The perimeter of the place where Han Mountain's ancestor either passed away or isolated himself could be said to be hidden in the canyons under Han Mountain City. It could also be said that it was a mysterious dimension that was built by the secret tunnel leading to Han Mountain City.
The place was not too big, but with Su Ming's speed, he would need at least ten days to walk through it. The mountain range filled the place, but it did not feel too humid. It was dry, but there was also a thick spiritual aura around the place that others could not see clearly.
That spiritual aura surrounded the place and tumbled about in the fog. Su Ming could feel it. As for the others, they would feel refreshed in this place, as if they could forget about their fatigue.
Perhaps it was due to the presence of this spiritual aura that a lot of plants grew in the mountain range. Compared to the plants in the world outside, the plants here were much more lively and full of life. There were even some valuable herbs that a normal person would find difficult to find in the world outside.
The list Tranquil East Tribe gave to each guest who entered this place clearly marked out the locations of some of the rare herbs in this place and drew out a map of the place.
With the map around, a person would not have to worry about their direction in this place. At that moment, Su Ming held the wooden slip given to him by Tranquil East Tribe and memorized everything drawn on it. He charged forward cautiously along the rising and falling mountains.
Su Ming spread out his Brand all along the way and was constantly on guard against any signs of movement around him. He knew that something had happened here and that he could run into danger at any moment. That danger came from Lake of Colors Tribe, and he did not know whether Tranquil East Tribe and Puqiang Tribe had formed an alliance. If that was not the case, then this place would fall into chaos.
'The strongest among the guests in Tranquil East Tribe is the chief guest, Nan Tian … This person has already reached the Transcendence Realm. He was described the most in the wooden slip Fang Mu gave me.
'He was among the first batch of people to enter this place. I wonder how he is now … Tranquil East Tribe's Nan Tian, Puqiang Tribe's Xuan Lun, and Lake of Colors Tribe's Ke Jiu Si. These three are the strongest guests in the three tribes.' Su Ming's eyes sparkled. Not a single sound came from beneath his feet. After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, he saw a giant ravine in the middle of a mountain that looked as if it had been split in half.
'Tranquil Spirit Herb! It's here!' Su Ming did not recognize nearly a seventh of the herbs in the wooden slip of Tranquil East Tribe that he had memorized. Besides Sky Flute Branch, the other herbs were temporarily useless to him.
Yet since he was already here, Su Ming did not want to let go of this chance. He wanted to gather more herbs that were more well-rounded. This might be of help to him when he finished refining Spirit Plunder.
As he looked at the crack in the mountain, Su Ming became even more wary. Before he got closer, he focused the Brand of 2,000 feet on the area, and once he scanned the area carefully, he charged forward and turned into a long arc that shot through the ground. With a flash, he rushed into the crack in the mountain.
The crack was very deep and the end could not be seen. It was as if the crack had pierced through the ground. Su Ming touched the walls on both sides of the crack and took a deep breath.
'This is man-made … By the looks of it, it's as if someone split it with a blade … Just what sort of level of cultivation would be able to do this?!' Su Ming quietly walked down the crack, and as he walked, he calculated the distance between them.
After a moment, Su Ming came to a halt. He saw a gap in the wall that was located at the deeper part of the crack. The gap was not big, and it was pitch black inside. It was as if there was once a tunnel there that was cut off by the crack.
'This should be the place.' Su Ming moved forward cautiously. He spread out the Brand and slowly arrived at the gap. He took a step inside, and the moment his body landed, a faint white mist immediately spread out from the gap. That mist appeared out of nowhere and enveloped Su Ming's body.
Su Ming did not retreat. Instead, he immediately brought out the wooden slip from Tranquil East Tribe. The descriptions of the locations of the various herbs were very detailed. The places where these herbs grew were collected by Tranquil East Tribe over the years, and they were also protected. They did not take them away in one go, but allowed the herbs to grow in the place, and they would search for them every once in a while.
If one wanted to find and enter this place, they would need wooden slips. With the wooden slips, they would be able to open the defenses of the places where Tranquil East Tribe's herbs were stored. However, over the hundreds of years, it was inevitable that the other two tribes would snatch away the wooden slips, but there were also cases of other tribes snatching away the wooden slips from other tribes. As they came into contact with each other, almost nine-tenths of the places where the herbs were stored were known to the three tribes.
However, to prevent the herbs from going extinct due to the competition, an ingenious balance was gradually formed between the three tribes. Besides a few of the more valuable herbs that the three tribes had to fight for, most of the other places were distributed among the three tribes before the place was opened.
The white mist tumbled before Su Ming, and only when it touched the wooden slip in his hand did it gradually dissipate, revealing the path leading into the place. Su Ming hesitated for a moment before he walked forward cautiously.
Before long, Su Ming appeared in a flash within the gap. He took a step forward with a dark expression and charged out of the crack. Very soon, he rushed out of the crack and stood at the edge. His eyes sparkled, and after a moment of pensive silence, he lowered his head and looked at the crack beneath his feet once again. Once he made his decision, he did not leave, but rushed towards the crack once again.
This time, he did not enter the tunnel through the gap. Instead, he went deeper into the crack and quickly closed in. It was dark beneath him, but he did not need to use his eyes to look at the area within the Brand's area. He could feel everything clearly in his heart.
Time passed by. After a while, the crack before Su Ming was still bottomless, but it was getting narrower. There were even some places where he had to lean his body sideways to get through.
At that moment, Su Ming saw something within the area within the Brand's area.
'I knew it!' Su Ming stopped and moved towards the place where he sensed the presence of the item within the Brand's area. Before long, a headless corpse appeared before him.
The corpse was stuck on the wall of the crack. It was headless and wore a blue robe. His body was covered in a large amount of wounds, and there was a wound on his chest that almost pierced through his body.
There was a plate hanging on his waist. That plate was the symbol of the guest of Tranquil East Tribe!
Su Ming observed the corpse carefully for a while and searched through his body. He did not find any belongings, but based on the corpse, he could tell that the person had only died a few days ago.
'He lost his head and his blood …' Su Ming fell silent and charged upwards. Very soon, he left the ravine and did not stop. He walked quickly into the distance.
Several hours later, Su Ming walked past five of the places where the herbs were stored on the five wooden slips. His expression became increasingly darker. He stood beside a gigantic mountain rock and touched the wooden slip in his hands with a contemplative look on his face.
'There are herbs in all of them?!' This was not good news for Su Ming. This meant that the previous two batches of people from Tranquil East Tribe did not have much chance to gather herbs. Even if they did occasionally come to search for herbs, they ended up like the person in the crack and turned into corpses.
A glint appeared in Su Ming's eyes. After a moment of silence, he made his decision. He was just about to continue moving forward when the whine of a sword echoed in his head. He turned around swiftly and immediately saw a white cloud charging towards him from the sky in the distance.
There were two people standing on the white cloud. One of them had a lithe body, and it was Han Fei Zi!
Su Ming's pupils shrank. Without any hesitation, he immediately retreated and hid behind the mountain rock. He did not want to meet Han Fei Zi. In his mind, Han Fei Zi's appearance in this place was not surprising, but he still wanted to avoid her if he could.
The white cloud charged forward and got closer. Its speed gradually slowed down. The blood shadow floating before Han Fei Zi suddenly let out a strong red light.
The moment the blood red shadow shone, it instantly caught Su Ming's attention. He originally thought that Han Fei Zi was just passing by, but when he saw the white cloud under her feet slowing down as if it was about to stop, and when he saw the red light from the blood red shadow, he focused his gaze on it, and his heart immediately trembled. He saw that the blood red shadow was actually him wearing the mask!
'This is bad!' Su Ming immediately knew that the person's appearance was not an accident. He was using some strange Berserker Art to guide him and was searching for him!
'It must be the man in red robes from Lake of Colors Tribe!' Su Ming immediately retreated. Right at the instant he retreated less than thirty feet away, the mountain rock where he had been standing immediately let out a threatening, freezing air. With cracking sounds, an endless amount of frost instantly appeared on the mountain rock, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into a block of ice.
The block of ice exploded with a bang and turned into an endless amount of ice shards that charged towards Su Ming with a howl.
At the same time, a chilling glint appeared in the eyes of Yan Guang, who was standing behind Han Fei Zi on the white cloud in the sky. He took a huge step forward and used the momentum from midair to descend, turning into a long arc that charged towards Su Ming.
"Guest of Tranquil East Tribe, how dare you kill a member of Lake of Colors Tribe? Do you dare fight against me today?!" Yan Guang's voice was clear and traveled through the area. As he got closer, a sharp whistling sound pierced through the air. Yan Guang held a long spear in his hands. The spear was entirely blue and shone with a strange light. It was in his hands as he charged forward, closing in on Su Ming in an instant.
'He has at least 850 blood veins in the later stage of the Blood Solidification Realm!' As Su Ming retreated, he saw through the young man's power through the mask. If he met this person alone, Su Ming was confident that he could win, but Han Fei Zi was by his side.
Su Ming could ignore the young man, but he had fought against Han Fei Zi before. She had a lot of tricks up her sleeves. If the two of them appeared at the same time, he would not be able to fight against them.
All sorts of thoughts flashed through Su Ming's head. He retreated quickly and swung his right hand before him. He clenched his fist and hurled it towards the incoming Yan Guang in the sky.
At the same time, a black snake manifested in Su Ming's left hand. The snake hissed and charged towards the ice shards coming towards him.
The moment Su Ming's fist landed, his body immediately trembled and he took a few steps back. His face, which was hidden under the mask, was slightly pale. Yan Guang, who was in midair, was in an even worse state. He coughed out blood and almost lost his grip on the long blue spear in his hands. The incoming person was struck by a huge force and was sent flying hundreds of feet away. Only then did he stop moving in shock. (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian.Com and vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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