Chapter 1470 - 1057: Do You Know Me?

Chapter 1470: Chapter 1057: Do You Know Me?

Jiang Yuan: !!!

The shock was not only because the other party spoke, but also because the system popped up with a tip that couldn’t be simpler—

On the earthen steps where the other party sat cross-legged, there were only a few words—[Wilderness World Core]; and above the other’s head were the words—[Xuanyuan Yangguang][Can Be Deified]

The fewer the words, the bigger the matter.

Seeing the words "Can Be Deified," Jiang Yuan was a little dazed.

"What? Is it because you didn’t expect to see a living person in the World Core, so you find it unbelievable?" Xuanyuan Yangguang looked at him, the corner of his mouth curved into a bigger smile, and explained patiently: "No need to worry, I mean no harm. On the contrary, if I hadn’t sacrificed myself to guard this place, the first fall of the Wilderness World would have completely collapsed."

Jiang Yuan took a deep breath and stepped forward to give a junior’s salute, "I have met Elder Xuanyuan. It’s not that I doubted you, but I didn’t expect to meet you here, in this way."

"Oh? You know me?" The other party squinted slightly and looked him over carefully, shaking his head: "I’ve lived far too long, seen too many people, sorry I don’t have an impression of you."

As soon as he finished speaking, a bright array lit up centered around Xuanyuan Yangguang, and a large number of rare medicinal herbs appeared out of thin air.

The fresh scent of medicinal incense immediately spread.

"I suppose these are the spirit medicines picked from City Lord Yuan’s Underground City." Jiang Yuan suddenly realized, "She kept her promise to you, cultivating a large amount of spirit medicine to send here. Could it be... to replace the world’s growth?"

Although he hadn’t figured out the operation principle, a large amount of spirit medicine containing spiritual energy was continuously delivered, piling up into a mountain.

And where the world’s growth should have taken place was instead overseen by Xuanyuan Yangguang. It seemed he was using some means to replace the world’s growth with spirit medicine to prevent the complete disintegration of the Wilderness. ℴ

"You’re both right and wrong," Xuanyuan Yangguang said with a gentle smile, "So you know Manman too, I didn’t misjudge that little girl. Not only does she have strong fortune, but she also keeps her promises. Without her silent support over the years, the Wilderness World would have collapsed long ago."

He casually pushed aside the spirit medicine that almost buried him, stood up and stretched, but couldn’t take a step away from the small four or five-meter diameter platform, "Well, actually, I have become the world’s growth myself, gradually dispersing my cultivation.

Afraid of dying too quickly, I took advantage of the opportunity to help Yuan Man and made an agreement with her to cultivate spirit medicine in the Underground City to send here. The harsh conditions here make alchemy impossible, so I can only endure by consuming these spirit medicines directly."

After a pause, Xuanyuan Yangguang looked at him intently and asked, "Since you could reach this place and easily purify and subdue the remnants of war, do you have a way to save the Wilderness World? If not, I fear I would have done another futile effort."

"Again?" Jiang Yuan recalled the life story of this legendary figure and thought that "futile effort" might refer to the matter of killing the demon race.

Stepping up to help place the spirit medicine to the side, he asked, "While traveling through the Wilderness, I’ve heard bits and pieces of your legendary tales, though most are just rumors, and I don’t know what’s true. Today, I have the fortune to meet you, would you mind sharing your life story with me?"

A legendary figure qualified to be deified and who survived the great battle of two races, his past is certainly magnificent!

More importantly, the Wilderness World’s migration plan hadn’t received a response from the system. Even now, no side quest was triggered, so Jiang Yuan wanted to hear Xuanyuan Yangguang’s thoughts.

"Do you want to see my attitude toward the Wilderness World and then consider how to cooperate?" Xuanyuan Yangguang, who had lived countless years, couldn’t see through Jiang Yuan who had the system, but he could infer a thing or two.

He knew deeply that giving up slaughter and silently undertaking the mission to save the world already went against his path.

In this life, he could never touch upon the Great Dao to achieve ascension, so he was destined to waste time and lifespan, cultivation, until death. Yet, this person had the strength to reach the World Core; perhaps after his death, he could find a way to save the Wilderness World.

Under such circumstances, sharing his past to let him understand former events wasn’t a waste of time.

After sitting here for hundreds of years, he wasn’t in a hurry.

Therefore, Xuanyuan Yangguang asked the question but didn’t expect to get an answer.

He waved his hand, indicating for the other party to sit down, idly picking up a piece of spirit medicine, and began to grind and nurture it in his palm, waiting for the medicinal properties to mellow before swallowing and refining it mouthful by mouthful to replenish his own energy.

"Since you want to know, I’ll start from before I was born." His gaze pierced through the crystal-clear, vermilion spirit medicine fruit, as if seeing the beautiful world from so many years ago, "At that time, the human race dominated the entire Wilderness, occasionally an animal would cultivate into a demon, but the numbers were few..."

Mortals and cultivators didn’t live far apart; the Immortal Masters lived on the mountains, while the mortals lived below them.

Under the protection of the Immortal Masters, demon fiends dared not act wantonly; during years of disaster and famine, the Immortal Masters would fly out from their sects in droves to manage floods, move mountains, fill seas, contain plagues, extinguish mountain fires, stop wars, and distribute relief food.

When the major sects opened their mountain gates for recruitment, youths would journey together to participate in the sect selections, and those chosen would become the new generation of Immortal Masters, slaying demons and protecting mortals.

No matter how exceptional the place was, cultivators with spirit roots were ultimately very few.

The abundant spiritual energy seemed inexhaustible, and cultivators who achieved cultivation through the Essence of Heaven and Earth increasingly considered maintaining a peaceful era as their duty. The world’s energy was free-flowing, mortals lived in peace, and cultivators were carefree and at ease.