“Still no sign of that immortal crane…”
On the Mountain Peak, He Xiuyuan was roasting a freshly cleaned wild chicken, looking at the distant clouds with no movement.
Seeing this, He Xiuyuan sighed.
It had been more than two months since he came to this mountain, but He Xiuyuan still hadn't seen that immortal crane.
He didn't know if the child at that time had seen it wrong, or if He Xiuyuan simply didn't have the Opportunity.
By the time the distant sun had completely set, He Xiuyuan still hadn't seen the so-called immortal crane.
Seeing this, He Xiuyuan roasted the meat over the fire until it sizzled with oil, then sprinkled some fine salt before he began to eat.
It had been more than two months since he arrived here, and the weather had already begun to warm up.
He Xiuyuan's dried provisions were all eaten, so he could only hunt wild game to fill his stomach.
After eating, He Xiuyuan casually cleaned up the Mountain Peak, then sat cross-legged and continued to Cultivate.
As the surrounding Spiritual Qi, like a gentle breeze, gathered around He Xiuyuan, various birds soon flew over and landed all around He Xiuyuan.
For these birds, they didn't understand much; they simply instinctively flew here, feeling very comfortable staying here.
After these birds flew in a circle around He Xiuyuan's body, they all landed on the edges around He Xiuyuan and began to rest.
The next day.
When He Xiuyuan opened his eyes, he saw countless birds gathered around him.
It must be said that among these birds, some were extremely beautiful, with feathers like silk, bright and vibrant.
Some of these birds had as many as five or six colors on their bodies.
“This one, it should be a Resplendent Quetzal, right?”
He Xiuyuan looked at a bird on a nearby branch, its long tail like a Phoenix tail, constantly swaying in the gentle breeze.
With such an appearance, if there really were divine birds like Azure Luan in this world, they would probably be quite similar to this bird.
He Xiuyuan sat on a stone, quietly admiring for a moment, then stood up.
The birds nearby were not afraid; perhaps they had been here for a long time and knew that He Xiuyuan would not harm them.
However, after the Spiritual Qi dissipated for a moment, these birds still flew away in all directions.
He Xiuyuan went to the spring to simply wash up, then came to the edge of the cliff.
The distant sun had already risen, but today's Mount Shi Fang were different from usual; a thick mist gathered below the Mountain Peak, surging like waves.
He Xiuyuan looked at the continuously rolling clouds and mist, feeling as if he were in the heavens at this moment.
Looking at the clouds and mist so close at hand, a strange feeling arose in He Xiuyuan's heart, wanting to step onto them and then ascend on the clouds and mist.
With such a feeling arising in his heart, He Xiuyuan shook his head, casting aside this thought, but he immersed his mind within it, feeling the changes around him.
As He Xiuyuan's mind gradually merged into it, his figure seemed to be carried away by the wind.
It is said that cultivators can travel by controlling the wind. He Xiuyuan mused that if he could grasp even a little of this, he might be able to achieve this step.
As He Xiuyuan opened his mind, carefully feeling the surrounding mountains and clouds, he tried hard to merge his mind into them.
But for some reason, when he tried to merge his mind into them, he always felt as if there was some kind of barrier between them.
Or rather, an invisible barrier.
He Xiuyuan did not have the key and could not open this door.
After trying for a long time, this barrier in front of him still could not be crossed.
After a long while, He Xiuyuan sighed and withdrew his mind.
If he wasn't mistaken, without Cultivating this Spell, it would likely be impossible for him to learn this Wind Manipulation Technique on his own.
Of course, if He Xiuyuan had enough time and pondered it in secret, perhaps with enough time, he might even find the method within it.
He Xiuyuan awoke from his meditative state, and the rolling clouds and mist in front of him had disappeared.
In their place was still the continuous landscape painting.
The wild game caught yesterday had been eaten, so He Xiuyuan set off down the mountain, preparing to catch another prey to fill his stomach.
“Otherwise, should I catch a few wild chickens and bring them up? And plant some wild vegetables?”
He Xiuyuan, after descending the mountain using the Water Manipulation Technique, pondered in his heart.
He didn't know how long he would stay on this mountain, but if he raised a few chickens, he would have eggs to eat later.
As for planting some wild vegetables, it was quite simple; he just needed to give some Spiritual Qi to the wild vegetables, and they should grow very well.
Additionally, he could also plant some fruit trees.
Later, whatever he wanted to eat, he would plant a little, and this mountain would become his Dao field.
However, he still had to go to the East Sea later, and He Xiuyuan was unsure how long he would stay here.
“Forget it, I've already been here for more than two months. I'll just plant a few things; they won't die anyway.”
He Xiuyuan thought for a moment and then decided to plant some things on the mountain.
No sooner said than done.
He Xiuyuan traveled by Water Manipulation Technique and quickly found some fruit trees like bayberries and lychees.
After some effort, He Xiuyuan pulled these fruit trees and flew up the mountain, then dug pits on the mountain and planted these fruit trees one by one.
As for the wild chickens, He Xiuyuan managed to find a few.
Originally, catching these wild chickens was a bit difficult, but after He Xiuyuan flicked out a few balls of Spiritual Qi, these wild chickens obediently came forward.
After three days of such work, the entire Mountain Peak was transformed.
The fruit trees looked extremely neat, planted in rows, not many, only two of each kind. Near the spring, there was a well-dug vegetable garden.
Inside, some wild vegetables and mushrooms were planted.
Fortunately, He Xiuyuan recognized these things from his previous life, otherwise, he wouldn't have known how to distinguish them.
Meanwhile, the five or six wild chickens nearby had already come to their senses, and with a slight panic, they constantly flapped their wings, clucking and running wildly on this Mountain Peak, trying to escape.
However, this Mountain Peak was too high; although wild chickens could fly, trying to fly down from such a height would only result in them falling to their death.
So, after a series of frantic clucking, these wild chickens soon gathered together again, cautiously looking around.
“If I were to build a fence, it would become a small farmhouse courtyard.”
He Xiuyuan wiped his sweat, feeling quite tired.
He didn't know if it was during the transplanting process that something wasn't taken care of, as the leaves on several fruit trees had turned a bit yellow.
Seeing this, He Xiuyuan threw some Spiritual Qi onto the fruit trees, and only then did he see the fruit trees recover somewhat.
“Done!”
Looking at what he had accomplished, a hint of joy appeared between He Xiuyuan's brows.
This place, he could definitely come back and live here for a few years in the future.
