Chapter 451 - 449: Jianmu in Trouble
World Master and Bai Di were having a friendly spar.
The gap between their Realms was vast.
But their bout was merely a contest of Magic.
Meanwhile, Su Qing.
Was still in the process of stabilizing his Cultivation.
「Several months later.」
Outside Su Qing’s world.
A young woman arrived in a panic at the gate to Su Qing’s world.
She tried to enter.
But found her way barred.
"Su Qing!"
"Uncle!"
The person outside was none other than Liu Ling’Er.
As for why she had come...
The reason was simple.
The Jianmu Omniscience Institute had been attacked.
Jianmu itself was now severely injured.
It had taken her a very long time to escape from the Jianmu Omniscience Institute.
She had come for reinforcements.
But Su Qing gave no response.
This left Liu Ling’Er in despair.
’My home is gone.’
’Jianmu is gone.’
Everyone had given their all to send her out, yet now, her face was a mask of utter defeat.
The journey here had already taken several years.
She feared Jianmu was already gone.
She sank to the ground, curled into a ball, and hugged her knees, crying.
...
"Hey, hey, hey, Su Qing."
"Have you been up to no good? There’s a girl crying her eyes out at your gate."
"And she was just calling for ’Su Qing,’ and ’Uncle.’"
"I didn’t know you were such a player. Can’t even that Black Abyss fellow keep you in line?"
Xing Zhu shouted from within Su Qing’s body.
Su Qing heard it, too.
He had already finished consolidating his Cultivation.
But Su Qing had wanted to train a little more to achieve greater power.
He also wanted to see how long it would take to increase his Skill Level by even a small amount.
"I don’t toy with young women,"
Su Qing said flatly.
’Uncle?’
Su Qing had a good idea who it was.
Liu Ling’Er. Only Liu Ling’Er would call him Uncle.
Even Su Shang just called him Brother Su.
’Who would bully her?’
Puzzled,
Su Qing left his world.
"Little girl, you’re all grown up. Don’t you know crying is useless?" Su Qing said, looking with a sigh at Liu Ling’Er, who was sitting on the ground.
His tone was incredibly gentle; in a past life, she had been his senior sister.
"Uncle!"
"Uncle, you have to save the Jianmu Omniscience Institute!"
"It’s been so long... Jianmu might already be gone..." Liu Ling’Er said, bursting into tears again. They flowed endlessly down her cheeks.
"Jianmu is in danger? What about Su Shang?" Su Qing frowned.
"Su Shang... Su Shang is on Jianmu! She said she had to protect everyone there!"
"Everyone on Jianmu sent me to get help."
"Don’t be afraid."
Su Qing patted the young woman’s head, and a tranquil aura enveloped her, soothing her emotions.
She seemed exhausted as well.
She quickly fell into a deep sleep.
But the worried expression on her face did not fade.
Su Qing brought her into his Flower Sea world.
He let her rest in the Taichu Daoist Palace.
"The Jianmu Omniscience Institute..."
"I haven’t been back in a long time."
Su Qing’s figure slowly faded from the Taichu Daoist Palace.
He moved at a speed that twisted Space to its absolute limit.
He arrived swiftly at the Jianmu Omniscience Institute.
The journey took only a few days.
He was back in a familiar place.
Surrounding Jianmu were all sorts of large Flying Shuttles.
There were also some incredibly intricate instruments.
They looked like they could unleash powerful attacks.
Oddly enough,
looking at the Jianmu Omniscience Institute now,
he realized that aside from Jianmu itself, everyone living on it was actually quite weak.
Jianmu’s roots were almost completely gone.
Moreover, Jianmu showed signs of being in a state of severe decline.
Su Qing scanned the area.
The beings on the Flying Shuttles were not human.
They were a species with large, oblong heads and yellowish skin, resembling giant mangoes.
The Luomang Star Clan.
Information about this race surfaced in Su Qing’s mind.
They were a race that loved to plunder, building nothing and only taking from others.
Much like the Greed Realm, the vast majority of them awakened the Devouring Dao Path.
They were highly intelligent, warlike, and quick learners.
As such,
they were a natural enemy to almost any peace-loving species.
Most importantly,
this clan was supposed to reside in the Southern Domain; he hadn’t expected them to come all the way to the Eastern Domain.
"Dao Ming."
Su Qing didn’t even hesitate.
In the vast Star Sea, Jianmu was a second home to Su Qing, in a way.
After all, most of its inhabitants were descendants of those from the Spirit Realm.
Around Jianmu,
an endless Black Realm appeared.
It was followed by the sound of tearing as Space itself was shattered.
In a mere instant,
everyone—including their leader, a being who had embarked on the Path of Cultivation with the Devouring Dao Path—
had their bodies and souls pulverized by Su Qing.
’Su Shang is still here.’
’That’s all that matters.’
"Jianmu, how is your strength still so pathetic?"
Su Qing sighed.
"Growth."
"Growth."
...
Su Qing cast Growth on Jianmu ten times, giving it the power to grow.
Then, Su Qing paid it no more mind.
’This Jianmu is just too pathetic.’
Su Qing felt it would be better to let these people live on the Star he had created.
Su Qing didn’t go looking for Su Shang right away.
Instead, he went to find Qing Yang.
Qing Yang was currently covered in severe injuries.
He was sitting cross-legged, trying to recover.
With a wave of Su Qing’s hand, a massive amount of Life Power flowed into him.
"Hm?" Qing Yang grunted in confusion and opened his eyes.
He saw Su Qing, dressed in a black robe, but now with a Flame Mark between his brows.
"A rare sight. You actually didn’t run away," Su Qing chuckled.
Qing Yang’s injuries healed completely. "My thanks," he said.
"Why would I run? It’s quite nice here."
"Besides, I knew you’d come," Qing Yang smiled.
His aura had become more stable, as if he now carried a heavy burden on his shoulders.
"Jianmu is still too weak."
"I’d be better off nurturing my own trees than trying to raise it."
"Would you like to come live on the Star I created?"
"Everyone from the Three Yang Temple can move there. It has abundant Spiritual Qi."
"That giant Star? Of course, I’m willing."
"Everything about Jianmu is fine, but it lacks substance. And using a single tree as our foundation... I don’t think that’s a good long-term plan," Qing Yang nodded.
He agreed without hesitation.
Especially since the offer came from Su Qing himself.
"Alright. I’ll open the Array on it when the time comes."
"It’ll be in the next few days," Su Qing said with a smile.
He then left Qing Yang’s room.
「In a research lab on Jianmu.」
Su Qing saw a young woman sleeping soundly, with deep, dark circles under her eyes.
’Looks like she’s completely exhausted.’
’She’s already a First Realm Cultivator,’
’yet she’s still this exhausted.’
’I wonder what she’s been working on.’
A bit of Life Power appeared in Su Qing’s hand, which he used to soothe Su Shang.
"So you finally remembered to come find me!"
"If I hadn’t, Jianmu would be gone," Su Qing replied, pinching Su Shang’s cheek.
’She’s grown up.’
’The little girl is all grown up.’
Su Qing looked at the mature young woman before him.
He couldn’t help but feel a wave of emotion.
Then he left the research lab.
He appeared again inside a lab in the Life Research Institute.
Due to his current state,
none of the automated systems could detect Su Qing.
"Whoa~"
"The Ancestor has appeared," Huang Xiaoshu said groggily as she saw Su Qing.
She had been napping in a corner.
Recent events had left everyone in the Jianmu Omniscience Institute completely exhausted.
And the losses had been devastating.
Still in a daze, Huang Xiaoshu’s eyes suddenly flew wide open.
"Mm."
"I came to see how you all were doing."
"Where’s that woman?" Su Qing asked, not seeing Zhi Wen.
"Dr. Zhi is with the deans. They’re working on a medicine to help Jianmu grow."
"Alright, then. Tell them that the Star is available for the people of the Jianmu Omniscience Institute to settle and thrive on."
Su Qing didn’t linger.
’It’s good enough that they’re not dead.’
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