LRAB Chapter 12 Purple Mountain
Chapter 12 Purple Mountain
Northern Territory, Anzhou.
This area has always been one of the regions most rampant with bandits.
Even passing dogs get a tuft of fur stolen from them.
Chaos and disorder are the most prominent features here.
This is Hua Yunfei's most direct impression upon arriving here.
In just one day, he had already encountered six waves of bandits, which shows how common they were.
After arriving in Anzhou with the help of the domain gate, the protector abandoned Hua Yunfei and left alone, only telling him to meet him there in three months.
The protectors need to contact the ruthless lineage within the Yao Guang Holy Land to inquire about the upcoming plan to encircle and suppress the Thirteen Great Bandits.
The Ruthless lineage did not restrict Hua Yunfei's freedom, nor did they treat him like a hothouse flower. After all, the stronger the demonic fetus, the more beneficial it would be to the divine fetus.
The other party wasn't afraid of him hiding; the restrictions left on him not only controlled his life and death but also allowed them to find him.
A powerful figure could easily deduce his approximate location with a little deduction; that's how Hua Yunfei in the original work was manipulated.
The northern region is vast and boundless. Millions of years ago, in the ancient times, this land was full of life, and the essence of heaven and earth was so rich that it could be seen everywhere in liquid form. That was the formation process of the "source".
Even the Divine Source Liquid is not too rare, which is why so many members of the ancient races were able to be sealed up until this generation.
In this era of great change, naturally formed divine essence liquid is almost impossible to find. Only the Great Emperor can condense it, making it a strategic-level celestial treasure.
All these changes stemmed from the failure of the Battle Saint Emperor in his later years to defy the heavens and transform into a Battle Immortal at the end of the Primordial Era. The intense backlash not only led to his own demise but also caused a great upheaval in the world.
Since then, the Northern Region has become what it is today: a vast, barren wasteland, devoid of lush vegetation, and rarely heard the cries of wild beasts.
Hua Yunfei traversed one crimson land after another, deeply experiencing the power of an emperor, whose every move could affect all things in the world.
"The Fighting Saint Emperor may be powerful, but the possibility of defying the heavens and transforming into a Battle Immortal is simply impossible. Even the Desolate Heaven Emperor failed, so the Fighting Saint Emperor's fate is also sealed!"
He continued on, sighing with emotion, and finally arrived at his destination.
Ahead stood a towering purple mountain, thousands of feet high, like a divine sword standing on the earth. Around it were nine mountain ranges that stretched out like dragons, exuding a majestic aura.
Zishan, Hua Yunfei has arrived.
He landed on the ground from a great distance, approaching step by step this land of creation that held an immense secret.
As he rounded a mountain ridge, his view suddenly opened up, revealing a stone forest in front of him.
From a great distance, faint sounds drifted from the stone forest, a mixture of crying and pleas for mercy, causing Hua Yunfei to frown.
What I see before me seems to be another band of bandits committing evil deeds.
In the stone forest, a boy of about fifteen or sixteen years old was examining an ancient jade piece in his hand. Corpses lay scattered all around him.
"You beasts, give me back my sister's life..."
A boy nearby howled like a wild beast, venting his fury on the few survivors.
"Um?"
Sensing someone approaching, the young man holding the ancient jade in the arena quickly turned around to look in the direction of the newcomer.
"It's you?!"
"How did you come to be here?"
Ye Fan looked surprised. After seeing the person in front of him, he was stunned for a moment, and then immediately put away the ancient jade in his hand.
He always maintained a high degree of vigilance towards Hua Yunfei.
Hua Yunfei glanced briefly at Ye Fan's subtle movements and stepped forward.
He figured out the situation: Ye Fan had killed a group of bandits, and the roaring boy next to him must be Er Lengzi, a descendant of the Silver Blood Royal Family.
The incident began when Chen Da Hu Zi and his gang of bandits committed all sorts of evil deeds, robbing people everywhere and even harming young girls in their prime. Countless innocent people died at their hands.
The village where Er Lengzi lived was targeted by this band of bandits. Not only did they have to hand over the resources they had painstakingly dug every month, but Er Lengzi's sister was also kidnapped by them.
Although Ye Fan has now wiped out Chen Dahuzi's band of outlaws, the mastermind behind them—the real cancer, Qingxia Sect—remains unaffected, and most of the outlaws in the vicinity are supported by this sect.
Stepping closer to Ye Fan, Hua Yunfei said, "Didn't you invite me to explore Purple Mountain together back in the Fire Domain?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Fan was speechless: "I wonder who was it that kept saying they wouldn't go."
Hua Yunfei couldn't help but touch his nose. It was indeed a bit awkward to meet like this. He hadn't expected to run into Ye Fan so soon.
He had previously vowed not to go to Zishan, but now he's come running here all of a sudden.
There was no other way; forced by circumstances, he had to obtain the Source Book as soon as possible to eliminate any potential hidden dangers in the Heavenly Placenta before he could confidently embark on the Path of Chaos.
"Cough... I'm just worried about you. Your cultivation level is too low, and without anyone protecting you, you might die halfway before even entering Purple Mountain."
Hua Yunfei said without batting an eye.
"I always feel like someone is after my body..." Ye Fan sneered, as if he had seen right through him.
Given the current situation, it's hard not to speculate when these two meet.
"Sigh, you've misunderstood me too much. I only came here out of necessity..." Hua Yunfei shook his head, and after some explanation, he finally dispelled Ye Fan's concerns for the time being.
"Alright, even if what you say is true, and one needs to borrow the Source Book to cultivate, do you have a way to enter the mountain?" Ye Fan's eyes flashed.
Hua Yunfei said calmly, "I never fight unprepared battles. Since you're here, of course I'm prepared!"
After the two waited for Er Lengzi to finish venting his anger and deal with the remaining bandits, they returned to a stone stronghold under Ye Fan's leadership.
"So these are the descendants of Master Yuan?"
Hua Yunfei sized up an old man with white hair and beard. In his plan, the fifth-generation Source Master Zhang Lin was an indispensable and important figure.
Zhang Wuye and the others from Shizhai were overjoyed at Hua Yunfei's arrival.
The people of Shizhai were all ordinary people who had not cultivated. In this remote place far from the big city, they had never seen anyone as otherworldly as Hua Yunfei, far surpassing any other cultivator they had ever seen.
Upon learning that Hua Yunfei had come for the Source Book, Master Zhang told him the truth: a thousand years ago, an ancestor of the Zhang family entered Zishan with the Source Book and never returned, and the Source Book was lost ever since.
In his view, Purple Mountain was an extremely ominous place, and anyone who entered would surely die. Ye Fan and Hua Yunfei were young and kind, and the old man did not want them to perish inside.
"Don't worry, sir, we're not reckless," Hua Yunfei said.
Hua Yunfei stayed in the stone village for the next few days.
He would occasionally guide the people of Shizhai in their cultivation, or explore Zishan and the nine surrounding dragon veins with Ye Fan.
Ye Fan arrived early and had already scouted the area multiple times, so he led Hua Yunfei around knowing the way well.
With Zishan Mountain right in front of him, Hua Yunfei was deeply moved.
On one hand, it was naturally for the Origin Heaven Book; on the other hand, there were quite a few good things inside Purple Mountain.
Forget about the Beginningless Bell and the Beginningless Sutra; even a true Great Emperor wouldn't be able to help them.
While these two items are off-limits, one can try their luck with the Divine Phoenix Immortal Elixir and the numerous Medicine Kings growing at the Beginningless Dao Platform.