Because of the "world fragment fusion," not only did winter species like plum blossoms bloom, but upstream of the greatly expanded river near Xia Tian's territory, an island had fallen, also covered in blooming flowers.
However, these were not blood-red plum blossoms, but pink peach blossoms!
"Heaven and Earth change, the cosmos shifts; dragons and snakes rise, a great struggle is upon us..."
In a simply furnished house at the center of the Peach Blossom Island, a tall and slender man with a refined face, dressed as a scholar in a green robe and matching headscarf, gazed intently at the divination results he had just obtained using the "I Ching," deep in thought.
"Hmm, guests have arrived?"
He then walked out of the house and saw some foreign creatures that had intruded onto the island, aimlessly crashing through the peach blossom thickets that covered the entire island.
They couldn't escape the peach forest, nor could they approach the central house.
However, one area was different.
Bang, bang, bang... Several humanoid creatures with half-human, half-eagle faces and claw-like arms were attacking each other with red eyes, as if engaged in a deadly feud!
Next to the eagle-faced men, a scholar of about fifty, dressed in Han Dynasty attire, walked through the peach blossoms.
He observed the distribution and arrangement of the peach trees, muttering to himself.
Every so often, his gaze would leave the peach trees and fix on the battlefield, where the eagle-faced men, after a period of fighting, seemed to sense something was amiss and tried to stop attacking.
But the eagle-faced creatures he looked at would quickly lose control again, their eyes glowing red as they resumed fighting their companions, feathers flying and bodies covered in wounds.
"Is this some kind of mental ability to influence the opponent's mind, making enemies fall into illusions and fight amongst themselves? The Land of Eternity certainly has many strange powers!"
The refined, tall, and slender scholar in green murmured softly.
"Judging by this person's attire, he should be from our Huaxia. I just don't know why he's wearing ancient Han Dynasty clothing!"
He then stepped into the peach blossom thicket, walking in a pattern of seven palaces, eight trigrams, and nine stars, and in a few steps, he appeared behind the Han Dynasty scholar.
"Hmm?"
The latter seemed to sense his presence and had already turned around as he appeared.
Upon seeing another human, his eyelids lifted slightly, revealing an expression that said, "just as I thought."
"You must be the master of this peach blossom array, set up with the 'Qimen Wuxing' method. I am Jia Xu, courtesy name Wenhe. Do you know where there is a 'Sanctuary' for our human race nearby?"
..."Pah, damn you, old heavens, are you messing with me?"
"What kind of cursed luck is this! I was so close, just a little bit more, and I would have reached the so-called 'Sanctuary.'"
Not far from Peach Blossom Island, on the opposite bank of the river, a scruffy man with a blade of grass in his mouth, wielding a two-handed Miao saber as tall as himself, and clothes covered in battle scars, pointed his saber at the sky and couldn't help but curse.
Having survived in the wilderness for a full seven days, he had killed many strange creatures with his Miao saber, stubbornly staying alive.
This included a translucent, bouncy, soft, jelly-like creature that looked "very moist" and hopped around in the grass.
Unfortunately, its taste was terrible and almost poisoned him!
With great difficulty, he finally saw a "star" suspended in the sky today, indicating a "human sanctuary" below.
He rushed towards it, and just when he was only a river away, the world suddenly changed. The river's volume surged a hundredfold, and a large number of ferocious monsters appeared, making it impossible to cross.
"Hmm, there's someone here?"
Suddenly, he saw an old man with a ruddy complexion and white hair, dressed in a brown cloth robe and carrying a basket on his back, running along the riverbank.
Upon seeing him, the old man's eyes lit up, and he quickly approached.
"To actually meet a human here, brave warrior, could you please help this old man?"
"Stop, don't come near me."
The scruffy swordsman was very cautious. He pointed his two-handed Miao saber, making the old man stop several meters away from him.
"What happened to you?"
"This old man seems to have had some bad luck and provoked some medicinal herbs."
"Medicinal herbs? So, you're a doctor? You're lucky; I generally don't kill doctors."
Upon hearing the other party's profession as a doctor and after specifically observing his basket, the murderous intent in the scruffy swordsman's eyes dissipated.
"Warrior, your limbs are strong and powerful, your eyes shine with spirit, and you wield your saber with ease. You must have reached the limits of your physique. If you can escort me to a safe place, I can refine a precious medicine for you that can make one 'transcend the mundane.'"
The old man smiled, stroking his beard, his gaze clear as he met the swordsman's eyes.
"A precious medicine to 'transcend the mundane'?"
The scruffy swordsman's gaze sharpened suddenly.
In these seven days, he had constantly fought foreign races and fierce beasts, consuming a lot of flesh and blood. Now, having reached the physical limit of a human, he found it difficult to advance further without "cultivation methods." This "transcendent medicine" would be of great help to him.
However, he was very good at killing people, but completely inexperienced in protecting them.
"What kind of medicinal herbs are you talking about? Some kind of poisonous flower or grass?"
After a brief thought, the scruffy swordsman decided to ask for clarification first.
However, before the old man with the basket could answer, he saw it with his own eyes.
Ten foreign creatures, armored in jet-black carapaces like battle armor, with foot-long poisonous stingers trailing from their tails, like scorpions transformed into humanoids, charged towards their position!
"These are the 'medicinal herbs' you mentioned?"
The scruffy swordsman's eyes widened, his pupils contracting.
"For a doctor, scorpions are treasures from head to tail; the more venomous the scorpion, the better its medicinal effect... This old man was simply feeling a bit restless and couldn't resist dissecting the corpse of one of their fallen companions, wanting to understand how the body of this foreign race was constructed!"
"I didn't expect it to bring such deadly trouble. Please, brave man, lend a hand."
"You don't need to worry about their venom. This old man is a doctor, and my medical skills are quite proficient. Even if you are poisoned, I can cure you."
"By the way, you can strike at the third black line on their waist and abdomen. If you have enough strength, you should be able to kill them with one blow! If your swordsmanship is even more precise, you can directly attack three inches above their abdomen with the tip of your saber; that should be the fatal weak point of these creatures."
The old man with the basket stroked his beard, a smile on his face.
Facing ten scorpion warriors with foot-long purple stingers on their tails, he didn't seem too nervous.
"Damn it, I can help you, but..."
Seeing the ten black-clad figures already surrounding them, he knew he couldn't escape even if he ran now.
The scruffy swordsman gripped his Miao saber, which had many nicks after seven days of fighting, tilted his head, and gritted his teeth, muttering a phrase.
"You'll have to pay more!"
...Crash!
After the lightning flashed and thundered, tearing countless cracks and bringing down fragments of worlds, the sky underwent a new change and began to rain!
And like the lightning that tore through space, this "rain" was clearly extraordinary.
Because it contained a special kind of energy.
Under the collision of heaven and earth, all realms shattered. A portion of regions and beings carrying the residual luck of their original worlds were able to survive and merge into the "Land of Eternity," while another portion of people and regions, in the collision, transformed from solid to void, from matter to energy.
This energy has different names in different worlds, but in the common language of the "Land of Eternity," its unified name is "spiritual power"!
When these raindrops, condensed from spiritual power, fell, they brought further changes to the newly integrated heaven and earth.
For example, the trees and plants around the territory visibly changed, becoming more lush, and even bearing a large number of fruits containing spiritual power!
Even some trees that had already withered quickly sprouted green buds under the nourishment of spiritual energy.
And when the rainwater dropped into the ground, it gathered in some underground locations, eventually condensing with some special mineral veins to form "spirit stones" containing spiritual power. In some special areas, rare "spirit veins" were even formed.
And not just outside the territory.
The invisible barrier covering the human territory did not block the spiritual rain.
After the rain fell, for those beings who were among the first to integrate into the "Land of Eternity" and whose bodies did not contain spiritual power, the feeling was even more pronounced.
"Hiss, it feels so good!"
Xia Tian felt his body immersed in warm spring water.
When the rainwater poured over him, the spiritual power quickly filled each cell, which had been extremely "thirsty" due to the previous restrictions of the laws of heaven and earth!
Moreover, in addition to the spiritual energy entering his body, with the perfection and fusion of the laws of heaven and earth, Xia Tian also felt some inexplicable things added to his body.
Following an instinct, he moved his mind.
An invisible force erupted from his heart, flowing upwards along his bloodstream.
Finally, a glistening golden drop of blood condensed at the tip of his left finger, within which a miniature shadow of himself could vaguely be seen.
At the same time, a force gathered downwards from his "Baihui acupoint" at the top of his head, the spiritual core of a person, converging in his right hand. Between his open five fingers, a "crackling," flickering silver-white "thunder ball" condensed!
Hmm?
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