Luo Tong's convoy passed by the Golden Ox Chariot without stopping, and soon disappeared at the end of the street.
The Dragon Horn Golden Ox looked at the convoy and said, "This little girl, why does she look so much like the Goddess of Luo River!"
The Goddess of Luo River, one of the most beautiful women in ancient times.
Even the Lord of All Gods was infatuated with her back then.
However, the Lord of All Gods was ultimately unable to win her heart. Some say the Goddess of Luo River once told the Lord of All Gods that her heart already belonged to someone else.
This incident caused a great sensation at the time, and powerful figures from all sides speculated about who had captured the beauty's heart.
But in the end, no one knew who the Goddess of Luo River's heart belonged to.
Lu Yiping looked at the daughter of the Luo Family who had left, his face also filled with thought.
Luo Tong? Luo River?
"Let's go," Lu Yiping said.
"Master, look, it's getting dark soon. If we leave the city, it'll be the wilderness. How about we rest here for the night and go to the Flying Flower Sect tomorrow?" the Dragon Horn Golden Ox suggested.
"It's still early," Lu Yiping chuckled.
Although it was already afternoon, there were still one or two hours until nightfall.
He knew exactly what the Dragon Horn Golden Ox was thinking.
Thus, they didn't stop, passed through the imperial capital, and headed towards the Flying Flower Sect.
Not long after leaving the imperial capital, they arrived at a plain filled with all sorts of colorful flowers in full bloom. The wind blew, carrying waves of floral fragrance.
This was precisely the Hundred Flower Plains of the Baihua Empire.
Many flowers rarely seen in other parts of the Divine Martial Continent could be found here.
A great road ran through the middle of the Hundred Flower Plains.
The chariot traveled along the road, surrounded by fragrant flowers of all kinds, making one feel as if they had entered a world of flowers, a feast for the eyes.
"This Hundred Flower Plains has been destroyed countless times, but every time, it recovers the following year," Zhao Wen said.
This time, Lu Yiping only brought Zhang Jin and Zhao Wen with him.
Lu Peng and Lu Xiaoyu remained in Black Sea Mountain to cultivate and restore the Asura Gate. Wei Bing and Chen Yongyuan were also left in Black Sea Mountain.
Lu Yiping nodded, "Someone has set up the Myriad Spirits Growth Array here in the Hundred Flower Plains."
While the Myriad Spirits Growth Array was not one of the ten great ancient divine arrays, it was still a very famous ancient array. Within its coverage, destroyed things would slowly recover.
Of course, the recovery ability of the Myriad Spirits Growth Array was limited, and not everything could be restored. For example, if a hundred-thousand-year-old Spirit Medicine was planted here and destroyed, the Myriad Spirits Growth Array would not be able to restore it.
"Could it be that kid Qin Yue who set it up?" the Dragon Horn Golden Ox asked.
"No," Lu Yiping shook his head. "This Myriad Spirits Growth Array has many flaws; it wasn't set up by that kid Qin Yue."
Just as the chariot was traveling through the sea of flowers, suddenly, the Great Power Heavenly Dragon Array that Lu Yiping had previously set up in the Battlefield of the Gods vibrated.
Lu Yiping immediately sensed it, turned his head sharply, and a vertical eye appeared between his eyebrows. This vertical eye pulsed with lightning, as if it contained a sea of thunder.
This vertical eye penetrated through layers of space and time, reaching the Battlefield of the Gods.
Deep beneath the Battlefield of the Gods, within the space of the Nine Absolute Death God Array, all movements were reflected in the vertical eye.
However, the space of the Nine Absolute Death God Array was calm, with no anomalies.
The Great Power Heavenly Dragon Array had previously enveloped the space of the Nine Absolute Death God Array with its light, but finding no anomalies, it retreated into the void.
Lu Yiping frowned. The Eye of Thunder Punishment scanned the Battlefield of the Gods for a while before retracting. He then instructed the Dragon Horn Golden Ox to continue forward.
Night slowly fell.
The stars twinkled.
The night sky was like a piece of ink jade adorned with specks of starlight.
Passing a small hillside, Lu Yiping stopped, set up a campfire, and began drinking and roasting meat, pondering the recent vibration of the Great Power Heavenly Dragon Array.
"Master, was there an anomaly with the Great Power Heavenly Dragon Array just now?" the Dragon Horn Golden Ox asked.
Lu Yiping shook his head.
Just then, in the distance, someone was humming a song and walking towards them.
"Jiu Xiaoyao."
"Heaven and Earth, carefree."
"I am drunk and carefree."
"..."
The tune was nice, but the lyrics were a bit nonsensical.
A scruffy old man with messy hair was riding a donkey, swaying unsteadily. The old man hummed as he took sips from his wine gourd, not caring that his chest was getting wet with wine, looking utterly carefree.
Suddenly, the old man smelled an unusual wine aroma and stopped. He sniffed with his crooked nose, then took a deep sniff, his eyes lighting up. He rode his donkey towards Lu Yiping.
Soon, the other party spotted Lu Yiping and his companions. His gaze fell on the wine jar in Lu Yiping's hand. He then leaped down from the donkey and landed by the campfire, smiling with a greedy expression, "Little brother, what kind of wine is this?" He rubbed his hands incessantly, looking parched and eager.
Lu Yiping put down the wine jar and glanced at the donkey behind the old man. "If you want to drink this wine, you can, but you have to trade that donkey for it," he said with a smile.
The scruffy old man seemed to sober up upon hearing this. He looked at Lu Yiping in surprise, then shook his head and chuckled, "That won't do. This donkey is my lifeblood, my old flame. I wouldn't trade it for anything."
The Dragon Horn Golden Ox said, "My master's wine is made with Ice Flame Fruit, Thunder Fire Lotus, Buddha Heart Leaf, Purple Smoke Ice Paste, Earth Core Flame..."
It listed over a dozen ingredients.
With each ingredient named, the scruffy old man's shock grew. He stared at the wine in front of Lu Yiping in disbelief.
There was no need to even mention the value of the Ice Flame Fruit.
Even He Shao of the Medicine King Hall had been reluctant to drink the wine when he learned it was brewed with Ice Flame Fruit. And each of the other dozen ingredients, like the Thunder Fire Lotus, was even rarer than the Ice Flame Fruit.
It was no wonder the scruffy old man was so astonished and disbelieving.
After listing over a dozen ingredients, the Dragon Horn Golden Ox stopped, not saying another word.
The scruffy old man, his curiosity piqued, couldn't resist reaching out a hand towards the wine jar.
However, just as he extended his hand, it was blocked by Zhao Wen's.
The scruffy old man was surprised. He looked Lu Yiping up and down, then chuckled, "Late True God, not bad." With a sudden movement, his hand blurred into countless afterimages, bypassing Zhao Wen's hand and continuing its reach for the wine jar.
But just as he was about to touch the jar, a massive ox leg blocked him.
The scruffy old man grasped the huge ox leg and stared blankly at the golden fur on it, which seemed to glow even in the dark.
At that moment, the ox leg trembled, sending the scruffy old man staggering backward.
The scruffy old man looked at the Dragon Horn Golden Ox, which was still gnawing on roasted meat, with disbelief. His gaze swept over Zhang Jin and Zhao Wen, finally settling on Lu Yiping. "Who are you?"
His expression gradually turned grave.
In the distance, footsteps could be heard. A convoy approached, it was Luo Tong's entourage.
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