After leaving Venus, Li Xingkong didn't go to Earth Star again. He planned to go directly to the place where he last met Old Tang —the location of the Spiritual Root Mother Tree —to ask Old Tang about the current situation.
As they moved further and further away from the sun, Li Xingkong soon arrived near the Earth and the Moon.
The moon, once the core of Divine Land, has undergone a dramatic transformation. Its surface is no longer desolate and barren. Over the years, it has been covered with various buildings, giving it the appearance of a magnificent palace on earth.
Besides the structures on the lunar surface, the densely packed, jade-colored buildings in the lunar orbit are also clearly defined, with overlapping peaks and valleys intertwined, just like a fairyland in a painting.
People frequently came and went in magnificent carriages, and fairies rode on clouds, coming and going in twos and threes, creating a beautiful scene of immortals.
If Li Xingkong hadn't been to Mercury and had come directly to the moon, it would have been hard not to be captivated by such a sight, believing that the Divine Land of China was truly as peaceful and serene as it appeared before him.
He still wanted to go to the moon, but not now. Only after his doubts were resolved would Li Xingkong officially set foot on the moon.
The Spiritual Root Mother Tree was nearby; Li Xingkong had noticed it the moment he saw the Earth Moon.
Based on his previous conversation with Old Tang, by that time, almost everyone in Divine Land had already been fully inoculated with Spiritual Root, so the Spiritual Root Mother Tree should have been in a dormant state. However, when Li Xingkong saw it, he found that the Spiritual Root Mother Tree was still bearing fruit.
Around it, many other spaceships were dropping large amounts of supplies, showing no signs of resting.
This is really strange. The Spiritual Root that has formed has no other use. What kind of operation is this?
His Divine Sense swept across the entire mother tree, and he also examined all the people in the surrounding facilities.
"Strange, where's Old Tang?"
I scanned everyone once. The sign for Five Manors Temple was still there near the mother tree, and there were quite a few people working there, but I didn't see Old Tang anywhere. Everyone in the facility looked unfamiliar; they all seemed to be newcomers.
"What's going on? Has he retired too?"
Li Xingkong was somewhat puzzled. Old Tang held an important position, so he naturally had no shortage of cultivation resources. Li Xingkong did not believe that he did not survive for two hundred years because his cultivation was insufficient.
If you can't find Old Tang, then go find Zhang Yumeng.
Li Xingkong extended his Divine Sense to the moon from a great distance.
The Heavenly Crafts Institute on the moon was still in the same old location, but Li Xingkong but couldn't find Zhang Yumeng.
This is strange. The guys I know aren't ordinary people. It would be one thing if one of them went missing—maybe they were away on a business trip or meeting—but to find none of them is interesting.
Could they have gone to a meeting together?
Li Xingkong probed the interior of the Heavenly Crafts Institute with his Divine Sense, hoping to find something in the surrounding environment.
Before he could even investigate, Li Xingkong discovered that not only had the person disappeared, but the office where Zhang Yumeng had received him had also changed hands.
Is this a job transfer?
The more they investigated, the stranger it seemed. It wasn't just Zhang Yumeng; many of the familiar faces they had seen at the Heavenly Crafts Institute had also disappeared, as if the entire group had vanished.
Where can they go?
It seems I still need to ask someone.
Li Xingkong expanded the range of his Divine Sense, hoping to find a familiar face on the moon and, incidentally, inquire about the current situation of his parents.
Soon, came good news and bad news.
The good news was that Li Xingkong did see a few familiar faces; the bad news was that the medicinal herb field where Li Xingkong's parents were living in retirement had changed hands, and now it was being managed by a young woman he didn't recognize.
Li Xingkong admitted that he was getting a little anxious.
He could investigate the fact that the ordinary people on Mercury had their cultivation paths cut off. He could also attribute the disappearances of Old Tang and Zhang Yumeng to job transfers. But what reason could he have for his own parents, two ordinary people who were living here in retirement, to disappear?
Something must have happened.
When a person possesses extraordinary power, even the slightest emotional fluctuation can trigger a raging storm.
Li Xingkong immediately wanted to photograph everyone on the moon and get to the bottom of things.
Fortunately, Li Xingkong had cultivated for so long that the thought only flashed through his mind and he quickly suppressed it.
The full picture is still unclear, and it would be inappropriate to take action without reason. What if they were just tired of the daily grind of farming and went on a trip to relax?
Although he suppressed his urge to vent, Li Xingkong acted without hesitation.
Reaching out, he swept his hand across the air, and the few familiar faces he had spotted on the moon, along with the girl tending her parents' medicinal herb field, were all plucked from the moon by Li Xingkong as if they were toys.
The speed and ferocity of his actions were such that even with numerous formations and defensive weapons deployed on the lunar surface, they were unable to detect Li Xingkong's movements.
When the group came to their senses, they found that their surroundings had completely shifted, as if they had blacked out from drinking and been given anesthesia. One second they were working on the moon, and the next they were in space.
After glancing around a few times, they quickly spotted the figure standing in front of them.
The girl was a complete stranger; Li Xingkong, and she had never seen Li Xingkong either. But the others were a different story.
After glancing at Li Xingkong several times, the group immediately crowded around him.
"Oh my god, oh my god, aren't you Li Xingkong? What are you doing here!"
"Go away, go away." Another person pushed the person who came closer away, then looked at Li Xingkong with a smile.
" Brother Li, Brother Li, do you still recognize me? It's me, Ge Baoqi."
The man who approached still looked chubby; despite cultivating for so many years, he hadn't seemed to have done anything about managing his physique.
"I, I, I am Ji Qiu."
The guy who was pushed away stretched out a hand and waved it at Li Xingkong.
Behind them, two other people stood there, watching the two clowns, and covered their faces.
"Of course I remember. The things you guys caused back then were pretty big."
Li Xingkong shook his head. Nonsense, if he didn't remember these clowns, why would he have brought them over?
These two clowns who ran over and hugged Li Xingkong's legs were one thing, but behind them, standing with their faces covered, were Ji Nanzhi and his "own son," Ji Bei.
"Sigh, what can we do? That bastard went too far back then. We were all just trying to make a living, we had no other intentions."
As Ge Baoqi spoke, he secretly glanced at Li Xingkong.
"But it's also a blessing in disguise. We're still here because of that incident, aren't we?"
Ji Qiu climbed over again and said in response.
"Pah, pah, pah! You little brat, you're got a loose tongue. I'd be happy if you were exiled to Ningguta."
"I'd like to go. Can you take me there?"
The two were about to start arguing at the slightest disagreement.
"Alright, alright, stop arguing. I need to talk to you."
Li Xingkong Magic Power to cover the mouths of the two guys.
"You... you're Li Xingkong?"
Just then, the girl next to them spoke up.
She hesitated, suddenly finding herself in an unfamiliar place. She was about to call for help, but after listening to the conversation of these people, she realized that the man in front of her, whose cultivation level was unknown, seemed to be Li Xingkong.
"Yes, I am Li Xingkong."
The girl seemed a little shy after hearing Li Xingkong's confirmation.
"Brother, older brother."
The voice was incredibly soft, but Li Xingkong's ears weren't damaged, so he heard it clearly.
His ears aren't damaged, but he feels worse than if they were.
When did this old couple give him a little sister?!