IS Chapter 57
by VolareEver since returning from the Micro-Snow Palace, he had felt subtly unwell.
After seeing his master, honestly explaining everything that had happened, and being reprimanded and ordered to return to his cave dwelling to reflect on his mistakes, even his spirits had been unable to lift.
In just two days, he felt his spiritual power stagnate, and an unbearable itching all over his body. He had taken all his usual detoxifying pills, but they were ineffective, and the condition only worsened.
Originally, he could endure it, intending to seek his master’s help after his period of reflection was over.
But on this day, the itching suddenly intensified, and he vomited up a strangely shaped, bright red flower.
Using his remaining spiritual power to examine his body, the Yuan Ying Daoist was shocked to find that his internal organs were covered in a dense network of plant roots, which were now drawing on his flesh and blood, slowly growing.
What kind of demonic entity was this!
The Yuan Ying Daoist was startled by this horrifying sight and vomited up another flower.
Then, he could no longer use even a trace of spiritual power.
Although he had cultivated immortality for many years, he had never encountered anything like this before!
The two disciples attending to the Yuan Ying True Man were also anxious.
“Should we report to the grandmaster or granduncle now?”
“But the grandmasters and granduncles are about to depart for the Ghost Realm today, and they are with the major sects at the front of the mountain, busy with preparations. Master has already been punished, wouldn’t we be scolded for bothering them and for Master being useless and getting punished?”
“But Master looks like this…”
The Yuan Ying Daoist was already pale with fright from the two flowers, his soul almost departed from his body—and he still had to endure the unbearable itching, which was truly agonizing.
Actually, it wasn’t a big deal. Their master had been in the Yuan Ying realm for many years, with profound cultivation. Surely he could last for ten days or half a month, until the grandmasters and granduncles returned.
But the two of them were now vaguely feeling an itch in their throats and discomfort in their bodies.
Finally, the older of the two disciples gritted his teeth and made a decision: “Let’s take Master to the Dan Sect! The Dan Sect isn’t busy today, they will surely be able to save Master!”
The Dan Sect and the Dao Sect were both located in the Upper Purity Mountain range and were not far apart, so they flew there in a short time.
But the Yuan Ying Daoist was now unable to stand up, let alone fly on the wind.
The sect also had rules that only those at the Yuan Ying realm or above could fly within the sect, while others could only travel on the ground.
After some thought, the two disciples finally found a wheeled chair-like carriage in the storeroom and placed their master on it.
“Master, please bear with it, we will take you to the Dan Sect.”
The Yuan Ying Daoist tilted his head and coughed up another flower, vaguely responding. The two disciples then pushed the wheelchair, took him out, and slowly headed towards the Dan Sect’s territory.
Fortunately, their residence was very remote, so no one noticed, and they didn’t lose face in front of others.
“It’s all the Micro-Snow Palace’s fault.”
“Who says it isn’t? It would have been better if Master hadn’t made this trip.”
“No wonder Master said it was a den of demons.”
“Alas, if only Master was a little more assertive…”
The Yuan Ying Daoist weakly patted the wheelchair.
But no one noticed his movements, only hearing the disciples’ discussion.
“Do you think the Micro-Snow Palace will go to the Ghost Realm this time?”
“I don’t think they dare. After slapping the Dao Sect in the face like this, if they still dare to come, the grandmaster will surely display his great power and wipe them out, to vent our anger for Master.”
“Alas, Master…”
This tone of disappointment made the Yuan Ying Daoist feel even weaker.
At this moment, the Green Mountains were clear after the rain, and the sky was clear.
In a window seat in a small restaurant in town, Ye Zhuo had three dishes of rabbit meat in front of him.
There was roasted rabbit, stir-fried rabbit, and cold rabbit.
Li Yuan: “How does it taste?”
Ye Zhuo: “Acceptable.”
Li Yuan was pleased to hear this and picked out some boneless pieces of rabbit meat for him.
“Well, well.” A familiar voice came from the side.
Turning his head, he saw Daoist Wei Sheng coming up from the stairs, walking to their table: “This Daoist is painstakingly setting up a formation in the mountains, while you are here eating, drinking, and having fun. What kind of logic is this?”
Li Yuan said: “Look, the rabbit meat is divided into three plates, prepared for the three of us.”
Wei Shengxian: “Isn’t it because they only know how to make three flavors?”
Li Yuan: “Brother Wei Sheng, is your formation complete?”
“Of course. Did anything happen in town?”
“Everything is fine.”
Wei Shengxian sat down, asked the waiter for an extra pair of chopsticks, and began to try the rabbit meat.
But he found that most of the rabbit meat in the plate was of poor quality, with many bones and little meat.
Truly tasteless!
Ye Zhuo had already finished eating. He had no preference among the three types, eating whatever Dragon Li Yuan gave him.
Since Wei Shengxian had come to find them here, it meant that they were ready to set off.
Ye Zhuo: “How are we going?”
Mount Sorrow was less than a thousand miles from the Green Mountains, and they could arrive quickly by flying on the wind.
Wei Shengxian revealed a mysterious smile.
“This time, we won’t be flying on the wind. This Daoist recently comprehended an ancient formation that can teleport tens of thousands of miles.” He said, “This time, I’ll show you how to reach Mount Sorrow in an instant.”
Ye Zhuo: “Really?”
“Really.”
Wei Shengxian said confidently, and Ye Zhuo reluctantly believed him.
After Wei Shengxian finished the remaining rabbit meat, he found an open space in the mountains outside the town and began to lay down the foundation and draw the formation patterns.
Ye Zhuo watched with his sword in his arms.
The brushwork was exquisite, the patterns were profound, and the principles used were not those of the current era. The formation map had an aura that connected to the heavens.
It seemed to be an ancient formation with a considerable background.
Li Yuan also looked interested.
Before long, the formation was completed, and Wei Shengxian and Li Yuan stood in the center of the formation.
Ye Zhuo glanced at Wei Shengxian’s confident expression, pondered for a moment, and finally stood next to Li Yuan.
Wei Shengxian immediately activated the formation.
In an instant, the grand and vast formation enveloped them, and a slightly different feeling of dizziness arose in their hearts compared to using ordinary escape techniques.
When the light of the formation dissipated, a desolate and dry wind blew past the three of them.
In the distance, there was a strange whistling sound.
Ye Zhuo: “.”
Looking around, it was a boundless desert, with sand and rocks flying in the wind.
This scene was far from Mount Sorrow, and even more unrelated to the words “Jade Green Valley.”
Li Yuan: “…Where is this?”
Ye Zhuo: “It should be the Northwest.”
For a time, only the sound of the wind could be heard in the deserted desert. Wei Shengxian was silent.
Looking around, there were no people, not even a trace of plants or animals. In front of them, there were some unusual things. After getting closer, they could see an abandoned huge mine, a place where mortals of an unknown dynasty had mined gold and stone. Next to it was a boundary marker that was almost completely eroded by the wind and sand, but they could vaguely identify the words “Mount Mingjin” written on it, along with smaller characters indicating the approximate region and state boundaries.
Thinking about the Four Seas Survey Map, this place was nearly 30,000 miles away from the Green Mountains.
Wei Shengxian sighed deeply: “This is the first time I’ve used this formation, so there seem to be some errors. This doesn’t count, I’ll try again.”
No one answered him.
This time, Wei Shengxian took out the map and carefully examined it, then set up the formation again. His technique was much more skilled, and the formation was completed faster.
“Okay, let’s go.”
Ye Zhuo stepped in expressionlessly.
He didn’t care where Wei Shengxian teleported them. At worst, they would be teleported to the edge of the human realm in the east, west, south, or north, and he would fly to Mount Sorrow with Dragon Li Yuan, leaving Wei Shengxian to think about how to draw the formation map properly in the sea.
The light of the formation lit up again.
It quickly went out, completing the teleportation.
What greeted them was no longer the cold desert, but a clear and moist ethereal spiritual energy, distant like an immortal realm.
Looking around, there were faint green mountains on all sides, and the beautiful chirping of cranes could be heard from time to time as the immortal mist flowed.
They were currently on the shore of a lake among the green mountains. The lake was wide and the water was clear, with spiritual energy flowing.
Such an immortal mountain and blue lake did not resemble a wild scene, but rather an immortal cave.
And among the immortal caves, only a few major immortal sects had such abundant spiritual energy.
In short, it would not be Mount Sorrow.
“.”
Ye Zhuo already had murderous intent in his heart.
This time, even Li Yuan cautiously said: “This can’t be…”
Without him having to say it, the next moment, they knew whose territory this was.
Because, along with the sound of rattling wheels, a group of people was walking towards them on the white stone mountain path by the lake. Two young disciples in Daoist robes were pushing a wheelchair. Suddenly, they saw someone appear out of thin air and looked at them in astonishment.
Although the person in the wheelchair had a crooked mouth and eyes, they could still vaguely recognize a somewhat familiar face.
The Yuan Ying Daoist looked at them and opened his eyes wide in terror.
His hoarse voice hurriedly said: “Quickly… warn… the mountain protection formation…”
“Invaders… Dao Sect…”
As he spoke, he coughed up flowers again and again.