Otherworldly Desert Dust-Chapter 492 - 447 A Bit Lost
Having said that, Wu Hen turned to leave.
At this moment, Bai Ze reminded Wu Hen, "Didn't the Green-tailed God point out something to you before he died? With his experience, the things he preserved must be rare treasures. Aren't you going to search inside those coffin fragments?"
However, Wu Hen continued walking forward without turning his head, only speaking when he was almost beside Qingxi: "Do you believe in him or believe what I said?"
Bai Ze thought about it, still uncertain, then shook his head, indicating he did not know.
"Then forget it, I don't believe he would trust what I said either. Perhaps there really are treasures in his coffin that could make me wealthy, but what if it's a curse he left for me? I've already obtained what I needed. I've found that in the Otherworldly Dust, there's essentially no such thing as pie falling from the sky, so when the existence of a risk is uncertain, one should control their own greed," Wu Hen said.
Whether that coffin is Pandora's Box or a millennia-old treasure, Wu Hen had no interest in knowing, nor did he want to know.
Today, having obtained what he desired, Wu Hen was quite satisfied and saw no need to add unknown risks to himself.
"Being defeated by you and Li Zhongshan doesn't feel wrongful," Bai Ze sighed, realizing that Wu Hen, who seemed naive before, was gradually showing the same cunning, sly, and calm traits characteristic of veteran hunters like Li Zhongshan...
"Who thought cultivation was so difficult? In just a few months, I've already reached the Holy Origin Realm, and the Saintly Leader Realm is within reach!" Wu Hen said with a proud laugh.
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Upon returning to his residence in Tongtian City, Wu Hen threw a small banquet to reward those who played significant roles this time.
At the small banquet, Wu Hen saw many compatriots, most of whom had just begun their Cultivation in the Holy Sect. Upon learning that the woman serving Wu Tian was a Bright Venerable, everyone held great respect for this Lord Wu Tian.
Wu Hen was also very generous, giving away all the tributes offered by the Lishan Sect to the people present.
The Lishan Sect had given everything they had to avoid being exterminated by Wu Hen.
During the banquet, Fei Ying kept hinting that Wu Hen should return their No. 3 Soul Nesting Wood.
Wu Hen did not return it to them, but instead planted the Soul Nesting Wood directly in the forest behind this residence, and gave this temporary residence to Xu Xia to manage.
Xu Xia was very pleased; the residence was high-ranking, and each month, the nearby residents and Holy Cultivators must offer tributes. It was not exaggerated to describe it as a small gold mine. Cultivation consumes a lot of resources, which require a lot of money to purchase, so owning such immovable property would make life in the Holy Sect much more comfortable.
Having passed the property to Xu Xia, who was considered one of their own, Fei Ying and the others thought it over carefully and eventually accepted it.
Of course, Wu Hen also did not forget to seek a method of evolution for his homeland's Holy Cultivators, but this matter might involve the secrets of the Totem Sacred Sect and would certainly come at a certain cost, so there was no rush.
After the small banquet was over, Wu Hen went to his room to rest.
Seeing Wu Hen drunkenly staggering, Qingxi specially prepared some sobering tea for him.
"Junior brother, are you thinking of your beloved? You drank quite a bit today," Qingxi asked.
"Ah?" Wu Hen, lying on the bed with his shoes removed by his sister, was dizzy, unsure whether it was from the alcohol or the fatigue from battling the Green-tailed God, "Sister, why do you say that?"
"Little junior brother, I'm not an inexperienced girl. It's quite easy to guess a man's thoughts. I believe I have a good appearance and have treated you sincerely. Your absolute respect only shows there must be someone else in your heart. About the lady mentioned during the small banquet, I felt the change in your emotions sitting next to you, then you started drinking one cup after another..." Qingxi said with a smile.
"Hehe." Wu Hen gave a dry laugh, surprised that even his high-dimensional evolved self could be so easily seen through.
"You helped them for that reason too," Qingxi said.
"Early on, when we walked the Desert Dust together, we were truly like insects living from dawn to dusk, but it was because of our insignificance that we felt the value of living in this world. This value is not the feeling of becoming some cosmic overlord controlling all living creatures, nor the transcendence towards eternal immortality, but the determination that sincere feelings can't be extinguished even by the oppression from grander lives..." Wu Hen said.
"Why are you suddenly reflecting on these things, junior brother? It's quite rare," Qingxi said with some surprise.
Wu Hen was also startled, then openly smiled and said, "When drunk, I like to reflect. It might also be the reincarnation of the Green-tailed God, making me think that each of us is, in fact, undergoing our own Crossing Tribulation, just different kinds of tribulations."
Speaking of Crossing Tribulation, the first tribulation Wu Hen faced was from world-renowned scholars denying all global life.
The world is virtual.
How many can endure such an overwhelmingly powerful, fiercely devastating challenge that can shatter everyone's beliefs?
Luckily, Wu Hen's inner conviction had never wavered, and he knew clearly what he most cherished as a human: the body has boundaries, but the soul does not.
"Junior brother, you need some pure Yuan You, try to rest early," Qingxi said.
"Alright, thank you for reminding me, senior sister," Wu Hen nodded, quickly understanding Qingxi's hint.
He was a bit lost.
Having been out for so long, especially after such a long time in War Song Mountain, it's a testament to his firm mind that he didn't go mad.
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Lying down to rest for a while, when night fell and it was quiet, Wu Hen got up and headed to the forest in the back mountain.
Arriving under the Soul Nesting Wood, Wu Hen saw the blooming soul flowers, like tender life incubation pods, yet revealing the fantastical and magical appeal of alien cosmic stars.
Initially, the first time he came into contact with the Soul Nesting Wood, it was infested with insects, and he almost got completely devoured in his sleep, truly experiencing the peril of the otherworldly realm at that moment.
Now, Wu Hen's perception had significantly improved; determining the genuine nature of the Soul Nesting Wood was merely a glance away.
Wu Hen climbed the tree, then lay down in one of the soul flowers.
The soul flower quietly enveloped Wu Hen's frame, connecting his soul to a dark universe, where spatial constraints also dissolved at that moment. When Wu Hen reopened his eyes, he had transformed into a gleaming Soul Star, crossing the guardian barriers of the Nuwa God End, and landed in a villa halfway up the mountain, right on top of a handsome sleeping man inside another incubation pod.
The sleeping man woke up, and the first thing he did was to run to the bathroom to clean his almost sticky body.
"Phew~"
Wu Hen came out from the bathroom, taking a long breath.
It was early morning here, the sunlight was gentle, casting a familiar and comfortable warmth on his skin; he was a native here, definitely more accustomed to this place.
He was still tipsy at the Totem Sacred Sect, but back here, he immediately felt refreshed.
Just thinking about how that bit of fruity alcohol couldn't possibly have gotten him drunk, he was indeed a bit carried away, getting lost.
It was probably the assimilation of Jiang Heng and Green-tailed God's Primordial Power that created a certain impact on his not-so-high Cultivation Realm...
Getting lost tends to magnify desires, fortunately, Sister Qingxi was sober, otherwise, who knows what indulgent things might have happened.
After the bath, he felt much calmer.
"Mom, some juice and a portion of fried chicken," Wu Hen called from upstairs towards the kitchen.
Yu Yi was in the kitchen, delightfully making breakfast for herself, hearing Wu Hen's voice, she was shocked as if she saw a ghost.
"You finally woke up!" Yu Yi was also tearfully joyful, almost forgetting she wasn't a lonely old lady anymore.
Yu Yi's earlier life, starting from scratch with her husband, had only enjoyed a few good years when disaster struck.
Finally, as the disaster subsided, her daughter went for cultivation, her son went to dominate the universe, and her grandson, without having held him, she prematurely lived the life of a lonely old woman.
"Who eats fried chicken in the early morning? I'll make you some steamed taro balls," Yu Yi conversed with Wu Hen remotely, without even seeing him.
"It's midnight over here, plus I've been drinking, and my stomach feels empty... Bring it up for me, I want to enjoy fried chicken while looking at the mountains and the sea," Wu Hen said.
Yu Yi felt somewhat angry.
He finally woke up, but rather than coming downstairs to see his mother, he commanded her around like a servant.
With his home-bound, meal-fed lifestyle, how did he manage to conquer the universe?
"This time you didn't die, right?" Yu Yi asked.
"Mom, you really should learn more about the new world. I entered the otherworldly Desert Dust as a Desert Dust Life form, soul and physical body combined. If I had died, it would've been real death. What you see now is actually my soul form, my true self is on a planet with a Holy God," Wu Hen explained.
Yu Yi reached out and pinched Wu Hen; there was flesh, there was warmth. How could this be just a soul form, and what's the difference from before?
"By the way, a girl came to see you, luckily I cleaned you up that day, otherwise with that bearded face of yours, you could've scared her to death," Yu Yi said.
"Which girl?" Wu Hen's eyes brightened.
"That one who had been to our house, the beautiful sunny girl who first invited you to join their team when you first stepped into the otherworldly Desert Dust," Yu Yi explained.
"Mingyi?" Wu Hen said joyfully.
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"Yes, her... Haven't you met her in the otherworld?" Yu Yi asked.
"She's a navigator, searching for an ideal habitat for our Nuwa God End. Most of the time, she is out of touch, but throughout the journey of our Nuwa God End, we find traces left by them," Wu Hen explained.
"That's a noble profession. Speaking of which, during this stop in Cang Chu Divine Realm, our homeland hasn't experienced any more disasters, nor invasions; it seems like everyone has returned to the time before the fall into the otherworldly realm, this must also be their credit," Yu Yi said.
Wu Hen nodded.
The stability inside the homeland not only relies on powerful Guardians but also on those calm decisions made by navigators, who, despite being long out of contact with Nuwa God End, are the most prone to getting lost.
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