The Ancient Realm Goddess
Dragon Waterfall
In the distance of the sky, an old man was secretly watching the movements of the disciples of the Heavenly Academy. He sat on a white crane that was not so big. It was indeed a special crane for one person only. The old man had a pretty cold face. If Qing Yue'er saw this person then she would feel wary. It was an earthly realm expert who had once fought against Han Qiong.
The guy smiled. He had recently heard that his nemesis had already received a new disciple, so who was he? Maybe he should find out.
He moved to descend towards the Heavenly Academy. Yet just in the blink of an eye, his appearance suddenly turned foreign. His old figure had turned into a male disciple who looked very polite and educated.
"Senior Nie, why are you back?" Someone asked him.
"I have something left behind" he replied flatly. "Can you accompany me for a moment?"
The disciple who had previously asked finally immediately nodded in agreement. Senior Nie was someone who was quite respected in the academy. He was happy when asked to accompany her. Unfortunately, he had no idea what the person who was considered Nie's senior would actually do.
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The journey to Ding city takes approximately three days. People who were still in the sky realm could not travel without resting, so most of the academy's students would take a break in places of interest.
Just like the Qing Yue'er group, they chose to stop and rest on the riverbank which was located within the forest. It seems that the forest is still rarely touched by humans so that nature still feels natural. The green trees look so tall and dense.
Qing Yue'er washed her face with such clear river water. The fresh taste immediately he could enjoy when the cold water soaked his face. He looked around. There are many wild plants growing on the banks of the river. But there was one plant that caught his attention.
Slowly Qing Yue’er inspected the plant. It was a foreign plant whose height only reached its stomach. The leaves are slightly long and have very antique leaf bones. Yes, the leaf bones formed the pattern of a circular dragon. Isn't this something extraordinary?
In addition, around the leaves there was a lot of spiritual energy that seemed to cover it. This was the first time Qing Yue’er had seen such an incredible plant. If noticed, the plant is much more prominent than other clumps around it.
“What plant is this?” qing Yue’er asked Luo Qingqi. Who knows if the woman knows this.
Luo Qingqi looked at the plant. Instantly his eyes instantly widened, he was shocked by what was in front of him. “This is a plant that grows from droplets of dragon saliva. How can there be this plant here?” it was as if he could not believe.
“Dragon saliva?” Qing Yue’er was also surprised. Such a thing should be something extremely rare and far away. However, they managed to find him here. Of course this is an amazing thing. If a plant like this was here, would a dragon also be around this place? But how is it possible?
Jing Ling and Ming Yuxia became interested in seeing. They were all observing the plant carefully. “What are the benefits of this plant?”
Luo Qingqi plucked one of her leaves carefully. “This plant can help the treatment of some rare diseases. If sold then it would definitely produce a lot of spirit stones.”
Qing Yue’er was instantly interested in hearing this. “Then do you think this is a possibility if there is a dragon that has lived here?”
Luo Qingqi slightly nodded. “According to the book I read, this plant does not just grow. It took him years to be able to grow it from the droplets of dragon saliva. Not everything will grow. If the land is not suitable then they will just die. If there really was a dragon who had stopped here, it would have been many years ago. That's obviously been a long time.”
Qing Yue’er nodded. What Luo Qingqi said did make sense. At least the plant takes a long time to grow. But the fact that there was a dragon who had once stopped here alone was enough to surprise him.
“Oh, I also know one thing. These herbs do not have to grow from the saliva of a true dragon, I mean they will grow from the saliva of an animal that has the bloodline of the dragon race,” Luo Qingqi said.
Qing Yue’er had once read about this knowledge. Actually, the world is so vast. There were many things he did not know, or at the core he was still just an ant living among the dense forest. About living things, humans and nature is something that cannot be learned in a short time. Then he would learn it little by little.
Originally he only wanted to increase his strength to find out about his identity. But it will not only stop there because he basically already knows the truth. On the other hand, as time went on he actually liked this world more and more. There were many challenging things that he could not meet on Earth, and it was a privilege that could not be enjoyed by the inhabitants of Earth in general.
“Then we should not waste this plant is not it?” qing Yue’er asked with sparkling eyes. Since this was a wild forest, then anyone could claim ownership on the existing resources. Including this dragon saliva plant.
“Yes, we have to take it!” Jing Ling was instantly excited and started picking the leaves from her twigs. However, when he had picked one of the leaves, suddenly the leaves instantly became withered.
“What happened?” Qing Yue’er also felt confused. He looked at Luo Qingqi to ask.
“You can pick it up in a careless way,” Luo Qingqi said.
“Then how?”
Luo Qingqi showed her the way. He poured spiritual qi into his hands. Then he coated the leaves to be picked using his spiritual qi. This is done to protect the leaf from coming into contact with the human hand directly and roughly. To be honest it was very vulnerable with the movements of other creatures.
Everyone finally understood. They tried to pluck the leaf in the manner described by Luo Qingqi. And as expected, it worked. So the plants have to be treated with great care or they will just spoil it.
Luo Qingqi took out a storage bag that had a vast storage dimensional space inside. The brands all stuffed the leaves into the storage bag carefully. After everything was up finally the brand could chuckle happily. Never thought it turned out that they could find such a valuable plant. If others knew then they would definitely be suffocated by the malevolence.
Then after that they took a break for a while. They meditate to restore the spiritual energy drained after being used to fly long distances. This is probably only a third of their journey. There was still a lot of distance they had to travel and it required full spiritual energy.
As it was late into the night, they were all preparing to return for the trip. That was because in the middle of the night it was not certain that the forest they had stopped by would be safe, so they would rather continue the journey rather than stay until morning. Not to mention they had a time limit to arrive at Ding town. They must not be late at all or it will get them disqualified.
All night long they travel non-stop. When dawn was near, someone suddenly came to them from behind. Coincidentally it was the teacher of the academy who was none other than Xi Muchhen. The teacher who had caught Qing Yue’er while he was in Yan Xiao's room.
Master Xi stopped their steps for a moment. The four girls immediately saluted him. But the man did not respond so much. He looked at Qing Yue’er with slightly dark eyes. “You will go directly to Ding city?” ask her in a slightly cold voice.
Luo Qingqi frowned. However it was only a moment before he finally nodded. “It's true.”
Master Xi revealed a smile that did not reach his eyes. “Then let us go together.”
Qing Yue’er glanced at Luo Qingqi. While what was glimpsed was now looking at it with an implied meaning. "Good."
They continued their journey with the addition of Xi Muchen in front. At first it wasn't any difference, but the more it became noticed their directions became slightly different. That made Qing Yue'er stop. "Teacher Xi, why is the direction taken different?"
Xi Muchen turned around. "I'll take another alternative."
Qing Yue'er was still motionless. He told Jing Ling and Ming Yuxia to retreat. Afterwards he said coldly, "You're not Xi's teacher."