Versatile Mage: Starting with the White Tiger Pendant-Chapter 210: Shawang River

"That's the Ghost Widow?!"

Lu Jun couldn't help but ponder. If memory served him right, this was the moment around the time of the heavenly tribulation fire that baptized the Scorched Wilds in Dunhuang when Zhao Yulin brought the Ghost Widow, disguised as his wife Jiang Feng.

As the first high-level team to step into the Scorched Wilds after the fire tribulation, they beat many powerful factions to the punch, reaching the core zone beneath the Star Whispering Sky Tree and seizing the Flame Calamity Fruit also the embryo of the Fire Spirit Empress.

Later, the Ghost Widow even used Jiang Feng's daughter, Chen Ying, to betray her own mother.

The most despicable part was that Jiang Feng had once saved the Ghost Widow out of kindness. But rather than being grateful, the woman repaid her kindness with betrayal shamelessly taking Jiang Feng's identity and committing all sorts of heinous crimes.

NTR and moral patricide wrapped into one. Anyone with a normal sense of morality would feel furious upon learning this.

At that moment, Lu Jun, from afar, sensed the presence of the handsome, elegant middle-aged man at the center of the group and the woman entirely wrapped in white cloth.

The former was Zhao Yulin Jiang Feng's husband, Chen Ying's father, and Zhao Manyan's uncle. He had high-Tier Level 2 or 3 cultivation. The latter, the Ghost Widow, emitted a powerful aura of resentment from her spiritual soul. Lu Jun nodded with satisfaction an excellent material for ghost-type cultivation.

What a coincidence. It meant that as long as he followed Zhao Yulin's group, he could reach the Star Whispering Sky Tree without effort.

There, he could find materials to synthesize Soul-level Flames, maybe even obtain one outright. After all, this was an elemental extreme zone a place capable of nurturing the Empress of Flames. The Heavenly Tribulation Fire here was even rumored to be of the Heaven Seed level.

"Oh, right there's also the Star Whispering Sky Tree, a truly Heaven-grade plant species. It's the very source that nurtured the Fire Spirit Empress. In the original work, the reason it couldn't produce another Empress wasn't the tree itself, but environmental conditions."

Lu Jun stroked his chin and thought, "Maybe if it were transplanted into a suitable environment, it could awaken again and continuously give rise to new Fire Spirit Empresses."

If only there were a Plant Element Mage this was clearly a fortuitous encounter tied to Plant Magic.

Of course, moving it out of the Scorched Wilds and then finding a similar habitat wasn't going to be easy. Speaking of heat, the Tarim Basin deep in China's northwest far surpassed the Scorched Wilds.

Unfortunately, that place was teeming with Monarch-level monsters rumored to even house Emperor-level creatures. The Empress of Flames wouldn't even have time to ripen before being casually devoured by some fire-element overlord.

Same goes for the Sahara Desert territory dominated by terrifying beings atop the world's ridges. If a place didn't have over a dozen Emperors, you couldn't even start a conversation there.

Lu Jun figured it was best to stay here for now. If, in the future, Tang Yue, Lu Mei, or Ding Yumin awakened the Plant Element, they could come back to dig it up and personally march into a demon empire, conquer a stretch of land, and plant it there.

Now that's the kind of ambition a true human powerhouse should have! Always fighting over limited resources within your own circle what nonsense. There's a vast world out there filled with riches.

As for whether someone else might dig up or relocate the tree from the Scorched Wilds—nah, not happening. The Hunter Union had clear rules: No root excavation allowed during collection.

Given that removing the Star Whispering Sky Tree from its environment would cause it to wither, everyone was very cautious.

The magical world wasn't all bad at least the idea of sustainable development was deeply ingrained. In that regard, it far surpassed the technological dimension.

At that moment, Zhao Yulin and his group stepped into the Scorched Wilds.

Seeing this, Lu Jun set off as well, closely trailing them. His sister beside him was slightly puzzled but chose not to question it choosing to trust him instead.

Still, he offered a brief explanation: "That woman wrapped entirely in white cloth isn't ordinary. Her spiritual strength is astonishing both her Curse and Psychic auras have reached high-level. She's very similar to the Ghost Widow wanted in Dunhuang."

"Be careful. Let's not get discovered by her."

Lu Mei nodded lightly. Her graceful figure leaned close to her younger brother, soft and supple to the touch, her body emitting a captivating fragrance.

Buzz buzz buzz!

The next moment, Lu Jun's eyes shone with a transparent brilliance. With a single thought, the Star Map activated. He cast the Level-4 Intermediate Psychic Spell—Heartl Ripple: Mind Invisibility. A surge of overwhelming spiritual energy erupted, and transparent ripples swept outward, shielding the two of them.

In that instant, although the siblings were still in the same spot, their appearance and figures weren't actually invisible, and the light crunching sounds of their steps on the gravel beach could still be heard.

Yet no demon paid them any attention. They even walked right behind Zhao Yulin's group. The dozen or so people ahead including the Ghost Widow didn't notice them at all. Their presence had dropped to the bare minimum.

It was a truly terrifying scene. If Zhao Yulin were to take a headcount, he would find fourteen people when there should only be twelve, with no way to identify where the extra two came from.

A genuine supernatural phenomenon.

Lu Jun was also amazed by the effect of a Level-4 Intermediate Psychic spell simply exhilarating.

Given the Ghost Widow's spiritual level, she should have sensed them at this distance. But in fact, her mental detection had failed completely.

Zhao Yulin led the group onward. Waves of Dunhuang Demon Tigers appeared one after another, surrounding and attacking the party. Each massive, ferocious tiger was at least Warrior-level, making it hard for the team to proceed deeper suffering casualties along the way.

Meanwhile, Lu Jun and Lu Mei stayed behind with composure and ease.

His sister covered her rosy lips, astonished. "That's your Psychic Element."

She and Lu Jun rarely ventured deep into demon territories, usually battling along the edges of human domains, focusing on slaughter and defense.

Now, in the Scorched Wilds of Dunhuang which could be considered a forbidden zone the terrifying potential of a Psychic Mage was on full display.

They eventually arrived at the barrier separating the Scorched Wilds: the Shawang River. Hidden within was a tyrannical undead Bone Dragon, at least Monarch-level. If any ordinary high-level mage crossed the boundary, a colossal maw would burst forth and devour them instantly.

That was precisely why so few dared to venture into the deeper parts of the Scorched Wilds.

The Fire Spirit Empress, growing here, naturally had a protective moat, allowing her to develop peacefully.

Not to mention, the Shawang River was home to countless White Sand Demon Soldiers, ranging from Servant-level to Commander-level. The moment you stepped in, you'd be swarmed.

Thus, to cross the river, a Psychic Mage was essential.

Zhao Yulin was well prepared. He called forth a Mage from the team. That Psychic Mage stood by the river's edge, closed his eyes, and began sensing. Transparent ripples spread layer by layer.

Moments later, he shook his head and said, "For some reason, there's an evil aura from the northwest that's affecting this place. The Demon Soldiers of the Shawang River are unusually agitated. I can't pacify them."

Upon hearing this, everyone frowned deeply.

The Ghost Widow showed no intention of stepping in. Despite her being peak high-level in both spirit and Curse, capable of forcibly suppressing the aggression, she held back. No matter how violent the emotions were, it was just a matter of strength.

But doing so would expose her identity so she refrained.

Standing near Zhao Yulin, Lu Jun overheard their conversation and couldn't help recalling something. If nothing went wrong, the cause of this disturbance was likely the passage of Sha Abyss, the mobile imperial tomb of Qin Shi Huang, through the Shawang River.

The strong deathly and resentful aura of the undead had affected the demons of the Shawang River, driving them into a frenzy.

This also meant the Black Vatican's plan to destroy the ancient capital had already begun. The undead catastrophe was now on a countdown.

The Sha Abyss first appeared in the northwestern corner of the Hexi Corridor (ancient name for Gansu), which was also the heartland of the old Qin Kingdom.

After that, it gradually moved closer and closer to the ancient capital. Even by the end of the original story arc, no one could figure out how the Black Vatican was controlling or guiding Sha Abyss.

That ancient royal mausoleum moved back and forth across the lands of Old Qin as if, in death, it still patrolled the lands it once ruled in life.

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