He pointed at those blood-red pieces of wood, each wooden house was entwined with strange patterns and carvings, deeply engraved into the wood, with blood flowing inside, resembling the blood vessels of a bloodwood.
"These Jianmu must be nurtured with blood from the Heavenly Connection realm or above, and it’s blood we congeal with spiritual power. During their growth, they also absorb human spiritual power, which means one-quarter of our daily cultivation spiritual power is used to sustain them."
Luo Shanyou mentioned this with some pain.
The number of humans in the Edge Corner Airspace had reached the brink of extinction, and for the continuation of the species, they had no choice but to compromise.
Xiang Beifei lowered his head and stared at Erha.
Being stared at made Erha very guilty, and he quickly shook his head, saying, "I didn’t make these bloodwoods!"
"Can you withstand void power?" Xiang Beifei asked in his mind.
"I don’t know, anyway, I always use breath soil when going out, you guys can fly me, why would I stubbornly face the void?" Erha said, pouting.
This guy usually stays in Xiang Beifei’s pocket or goes out with Xiaohei using breath soil to cause trouble, too lazy to confront the void power on its own.
"Then can you control these Jianmu?"
"No, they aren’t pure Jianmu! According to my understanding, these are bad woods!" Erha said seriously.
"Bad woods? There are good woods and bad woods?"
"Don’t you humans also have good people and bad people?"
"But how do you determine that it’s a bad wood?"
"Because I can’t control these bloodwoods! Woods that can’t be controlled by me are surely bad woods! Just like those stupid big black woods, they are bad woods!" Erha huffed.
The "stupid big" Erha mentioned was the Giant Spirit, encountered in the Bone Mountain Desert Stone Cave, a black jade tree named "Seeking Wood" that Erha couldn’t control back then.
Every race is very special, like the Rushou Tribe, who cultivates various metals such as gold, silver, and copper, but the highest-grade metal is brindled iron because only by cultivating the Dao embryo to the Ancestral Dao Realm can brindled iron be made!
Xiang Beifei didn’t know much about the Ju Mang Tribe, but he was sure that the tribe wasn’t simple either; they likely cultivate various special woods, with Jianmu being the king, but other mighty woods weren’t necessarily weak.
Obviously, these humans seemed to have mistaken bloodwood for Jianmu.
And Erha’s current cultivation is shockingly weak, only at the Heavenly Connection realm, likely lacking the ability to deal with other powerful woods; perhaps there’s a chance to activate this guy’s hidden abilities.
Luo Shanyou didn’t know who Xiang Beifei was communicating with, and continued leading him forward, but soon they reached a square, which seemed to be a place for cultivating, also home to many elderly, women, and children.
But there was no bloodwood here, only Shen Li.
"A Li provided us with Shen Li, and we use these Shen Li for those without cultivation and the underage children, they are our hope, their foundation can’t be harmed by bloodwood."
Luo Shanyou pointed at the children frolicking in Shen Li Square, his eyes filled with hope.
Children are forever the future of a race!
As long as they are there, the hope of the race survives!
"Anyway, thank you, Miss A Li."
Luo Shanyou solemnly bowed to Li Qianluo. Li Qianluo’s Shen Li protected these children, a fact engraved in the hearts of the Human Race.
Li Qianluo felt a bit embarrassed, scratching her head, and said, "Uncle Luo, please don’t thank me like that every time you see me, it makes me feel guilty, I can’t control much of Shen Li, unable to help all of you, and I feel a bit ashamed."
"Ensuring these children grow up healthy is already wonderful, we don’t dare ask for more." Luo Shanyou still felt grateful to Li Qianluo.
Li Qianluo quickly grabbed Xiang Beifei’s arm, saying, "It’s okay, now that Xiao Bei is here, he will solve your problems."
"The young master has a way?"
Luo Shanyou looked at Xiang Beifei with hopeful eyes, already recognizing Xiang Beifei’s strength but only captivated by his spiritual power, unaware of his other abilities.
"Senior, there’s no need to call me young master, just call me Beifei. You haven’t told me what your relationship is with my master, Luo Yunxian?" said Xiang Beifei.
Luo Shanyou was silent for a moment before saying, "I am his brother."
"He never even mentioned this to me," Xiang Beifei muttered.
"The relationship between us brothers wasn’t good before; we had a lot of disagreements. More than fifty years ago, we had a big fight, and I left Jiuzhou and came here. He probably thinks I’m dead!"
Speaking of Luo Yunxian seemed to agitate Luo Shanyou.
"Can I ask the reason?" Xiang Beifei said.
Luo Shanyou was reluctant to provide too much detail and simply said, "I couldn’t stand his carefree manner, and he couldn’t stand my cautious nature. That’s about it; I won’t go into specifics."
Xiang Beifei sensibly didn’t press the issue further.
Actually, the reason Elder Luo was so carefree a lot of the time was largely because of his Leisure System. Elder Luo spent his days watching ants move home, counting ducks and stars, which appeared very childish to outsiders.
However, Xiang Beifei didn’t know what Luo Shanyou’s system was. He guessed that Luo Shanyou likely awakened some kind of rigorous system; otherwise, his personality wouldn’t differ so much from Elder Luo’s.
That being said, the mystery of the snowflake interface in the Human Race’s system within Edge Corner Airspace needed to be solved.
"Uncle, your cultivation level is much higher than my master’s. My master is only in the Heavenly Connection Realm, but you have reached the Inquiry Dao Realm, and..." Xiang Beifei looked at the snowflake screen system and said, "Uncle, why is that?"
Luo Shanyou was taken aback.
"You are my master’s elder brother, so that seems to be the only way I can address you."
Luo Shanyou suddenly clenched his fist, his expression a bit unusual, then sighed deeply.
"Is something wrong?" Xiang Beifei asked.
Luo Shanyou looked at Xiang Beifei, then shook his head, saying, "Nothing, it’s just a regret."
"I can’t understand why someone as carefree as Luo Yunxian could become a master to you and your father. You and your father are the most talented people I’ve ever met; you’re even more gifted than your father. What merit does he have to teach you both?" Luo Shanyou whispered.
Xiang Tianxing was the previous Human King. Although Xiang Beifei had not yet been confirmed, he was considered the Human King for this generation. Luo Shanyou had always had a great opinion of Luo Yunxian, but both Human Kings were brought out by Luo Yunxian, which made him feel quite unbalanced.
Xiang Beifei smiled and said, "Uncle might have misunderstood my master; my master seems carefree, but he’s actually a very responsible person. He’s taught me a lot about how to conduct myself and has guided me in my cultivation. No matter how high my talent is, without development, it could be lost along the way. He provided me with substantial protection."
Xiang Beifei did not have a system, which often left him unable to understand the transition from one realm to another, so he had to consult Elder Luo.
"Isn’t protecting you and your father what he should do? That’s his honor!"
Luo Shanyou snorted coldly.
"Not exactly. He didn’t know about our situation beforehand; he taught us simply because of a congenial spirit. Of course, he doesn’t only protect us, but just like you, Uncle, he protects the Human Race in his own way. It’s just that he protects Jiuzhou, while you protect the Human Race in Edge Corner Airspace."
Li Qianluo excitedly interjected, "Ah, so in that case, the Human Race should be most grateful to you two brothers, Uncle Luo! One protects the growth of the Human King, and the other ensures the survival of the Human Race here, waiting for the Human King to lead us to rise, undivided between you both!"
Luo Shanyou was silent for a moment.
"You sure know how to talk."
The melancholy between his brows dissipated quite a bit.
"Uncle’s cultivation rises much faster than my master’s. My master has not yet broken through to the Immortal Realm. He shouldn’t be like that—he is the most powerful person in Jiuzhou."
"As long as he’s in Jiuzhou, it’s impossible for him to break through to the Immortal Realm," Luo Shanyou said seriously.
"Why?" Xiang Beifei asked in surprise.
Luo Shanyou glanced at Xiang Beifei and asked, "You don’t know this? Then how did you break through to the Inquiry Dao Realm?"
"I might be special, but I don’t know the reason," Xiang Beifei said. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹✶𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲✶𝗻𝗲𝘁
"That’s true, you are definitely unrestricted."
Luo Shanyou nodded slightly, then continued solemnly, "In Jiuzhou, as long as one has a system, it’s impossible to break through to the Immortal Realm!"