He was at the peak stage of the Flower Blossom Tier with sixteen stars battle prowess—extremely outstanding!
On the way, he was the only one that spoke, bragging about his combat scores, like how he once beheaded some elite or genius, as if nobody could beat him. However, everyone paid no attention to him, which made him unable to continue, appearing extremely awkward.
In the night after four days, they passed by a village. As it wasn’t far from the medicinal valley, they wanted to rush there in one go, and didn’t think to stop here. However, Ling Han suddenly stopped.
“What’s the matter?” Zhu Xuan Er asked.
Ye Rong was very dissatisfied. If it weren’t for the sake of Qin Lian Yue, he wouldn’t pull these people along at all. But now, Ling Han actually dared to hold him back?
“It just became night, so why are there no lights in this village?” Ling Han asked.
“Maybe they sleep early!” Ye Rong said thoughtlessly, appearing extremely discontent. “A mere mortal village… even if anything happened, would it even be worth taking it seriously?”
The typical superior’s mentality.
Ling Han ignored him and turned to walk towards the village.
Ye Rong trembled in anger—he dared to ignore him, how hateful! He said, “Ignore him, let’s…” Before he said the word go, the others already followed Ling Han, making him almost faint from anger.
Were all these people bewitched?
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Ling Han entered the village.
It was like a graveyard, deathly silent; no movement could be heard.
“It’s too quiet!” Qin Lian Yue said, and kept looking at the places where the moonlight failed to reach as if a monster would suddenly jump out from the dark and forbidding place.
“No breathing, and no heartbeat!” Zhu Xuan Er said seriously.
For experts like them, breathing and heartbeat could still be heard even across several hundred meters and several walls; it wasn’t a problem at all. But now, there was none of these sounds, and there wasn’t even a tiny bit of the barking of dogs and the clucking of chickens.
It was as if this village was already abandoned for countless years, but it could be clearly seen that hanging from some people’s houses were corncobs and red peppers, which represented there were still people living in this village not long ago, maybe even the previous day.
“Strange!” Everyone discovered something was amiss.
Ye Rong also walked over, and couldn’t help but sneer as he said, “It’s only a mortal’s village, what’s there to make a fuss about?”
No one paid attention to him; on the contrary, everyone’s curiosity was piqued.
Ling Han pushed open a door and walked in. The house’s furniture was all there; several dishes were even placed on the table, but now, they were obviously cold; smelling them, they hadn’t gone rancid yet.
What happened suddenly that led to the entire village’s death? Even the livestock was no more!
After searching the room, Ling Han came to another room, but it was much more chaotic here, with obvious signs of battle; there was fresh blood on the walls and the floor, making for a ghastly sight.
“A conflict happened, but the scale wasn’t large… should be just a dispute between mortals,” Qin Lian Yue inferred.
“But what exactly happened that actually involved the entire village, and even livestock?”
This was puzzling. Even if two people fought, it would be impossible to involve the entire village, let alone making the chickens and dogs suffer.
Ling Han walked into the inner chambers, and suddenly, he halted in his steps.
Hong , a black shadow suddenly scuttled out and pounced on Ling Han. It spread its arms as if to hug him, but its mouth was open wide, revealing ghastly white teeth, directly aiming for Ling Han’s throat.
“Hmph, a mere mortal even dares to assault people?” Ye Rong said in disdain. He flicked his finger on the right hand, and that figure instantly fell down backwards—traces of blood burst from its forehead.
“Hm!” Ling Han was astounded, and with a shake of the right hand, Origin Power turned into flames, lightning up the surroundings. That certainly was a villager with a bloody hole on its forehead, but the blood didn’t splatter everywhere. It was just a bloody hole, oozing out traces of black-colored blood.
“What’s there to look at?” Ye Rong said dissatisfied. The medicinal valley was nearby, so why waste time here?
“This is a Corpse Soldier!” Ling Han frowned. This person had already died for a long time, so the blood was all congealed; if Corpse Soldiers weren’t tempered, they would be left with the most primitive instincts.
Slaughtering and devouring the flesh of living creatures.
Evidently, the village’s livestock was all eaten by the villagers that turned into Corpse Soldiers, and most of them should have entered the mountains and forest to continue searching for food. This one remained in ambush in the room, and was just a corpse if it wasn’t disturbed, but once it smelled the presence of living creatures, it began to move.
The mystery was solved, and everyone let out a sigh of relief. The unknown was the most terrifying, and now that they knew what they were going to face, they felt relieved.
“Strange, why are there Corpse Soldiers here… could it be Thousand Corpse Sect’s doing?” Ling Han muttered. Some time ago, the Thousand Corpse Sect was quite high-profile, besieging Million Treasures City with the Fourth Killing Formation; if it were for Feng Po Yun’s appearance, Million Treasures City would most likely have fallen into the hands of the Thosuand Corpse Sect.
He had a feeling that Thousand Corpse Sect, which acted low-key constantly, would rise entirely and abruptly in this lifetime.
This was both the best age and the worst age for it.
“Nothing more than low-level Corpse Soldiers.” Ye Rong actually recognized Corpse Soldiers, and didn’t just know how to be arrogant.
Ling Han searched the entire village. There was a total of five Corpse Soldiers, and what surprised him was that there were two that were much stronger than others—they probably devoured other Corpse Soldiers and obtained an increase in power.
At the Fallen Moon Gorge, Ling Han stopped the Thousand Corpse Sect’s schemes once. They wanted to use medicinal pills to turn everyone in the desolate north into Corpse Soldiers, which would start devouring each other to foster a Corpse King.
Could the Thousand Corpse Sect act so reckless now even in the middle state?
In terms of population, the middle state had enough to foster many Corpse Kings, but the problem was that would Absolute Saber Sect, Heaven’s Sword Sect, and other such super forces let the Thousand Corpse Sect act so recklessly?
This world was bound for turmoil.
They set out again and passed by several small villages, discovering that everyone there had turned into Corpse Soldiers. In this situation, not only was Ling Han shocked, even Qin Lian Yue and Ye Rong became solemn.
What was the Thousand Corpse Sect trying to do?
They didn’t find people of the Thousand Corpse Sect; because they were already in the depths of the mountains and forests, they soon arrived at a valley under Qin Lian Yue’s guidance. Extremely remote, the entrance was blocked by a firmament tree, and if one didn’t climb up intentionally, one definitely couldn’t possibly discover it.
After the entrance, there was a long valley path, very tight and narrow, but after walking over thirty meters, it became broader and broader.
Above their heads, layers of protruding rocks concealed them. Even if flying by, one would only think this was a solid mountainous region, so how could one possibly know that there was actually a hole underneath?
Rays of light shone down through a mysterious refraction, and although it wasn’t very bright, it was enough for people to see things.
After walking a while, the mountain valley finally showed itself. As expected, at th
e valley’s entrance was a seventh tier spirit tree. It was a peach tree that produced lots of glowing red fruits, each one the size of a bowl rim, and the alluring fragrance could be smelled form far away.
Everyone’s fingers itched, wishing to immediately pluck off a fruit for a taste. Hu Niu’s saliva almost dripped down onto the ground.
However, no one dared to act recklessly, because at the valley entrance was a crimson red mountain leopard, with a total of nine fist-sized vein-like patterns on its back.
Gray Patterned Leopard, a Spiritual Infant Tier beast; the vein-like patterns on its back represented which layer it was at.
Ninth layer Spiritual Infant Tier beasts were usually much stronger than normal ninth layer Spiritual Infant Tier martial artists because beasts were thick-skinned, and their claws and fangs were equivalent to rare metals of the same tier, surpassing same-level martial artists in both destructive power and defensive power,
“Why’s it a ninth layer Spiritual Infant Tier beast!” Ye Rong frowned. Although he believed that it was hard to find opponents in the same tier, it was game over when he’d encountered a Spiritual Infant Tier opponent, let alone this ninth layer Spiritual Infant Tier beast.
Although the spirit fruits were before them, they could only look.
Ling Han was overjoyed. If this peach tree could be stored into the Black Tower, then there would be a steady flow of seventh-tier spirit peaches to eat!
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“What do we do? With a ninth layer Spiritual Infant Tier beast here, it’s impossible to harvest the spirit peaches!” Ye Rong began to worry all on his own. As he saw it, Chu Hao and the others were just impediments, and there were no experts other than him to rely on.
Otherwise, why was he the only one that received direct entry to the Restore Heaven Academy among them? This was equivalent to having the word “expert” printed on his face, and those who didn’t receive the qualifications were obviously all dregs.
Did experts need the opinions of duffers? No way!
He thought for a while, and said, “I’ll lure away that Gray Patterned Leopard, and you guys pluck the spirit peaches. Pluck as many as possible, and in a while, we’ll converge at that small village 35 kilometers out.”
Ling Han was indifferent to it. With a smile, he said, “Then thanks for the trouble, Brother Ye.”
Ye Rong looked as if it was only natural, and felt somewhat out of sorts. These people would be able to receive a share of the spirit peaches without expending any effort. If it weren’t for the sake of Qin Lian Yue… he truly wanted to chase the other people away.
Everyone rose up and hid between the cliffs and precipices, while Ye Rong charged out and picked up a stone, enveloping it with Origin Power. As his martial intent surged, the stone seemed to turn into a Spirit Tool, emitting an astounding brilliance.
He shouted loudly and flung out the rock, and xiu , a ray of light flew towards the Gray Patterned Leopard.
With a pa , the rock smashed against the Gray Patterned Leopard’s head.
If this were a martial artist that was also at the Spiritual Infant Tier, their head would definitely explode if their Origin power wasn’t activated. The Gray Patterned Leopard, however, was a beast that was born thick-skinned, and while attacks by same tier martial artists and beasts were something it didn’t dare to take head on, a Flower Blossom Tier opponent’s attacks smashing its body were nothing to it.
It shook its head slightly, then propped itself up on all fours limbs, peering left and right, as if to search for the amateur that assaulted it.
Xiu , Ye Rong flung another rock.
This time, the Gray Patterned Leopard didn’t take it on as roughly, and waved its claws to shatter the flying rock. Fury in its eyes, it suddenly exerted power with its four limbs, dashing towards Ye Rong at a shockingly fast speed.
Ye Rong hurriedly took to his heels. No matter how confident he was, he wouldn’t dare fight against a peak stage Spiritual Infant Tier beast.
He ran a few steps and turned to look, then was almost frightened out of his wits—the Gray Patterned Leopard’s speed was too fast, far surpassing what was normal at the Spiritual Infant Tier, and it rapidly closed the gap between him.
“Damn it!” he cursed, and hurriedly took out a Spirit Talisman from a spatial ring with a pained look, yet unhesitatingly stuck it on his body. Instantly, a flash of white light enveloped him, and his speed skyrocketed.
This was a Divine Travel Talisman bestowed to him by his master. He had a total of three that could be used to save his life, but now he used one for a few spirit peaches… truly a great loss!
Even if ten spirit peaches were harvested and all given to him, he would still have suffered a great loss!
…Could it be compared to a life-saving treasure?
As matters stood, he could only take to his heels.
Ling Han and the others laughed as they watched. If this guy hadn’t talked and act on his own, with Ling Han and Hu Niu present, why would have there been a need to go through such great troubles? To say the least, even if Ling Han couldn’t beat that Grey Patterned Leopard, it would definitely be safer and more efficient for Hu Niu to draw it away.
Hu Niu drooled as she said, “What a pity, Niu wanted to eat roasted leopard legs!”
Well, Ye Rong not only didn’t succeed in doing a favor, but also made Hu Niu bear a grudge against him.
Qin Lian Yue wanted to charge out, but Ling Han grabbed her by the wrist, not letting her do as she pleased. “What are you doing, are you trying to harass this lady?”
Ling Han rolled his eyes as he said, “What are you trying to do?”
“Of course, plucking the peaches.” Qin Lian Yue looked at him like at an idiot, feeling that her idol was extremely strong, but his brain didn’t seem to be function that well; couldn’t he tell such a simple thing?
“Don’t pluck!” Ling Han shook his head and began to dig it up by the roots.
Qin Lian Yue gasped in astonishment. This guy was truly blackhearted, not only wanting to eat the peaches, but also digging the tree up by the roots! She immediately said, “This spirit tree can only grow in certain places; even if you dig it up, it can’t survive elsewhere.”
“Who said so?” Ling Han laughed mischievously, and dug even faster. If he weren’t afraid of harming this spirit tree, he’d shovel it up in one go; his divine sense was limited, and wouldn’t be able to envelop the entire peach tree, so if he dug too deep, then it wouldn’t be able to be stored in the Black Tower.
“Never seen anyone lik you!” Qin Lian Yue stared in astonishment; this guy was truly a robber.
“Of course not, I’m the one and only!” Ling Han laughed loudly.
“Niu’s Ling Han is the one and only!” Hu Niu also felt self-satisfied.
One adult and one child, both were puffed up!
Qin Lian Yue ridiculed them inwardly, but she had to admit that these two were both freaks at an abnormal level, far surpassing the level of geniuses. In the middle state, only a few rumored freaks could compare.
For example, Heaven’s Sword Sect’s Yao Hui Yue, Absolute Saber Sect’s Small Saber King, Cloud Phoenix Sect’s Dong Ling Er, and Azure Thunder Sect’s Ya Tian.
Ling Han soon dug up the entire peach tree, and xiu , with a flash, he stored it into the Black Tower.
“Ah!” Qin Lian Yue was startled. “How big is your spatial ring for it to store such a large spirit tree?” The fruit tree was more than three hundred meters tall, and the root system spread out was also that long. There were pitifully few spacial Spirit Tools in the world that could contain such dimensions.
Zhu Xuan Er and Can Ye smiled faintly. If this girl entered the Black Tower and saw the vast space inside, she’d probably cry out for her mother.
“Let’s enter the valley and have a look.” Since this was a medicinal valley, there was definitely more spirit medicine inside. Ling Han wanted to enrich the amount of spirit
medicine inside the Black Tower.
“Be careful. I once surveyed it at an elevated height before. Although it’s not lacking spirit medicine inside, there are even more high-level beasts!” Qin Lian Yue warned.
Ling Han nodded. However, he was also puzzled, and said, “The stronger the beast, the more it likes to live alone, so why’d it run into the mountain valley?” This mountain valley wasn’t that large, and might not be enough for the Gray Patterned Leopard’s territory alone, not to mention that there were other beasts inside.
Hong, long, long , they hadn’t moved yet when heard a loud bang as if ten thousand beasts galloping from within the valley, and the ground trembled fiercely.
Everyone looked towards the valley, and saw a plume dust as a bunch of beasts charged out.
‘Sh*t, we haven’t even entered, so why are they charging out?”
These beasts varied in type. There were fierce tigers with wings, great snakes with four legs, and azure vultures without feathers but with scales, but each one was extremely powerful.
The Deity Transformation Tier!
In front of these beasts was actually a large white rabbit the height of half a man, holding a purple carrot in its mouth—a rabbit on the run ran the fastest.
Hou!
Ang!
Ao!
All the beasts roared loudly, looking at the large white rabbit with eyes filled with fury.
“These beasts are chasing that rabbit!”
“We’re caught in the crossfire!”
“Run!”
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Ling Han and the others all cried out in dismay. They were innocent, and were brought a disaster by a large white rabbit!
“Go, go, go!” They hurriedly broke into a run. This wasn’t something they could resist; any beast there could take care of them and give them great trouble.
They couldn’t care about exposing their tracks, and they flew in the sky as fast as they could.
“Oh my, that damned rabbit actually followed us!” Ling Han turned to look, and saw that when the large white rabbit saw them, it actually ran behind them.
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