To the living beings of the Primordial World, the word "vein" referred to the network of blood flow distributed throughout the body according to its physiological structure.
As the name implied, earth veins were the veins of the Primordial World's land. Through them, the baleful qi deep within the earth and the innate spiritual qi aboveground could circulate. During that cycle, the baleful qi was purified into innate spiritual qi, nurturing the living beings upon the land.
When Luohu blew apart the earth veins of the western land, they ruptured, and the circulation was interrupted as well. Forget producing innate spiritual qi—there was enough constantly surging baleful qi to make the living beings of the western land suffer dearly.
Faced with such terrifying baleful qi, Jieyin and Zhunti, who had yet to become saints, were naturally helpless. Even if they had already become saints, repairing the earth veins while enduring the baleful qi would take considerable effort. It could not be done without several epochs.
But the Witch Clan was different.
From the moment they were born, the Witch Clan absorbed vast amounts of baleful qi. To them, baleful qi was like innate spiritual qi was to innate divine beings.
The Witch Clan repaired the earth veins while absorbing the overflowing baleful qi to temper their bodies, making the whole process seem utterly effortless.
This showed that the Witch Clan had been bound to the Earthly Dao from birth.
Bai Jing could not help with repairing the earth veins. Though he followed a path similar to the ancestral witches, he was not a member of the Witch Clan but an innate divine being. Baleful qi was also something Bai Jing avoided at all costs.
Thus, Bai Jing could only stand guard for the Witch Clan, preventing any blind fool from