After seeing Downtrodden Mountain, Chen Ping'an started to fervently sprint home, not caring about walking meditation or standing meditation anymore. He didn't experience any sense of nervousness about returning home. Instead, he simply focused on sprinting to the small town, and the pouches of soil that took up more than half of his bamboo basket started to bounce up and down, rustling loudly following his heavy footsteps and the movements of his shoulders.1

The little boy in azure and the little girl in pink giddily ran after him. The little boy looked around everywhere. In fact, the two children had already noticed the abnormally abundant amount of spiritual energy in the atmosphere after nearing the Great Li Empire's Dragon Spring County. This was an atmosphere that caused a sense of comfort to sweep through their bodies. The little boy in azure who was actually a water snake could barely keep the drool from dripping down his chin as he looked at the tall mountain in the distance. His mouth was watering, as if he were gazing at a table full of delicacies.0

Some time ago, the little boy in azure had casually remarked that feeding on iridescent clouds and dew was only the lowliest form of cultivation for flood dragons and other similar species. Cultivating in this manner would be extremely slow. Only by ingesting mountain roots and swallowing river fortunes would they be able to advance their cultivation in leaps and bounds.0

However, it was a shame that the renowned mountains that were abundant with spiritual energy were all owned by powerful forces or empires. The former viewed these mountains as their forbidden lands, while the latter filled these mountains with mountain god shrines and temples. Even as powerful as the little boy in azure was, he still didn't dare to rashly fight for these mountains. This was something that pertained to attaining Dao and achieving immortality, so there was no notion of friendship or even family when it came to these matters. This was especially the case for ghosts, spirits, and other kinds of fiends.0

Compared to the little boy in azure, the little girl in pink was far more reserved and calm. This was because the little fire python had indulged herself in Confucian classics ever since a young age. Even though they were both from species related to flood dragons, it was clear that their Dao attainment catalysts were completely different.0

Chen Ping'an slowed down after reaching the foot of Downtrodden Mountain. With his extremely good eyesight, he quickly noticed that there were many locations...0