"Look, First Supreme Elder. After exiting the Valley of Smoke and Fire, we will enter the Star Dou Mountain Range if we head east for another 3,000 miles. The Star Dou Mountain Range is like our neighbor to the Valley of Smoke and Fire! "Sect Leader Niu said as he accompanied Ling Dong in the sky and pointed at the mountain range in the distance.
After the grand welcoming banquet, Ling Dong spent a few days relaxing in the True Gang Sect. Of course, he was not enjoying a high position in the True Gang Sect. Instead, he was actually doing something for the True Gang Sect.
The current True Gang Sect was too weak in every aspect, including the accumulation of resources and so on. In the past few days, Ling Dong had selected more than a hundred types of Divine Powers, Secret Skills, and Cultivation Skills that were recorded in the inheritance of the Star Demon into the books of the True Gang Sect.
He had also sent a large number of Precious Weapons of Heaven and Earth to the True Gang Sect's vault for the sect's rewards and punishments. Over the years, Ling Dong had collected quite a number of Precious Weapons of Heaven and Earth. Of course, there was also a small number of Spiritual Weapons of Heaven and Earth.
Previously, he had given away a few precious treasures. Previously, he had given the Ling family members and the four criminal soldiers many Spiritual Weapons of Heaven and Earth. Now, Ling Dong did not have many Spiritual Weapons of Heaven and Earth.
Ling Dong had also asked Mountain God Yin Kang to help upgrade the pitiful Spiritual Vein of the True Gang Sect from a Spiritual Vein of Heaven and Earth to a Spiritual Vein of Heaven and Earth. This was for the sake of safety.
At this time, the restrictions of the Yuanzhou Mountain Range could no longer stop Yin Kang. He had directly upgraded the Spiritual Vein of Heaven and Earth to a Spiritual Vein of Heaven and Earth at the border of Liao Province. Sect Leader Niu exclaimed in amazement and was even more impressed.
Ling Dong wisely didn't ask the Mountain God Yin Kang, the Mountain God of Yuanzhou, how could he be so powerful in Liaozhou?
Ling Dong knew that even if he asked, he would only give the Mountain God Yin Kang a headache. Whether it was real or fake wasn't important to Ling Dong. What was important was that Ling Dong knew that this Mountain God Yin Kang wasn't an ordinary Mountain God. He was probably an extraordinary existence.
After busying himself for two to three days, he set up some new rules and regulations for True Gang Sect based on his experience. True Gang Sect had a new outlook after all these changes.
However, after busying himself for two or three days, Ling Dong was finally unable to suppress the suspicions in his heart. He had Sect Master Niu bring him to the Star Dou Mountain Range, which was right next to the Valley of Smoke and Fire.
"Three thousand miles is indeed next door to us Daoists!" Although Ling Dong couldn't see the Star Dou Mountain Range clearly, Sect Master Niu had said so. Ling Dong also felt that it was impossible for two places to have the same name. If there wasn't such a coincidence, then the Star Dou Mountain Range should be the place where Ling Dong and the short and fat Bai Han had agreed to meet.
"Sect Master Niu, since you're so close to the Star Dou Mountain Range, you must have been there before. Are you familiar with it?" Ling Dong asked as he pointed at the mountain range in the distance.
Sect Master Niu's eyes suddenly revealed a look of surprise. "Not really, but I've been there many times in the past. I'm quite familiar with the terrain! However, I've been there many times in the past. Because of the desolation and the lack of harvest, I haven't been there often in recent years. "
"Desolation and lack of harvest? What do you mean? "Ling Dong understood some of the meaning behind Sect Master Niu's words, but he didn't understand where the surprise in Sect Master Niu's eyes came from.
A bitter smile appeared on Sect Master Niu's face. "I don't know the reason either. The Star Dou Mountain Range is very majestic, and there's plenty of rain. However, not a single blade of grass grows there, and not a single beast lives there. Let alone demonic beasts, even normal wild beasts, and even mosquitoes and flies don't grow there. To put it in a slightly exaggerated way, if you enter the Star Dou Mountain Range without bringing your own food, you'll probably starve to death! "
"Not a single beast lives there, and not a single blade of grass grows there? Are there any other abnormalities? " Ling Dong suddenly felt rather surprised. However, he also became certain in his heart. Since there were such abnormalities in the Star Dou Mountain Range, he believed that the Star Dou Mountain Range here should be the Star Dou Mountain Range that Ling Dong and Bai Han had mentioned.
A thoughtful expression appeared in Sect Master Niu's eyes when he heard that. "If there's really any abnormalities in the Star Dou Mountain Range, it would be the starlight. In particular, on a moonless night, the thirty-six main peaks of the Star Dou Mountain Range shine with unusual starlight. It's like moonlight shining down."
"The gathered starlight is like the moon?" Ling Dong became even more certain in his heart. Ignoring the direction of the mysterious feeling, just this point alone was somewhat related to Ling Dong. Ling Dong believed that the mysterious feeling in his heart had something to do with the Star Dou Mountain Range.
"Well said. It really is like the starlight is like the moon!" Sect Master Niu extended his thumb towards Ling Dong. "In particular, there was a certain day two months ago. It was … it was the seventh day of the previous month. The starlight descended from the sky like a silver pillar, shining down on the Star Dou Mountain Range. When the pillar of light descended, there were faint tremors. Even the hot springs in our Smoky Fire Valley became much murkier. It was shocking! "
Sect Master Niu recalled all of this to Ling Dong with an astonished expression.
However, Ling Dong began to count with his fingers. The seventh day of the previous month was the day he had been forced to use the forbidden technique, Commanding the Heavens, Controlling the Stars, to attack Ying Cong during his battle with the Life and Death Tower. What had descended from the sky was also a beam of silver starlight.
Could it be that the silver pillar of starlight that descended from the Star Dou Mountain Range had something to do with Ling Dong? Was that why he had such a mysterious feeling?
Such a thought suddenly appeared in Ling Dong's heart.
Thinking about it was one thing, but Ling Dong still couldn't help but frown and ask, "Sect Master Niu, since such an abnormality has appeared in the Star Dou Mountain Range, and you've even seen it, you can't just watch and do nothing about it, right? Could it be that you didn't run over to the Star Dou Mountain Range to take a look? "
However, Sect Master Niu cried out in grievance. "Supreme First Elder, no matter how stupid I am as a sect master, I can still understand where the abnormality has occurred. Perhaps there will be treasures or strange objects appearing in the world. I immediately brought Elder Lian and Elder Gong with me, and gathered the strongest forces in the sect … "
When he said that, Sect Master Niu's face burned a little. The so-called strongest forces in the sect that he had gathered, including himself, were only three Star Lords. This was truly a little …
"How is it?" Ling Dong asked Sect Master Niu anxiously. Ling Dong truly wanted to know what abnormality had occurred there, especially since it was very likely that the abnormality here had something to do with Ling Dong.
Moreover, it was related to the so-called Big Dipper Star Palace. According to the Mountain God Yin Kang, this so-called Big Dipper Star Palace was very mysterious and powerful.
Under Ling Dong's questioning, Sect Leader Niu's face was filled with shame as he said, "Replying to First Supreme Elder, we went to explore the secret and encountered … a bloody head …"
"A bloody head?" With their strength, Ling Dong was not surprised by such an outcome. However, what Ling Dong needed was the process. "What happened? What happened? Or did you encounter some powerful existence? "
Sect Master Niu's face was still full of shame. "If we really encountered some powerful existence, that would be great …"
When he finished speaking, he stopped talking.
Ling Dong, however, was anxious. He asked with some urgency, "What exactly happened? Sect Master Niu, how did you guys end up with a bloody head? You have to explain. "
Seeing that Ling Dong seemed to be a little angry, Sect Master Niu was on the verge of crying. "Supreme First Elder, we really … we just bumped into it, and our heads started bleeding!"
Ling Dong was stunned. "Bumped into it, and your heads started bleeding? What do you mean? "
"Supreme First Elder, we're not sure either. The Star Dou Mountain Range, which used to be unobstructed, suddenly had an invisible barrier. The three of us didn't know what was going on, and bumped into it. All of our heads started bleeding. Junior Apprentice Brother Gong even broke his neck. He only recovered after a month of rest."
"Ah, we bumped into the barrier, and all of us were injured …" Ling Dong let out a pained groan. He held his forehead with his hand. He was speechless. This … this was truly a little ridiculous.
"What happened after that?" Ling Dong pressed on.
"After that?" Sect Master Niu had a puzzled expression. "There was no more after that. After we bumped into the barrier and started bleeding, we were so scared that we hurried back to the sect. We didn't go there to look."
Sect Master Niu paused for a moment. When he saw Ling Dong's disappointed expression, he hastily added, "However, I've occasionally heard our fellow cultivators talking about the Star Dou Mountain Range these days. All of them suffered a setback. A few of them tried to find a way to enter, but were directly injured by the recoil. They're still recuperating in seclusion."
"Is that so?" Ling Dong's brows were tightly furrowed.
Although Sect Master Niu's information was not very useful, it was still useful to Ling Dong.
After pondering for a few breaths, Ling Dong pointed forward, and said, "Let's go. I'll have to trouble Sect Master Niu to lead the way. We'll explore the Star Dou Mountain Range together!"
This time, Sect Master Niu did not beat around the bush. He made an inviting gesture, and immediately flew forward to lead the way. However, he added, "Supreme First Elder, please be careful when we get closer. It's really painful to bump into it head-on!"
Ling Dong did not know whether to laugh or cry as he nodded. He simply activated the Cloud-Piercing Vessel and began to travel.
A distance of over one thousand five hundred kilometers might take several days for an ordinary cultivator to travel. However, for someone like Ling Dong, and with the Cloud-Piercing Vessel, they would arrive in less than two hours.
"Supreme First Elder, please be careful. The invisible barrier seems to be arriving soon." After entering the Star Dou Mountain Range, Sect Master Niu purposefully reminded him.
It was just as Sect Master Niu had said. The Star Dou Mountain Range was truly barren. There were several hundred mountains as far as the eye could see, but every single one of them was barren.
When he heard Sect Master Niu's reminder, Ling Dong purposefully slowed down as well. His Spiritual Sense spread out like water. If he were to bump into something head-on like Sect Master Niu and end up bleeding, he would be utterly humiliated. He would be forced to reappear on the spot.
"Sect Master Niu, about where did you go last time …"
"Psst …"
Ling Dong was just asking when an extremely faint light screen appeared out of thin air. It shot toward Ling Dong with extreme speed as if it had been rebounded!
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PS: Brothers, I'd like to apologize. Originally, I would've been able to resume my normal two-chapter update in a day or two. However, there's been too much going on this year.
My second uncle has an only daughter who doesn't have a mother. He's coming back to get married this year. Because he's going out of town after the new year, he's in a hurry to get married. It's just a matter of a few days. He's going to get engaged and tied up. Time is too tight. As her brother and sister-in-law, there are some things that we have to do and help out with. My daughter-in-law has to apply for two or three days of leave from the school when the school opens the day after tomorrow.
He's getting engaged on the seventeenth of the first month and getting married on the eighteenth. I'm sure some of you have heard of such a tense situation before!
I'll continue to update one chapter every few days. After the eighteenth of the first month, which is the nineteenth of the first month, I'll be able to resume my two-chapter update!
Brothers, please understand. When you're over thirty, some things can't be avoided. You have to bear the burden!
This is a must as a man!
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