Mortal To Immortal (Book 1)
MTI 219 - Artificial Forest

By noon, on Star Moon Island, the real Feng Xian was busying himself painting in the grounds of his residence. Every now and then he stopped chalking brushes to enjoy the Peach Moon Arak.

Xiao Ni was also seen there, flying around in the form of the Rainbow Stork. After getting tired of flying, Xiao Ni descended and transformed into a human being.

"Senior, give me one urn of wine. My supplies are up."

"A fast time you spend it. No, I don't want to give you any more. Before I had given you three urns of wine, it was already too much. You should be able to save money, not spend it fast."

"You only give me three, while you have dozens left. Why are you so stingy about giving just one?" Xiao Ni clucked in annoyance. "Even Senior Xi won't be as thorough as you to share wine."

"Because I'm not Old Xi." Feng Xian relaxed back.

"Basar old bangka stingy. Poor Xiao Han, it's unlucky to have a stingy teacher like you."

Instead of being offended, Feng Xian let out a short laugh. "If the little monster hears it, it will kill you."

"Hmph, you're lucky to have such a talented student who's also devoted."

Although he was upset, Xiao Ni again tried to persuade Feng Xian to share wine.

"Alright, alright. Stop whining. Your behavior is so childish." Feng Xian took out one urn of wine and handed it to Xiao Ni lazily.

Regardless of Feng Xian's sneer, Xiao Ni received the wine jar with sparkling eyes and stroked it onto the cheek.

Feng Xian continued his painting activities, while Xiao Ni was already enjoying his wine.

"Hm, the wine made by Xiao Han is indeed delicious. It's weird because you've tried to make it the same way, but it doesn't feel so good, Senior."

"That's why I asked that little monster to make me a lot of wine. The wine is better than your own."

Xiao Ni sneered. "You think I'll believe what you say, Senior? Just tell me you're too lazy and make him half-hearted. Unlike your students, so the results are different."

Feng Xian silently did not respond, making Xiao Ni sure his words were correct.

"You keep busy painting and I'm watching your painting this one never finishes."

Feng Xian's painting looks like a third of it adorns a painted canvas.

"I'll finish this in three days. After that I'll go."

"Oh, where are you going? Let me come along. I haven't traveled far in a long time."

"To the borders of the Land of Blue Clouds and the Land of Green Forests."

Xiao Ni frowned. "What place do you really want to go?"

"The Eternal Lightning Valley."

Xiao Ni choked. "You're not sane? Why do you want to go there?"

"Of course I'm still sane. Were it not for Brother Bing's conjecture and request, I would never have wanted to go to that cursed place."

"Bing Senior?" Xiao Ni was silent for a moment. "Is this related to Senior Xi's whereabouts?"

"Hm."

"Then it makes sense."

"Hopefully he's there. I hope the old man isn't in trouble."

Feng Xian suddenly stopped the movement of his brush and took out an object the size of a fist which at the center emitted a golden blue light.

"Isn't that Xiao Han's Soul Jade? Is something wrong? Something happened to him?" Xiao Ni asked curiously as Feng Xian's countenance looked solemn.

"That means something happened to your student."

Feng Xian did not respond and flowed Qi on the thing in his hand. The Xiao Han Soul Jade was more unique than the Bing Lizi Soul Jade, Chen Long, Xi Lei, or his own. Its uniqueness made Feng Xian able to track Yao Han's whereabouts exactly wherever he was.

"He's in a safe place. How strange. What the hell is going on?"

"You don't want to contact him or send a clone to your student's place?"

"no need. I'm sure he's safe. There's Brother Bing and the others who ensured the safety of that little monster."

Xiao Ni let out a long breath. "I don't understand how you think, Senior. You don't have the heart to worry about your students or do you believe your students are okay?"

Feng Xian kept back Yao Han's Soul Jade while responding to Xiao Ni's remark with a casual laugh.

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Yao Han stood looking at the huge and vast forest of trees in front of him.

"My hope is not lost. The conditions are still the same as before." Bing Lizi smiled faintly observing the scene before her.

"I feel like there's something strange about this forest." Yao Han responded. The others except Bing Lizi also felt the same way.

"You'll find out in a minute." Bing Lizi walked ahead, as if guiding Yao Han and the others into the dense forest.

Yao Han carefully observed the trees growing there. The longer he walked while observing, the deeper his forehead frowns.

"I feel familiar with these trees," muttered Yao Han who was still heard by the others. Bing Lizi smiled faintly without looking over.

Yao Han then stopped and placed his hand on one of the large trees. The next two breaths, Yao Han widened his eyes from realizing something.

"What's up, Han'er?" asked Meirong who was standing next to him.

"This tree did not grow naturally, but was created from magic."

Yao Han inspected several other trees and found the same thing.

"It looks like all the trees in this forest are made of wood elemental magic."

Yao Han's conclusion made Bing Lizi laugh loosely, not matching her calm and learned-looking character.

"Really, right. Exactly right."

Bing Lizi explained that all the safe paths in the Green Forest Country were dense forests created due to Chen Long's wood element magic and were almost five hundred years old.

"Brother Chen is the kind of person who loves his homeland and will try his best to keep the security of this country safe. That's why he's making this safe line."

The area and length of each of the safe paths varies, about eight to ten kilometers.

"I don't think anyone in their right mind would want to make it other than Senior Chen." Yutian did not think out and considered Chen Long's character as strange and unique.

"Creating a forest of this size and that much must have consumed a lot of Qi and time. Senior Chen is amazing." Meirong praised while clucking in admiration.

"Actually not really, it's only about a month. Me and Brother Xi are the two people who witnessed firsthand the moment Brother Chen created this dense forest and the others. His Qi and manpower seemed to never run out as it recovered with the help of the high quality pill Brother Feng gave."

Bo Lang who had been silent from the start while checking around using his Heavenly Senses opened his voice.

"Mr Yao, I found something there." Bo Lang pointed in one direction.

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