Chapter 84 - The Empress Wants to Go Mountain Climbing

“Empress, do you really want to have parrot soup?”

Lin Fan asked, seeking confirmation.

When he had mentioned making soup out of the stupid bird earlier, it was just something said in a fit of anger. In his memory, parrots weren't like pigeons; they probably weren't very suitable for making soup.

Of course, if she really wanted to try it, it wasn't impossible to make...

“Forget it. This stupid bird doesn't have much meat on it anyway.”

Long Yue considered for a moment, then released the cockatiel from her hand with a look of disgust and dragged her weary body back to the bedroom.

“Sigh... is there really no other way to go back…”

Long Yue let out a deep sigh and fell back onto the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling.

The ginseng was just an ordinary medicinal herb, and the talking parrot could only repeat a few simple words and had nothing to do with having its intelligence awakened by spiritual energy. Another lead for finding spiritual energy had gone cold. What other way was there to find where spiritual energy existed in this world so she could recover?

The more Long Yue thought about it, the more troubled and weary she felt, and her expression couldn't help but become melancholy.

Should I go back to that road and try my luck with a car?

Maybe if I'm lucky, just as the Demon Sovereign said, I'll get hit and suddenly transmigrate back to the Immortal-Demon Continent?

But if my luck is bad, I'll probably end up in pieces, and I might not even be able to be put back together...

Just as she was feeling sad and melancholy, her gaze happened to fall upon the blue sky and distant mountains outside the window. A flash of inspiration struck her mind, and she sat bolt upright with a kip-up.

“Demon Sovereign! This Empress has suddenly thought of another way to restore spiritual energy!”

“What way do you have now?” Lin Fan asked curiously.

How has she thought of another way in such a short time...

“Hmph hmph~”

Long Yue let out two triumphant hums and said mysteriously:

“And that is... to go mountain climbing!”

“Mountain climbing?”

Lin Fan frowned, looking even more confused.

“This is something you wouldn't understand, Demon Sovereign.”

“As the saying goes, in the beginning of chaos, heaven and earth were born. The spiritual energy of the world is mostly concentrated in the ethereal heavens above and across the vast earth below!”

“The purer and denser the spiritual energy, the more concentrated it tends to be either deep within the earth or high in the celestial clouds!”

“If the spiritual energy isn't deposited deep in the earth, then it is most likely hidden high up in the sky!”

Long Yue explained patiently, as if she had transformed into a teacher.

Lin Fan understood Long Yue's meaning, but he still raised a doubt:

“As you said, Empress, if the spiritual energy is concentrated in the clouds, I can just fly up there right now to verify if it's true. Why the need to specifically go mountain climbing?”

“This is something you don't understand either, Demon Sovereign~”

Long Yue seemed to have known he would ask this. The corners of her mouth lifted into a teasing, triumphant smile.

“When the world was in its primordial chaos, the first spirits of heaven and earth to be born were the spirits of nature.”

“The spirits of nature created the land and the oceans in the chaotic world, which is how heaven and earth were divided. Afterwards, they further shaped a prosperous age of nature upon the land with beautiful mountains and rivers.”

“With this prosperous age of nature, flowers and plants representing the meaning of life began to sprout. With plants as their food, birds and beasts were born, and thus the spirits of all creation came to be!”

“High mountains stand tall between heaven and earth. Below, they can use the earth's spirit to nurture the beautiful landscape and make all things flourish. Above, they can touch the spirits of the heavens, which are unreachable by all other things in the world!”

As she spoke, a regretful expression of 'how did I only think of this now' appeared on Long Yue's face.

If you had to say where in the world spiritual energy was most likely to exist, it would have to be in the mountains and forests of nature where the spirits of all creation originated. And most spiritual energy either settles deep in the earth to nurture earthly treasures, or condenses in the heavens to create heavenly materials.

Since no spiritual energy was found in the ginseng, an earthly treasure, then the only remaining possibility is upon the mountain peaks, the pinnacles of nature!

Hearing this, Lin Fan had a flash of realization.

“After all that, to sum it up in one sentence, you think it's more likely for spiritual energy to exist on a mountain peak?”

“Correct! This Empress will go post an announcement for a leave of absence right now. Let's set off immediately!”

Long Yue pointed triumphantly at Lin Fan, a blazing hope reignited in her heart.

If everything is as she expects, then perhaps the hope of returning is right before her eyes!

At this thought, she could no longer contain her excitement. She excitedly pulled out a suitcase and began to stuff clothes and various snacks into it.

“Two sets of clothes should be enough…”

“Prepare a few snacks, but not too many, This Empress is still on a diet…”

“Oh, right, I almost forgot the power bank and charging cable! Can't forget those!”

“…”

Watching Long Yue busy herself with packing while muttering to herself, Lin Fan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

This looks more like she's preparing to go on a trip than to search for spiritual energy…

“So, Empress, there are so many mountains in the world. Which one are you planning to go to?”

“You at least have to tell me first, so I can prepare and buy the tickets in advance.”

“Oh, right, I almost forgot!”

Reminded by Lin Fan, Long Yue turned around with an embarrassed smile and opened her phone, finding a mountain climbing video she had once seen on a short-video app.

“This Empress plans to go here!”

“I heard this place is known as the 'Number One Mountain Under Heaven' in this country. It looks pretty tall, so maybe there's a clue to spiritual energy on its peak!”

“Mount Tai, huh…”

Seeing the location in the video, Lin Fan's brow secretly furrowed.

What kind of place was Mount Tai? It was a national 5A-level scenic area, a place where thousands upon thousands of tourists go to climb.

Who knows how many people have reached the summit of Mount Tai by now. If it really contained spiritual energy as she said, it would have been discovered long ago.

A place that contains spiritual energy will, to some extent, invisibly affect its surroundings. On the Immortal-Demon Continent, due to the immense spiritual energy between heaven and earth, everything from mountains and rivers to plants and trees grew especially lush and large. Many heavenly materials and earthly treasures were even born from it, and all living things had their intelligence awakened, and so on.

If spiritual energy really existed on the peak of Mount Tai, similar rumors should have been circulating.

Evidently, he had never heard any such reports regarding Mount Tai…

“What's wrong?”

Noticing Lin Fan's hesitant expression, as if he wanted to say something but was stopping himself, Long Yue looked at him with confusion.

“It's nothing. I'll go ahead and buy the tickets and book a hotel now.”

Faced with Long Yue's question, Lin Fan hesitated for a moment, then smiled and shook his head, taking out his phone to buy tickets and book a hotel.

Seeing her so full of excitement and hope, he thought for a moment and ultimately decided not to discourage her any further.

Besides, maybe spiritual energy really did exist on the peak of Mount Tai, but it was just too thin to have attracted anyone's attention.

Going to confirm it in person, even if they didn't find any spiritual energy there, they could just treat it as a trip to go hiking. That wasn't a bad option either.

The only thing that made him a little worried was that if, when the time came, they didn't find any clues of spiritual energy on the mountain peak, she would probably be very disappointed…

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