Chapter 187: Wandering Spirits Lost on the Way Home
On the edge of a not-so-high cliff sat a figure in tattered blue robes.
Below the cliff, waves were churning. It looked like the sea.
But Chen Xia had never seen a green sea before, nor had he ever seen an upside-down mountain.
Since falling through the Star Gate, he had woken up in this green sea. He didn't know how long he had been soaking. Maybe he was already soaked through.
Anyway, he smelled a bit stinky.
The first thing he did after waking up was to scan his spiritual consciousness inward. The news he got was not good.
He was severely injured.
And the immortal sword at the tip of the sword was hovering in the center of his sword sea, becoming the leading sword among the three million flying swords. Even the bronze sword had to take a back seat.
When Chen Xia focused his mind, he could actually use this immortal sword. But the problem was that the cost of using it was too high. Even a saint like the Old Fisherman could hardly bear it, let alone his current severely injured body.
Then he checked his points. There weren't many, only two hundred. That meant he had only soaked in this green sea for two hundred years.
Chen Xia allocated all the points to his luck, hoping for good fortune. Then, dragging his severely injured body, he climbed ashore.
He stood on the shore. The sea water would surge up from time to time and submerge his feet.
Chen Xia stared blankly at the sea, not knowing where to go.
There were mountains all around. In the very distance, there was even an upside-down mountain, blurry and indistinct.
He was aimless.
So Chen Xia sat cross-legged on the cliff by the sea, propping his chin up with his hand and looking at the sea, making plans for the future.
He was currently severely injured and should recuperate slowly to stabilize his qi and blood and cultivation level.
But if he relied on self-recovery, it would be a long process. He might even develop an underlying ailment. He still needed to take some pills.
When he was bored, he thought of the Vast Heaven Sword Sea again.
He had all kinds of emotions. He couldn't say he was very happy, but he wasn't particularly sad either.
Chen Xia shook his head, not thinking about these messy things. Right now, he had to take care of his body first.
In addition, the connection with his external incarnation had disappeared. Probably because he was too far away, and the "signal" was bad. When his cultivation level improved or when he went back in the future, it would be okay.
Now, his external incarnation was in the Dead Star Region, steadily absorbing the power of the dead stars. He didn't need to worry too much about it.
He straightened his tattered robes, and they became even more tattered. Helplessly, he dragged this blue robe and walked forward like a beggar, heading towards the upside-down mountain.
It was true that "the mountain looks close but is actually far away".
This was really the case. In order to nourish his qi and blood without using his cultivation aura, Chen Xia walked only on foot. After several days and nights, he could still only see a blurry image of the upside-down mountain.
Fortunately, there were more pedestrians on the road. They were real humans like Chen Xia, not those strange and colorful other races.
When the pedestrians saw Chen Xia, they couldn't help but take a few more glances. Mainly, his appearance was too eye-catching. His clothes didn't even cover his body.
Chen Xia politely asked a pedestrian, "Brother, what's special about the upside-down mountain up ahead?"
The pedestrian was a young man in luxurious clothes. He raised his eyebrows and looked a bit disdainful. "You don't even know the Little Pill Hall? Why did you come here then?"
"It's my first time here. I'm new and unfamiliar with the place," Chen Xia wasn't angry and continued to smile lightly.
The young man looked him up and down and his expression became even more contemptuous. "Humph, are you a savage fleeing from outside the region? You still look like this even when you've reached the Qingzhou territory."
"Pretty much," Chen Xia still smiled calmly. He was indeed a savage from the Vast Heaven Sword Sea.
The young man shook his head. "Fortunately, this is the human territory, under the jurisdiction of the Little Pill Hall. You'll be okay. Otherwise, if those ancient species lords saw you, they might even skin you alive."
Chen Xia touched his nose and didn't say anything. He didn't comment.
Let the ancient species come. Let's see who skins whom then.
Although the young man was arrogant and domineering, he still pointed out a direction for Chen Xia.
"On the upside-down mountain up ahead is the Little Pill Hall. Since you're fleeing from outside the region, go and report to the Little Pill Hall. Maybe you can get the status of a medicine slave, grind medicine for those alchemist lords, and you'll have food and drink."
Coincidentally, Chen Xia really needed pills. He immediately nodded and replied, "Okay."
The young man looked Chen Xia up and down again and nodded.
"It's quite something that you fled from outside the region and managed to reach the Qingzhou territory, which has the most humans, and even reached the area under the jurisdiction of the Little Pill Hall. I have to say, you're quite lucky."
"Never been unlucky," Chen Xia replied blandly and continued to drag his tattered blue robe, walking towards the upside-down mountain.
The young man suddenly said again.
"If the Little Pill Hall doesn't accept you after you report, come and find me. I'm at the Rainbow Mansion three hundred miles ahead of the Little Pill Hall. My name is Huang Can. Remember my name and just mention it to get in and be a servant. You'll have food and drink too."
Chen Xia didn't look back. His temper was even better now than before. Otherwise, even though Huang Can had pointed out the way for him, he would have to make him pay.
The road to the Little Pill Hall was not short. The closer he got, the more pedestrians like Chen Xia there were.
But Chen Xia was really the most eye-catching one among them. No matter how gorgeous your clothes were, you couldn't compare to Chen Xia's exposed rags.
When they were about halfway there, a huge figure suddenly emerged from the sky dome. It was like a giant bird, flying horizontally across the sky.
The pedestrians on the road all knelt down hurriedly, pressing their heads firmly to the ground. They didn't dare to look at the huge figure flying past in the sky.
Only Chen Xia was squinting and looking.
This should be an ancient species. Chen Xia had seen it in the Encyclopedia of Species in the Vast Heaven Sword Sea. It had five horns on its head, its wings were wider than its body, and it was white wrapped in crimson. It was a White Flame Sparrow.
A not particularly powerful ancient species.
But even though it wasn't particularly powerful, the pedestrians on the side of the road still knelt and didn't get up. Looking at their trembling bodies, they should be really scared.
These pedestrians also had cultivation levels, but they weren't high. Chen Xia sensed that the strongest among them was only at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage, not even at the Golden Core stage. No wonder they were so scared.
After all, in front of an ancient species at the Mountain-Moving Realm, Foundation Establishment stage humans and mortals were no different.
Fortunately, the White Flame Sparrow didn't stop and flew away quickly.
The pedestrians only dared to stand up after waiting for a while. Some kind-hearted person among them reminded Chen Xia.
"Next time you see these ancient species lords, kneel down quickly. Otherwise, you won't be able to keep your life."
Chen Xia didn't reply. He dragged his tattered blue robe and continued walking towards the upside-down mountain.
Ancient species lords?
It was the first time he had heard this term. In the Vast Heaven Sword Sea, ancient species were at the bottom. They were the kind that good things never came to, and bad things always happened to.
He didn't expect that in this place, ancient species could be considered lords.
He didn't know if the Vast Heaven Sword Sea had broadened his horizons or if this place was really too weak.
Chen Xia shook his head and quickened his pace. Three days later, he arrived at the foot of the upside-down mountain along with a crowd of people.
A cultivator in blue and white pill robes came to interrogate them and find out where these pedestrians were from.
Chen Xia, in his strange clothes, received special attention and was the first to be approached. The cultivator frowned, his hands clasped behind his back, and asked.
"Which cultivator are you?"
"Uh..." Chen Xia thought carefully for a moment and then replied softly.
"Tail Creek Town."
"Tail Creek Town?" The cultivator raised his eyebrows and his tone became a bit louder. "Never heard of it. Are you fleeing from outside the region?"
Chen Xia touched his nose and didn't deny it. "Yes, indeed fleeing."
"Ha, in recent years, there are more and more of you fleeing humans. You all look like you can't find your homes." The cultivator shook his head and criticized.
"Indeed," Chen Xia rarely nodded in agreement.
He was indeed a lost soul who couldn't find his way back.