Looking again at the remaining formation traces, Mu Jinyu roughly guessed that this should be a teleportation array.

As for the person who had been plotting secretly in Qinling earlier, they had probably already escaped the teleportation point by now.

Even though he guessed that there might not be any clues left, Mu Jinyu still decided to give it a try.

What if the person on the other side hasn't left yet?

With Mu Jinyu's formation skills, although he had never seen this teleportation array before and it was about two-thirds destroyed, he still managed to repair it in five minutes.

"Buzz."

After placing about ten superior-grade spirit stones into the formation map grooves, the teleportation array was activated, revealing a void passage.

"There's such a teleportation array? Interesting."

Seeing the void passage appear, Mu Jinyu raised an eyebrow, then stepped in without hesitation.

"Whoosh!"

"Buzz!"

After a slight tremor, Mu Jinyu found himself in a desolate village.

"Swish!"

He spread out his divine sense, scanned, and found no figures, then noticed that this place was not far from Qinling.

"Did they really run away?"

Mu Jinyu murmured softly without disappointment, as he was mentally prepared.

Then, Mu Jinyu took to the air again, flying back towards Qinling.

"Hmm? Dragon Master... why are you coming from this direction?"

When Mu Jinyu flew back to Qinling again, Xia Ruochen and others, who were anxiously waiting outside Qinling for good news from Mu Jinyu, were stunned when they saw him coming from outside instead of inside Qinling. They asked in surprise.

Their eyes on Mu Jinyu were filled with confusion, bewilderment, puzzlement, and a hint of suspicion.

They were puzzled in their hearts, secretly guessing whether the Mu Jinyu who went inside was an imposter, or was this one an imposter?

Mu Jinyu casually explained, "I found out some things inside Qinling, someone was targeting the Qinling Dragon Vein, and I happened to see a teleportation array, so I went to check it out, but unfortunately, I didn't find anyone."

"Is that so?"

Upon hearing this, everyone felt relieved, then tensed up again.

Someone targeting the Qinling Dragon Vein—what exactly happened? Was there any major issue?

Just as they wanted to question Mu Jinyu further, he casually said, "Let's go, talk while we move. I've dealt with the controlled python inside."

With that, he took the lead and flew back into Qinling.

Xia Ruochen and the others, filled with doubts, followed Mu Jinyu inside.

On the way, Mu Jinyu also informed Xia Ruochen about the various issues he discovered inside.

Xia Ruochen was shocked to learn that the Fanxu Realm python demon beast had been secretly controlled, recollecting the recent anomalies when attacking Qinling, and felt it indeed made sense.

Then, they learned that someone had used the python demon beast's life at the cost of the Qinling Dragon Vein, causing issues with the dragon vein, and became even more nervous.

"Dragon King, most of the dragon vein has been plundered, will this cause problems?"

Xia Ruochen asked anxiously and nervously.

His question was not just whether they could still use the Qinling Dragon Vein to mature the spiritual medicine, but also whether it would cause issues for the entire Qinling mountains.

If it was the latter, that would be a very serious problem.

"There shouldn't be any major problems, but it will slow down the production speed of the maturity accelerating spirit liquid, and for the dragon vein to recover, it will probably take many years..."

Mu Jinyu said, with a tone of resignation.

If he had known someone was plotting secretly in Qinling, he wouldn't have allowed Xia Ruochen and the others to attack Qinling; he would have come to arrange it himself.

Even though he came a few days earlier, it couldn't reverse the damage to the Qinling Dragon Vein, given that the person plotting had been targeting Qinling for at least half a year. But at least, he could have left more of the dragon vein intact, right?

And he might have caught the culprit directly and found out what they were trying to achieve and whether they could recover the part of the dragon vein they took.

As it stands now, it's too late, and finding the mastermind has become much more difficult.

Soon, Mu Jinyu led Xia Ruochen and the others back to the folded space of Qinling.

It was Xia Ruochen's first time here, and they were awed by the grandeur of the complete Qinling Mountain Range. Seeing that Mu Jinyu didn't stay, they quickly followed.

Before long, Mu Jinyu arrived at his previous location and stomped his foot, forcing the Qinling Dragon Vein to manifest.

"This..."

Xia Ruochen and the others looked at the severed snake bone regretfully, feeling that a fine magic treasure was gone. But upon seeing the miserable state of the Qinling Dragon Vein, they all gasped.

Having heard from Mu Jinyu that much of the Qinling Dragon Vein had been stolen, they had no concrete idea until they saw its condition and were shocked and angry, finally understanding Mu Jinyu's words.

If the dragon vein were extracted, the entire mountain range would collapse, and Qinling is the dragon vein of Huaxia, dividing the north and south. In winter, it blocks the cold air from the north; in summer, it blocks the humid sea wind from the south, thus creating clear differences in climate, rivers, vegetation, soil, and crops between the northern and southern regions.

If Qinling collapses, the consequences would be catastrophic, turning all of Huaxia upside down!

"Dragon Master, is there any way to save it?"

Xia Ruochen hurriedly asked Mu Jinyu anxiously.

Their original intention was to use the dragon vein qi of Qinling to produce life source energy to mature spiritual medicine, without harming the Qinling Dragon Vein.

Seeing the major problem with the Qinling Dragon Vein, they undoubtedly felt obligated to do their best to save it.

Mu Jinyu shook his head slightly, uncertainly, "I'm not sure if it can be saved, but the problem might not be severe. If people are assigned to protect the dragon vein from further damage, the scars should fade after hundreds of years."

Seeing the disappointed expressions on Xia Ruochen and the others, Mu Jinyu thought for a while and said, "I'll give it a try, not sure if it will work."

"Thank you, Dragon Master." Xia Ruochen and the others, hearing Mu Jinyu, perked up and responded immediately.

Mu Jinyu nodded gently, then performed "True Dragon Mystic Taoism," attempting to gather the scattered dragon qi from Qinling to hasten the dragon vein's recovery.

"Boom!"

"Wow!!"

Believe it or not, it actually worked.

Suddenly, waves of dragon qi swarmed toward Mu Jinyu, the vast amount of dragon qi almost crushing his bones!

"Damn, so much of it?"

Mu Jinyu saw this and quickly stopped performing "True Dragon Mystic Taoism."

However, Xia Ruochen and the others couldn't feel the dragon qi; they only sensed a massive oppressive force just now, thinking it was one of Mu Jinyu's techniques, and intently watched him, awaiting his next move.

After stopping "True Dragon Mystic Taoism," Mu Jinyu's face lit up with delight. After a brief contemplation, he had a concrete plan to save the Qinling Dragon Vein.

"Roar!!"

Instantly, a loud and high dragon roar echoed.

A nearly hundred-zhang-long Five-Clawed Golden Dragon surged from behind Mu Jinyu, filling the entire sky.

"Damn, what's that?"

"Is it a true dragon, coming out from the Dragon Master?"

Xia Ruochen and his subordinates were astonished and awed as they watched Mu Jinyu.

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