Three days later, Zhong Yue's appearance started to change, he turned into a human with a dragon's head.
His body also became taller, he was now ten feet tall and looked rather thin. He carried the Fang Blade on his back, the Fang Blade was three feet long and had a wooden handle. Zhong Yue and the blade looked very elegant and graceful, he didn't look like a human from the Great Wilderness, but a young man from the dragon race.
It was winter now, it was snowing heavily outside of the Great Wilderness. Zhong Yue used his psyche to steal some marten fur coats and beast skins from the Shui Tu Clan and wore them. The family he stole from should be one of the wealthiest in the Shui Tu Clan, the marten fur coat and beast skin were well-groomed, Zhong Yue looked very noble when he wore them.
Especially now that he was a human with a dragon's head and a white fur coat around his neck, he looked even more wealthy.
The reason why he couldn't completely revert back to his original appearance was because there was too much beast god essence in his body and the beast god inner core was constantly emitting beast god essence. Furthermore, the beast god inner core was hidden in his psyche ocean, thus, his head couldn't revert back to a human head.
But now, he had arrived at the buffer zone between the Great Wilderness and Xian Kong City, the Savanna Wasteland.
It was a vast and desolate plain, uninhabited by humans, snow covered the withered grasses, and beneath it was a layer of frozen soil. Both the Human Clan and the Demon Clan relied on the mountains and rivers. Most of them lived near the mountains and rivers, hunting and fishing for a living. As for the plains, neither the Human Clan nor the Demon Clan bothered to occupy them.
In the eyes of the monsters and humans, the plain was a barren land.
Zhong Yue had heard from some Qi Practitioners that the Human Sovereign once promoted the cultivation of the five grains on a large scale, he wanted the humans to walk out of the mountains to plant the five grains in the plain. However, no one knew what the five grains looked like in the Great Wilderness.
The Great Wilderness was too remote, even the existence of the Human Sovereign was a legend, no one had ever confirmed it.
For three days, he didn't encounter any monsters or humans, it was clear that the Savanna Wasteland was extremely barren.
"Xin Huo, how far are we from the teleportation portal?" Zhong Yue strode forward, each step he took was a hundred feet away, it looked like he was taking a stroll in the park, but his speed was incredibly fast.
In these three days, he had walked for over ten thousand miles, Xin Huo's perception of the teleportation portal was getting clearer, he could now estimate the distance of the teleportation portal.
"With your current speed, it would only take you four to five days to reach the teleportation portal."
"Four to five days?"
Zhong Yue was relieved, "That's only ten thousand miles. Huh, what is this? "
The ground in front of them split open, as if it had been slashed by a sharp sword from the sky. A huge crack was left on the ground, and some ice and snow had already accumulated in the crack. However, one could still see that the two walls were extremely smooth!
Zhong Yue stood at the edge of the precipitous fissure, the sword mark was about three miles long, it was incredibly sharp, as if it was left behind by a giant wielding a sword!
Not far from this sword mark, there were some footprints. The footprints were huge, like small ponds. There was some water in them that had already frozen. It was unknown what kind of giant beast had left these footprints.
When he reached the front, Zhong Yue's heart skipped a beat. The air suddenly turned moist, crackling electric sparks filled the air, and under the influence of the moist air, the electric sparks seemed to form thunder totem carvings. The surroundings were charred black, as if a giant had fought with lightning in his hand!
It was winter now, the air was dry and devoid of moisture. Even if there was water, it would be frozen into ice shards. However, the moisture in this place was moist, probably due to the lightning carvings heating up the air. The lightning carvings had not dissipated for such a long time, it was obvious that an extremely strong Qi Practitioner had battled here, causing the lightning to linger until now!
This is … the skill of the Lei Hu Clan Qi Practitioner! That's right, that giant beast footprint was left behind by Fang Jiange's giant tortoise, Fushan, and that sword mark was left behind by Fang Jiange's magnificent sword qi! "
Zhong Yue's heart thumped, This is the place where the four young aces of Swords Gate fought with the two monster island lords of Xian Kong City! Come to think of it, it has been more than two months since they left to fight with the two monster island lords. I wonder if the four young aces of Swords Gate managed to kill the two monster magnates?
He was curious, Fang Jiange, Feng Wuji, Lei Hong, and Jun Sixie were chasing after the Lord of Sulphur Island Yan Yunsheng and Lord of Jinxiu Island Xiutian Chen. It should be a huge matter, why hadn't any news reached Swords Gate yet?
If they succeeded and killed the Lord of Sulphur Island and Lord of Jinxiu Island, the whole of Swords Gate would be in an uproar. If they failed, there wouldn't be no news at all. Unless ….
His eyes brightened up and he whispered, "The four of them are still chasing after the Lord of Sulphur Island and Lord of Jinxiu Island!"
Zhong Yue raised his head and looked around, there was no end in sight, he thought, This place is only a few tens of thousands of miles away from Xian Kong City, with my speed, I can reach there in about ten days. The two island lords are the magnates of the monster race, they are on the same level as the headmaster of Swords Gate, but they still haven't made it out of the Savanna Wasteland. This means that their injuries are too severe for them to escape from the four young aces of Swords Gate!
Furthermore, the reason why the two island lords were severely injured was largely because of him. If it weren't for Xin Huo's guidance, how could the two monster magnates be injured so badly?
In the days that followed, he saw more traces of battle. Not only Fang Jiange and Lei Hong, but also Jun Sixie and Feng Wuji, the two young aces had also arrived at the Savanna Wasteland.
Zhong Yue even saw thousands of stone pillars that suddenly appeared in the plains. The stone pillars were over six hundred feet tall, covering an area of a hundred miles in radius. On the stone pillars, there were all kinds of complicated totem carvings of dragons and phoenixes!
These thousands of stone pillars stood in the middle of the wasteland, forming an extremely sharp killing array formation. It was unknown which of the four young aces had left this array formation behind.
However, in this array formation, one of the two island lords must have been trapped in it for a long time. After a bloody battle, more than half of the stone pillars were broken, and some of the totem carvings on the stone pillars were shattered. The power of the array formation was completely destroyed, and the land of a hundred miles had turned into a messy battlefield.
The four young aces of Swords Gate, each and every one of them is very strong! Zhong Yue praised in his heart.
Four days later, Zhong Yue saw many villages along the way. They were all human settlements, which piqued his curiosity. This place was very close to the monster race's territory, but there were still human settlements here.
However, as the number of human settlements increased, the number of monsters also increased. Along the way, he saw a few monster Qi Practitioners riding on the monstrous wind and monstrous clouds as they flew across the sky. In the Savanna Wasteland, there would be one or two mountains with monstrous Qi emanating from them. These mountains were probably the dwellings of the monster Qi Practitioners. Compared to the wasteland, the mountains were much more fertile.
Didn't they say that the humans couldn't survive outside of the Great Wilderness? Why are there so many human settlements here?
Zhong Yue passed by one of the settlements. It was not a big tribe, only about two thousand people. They were all wearing ragged clothes and were emaciated. They were raising livestock.
The humans slowed down as they saw him passing by. They hid in the thatched huts and stared at him in fear.
Zhong Yue was puzzled. Only then did he realize that he was now in the form of a dragon with a human body. He looked very similar to the dragon race, which was why the humans mistook him as a monster.
The humans here had been oppressed by the monster race for a very long time, which was why they were so afraid of him.
"Master, are you just passing by?"
An old man who looked like the chief of the tribe hurriedly welcomed Zhong Yue, he smiled and said, "Master, what kind of tribute do you want to eat? Raw or cooked? "
Zhong Yue smiled and said, "Sir …."
The old man quickly kneeled on the ground and said in a trembling voice, "Master, you're too kind!"
Zhong Yue was puzzled, he said, "I've been traveling for the past few days and I've been eating and sleeping in the wilderness. If you can give me some cooked food …."
The old man quickly stood up and smiled, "Master, please wait for a moment, the tribute will be presented soon …. Men, men, bring the daughter of the third brother here! Master, please wait …. Hurry up and bring her over, let master see her face! If Master is satisfied with it, send it to me when it's cooked! "
An honest-looking middle-aged man held the hand of a twelve-year-old girl and bowed to the old man. The girl looked at Zhong Yue with tears in her eyes.
The old patriarch smiled apologetically, "Master, are you satisfied with this? If not, there are still clean girls in my village …. "
Zhong Yue stood there like a statue, the young and strong humans, women and children were trembling in fear, not daring to make a sound. After a few moments, Zhong Yue slowly breathed out a mouthful of turbid air and said, "All the passing monsters, do you all have to pay tribute?"
That old tribe leader lowered his head and said, "This five hundred li radius is Master Sun's trump card, we are Master Sun's livestock. Master Sun is very hospitable, he once said that we have to treat all the demons that pass by with great hospitality, and let them eat and drink well."
Zhong Yue remained silent, the so-called 'eat and drink well' was probably to treat these humans as livestock to be sacrificed to the passing monster Qi Practitioners.
"Hospitable? Hehe …. "
His heart was filled with an uncontrollable grief and anger, after a long time, he heaved a breath of relief and said, "Do you know, twenty thousand miles to the west, there is a human sacred land called Swords Gate? It rules over a hundred thousand miles of the Great Wilderness. There, you won't have to be eaten. "
The Old Patriarch revealed a terrified expression and repeatedly kowtowed, "Master, this old man doesn't dare to escape, I don't dare to escape!"
The others also knelt down in fear, the young lady who was used as a sacrifice said timidly, "Twenty thousand miles …. Who can walk that far …."
Zhong Yue then realized, why did these humans not dare to run? It was because the Great Wilderness was too far away, to him, twenty thousand miles would only take him seven to eight days to walk, but if it were these ordinary humans with their families, they would have to walk for years to reach the Great Wilderness. Furthermore, there would be no food and drink on the way, countless of them would die!
Furthermore, the monsters were not to be trifled with, if they found out that these humans had escaped, they would not even be able to walk a hundred miles before they would be caught up by the enraged monster Qi Practitioners!
"Brat Yue, you can't help them."
In his psyche ocean, Xin Huo's voice sounded, "The Fuxi celestial race, the descendants of the Heavenly Monarch, has fallen to the point of being treated as food by the monster race, what a pity …."
Zhong Yue was indifferent, after a moment, he said bitterly, "Xin Huo, are we humans really the descendants of the Fuxi?"
"Absolutely!"
"Our ancestors built the most glorious civilization in this world, our ancestors were the Heavenly Monarchs of all the races in this world, the blood that flows in our veins is the noblest and proudest blood in this world, why have we fallen to the point of being bullied by the monster race …."
The young man from the Zhong Shan Clan shed tears, he slowly closed his eyes and murmured, "Why doesn't anyone do anything to change this? Why doesn't anyone remember our past glory, our past glory? Why have we become so numb? Is it because the blood in our hearts has turned cold … But why do I feel that the blood that flows in my heart is still warm? So hot, so hot that it feels like it's boiling! "
The humans looked at this tearful 'master' in trepidation, their hearts were filled with fear.
After a moment, Zhong Yue opened his eyes and asked, "Where is Master Sun?"
