Mu Lingshi, Princess Rakshasa, Qing Mo, Su Qingling, and Buji all followed Zhang Ruochen towards the ninety-nine holy mountains, and in front of them, there towered a tall and majestic Ancient Holy Mountain in the form of a tortoise, exuding a powerful icy cold aura.
Bu Ji looked at the snowflakes that kept falling down over the ancient holy mountain and felt bizarre, knowing that hundreds of miles away, the mountain of another holy mountain was burning with flames.
One cold and one hot, it was bizarre and unpredictable.
“If we go in from this one holy mountain, can we really reach the location where the wall of the Book of Merits is located?”Buji asked.
“To know the answer, we have to enter this Ancient Sacred Mountain first.”
Zhang Ruochen carried the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword and walked in the forefront.
He released his spiritual power and remained a hundred thousand percent alert, guarding against all sorts of unknown perils.
In the Ancient Sacred Mountain, a mysterious force shrouded them, and the further they walked, the rules of heaven and earth became denser and denser, and there was also an invisible force that fell on them, causing the gravity that they endured to grow stronger and stronger.
Just after walking for thirty miles, Zhang Ruochen felt that the gravity around them had already reached ten times that of the outside world.
All the cultivators all did not dare to take it lightly and followed closely behind Zhang Ruochen, treading on the ice and snow.
Su Qingling’s finger, pointing to a location on the waist of the Sacred Mountain, exclaimed, “Look, there’s an ice man there.”
The crowd all stopped in their tracks and looked in the direction that Su Qingling was pointing at.
The location where the ice man was located was more than fifty miles away from them, however, with a Saint’s eyesight, even with the layers of cold air blocking them, they could still see the ice man’s appearance.
It was a short old man, dressed in a dazzling patterned battle suit, his body sealed by the cold ice, standing there motionlessly.
A brilliant aura appeared in Buji’s eyes as he said, ”That is the sect leader of a great sect in the Blade Prison Realm, named Qiu Wanli, with a cultivation of the middle stage of Supreme Sage. Not long ago, in the Ancestral Spirit Realm, I even met him once and almost exchanged blows. It didn’t occur to me that he had already died inside this Cold Ice Sacred Mountain.”
“Are you sure that person is Qiu Wanli?”Su Qingling asked.
“Hmm.”
Bu Ji nodded cautiously.
Su Qingling had also heard of Qiu Wanli’s name and knew that it was a supreme powerhouse of the Blade and Prison Realm, and even such a powerful figure had died in the Holy Mountain, it was really difficult to remain optimistic.
“Qiu Wanli shouldn’t have entered the Sacred Mountain alone, most likely, the cultivators of the Blade Prison Realm, also projected that the Wall of Merit Book could be reached from here.”Zhang Ruochen said.
Su Qingling nodded and said, “I’ve long heard that the Knife Prison Realm’s realm’s son, White Clothes Fang Yi, is in the Giant Whale River Basin, yet no cultivator has ever seen him. It is not certain that Fang Yi has already entered the Sacred Mountain from here first. Everyone must be more careful, Fang Yi is a rather terrifying figure, once we encounter him, we must avoid him.”
Hearing this, Princess Rakshasa however let out a disdainful light laugh.
Su Qingling obviously hated the Rakshasa Princess, and with a humph, she stirred up the Holy Soul Domain, and at that moment, there were seventy-two auras of holy qi that presented themselves, wrapping her in the centre and defending herself first.
Princess Rakshasa’s eyes, stared towards Zhang Ruochen and said, “There is a group of Human Saints following us behind, should we take care of them first?”
Zhang Ruochen glanced behind him, then, shaking his head, he said, “Since they want to follow, let them follow!”
The Nine Spectres Sword Saint and his three major disciples followed behind Zhang Ruochen and the others, roughly ten miles away from each other.
Wang Chuang’s figure emerged from the white flying snow, his eyes slightly glazed over as he said, “Master, Zhang Ruochen and that green-clothed demoness seem to have already spotted us.”
“With their cultivation, it would be a strange thing if they didn’t spot us. Since they didn’t make a move, let’s continue to follow them.”The Nine Peeps Sword Saint took a step forward and continued on his way.
About an hour later, Zhang Ruochen and the others travelled more than fifty miles and came to the location where that Ice Man had previously stood.
“Hehe, Qiu Wanli’s corpse, where did it go? It was right here earlier, how did it suddenly disappear into thin air?”
Qing Mo blinked her eyes and searched in all directions.
Even Zhang Ruochen and Princess Rakshasa revealed a grave expression as they stood in place, mobilising their spiritual power and carefully probing this space.
Obviously, they had already sensed that there was a great danger that was approaching over.
“Puffing.”
Beneath the thick snow, an extremely subtle sound rang out, much like an unknown creature grinding its teeth.
That sound, was constantly changing its position, with an incredibly fast degree. Suddenly, it appeared underneath Buji’s feet, followed by a snow-white pincer that poked out from underneath the snow layer.
At the same time, a sword sound rang out as Zhang Ruochen stabbed his sword underneath Bu Polar’s feet.
“Crackle.”
There was scarlet blood that gushed out from beneath the snow.
When Zhang Ruochen drew out the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword again, on the body of the sword, a pierced white scorpion appeared, roughly as huge as a face bowl, while its two sharp pincers were a metre long.
Inside the white scorpion’s body, it contained a powerful holy power, and on its shell, dense light patterns flowed. It struggled violently while emitting ear-splitting cries, a strong sound wave, as if it was trying to rupture one’s eardrums.
Mu Lingshi and Qing Mo, who had the lowest cultivation level, were hit by the sound wave, and blood flowed out of their ears, almost fainting on the ground.
Zhang Ruochen snorted coldly as he shook his arm and split the white scorpion’s body in half.
Princess Rakshasa rolled her eyes and said, ”I told you that the weak are not qualified to be friends with the strong, they will only be a drag. Zhang Ruochen let them go back, and the two of us will go fetch the Wall of Merit Book.”
Su Qingling was so angry that she kept grinding her teeth, the holy sword in her hand was trembling, if it wasn’t for Princess Rakshasa’s terrifying strength, I’m afraid that she would have stabbed her sword.
“What? Not convinced? If it wasn’t for Zhang Ruochen, at least three of you would have already died. What are you guys if not weaklings? What are you guys if not drags?”Princess Rakshasa said nonchalantly.
“Who didn’t grow up from a weakling step by step? Compared to a Saint King level figure, how are we not weaklings?”
Zhang Ruochen spoke indifferently, then, walking over to the white scorpion’s corpse, he used the tip of his sword to pick open the scorpion’s shell, searched for it, and frowned, “Strange, this scorpion’s power is so strong, how come there’s no Saint Origin in its body?”
“That’s the Underworld Ice Jade Scorpion.”
Su Qingling was very knowledgeable and recognised the origin of the white scorpion, and immediately after, continued, “Legend has it that the Underworld Ice Jade Scorpion was born out of the Underworld Winter Water, and can cultivate the power of Underworld Ice within its body. An adult Underworld Ice Jade Scorpion is quite powerful, capable of fighting a half-step Saint King.”
Saint Kings mainly cultivated the rules of the Saint Dao, thus, it was difficult to delineate an exact realm. Generally speaking, special vessels were needed to gauge the level of a Saint King’s realm.
In the Kunlun Realm, there was the Imperial Divine Ruler.
In the Celestial Court Realm, the Nine Steps to Heaven Road was used to measure the realm of a Saint King. Therefore, the realm of a Saint King was divided into nine levels. Each step a Saint King took on the Path to Heaven was a realm.
Saint King’s first step, Saint King’s second step, Saint King’s third step ……
Saint King’s ninth step was the pinnacle realm. If, on the path to heaven, a cultivator took the tenth step, he would obviously be stepping into the Great Saint realm, and could be crowned emperor in a great world.
As for half-step saint kings, they were not true saint kings because their saint dao rules were not strong enough, and they were considered “above saints, but dissatisfied with saint kings”.
Of course, even so, half-step Saint Kings were much more powerful than Supreme Saints.
The Underworld Ice Jade Scorpion that was killed by Zhang Ruochen had not reached adulthood, and its strength had not yet reached the level of a half-step Saint King.
“Look guys, Qiu Wanli’s head is in the belly of the Underworld Ice Jade Scorpion, it hasn’t been fully digested yet.”Buji said.
Inside the corpse of the Underworld Ice Jade Scorpion, there was indeed half a bloody head.
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes, gazing at the corpse of the Underworld Ice Jade Scorpion, squatted down, stretched out a finger and placed it on top of the white armour, saying, “Inside its body, there is the aura of the Condensed Truth Sacred Dew. And …… it should have been swallowing Condensed True Sacred Dew all year round, could it be that somewhere in this holy mountain, there is a large amount of Condensed True Sacred Dew hidden?”
Princess Rakshasa said, “It’s not that there isn’t this possibility, you have to know that in the depths of the ninety-nine holy mountains, an existence close to a god is buried. Every holy mountain in the outer perimeter is also sure to contain supreme treasures. However, opportunities and dangers coexist, and the more treasures there are, the more treacherous they must be as well.”
Right now, Zhang Ruochen only had roughly 2,000 drops of Condensed True Sacred Dew on him, which was not enough to cultivate to the middle stage of True Sainthood. Thus, if there was really a large amount of Condensed True Sacred Dew in this Sacred Mountain, it would undoubtedly be a huge temptation for him.
The eyes of the remaining few people also became a little burning, if they were able to obtain a large amount of Condensed True Sacred Dew, they would definitely be able to break through the realm quickly. At that time, would Princess Rakshasa still mock them for being weak?
Bu Ji’s face was full of red light and he was very eager as he said, ”Then what are we waiting for? Hurry up and get out. The Saint of the Blade and Prison Realm is most likely right in front of us, if we go late, where will the Condensed Truth Sacred Dew still be available to us?”
The nine-headed green bird that followed behind the Rakshasa Princess also made a series of strange cries, seemingly eager to seize the Condensed Truth Sacred Dew as well. That nine-headed green bird was only at the middle stage of the Supreme Sage cultivation now, and there was still a lot of room for improvement.
The crowd accelerated their speed and continued to rush forward, and before long, they entered the hinterland of the holy mountain and came to the position of the mountainside.
The gravity here was even more powerful, and had actually reached a hundred times that of the outside world. Even with their powerful cultivation, they all vaguely sensed a hint of pressure.
Here, they spotted the corpse of an adult Underworld Ice Jade Scorpion on the ground, quite huge in size, four or five times larger than the one they had encountered earlier.
“An adult Underworld Ice Jade Scorpion possesses the strength to fight a half-step Saint King. To be able to kill it, the other party must be a supreme powerhouse.”Mu Lingshi sucked in a breath of cold air.
Zhang Ruochen stretched out a hand and examined the wounds on the Stygian Ice Jade Scorpion.
In the wound, a blade Qi escaped and cut Zhang Ruochen’s finger, leaving a shallow bloody gash.
“What a powerful blade qi, a single remnant of power was able to break through my fleshly body’s defences.”
Zhang Ruochen was secretly surprised, then, standing up, he looked ahead and said to the crowd, “This adult Underworld Ice Jade Scorpion was killed half an hour ago, and we are very close to the cultivators of the Blade Prison Realm.”
“Furthermore, within the body of this adult Underworld Ice Jade Scorpion, I have discovered an even thicker aura of Condensed Truth Sacred Dew, thus, it is very likely that this holy mountain really contains a large amount of Condensed Truth Sacred Dew.
