Asked About The World Of Mortals

Chapter 59: The Flying Serpent Rides the Mist

This is unbearable...

Being shown off by a little girl on the road is no big deal.

But being shown off by a stick... it's truly soul-crushing.

The most crucial thing is that this is all just for show, with no practical use... Even if this rift valley was created by Liu Su, it has been thousands of years since then, and who knows what kind of creatures and things have taken residence below. It is completely unknown to it, so this is just a completely new map for it. What's the point of creating it like this?

Qin Yi's tears flowed.

"At that time..." Liu Su's voice sounded distant. "Many beings died from my strike. Their immortal energy, bones, and treasures... could have formed their own separate spaces. Among them, there are countless scattered cultivation techniques... This place indeed has the potential to become a powerful secret realm. Some places might become forbidden grounds where anyone who enters will die, while others might be occupied by later arrivals and become their Cave Mansions."

Qin Yi sniffled. "What's the use of boasting like this? You can't enter anywhere now, can you?"

"At least I can decipher many things. Some techniques that Ming He and others can't understand are just child's play to me," Liu Su said calmly. "This place is great... Qin Yi, you should also see what cultivators should see."

"Qin Yi..." Ye Ling cautiously looked at him. "Why are you staring at that stick so absentmindedly?"

"Huh? Oh, it's nothing, just lost in thought."

Ye Ling shrunk to the side. "I feel like... you have a suspicious relationship with that stick..."

Before she finished speaking, Qin Yi's eyes flashed with a fierce light as he raised the stick, as if he was about to strike.

Ye Ling covered her head and crouched down in defense.

Liu Su was furious. "There are indeed the bones of a Winged Serpent down here, which would greatly benefit her. Even her diluted bloodline might have been influenced by its aura! But now... now I won't tell her anymore, let her die if she wants!"

"Let's go." Qin Yi pulled Ye Ling up unkindly and walked towards the direction marked on the map.

They walked along the cliff edge horizontally for several days until they reached a relatively safe area marked on the map. In reality, they were already in the desolate wilderness within the borders of the Western Wilderness Kingdom.

There was no doubt that Donghua Zi was a little wizard from the Western Wilderness Kingdom, who accidentally obtained some knowledge of ancient witchcraft and Daoist techniques, but without anyone to guide him, he only grasped the surface.

The "rice grain-sized" area on the map was not small in reality, estimated to be several square kilometers. However, no matter how they walked, they could only see absolute cliffs and there was no path down.

"I wonder how Donghua Zi managed to come here. It doesn't seem like a place one can accidentally stumble upon..." Qin Yi wandered back and forth within the area for several times, feeling puzzled. "It also doesn't seem like a place one can ascend from!"

"The spatial disturbances caused by that kind of energy vibration are quite normal," Liu Su said confidently. "So, somewhere below the cliff, one can suddenly reach the bottom, and Donghua Zi must have fallen down accidentally and then unexpectedly ascended. He was really lucky."

"But I can't just jump off the cliff to test where I can directly reach the bottom! Even if I go down, I don't know how to come back up. What if I get trapped down there?"

"Use a levitation talisman to descend slowly. When you reach the bottom, I will naturally be able to determine where you can ascend from," Liu Su said confidently. "If Donghua Zi can ascend, it means there is definitely a way. Just go down with peace of mind."

"What if you're wrong?"

"Then you can peacefully cultivate down there for ten or twenty years. What's the big deal?"

"...I don't know how to respond to that. From Liu Su's perspective, it really doesn't seem like a big deal."

Speaking of using a levitation talisman, can my cultivation sustain me all the way down? I'm feeling a bit uneasy...

Ye Ling quietly took a step back.

But then she saw Qin Yi turn around, revealing a bright smile.

"What... what are you doing..." Ye Ling stammered.

"Little Snake, can you fly with people?"

Ye Ling's face turned green. "Fly...fly down? Isn't it said that there are powerful monsters down there? What if we get eaten by them in the air?"

"Can't you have a little confidence? Aren't you a powerful monster?"

"I don't think so...monsters are all very big."

Qin Yi took out a talisman.

"What is this?"

"Growth talisman, it makes you look big."

Liu Su remembered how excited Qin Yi was when he made this talisman, but she didn't know where he originally intended to use it...

The mountain wind rustled as an immensely huge python, resembling a river, spread its wings like mountains on its back. Qin Yi sat cross-legged on top, using the Wind Control Talisman to disperse the heavy mist, riding the Winged Serpent through the fog.

Even though they were in a relatively safe area marked on the map, the dense fog in the rift still had a strong corrosive feeling, always making Qin Yi feel like his vitality would drain away if he stayed in the fog for too long...just like the curse that Li Qinglin was under.

He vaguely recalled that line of poetry, "The flying serpent in the mist, eventually turns to ashes," as if it foreshadowed the ominousness of this journey.

Bah, it's a poem from a different world, it shouldn't be connected like this. Qin Yi dispelled the random thoughts in his mind and raised his wolf-toothed club.

"Bang!" A rapidly approaching vulture was smashed into a pulp by him.

Carrion vultures, and they were transformed monsters at that.

Just by getting close, one could feel the aura of death and the stench of rotting flesh emanating from them.

This was the true source of the ominousness.

Countless vultures emerged from all directions within the dense fog, with countless green lights still present in the mist. The screeching of countless eagles echoed in their ears, like the roar of demons.

Black flames flickered around the Winged Serpent.

"Boom!" Countless vultures caught fire simultaneously, emitting mournful cries as their black feathers scattered and flew like arrows, piercing into the cliffs as if they were tofu.

Ye Ling's snake eyes flashed with a fierce light, her mouth opened wide, and a roar erupted. It was as if sound waves spiraled out from her mouth, causing all the feathers that came close to be rolled back and pierced into the flock of vultures once again.

Thousands upon thousands of vulture corpses fell one after another, many of them burning and emitting a charred smell.

"Amazing." Qin Yi secretly marveled. This foolish snake was just timid, probably because she had been beaten since she was sensible...but her actual demonic power was really impressive.

After all, she was a Body Transformation Great Monster...

Qin Yi formed hand seals and pointed his finger urgently. "Swift!"

Fine lightning interwove left and right, forming a net of lightning, turning the vultures that broke through into charred ashes.

Lightning Attraction Technique, a basic application of wind and lightning Daoist magic, taught on the spot by Liu Su. With just this one move, it almost drained Qin Yi's remaining mana.

Suddenly, a white light appeared in front of them. Ye Ling abruptly braked, not daring to descend.

"Go down!" Liu Su quickly said, "That's the space rift to the bottom!"

Ye Ling didn't know where this inexplicable voice came from, but instinctively dived down and disappeared in an instant.

Today, I was pulled away by the editor for a live broadcast, delaying the time. I apologize, I apologize.

(End of this chapter)