Rong Yan's answer had basically confirmed Zhu Fuxian's speculation.
This Hundred-Year Vein-Reversing Worm Mother might not have been drawn here by the Spirit Vein.
But why had Rong Long done this?
Why release a Vein-Reversing Worm Mother?
Why have the Rong Family reclaim Spirit Fields in this area?
There had to be a reason behind all this!
Yet at this level, it seemed to have nothing whatsoever to do with Xu Changqing.
At the end of the day, he was merely a spirit cultivator, and he had already fulfilled his duties.
As for the subsequent Spirit-Eroding Fungus King, the Hundred-Year Vein-Reversing Worm Mother, and even capturing Rong Long, those were matters for others—namely the Grain Lord, the Abyss Lord, and the like—to worry about.
And this wait stretched from night into day.
Only when the sun rose did a faint buzzing suddenly come from outside. Then the ground began to shake, and one could clearly feel dense Earth Qi rapidly gathering.
Zhu Fuxian's figure flashed, and he vanished into thin air.
Seeing this, Xu Changqing immediately shook awake the drunken, sleeping Rong Yan. "Stop sleeping. The Earth Vein Abyss Lord has probably discovered that Hundred-Year Vein-Reversing Worm Mother."
"Ah?"
"What?"
"Oh!"
Rong Yan jolted awake as though startled from a dream.
The two hurried after him, immediately running outside.
This scene also caught the attention of Huo Wan, Ji Mingxuan, and the others. However, they did not come out. Instead, they opened the doors and windows, peering outside with curiosity written all over their faces.
When Xu Changqing and Rong Yan emerged, they found Zhu Fuxian already standing near the Spirit Fields where the Thousand-Ear Golden-Ray Rice had first been planted.
He was not alone. Earth Vein steward Yang Zhenyue was there as well, along with Shi Yuan, the two-zhang-tall