84: Chapter 84 Moving Mountains

"Forget about this little kitten. Senior Sister, Junior Martial Uncle and the others are refining the butian pill. Don't you need to go help?"

Ye Qingxuan looked up and saw that Yuandan and the others had already started, but there were only six people in total: Zhenning, Yuandan, Yuanqing, Yuanxing, Qingyun, and Qingmo.

"Junior Martial Uncle already told me it won't be too late for me to go on the fifth day."

Hearing this, Ye Qingxuan nodded. While gnawing on a piece of roasted meat, he raised his gaze toward the direction of the alchemy room.

In the distance, clouds and mist swirled as the Pill Furnace exhaled crimson-gold rays of light. Tendrils of rich Medicinal Pill fragrance drifted with the wind across the entire Maoshan Mountain.

"Go on the fifth day?" Ye Qingxuan raised an eyebrow, a hint of a smile tugging at the corner of his lips. "Did Junior Martial Uncle deliberately leave us some alone time?"

Qingling's cheeks warmed slightly. She raised a hand to lightly slap him, scolding playfully, "Less narcissism. Junior Martial Uncle just knew I had just broken through to the Peak of the Nascent Soul Realm and wanted me to take the opportunity to stabilize my Realm."

Despite her words, the uncontainable tenderness deep within her eyes had long since betrayed her thoughts.

She sat with Ye Qingxuan by the stone table in the small courtyard, watching the youth heartily devour his meat.

The once ascetic Daoist Genius now had a brow full of vibrant worldly warmth, shedding his unapproachable indifference and gaining mortal tenderness.

Just at that moment, a small black shadow dashed frantically back into the courtyard.

Flashing across the table, Xiao Jiu had a piece of roasted meat clenched in its mouth, its belly stuffed round and its fur glossy. It hopped onto the stone table with its short little legs and cast a disdainful glance at the two of them.

"Bipedal lovers are the most troublesome! You only care about acting all mushy and don't even care about this meow eating!"

The milky complaint instantly shattered the tender atmosphere of the courtyard, causing Qingling to burst out laughing.

Ye Qingxuan reached out and flicked the kitten's round head. "You ate my roasted meat, and yet you still dare to complain?"

Xiao Jiu flicked its tail, turning its head away with a proud and pampered air. "The Daoist is bad. This meow is a holy spirit, and back then the Daoist also said meals were provided. What's wrong with eating a few bites of roasted meat?!"

"Alright, Xiao Jiu, go play after you finish eating. Ye Qingxuan still has important matters to attend to." Qingling stroked the kitten's head, her gentle tone causing it to purr.

"Okay-dokee, Sister Qingling is still the best."

"Such a little ungrateful wretch."

As the two chatted, the dusk on the horizon gradually deepened, and the afterglow of the setting sun spilled over the small courtyard, filling it with warmth.

Having eaten and drunk its fill, Xiao Jiu curled up on the stone table to doze off, its little purrs resounding thunderously.

The evening breeze swept through the forest, bringing waves of pill fragrance, tranquil and secure.

The night grew heavier, and moonlight poured down, shrouding the entire Shangqing Maoshan.

The night passed in the blink of an eye.

The next day at dawn, just as the sky was faintly bright, the morning light pierced through the clouds.

Ye Qingxuan rose early, stepping into the void and ascending to stand above the ten-thousand-li clouds, overlooking the vast mountain territory below.

A hundred miles of mountains and rivers unfolded before his eyes, and the originally orderly competition venue area was clearly reflected within his Divine Sense.

He stood with his hands behind his back, his robes fluttering in the wind. The vast cultivation base of the Void Return Late Stage quietly unfolded, and boundless Dao charm shrouded all directions.

"Commence work."

Spitting out these two words lightly, the wind rose and the clouds surged.

The next instant, the entire competition venue was pulled straight up from the ground by his powerful magical power, just like pulling up a radish.

"Raise the Formation." Ye Qingxuan's fingertips rapidly formed hand seals.

Levitation Formation patterns burst forth from his fingertips. Golden, cyan, and plain-white Dao patterns spread like flowing water, densely wrapping around the entire suspended competition venue.

Looking at the platform floating in mid-air, it was still a bit too small. Ye Qingxuan prepared to go move a few more mountains.

Sweeping his Divine Sense across the entire country, only a few mountains in the north were suitable. The others were either too tall, too short, or simply piles of dirt clods.

However, the Dwarf Race was located in the northern mountains and forests, and troops were stationed nearby.

After thinking about it, he decided to mention it to the Grand Elder to avoid scaring people.

At this moment on Zijin Mountain, the Grand Elder was holding a meeting, having just allocated the future technology data that Ye Qingxuan had tossed over yesterday.

These were all the future of Huaxia and could not be handled carelessly. The screening of personnel was of the utmost importance. Fortunately, people from the cultivation world were helping out; things like mind-reading couldn't be simpler, and a single Foundation Establishment Cultivator could do it.

At this time, Ye Qingxuan's Divine Sense transmission arrived.

"Chief, this poor Daoist Ye Qingxuan, I plan to move a few mountains in the north. Please notify the nearby troops in advance so as not to cause panic."

"Daoist Ye?" The Grand Elder suddenly looked up at the sky and said in surprise.

The expressions of the various leaders attending the meeting changed, and the lively discussion instantly stopped. Daoist Ye was transmitting his voice to the Chief?

"Alright, I will notify them." Hearing this, the Grand Elder directly instructed his secretary.

"Secretary Song, go notify the Northern Military Region. In a while, Daoist Ye is going to move a few mountains there. Tell them not to worry and pacify the nearby civilians by the way."

"Yes!" Although the secretary was surprised, he did not ask further and went straight to handle it.

"Daoist Ye is going to move a few mountains?" The Second Elder asked with a look of astonishment.

"Moving mountains? I'm still somewhat not used to it. In just a few months, changes have been this massive. These are several mountains, not a few bags of rice; can you just move them like that?"

One of the leaders couldn't help complaining.

"Haha, Lao An, you still aren't used to it? Myths have already bled into reality, it's time to get used to it."

"Moving mountains and filling seas, I wonder if we will be able to do that in the future."

"Forget it, with our Aptitude, we might as well wash up and go to sleep. Just doing our own jobs well is enough."

"That might not necessarily be the case. Aren't there enhancement potions among the future technologies sent by Daoist Ye?"

"It's just whether our researchers can fully comprehend them."

"They've been enhanced so many times already, it should be about ready, right?" A leader said in a somewhat uncertain tone.

"Anyway, up until now, not a single person has been able to compare to Elder Qian."

"What kind of remark is that..."

The old man looked at the noisy meeting room without interrupting, just watching with a smile. It was meant to be an open discussion anyway.

The parasites had long been cleaned out. With Cultivators helping to screen them, anyone who could enter was completely without issue.

-- The dividing line of moving mountains --

While transmitting his voice to the leaders, Ye Qingxuan was already standing above the target. They were three connected Peaks with a height of over three thousand meters. Standing them upside down would be just right to serve as an arena.

There were no residents near these mountains, only troops stationed there. The Dwarf Race was still some distance away from here.

Watching the troops below receive the notification and rapidly assemble,

now, after several enhancements from the National Destiny Game, the physical fitness of every soldier in the military was no less than Captain America from the United States, or even stronger.

Coupled with various cultivation methods such as martial arts and immortal cultivation, it could be said that they were superhumans on average.

Watching as the troops packed up their equipment and evacuated in vehicles in just a few short minutes,

a few unlucky bastards didn't get on the truck and directly carried their equipment while running down the mountain. That speed was no less than a normally driving car.

There were even a few people riding in cars who got thrown off, yelling at the top of their lungs while desperately chasing after the vehicles.

Seeing that everyone had gone far away, Ye Qingxuan landed directly at the foot of the mountain. With a wave of his hand, a sky-full of Sword Qi flashed past the mountain body.

Then, magical power enveloped the entire mountain body, pulling it up from the ground. The crowd of troops in the distance watched the flying mountains, their jaws nearly dislocating.

"This scene is fucking magnificent. Did anyone record it?" a captain asked a soldier holding a camera.

"Company commander, I recorded it!"

"Damn, Goudan, send me a copy."

"Me too", "Give me a copy too"...

"Holy shit, isn't Daoist Ye's speed way too fast?"

"It's possible that even before we received the notice, Daoist Ye was already up in the sky waiting for us to leave."

"This mighty power to move mountains and fill seas—I wonder if we will be able to achieve it in the future."

"Cultivate hard. Martial arts doesn't have a threshold; as long as you have perseverance, there's no problem."

A middle-aged man carrying two gold stars said curiously: "However, I'm a bit curious, what is Daoist Ye moving mountains for?"

A person carrying one gold star replied:

"It should be for the Grand Ritual of Luotian. Didn't you see the last notice? There are already over thirty thousand people with Qi Refining Fifth Layer strength nationwide. The venue probably wasn't big enough, which is why Daoist Ye came to move mountains."

"Huh? How do you know? Don't tell me you guessed it." The general looked suspiciously at his deputy, Lin Wei. This guy was a brute; where would he get such brains?

"Hehe, my son told me." Lin Wei chuckled.

"Damn it, what are you acting cool for? Isn't it just having two good sons? I really don't know how a brute like you managed to father such outstanding sons."

The general's tone was sour. Lin Wei's younger son was Lin Lei, and his older son was one of the 17 geniuses back when universal cultivation began, having entered Longhu Mountain and been taken in by Celestial Master Zhang.

"Hehe, luck, good luck."

"Fuck, when I get back, I'm going to make a few more with the missus." Several people nearby, whose ranks were at least two bars and four stars, also complained one after another.

"That's right, you should have them. Now Huaxia's territory has multiplied several times over, supporting five billion people is a piece of cake. Notify the entire army later: those who haven't taken leave this year will take turns going back to make babies with their wives." The general looked agreeable.

"Chief, what about those without wives? Will the state issue them?" A two-bar-one stepped forward and asked.

As a result, his backside received a kick.

"Get lost, find a wife yourself if you don't have one."

"Hahaha!"

--

Up in mid-air, Ye Qingxuan's Divine Sense also saw the exchange among this group of officers.

"These soldiers are quite interesting. Lin Lei's father? This martial arts Aptitude isn't bad either. This family is really interesting."

Lin Wei was at the Blood Refining Realm Perfection, equivalent to the twelfth layer of Qi Refining, and could Breakthrough to the Spiritual Orifice Realm at any time.

Soon, Ye Qingxuan supported the mountains with his hands and arrived at Maoshan.

Looking at the suspended platform, he threw the mountain Peaks in his hand downwards.

Then, the Levitation Formation, Dao-Protecting Formation, Spirit-Gathering Formation, Suppressive Killing Formation, Heart-Inspecting Formation, and Space-Locking Formation were stacked layer upon layer!

One profound Formation after another took root in the mountain body, concealing themselves within the rock layers, formless and silent.

The instant the grand Formation took shape, the entire suspended giant mountain suddenly stabilized, the wind and clouds stopped, and torrents of Spiritual Qi gathered above the platform surface.

The originally barren upside-down mountain platform instantly transformed into a peerless suspended arena floating above the sea of clouds!

The arena was vast and boundless, smooth and flawless. Spiritual Qi flowed, and faint rays of light lingered around the periphery of the platform.

The Formation automatically activated a protective barrier to isolate the inside and outside, capable of withstanding the full-force bombardment of Cultivators below the Void Return stage without damaging the mountain body.

At the same time, the Spirit-Gathering Formation lingered across the entire venue. Being on the arena, Cultivators would have clear minds and faster spiritual power circulation, making it most suitable for Cultivators to spar and discuss the Dao.

Below, on the Peaks of Maoshan Mountain,

the early-rising on-duty Disciples, mountain-patrolling Elders, and various sect Elders who rushed over to inspect the venue all froze in place, dumbfounded.

Everyone looked up at the thousand-zhang giant mountain arena inverted and floating above the sea of clouds, their brains completely blank.