plumnovel Chapter 18 A Journey to Wuyi
Chapter 18 A Journey to Wuyi
After leaving the Qingheishan Dojo, which he had meticulously cultivated for tens of thousands of years, Xuan Yao transformed into a streak of light and sped southward.
At this time, in the primordial world, Dao Ancestor Hongjun had only become a saint tens of thousands of years ago, and was still preaching in the Zixiao Palace.
While Wuyi Mountain may not yet be considered a renowned mountain that commands respect from all directions, it has attracted a large number of independent cultivators due to its beautiful scenery and abundant spiritual energy, and thus has gained some fame.
Xuan Yao knew that his purpose in coming here was to seek a connection, not to cause trouble.
Therefore, throughout the journey, he consistently pushed the breath-concealing method in "The True Explanation of the Golden Palace Mysterious Demon" to its limit.
Like an ordinary wandering Taoist priest, he mingled among the vast and boundless masses of beings in the primordial world.
It has gone through a long period of time, crossing countless impoverished mountains and treacherous places.
Xuan Yao finally stepped into the territory of Wuyi Mountain.
As soon as he entered the mountain, Xuan Yao keenly sensed that this place was completely different from ordinary blessed lands of immortals.
The sacred mountains of the Xikunlun lineage, whether inner or outer, are filled with pure energy, strict rules, and orderly conduct, exuding the solemnity and majesty of a great sect.
However, Wuyi Mountain exudes a strong sense of chaos!
There is no unified and powerful force here to suppress the local area and set the rules.
Among the mountains stretching for hundreds of millions of miles, there are many rogue cultivators with no background, demon cultivators who occupy the mountains as kings, and even those strange species with unusual bloodlines, each occupying their own corner.
On the surface, everyone seemed to be living in peace, each absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in their own territory.
In reality, Xuan Yao's discerning eye could clearly see that beneath the calm surface, undercurrents were surging, and there was mutual probing and wariness everywhere.
The slightest disturbance, such as the emergence of a spiritual treasure or spiritual root somewhere, or a powerful rogue cultivator being seriously injured in a battle, could cause such a disturbance.
It could very well escalate into a brutal and chaotic scene of murder and robbery in the blink of an eye!
Faced with such a complex situation, Xuan Yao did not rush around digging and searching like those hotheads after entering the mountain, relying on his late-stage Xuanxian cultivation.
He knew that places that nurtured top-grade innate spiritual treasures and spiritual roots must be concealed by a great array of heaven and earth, or secretly occupied by some extremely powerful being.
If you act rashly, you will not only miss the opportunity.
On the contrary, it is very likely to alert the enemy and even bring about a fatal disaster.
So Xuan Yao patiently waited.
He spent hundreds of years wandering among the various peaks surrounding Wuyi Mountain.
He pretended to be a newly arrived rogue cultivator, spending his days searching for ordinary spiritual herbs and ores in the mountains and forests, and occasionally exchanging trivial information with other rogue cultivators struggling at the bottom.
Through hundreds of years of covert investigation, Xuan Yao quickly gained a clear understanding of the general layout of Wuyi Mountain.
Indeed, there are many powerful cultivators who have long resided in these mountains, each with their own cave dwellings.
Among them is a mountain lord, a powerful demon who rules over hundreds of thousands of lesser demons.
There are also wandering Taoist priests who wear Taoist robes and hold whisks, but are actually ruthless and cruel.
Those who have managed to secure a place in the Wuyi Mountains are all highly skilled in cultivation!
Their strength far surpasses that of Xuan Yao today.
In addition, there are some extremely annoying unorthodox practitioners in Wuyi Mountain.
They do not revise the law, but they are extremely adept at finding clues, discovering treasures, and concealing their whereabouts.
These people specialize in wandering around the mountains, taking advantage of others' battles where both sides are severely injured, making them difficult to guard against.
Xuan Yao was not surprised at all; on the contrary, he thought it was perfectly normal.
Since Wuyi Mountain is capable of nurturing extraordinary treasures like the Luobao Coin and the Enlightenment Tea Tree in the future, the surrounding natural energy and spiritual veins must be exceptional.
It is in line with the common sense of the primordial world that a large number of rogue cultivators and demon kings have been entrenched here for many years, vying for spiritual energy.
If such a blessed place were completely deserted, Xuan Yao would doubt whether he had come to the wrong place, or whether some kind of terrifying monster capable of devouring everything was hidden there.
It wasn't until thousands of years later, after exploring the Wuyi Mountains, that this was achieved.
On this day, Xuan Yao strolled into a seemingly ordinary mountain valley.
"what?"
Xuan Yao suddenly stopped in his tracks.
Just a moment ago, in a moment of sudden inspiration, he actually sensed an extremely faint trace of innate energy!
Xuan Yao calmly surveyed his surroundings.
The place was surrounded by mountains on all sides, with a lot of scattered rocks and withered ancient vines on the outer perimeter. On the surface, the spiritual energy seemed ordinary, even a bit thinner than some of the surrounding peaks.
Just as Xuan Yao was preparing to use his earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a technique used to escape into the earth) technique to further explore the depths of the earth veins.
Trouble, however, came knocking on our door.
Wuyi Mountain was not, after all, his own sacred ground, which was heavily protected by array formations.
Since you've come here to search for treasure, you're bound to encounter some inconsiderate obstacles, like flies.
"Halt! You Taoist priest in the blue robe, which mountain are you from?"
Accompanied by an extremely arrogant shout.
Three streaks of light swept down from a nearby mountain peak, landing on the clouds not far in front of Xuan Yao. They transformed into three rogue cultivators with sinister faces, forming a triangular formation that blocked Xuan Yao's path.
Xuan Yao slightly raised his eyes, his gaze calmly sweeping over the three of them.
They were just three rogue cultivators who had barely reached the True Immortal level.
The three of them were searching for spiritual herbs in the nearby mountains and forests when they spotted Xuan Yao from afar.
Seeing that Xuan Yao's aura was extremely well concealed, only revealing a faint fluctuation of magical power, and that his origin was unknown, and that he was wandering alone in this desolate mountain valley, his behavior was suspicious.
These three rogue cultivators, who had spent years practicing in the Wuyi Mountains, immediately began to test the waters.
"Look at your shifty eyes, have you found some treasure in this mountain valley and want to keep it all for yourself?"
One of the rogue cultivators, who was extremely thin, stepped forward.
He sized Xuan Yao up and down, his eyes full of disdain, and said with a cold smile:
"If you know what's good for you, then obediently hand over the storage magic item in your hand so that your grandfathers can inspect it."
If there's really something good, and the grandfathers are in a good mood, they might even leave you with a whole corpse!
The other two rogue cultivators also summoned their magical artifacts, looking at Xuan Yao with mocking expressions.
Xuan Yao looked at these three ignorant ants, a hint of displeasure flashing in his eyes.
"court death!"
He suddenly raised one hand.
"Whoosh—!"
A dark streak of light suddenly shot out from his sleeve!
It was that mid-grade acquired spiritual treasure flying fork that had been refined by the feathers of the spirit crane and had long been perfected by him!
The flying fork was thrown with lightning speed.
The gaunt, arrogant cultivator who had just been shouting hadn't even had time to wipe the sneer off his face.
I only felt a flash of golden light before my eyes.
"Pfft!"
A muffled thud.
The dark gold flying fork instantly pierced through his protective spiritual light, entering straight from his brow and exiting through the back of his head!
The immense penetrating force sent his body flying backward several meters, and with a bang, it pinned him firmly to the hard cliff face behind him!
Fresh blood gushed down the cliff face.
The gaunt, rogue cultivator stared wide-eyed, dying with his eyes wide open, his very soul shattered by the attack.
"not good!!"
The remaining two rogue cultivators were terrified upon seeing this, their hearts pounding with fear.
They never expected that this seemingly ordinary Taoist priest in green robes would be so ruthless and decisive in his actions, and that the power of his magical treasures would be so terrifying!
The two cried out in alarm and hurriedly tried to summon their magical weapons to defend themselves. At the same time, they turned and fled for their lives.
However, would Xuan Yao give them that opportunity?
He took a step forward.
The Black Tiger's true form's formidable explosive power was fully revealed at this moment.
His figure vanished from the spot like a ghost, and in the next instant he was already in front of the two rogue cultivators.
Xuan Yao remained expressionless, extending both hands simultaneously.
The hand, enveloped in terrifying magical power, slapped down on the chests of the two rogue cultivators!
"Snap! Snap!"
The chests of the two True Immortal cultivators instantly collapsed, their heart meridians shattered on the spot by that overwhelming force!
"puff--"
Both men coughed up blood and flew backward like broken sacks, crashing heavily to the ground. They twitched a couple of times before losing consciousness.
It only took a few breaths to go through.
Three powerful and arrogant cultivators who had been terrorizing Mount Wuyi all perished here.
Xuan Yao remained calm as he walked to the three corpses and skillfully collected their scattered magical artifacts, as well as the three still somewhat useful remains of True Immortals.