Chapter 307: Chapter 217: Yellow Turban Immortal Sect
As Qin Yuesheng approached the mountain wall, the large serpents coiled around the tree roots immediately became alert, hissing and raising their heads to stare at him, their eyes filled with caution.
Qin Yuesheng didn’t need to get closer; he simply extended his hand to grab, and a suction force forcibly pulled a fruit into his hand.
Seeing the celestial treasure they guarded being taken by someone else, the serpents on the tree couldn’t stand it anymore and immediately hissed at Qin Yuesheng threateningly.
But Qin Yuesheng ignored it completely. Not only could these serpents not approach him, even if they could, they wouldn’t be able to affect him at all, only to be sliced into pieces by his blade.
Qin Yuesheng returned to the stone platform, unsure where the other White Lotus Sect cultists had gone, leaving only one lone cultist standing there. Qin Yuesheng casually grabbed this person and stuffed the fruit into his mouth.
"Holy Envoy!" The White Lotus cultist was shocked.
Qin Yuesheng said, "Eat it. Do you think I intend to harm you?"
Hearing Qin Yuesheng’s words, the person felt that as the White Lotus Saint Envoy, Qin Yuesheng shouldn’t harm a nobody like him, so he began chewing the fruit in his mouth and swallowed it.
Qin Yuesheng immediately observed the situation, intending to see whether the fruit was poisonous or beneficial.
It didn’t take long before the person’s entire body turned red, smoke emitting from his pores, looking like a boiled shrimp; Qin Yuesheng thought in surprise, "It seems this thing shouldn’t be ingested by people."
"Ugh!" The White Lotus cultist clutched his chest, unable to utter a word, as wisps of hot smoke drifted from his mouth. Even though Qin Yuesheng wasn’t too close, he could feel the temperature of this hot smoke, which was quite astonishing.
Bang!
Suddenly, he raised his foot and stomped down, instantly crushing a pit into the stone platform, a power impossible for a mere White Lotus cultist to possess. Qin Yuesheng was intrigued, ready to speak when he heard faint footsteps from the crevice where he had come.
Qin Yuesheng thought to himself that someone was approaching; he had a sudden idea. He then infused a burst of Inner Strength into the White Lotus cultist’s body and used the Carefree Heavenly Travel Skill to conceal himself atop the stone platform.
"Leader, who would’ve thought this crevice would be so deep, so dark? If it weren’t for those White Lotus demonic people knowing where to look, we might not have found this place on our own in a year or two."
"Hey, Leader, it seems we’ve reached the exit."
In Qin Yuesheng’s view, a group of people slowly emerged from the crevice, their numbers hard to count at the moment.
The White Lotus cultist who ate the mysterious fruit and had Qin Yuesheng’s Inner Strength infused clutched his head in pain, feeling as if his entire body was plunged into a scorching hot water-filled barrel, his entire body aching.
Hearing the footsteps, he instinctively raised his head to see several silhouettes appear before him.
Due to extreme pain, the person became irrational, directly pulling out his sword and charging at the others.
The White Lotus cultist held a torch in his hand, so naturally, the group noticed him when they emerged from the crevice.
"Leader, it’s a White Lotus demon!" A middle-aged man shouted immediately, wielding his double axe and unhesitatingly rushing toward the opponent to attack.
The White Lotus cultist’s entire body had turned red to a frightening degree, large amounts of white smoke spraying from his ears, nostrils, mouth, pores, making him quite daunting.
At the instant their weapons clashed, the middle-aged man suddenly felt a scorching heat from the axe handle, instinctively releasing his grip.
"Not good!" The middle-aged man exclaimed inwardly.
The White Lotus cultist kicked directly at the man’s chest; under normal circumstances, such an ordinary kick wouldn’t have any impact, but the situation was different now. The middle-aged man screamed, was sent flying several steps, and finally couldn’t stand, landing directly on his backside.
Qin Yuesheng glanced at the man’s chest, seeing a footprint-like mark as if it was branded with a red-hot iron, the flesh scorched and smoking.
"Ah!" Though injured, the White Lotus cultist’s screams outstripped his in volume. As the temperature continued to rise, the cultist’s clothes began to self-combust, let alone his skin and hair, turning him into a human torch.
This group, unfamiliar with the situation and just arriving, hadn’t yet reacted when they saw this, feeling somewhat terrified.
"No idea what kind of Demon Technique this White Lotus demon is using; hurry up and kill him before something happens," the group’s leader said.
"Understood." Three people immediately headed toward the cultist with their weapons.
At that moment, the White Lotus cultist’s body radiated a bright flash, followed by a loud explosion, his entire body shattering in an instant. A powerful blast wave erupted from him, blowing the three approaching people into smithereens, leaving no remains.
Qin Yuesheng was startled: "This power is something else, it’s no less than a hand grenade."
In the blink of an eye, three brothers were lost. The entire group was dumbfounded, still unclear about what exactly was going on, why the White Lotus Sect members would suddenly explode.
The leader, reacting the fastest, shouted directly: "These White Lotus sect members have devised such a sinister demon technique again. Brothers, be extremely careful from now on, do not fall into the trap of these demon followers again."
The roar at the location naturally caused quite a commotion, and immediately a group of White Lotus Sect followers rushed up from the edge below the stone platform.
Qin Yuesheng fixed his gaze and only then discovered that there was an inconspicuous stone ladder beneath the stone platform.
"Be careful!" Seeing so many White Lotus Sect members appear at once, this group couldn’t help but feel a sudden heaviness in their hearts. If each of these White Lotus members were like the previous person, exploding to take others down with them, they wouldn’t hold on for long.
Upon seeing the weapons of this group tied with yellow sashes, the leader of the White Lotus Saint Sect immediately shouted: "Damn, how did the Yellow Turban bandits get here!"
The two groups of people faced off against each other, but in terms of numbers, the White Lotus Saint Sect had the upper hand.
"Damn you White Lotus scum, how dare you insult the name of our Yellow Turban Immortal Sect!" The leader of the Yellow Turban immediately raised his sword and shouted: "Brothers, attack! The snake-armored army’s hidden treasure must be here, we no longer need to rely on the power of these White Lotus demons."
Instantly, a fierce battle unfolded on the stone platform.
Qin Yuesheng stood above the stone platform, looking down at this scene. With his strength, he could remain hidden, and none of these people below could notice him.
"To think that eating such a fruit would turn someone into a human bomb, I didn’t expect that. I thought it was some kind of spirit pill." Qin Yuesheng shook his head, quite disappointed.
Soon, over ten corpses littered the stone platform, most of them from the White Lotus Saint Sect. Clearly, this Yellow Turban, although fewer in number, was significantly stronger in overall power than the White Lotus side.
Qin Yuesheng watched for a moment, feeling bored. If he took action personally, it would not take thirty breaths for these guys to perish under his blade.
However, Qin Yuesheng wasn’t very interested in such slaughter. First, with his current martial arts foundation, he didn’t think much of the skills of these two forces. Secondly, since these people were not martial artists with inner strength, he couldn’t obtain any Inner Strength Pills from them, and thus they were of no help in enhancing his own power.
Gazing at the stone stairs from which the White Lotus Sect members had emerged earlier, Qin Yuesheng quietly floated over and walked down the stone ladder.
Under the stone platform was another world. As Qin Yuesheng slowly descended, he quickly discovered two White Lotus Sect bodies lying beside the stairs. With a flick of his Celestial Demon Blade, the two did not move at all, small holes on their necks oozing black blood were clearly visible.
"There are so many poisonous snakes here." Qin Yuesheng casually flicked, instantly severing a long snake that had dropped from the rock above, ready to bite.
Even though the sound of the long snake slithering was slight, it was still within the range of Qin Yuesheng’s hearing.
Hiss, hiss, hiss!
Simultaneously, a large number of multicolored long snakes began slithering out from the cracks in the surrounding rock walls. Qin Yuesheng, using the Soul-Shattering Roar, let out a low shout, the sound waves spreading indiscriminately. These long snakes couldn’t even get close to his body before they stopped, motionless, killed outright by Qin Yuesheng’s shout.
Easily clearing the obstacles, he continued walking deeper along the stone stairs.
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In the southwest of the Nine Provinces, in the mountains of ten thousand, desolate and treacherous.
There lay countless poisonous miasmas, swamps, venomous insects, and fierce beasts, making it difficult for the Human Race to build large settlements, leaving only small bands of people living in villages or tribes on this land known as the most hostile and dangerous.
As the saying goes, ’people from desolate mountains and rivers are strong and fierce,’ and from these ten thousand mountains in the southwest once emerged a formidable army. They were impervious to blades and armor, immeasurably strong, and venomous, making them formidable opponents even when outnumbered ten to one by the Central Plains’ army. It wasn’t long before they made a name that shocked the world.
Just when people thought this army might conquer the Central Plains and claim territory for their king, a young master from a northern noble family used brilliant military strategies to drive them back south. Using unknown means, he caused their progressive retreat until they vanished into the Jiangnan region.
This noble family then raised its flag to found a dynasty.
These events took place thousands of years ago and are now nearly forgotten, known to most only through scant ancient texts.
The world has long forgotten this powerful army, but some have never let go, seeking its trace to gain their formidable abilities and recreate the glory of the past.
Feng Nan stood before a colossal bronze door over four zhang tall, holding a torch, looked at the carvings on the door’s surface, and laughed: "The hidden treasure of the snake-armored army, finally, I’ve found it!"
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