Chapter 379 - 257: Earth Pivot Tour - Nurturing the Spirit of the Land: Qinling Alchemy, The Longevity Bowl’s Radiance, Dragon Vein Restoration (Part 4)
Chapter 379: Chapter 257: Earth Pivot Tour - Nurturing the Spirit of the Land: Qinling Alchemy, The Longevity Bowl’s Radiance, Dragon Vein Restoration (Part 4)
After all, it seemed to him that Jiang Cai’Er was using binary code. Since the Dragon Vein’s consciousness was born in ancient times—countless years ago—it probably had no idea what she was saying.
Jiang Cai’Er said, "No, that’s not it. Even if it can’t understand, it should be able to sense it. It’s like if you’re sleeping and a foreigner starts calling your name and shaking you in a language you don’t know. You’d still wake up even if you couldn’t understand them."
"Mm-hmm." Li Xiang nodded. That made sense.
"Why don’t you try repairing this Dragon Vein?" Jiang Cai’Er suggested, her eyes lighting up with excitement.
"How would I even do that?" Li Xiang asked. He’d never done anything like this before.
"Hold on. I’ll look through my data again and devise a concrete repair plan for you." Jiang Cai’Er’s eyes sparkled. She found the task to be both incredibly challenging and exceptionally meaningful.
’This is a chance to save an injured, slumbering Dragon Vein,’ she thought. ’And not just any Dragon Vein—the legendary Chinese Ancestral Vein!’
Jiang Cai’Er immediately sank into deep thought. All sorts of strange and obscure texts flashed through her mind. After several hours, she finally came up with three plans. She recommended the one with the highest chance of success for Li Xiang to try.
"If it doesn’t work, we’ll switch to another one," Jiang Cai’Er said.
"Okay, it’ll definitely work. My Cai’Er Baby is the best!" Li Xiang said, pulling Jiang Cai’Er into a hug and giving her a kiss.
When a couple’s hearts are one, their combined strength can sever metal. Hand in hand, the two began to repair the Dragon Vein.
The plan was extremely complex, but to put it simply, it involved using various special Ores as repair materials. With Jiang Cai’Er’s assistance, Li Xiang activated the myriad wondrous abilities of the Earth Pivot World Record and began to "reconnect" the broken veins, one by one.
The process was akin to surgical limb reattachment—an incredibly complex procedure.
In a surgical limb reattachment, you can’t just sew the limb back on. First, the wound must be debrided. Then, the fractured bone must be set and fixed. Every single tendon must be reconnected, and the muscles need to be sutured layer by layer to restore their continuity, all while carefully regulating tension.
Furthermore, there’s vascular anastomosis, nerve anastomosis, closing the wound, and bandaging... The technical skill and difficulty involved were self-evident.
And the Earth Vein repair work Li Xiang was now undertaking was no less complex.
This was no dead Earth Vein; it was a special one that still pulsed faintly, containing a remnant of life.
Li Xiang became a surgeon—or rather, an Earth Vein repair specialist. Under his meticulous hand, the sundered Earth Veins were reconnected one by one, their pulsations growing stronger and more forceful.
Whenever he repaired a section, the chime of an ancient bell would echo from deep underground—a clear, melodious sound. It was as if the Earth Vein Spirit was crying out in pleasure and gratitude, a truly wondrous phenomenon.
Finally, every fracture was mended. The Qinling Dragon Vein, having slumbered for a millennium, slowly began to awaken.
Within the Yanhuang Blood Jade Vein, which snaked like the nine bends of the Yellow River, an elder in a dark dragon robe appeared. He had a lean, sharp-featured face and wore the tall hat and wide sash of an ancient official. The blood jade ornament at his waist chimed softly as he gave Li Xiang and Jiang Cai’Er a deep bow before sinking back into the depths of the ore vein.
"You repaired the ore vein, so its spirit has revived. It seems he just appeared to thank us in person." Jiang Cai’Er said with a radiant smile, gently taking Li Xiang’s arm and snuggling up beside him.
"Mm," Li Xiang nodded. Just a moment ago, the system had sent a notification: [Detected Tier Thirty-Six Divine Level Mutated Creature: Yanhuang Blood Jade Divine Soul.]
’Of course, the system’s probably jumping the gun; the data must be bugged,’ Li Xiang thought. He had just finished repairing this severely damaged Dragon Vein, so the Yanhuang Blood Jade Divine Soul couldn’t be that powerful yet. The fact that it couldn’t speak and could only bow was proof enough.
Based on its current strength, Li Xiang figured he could probably subdue it. But this was the Ancestral Vein of Huaxia; he would never harm it. If it belonged to a sworn enemy, like Japan, he would have captured it by force without a second thought.
Besides, if he had intended to capture it by force, he wouldn’t have gone to all the trouble of repairing it in the first place.
As the two were chatting, an object "precipitated" from the Yanhuang Blood Jade Vein. It was a Bronze Divine Tree. Nine wondrous Small Tripods hung from its branches, each one at the Saint Tier, along with thirty-six Blood Jade Spirit Fruits that glowed with a brilliant light.
"This is its thank-you gift to us." Jiang Cai’Er had the unique ability to receive the abstruse intentions the entity transmitted. Strictly speaking, as a Digital Life form, her fundamental nature wasn’t so different from the vein spirit’s.
"Looks like it." Li Xiang stepped forward, bowed his thanks, and then accepted the divine object.
This was the first Divine Level item he had ever obtained, but with his current strength, he was unable to use it.
Since he couldn’t activate it, he had no way of learning its Extraordinary Attributes. He could only place it in his inventory for now.
The item was unbelievably precious. Across his two lifetimes, he had never even heard of such a thing, let alone seen one.
Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Li Xiang and Jiang Cai’Er, a strange light flickered along a ridgeline near Qinling Lishan. It projected a magnificent and mysterious illusion into the air: an ancient emperor performing a sacrifice to the heavens. The grand scene filled nearly half the sky and lasted for a full five or six seconds before dissipating.
By this time, the sun was up outside. Chang’an City was already bustling with traffic as the morning rush hour began.
Despite the terrible weather, many people still had to get up early for work.
The northern regions had well-established procedures for dealing with heavy snow, so the main roads in Chang’an City were clear of snow and ice.
A great many people saw it. Some reacted very quickly. For instance, a female driver stuck in traffic on an overpass saw the shocking scene in the distant sky and quickly pulled out her phone to record it.
Even though it only lasted for a few seconds, she managed to capture most of it. She then posted the video to her social media feed and elsewhere online.
Quite a few similar videos and photos appeared; after all, Chang’an City was home to a massive population.
The footage quickly sparked heated discussions among the public.
Some said the figure performing the sacrifice was Emperor Qin Shi Huang, while others claimed it was the Emperor of Zhou or Emperor Wu of Han. Since the emperor was only visible in profile, nobody could be sure.
Even if it had been a full frontal view, the figure was from an era so ancient that no one would likely recognize him anyway. People could only guess based on the blurry depiction of his robes.
Many people from out of town refused to believe it, assuming it was just special effects. Only the locals in Chang’an City knew it was absolutely real and not some kind of drone display. Someone had even checked: at that specific time, there were no drones flying over Lishan at all.
Drone shows, after all, had to be registered and approved in advance.
When Li Xiang and Jiang Cai’Er saw the video, they shared a knowing smile.
"I can’t believe we caused such a huge commotion."
Their trip to the Qinling Mountain Range had been incredibly fruitful. With a few days of Jiang Cai’Er’s vacation still left, Li Xiang took his beloved young fiancée to the Imperial Capital.
The Northern Imperial Capital, of course, was without a doubt home to its own special Earth Vein.