Chapter 339: Iron-eating Wolf Xu Hui looked up at a loss,...
Xu Hui looked up at a loss, and met dark eyes with a hint of expectation. Her heart trembled, and she hurriedly returned the jade carving, turned around abruptly, and jumped off the stage and left.
She didn't notice that the light in her eyes, which had originally been sparkling, gradually disappeared, returning to its dull calmness, with a hint of dark red appearing occasionally.
Xu Hui walked very fast, her heart pounding and her face getting hotter and hotter.
This unfamiliar emotion made her feel at a loss, yet it also brought with it a hint of joy that she herself was not even aware of.
What was she happy about? She didn't know, but Wei Mubai's attitude and actions made her feel happy, warm and comfortable.
She couldn't help but relax her brows, a smile appeared in her eyes, and her steps became lighter unconsciously.
Looking back, the Wenxin Book Tower was already far away, and he could also see the situation on the platform, but since Wei Mubai was able to stand up, it meant that there was no problem.
Should she still go find him?
Xu Hui paused, hesitated for a moment, and continued walking forward.
Forget it. There are still two months before entering the Haizhou Secret Realm. There is no danger in the city, and we don’t need the protection of Venerable Jiangli. Going there will only disturb others.
Why not take advantage of these two months to observe Wen Mall more and get to know the entire cultivation world better?
That being said, she couldn't help but feel a little lost when she thought of Wei Mubai, as she wouldn't be able to see him for two months.
My steps slowed down unconsciously, and I walked forward with a clatter, passing one shop after another aimlessly.
I walked past a teahouse and was alerted by the bustling sounds, which brought me back to my senses.
She seemed to have walked a long way. Where was this place?
Oh, in front is Liufu Bridge, which is a sky bridge leading to another small peak. This bridge was built by monks. It is very large and can accommodate twenty people walking side by side.
But in fact, the monks were flying around, so there were tea stalls, food stalls, wine stalls, and chairs and benches on the bridge for people to rest and chat.
The most lively place was where a storyteller was telling a story. He was talking about how the Wen family had led a group of noble families to capture a demonic insect that was harming people.
Xu Hui shuddered. Was it resolved so quickly? Had the news spread?
She hurried over, found a place to sit down, and listened to what happened.
A man dressed as a servant came over and asked her what she wanted.
Xu Hui casually ordered a pot of tea and some snacks and fruits, and ate while listening.
You know what, this guy really does make a living from this. What he said was so bizarre and full of ups and downs.
He began by explaining how he discovered it. "As the saying goes, everything in this world, every sip and every drink, has its destiny, and there is also the law of cause and effect. Everyone, please do not have evil intentions, otherwise you will not be able to escape the law of cause and effect."
"Alright, alright, Old Li, stop keeping us in suspense and tell us how you discovered it."
"This story begins with the Wen family's discovery of the fifth-grade Heavenly Fragrance Lotus. This is a mutated variety, one-of-a-kind in the world. The bone-growing pills it can produce are extraordinary. Ordinary people can't make it. Only the genius of the Wei family who suddenly appeared out of nowhere has this ability!"
"I know, Wei Mubai, then what?"
"While he was refining pills, he discovered a bug that had pierced through numerous defenses and even made its way into the Wen family's Immortal Residence. The formations and barriers in his alchemy room were completely useless against the bug, so it naturally attracted his attention. Who is this Wei Mubai? He's a child of destiny, and incredibly intelligent. He immediately guessed the bug's origins were not simple!"
"Only he can pay attention to these things when refining the elixir..."
"If it were us, we would never have the energy to pay attention to this."
"Also!" The storyteller clapped his hands rhythmically, drawing back all attention. "Besides Wei Mubai, someone else has also noticed something is amiss."
"There's someone else? Who is it? So powerful! The demon bugs have been around for so long, and no one has noticed them. How come two people who can spot them have appeared in a row? Is it true that the net of heaven is vast and nothing can escape it?"
"Haha, that's exactly what happened. You'd never guess that person is the rumored ex-fiancée of Wei Mubai, the genius!"
"What? The woman who abandoned Wei Mubai? Is she so powerful?"
"How could he not be amazing? If he wasn't, why would you be willing to abandon Wei Mubai, a peerless genius?"
"That's right," everyone was talking about who that woman was.
Xu Hui was very upset. Fortunately, no one had seen her appearance. It would be really unbelievable if she ended up eating the melon herself.
She wanted to leave immediately, but she also wanted to know what happened next, so she had to patiently continue listening.
What happened next was exciting. People from the ten great families followed the appearance she left behind and tracked her down in batches, and finally gathered at Mingta Mountain, 3,000 kilometers away.
The original Mingta Mountain was a spiritually barren place. Apart from the useless stone and iron mines, there were rugged rocks and sparse vegetation. Only low-level iron-eating wolves gathered here.
Iron-eating wolves feed on stone and iron ore. Most of them are first-level spirit beasts, and only the head wolf can advance to the second level. They are not worth much. The only valuable thing is the beast pill of the iron-eating wolf.
But the first and second level iron-eating wolves cannot produce beast pills, only the third level iron-eating wolves can.
However, the third-level iron-eating wolf is a mutant species. It is only possible for it to mutate unless it consumes spiritual fruits that change its physique, or elixirs that specifically improve the cultivation level of spiritual beasts.
But the third-level beast pill is just ordinary. Apart from enhancing defense, it is far less precious than other spirit beast pills, and even less precious than spirit fruits and elixirs.
Therefore, no one would do such a money-losing business, and the spiritual energy in Mingta Mountain is too thin to produce high-quality spiritual fruits.
Therefore, this is a place that cultivators rarely set foot on. This time, no one discovered for a long time that a place so close to Wenshang City had been transformed into a dark and eerie place.
When the monks from aristocratic families arrived here, they found that it was covered by thick black fog. Beneath the swirling clouds, there was an eerie silence.
This kind of silence is the kind that swallows up any sound that comes here, making people feel as if they are dead, as if they are walking on the road to the underworld.
Using spiritual sense to investigate, he discovered that the mountain was full of third-level iron-eating beasts, circling around the entire mountain in a mechanical and strange manner.
"There must be tens of thousands of these Level 3 Iron-eating Wolves. How many medicinal pills did they use to cultivate them? What a huge investment!"
The audience exclaimed in surprise and couldn't help but marvel at it, because they often went to the area near Mingta Mountain, but had never noticed such an anomaly.
"I think everyone is wondering why something unexpected happened at Mingta Mountain but no one noticed the cause?" the storyteller said with a smile.
"Yes, yes. We were so close, and the Wen family didn't even notice?"
"That's because..." The storyteller smiled mysteriously and suddenly changed the subject, "Let's continue talking about the iron-eating wolf."
"Oh—" the audience sighed at him. Of course, this secret was more exciting. In order to be able to hear it, some people immediately threw a few spirit stones into the box next to the storyteller.
But the storyteller remained unmoved, "I know everyone is curious, but this is a big secret that will be revealed at the end."
He smiled mysteriously, which instantly aroused everyone's curiosity. Those who were planning to leave stopped and looked.
Even Xu Hui was intrigued by these words and listened attentively.
"Those mutated third-level iron-eating wolves weren't nurtured by spiritual elixirs, but rather controlled by spirit-sucking demonic insects. The person behind this has cultivated a large number of demonic insects. After absorbing spiritual energy, they parasitize the brains of the iron-eating wolves, transferring the spiritual energy to them, transforming them into third-level mutant wolves, equivalent to the Golden Core stage, and completely under their control."
Everyone gasped in shock. Tens of thousands of Jindan-stage iron-eating wolves, what a terrifying power!
"Luckily we didn't enter Mingta Mountain. If we were surrounded by wolves, there would be no way back!"
"What does that guy want to do with all these Iron-eating Wolves?" He exclaimed, as if he had thought of something. "Is he planning to invade Wenshang City?"
Someone immediately retorted, "How is that possible? Wenshang City is full of formations..." But before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by another person.
"What's impossible? The Iron-eating Wolves are incredibly powerful and have high defenses. Level three wolves are even harder to kill. We can use them to violently break through the formation. Tens of thousands of them, charging straight at us, can completely surround Wen Mall."
"Impossible! The Wen Family Immortal Mansion is in Wen Mall, with a Mahayana cultivator in charge. A dozen Spiritual Stage cultivators can kill them instantly!"
"That's right," the storyteller snapped his fingers, attracting everyone's attention. "So his goal is certainly not to attack Wenshang City, but to hunt down the monks!"
Wow!
Everyone thought of a place, a lost land three hundred kilometers away from Mingta Mountain.
The Lost Land is a scar on the world of cultivation. Thousands of years ago, a shocking evil cultivator was born, practicing a terrifying technique to transform souls.
He disguised himself so well that no one noticed anything unusual about him.
This man joined the Li family, one of the great families at the time, and worked his way up from an outer disciple to an inner disciple, then a personal disciple. He married the daughter of the head of the Li family and became a generation elder of the Li family.
The couple had a son and a daughter, but on the day the two children came of age, they suddenly attacked when they left home to attend the grand ancestor worship ceremony that was held once every thousand years. Using the blood of the two children as a guide, they sacrificed the lives of all people, extracted their souls and spirits, and helped him to break through to the Mahayana stage and achieve perfection. He encountered a thunder tribulation and almost ascended to heaven.
If he succeeds, the rules of the entire cultivation world will change. From then on, evil cultivators will no longer be evil cultivators, but will be cultivators whose methods are recognized by the rules of the Tao. Then the whole world will become extremely cruel and bloody.
Evil cultivation techniques are all about quick success. As long as you are willing to take risks and sacrifice your blood relatives, you can obtain a "good" technique that suits you and allow you to advance continuously.
If this is truly successful, everyone will become your target of defense, including blood relatives, friends, lovers, and even people you have only met once. They may harm you and use this as a foundation for your cultivation.
The whole world will become purgatory!
This sudden change immediately caused strange phenomena in heaven and earth, and all the Mahayana cultivators sensed it and rushed over.
In order to stop the evil cultivator, thousands of Mahayana cultivators, regardless of their level of cultivation, triggered the Nine Heavens Thunder Tribulation to resist the evil heavenly thunder that the evil cultivator had sacrificed hundreds of thousands of lives to bring about.
In the end, half of these thousands of cultivators were sacrificed, and the rest had to ascend to heaven with their bodies and cultivation in ruins after the thunder tribulation.
As for what you will face after ascending to the fairyland, it is difficult to say.
In short, after that battle, the world of cultivation was almost broken, and there were no Mahayana cultivators for hundreds of years.
But this is not the greatest harm. Before complete destruction, the evil cultivator left behind a curse to turn the entire world into a soulless place.
Fortunately, the curse was washed away by the fairy water and almost all of it was gone, leaving only a small piece left at the place where he left home.
From then on, it became a place without spirits, known as the 'Lost Land'. Passing through it, one could not summon spiritual power, and even flying over it was impossible.
The Lost Land is the only way to get from Wenliu City to Wenshang City. Unless you use a teleportation array or a teleportation talisman, you cannot avoid it.
Wenliu City is the second largest city under the jurisdiction of the Wen family, and there is frequent and close exchanges between the two cities.
If the person behind the scenes ambushed the Iron-Eating Wolf here, I wonder how many monks would be killed!
hiss--
Everyone gasped in surprise.
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