The immortal is beside me

Chapter 131 The Truth About Peach Blossom Spring

A breeze blew, and the pale pink petals fluttered in the wind.

At the border of China, everyone on the ground raised their heads, looking at the rain of petals swirling overhead with different expressions.

The petals were emitting a little bit of spiritual light, and the halos merged with each other, enveloping the figure in red. Looking from the ground, his outline was blurred in the halo, as if he was trapped in a piece of illusory ice.

At this moment, the power that suppressed the four directions seemed to stagnate for a moment, and the remaining grassland monks on the ground lost their suppression and seemed to be ready to move again.

But in the next second, the blazing light illuminated the entire battlefield again.

A ray of fire shot out from between the spinning petals, like a spear piercing through the ice, cutting the merged rain of flowers in half, and a red-gold flame flowed out from it.

In the center of the flames, a man in red holding a spear opened his eyes slightly, his eyes burning with imperial majesty.

He stood in the air, looking down at the many grassland monks on the ground. The eyes that looked at him were filled with complete fear, just like the look he had given them eight hundred years ago.

He raised his hand slightly, and the flames around him soared up, instantly engulfing the peach blossom phantoms on all sides, and even the many grassland monks who caused the phantoms were caught in it, and were burned to ashes in the blink of an eye. As the flames jumped, the sky and the earth turned red, as if the whole world was bathed in the fireworks.

“.Stop, pause right here.”

The surveillance video stopped playing, and the picture froze at the moment when many enemies were strangled by flames.

At this moment, the sound and light of the video froze, but the people watching the surveillance at the table were still staring at the scene in the video, with a look of slight realization on their faces.

This is the satellite surveillance footage from three hours ago: the enemy used some unusual means, which had a momentary impact on the Fire Saint, but it was broken in just a moment. After that, he displayed his divine power and burned all the invading grassland monks. The whole process took no more than half an hour.

No matter how many times they witnessed it, they were still struck by the fire, by the might of the Fire Saint. A being with the power of a Divine Transformation coupled with supreme magical powers, compared to a nuclear bomb, was nothing more than a toy for a preschooler.

However, they were not here to admire the mighty and heroic figure.

"Rewind 2 seconds and magnify the image 50 times." The commander-in-chief at the table gave the order.

The secretary at the desk made adjustments according to what he said, and the scene went back to the time when the petals were flying before the true fire was ignited. Zooming in, the petals were a gradient of light pink, and the light emitted around them faintly formed the shape of peach blossoms.

".No mistake, this is the magic of 'Peach Blossom Spring'."

Wu Xihe, the head of the Environmental Sanitation Bureau, frowned as he shifted his gaze between the screen in front of him and the tablet in his hand. "In the past few months, cases related to Peach Blossom Spring have been reported from all over the country."

"One of the main methods of the Peach Blossom Spring is to extract the soul through special techniques. In the case description, the soul extraction technique used by the other party is in the shape of peach petals."

These words made everyone at the table frown. The amount of information in these words was too much. Even though those sitting here were veterans who had been through many battles, they still needed some time to digest it.

Are the people of Changshengtian using the methods of Peach Blossom Spring? And are they planning to attack the Fire Saint?

Even if it doesn't succeed in the end, the act itself can reveal a lot.

You must know that no matter how much trouble Peach Blossom Spring caused before, it was only targeting ordinary people and low-level cultivators, but this time the other party actually dared to set their sights on the strategic-level Fire Saint.

If there is nothing wrong with the enemy's brain, then this can only prove one thing.

During these few months, unknown to everyone, the strength of Peach Blossom Spring has expanded rapidly, from a level that only dared to threaten mortals to a level that was strong enough to take action against a top-level god.

And the source of this expansion seems to be very clear.

"According to previously recorded data, traces of Peach Blossom Spring magic appeared in both the Ganzhou Buddhist incident and the restoration of the feudal sects in Yingzhou. And now, the Changshengtian faction has also revealed their influence."

The man at the table frowned slowly: "From the timeline, the point where the number of extraordinary events in various places increased sharply was after the appearance of Peach Blossom Spring. It looks like..." He paused here and did not continue, but everyone present could understand what he meant.

This is like a bait thrown into the water, and forces from all directions are attracted to it like a school of fish.

They are not just small fish and shrimps. Among them are even big forces like Buddhism and Changshengtian, which have the level of Hedao inheritance and influence beyond national borders.

"I think we need to rethink this," the commander-in-chief at the table raised his head. "What exactly is Peach Blossom Spring?"

Given the authority of everyone present, they had all naturally read about the Peach Blossom Spring. However, even with the amount of information officially available, the description of the Peach Blossom Spring only remained from the war period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties and various cases throughout history, and no document had ever revealed its true nature.

"Judging from the performance of various forces, it is very likely that Peach Blossom Spring is also the legacy of a powerful person, and his status is no less than that of Hedao."

The commander-in-chief tapped the table with his finger. "Historical data shows that the Peach Blossom Spring appeared in the Central Plains over a thousand years ago. It can be confirmed that this tradition originated in the Central Plains."

Putting these two pieces of information together, the answer is obvious.

The last time the Peach Blossom Spring appeared was during the Southern and Northern Dynasties 1,500 years ago. Before this time point, the only recorded cultivator in the upper three realms in the Central Plains was the leader of the Cangtian Sect, and his inheritance had been distributed to the various Cangtian sects today, so it was obviously not the Peach Blossom Spring.

If none of the recorded answers match, then the answer can only be hidden in the unrecorded part.

".Ancient times, or before the First Emperor unified the six kingdoms."

The deep voice drifted in the conference room, and everyone fell silent at the same time.

Gods existed in ancient times, but after the Qin Emperor unified the six kingdoms, all traces of the gods disappeared. This is a legend familiar to all extraordinary people, but it has never been verified.

If the Peach Blossom Spring is a relic of a powerful being from ancient times, then everything does make sense.

"But why?" someone asked again, "An ancient legacy that's been dead for thousands of years, why would it resurrect at this very moment? There has to be a purpose, right?"

"When it comes to questions about status, no matter how we think about it, we're just guessing." The commander-in-chief turned his head and looked out the window. "Right now, the only one who can answer this question is probably the Fire Saint."

At the same time, in a high-end lounge at the border defense base.

"So you mean to say that in the illusion of the Peach Blossom Spring magic, you saw the vision of your master?"

The communications specialist's face was grave. "I've heard you mention it a few times before, but we've never discussed it in depth. Could I ask, who exactly is your master?"

The man in red, who was sitting cross-legged on the mat, did not turn around to look at the commissioner behind him when he heard the words. Instead, he just stared at the sky outside the window for a long time, as if his eyes were looking through the sky.

"He rescued me from the ice beneath Yashan Mountain. He is my mentor and benefactor."

He raised his face slightly. "When I met him, it was during the mortal Yuan Dynasty. At that time, he had just finished his two hundred years of seclusion and reached the realm of Refining Void. He single-handedly reversed the disadvantageous situation of the Central Plains Immortal Sect against Mongolia."

"I was still young then, and only knew the tip of the iceberg of his strength. Now it seems that he was already the only cultivator to reach the upper three realms since the Han Dynasty."

"He was recognized by the entire cultivation world at that time as the strongest person in the Central Plains."

p.s. I just finished the work for the last conference, and today my boss named me to take on a new task. I have been working on Juezan007 these two days. It looks like I will be busy until the end of the month, and I can only update as I please before at least April.

I made all kinds of calculations before publishing the book, but I didn't expect to have to work so much overtime in March. More than 3 books that I had ordered were wasted. Alas.

To be honest, when I write the next book, I need to save up 20 yuan in manuscripts before I start.

(End of this chapter)