Published: March 9, 2025
Chu Yang turned his head and saw that Young Master Wei had already closed his eyes, wearing a look of enjoyment on his face.
Chu Yang rolled his eyes and closed his own eyes as well, thinking whatever, let's just go with the flow; strange things are to be expected, and they will eventually defeat themselves anyway. After all, I won't be falling to my death, right...
I am a tough one with bronze skin and iron bones...
He had no idea how long it had been. In Chu Yang's estimation, this process had probably taken about an hour. Finally, his body, which had been in free fall, started to feel something new.
It seemed as though an extraordinarily gentle force was rising from below, delicately supporting the two of them, slowing their descent by thousands of times.
At this moment, the two of them felt like feathers, gently floating down without any weight.
Then...
Puff puff...
With two sounds, they both felt themselves land softly on a patch of grass, not only uninjured but also without the slightest discomfort.
Chu Yang opened his eyes and stood up immediately. Looking at the scene before him, he couldn't help but feel a wave of exhilaration. Even his usually calm mind found it hard to articulate his feelings; all he could think was that it was stunning, simply stunning.
"This is the legendary City of Spirits?" Chu Yang exclaimed, his mouth agape, feeling his mind go blank: "Truly, truly too... too beautiful..."
The City of Spirits, the location of the eighth segment of the Nine Calamity Sword.
But Chu Yang absolutely did not expect the City of Spirits to look like this.
Long before he landed in the air, Chu Yang had already clearly sensed that after passing through that passage, he had fallen into an endless void, not just "generally," but truly a boundless void.
The surrounding space felt exceedingly desolate and ancient, vast beyond measure, clearly a vast expanse of space stretching endlessly.
However, when he finally opened his eyes, he did not expect that this so-called "vast expanse of space" would be this kind of "vast."
Before him was a brilliantly shimmering well, its spring water crystal clear, seemingly containing endless life mysteries. It was indeed the Spring of Life.
Glimmers of moonlight power continuously fell from the sky, merging seamlessly into the spring's mouth. The water in the well gently swayed, creating ripples, and countless strands of spiritual energy poured out, nourishing everything it could touch...
Curiously, Chu Yang leaned in closer to see how deep the well truly was. The most conservative estimate was that it contained far more than the Spring of Life he had irrigated, much, much more...
"It turns out that the Spring of Life hasn't been destroyed; it has always existed, just lacking an opportunity to be reactivated..." Chu Yang murmured, "My Spring of Life was just an opportunity, a way to channel water..."
Beside him, Young Master Wei chuckled, "Only makes sense, right? If the Spring of Life here had been completely destroyed, let alone your seven or eight thousand pounds of Spring of Life, even if you poured in seventy or eighty thousand pounds, what good would it do?"
Chu Yang was furious: "You bastard, that's just tearing down the bridge after crossing it! After using my Spring of Life, you actually turn around and say it’s useless. Apologize to me quickly, or I won't let this go..."
Young Master Wei gasped, genuinely unsure how to respond. If he said it was useful, it certainly was, but that would just inflate Chu Yang's ego; he might even go as far as to say he was some birdman, and maybe “birdman” would become his new nickname... But if he said it was useless... that would truly be going back on his word.
Fortunately, Chu Imperial Seat did not dwell further on this issue, as he discovered new wonders. The place where Chu Yang landed just happened to be right next to the Spring of Life, and everything surrounding it was laid out for all to see.
Surrounding the well, every nine zhang, there stood a small tree, totaling nine small trees; these little trees were indeed very small, each no thicker than a finger, yet were growing at an extraordinarily slow rate. The signs of growth were virtually imperceptible, and even staring at them wouldn't reveal growth traces, but after a while, one could feel that each of these little trees had grown a bit...