PDLP Chapter 270 The Missing Land of China
Chapter 270 The Missing Land of China
Li Jun's mind continued to extend along the veins of the Great Xia.
It was a very strange experience.
He seemed to transform into a fish, swimming upstream in a vast, boundless river of earthy yellow energy.
The river water was warm, carrying a heavy and ancient aura. As it flowed past him, it emitted a deep hum, like the earth breathing.
He could feel that his affinity with the earth's veins was increasing at an astonishing rate.
With each deeper penetration, the yellowish-brown bead in the dantian rotated faster.
With each rotation, the rate at which his physique grew stronger increased slightly.
That kind of strengthening is not a breakthrough in cultivation level, but a pure tempering of the physical body.
The muscles are becoming denser, the bones are becoming harder, and the meridians are becoming wider and more resilient, just like a piece of ordinary iron being forged into refined steel through countless hammerings.
Li Jun did not deliberately guide anything; he simply let his mind follow the veins of the earth deeper and deeper.
One hundred li.
Three hundred li.
A thousand miles.
Soon, his mind entered a somewhat unfamiliar realm.
The "earth veins" here are completely different from those in the heart of the Great Xia.
If the ley lines in the heart of the Great Xia are a gentle river, then the ley lines here are a raging dragon imprisoned.
Li Jun could clearly feel that the earth's veins were angry and roaring.
At the southernmost point, the power of the earth's veins has transformed into a colossal, earth-yellow beast, constantly assaulting some invisible boundary.
Each impact caused the earth to tremble slightly, and each impact shattered large swathes of the earth's ley lines, turning them into specks of light that dissipated.
But the power of the earth's veins showed no sign of stopping; it seemed tireless, launching attack after attack.
The same is true at the westernmost point.
The same is true at the northernmost point.
These three branches of the Great Xia Earth Vein are all frantically impacting the border.
However, this impact is actually very weak, so weak that it poses no real threat to the border.
Because there is resistance outside the boundary.
Extremely strong resistance.
The resistance was invisible and intangible, yet terrifyingly resilient. Each time the earth's vein power surged against it, it was like waves crashing against rocks. The rocks remained unmoved, but the waves were shattered to pieces.
But the power of the earth's veins did not give up.
It's like a caged beast, knowing it can't break free, yet still trying to break it again and again.
It wasn't just anger, but a primal desire.
As Li Jun carefully sensed the fluctuations emanating from the depths of the earth's veins, a sudden realization dawned on him.
Beyond the boundary, there is something that attracts the earth's veins.
No, it's not attraction.
It is a call.
It is part of the Great Xia's geological veins, calling out to the main body from beyond the borders.
Those separated ley lines are like severed limbs; although they have separated from the main body, the resonance originating from the source has never disappeared.
They want to come back.
They want to reunite.
They want to be complete.
The main body of the Great Xia Earth Vein also wants to bring them back into its embrace.
That's why it's so frantically attacking the border.
That's why it failed time and time again with such resentment.
Li Jun remained silent for a long time.
He "watched" the ley lines that had shattered at the boundary, watched the specks of light they left behind after dissipating, watched those lights re-integrate into the ley lines, and then rush towards the boundary again.
It goes on and on, never stopping.
That kind of persistence stirred up an indescribable emotion in Li Jun's heart.
Next, he didn't linger too long in the south, west, and north directions, but turned his attention to the east.
Then, he froze.
The ley lines to the east are completely different from those in the other three directions.
There was no impact, no roar, no anger.
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The earth veins to the east of the Great Xia are extending continuously along the seabed.
It's not fast, but it's extremely stable.
Like a giant python, it slowly swims beneath the seabed.
Wherever it passed, the seabed sediment was pushed aside by the power of the earth's veins, forming a straight, slightly raised underwater mountain range.
Li Jun's mind followed the underwater veins forward.
Five hundred li.
A thousand miles.
Two thousand miles.
Three thousand miles.
The further east you go, the weaker the earth's energy becomes.
It didn't disappear, it just dispersed.
As the seabed veins extend, they continuously branch out into countless tiny veins, spreading out to the north and south.
Those branches, as thin as hair, are incredibly strong. They weave a vast network beneath the seabed, assimilating all the seabed veins they pass through.
Yes, assimilation.
Li Jun could clearly sense that those ley lines that originally belonged to the ocean were almost instantly shattered and swallowed up by the touch of the Great Xia ley lines, and then transformed into part of the Great Xia ley lines.
The whole process was swift and efficient, without any unnecessary delays.
It was like a tiger barging into a flock of sheep.
The sheep offered absolutely no resistance.
During this assimilation process, Li Jun was surprised to find that his physical strength was increasing at an even faster rate.
Moreover, the yellowish-brown bead in his dantian had deepened in color.
What shocked him even more was...
His cultivation, which was originally some distance from the perfection of the Void Refinement Realm, actually advanced a little closer to perfection.
This trace is so faint that it cannot be detected unless you pay close attention.
But it does exist.
Li Jun's mind was slightly shaken.
His current cultivation level is at the Refining Void Realm, which is still quite a distance from perfection.
Under normal circumstances, it would take at least a period of hard work to cultivate to perfection.
But now, he only extended his mind along the earth's veins for a short distance, and his cultivation level advanced by a fraction.
What does this mean?
Li Jun suppressed the shock in his heart and continued to extend eastward along the earth's veins.
Four thousand miles.
Five thousand miles.
Six thousand miles.
The seabed veins continue to extend, showing no signs of slowing down.
Finally, as Li Jun's thoughts stretched to nearly 20,000 miles away...
He "saw" a continent.
It was a vast land that rose from the seabed and stretched eastward.
That's the New World!
The ley lines in the New World are completely different from those in Great Xia.
It is younger, more active, but also more vulnerable.
If the ley lines of the Great Xia are a giant dragon forged through countless trials, then the ley lines of this new continent are a young beast still growing.
When the end of the Great Xia's ley lines touched the edge of this continent, the ley lines of the New World almost instinctively launched a counterattack.
Countless streams of earth vein power surged from the edge of the continent, heading towards the Great Xia earth veins.
The earth vein energy was emerald green and full of vitality. It gathered together to form a huge barrier, trying to stop the invasion of the Great Xia earth veins.
But it was no use.
The Great Xia Earth Vein didn't even accelerate; it simply maintained its original speed and continued to spread forward.
The emerald green barrier shattered the moment it was touched.
It was like a glass wall being run over by a tank.
Fragments scattered and were then swallowed up by the Great Xia Earth Vein.
In the instant those fragments were swallowed, Li Jun could clearly sense that a certain power contained within the New World's ley lines was being absorbed and transformed by the Great Xia's ley lines.
It was a vibrant, dynamic force.
It is the power of plants growing, the power of all things reviving.
As this power merged with him, Li Jun found that his physique was growing stronger even faster, and his cultivation was advancing a little closer to perfection.