Zhang Ruochen stepped out from the chariot and grabbed his hands into the void, the spatial structure twisted once again, and the originally closed path reopened back to its original form.
Qing Mo looked dumbfounded, other cultivators, even if their cultivation level was higher, it would be difficult for them to possess such a means, saying, “Sir Zhang, is this the power of space?”
Zhang Ruochen nodded and said, “The power of space is infinite in its wonders, even if it is just a single move of spatial distortion, it still requires me to spend a long time to study it.”
Right now, Zhang Ruochen was only in preliminary control of Spatial Distortion, but he was taking a big step on the path of the Spatial Way, and was considered to have been initiated.
The three of them continued on their journey, and at dusk, they finally entered the territory of Black Wind County, arriving at the cloud-covered Immortal Machine Mountain.
According to what the wine madman had said, that Saint Master of the Dan Dao was living in seclusion in the Immortal Machine Mountain.
Immortal Machine Mountain, one of the famous mountains in the Northern Region, in the Middle Ages, it was the dojo of a first-class sect, with tens of millions of cultivators cultivating here, with an abundance of spiritual qi and rich resources, it was definitely a holy land.
Standing at the bottom of the mountain, looking upwards, the mountains were rolling, there were hundreds of peaks hidden behind the clouds and mist, occasionally there were the hissing sounds of savage beasts coming out from the clouds and mist, giving off an ethereal and mysterious feeling.
“Now, which force is entrenched in Immortal Machine Mountain?”Zhang Ruochen asked Huang Yichen.
Not long ago, she had gone to poke around, so she should have some understanding of Immortal Machine Mountain.
Huang Yichen pondered for a moment and said, “Immortal Machine Mountain, during the Middle Ages, was the dojo of the Northern Region’s number one sect, the Immortal Machine Sect. The Immortal Machine Sect was destroyed during the great turmoil at the end of the Middle Ages, and after the great turmoil ended, there were some forces that wanted to ascend the Immortal Machine Mountain and occupy this cultivation mecca. Unfortunately, all of them failed and suffered heavy losses instead.”
“The people know that Immortal Machine Mountain possesses countless treasures left over from the Middle Ages, and even sacred medicines and some important legacies, yet, to this day, no power has been able to occupy this place.”
Zhang Ruochen felt amazed that such a holy land of cultivation could not be occupied, so how terrifying a force would have to be hidden in the mountain in order to make all the forces that had gone before and after to conquer this place return in defeat?
“What kind of ferocious danger is there in the Immortal Machine Mountain?”Zhang Ruochen asked.
Huang Yichen’s pair of beautiful eyes stared at Zhang Ruochen with unprecedented gravity as she said, “In the Northern Domain, there is a rumour circulating that, it is said that at the end of the Middle Ages, the Immortal Machine Sect was destroyed by a force from outside the domain.”
“Before its annihilation, the Immortal Machine Sect used a forbidden means to trap all of the powerhouses of that extra-territorial force in the Immortal Machine Mountain. Those forces that wanted to occupy the Immortal Machine Mountain all suffered bizarre and unpredictable attacks, suspected to be means left behind by the extraterrestrial powerhouse.”
This rumour really surprised Zhang Ruochen, saying, “A force from outside the domain was able to exterminate one of the top sects of the Kunlun Realm? Even if it’s a superior market realm that consolidates the power of a realm, I’m afraid it doesn’t have such strength.”
The Green Dragon Market Realm was already a superior market realm, quite brilliant and flourishing, but there was still no way to compare it to the top sects of the Kunlun Realm.
Huang Yixian was silent for a moment before adding, “It wasn’t an upper-grade market realm, it was said that it was a great world comparable to the Kunlun Realm, and even more powerful than the Kunlun Realm. The great turmoil during the Middle Ages was, most likely, related to that great world.”
Zhang Ruochen remained calm, however, a small ripple was still born in his heart as he said, “For such a big event, it’s impossible that there are no records above the historical documents. Even if there really is a great world as powerful as the Kunlun Realm, I’m afraid that it’s still in the depths of the universe, and it’s simply impossible for it to reach the Kunlun Realm on a large scale.”
Huang Yichen revealed a light smile and said, “It’s all just rumours, how can it be taken completely seriously. There’s even a rumour that there’s a Demon God that hasn’t died in Immortal Machine Mountain, can that be taken seriously as well?”
There were many rumours about the Immortal Machine Mountain, and some of them, even if a Saint heard them, would set off huge waves in their hearts.
Regardless of whether those rumours were true or not, at least one thing was certain, this place was quite treacherous and was definitely not some Immortal Mountain Holy Land.
“That Saint Master of the Dan Dao, how could he be secluded in such a place? It’s really strange.”Qing Mo said.
Zhang Ruochen’s heart was also filled with questions, however, he still trusted the Wine Crazy Man quite a bit, so he shouldn’t have named a Death Jedi to pit him.
Suddenly, Zhang Ruochen had an inkling and sensed a powerful Holy Qi fluctuation, saying, “A supreme expert is rushing towards Immortal Machine Mountain.”
Zhang Ruochen, Huang Yichen, and Qing Mo’s figures flashed and rushed into into Immortal Machine Mountain, hiding in a cloud.
Immediately after, the twelve white Buddha beads on Zhang Ruochen’s wrists emerged with white light, completely wrapping the three of them.
The twelve Buddha beads were treasures refined by the Buddha Emperor, which could conceal the aura of their bodies.
A moment later, a crimson cloud haze flew from the sky, descended from the heavens, and landed at the bottom of Immortal Machine Mountain.
In the cloud haze, twelve soldiers wearing white battle armour came out, all young and beautiful women, not vases, the Saint Dao aura emanating from them were all quite strong, none of them were weak.
“What a powerful army, from which power exactly?”
Zhang Ruochen felt a bit alarmed as the twelve women were not ordinary cultivators, but twelve Female Saints. The auras on their bodies were very similar and intertwined with each other, and any two, three, or four …… of them could be combined into a battle formation. The power of all twelve female saints seemed to be able to overlap in everything.
In the Kunlun Realm, a force that could possess twelve saints was already quite a huge force, enough to reign supreme in a territory.
The twelve female saints in front of them, however, were even more remarkable, not only were they young and beautiful, they cultivated exactly the same techniques, but they also stood in an orderly manner, obviously having undergone strict training since childhood and knowing how to co-ordinate with each other, it was not something that could be compared to just twelve saints.
Even if it was the Seven Great Ancient Sects, it would be extremely difficult to cultivate such twelve Saints.
A beautiful woman wearing the Phoenix Flame Saint Armour walked out from the fire clouds and stood in front of the twelve female saints. The aura on this woman’s body was even more remarkable, and compared to Zhu Qingyi.
Her face was extremely beautiful, her body was shapely, a pair of puffy peaks were extraordinarily full and straight, her long reddish hair was as if flames were burning, she carried a holy sword on her back, and her pair of eyes were cold and sharp and intimidating, she was practically a beautiful female Martial God.
“It’s her.”Huang Yichen read out a sentence in a low voice.
“Who?”Zhang Ruochen asked.
“The close guard of the Empress, one of the Nine Heavenly Xuanwu, Cang Lan Martial Saint, ranked number one among the Nine Heavenly Xuanwu in terms of battle prowess. At the Zi Wei Palace, when I paid my respects to the Empress, I had met her once. Speaking of which, the Cang Lan Martial Saint and you also have some relationship.”Huang Yichen said.
“What relationship can there be with me?”Zhang Ruochen said.
Huang Yichen said, “She is one of the six sword bearers of the Underworld Sword Mound, the sword bearer of the Burning Sky Sword lineage. However, the Burning Sky Sword has been lost, seized by the Qingtian Clan’s generation of wizards, Stu Feng Cheng.”
Zhang Ruochen had heard of the Canglan Martial Saint’s name, and from the Sacred Talent Maidens and Divine Maidens of the Sifu that he had come into contact with, he could probably guess how powerful she was.
However, it was really a bit unbelievable that the Qingtian Clan still had a wizard who was able to snatch the Burning Sky Sword from her hands.
Seeing that Zhang Ruochen was a bit surprised, Huang Yichen added another sentence and said, “Stu Fengcheng is the eldest disciple of the Middle Winning King and Zhu Qingyi’s senior brother, his natural talent is much higher than even the Prince of the Green Heaven, and many people believe that his achievements will surpass the Middle Winning King and become the next Blood Emperor.”
“What an era of geniuses.”
Zhang Ruochen sighed, but there wasn’t much ups and downs in his heart, after all, whether it was Canglan Martial Saint and Zhu Qingyi, or Stuart Fengcheng, all of them had been cultivating for far longer than him.
At his age, he had such a powerful strength, I’m afraid that Canglan Martial Saint, Zhu Qingyi, and Stu Fengcheng also had a great sense of urgency, and the slightest slacking off would result in them being surpassed.
Huang Yichen added: ”The twelve female saints who follow Canglan Martial Saint should be the White Feather Twelve Saints among the seventy-two palace female saints. They were once just palace maids beside the Empress, but later stood out and cultivated to the Saint realm, and their status and position are naturally different.”
The women who were able to enter the Zi Wei Palace as palace maids already had extraordinary identities, and almost all of them were the proud daughters of the heavens of the major families and gateways.
Plus, the Zi Wei Palace could be called the place with the most abundant heaven and earth aura in the entire Kunlun Realm, and it was only normal for some of the best among them to be able to cultivate into sainthood.
Right at this moment, there was another huge fluctuation of Saint Qi that flew in from the distance.
Only to see, dozens of black evil mists flew between the mountains, then reunited and condensed into a demonic woman wearing a black veil on her face, which was none other than Zhu Qingyi.
“Rumble.”
On the ground, an ear-splitting sound of breaking wind resounded.
A total of four Blood Saints flew over and landed behind Zhu Qingyi, all of them were ferocious in appearance, and when they landed on the ground, the soil in this region turned blood red, as if they were able to seep out blood.
Zhu Qingyi’s pair of eyes carried a cold smile as he said, “It’s really unexpected that for the sake of the Sacred Transformation Pill formula in the hands of Ancient Pine Child, even the lofty Nine Heavenly Xuan Maiden has personally rushed to the Red River Mansion.”
The Canglan Martial Saint said, “I came to the Red River Mansion not only to fetch the formula for the Sacred Transformation Pill, but also to retrieve the Burning Sky Sword.”
“The Burning Sky Sword is in the hands of Eldest Senior Brother, but, with your cultivation, I’m afraid you’ll never be able to retrieve it.”Zhu Qingyi said.
The Canglan Martial Saint stared towards the four Blood Saints behind Zhu Qingyi and said, “I do admire your courage when you dare to barge into the hinterland of the Red River Mansion with such a few Blood Saints. Since you’re here, don’t leave!”
“You think this is the Central Imperial City and it’s all up to you? In the Hongchuan Prefecture, the rules should be changed.”
Zhu Qingyi’s gaze, glancing outwards towards the sky, said, “Devil Heaven Tribe, Qi Heaven Tribe, and Feng Heaven Tribe, the cultivators of your three major tribes are still not showing up? As long as we join hands to capture a Nine Heavenly Mystical Maiden, it will be enough to heavily damage the morale of the imperial army.”
