I use myths to create immortality

Chapter 57: Throwing a stone to test the waters, entering the spiritual realm
In the blink of an eye, half a year has passed.

In fact, most of the past six months have been spent on the road.

Ji Yuan walked and stopped.

Finally, we crossed the vast Taiyue Mountains and arrived at the Lihen Territory as shown on the map.

I didn't expect that the Lihen Territory was so far away from the Nanshan Territory, almost equivalent to the distance from Zhongzhou to the Zongtan and back twice.

Of course, I stopped and walked along the way, picking a magical herb from time to time and putting it in a box, which took a lot of time.

When passing the Dolomite Rocks in Taiyueling, I had planned to take care of that stubborn old stone monster along the way.

But I don’t know if Ji Yuan is dressed too simply or if the old monster Wanshi is not at home recently.

Ji Yuan passed the Baiyun Rock and turned back, crossing it again.

This happened two or three times, and there was no sign of anything unusual in the dolomite, and no trace of the stubborn old stone monster was seen.

"It's so hot here..." As a cultivator, Ji Yuan felt the air suddenly become much hotter when he arrived in the Lihen Realm.

Especially compared with the warm and humid southern Shan area.

As soon as you pass the Taiyue Ridge that runs across the middle, you can feel the steaming heat blowing towards you.

Looking up, I saw thousands of mountains and valleys, all covered in red. The leaves of trees and many grasses were crimson, just like maple leaves, which was very beautiful.

It’s hot, but it’s actually okay once you get used to it.

The main reason is that I have been in Nanshan for a long time, and I still feel quite uncomfortable when I suddenly moved to a new place.

Ji Yuan took out the map.

"The Xuanjun Sect's ancestral altar is located in Pengxuan Mountain. It is 176,000 miles east of Taiyue Mountain and 220,000 miles south of Qingbiegang, where the secret realm is located."

"Qingbiegang is 60,000 miles away from the southwestern border of Taiyue Mountain. This distance is actually very close to Nanshan Territory. The Xuanjun Sect's spiritual realm is clearly shared by our two sects..."

Taiyue Mountain is very large, and can be regarded as one of the largest mountain ranges in the six regions. It is long from north to south, and its length is said to be more than two million miles; its width is also very narrow, at only 420,000 miles.

Nowadays, many cultivators in the region describe a person’s strength by comparing him to someone who is carrying Mount Tai on his shoulders, which is a good example.

The Taiyue Ridge belongs to the Xuanwei Sect and the Xuanjun Sect, which own half of it.

They are all Taoist sects and do not interfere with each other, so there has been no controversy in the past.

Since the spiritual realm is in Taiyue Mountain, although it is indeed biased towards Xuanjun Sect, it must be half Xuanwei Sect anyway.

The disciples of Xuanjun Sect actually blocked the news, trying to prevent the disciples of Xuanwei Sect, who were hundreds of thousands of miles away from Taiyue Ridge, from knowing about it. This was extremely unkind.

It was only natural for Ji Yuan to explore the spiritual realm.

After the exploration is completed, I will go back and present the map to the sect, report to the Lingmiao abbot and the head teacher, and ask the hundreds of thousands of disciples of the Xuanwei Sect to come and empty the spiritual realm. Maybe I can get some merit in return.

Thinking of this, Ji Yuan restrained his breath, rode the wind into the shade of the trees, and flew southward several feet above the ground.

There are many powerful people in Lihen Realm. Ji Yuan plans to sneak into the spiritual realm, plunder it first, redraw the map, and then take the precise map back to present to Xuanwei Sect.

The map given by Li Yuyou said that the entrance to the spiritual realm was in the abyss of Qingbiegang. The abyss was dozens of feet wide, with white mist rising above it and drifting for hundreds of feet. It was full of spiritual energy and was extremely conspicuous.

There is no one guarding the entrance, and anyone can go in.

But the exit is at Fukouchuan on the east side of Taiyue Ridge; that place is now heavily guarded by Xuanjun Sect soldiers.

If the pagan monks enter the spiritual realm, they will not be able to take away any spiritual medicine, as they will be looted clean by the Xuanjun sect monks guarding the exit.

If the monster has entered the spiritual realm, that would be even better, we can just kill it on the spot.

At that time, Lingqiong Zhenren relied on a secret technique of transforming his breath and disguised himself as a disciple of Xuanjun Sect. He then sneaked out of Fukouchuan with a piece of spiritual lotus root and prepared to go back to report to the sect.

Because of this piece of spiritual medicine, he was half killed by the stubborn stone monster on the way back, and the spiritual medicine was also stolen.

After Ling Qiong returned, he fell into a coma and his life or death was unknown; his two disciples had the map of the spiritual realm, but they delayed for more than a year and did not dare to hand it over to the sect without permission.

Instead, he gave it to Ji Yuan in order to get a longevity elixir for his master.

Ji Yuan doesn't know the secret art of breathing, so this time he goes there, he will definitely have to fight.

But he was not panicking. There were many Xuanjun disciples guarding the spiritual realm, said to be hundreds of them; but no masters above Tongxuan level intervened.

Having said that, Ji Yuan still decided to go to Fukouchuan first to check the situation and make sure that there were no masters above the level of [Tongxuan] or [Daomiao] guarding the exit before he dared to go in.

Otherwise, it will be all in vain if you fail to handle it properly.

A few days later, Ji Yuan followed the map and found a plain several miles wide in the center of the steep mountains.

The plain is surrounded by cliffs on three sides, and a stream runs through it to the south, shaped like a river. Therefore, it is called Fukouchuan.

In the past, the water quality here was excellent, and there was a kind of sheep horn wool that was abundant here. No matter people or animals, eating it would greatly increase their sexual desire. It was a good place to feed spirit beasts and promote their mating, giving birth and laying eggs.
Therefore, the Xuanjun Sect had a base in Fukouchuan many years ago.

He sent his disciples here to tame cranes and cultivate spiritual birds.

Now it has become an important spiritual realm exit; Fukouchuan has not seen much expansion; but the entire plain is densely packed with disciples wearing Xuanjun sect robes, holding weapons, blocking the exit.

The exit was a cave several dozen feet wide and shrouded in white mist, under the cliff behind Fukou River.

Ji Yuan restrained his breath and watched from several miles away.

From time to time, a person would walk out of the cave, all wearing Xuanwei Sect clothing.

The one who had picked the elixir held his head high and as soon as he came out, he was surrounded by Xuanjun's disciples outside and they asked about his well-being.

Those who didn't find the elixir or treasures were dejected and cold.

There are even occasional monsters that transform themselves into human form in an attempt to sneak out.

As a result, they were all shattered by a golden mirror as big as a washbasin not far from the cave exit. The golden mirror was a magical tool that could reflect the spiritual objects and aura on the body.

All the objects hidden in the treasure bag are clearly visible.

"Master Lingqiong's secret technique of changing breath is quite something. It can even deceive magical instruments." Ji Yuan praised in his heart.

"It seems to be the same as the Xuanwei Sect. The Taoist masters rarely come out; the Taoist Master Tongxuan guards the mountain gate; those who come out are all inner and outer disciples who have not yet passed the three disasters." Ji Yuan's eyes swept across the aura of each cultivator.

Without overcoming the three disasters, your magical power will not exceed five hundred years.

Although there is no Master Tongxuan, the hundreds of monks from major sects are simply not something that a single demon or monks from other major sects can contend with.

Ji Yuan is certainly not an ordinary person.

"To be on the safe side, let's throw a stone to test the water first!" Ji Yuan hid his body and quietly used his magical power of [Call the Wind and Summon the Rain].

Suddenly, within dozens of miles, the wind blew violently, blowing towards the Fukou River several miles away.

"Where does this strange wind come from?"

"Oh no, it must be a demon!"

"Quick! Get together, form a formation and cast a spell to resist."

Soon, all the shouts were drowned out by the howling hurricane.

The wind blew up clouds and the sky became dark. Within dozens of miles, trees fell down and their roots were turned upside down. Dust flew thousands of feet high.

Some Xuanjun disciples who had no time to cast spells to resist were directly hung in the air.

Those who were able to cast spells to resist a little were also blown to pieces by the sudden hurricane.

In the face of magical powers, even hundreds of disciples from major sects instantly turned into a mob.

Ji Yuan only used two or three points of his strength and had no intention of hurting them. He saw the monks from Fukouchuan in a mess, rolled on the ground by the wind, and no one dared to attack him.

Only then did he abruptly retract his magical powers, fly into the shade of the trees, and escape towards the entrance of Qingbiegang.

Seeing the wind suddenly stop, the Xuanjun Sect disciples were stunned, and someone shouted urgently: "Check the spiritual medicine quickly!"

Everyone then reacted and hurriedly checked the several mahogany boxes in front of the cave exit one by one.

Inside are all elixirs that Xuanjun's disciples had painstakingly collected.

"The magical medicine is still here, not a single one is missing!!" the disciple who was checking shouted excitedly.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"It seems that the tide in the spiritual realm has not yet subsided, so the hurricane has suddenly arisen. We are not able to resist it. If it is really a demon, with such magical powers, I am afraid it would have swept away the spiritual medicine long ago."

"Yes, it is indeed a demon with such means. I am afraid that we have become blood food in its stomach just now."

"To be on the safe side, let's transport these spiritual herbs back to the mountain gate first. These are all ten thousand year old spiritual herbs. If we lose one, it will ruin the fortune of our Xuanjun Sect!!"

……

When Ji Yuan rushed to the entrance of the Qingbiegang Abyss, he didn't know that the elixir he temporarily stored in Fukouchuan had been taken away.

Knowing that he couldn't care less, he leaped into the entrance to the abyss filled with hazy spiritual energy.

(End of this chapter)