Chapter 663: Chapter 262: Drizzly April Days
The vast Celestial Land did not halt, but continued its journey southward.
About half a million miles further south once lay the Eternal Night Snow Mountain, which was renamed Profound Fire Mountain over twenty years ago by divine mandate.
"What is this thing?" Bai Yihuan widened his eyes, incredulous.
Even Guan Xin, who has read countless books, had never seen any records related to this in any literature.
From a simple perspective, it seemed impossible for such a large number and variety of mythical and spiritual beasts to coexist harmoniously, yet this mind-boggling phenomenon was happening right in front of them.
Guan Xin furrowed her brows, sensing the aura traces of the Celestial Land,
"It seems to have floated over from the direction of the East Continent. The East Continent, being the Far East, has relatively stable various auras and paths, forming their own cycles, and it very rarely experiences any anomalies." She thought for a moment and asserted, "We must find out what is going on; we can’t just let this unknown Celestial Land keep drifting. Come on, let’s go check it out."
"Alright!" Bai Yihuan’s eyes lit up with excitement.
Two arcs of literary qi shot up from the ground, skimming through the air for a distance before entering the Celestial Land.
They appeared in a forest, and immediately upon entry, they sensed an extremely rich aura of life.
Everything here was thriving robustly.
Various mythical and spiritual beasts were breathing in the aura amidst the forest. The auras surrounding them were not the violent and ferocious kind one would expect, but rather gentle and peaceful, and they did not panic or show hostility because of their arrival.
Every life form here was in harmony with each other, even between two species traditionally considered arch-enemies.
After making a round, Guan Xin not only failed to understand what kind of place this was but became even more puzzled,
"Strange. The mythical and spiritual creatures here do not prey on each other. The earthly auras they absorb are also vastly different from those in other places."
"Can you discern what kind of aura this is?" Bai Yihuan asked.
Guan Xin said, "It’s definitely not Immortal Spirit Qi, nor is it the aura of mythical or spiritual creatures... it’s unlike the kind of aura we usually encounter." She picked a wisp of the aura, condensing it to form a soft, pure white, "This aura... could it be..."
"What is it?"
Guan Xin narrowed her eyes as a heavy book emerged in her mind, and its pages rapidly flipped, stopping at a particular page as her eyes widened slightly,
"Rootless energy!"
"Rootless energy!" Bai Yihuan exclaimed, "Is the aura here the Mother of Ten Thousand Qi!"
Guan Xin’s heartbeat quickened,
"All auras in the world have roots. Immortal Spirit Qi, Yin Sha Qi, mythical spirit qi, blood qi...all originate from rootless energy. The reason rootless energy is rootless is that it is the root of all auras! The mother aura of nature! The Mother of Ten Thousand Qi!"
Bai Yihuan swallowed and asked, "So, is that why so many mythical and spiritual beasts are drawn here?"
Guan Xin immediately fell into new uncertainties,
"But why is there rootless energy here? And in such a massive quantity, it’s almost the sole aura here."
Bai Yihuan said, "Perhaps we should find a mythical or spiritual beast to ask what’s really going on."
"Makes sense."
"No need to look." At this moment, a clear and ethereal voice came from the Cui Tong Tree nearby, "Let me tell you what exactly happened here."
The two turned to see a Profound Order Bird with luxurious, colorful feathers standing gracefully and elegantly on a branch.
"So beautiful..." Bai Yihuan murmured.
The Profound Order Bird belongs to the spiritual beasts, equivalent to the human Mahayana Realm at birth.
Guan Xin immediately recognized from its twelve distinct colored plumes that this Profound Order Bird had lived for over 120,000 years, a truly ancient spiritual beast. Typically, such high-level spiritual beasts are rare, and it was unexpected to encounter one here.
This made her even more aware of the extraordinary nature of this Celestial Land.
"Guan Xin of Wenxin Heaven, Bai Yihuan greet the senior." Guan Xin pulled Bai Yihuan to perform a ritual greeting.
Spiritual beasts do not have the ability to take on human form, no matter how immense their cultivation, they can only maintain their original shape.
This is their biggest distinction from mythical beasts.
The Profound Order Bird spread its wings and moved, "Follow me."
It led Guan Xin and Bai Yihuan, flying towards the central area of the Celestial Land.
Along the way, it slowly recounted what happened here.
"A year ago, this was just a cloud mass?" Bai Yihuan gaped, "It transformed into this in just a year?!"
Guan Xin asked, "Why can so many mythical and spiritual beasts coexist harmoniously here?"
The Profound Order Bird said, "Conflict is for survival, and survival requires resources. However, here, the resources are inexhaustible, thus rendering conflict meaningless."
"Rootless energy?"
"Yes, what you humans refer to as rootless energy."
"However, isn’t rootless energy part of the natural world? Under normal circumstances, it should be uncontrollable." Guan Xin added, "Except for Celestial Venerable Wuxiang."
The Profound Order Bird said, "Your Wenxin Heaven has a book called the Book of Time, which should record how rootless energy came to be."
"Is the senior referring to the Wenxin History?"
"Yes."
Guan Xin awkwardly said, "I’m not yet qualified to read the Wenxin History."
The Profound Order Bird glanced at her, "The Confucian Ancestor once said, every being has the right to seek knowledge. I recall that the Wenxin History was open to all lives, whether commoners or sky officials, ordinary birds and beasts or Immortal Spirit Giant Beasts, all could read the Wenxin History."
"Is that really the case?" Guan Xin was stunned.
The Profound Order Bird’s tone was calm, "Perhaps it’s to prevent some disgraceful histories from being seen."
