The World Has Changed

Chapter 283: Changes in the World

Qin Mu picked up the Huang Jing, turned it over and looked at it. Other Huang Jings poked their heads out from under the leaves, in the grass, and under the sand. When they saw the giant picking up their companions, they couldn't help but exclaimed, and then hid deeper in the cave in a disloyal manner.

Qin Mu looked at it carefully and saw that the legs of this Huangjing were made of many roots entangled together. It wore a grass skirt around its waist and had a root-like beard on its face.

In his hand he was holding a spear made of bamboo branches. The tip of the spear was as shiny as snow, and was made of a strange metal. Qin Mu was stunned. He picked up the spear as small as a needle and looked at the metal on the tip of the spear carefully.

He couldn't tell what metal it was made of, but the strange thing was that there were traces of rune imprints on the metal. Judging from the attire of these Huangjing, they couldn't be proficient in rune spells or something like that.

So where did the metal on the spear come from?

Maybe it woke up, the Huangjing was shivering, and suddenly a green leaf bud popped out on its head. It was so nervous that the leaf bud grew very fast.

Qin Mu smiled and said, "Don't play dead. I won't eat you, I just have something to ask you."

Huang Jing bravely opened his eyes and saw Qin Mu smiling with his teeth shining. He couldn't help but let out a resentful cry and fainted.

There were shouts and cries of killing coming from the island, and a hundred or so Huangjing came rushing over aggressively. They were obviously the army coming to rescue. When they saw Qin Mu pinching their companions, these Huangjing immediately turned around and ran away.

Qin Mu was stunned and shook his head: "Too disloyal..."

He flicked the leaf on the Huang Jing's forehead, and the Huang Jing woke up again. Qin Mu loosened his hand, lifted him up with his vitality, and let him float in front of the three people. He said: "Don't pretend to be dead anymore, or you will really die. Let me ask you, why are there so many Huang Jing on the island?"

The Huang Jing trembled and said, "I don't know either. I have to ask the ancestors!"

Qin Mu frowned and asked, "Where did your spearhead come from?"

"I don't know. I have to ask my ancestors."

Qin Mu had no choice but to put him down and said, "Take us to see your ancestors."

The yellow jellyfish fell to the ground and walked towards the island. A small head popped out from the bushes beside it and shouted angrily, "Traitor!"

Qin Mu reached out and grabbed the yellow ginseng in the bushes, and said, "You also lead the way to meet your ancestors."

Huang Jing immediately became depressed and became a traitor, walking towards the island with the traitors beside him. The traitors beside him immediately became arrogant, as if it was an honor for them to be the first to surrender.

"There are too many Polygonatum sibiricums on the island."

Si Yunxiang was surprised. Only when they arrived at the island did they discover something strange. There were houses hanging on the trees here. They were very small, about the size of a bird's nest, woven with green vines and made into the shape of houses and hung under the branches. From a distance, they looked like big green apples.

As they approached, the doors of the tree houses opened and many Polygonatum sibiricums stood behind the doors, looking around secretly. It was like a strange world on the trees.

There are also many houses built by Huangjing with small stones on the ground, forming a city, but even the city is only a few acres in size.

The two Huangjing walked into the listless city. The Huangjing soldiers guarding the city stared blankly at Qin Mu and the other three giants. They were so shocked that they were speechless and did not fight back.

"There are probably tens of thousands of Huangjing here!"

Si Yunxiang was shocked and whispered, "Master, if we can catch these Huang Jing and sell them, we will be rich enough to rival a country!"

Qin Mu stopped outside the city and did not enter. He shook his head and asked, "Why do you do this?"

Si Yunxiang wondered, "The strong prey on the weak, isn't that the rule in Daxu?"

"Saint, the law of the jungle in Daxu is a little different from what you think."

Qin Mu explained: "Although the beasts in Daxu also hunt and eat the weak, they will not kill unnecessarily as long as they are full. This is the law of the jungle, not that everyone weaker than me should be killed and eaten. These Huangjing are also intelligent creatures, and they have even established their own civilization and country. When we come to their territory, it is an exchange between civilized creatures. How can they want to destroy people, countries and races right away?"

Si Yunxiang seemed to be thinking about something.

Not long after, I saw many Huangjings escorting a carriage out of a magnificent mansion in the city. When they arrived in front of the city gate, an old lady with white hair sat on the carriage. She stood up from the carriage tremblingly and greeted them, saying, "It's been a long time since I saw an outsider. The children are a little flustered. I am here to pay my respects."

"You're welcome, elder."

Qin Mu returned the greeting respectfully and said, "The three foolish sisters and brothers passed by the treasure land and disturbed the elder's people. Please forgive us for our sins."

Ling Yuxiu and Si Yunxiang couldn't help laughing when they saw that the old lady Huang Jing was only about one foot tall and looked pitifully small, but Qin Mu followed all the etiquette and did not dare to be negligent in any way.

But the two girls also greeted him according to etiquette.

Old Lady Huang Jing said, "My humble abode is too small to accommodate three giants. Please forgive me for not inviting you in. Are you passing by here?"

Qin Mu smiled and said, "Three of us are passing by and plan to rest. We found your country to be a little strange, so we are disturbing you. May I ask why there are so many Polygonatum odoratum here, elder?"

The old lady smiled and said, "It must be a problem with the soil and water. When I woke up, I was beside a spring. Suddenly, I became intelligent and branched out, so that I had more and more children."

"A spring?"

Qin Mu was surprised and asked, "Elder, can you lead us to have a look?"

Old lady Huang Jing smiled and said, "Of course." After that, she ordered the other Huang Jing to drive out of the city and took them to a spiritual spring on the island. The spring was not big, but a deep pool, only about sixty or seventy feet in radius, but it was bottomless. Many Huang Jing came here to draw water. No matter how much water they drew, the water in the pool did not decrease.

Qin Mu took some spring water, opened his Qingxiao Sky Eyes and looked at it with a solemn expression. He saw that the spring water contained a strange power, which was extraordinary.

The Polygonatum sibiricum on the island must have become spirits because they drink the water here all year round, and there is no evil aura on their bodies.

"This spring is extraordinary." Ling Yuxiu and Si Yunxiang also noticed its strangeness and thought to themselves.

Qin Mu stood up and said, "I noticed your weapons are quite peculiar. May I ask where they came from?"

The old lady Huang Jing said, "These things were picked up by the children. They were washed out of the spring."

"From the spring?"

Qin Mu looked at the deep pool, pondered for a moment, and said, "Elder, we want to go into the pool and take a look."

"Although you are giants, you must be careful. This pool is unfathomable and has drowned countless of my children."

The old lady Huang Jing hurriedly called for help, saying, "I'll tell them to get a long cane. Tie it around your body and go down. If you can't hold your breath, follow the cane up."

"Need not."

Qin Mu took a long breath, and with the howling wind around him, he sucked in an unknown amount of air into his chest, and then jumped into the pool. Ling Yuxiu and Si Yunxiang also took a breath and jumped in.

The three of them each activated their own martial arts. Ling Yuxiu was practicing the Nine Dragon Emperor's Art, and her body swam like a dragon. Si Yunxiang was practicing the Creation God Art, and she was like a fish swimming through the water, swimming towards the bottom of the water.

The water was surprisingly deep and bottomless. They dived in for a long time only to see it getting darker and darker around them. There was still no bottom and the pressure was getting greater and greater.

Suddenly, a light appeared ahead, and the walls of the deep pool gradually widened. On the stone walls hung numerous luminous pearls the size of a Chinese yew tree, emitting a faint light.

"It's bigger than the night pearl in the imperial palace!" Ling Yuxiu said in surprise.

The further ahead they went, the more Night Pearls there were. They dived hundreds of feet deeper, feeling the pressure so heavy that it seemed to burst their lungs. Their eyes were bloodshot and their eardrums were buzzing. If they dived any deeper, their lives would be in danger. Qin Mu was about to call the two girls back and return the same way, when they saw a large tripod.

The deep pool finally reached the bottom.

At the bottom of the deep pool sat a large cauldron, more than ten feet long and wide, very large, with a weak stream of water gushing out of it. However, the area around the cauldron was empty, without any water, but with air, and as bright as day.

Qin Mu swam through the water curtain, his body immediately fell down, and he quickly landed on the ground with both feet.

Ling Yuxiu and Si Yunxiang also swam out of the water and fell to the ground, their bodies wet.

Qin Mu glanced at her and Si Yunxiang quickly hugged her chest with both hands. However, Ling Yuxiu seemed unaware and quickly rubbed her with his shoulder, whispering, "I'm looking at you!"

Ling Yuxiu finally came to her senses, and hurriedly turned her back, using her vital energy to shake off the water from her body.

Qin Mu retracted his gaze and thought to himself, "It's not like I haven't seen it before. I saw it last time when he was sleeping at my place. His chest muscles are bigger and whiter than mine, but that's nothing special. He's not as strong as me."

The three of them dried their clothes and looked around. They saw that this should be the bottom of the sea. Outside was the dark sea water. They could also see black smoke coming out of chimneys on the bottom of the sea, and occasionally a stream of magma was sprayed out. From time to time, strange creatures in the sea were attracted by the bright light and swam over, revealing their huge bodies. I don't know what kind of monster it is.

In front of them, towering pillars emitted a tranquil light. Further ahead, they could see snowy mist, with a huge palace vaguely appearing in the mist.

The ground beneath their feet was made of white marble, which was laid very smoothly. Rubble was scattered all around.

There are some pillars around the large tripod behind them, which should be the remains of a palace.

The water flow rose from the big cauldron and did not connect with the sea water. The Huangjing on the island drank the water that gushed out of the big cauldron, and then it awakened its intelligence and became a spirit.

"I've seen places like this before."

Qin Mu's heart was slightly shaken, and he said, "There is a Yongjiang Dragon Palace in Daxu. The layout is similar to this place, but it is smaller than this place. That is where the Yongjiang Dragon King lives and where the Dragon King manages the Yongjiang River."

"Is this also the Dragon Palace?" Si Yunxiang was a little excited.

"It's not the Dragon Palace."

Ling Yuxiu shuddered and whispered, "I don't feel the breath of a dragon. On the contrary, I feel a breath that is extremely unfriendly to dragons... I'm afraid there is a god here!"

"Even if there is a god, he is a dead god."

Qin Mu walked forward and waved his sleeves. Countless debris flew up and fell to the side, revealing a collapsed stone tablet. The text on the stone tablet was very old, with the words "Qushan Temple" written on it.

"God of Qushan?"

Qin Mu frowned: "Are there mountain gods under the sea?"

Si Yunxiang shook her head and said, "There can't be a mountain god under the sea, unless this place was land in the past..."