Chapter 783 - 704: Reaching the Peak 103
Actually, there’s no need to think much about it; just finding a nearby country to relocate them would do. However, the people we’ve rescued are all injured and lack combat power, so placing them in densely populated towns isn’t very convenient.
Therefore, Shuangshuang found a mountain with relatively dense Spiritual Energy, close to a town, within a nearby country. There, she built dozens of houses to house everyone and planted some Array Plates around for protection, mainly to guard against wild beasts and low-level Magical Beasts in the mountains. As for High-level Magical Beasts, the place is on the outskirts of the mountain range with insufficient Spiritual Energy, so High-level Magical Beasts wouldn’t be interested.
Afterward, Shuangshuang went directly to Wanyou Trading House. Using the token given by Yan Xing, she prioritized purchasing a large amount of Healing Pills at a low price to ensure that these pills could help everyone recover from their injuries.
Of course, all these were bought using the Spiritual Pearls and Spirit Stones she found in the evil cultivators’ nest. The remaining Spiritual Pearls and Spirit Stones, after buying some daily necessities with Lu Tianyi and Tan Feiyu’s help, were equally divided among the rescued people along with the remaining Spiritual Pearls and Spirit Stones.
The evil cultivators were wealthy, with abundant Spirit Stones and Spiritual Pearls. After expenditures, each person received a considerable share of Spirit Stones and Spiritual Pearls, enough to support them living without working for ten or eight years after they heal.
Of course, those led by Shuangshuang received more, although they did not keep any Spirit Stones or Spiritual Pearls. Instead, they accepted countless Blood Sand Stones found in the evil cultivators’ nest with peace of mind. After dividing the Blood Sand Stones, each person’s Storage Stone contained a gigantic mountain of Blood Sand Stones.
Once everyone was settled, and the evil cultivators in Blood Mist Desert were mostly cleared out, everyone decided to bypass the Blood Mist Desert and head towards Phoenix Feather Country as originally planned, as cultivating further in Blood Mist Desert was no longer productive after such a long time.
Initially, Shuangshuang intended to take Sha Qionghua with her. She admired Sha Qionghua quite a bit, as this woman, despite appearing promiscuous, actually had great self-respect and wasn’t truly coquettish.
Although Sha Qionghua’s views on men were overly twisted and hostile, and she often liked to seduce men in a way Shuangshuang didn’t agree with, one couldn’t deny that Sha Qionghua helped countless women who had nowhere to go, teaching them self-reliance and helping them find new meaning in life without expecting anything in return, which Shuangshuang particularly admired.
However, Sha Qionghua didn’t agree. Among the people Shuangshuang rescued this time, many were women, and Sha Qionghua, with Shuangshuang’s help, recovered the best. She feared those women would be bullied, so she insisted on staying to take care of them.
Sha Qionghua was well-known in Blood Mist Desert, not just for her hostility toward men but also for her reputation as a protector of women. As long as a woman was of good character, she would help them regardless of the difficulty encountered.
Among women who knew of her reputation, Sha Qionghua held an almost deified status. The women rescued from the evil cultivators’ lair had all suffered inhuman torture, and they feared men and even women, as there were quite a few women among the evil cultivators.
These poor women, unable to live or die, were saved but still dared not trust anyone, curling up in what they thought were safe corners every day, without anyone to comfort them.
Only Sha Qionghua made these women willing to trust her just upon hearing her name. They followed Sha Qionghua closely, like timid snails, cautiously hiding behind her back, and with her help, tentatively reached out to the outside world again.
Sha Qionghua wasn’t unmoved by the idea of leaving with Shuangshuang for a journey of strengthening, knowing it was a great opportunity. But she couldn’t let go of these pitiful women, and after a hard choice, she decided to stay and care for them.
Sha Qionghua’s decision both surprised and didn’t surprise Shuangshuang. Nonetheless, she deeply admired Sha Qionghua for this decision. Before leaving, Shuangshuang left several Storage Bags of cultivation materials for Sha Qionghua.
Though she couldn’t become a traveling companion with Sha Qionghua, Shuangshuang hoped she could progress further on the path of cultivation and grow stronger.
After bidding farewell to Sha Qionghua, the group continued their journey in the Flying Heaven Palace. The scenery along the way remained vibrant and colorful, but they didn’t travel long before being forced to stop, as everyone needed to retreat for cultivation breakthrough together.
Prior to this, everyone had been cultivating for a long time in Blood Mist Desert. The extremely cold climate there helped people refine their Spiritual Power, as humans needed to constantly circulate their Spiritual Power to withstand the extreme temperature changes. Over time, this compressed their Spiritual Power to become purer.
This cultivation method required gradual effort and constant perseverance, initially showing no results, but once effective, it directly helped people break through several realms, with some managing to break through several small realms and even one Great Realm after a year in Blood Mist Desert!
Originally, everyone had been cultivating in Blood Mist Desert, about to refine their Spiritual Power and break through their levels, but then they encountered the issue with Sha Qionghua, and after dealing with the evil cultivators, much time was lost. Everyone subconsciously suppressed their impending breakthroughs until now, completely relaxing and sensing the saturation of their Spiritual Power, they finally felt like retreating to upgrade.
However, now, because they cultivated together, the breakthrough feeling arose collectively, making simultaneous advancement inevitable, and because they instinctively suppressed the speed of advancement before, it’s now impossible to hold back and rotate advancement.
In this situation, they could only stop and find a safe place to retreat and upgrade together. Fortunately, the Flying Heaven Palace had already crossed Blood Mist Desert, and they were facing a stretch of continuous mountains.
Bai Sheng stood with an aloof poise at the highest point of the Flying Heaven Palace, on the rooftop, surveying the surroundings. Then his figure moved gracefully, descending into the front courtyard of the palace, where everyone watched him.
Bai Sheng pointed east-southeast, speaking in a faint voice, "The mountain in that direction is quite safe; we can establish a temporary cave there for upgrading." Bai Sheng, as a Winged Tiger, was a natural king of mountains and forests, with the keenest perception of Da Shan, and his perception of safety was absolutely reliable.
Shuangshuang immediately followed Bai Sheng’s direction and piloted the Flying Heaven Palace without the slightest doubt. The palace was incredibly fast, reaching the mountain peak Bai Sheng had chosen in the blink of an eye like a shooting star.
Fei Hu, perched beside Shuangshuang, looked puzzled at the mountain below and asked Bai Sheng, "Brother Bai Sheng, why is this place safe? How did you perceive it when Fei Hu can’t sense whether it’s safe or not?"