The edge of the old ruins in the north.
Inside a natural cave.
A rocky outcrop was leveled to make a stone table, on which lay two straight knives, a water bag, and several bloodstained primordial nuclei.
On one side of the stone table, a young woman sat cross-legged.
In the dead of winter, she wore only a close-fitting black martial arts uniform that accentuated her slender figure. Her hair was neatly styled in a bun, with stray hairs at her temples braided into two small braids and twisted together, revealing her long neck and straight back.
His skin was pale but not sickly; on the contrary, the bloodstains on his eyebrows and cheeks made him appear exceptionally cold and menacing. Not to mention, this person looked like he had just emerged from a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood; his murderous aura sent chills down one's spine just by getting close to him.
As the energy within her body slowly receded, the woman opened her eyes, revealing a pair of dark green eyes with a cold, gleaming light.
This woman was Chang Le, who had been training in various secret realms for more than two years.
Her long and intensive period of asceticism and solitary life made her more resilient, but also gave her a touch of aloofness that kept others at arm's length.
Chang Le tidied himself up, got up, and walked out of the cave to the warning sign at the boundary of the old ruins.
The brand-new warning signs and the overhead electric fences signal the existence of the old ruins and the danger they pose.
Chang Le first saw the warning sign, then noticed the huge crowd around him, and was stunned, wondering: These days, even the edge of the old market is popular for taking photos?
She walked to the edge of the crowd and happened to see a guy vividly telling someone else:
"That day! I was standing at the foot of Cangqiong Mountain, just about to climb up, when suddenly! The wind and clouds suddenly rose, the wind howled wildly, the rain poured down, then dark clouds gathered, thunder roared, as if the sky had exploded, and the entire Cangqiong Mountain shook as if it had been struck by a giant god! And then... guess what?"
"Hey!" The man jumped up and slapped his thigh, his elbow sweeping across Chang Le's nose, but Chang Le turned his head to dodge.
The man was speaking with great enthusiasm:
"I heard a series of loud noises from the mountains, like firecrackers going off. I was so scared that I turned around and ran to an open space some distance away."
Then came a fierce storm, so intense it was almost blinding. The heavenly lightning, as if drawn by something, cracked the sky in two with a silvery-white bolt. Finally, a thunderclap struck the mountaintop, a deafening roar shaking the earth—it was like the end of the world. Just then!
The man paused for a few seconds, drawing everyone's attention, before announcing in a high-pitched voice, "That thousand-meter-high Cangqiong Mountain... it exploded!"
"It exploded! It just exploded! The mountain collapsed and the earth cracked, with rocks flying everywhere. When we were at the foot of the mountain, it looked like the sky was falling and the earth was splitting apart! But right there in that collapsing mountain, suddenly, with a 'whoosh,' a person jumped out! A... living person!"
"That's right, the one who brought the mythical scene to life and had the aura of the Monkey King's birth is none other than the cultivation maniac who broke through the [Forbidden Secret Realm of the High Mountains] and destroyed the entire Azure Sky Mountain, the person the God-Making Sect has been dreaming of, the successor of the Dragon Emperor, the young master, Chang Le!"
At the climax of the performance, the surrounding area erupted in gasps and cheers.
Chang Le herself, after listening: ? ? ?
What?
Seeing the man's confident demeanor and his excitement as if he had experienced it firsthand, Chang Le almost began to doubt that he had lost his memory again.
She thought about it carefully before she remembered.
There is a [High Mountain Secret Realm], a type of test realm that requires the examinee to successfully escape from the realm. She did indeed escape by blasting the mountain.
But! On another note!
She only made a hole halfway up the mountain, which caused a thunderstorm to bombard half of the mountain. Where did all this talk of "the sky and earth changing color" and "the mountain collapsing and the earth splitting apart," or "the birth of the Monkey King," come from? To hell with "the birth of the Monkey King"!
The Monkey King is powerful, but the scene of his birth has been overused in the world of memes. How can it be used to describe something like this?
Chang Le's expression was complicated.
So much so that when the guy turned around, he saw her expression, which showed she couldn't smile.
"What? Does this young lady think my storytelling is bad?" The man wasn't annoyed at all; instead, he said frankly, "I was only influenced by my father. Although I enjoy storytelling, I only know the basics."
What you just described, sigh, didn't even capture a tenth of the grandeur of what I witnessed firsthand! It's understandable that you can't grasp the majesty and awe-inspiring power of Lord Chang Le.
Leaving aside the few times Chang Le was sprayed with saliva, he was even more exhausted from listening to it now.
She remained silent.
She became even more unmoved and anxious, and hurriedly told her all sorts of glorious deeds of Lord Chang Le.
Listening to his description of the non-human being, Chang Le expressed deep skepticism.
Looking at her brother, who was talking non-stop with a fanatical expression, Chang Le felt a kind of forced passion, like being recommended her brother by a die-hard fan.
"Huh? That's strange!" Seeing that he couldn't persuade her, the man, exhausted, put his hands on his hips and asked her, "If you're not curious about our Lord Chang Le, why did you come to such a dangerous place to see him?"
Chang Le glanced at him: You still know this is a dangerous place... Wait!
Chang Le narrowed his eyes: "Who are you looking at?"
"Lord Chang Le!"
"Look at her? Here?"
"That's right! Lord Chang Le is going to venture into the Northern Border Ruins! You couldn't possibly not know that, could you?"
Chang Le: ...
Yes, she did come, but... she didn't tell anyone! How did these people know?
The gossipy brother promptly explained: "A month ago, someone saw Lord Chang Le strolling around the edge of the old market several times. That couldn't possibly be just a casual stroll! He must be observing the terrain, looking for the best route and the right moment. He must be about to do something unprecedented! That is to break into the old market!"
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