The Game with Fairies-Chapter 322 - The Living Earth

Chapter 322: The Living Earth

Within the mist-enshrouded pavilion, the air was thick with moisture.

Li Muyang laid his cards on the table with utmost honesty, waiting for Fairy Liuli’s response.

Procrastination was never his style.

However, after he finished speaking, Fairy Liuli in front of him fell silent.

She tilted her head in thought for a moment and then said, “This time, my journey northward to find Lord Wuming is primarily to issue a warning. I heard from Senior Brother Shen that Lord Wuming may not be fully aware of the situation north of Yin Mountain...”

Chu Qingxue looked towards Star Moon Lake outside the pavilion, her gaze seemingly piercing through the dense fog to the Dragon Palace at the bottom of the lake.

She spoke softly, “To slay evil beings and pacify demons in the northern counties is indeed a great merit that benefits all living beings. But establishing the Water Palace and flaunting one’s presence... such actions are too provocative and will invite disaster.”

After pondering, Fairy Liuli spoke not of matters related to affection but instead brought up a serious issue unrelated to feelings.

At Li Muyang’s ear, the voice of the disappointed Dragon Maiden echoed.

“Ah? Is this what she wanted to say...”

Not seeing the drama of lovelorn men and women, the Dragon Maiden was quite disappointed.

Li Muyang was also slightly taken aback, looking at Chu Qingxue in front of him with surprise, unable to grasp the fairy’s thoughts.

Did she consider this matter the most important and therefore brought it up first?

Or was it... that the fairy was avoiding something else?

Li Muyang couldn’t quite figure out Chu Qingxue’s intentions, so for the time being, he could only follow her lead in the conversation.

After all, this topic was also of concern to him.

“Invite disaster...”

Li Muyang thought for a moment and then asked, “Please enlighten me, fairy, what disaster are you referring to? Are you talking about the evil beings beyond the northern border?”

Fairy Liuli nodded and then immediately shook her head.

“Yes, but not only that. Your actions with the Dragon Goddess of Yushui River will indeed attract the enmity of those foreign beings beyond the border. But the crisis is not limited to those evil beings; it also includes the land north of Yin Mountain.”

Fairy Liuli said, “My master once mentioned that the land north of Yin Mountain hides a strand of immortal fate, but within that opportunity lies danger... This land devours people.”

Chu Qingxue’s last addition left Li Muyang slightly stunned.

The Dragon Maiden, who was enjoying the spectacle, was also very surprised.

“The land devours people? What does that mean?”

The statement sounded rather ominous.

Li Muyang frowned and asked, “Please explain, fairy, what do you mean by the land devouring people?”

Fairy Liuli said, “It means exactly what it sounds like... This land will swallow living beings.”

“Living and cultivating on this land, one is always at risk of being devoured by it.”

“The higher one’s cultivation, the stronger one’s aura, the more likely it is to be targeted by this land and swallowed.”

Chu Qingxue looked at Li Muyang, her tone utterly calm as she spoke these terrifying words.

“This land... is alive.”

“???”

Chu Qingxue’s statement left Li Muyang completely dumbfounded.

The land is alive?

And it eats people?

What the...

At this moment, he suddenly felt a chilling sensation.

The land north of Yin Mountain devours people?

The higher the cultivation, the more likely to be devoured?

So, is this the reason why there are no cultivators or demons in the land north of Yin Mountain, and even the Demon-Suppressing Master of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau is reluctant to set foot there?

Li Muyang looked at the ground beneath his feet in astonishment.

The ordinary soil seemed no different from any other land he had trodden on.

He could not feel the pulse of life or sense any danger. But he did not doubt Chu Qingxue’s words.

Fairy Liuli had no reason to come all this way to deceive him.

Li Muyang furrowed his brow and said, “So, there are no cultivators or demons in the north because the land devours people? Even those evil beings beyond the border are reluctant to step inside the barrier... because the land inside devours people?!”

Fairy Liuli shook her head, “To correct you, it’s not that the land inside the barrier devours people. It’s the entire land north of Yin Mountain that does so.”

Fairy Liuli continued, “And the further north you go, the greater the risk of being devoured by this land.”

“It’s just that those foreign beings beyond the border have somehow found a way to avoid being devoured.”

“However, their method of evasion seems to only work beyond the border. Once they enter the barrier, it no longer works.”

Fairy Liuli revealed another piece of crucial information.

After hearing all this, Li Muyang finally felt a sense of enlightenment.

So this was the power structure of the land north of Yin Mountain?

The land devours people, and even those foreign beings beyond the border can only avoid it with some kind of strange technique?

No wonder the northern counties had become a forgotten corner by both sides, with only a group of evil beings wandering around.

And these beings often vanished into thin air.

Before Li Muyang arrived, the villagers in the north would either seek help from wandering immortals outside the border or wait for the rampaging evil beings nearby to leave on their own.

Now it seemed that those beings might not have left but were likely devoured by this land.

This...

Li Muyang let out a deep sigh and said, “The Heavenly Origin Dynasty truly is a place of outstanding people and remarkable land!”

He couldn’t help but exclaim once again.

Truly, this continent exudes a sinister nature, always coming up with new tricks.

Li Muyang thought that after experiencing the Ancient Grudge Well in the south, the Demon-Suppressing Master of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau, and the roaming evil creatures beyond the border, it would be hard to shock him anymore.

But to his surprise, the very ground beneath his feet turned out to be alive!

Li Muyang curiously asked, “Did Master Qingye ever mention why this land is alive?”

A land that devours people, this really opened his eyes.

Fairy Liuli, however, shook her head and said, “The master never spoke of it, perhaps he doesn’t know much either.”

“But this land devours people, hence it has been forgotten by the world.”

“Lord Wuming, you and the Dragon Goddess of the Yushui River practice here, even brazenly establishing the Water Palace Dragon Palace, with your cultivation growing day by day...”

Fairy Liuli looked at Li Muyang with concern and said, “I’m very worried that you might be swallowed by this land at any moment.”

“...”

Hearing Chu Qingxue’s concerns, Li Muyang fell into a silent contemplation.

After thinking for a moment, he asked, “If I keep flying in the sky and don’t land, won’t I avoid being eaten?”

The instinct of a gamer made him want to exploit a bug.

But Fairy Liuli shook her head: “No, the land and the sky are one and the same.”

“As long as you are within this realm, unless you can fly above the nine heavens where all things cease to exist, you will be devoured by the land.”

Fairy Liuli’s description made the land seem even more terrifying.

According to her, one would have to fly into the vacuum of space to avoid being devoured?

With that said, this land is too frightening, and the range of its consumption too vast.

The Dragon Maiden was starting to get scared.

“Li Muyang, can we go with your friend to the south? This place is just too sinister!”