“Fellow Daoist, please tell us their names. From now on, we won’t treat anyone from their sect!” someone immediately shouted.
“Yes, tell us,” another person said. “What a bunch of nonsense! Your sect has conceded the land and yet they can’t wait three months! What, do they think everyone in their sect is made of iron and will never get injured?!”
“Tell us, Fellow Daoist! We support you!”
“Just hearing this makes me angry. Why haven’t the Feng Alliance or the Medical Society Alliance taken any action? What about Feixing Valley? Isn’t the top sect in the Northern Realm Feixing Valley? The head of Feixing Valley is known for his chivalry and fairness. Have you tried to report to them?”
The female medical cultivator looked at the speaker, hesitant to speak.
“Huh?” The person was stunned, almost jumping up, “Feixing Valley did this?!”
“Impossible!”
“Isn’t Sect Leader Xiang of Feixing Valley famous for his chivalry and justice? I’ve heard he’s one of the most promising to touch the threshold of the Great Ascension stage because of his broad-mindedness!”
“No wonder we, the elite disciples of the top ten sects of the four realms, can be provoked by illusions into such a bloody battle. It seems everyone has been rotten to the core!”
“Speaking for myself, I won’t save anyone from Feixing Valley in the future!”
“Me neither, disgusting! Ugh!”
“I don’t want to save them either. But will we remember this once we leave here?”
The female medical cultivator was stunned, her long eyelashes trembling slightly, and she fell silent.
Meng Qi’s gaze swept over the indignant medical cultivators’ faces. She noticed that those who were most outraged and declared they wouldn’t save Feixing Valley cultivators had a faint red tint in their eyes. She quickly tugged on Li Che’s sleeve, signaling him to look at those people.
Li Che gasped and murmured, “But why? They… they’re not in the wrong here!”
He suddenly gasped again, “Anger?!”
“…That guy who tried to steal your Stardust Stone earlier… greed!”
“Seven Emotions Flower!” Meng Qi almost shouted. “And probably also Luoxin!” She paused, then continued, “They are rare in the Three Thousand Worlds, but here in the Ten Absolutes Mountain, they are abundant. Using the leaves of the Luoxin tree as a catalyst, combined with Seven Emotions Flower, and then…”
“But what about the Thousand Emperor Bell?” Meng Qi frowned. Even if Ling Ji had misheard or made a mistake, she couldn’t believe that Sovereign Qingyan would also be wrong. She… just believed it! Sovereign Qingyan could never be wrong!
“Seven Emotions Flower, Seven Emotions Flowers…” Li Che muttered.
“Seven Emotions Flower, huh…” Chen Yu also came over, furrowing his brow, finding the situation extremely troublesome. “If it’s the Seven Emotions Flower… then it’s a real problem.”
Because the Seven Emotions Flower has no antidote!
Or rather, the Seven Emotions Flower wasn’t a poison and thus did not require an antidote. After three or four days, its effects would naturally wear off, and everyone under its influence would restore their consciousness.
This flower also existed in the Three Thousand Worlds and wasn’t considered rare. Occasionally, they were even used as medicinal ingredients. Since it amplified people’s emotions and desires, some cultivators, and even ordinary people, often used it as some sort of recreational substance.
As the three engrossed in discussion, the group of medical cultivators were getting more and more agitated. Many medical cultivators in the Three Thousand Worlds had indeed been oppressed by their spell and sword cultivator peers. Their sects were often compared unfavorably to the spell and sword sects. At first, only a few people showed bloodshot in their eyes, but soon many others followed. Although the traces of the red tint were much fainter than before, they were still noticeable.
“Three or four days… we can’t wait that long!” Li Che frowned.
Meng Qi nodded. She looked around and noticed that the mountainside around the city, which was covered in green grass, was now dotted with tiny, colorful flowers. The Seven Emotions Flowers, in seven different colors, were scattered all over the slope.
“When we climbed the mountain earlier, these flowers weren’t here.”
The flowers of the Seven Emotions Flower were quite small in size. Although they came in seven hues of red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple, they were inconspicuous among the grass. Furthermore, since they weren’t considered poisonous, these flowers hadn’t attracted much attention.
Meng Qi stated firmly, “When we came up from the foot of the mountain, there were no such flowers on the slope.”
“So these flowers bloomed after we climbed up to the city walls?” Chen Yu asked.
“Probably.” Meng Qi nodded. An idea suddenly struck her, and she quickly turned to look at the slope. The colorful flowers were scattered all over with no apparent pattern, denser in some places and sparser in others. It looked like someone had sown the seeds randomly.
But it couldn’t be that simple! Every step they took since entering the Ten Absolutes Mountain had deep significance. These Seven Emotions Flowers, blooming quietly when they weren’t paying attention, were definitely not randomly sown.
“I want to go out and take a look,” Meng Qi said.
“But they’re still fighting.”
“No! This place is full of unknowns, it’s too dangerous. We should stay together…”
“I’ll go with you.” A clear voice rang out beside Meng Qi. Pei Mufeng, who hadn’t spoken much, stepped forward and stood by her side.
“Alright.” Meng Qi didn’t stand on ceremony with him. At this moment, waiting for the effects of the Seven Emotions Flowers to wear off in three or four days could lead to their complete defeat. They couldn’t afford to wait!
“Li Che,” Meng Qi said, “you continue to guard here. I’ll go with Fellow Daoist Pei to take a look.”
“Oh… okay.” Li Che nodded.
“Let’s go,” Meng Qi called to Pei Mufeng and glanced at the group of medical cultivators, who were still clamoring loudly.
Qiao Ran’s sword was still moving sharply through the air, looking both impressive and powerful, but unfortunately, it had no opponent. Even Meng Qi was curious about what he was seeing.
Pei Mufeng and Meng Qi walked along the city wall, heading in a direction away from the current battlefield. He had heard Meng Qi’s conversation with Li Che and the others. As the young sect leader of the Eastern Realm’s top sword sect, Pei Mufeng was also familiar with the Seven Emotions Flower. After a moment of silence, he asked, “Why wasn’t Li Che affected by the Seven Emotions Flower from the beginning?”
“The Seven Emotions Flower amplifies seven emotions and six desires,” Meng Qi tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. “It’s not really a poison, but here there’s not only the Seven Emotions Flower but also the Luoxin tree. These two things together bring out the deepest, most hidden desires and emotions within people, even those they might not be aware of themselves.”
Meng Qi paused, a thought striking her. She, too, had been filled with a killing intent at the start. At that moment, she had felt anger and resentment!
She continued, “So, for someone who has no desires or wants, it has no effect.”
Meng Qi thought for a moment and said, “Li Che’s heart is only focused on saving people and pursuing his medical path. It’s pure and untainted. So even the Seven Emotions Flower combined with the Luoxin tree couldn’t affect him.”
“I see.” Pei Mufeng nodded. “And what about you?” he asked, continuing to walk with Meng Qi along the city wall around the mountain peak.
“Hmm?” Meng Qi responded absentmindedly while observing the distribution of the Seven Emotions Flowers on the slope. “What about me?”
“You don’t seem to be affected either.”
“I…” Meng Qi hesitated for a moment, but eventually admitted, “I was affected.” In her previous life, she had considered Pei Mufeng a confidant. Neither of them was a talkative person, and they had shared many secrets known only to each other.
“Oh?” Pei Mufeng responded softly, not pressing further.
Meng Qi was silent for a moment, then slowly and quietly said, “I also feel resentment; feeling that the heavenly dao is unfair.”
She looked up at Pei Mufeng, the corners of her lips curving into a small smile. Then she quickly turned her gaze back outside the city wall. Her body suddenly stiffened as she felt a weight on her hair. A slender hand gently patted her head. “It’s okay,” Pei Mufeng said, “Since the heavenly dao is unfair, we will change it together.”
Huh?
Before Meng Qi could react, she felt a strong force around her waist.
Pei Mufeng suddenly wrapped his arm around her waist and swiftly pulled her back. His natal sword, ready by his side, shot up into the sky.
The sword’s light fell like a shooting star, slicing past Meng Qi’s eyes.
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