Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 563

Han Li, who had been sitting on the ground, flipped his palm and took out the tracking disc. The disc flashed, and white and black dots appeared. Han Li narrowed his eyes and examined it.

After a moment, he raised his eyebrows and flipped his palm to hide the disc. Soon after, a light flashed at the entrance of the cave, and Old Man Bu and Bai Yaoyi entered. Their expressions were very dark at a glance.

“Do you know where this place is?” Han Li asked, a hint of a smile playing on his lips. Even if he wasn’t a Great Jin cultivator, there was no way he wouldn’t know such a huge mountain.

“I’m embarrassed to say, but this is the first time I’ve ever seen such a huge mountain in my life. I’m not even sure if we’re still in Great Jin,” Old Man Bu replied with a wry smile.

“That’s right. If there was a mountain of this size in Great Jin, there’s no way I wouldn’t know about it,” Bai Yaoyi agreed, frowning at Old Man Bu’s words.

“I’m not sure where this place is, but this teleportation array was definitely set up by an ancient cultivator. I don’t know if we triggered the restriction during the battle or if there’s another reason, but we can think about that later. First, let’s refine the Nascent Soul Pill and then explore this place. What do you think?”

“I agree. This place is full of spiritual energy, so it won’t be a big deal if we stay a little longer. Besides, although the mountain is a bit strange, we don’t have to worry with Brother Han here. And who knows, we might even encounter some fortuitous encounter that could help our cultivation.”

Old Man Bu was silent for a moment before his face brightened and he replied. Bai Yaoyi also desperately wanted the Nascent Soul Pill, so there was no reason to refuse.

“Brother Bu, you flatter me. As you both know, the influence of the restriction prevents us from spreading our consciousness far. We can only explore a few *li* [approximately 0.5 kilometers] at most. Since it’s a huge mountain, the three of us will have to work together to properly explore it.”

“Yes, I felt it too when I looked around this place earlier. It’s really strange how such a huge mountain has no vitality at all. It doesn’t seem like a safe place.”

“Still, it’s the perfect place to refine spirit pills since the spiritual energy is abundant. Let’s refine the Nascent Soul Pill and then think about it.”

At Old Man Bu’s words, Han Li and Bai Yaoyi nodded in agreement.

Thus, they set up a formation to gather spiritual energy and a few defensive restrictions inside the cave, and Old Man Bu immediately began refining the Nascent Soul Pill. During that time, Han Li and Bai Yaoyi did not go outside and constantly stood guard, protecting Old Man Bu.

While they were waiting for the Nascent Soul Pill, halfway up the huge mountain, Ye family cultivators were gathered on a stone pavilion.

Most of them were sitting cross-legged around the pavilion, recovering their magic power, and only the Ye family’s First Elder, a scholar in white robes, was floating expressionlessly above the pavilion, looking at the stone steps built along the mountain.

The stone steps were made of spotless white rock, and they were so long that their end could not be seen. Even from afar, they were of an enormous scale, and their width seemed to be at least five or six *zhang* [approximately 15-18 meters].

Also, the end was buried in white clouds, so it was impossible to guess how much further they continued.

Not long after, a light flashed at the end of the sky, and a beam of light flew in. The yellow beam of light arrived in front of the scholar in an instant, and when the light disappeared, a grotesque-faced, large-headed giant appeared.

It was the Ye family’s Seventh Uncle.

“Third, I’ve looked around, and after going up the stairs for dozens of *li*, there’s a door. I think that door might be the famous Myriad Cultivation Gate. But the door is sealed, so we won’t be able to proceed until we break the restriction.”

“Myriad Cultivation Gate! Then that’s right. I heard that there were more than ten thousand cultivators living in Mount Kunwu at that time. If we get past that door, we’ll be able to find the place they left behind.”

“The restriction is not ordinary, so we must move quickly.”

The giant frowned as he looked at the cultivators resting around the pavilion.

“I know. But everyone has consumed a lot of magic power and needs to rest. This place isn’t very safe either, so we can’t just leave them behind and move on.”

“That’s true. Who would have known that even passing through the gaps in the sealing restriction would be this difficult? It’s fortunate that we only brought Nascent Soul cultivators on this expedition, or else the rest would have almost certainly died.”

The giant also sighed, recalling how difficult it was to pass through the sealing restriction. The scholar just smiled and didn’t say anything, but suddenly his expression changed, and he stared at somewhere in the void.

“What’s wrong?”

“I think I heard a sound.”

“A sound?”

At the scholar’s serious expression, the old man also activated his magic power, and he faintly heard the sound of an animal crying in his ear. It sounded like the roar of a lion or tiger, or perhaps the cry of a dragon, and it was getting closer and closer.

“Something’s coming.”

The giant’s eyes turned cold, and he flipped his palm and took out something silver and shining. The scholar was staring into the distance, not even blinking.

After a moment, a purple cloud appeared in the distance, and the sound of a demonic beast howling could be heard from within. And in an instant, it arrived about a hundred *zhang* away from the pavilion.

The scholar and the giant had already discovered something black in the clouds, and its two fist-sized, bright red eyes looked like those of a bloodthirsty beast.

Knowing that the opponent was a demonic beast with hostility, the giant’s face hardened, and he stretched out one hand. A silver light left his hand and disappeared.

Clang!

A claw flew out like lightning from the purple mist and blocked the silver light. The huge claw clenched tightly, revealing the silver light’s true form: a small, intricately designed loom shuttle.

However, soon thick green blood flowed from the huge claw, and a painful roar of the monster was heard from within the purple cloud. The purple cloud quickly thinned and then disappeared in an instant.

The giant and the scholar’s expressions changed at the same time when they saw that. The opponent was a monster proficient in concealment and escape techniques. For them, whose consciousness was limited by the restriction, it was the most troublesome demonic beast.

The two cultivators, who had made eye contact, unleashed their techniques almost simultaneously.

The giant opened his mouth and spat out a yellow flying sword, creating a huge sword that danced in the void, releasing countless sword energies that covered an area of dozens of *zhang*.

And the scholar flicked his sleeve and grabbed a green flag in his hand. When he threw the flag, green energy surged and turned into a huge cloud, protecting the cultivators around the pavilion.

Sword energy flashed thirty *zhang* away from the pavilion, and the purple cloud reappeared.

The monster in the cloud was completely enraged. The demonic beast, roaring as it appeared, finally revealed its form as it broke through the mist. The demonic beast had the head of a lion and the body of a hawk, and it had four wings.

When it spread its wings, it was about five or six *zhang* long, and its entire body was shimmering with purple light, making it extremely ferocious.

“Lion-Hawk Beast!”

The large-headed giant shouted in surprise, and the scholar’s expression also changed as he flicked his sleeve and sent out a dark red flying dagger. However, as soon as the demonic beast saw the flying dagger, it became frightened and opened its bright red mouth, releasing a purple ring of light.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Explosions followed, and in the black and purple light, the flying dagger broke through a dozen or so rings of light with unstoppable force. However, each time it broke through a ring, the light dimmed, and when it was a few *zhang* away from the demonic beast, it had almost lost its light and was blocked by the ring of light.

At this, the Lion-Hawk Beast was overjoyed and tried to use another divine power to finish off the flying dagger.

The scholar, who was far away, opened his mouth and spat out essence blood, then formed hand seals with both hands and stretched them out towards the blood. Then, the drops of blood quickly turned into blood-colored talismans and disappeared.

The flying dagger scattered into blood-colored fragments, then broke through the remaining purple rings of light and struck the demonic beast.

The terrified demonic beast flapped its wings and retreated, hurriedly raising its huge foot to block the flying dagger with its claws. But in the end, only green blood scattered, and half of the demonic beast’s claw, which had tried to deflect the flying dagger, was cut off.

Kuaaang!

“……!”

“Ugh!”

The Lion-Hawk Beast raised its head and let out an earth-shattering roar. The scholar and the giant’s ears were so numb that their bodies shook. But the mysterious thing happened next.

A translucent golden wave escaped from the lion’s mouth, which had been letting out a tremendous roar, and attacked the flying dagger.

Clang!

As soon as the black flying dagger touched the wave, it was pushed back by a huge force and bounced away. And the yellow sword energies that the Seventh Uncle had spread out shattered and disappeared as soon as they touched the golden wave released by the demonic beast.

The Lion-Hawk Beast glared at the scholar maliciously and flapped its wings.

Whoosh!

A thunderous sound echoed, and the demonic beast, whose form had become vague, finally appeared thirty *zhang* away. Surprisingly, the demonic beast was even proficient in lightning escape techniques.

However, the demonic beast had no intention of staying here any longer, and it turned into a purple beam of light and soared, disappearing into the distance in an instant.

The giant finally sighed and looked back at the scholar, whose face had turned pale.

“Are you alright? Using the Black Blood Blade consumes a lot of magic power, and you even used essence blood to increase its power.”

“I’ve only slightly damaged my vital energy, so I’m fine. The Lion-Hawk Beast is a famous ancient beast, and it’s more powerful than a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator! If we hadn’t chased it away quickly, it would have taken us quite a while to deal with it. Now that it’s tasted bitterness, it won’t bother us for a while.”

The scholar let out a long breath and shook his head.

“That’s true. Ancient ferocious beasts are generally as hard as steel, so if we hadn’t used the Ye family’s treasure, the Black Blood Blade, it would have been difficult to injure it with other magic treasures.”

The giant was greatly relieved when he saw that the scholar seemed fine.

The scholar smiled and looked at the green mist below, and only then did the Ye family cultivators, who had been surprised by the appearance of the Lion-Hawk Beast, regain their composure.

He nodded and exchanged a few words with the giant, then went down to the pavilion to rest. While the other elders rested, he also planned to recover the magic power he had consumed while using the Black Blood Blade.

While the Ye family cultivators and Han Li’s group were on the huge mountain, five white shadows appeared at the entrance of a valley in the mountains near Myriad Poison Valley. In front of them, two black-clad men were respectfully reporting something to someone.

“Such a tremendous event?”

“Yes, Great Elder! It is said that seven pillars of light are rising near a small lake located in Pu Yun Prefecture.”

“When did this start? Have you found out anything?”

“It happened four days ago. As soon as the disciples of this sect heard the news, they reported that a huge seal was discovered under the pillars of light. The scale of the seal is so enormous that it is difficult to pinpoint the exact location of the gap.

Also, many sects and Nascent Soul-level cultivators from the Southern River are already heading there.”

“If there are seven pillars of light, it seems that the sealing restriction has been broken and spiritual power is leaking out… If it’s on such a huge scale, I’ll have to go there myself. But didn’t you say that the old man from the Gu Yu Sect appeared near Myriad Poison Valley a few days ago? There’s been no news of him since then. How can you catch that Han bastard if you can’t even find that old man!”

The voice in the void became sinister.

“Please forgive us! We were sure that we found him there, but after that, he disappeared without a trace, and we couldn’t find him.”

“There was definitely a trace of a high-level cultivator passing through Myriad Poison Valley. I searched everywhere except for the Yin-Yang Cave, but I couldn’t find anything. You don’t mean to say that the old man is in the Yin-Yang Cave, do you? If he wasn’t planning to die of old age in there, there’s no way he wouldn’t have come out by now.”

The black-clad men opened their mouths at those words, but they couldn’t bring themselves to answer.

“Enough. I’ll give you another chance, so release the disciples and have them monitor this place. I’ll have to go to Pu Yun Prefecture, so contact Elder Oh and Elder So and have them join me there.”

“Yes, Great Elder!”

Only then did the black-clad men breathe a sigh of relief and bowed deeply. After a while, the five white shadows became blurry and flew high into the sky, disappearing.

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