continent and the Zhongsheng Continent, she is suddenly shocked.
For the Fenglin Continent is currently facing the disaster of Yuanci.
But she immediately frowns and asks:
"What about the Northsea Continent?"
A trace of puzzlement appears on the old woman’s face:
"If one were to metaphorically equate the continuum to a human body, the Northsea Continent should not exist at all..."
She shakes her head:
"I can’t be certain about that continent, but it doesn’t matter."
"All one needs to know is the purpose of the Zhongsheng Continent in relation to the Little Cang World, and one can understand where the Yuanci Sea outside of the Zhongsheng Continent comes from, as well as what lies behind me, and why the Zhongsheng Continent can still accommodate Divinity Transformation cultivators today."
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