Chapter 1258 - 638: Mountain_3
Now it’s just early spring, the entire mountain is still draped in white snow, making the forest look very quiet, without a hint of oddity. But she can sense the restless and furious emotions of numerous creatures inside, as if they could burst into a bloody fight with other beasts at any moment. Although both are forests, the feeling here is completely different from Bashe Forest; one is filled with rage and the other is full of vitality.
Under their feet, indeed, there is a huge ground crack, resembling a wide-open mouth on a human face, silently laughing, and like a tail of a gecko formed by the mountain range having been chopped horizontally. Seeing it firsthand, it appears even wider. This crack is about ten meters wide and over a hundred meters long, looking down from above, it’s pitch black and bottomless, with no indication of how deep it lies below.
Upon landing, the feeling of discomfort magnifies. She vaguely feels her limbs heavy, her breathing rapid, sensations rarely experienced since she stepped onto the Immortal Path. She is secretly startled, even possessed of Changtian’s Divine Power she finds it tough, ordinary cultivators arriving here would exhibit even stronger physical responses.
"Control the Divine Power, act one as five." This little evil qi doesn’t affect him at all; his task is to guide her on how to cope. Although her cultivation doesn’t match his, the Divine Power compressed repeatedly over time has grown exceptionally pure; handling the evil qi emanating from the ground should pose no problem. The real challenge lies below.
She looked at him with exasperation. No wonder Changtian spoke so kindly this time; apparently, he meant to test her again. This guy truly keeps her progress in mind at all times. The principle of "act one as five" means evenly distributing the Divine Power like a web horizontally and vertically, keeping the evil qi outside. This method, resembling a spider’s web, was first used on Shijin Chiya and is known to be extremely effective, much more effortless than wrapping the Divine Power around the whole body.
Operated this way, the seemingly omnipresent evil qi seemed to retreat, allowing her to move her limbs again and feeling considerably relieved.
"Why is Miluo so concerned about this Earthly Evil Yin Vein? He can’t utilize the evil qi, but instead has to keep well away from it." Standing at the crack’s edge, she peeked in, her hand glowing with glow grass. Changtian embraced her, stepped forward, and surprisingly started walking into the void as if descending steps one by one.
His Sky-controlling Skill is so refined that he doesn’t need a flying artifact. He worries about her body; if alone, he would certainly leap directly to the bottom briskly and efficiently. Ning Xiaoxian stuck her tongue out, unfazed by being a hindrance.
He asked her: "Just because he can’t harness the evil qi doesn’t mean others can’t either. If he hadn’t encountered us, whom do you think he would have passed this information to?"
Only those who can resist or aren’t afraid of the evil qi. She recalled Miluo’s saying "among those alive today, three can come and go freely," of which she guessed two, being Changtian and the White Tiger. So, the last one, isn’t it already obvious?
This person is Huangfuming of the Mirror Sea King’s Mansion.
The last time she saw him, not only did he show no discomfort from the evil qi, but instead could condense it into substance for use. To other cultivators, Red Ghost Mountain is a Dragon Pond and Tiger Cave, but with his constitution, isn’t he like a fish in water here? As they say, one person’s poison is another’s medicine.
She asked dumbly: "Why would Miluo want to do this favor for the Mirror Sea King’s Mansion?"
Changtian laughed and said: "You’ve been awake too briefly to understand the current situation in the Southern Continent. During these three years, the forces of the Mirror Sea King’s Mansion have expanded again, extending southwards from Mirror Sea, swallowing approximately seven states’ territories. However, the sects being annexed all claim outwardly that they voluntarily merged with the Mirror Sea King’s Mansion, so externally, there is no immediate way to find fault with it."
Voluntary? How could she believe that? Why hasn’t Hidden Stream encountered such fortune?
"And what does this have to do with Miluo? He’s so proud; why would he actively curry favor with the Mirror Sea King’s Mansion?" She frowned, activated Divine Power, trying to ignore the discomfort her body felt.
He hummed lightly: "Do you know, since Qing Ji was driven north by Miluo, leveraging the power of Yin Jiu You, he has established a foothold there. He vowed to reclaim the position of Lord of Fengtian Prefecture and align with other Northern Sects, fighting fiercely when advancing south. The Demon Soldiers of Fengtian Prefecture have always been the main force of the Northern Front, but now with Qing Ji, who knows their operations inside out, it’s becoming tough in battles."