diskusbooks Chapter 882 The Entertainment Industry, The Original Female Lead Killed by the Transmigrator (48)
Chapter 882 The Entertainment Industry, The Original Female Lead Killed by the Transmigrator (48)
The third fox's dog is a foxhound. Yes, it seems quite normal that a fox and a wolf had a foxhound. After all, there is no reproductive barrier between the two, and it doesn't have to be like in the cultivation world where whoever has higher cultivation level gets the dog.
Fox Nini can't transform into human form yet, but her beast form is already quite beautiful. She has silver-white fur all over her body, with only a reddish-brown dot on her forehead, like a cinnabar dot. Paired with her big, watery eyes, she's incredibly charming.
Every time Xiao Yun saw him, she couldn't help but hug and cuddle him. If it weren't for his parents' disapproval, she would have wanted to take him out and raise a whole new world.
Relatively speaking, Huang Jingui's appearance is a bit disappointing, but it's still better than the four troublemakers from A Yuan and Bai Qiu's families. These four are the least attractive in the space, but luckily they don't care and are very carefree, otherwise they would all be depressed.
Although these four could not transform into human form, their bodies were much larger, and their shells were as big as a large washing basin.
They usually like to stand up and walk upright on two legs. Every time she sees Xiao Yun, she wants to cover her eyes. The image is too abstract. She can hardly imagine what the four little guys would look like after they transform.
Besides them, the eggs of the two eagles that were brought in from the last world have also hatched. It must be because they were born in the space that the two eaglets have spiritual roots and can cultivate.
The two eagles also developed intelligence, but their potential was far less than that of their offspring, and their cultivation could not reach the level of Bai Qiu and the others. Even if Xiao Yun fed them spirit beast pills, they would only reach the Golden Core stage at most.
However, Xiao Yun still plans to train them well. If he goes to an ancient world in the future, he can send them out to deliver messages, which will be much more useful than carrier pigeons.
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Looking at her listless daughter and those chattering little brats, Xiao Yun felt a bit of a headache. She wondered if she should come in again later and let Jing Yan play with them a little longer.
Before she could even turn around, the little ones spotted her and swarmed towards her, surrounding her and telling her about the fun things they had found.
Xiao Yun said "okay, okay" to them repeatedly, and finally said that she would give them the things they liked that they found, and only then was she able to get out of the encirclement.
These piled up here are what she left over. The higher-end items, those she could use, or those she didn't recognize have all been put away separately. These are all ordinary items that she doesn't need.
The little ones cheered upon hearing this. They weren't greedy, only picking one or two items they really liked before heading back. Xiao Yun picked up her daughter, who wanted to continue opening blind boxes, and said, "You need to go out and sleep now. Come back and play tomorrow. Mommy has saved them all for you."
Jingyan nodded somewhat reluctantly, transformed back into human form, and Xiao Yun first sent her out, letting Xiao Yu take her to sleep. She then returned to the space to see what good things Xiao Lin had found.
When Xiao Lin saw her come in again, he took out the object that had attracted it. "This is it. As soon as I touched it, I felt a large amount of wood spirit energy flowing into my body. If it can last for a few more days, I might be able to advance another level."
Xiao Yun took a curious look. It looked like a fossilized tree root, shaped like a tree root. It was not only petrified, but also jade-like. If it weren't for the patterns inside, she would have thought it was carved from jade.
However, the jade was not translucent and had many blemishes. When she touched it, she could only feel that it was of the wood element, not the kind of feeling that Xiao Lin had described. It seemed that this was Xiao Lin's opportunity.
"I can't tell what kind of tree this root is. You should be able to merge with it and trace its origins back to what kind of tree it is."
She asked Xiao Lin directly, "Perhaps this knowledge is contained within its heritage."
Xiao Lin nodded. "My inheritance doesn't contain this knowledge, only how to cultivate. However, after I absorbed its wood energy, I learned about its origin in my mind. It must be something it retained in the energy."
This is not a tree root, but the root of a magical herb called the Two Extremes Grass. It grows at the border between the realms of immortals and demons. Its exposed stems and leaves are not large, but its root system is particularly developed. It also reproduces by dividing its roots, so as long as you find one, there will be a whole patch nearby.
This herb cannot become a demon cultivator because it can absorb both spiritual and demonic energy to grow. Even the Heavenly Dao cannot determine its cultivation direction. It would be too defying the heavens to let it cultivate.
But that doesn’t mean they can’t become spirits. So most of these plants eventually become spirits, and are then raised or hunted by the immortals and demons.
This plant, through a series of fortuitous events, acquired a lost storage bag containing cultivation techniques for plant demons, and thus began to cultivate using those techniques.
Moreover, it did not believe in fate and insisted on defying the heavens to change its destiny. It planted its roots in the immortal realm and cultivated with spiritual energy. Unexpectedly, it actually succeeded and reached the Core Formation stage in a hundred years, which is equivalent to the Foundation Establishment stage for human cultivators.
It was also lucky that it happened to be caught in the war between immortals and demons. Without those guys disturbing it, it was able to achieve its goal and entered the Core Fusion stage at five hundred years ago, which is equivalent to the Golden Core stage, and successfully transformed into human form.
Cultivating to transform into human form is different from becoming a spirit or monster and turning into human form. The latter will retain the characteristics of the original body, but it cannot be maintained for long. Moreover, it only increases speed and strength, and does not involve any magic.
It's different; it's a demon cultivator. Once it transforms, as long as it doesn't reveal itself, even those with higher cultivation levels can't tell what its true form is.
Later, it became the only one among the two extreme grasses to cultivate to the Tribulation Transcending stage, but it was ultimately not tolerated by the Heavenly Dao and was struck dead by heavenly lightning when it was undergoing the Tribulation of Immortality.
However, it was rather cunning, placing part of its roots in a secret realm it had accidentally discovered—a space independent of the outside world—thinking that if it failed, it might be able to rebuild from scratch.
However, things did not go as planned. When the war between immortals and demons reached its climax, the secret realm was destroyed by the impact of the clash between the immortal lord and the demon lord. The root system, along with the plants and animals within the secret realm, were scattered into the void.
However, most of them were shattered by the gale, and only a few with high cultivation or protective treasures survived, but they could only float in the void.
Because of its special growing environment, the two extreme grasses quickly adapted to the void and even began to cultivate using the energy in the void. It actually regained its cultivation level, but unfortunately, it was swallowed by a passing space beast and put into its stomach pouch, which is its symbiotic space, and was once again isolated from the outside world.
This time, however, he was not so lucky. Day after day, year after year, he was trapped there until, after thousands of years, his soul perished, leaving only his physical body.
Then, after tens of thousands of years, the root transformed into its current form…
Xiao Yun's luck has indeed run out; he just emerged from the Time-Space Beast's belly only to be refined by Xiao Lin.
Yes, it was refined. Although the original object was still there, the energy inside was continuously being transferred to Xiao Lin. Otherwise, Xiao Lin wouldn't have been able to extract so much information.
Xiao Lin had only just entered the True Immortal Realm, so using this for cultivation would be very effective. Moreover, this one was born in the world of cultivation and had been tempered in the void. If his cultivation hadn't been interrupted by the Time-Space Beast, who knows who might have achieved a higher level.
"After you've absorbed it all, will this original body turn to ashes?" Xiao Yun asked Xiao Lin.
Xiao Lin shook his head. "No, this body is indeed exceptionally hard. Even the void gales can't harm it. I've already absorbed most of the wood elemental energy inside, and it hasn't changed at all."
Xiao Yun nodded, "Then give it to me after you've absorbed it, and I'll see if I can refine it into a protective immortal artifact."
“Okay, it’ll be ready soon.” Xiao Lin certainly wouldn’t refuse.
However, this "soon" made Xiao Yun wait another five days. During that time, she and her parents went back to their hometown to attend her cousin's wedding and held a first birthday celebration for the child.
Li Yunqi's wedding was a Western-style affair, held at the largest hotel in the county.
The eldest aunt also complained to Xiao's mother about the bride's white wedding dress, saying it was unlucky. In their area, people only wear white from head to toe when they are in mourning. If an elderly person in the family wears a white dress and a white cotton-padded jacket, they will be criticized.
When Li Yunchao got married, his wife also wore a wedding dress, but it was red. This is a local custom.
Xiao's mother also felt it was wrong, but she definitely couldn't stir things up at this time, otherwise the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law would be difficult in the future.
So he comforted his sister-in-law, saying, "Kids these days like to learn from foreigners, saying that a white wedding dress represents purity and innocence, or something like that, and it has a good meaning, which is different from what we have here."
As parents, we can't really go against our children's wishes anyway, so let them do whatever makes them happy. We shouldn't worry about it too much; we can just wait to hold our grandchildren!
They went back the day before, stayed overnight, and the next day when they attended the wedding, all the relatives had arrived, so they mentioned that they would also hold the baby's first birthday celebration here two days later.
After the first birthday celebration, they stayed another night and returned to the capital on the fifth day.
So by the time she received the two extreme grass roots from Xiao Lin, it was already the fifth night.
After glancing at the unchanged jade-like grass roots, she looked at Xiao Lin and said, "Why don't you go to Jianmu Star to consolidate your cultivation? I see your cultivation has improved quite a bit, you're almost a Golden Immortal, right?"
Xiao Lin nodded and then shook his head. "I've already touched the edge of the Golden Immortal realm. There's no need to consolidate it. The energy left inside is very compatible with mine. Moreover, I absorbed it after refining it, so it merged directly without any further refinement."
Xiao Yun raised an eyebrow. Since that was the case, she would have to assign it some tasks.
"Since everything is alright for the time being, could you do me a favor and make a trip to the central region of China to check if there are any unusual occurrences there, especially regarding foreigners carrying or preparing viruses?"
In the original storyline, a large-scale epidemic will break out there at the end of this year, which I suspect is man-made.
The easiest way to search is here; plants and trees are everywhere. It's even easier than using our divine sense to search. Just search this area; it's a general area.
If nothing seems amiss, then go check on Great Britain, especially their military and some laboratories.
Xiao Lin nodded. "Okay, I'll conduct a local plant survey when I get there, and I should have the results soon."
After saying that, it flashed out of the space. After being in seclusion for so long, it was a good time to stretch its muscles and bones.
Xiao Yun took the Two Extremes Grass Roots to the Ice Crystal Palace in the Outer Heavens, and then entered his weapon-refining room to begin preparing the materials needed to refine the protective immortal artifact.
Of course, she didn't start refining it immediately; she just gathered all the materials first to see if she was missing anything.
He searched through the space, looking for things like millennium-old black iron, ten-thousand-year-old spiritual marrow, rhinoceros horn powder, and top-grade tree sap.
Xiao Yun searched around and found that he had most of the materials, but he was still missing one important and extremely rare ingredient: Nine-Fold Crystal Sand.
This kind of thing usually only exists in extremely special secret realms, and it's very difficult to find. Xiao Yun frowned; it seemed he would have to let Yao Yao and the others try their luck.
She sent a message to Yao Yao, showing him what the Nine Absolute Crystal Sand looked like and its surroundings. This stuff is usually found in places devoid of spiritual energy, and it can isolate other energies. Maybe it exists on some planets over there.
After that, she left the space. These past few days have passed, and the incident with Jiang Peixing has come to an end. She should start going around with the crew to promote the show.
Sure enough, she received a call from Zhao Yaqi the next day, telling her and Xiao Yu to get ready, as they would be leaving for another city to record a program the day after tomorrow.
Meanwhile, news came back from Xiao Lin's side that he had checked all the cities in the central region of the Dragon Kingdom, including the provincial capital and the surrounding cities, but found nothing unusual.
It has now headed to the beautiful country and will thoroughly check it out. It will notify her if it finds anything.
Xiao Yun breathed a sigh of relief, but she was also looking forward to Xiao Lin bringing back useful clues. If it was really the people over there who were behind the trouble and caused the epidemic, then she would make the virus escalate and break out again on the spot, so that the other party would suffer the consequences.
While Xiao Yun was preparing for the publicity with the film crew, she was also keeping an eye on Xiao Lin's news.
Several days later, Xiao Lin sent word that he had found many laboratories in Great America, but only one secret military laboratory had shown any clues about the virus.
The laboratory was conducting experiments on many kinds of viruses, and some of the virus samples were extremely similar to the ones that caused the epidemic in the original storyline.
A cold glint flashed in Xiao Yun's eyes. It really was them who did it. Now that she was sure, she decided to go there herself.
It's evening now, so let's make the most of today.
They are now in another city preparing to participate in the program, staying in a hotel next to the TV station. Xiao Yu is helping to cover for them, and she instantly teleports to Xiao Lin's side in that state.
This is a small military base located in the southern part of the country, in a secluded mountain area. It is estimated to house only one regiment of troops, but the facilities are quite advanced, featuring the latest publicly available equipment in the area.