Forge a Pure Land from Nothing
"Did it exist before?"
Liang Qu pricked up his ears, scooped up a shrimp ball with a spoon, and put it into Su Guishan's bowl.
The Dragon Girl moved a stool over and listened curiously.
The history of the Dragonfolk race is far shorter than that of the human race, and they do not have a habit of recording their history regularly.
Most of the time, the strange phenomena in the Great Marsh are perhaps less known to the humans on the shore.
Su Guishan was in a good mood today. He ate the shrimp paste that Liang Qu handed him and didn't keep anyone in suspense.
"The Immortal Island Above the Clouds is said to be a small fragment that broke apart when the Celestial Person fought above the bright moon."
Bright moon?
Liang Qu couldn't help but look up.
June 5th.
The moon is not full.
A curved hook emits a cool, silvery glow, making the courtyard appear as if mercury is flowing.
The Immortal Island Above the Clouds is actually a fragment of the moon that was fought!?
A deep sense of awe welled up in my heart...
"Stop looking, it's a lie. I'll tell you a funny story."
Liang Qu: "..."
Su Guishan said solemnly, "The so-called Immortal Island is essentially a single piece of rock suspended in the earth's core, unaffected by any force."
Heading west, the area near the Heaven Mountain Range is particularly rich in floating islands, often referred to as the "Three Thousand Floating Islands," which attract many visitors who attempt to observe and comprehend their spiritual significance.
The difference lies in the fact that this floating rock on the Immortal Island Above the Clouds is bizarrely large! I Reverse Flow upstream to the vicinity of Heaven Mountain years ago and saw it; the entirety of the three thousand floating islands combined might be about the size of the Immortal Island Above the Clouds."
"Then why did the Immortal Island disappear?"
"It's a long story," Su Guishan said, coating the chicken with sauce. "In short, the Immortal Island Above the Clouds originally had nothing special about it. Hanging rocks were rare, but they weren't nonexistent. All the strange and wondrous things came about later."
Its evolution began with a Mirage Dragon transforming the immortal Immortal Island into a palace, refining it with its breath..."
Mirage Dragon!
"Surely such a thing exists!" Su Guishan answered every question, giving Liang Qu a sense of satisfaction in fulfilling his thirst for knowledge. He immediately asked a crucial question.
"Uncle, isn't it said that only great rivers can give birth to true dragons? This Mirage Dragon..."
"Who told you that the Mirage Dragon is a dragon?" Su Guishan sneered. "The Demon Court Four Pillars in the Jiang Huai Great Marsh, the former Eastern Snake has now transformed into a Jiao. Is it a real dragon? The Mirage Dragon has the word 'dragon' in its name, but it has nothing to do with real dragons. It belongs to the Mirage Clan, not the Dragon Clan!"
In terms of blood ties, they are not even as close as the Jiang Huai Flood Dragon; they are completely unrelated!
Shrimp, crabs, turtles, and alligators gather in a mirage; the mirage is originally a pheasant transformed, originating from the hills.
When a clam mates with a snake, Mirage Dragon is born, which has no horns on its head and a red mane on its back.
Whether in terms of its birth or physical characteristics, it is completely different from a true dragon.
It is called Mirage Dragon simply because it looks like a dragon, swallowing clouds and spitting out mist; hence, people call it a dragon!
Liang Qu suddenly realized.
They just happen to look alike.
Su Guishan continued, "True dragons are born from rivers, which is a common understanding. Since you have seen the Immortal Island Above the Clouds and witnessed the Dragonfolk gathering their Long Qi, have you noticed anything in the the Unseen?"
Liang Qu scratched his head. "Noticed what?"
"The so-called ' Heaven and Earth Long Qi ' is actually the cycle of rise and fall of all things, evolving from the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Opportunity. Therefore, great rivers flow ceaselessly, and such places where the cycle of all things is intense are very likely to give birth to extraordinary species of heaven and earth! Of course, the formation of true dragons is even more complex, unique, and they are repeatedly reborn. Moreover, they can only emerge from great rivers and do not exist in the sea, but they are definitely related to this!"
Liang Qu recalled his own theory of wave surges and couldn't help but nod in agreement.
Water, which constitutes the Long Qi, is everywhere, but it is mostly unusable. Only when it flows and there is a strong wind under various factors can the water be pushed into waves and manifest as vapor.
For a true dragon to be born, scale is one of the necessary conditions, but not the only one.
The sun shines on the center, and things are born while things die? "Then why is the Immortal Island Above the Clouds no longer there?"
Liang Qu paused his thoughts and steered the conversation back to the topic.
"That makes things even more interesting." Su Guishan waved five chicken bones, arranged them in parallel, and pointed to each one with the tip of his chopsticks. "Before the Da Shun was the Great Qian, and before the Great Qian was the Great Blazing."
The disappearance of the Immortal Island is an extremely ancient event, dating back to before the Great Blazing Dynasty, specifically to the Da Li Dynasty.
The Grand Ancestor Da Li set his sights on the Immortal Island. To be precise, it wasn't the Immortal Island, but rather the Mirage Dragon that used it as a magical Immortal Island for refining.
In his later years, seeking immortality, he listened to the words of a sorcerer and intended to use the Mirage Dragon's Innate Divine Powers —its ability to Spewing Mist to Create Dreams —to build a Dream Realm Dynasty and achieve eternal life.
This is not wishful thinking. Even Grandmaster can leave behind lingering regrets and obsessions upon death, let alone a Martial Saint Martial Saint or even someone above that level.
If the environment is right, it might actually succeed, allowing the Grand Ancestor Da Li to achieve the feat of creating a new world and a pure land.
However, to accomplish such an incredible feat, it was clearly not something that the Mirage Dragon could accomplish with just a little effort; even sacrificing its life wouldn't be enough.
In short, driven by various interests, the two sides fought a battle that destroyed the Immortal Island.
The Mirage Dragon, on the verge of death, was unwilling to perish and allowed the Great Grand Ancestor Da Li to succeed. He joined forces with the Great Demon of the Mirage Clan and, using some unknown method, completely dragged the dilapidated Immortal Island Above the Clouds into Dream Entry, turning it from reality into illusion.
From then on, we could no longer find the Immortal Island Above the Clouds, and the same was true for many Mirage Clan.
Only during the ebb and flow of the tides do the Immortal Island Above the Clouds briefly appear, forming a mirage-like spectacle for people to admire. Their complete form suggests that they were created by Mirage Dragon, filling in the gap between reality and illusion.
Su Guishan's detailed explanation was appropriate, and Liang Qu, having learned the cause and effect, immediately understood why there was not a single Mirage Clan Mirage Clan Ancestral Grounds.
Turns out, even our own people can't be found!
That makes sense.
If ordinary Mirage Clan could find it, the Grand Ancestor Da Li would surely use this method to find the dying Mirage Dragon and indirectly achieve his goal.
Ze Cauldron is awesome! The Snake Demon itself couldn't control the [Nether Water Calamity Poison], but Awei ate a poison sac and was able to discover its characteristics during evolution, turning it into a talent.
If it were an ordinary Mirage Clan evolution, they probably wouldn't have been able to discover this [Dream Butterfly] talent at all! Su Guishan tossed the bone to Oolong, raised his eyes and said, "You brat, instead of thinking about cultivating properly, you're always thinking about nonsense. What does the Immortal Island Above the Clouds have to do with you? Do you like listening to stories?"
Liang Qu grinned. "Having personally experienced the Immortal Island Above the Clouds, seeing how lifelike it is, I'm extremely curious."
Su Guishan shook his head, his gaze returning to the boiling copper pot.
"This chicken is good, let's have it again tomorrow."
"If Uncle likes it, then eat it!"
Liang Qu ate and drank with Su Guishan for a while, then went back to his room to sleep.
Tomorrow is the River God Sacrifice on the sixth day of the sixth June. He'll be busy, so he needs to rest early.
The next morning.
Purple qi clouds rise from the east, and a rooster crows at dawn.
The Dragon Girl gently knocked on the window lattice, waking Liang Qu.
Liang Qu got out of bed, opened the wardrobe, picked and chose a black long dress with red trim, which looked a bit solemn and dignified.
He dressed, washed up, and had the Dragon Girl help him tie his hair.
When Liang Qu arrived at the pond, the Old Toad sleeping on the round stone had disappeared, replaced by Wu Cangshou.
As fellow treasure hunters, the Old Turtle and the Old Toad were inherently incompatible and could never see eye to eye.
This has been especially true since the event of the vision.
In short, it is extremely rare to see both of them coexisting in a pond.
"A Shui, Chief Priest Liang, are you done yet? Stop dawdling!"
Xiang Fangsu's loud voice pierced through the three courtyards and reached Liang Qu's ears.
"They're here!"
After tidying up, Liang Qu stepped out of the courtyard.