Volume 1: First Arrival at Longevity Chapter 158: Corpse City

  "Meow!"

  Meow, a low cry sounded, and suddenly jumped out of Xiaoxian Shuang's arms, standing in mid-air, with white light floating all over her body. Then she transformed into a big cat, stretched out her claws and beckoned, and Xiaoxian Shuang's body was lifted by an invisible force and flew onto its back. This made the little girl burst out laughing.

  Ye Chen looked at Miao Miao in surprise, as he had never seen it fly in the air for half a year. Only now did he realize that Miao Miao could actually fly, and what's more, Ye Chen couldn't tell what level of spiritual beast Miao Miao was, as if there was a layer of mist surrounding its body, making it impossible to probe with his divine sense.

  In the past, Ye Chen just thought that Miao Miao was a very special spirit beast, but now it has an additional hint of mystery on its body.

  This cat, from the very beginning, showed a very affectionate attitude towards Little Fairy Frost, almost always staying by her side. To say that this cat, as a highly intelligent spiritual beast, is not easily domesticated, let alone Little Fairy Frost, who is such an innocent little girl and doesn't even know how to tame a spiritual beast.

  There must be something special about it. Ye Chen looked at Miao Miao, who was very good to Xiao Xian'er and didn't have any malice, so Ye Chen didn't think much of it anymore. It couldn't be helped that he was moved by the little girl's innocence and purity.

  Looking south into the endless void, tens of millions of miles away from Lingquan Fudi, the journey was long and arduous, but Ye Chen's heart was filled with confidence. Once he entered Lingquan Fudi, his cultivation would be like a tiger gaining wings.

  Not to mention the spiritual medicine resources in Fudi, he heard that each major power has a sealed small world space for disciples to practice. These small worlds may be sub-dimensional spaces opened up on this continent, or they may be unknown spaces in another dimension.

  Of course, in Ye Chen's view, a powerful force like Lingquan Fudi can at most open up a subspace on this continent, and it seems impossible to break through the barriers of other planes and seal off another world for his disciples to practice. Such a grand move may only be possible in Dōng Tiān or the Academy.

  For example, Mo Xiangli once mentioned the "hellish training". If it were really hell, then it would not exist on the same plane as this continent.

  Hell, Ye Chen had often heard of it on Earth, but he didn't expect that hell actually existed. He just didn't know what kind of world the real hell was. Ye Chen was looking forward to it, though.

  No matter whether it's a small world in the dimensional space or another side of the world, if you can enter it, you must have some fate. Spirit medicine, beast core, demon core, spirit soldier and so on, all these under the fusion of 'Shennong Baicao Ding' can be transformed into huge resources for Ye Chen to accelerate his cultivation and improve his realm.

  There is still one thing that Ye Chen must obtain, and that is the Devil's Tears. If there is an opportunity to enter the Ancient Battlefield in the future, it may be possible to obtain the Emperor's Blood as well. Although this opportunity is extremely slim, for Ye Chen, no matter how slim it is, he must go find it. Currently, the only method and hope is to refine the 'Creation Destruction Heaven Pill' to remove the next Great Dao seal.

  The more he thought about it, the more anxious Ye Chen became, wanting to reach Lingquan Fudi as soon as possible. Only by entering Lingquan Fudi could all of this be considered the first step, and there was also a cousin, Ye Yan, who often lingered in his mind, waiting for him.

  All the way, Ye Chen had been hurrying at a speed four times that of the Wind God's Steps, crossing one mountain range after another, with endless forests behind him, where towering ancient trees stood everywhere, and countless mountains and rivers.

  Meow meow carried the little fairy frost, and it was surprisingly easy to walk side by side with Ye Chen. It seemed effortless, as if surrounded by a halo of white light, making it look like a celestial beast from the heavenly palace, not a mortal creature.

  Ye Chen's curiosity grew even more, it seemed that this meow was not simple at all, and was definitely not an ordinary spiritual beast. It was possible that its body had ancient exotic bloodlines.

  They kept rushing on the road, only occasionally stopping to eat something. At night, Xiaoxian would lie on Miao's back and count the stars, murmuring to herself, even whispering to the stars in a low voice. When she was tired, she would fall asleep directly on Miao's back. With Miao's external power protecting her, she wasn't afraid of falling off her back either.

  The lovely appearance of Xiao Yao made Ye Chen speechless with laughter. Half a month later, they finally walked out of the Hou Tu Forest. What appeared before their eyes was an endless plain, with the wind blowing and the grass low, the scent of mud and the freshness of tender grass coming face to face, making people feel refreshed.

  On this vast grassland, Ye Chen and his companions had been walking for three days. Three days later, a city appeared in the center of the grassland, with a circumference of thousands of miles, which was the largest city Ye Chen had ever seen.

  Fallen City!

  The name made Ye Chen pause, and a strange feeling rose in his heart.

  The ancient city has a history of at least tens of thousands of years. The city walls and buildings have left marks of the passage of time, and even in those city walls and buildings, Ye Chen felt fluctuations of power that were not like spiritual energy, but rather similar to the heavenly law that remained in his body.

  "The City of Cultivation Realm!"

  At that moment, Ye Chen suddenly understood that this 'Fuchi City' was not a city in the secular world, but rather a city belonging to the cultivation world. Whether it was the city walls or the buildings within the city, they had all been protected by someone's magical powers. It was likely that an array formation had been set up within them, and its purpose was to prevent cultivators from causing too much damage to the city's architecture when fighting within the city.

  As they entered the city, Ye Chen and his group walked down the main street, quickly attracting all sorts of gazes. Meow's tall, snowy white body was truly eye-catching, and with a delicate, lovely little girl sitting on her back, it was even more attention-grabbing.

  Ye Chen extended his spiritual sense and discovered that the entire city was filled with cultivators, not a single ordinary person. Even some of the lowest-ranking vendors were cultivators with a physical body above the fifth stage. As soon as his spiritual sense swept through, he immediately attracted many people's vigilant gazes, and some even coldly stared at Ye Chen, their eyes revealing a hint of murderous intent.

  Found out? Ye Chen was slightly startled, there were several cultivators of the Naihe Secret Realm on this street, but they were all at the level of one or two Springs Overflowing, not very powerful. However, Ye Chen had gained some experience.

  In the past, it was difficult to find a cultivator who had encountered the Secret Realm of Fate even after traveling tens of thousands of miles, but now on this main street, several can be pulled out with ease.

  Feeling multiple hostile gazes cast upon him, Ye Chen withdrew his probing spiritual sense. As a cultivator, he was naturally cautious and had only sought to understand the basic situation of the cultivators in this city by scanning with his spiritual sense. Now that he had withdrawn it, he didn't want to stir up unnecessary trouble.

  After recalling his divine consciousness, Ye Chen clearly felt the hostility in those gazes gradually dissipate. He didn't pay it any mind and continued walking along the street until he saw the 'Bai Xiao Pavilion' at the side of the road ahead before stopping in his tracks.

  Although I knew that the Lingquan Fudi was in the due south, but the specific location and region were not clear. This 'Bai Xiao Ge' should be a specialized provider of information and maps. It just so happens to solve Ye Chen's worries. If there is a detailed map of Lingquan Fudi, it can also save a lot of time searching for it.

  Ye Chen walked into the 'Bai Xiao Ge', and immediately all eyes inside turned to look over, but not at him, rather at Miao Miao. This snow-white big fellow was too eye-catching.

  Xiao Xianfeng didn't care about other people's gazes and was happily playing with Miao Miao's white fur on his back.

  Some insightful cultivators saw flashes of envy in Meow's eyes, some with fervor, some with jealousy, and others with greed.

  "Little brother, I don't know if there's anything I can help you with." Inside the Bai Xiao Ge, each of the three parties had a counter. The middle-aged man in the left counter smiled and said that, his smile made people feel very close to him.

  "Hmm, I don't know if your honorable establishment provides maps?" Ye Chen said as he walked up to the counter on the left.

  "Of course." The middle-aged man smiled and said, "We provide maps and information. What kind of map does the young brother want?"

  Ye Chen placed his hand on the counter, a few fingers lightly tapping on the surface, and said: "Do you have a detailed map of the route to Lingquan Fudi?"

  "There is, there is." The middle-aged man was taken aback for a moment, took out a rolled-up map and handed it to Ye Chen, saying: "The price is one low-grade top-quality spiritual medicine."

  Isn't this expensive? A map actually costs a low-grade top-quality spiritual herb? Ye Chen was also stunned, but he didn't say much. He casually took out a low-grade top-quality spiritual herb from his storage bag. Fortunately, he had kept a few of the spiritual herbs he had collected in the Hachi Tribe's palace on him.

  "Is the young brother going to participate in the entrance selection at Lingquan Fudi?" The middle-aged man put away the spiritual medicine and asked casually.

  "Recruitment for newcomers? Are you saying that Lingquan Fudi is going to recruit disciples recently?" Ye Chen asked. Unexpectedly, it was so coincidental, originally he was going to join Lingquan Fudi anyway, and happened to encounter the recruitment of disciples.

  "Didn't the young brother know about this?" The middle-aged man looked at Ye Chen with a puzzled expression, thinking to himself that if he wasn't going to participate in the entrance selection, what was the point of traveling all the way to Lingquan Fudi. He reminded him, "Since you're not participating in the entrance selection, it's best not to take unnecessary risks."

  "What's 'involving danger' supposed to mean?" Ye Chen looked at the middle-aged man in confusion.

  The middle-aged man shook his head and said, "To go to the Lingquan blessed land, we must pass through the Fushi mountain range. That is an ancient battlefield where countless corpses are buried. Several tens of thousands of years ago, a demon eye suddenly appeared deep within the Fushi mountain range. The demon eye appears once every hundred years, formless and invisible, no one has ever seen it, but each time it appears in the world, it will overflow with large amounts of demonic energy, yin energy, corpse energy, and resentment energy. Nowadays, the Fushi mountain range is overrun with corpse monsters and demons running amok, ordinary cultivators below the third tribulation of the mortal realm do not dare to cross alone."

  "Young brother, you're not a local, so you don't know the terror of the Corpse Mountains. The route to the Spiritual Spring Sacred Land only passes through the edge of the Corpse Mountains. I've heard that deep within the Corpse Mountains, the corpse monsters and demons are incredibly powerful, even the elite disciples of the Spiritual Spring Sacred Land can only enter in groups for training. Those are all super-powerful beings who are infinitely close to the Mystic Hidden Realm."