This was an extremely large mountain. Countless strange plants covered the entire mountain.
These plants were fiery red, as if they were covered with maple leaves. From afar, this mountain peak looked like a fireball.
Occasionally, red leaves would fall from the trees. They were like candlelight, slowly drifting down from the sky.
If there was a breeze at this time, these dancing candlelight would seem to light up the entire mountain. It was a beautiful sight.
It was clearly night time, but because of these plants, the entire mountain seemed to be lit up by countless lanterns. It was incomparably gorgeous.
In the core of this mountain, there was a small stream flickering with a faint spiritual light. It ran through the mountain range. The stream flowed slowly, emitting a tinkling sound.
In the stream, there were many stones scattered in all directions. On a huge flat stone, there was an unconscious, naked, handsome man lying on it.
The surface of his body was covered with countless scratches and cuts. His skin and flesh were split open, making him look extremely ferocious. The man's face was as pale as gold paper, and his lips were dry. It was obvious that he was in a very bad state.
The stream water soaked his entire body and flowed over his body continuously.
Strangely, the stream water seemed to contain some kind of mysterious power. After flowing through the man's body, the faint spiritual light would gather at the hideous wound on his body.
Under the effect of the spiritual light, his wounds quickly healed.
The sun gradually rose. In the early morning, the unconscious man finally woke up.
Lu Qingshan slowly opened his eyes. The "candlelight" drifting down from the sky made him think that he was in a sea of fire.
After seeing that these were only fiery red leaves, he let out a sigh of relief.
The warm stream water flowed over his body, making him feel a little itchy.
"Where is this?" Lu Qingshan was puzzled.
In the spatial fault, a difference of a millimeter could lead to a difference of a thousand miles. Although he escaped from the spatial fault in a few breaths of time, it was hard to say where he was now.
He quickly got up and looked around, only to find that he was in a stream.
There was a small rat demon lying on top of a rock nearby. It was the Western Rat King, but it didn't seem to have woken up yet.
In the middle of the stream, countless strange plants with pink petals and blue flower buds grew.
Some fiery red leaves fell on the surface of the water and drifted into the distance with the flow of the stream.
A woman stood by the shore. It was Qin Yitian.
Qin Yitian's face lit up when she saw Lu Qingshan get up. "Sir, you're finally awake."
Lu Qingshan smiled. Just as he was about to reply, he suddenly thought of something and hurriedly checked his body in shock.
The scars all over his body had actually disappeared, and his skin was as smooth as jade. It was simply inconceivable.
"What's going on?" Lu Qingshan asked in surprise.
"The waves wash away the dust, the running water clears the heart." An old but ethereal voice suddenly sounded.
Lu Qingshan's hair stood on end as he looked in the direction of the sound.
A peach tree.
It was an astonishingly large peach tree. Its branches were thick and strong, and its roots were intertwined. It was shockingly tall, reaching all the way to the clouds.
The entire tree was covered in blooming crimson flowers that blotted out the sun.
Lu Qingshan had never seen such a huge peach tree before.
However, what was even stranger was that a human face was slowly appearing on the thick branches of the peach tree.
The face smiled kindly, and its mouth opened and closed slightly. The voice just now seemed to have come from this peach tree.
A big demon!
Lu Qingshan felt a chill run down his spine.
Plants were different from beasts because they didn't have their own consciousness. They absorbed the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth by instinct. Thus, it was difficult for plants to become demons. One was in the sky, while the other was in the ground.
Plants were born without self-consciousness, but the peach tree in front of him could speak and even had a human face. There was only one possibility — it was a big demon that had cultivated successfully.
Lu Qingshan immediately became vigilant. However, at this moment, he seemed to have thought of something and gradually reacted.
"Senior, were you the one who saved me?" Lu Qingshan asked Qin Yitian. At the same time, he walked out of the stream and put on a set of clothes from his storage ring.
Qin Yitian nodded slightly. "When you escaped from the spatial fault and fell into the stream, your life was hanging by a thread. You were the one who saved you, senior."
"How should I address you, senior?" Lu Qingshan asked.
"Mountain Lord Qingqiu," the peach tree replied.
Mountain Lord Qingqiu?
Lu Qingshan seemed to be deep in thought. Then, this mountain range should be called Qingqiu.
"Thank you for saving my life, Mountain Lord." Lu Qingshan bowed deeply to the peach tree.
"You don't have to be so courteous. I merely came to your rescue because I sensed a familiar aura from you and knew that you were a kind person," the Mountain Lord of Green Hill said calmly. "I didn't do much — it was nothing."
A familiar aura?
Lu Qingshan's heart skipped a beat. Then, he realized that the mountain lord must be referring to the aura given to him by the Longevity Whale.
"No matter what the reason is, I will remember your kindness in saving my life, Mountain Lord." Lu Qingshan bowed with cupped fists.
The Lord of Mount Qingqiu smiled nonchalantly and said nothing else.
"Mountain Lord, where is this place?" Lu Qingshan asked the question he was most concerned about.
"This mountain range is called Qingqiu. As for where it is …" The mountain lord paused, then said, "According to the language of the human race, it seems to be called the Barren Land?"
Lu Qingshan was delighted.
They had not gone far. They were still in the Barren Land.
It was a blessing in disguise!
Whoosh whoosh whoosh —
Suddenly, a strange and small sound rang out, causing Lu Qingshan to be startled.
Amidst the fiery red leaves on the ground, there was a small bump, as if there was something wriggling quickly inside.
Finally, just as it was about to reach them, an extremely bright silver-white shadow flashed out and leaped into the air.
It was a strange little beast that was silver-white all over. It looked like a deer with two golden antlers, and its entire body shone with a milky-white luster like a flawless snowball.
Its large eyes were as bright as gems, and its pupils shone with a golden light, exuding an indescribable spirituality.
The deer leaped out of the pile of leaves happily, but when it saw Lu Qingshan and Qin Yitian standing in front of the peach tree, it panicked and hurriedly kicked its short legs in the air.
Following the direction it had leaped, it turned around in the air in an extremely unscientific manner. Then, it landed back and curled up among the leaves, hiding its small body.
However, the deer did not notice that its two beautiful antlers had already protruded out of the leaves, and were unusually conspicuous.
The deer's large, bright eyes peered through the gaps in the leaves, studying Lu Qingshan carefully like a child afraid of strangers.
"Yiyiyaya!" The deer hid in the pile of leaves and called out to the mountain lord as if it was complaining.
"Come out, Yaoyao. Don't be afraid, they're good people. They won't hurt you," the mountain lord comforted.
Under the mountain lord's persuasion, the deer called Yaoyao finally plucked up its courage and climbed out of the pile of leaves. It hopped to the peach tree, studying Lu Qingshan and Qin Yitian with its large eyes full of curiosity.
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