"Buzz..."
Just as he was speaking, a sudden ripple erged from ahead.
The Demon Phoenix soared into the sky, then swooped down, its massive body falling like a mighty mountain. Its sharp beak slightly parted, releasing a purple fla that erupted forth, scorching the void as if it were an inexhaustible divine fla.
"Ah!"
The sound of miserable screams arose continuously. Many cultivators ahead had no ti to dodge and were directly engulfed by the purple fla, turning into ashes on the spot.
So people reacted in ti, trying to use their own Spiritual Power to extinguish the purple fire.
But the purple fire was extrely peculiar; no matter how they struggled, they couldn’t put it out.
In just under a dozen breaths, dozens perished here, reduced to flying ashes by the terrifying purple fla, with not even a fragnt of bone left.
"Run!"
"That’s the legendary fire of the Immortal Domain; touching it spells death, even a Saint would be scarred!"
The scene imdiately beca incomparably chaotic, everyone retreating quickly, attempting to escape at the first mont.
Even Saints couldn’t withstand the purple fire; for these ordinary cultivators, any inadvertent contact ant certain death!
No one could remain calm; all were fleeing, not daring to linger another mont.
"This way."
Ji Chen, leading Yu Yuanshan, skirted along the flanks, avoiding the sight of the Demon Phoenix, seizing the opportunity to continue deeper into Purple Jing Mountain.
Not just them, many cultivators in the mountain also escaped in the chaos, clearly indicating that while the Demon Phoenix was terrifying, it was nothing compared to the Immortal Treasure within the mountain.
Seeking fortune amidst danger; without even this bit of courage, how could one speak of obtaining opportunities?
All was thrilling but not perilous.
After roughly a quarter of an hour of rapid movent, Ji Chen and Yu Yuanshan slightly slowed their pace, confirming there was no pursuit from the Demon Phoenix.
However, after the encounter just now, the two were noticeably more cautious.
By now, they had ventured at least several hundred miles into the mountain.
At such a depth, the prival exotic creatures appearing here were evidently not sothing average people could handle, necessitating extre caution.
Otherwise, if one were marked by those prival exotics, it might lead to a deadly disaster.
It’s said that the foremost large force contingents that entered had all descended from the sky, no longer daring to continue Controlling the Sky, to avoid being too conspicuous and attracting the notice of the mountain’s Demon Beasts, thereby inciting unnecessary trouble.
Ji Chen and Yu Yuanshan continued onward.
Everyone’s pace had visibly slowed along the way.
Under ancient trees, beside boulders, signs of excavation could be seen, where Spirit dicine growing there had been collected.
Additionally, along so creek sides, there were several vacated gravesites that had been unearthed.
These were the resting spots of earlier pioneers who died unexpectedly in the mountain, buried there by their companions.
Now, with a large influx of cultivators, a mixture of all sorts erged. Seeing such graves, so couldn’t resist digging them up, hoping to find so opportunity within.
But the likelihood of that was exceedingly slim.
After progressing for about half a day more,
before Ji Chen and Yu Yuanshan appeared a Chaotic Stone Forest.
The rocks within varied in shape, so as sharp as blades, others cylindrical or circular.
At that mont, many cultivators who had arrived there were lingering in the Chaotic Stone Forest, appearing to have discovered sothing.
Ji Chen and Yu Yuanshan could not help their curiosity and stepped inside.
"So many skeletons?"
Upon entering the Chaotic Stone Forest and seeing the scene inside, both couldn’t help their hearts from skipping a beat.
Everywhere lay skeletal remains, individuals who died an unknown number of years ago, leaving only white bones.
So grasped swords, others held blades, as if they were still desperately fighting when they died.
Soone tried to take the weapons from the bones, only to find that, perhaps due to the passage of too much ti, they crumbled at a touch, reduced to dust, with no value remaining.
"Who were these people? All perished here!"
"The weapons in their hands are mostly top-tier Dao Artifacts, with so even imitation Holy Weapons, now all weathered away—perishing at least ten thousand years ago."
In the forest, many pondered, all with furrowed brows, sensing that the place was likely ominous.
An elder from a Sacred Land remarked, "If my guess is correct, they were likely disciples of the Hermit Immortal Palace from twenty thousand years ago, who attacked Purple Jing Mountain and encountered a battle unknown to us here."
"It’s said that at that ti, Hermit Immortal Palace used the full strength of their sect to attack Purple Jing Mountain, and not a single one of the ten thousand disciples erged alive. Unexpectedly, several hundred were lost here, and we might see more of their bones later on our journey."
While discussing, so continued further into the mountain, while others stayed in the Chaotic Stone Forest, hoping to find so worthwhile opportunity.
"A fierce battle once occurred here; there’s likely a rare treasure nearby, let’s search around." Ji Chen squinted, saying this.
Yu Yuanshan nodded, agreeing that it was very possible.
Soon, the two started searching around the vicinity of the Chaotic Stone Forest. After circling, Ji Chen finally discovered tracks of people walking through a patch of weeds on the right side of the forest.
Judging from the traces, they were left not long before they arrived.
"Could those major forces have found sothing here?" Yu Yuanshan speculated.
"Let’s follow and see." Ji Chen didn’t hesitate, and with those words, he stepped forward, following the traces left on the ground.
After about a quarter of an hour, they quickly sensed sothing amiss.
Yu Yuanshan couldn’t help but say, "The temperature is much more stifling, and the aura ahead feels unusual; sothing unexpected might happen."
"There are no signs of fighting, which ans at least for now we are safe, as long as we stick to the tracks ahead, there should be no danger." Ji Chen said.
He had a strong feeling that sothing extraordinary surely existed ahead.
Sure enough, after advancing for about another half an hour, not far from the two, strong personalities from those major forces were gathered around a cliffside, about several dozen in number, and Saintess Qing Ling was present, though Hidden Dragon Saint Heir was not seen.
It seems these major force elites had differing opinions after entering the mountain, each heading in their own direction instead of reaching the end together.
"It’s Profound Yellow Ancestral Qi!"
Yu Yuanshan exclaid in surprise, gazing at the dim golden light rising below the cliff, intimately resembling the Profound Yellow Ancestral Qi from his knowledge.
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