When Xu Chunniang heard Master Sheng mention the reason for the disappearance of spiritual energy, her heart moved.
She suppressed the urge to ask further questions and waited quietly for what would happen next.
Sheng Qingjun moved her fingers slightly, sending out a fire snake towards the ice. Seeing the ice melting under the flames, she nodded with satisfaction and continued.
"Originally you were in seclusion, and I was thinking about whether I should go find you, but I didn't expect that you would come out at this time.
Perhaps, it is really God’s will.”
She sighed and suddenly asked, "Do you know what good fortune is?"
"Great luck?"
Xu Chunniang thought for a moment and said uncertainly.
“I only know that every race has great luck to protect them, so they can prosper for a long time. Even the most ordinary low-level monsters are blessed by great luck.
Once the clan is exterminated, the great fortune will be taken away."
Sheng Qingjun nodded, "You are right, but not comprehensive enough. Luck is something that all things have. Not only does the race have great luck, but the entire Northwest Continent and even the Qiankun World have great luck."
Hearing this, Xu Chunniang had an astonishing guess in her mind.
“Could it be that the disappearance of spiritual energy is related to the great fortune of the Northwest Continent?”
"Yes, in fact, someone proposed this speculation thousands of years ago, but the loss of spiritual energy was not obvious at that time, so this statement was unanimously refuted by others."
At first, Sheng Qingjun was unwilling to believe that it was the loss of good fortune that led to the reduction of spiritual energy.
But as her spiritual energy depleted more and more, she could no longer help but believe it.
“For over two thousand years, a force has been stealing the fortune of the Northwest Continent.
At the beginning, this power was very weak, and the stealing was not obvious. As this power continued to grow, it stole more and more. This is the real reason why the spiritual energy disappeared. "
Xu Chunniang was surprised. "After stealing for more than 2,000 years, how high must the other party's cultivation be? Could he have surpassed the Spiritual Transformation Stage?"
"It's possible."
Sheng Qingjun looked solemn, “However, no matter how high one’s cultivation is, due to the limitations of the laws of heaven and earth, one can only display the strength of the late stage of the Spiritualization in the Qianluo Realm.
But let alone the late stage of the Spiritualization, even the early stage of the Spiritualization, with the current strength of the Northwest Continent, it is impossible to deal with it. "
"The late stage of transformation..."
Xu Chunniang's heart tightened, and the image of the Dragon King appeared in her mind.
Such a powerful force is simply beyond her ability to contend with now.
She frowned, "For the sake of his own cultivation, he did not hesitate to steal the great fortune of the entire Northwest Continent, and disregarded the lives of hundreds of millions of lives.
Who on earth could do such a cruel thing? "
Sheng Qingjun shook his head. "Maybe the other party is not a human at all? Or maybe it came from another small world and doesn't care about the life and death of the people in Qianluo Realm."
These words struck Xu Chunniang's heart like a bolt of lightning, and several seemingly unrelated things emerged in her mind one by one.
The boundless pseudo-world, the evil-eyed beasts that have the late stage of transformation and fall into a deep sleep every once in a while, and the cultivators and mortals plundered by the evil-eyed beasts...
The evil-eyed beast has been hiding in the heaven outside the sky for a long time, and the laws of the heaven in the Qianluo world cannot affect it.
She told Master Sheng her suspicions, "I suspect that the evil-eyed beast was the one who did all this..."
After listening to her story, Sheng Qingjun shook his head.
“After consulting ancient books, I deduced that the Great Fortune is most likely hidden in the Hundred Thousand Mountains of the Western Regions.
According to what you said, the evil-eyed beast is far away in the sky. It is impossible for it to steal your fortune at such a distance."
Not the evil eye beast
Xu Chunniang frowned slightly, "If it's not this, who else could it be?"
"That's unknown. To smuggle something, one must be present to perform the spell. At such a long distance, unless it is proficient in the art of incarnation..."
Xu Chunniang's eyebrows jumped suddenly, the evil eye beast happened to be proficient in this skill!
Back in the pseudo-world, she not only saw the three Nascent Soul incarnations of the Evil Eye Beast, but even fought several battles with them.
After Sheng Qingjun learned about this, he also realized that this evil-eyed beast was not simple.
"It is very likely that the Evil Eye Beast has far more than three incarnations. The one that stayed in the Western Region to steal the fortune was not its real body, but its incarnation!"
This makes sense.
Trying to steal good fortune will inevitably backfire.
The evil-eyed beast hides itself in the heaven beyond the sky, precisely to avoid the laws of heaven in the Qianluo world.
Sheng Qingjun pondered for a moment, a solemn look on his face.
“The evil-eyed beast has the power of a spirit being transformed, and has been smuggled for more than 2,000 years. Its incarnation is also very powerful and should not be underestimated.
This time I will go with you to the mountains of the Western Regions."
Xu Chunniang thought about it for a moment, but shook her head.
"Someone needs to be in charge of the sect, so I'll go alone."
Sheng Qingjun knew that this was the best arrangement. She sighed lightly and did not insist any more. She took out a cloak from the storage space and shook it open gently.
“I know you are very capable, but your future is uncertain when you go to the Western Regions.
This item is called Tianque, and it is a fourth-tier treasure. It can not only conceal one's body, but also change one's consciousness and appearance. Perhaps you can use it."
Xu Chunniang hesitated for a moment, then reached out and took it.
I don't know what the cloak is made of, and it feels like nothing in my hands.
Sheng Qingjun patted her shoulder and said, "You must come back alive, the old monster Blood Infant is not dead yet, and the sect still needs you.
Even if you don’t find the place of great fortune, it doesn’t matter.”
Xu Chunniang put away her cloak and nodded vigorously.
"Before I leave, I will set up a great sect protection formation. Even if the old monster Blood Infant comes, he will return empty-handed!"
"When you put it that way, I'm looking forward to it."
Sheng Qingjun's eyes lit up. She had suffered a lot at the hands of the Blood Infant Monster.
It would be best if we could make him unhappy.
"I have some guesses about where the Land of Great Fortune is."
Sheng Qingjun took out an old map, spread it out, and pointed to several places on the map.
"Here, here, and here, these places were all of great importance in ancient times. Later, as the environment changed, ancient Kunlun disappeared, and these places were gradually forgotten.
I heard that the founder of our Xiaoyao Sect came from here."
"Ancient Kunlun, is it the legendary Kunlun Immortal Mountain?"
Xu Chunniang's heart moved slightly. When she was overseas, she had heard people mention the name of Kunlun more than once.
"That's right, but the so-called Kunlun Immortal Mountain is actually just a mountain with more abundant spiritual energy. It disappeared a long time ago."
After Sheng Qingjun finished speaking, she made a copy of the map and gave it to Xu Chunniang.
"This map is a unique copy, and it was passed down from my master. There is only one copy, so I won't give it to you."
Xu Chunniang took the jade slip, put it away, and said solemnly.
"Thank you, Grandmaster Sheng. I will definitely come back safely."
Sheng Qingjun sighed inwardly. Secretly, she didn't want Xu Chunniang to make this trip.
But the strange phenomena that appeared in heaven and earth were the final warning from the Qianluo Realm.
If we continue to let this happen, no one can bear the consequences.
I hope everything goes well on this trip.