Chapter 1192 1152: The Mysterious Mountain Guardian

"Believe it or not, that's up to you, Senior Batian, and your Dark Demon Tower's Pavilion Master. I've said what I had to say, the rest is up to you... Farewell." Chen Fei chuckled softly, stood up and left the room directly.

The day for the opening of the Falling God Valley was approaching, but the Zhengqing Sect had yet to send him any message. In such a situation, he naturally needed to take precautions beforehand.

"Patriarch Chen, please wait..." Batian instinctively reached out to stop Chen Fei when he saw him trying to leave, but the next second his pupils slightly constricted, and his gaze wavered. He realized that at that moment, he could not muster the thought to stop Chen Fei from leaving.

"What a terrifying aura... he..." Batian gazed in surprise at Chen Fei's departing figure, pondered for a while, then shook his head with a wry smile. A demon light flashed in his hand, and a black robe draped over his body. He determined the direction and strode away from the place.

What Chen Fei mentioned today, whether the former or the latter, was simply too astonishing. He couldn't decide on his own, so he had to return to the Cultivation World immediately, back to their Dark Demon Tower's headquarters.

A day later, Chen Fei led a group of people into the depths of the renowned Wangwu Mountain in Huaxia.

Huaxia boasts two great mountains, Wangwu and Kunlun, both of unparalleled majesty, towering and imposing, claimed to be the number one under the heavens.

Wangwu, with its ancient legend of 'Yu Gong Moves The Mountains', is shrouded in unmatched mystery,

No mountain is greater, no history older!

Even Chen Fei and Yin Lie, who were accustomed to the ancient mountain ranges of tens of thousands of meters high in the Cultivation World, couldn't help but feel stirred when they saw Wangwu Mountain.

"This mountain?" Yin Lie looked around at the solid ground below with a confused and uncertain expression, feeling as if the mountain hid some astonishing secret.

"Let's find the Secret Realm entrance first." Chen Fei also took a curious look at the towering Wangwu Mountain before regaining his composure and suggested.

According to the information passed to him by Flying Leopard, the entrance to the Giant Spirit Secret Realm was hidden deep within Wangwu Mountain. Their purpose for coming was evidently to enter the Giant Spirit Secret Realm, heading for the Treasure Land of Falling God Valley.

"Who goes there? Show yourself!" Suddenly, Yin Lie's eyes flickered as he shouted towards the edge of a distant cliff.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh...

Immediately after, behind him, the elite disciples from the Enlightened Deity Mansion—no, it should be said they were the elite disciples from the Enlightened Deity Mansion—instantly turned cold, with spiritual energy surging and murderous intent erupting like a fountain, locking onto the cliff's edge.

"Gentlemen, please don't misunderstand. This old man is merely a mountain guardian..."

Then, a withered old man appeared, bald with a couple of gray hair strands fluttering diagonally, one eye was blind, and the other was foggy and profound, causing anyone who saw it to subconsciously shiver.

"And you are?" Chen Fei felt an unusual aura from the old man, squinting slightly as he asked.

"This old man is merely a guardian of this mountain, making a fool of myself in front of you. Are you here to enter the Giant Spirit Secret Realm?"

The old man chuckled hoarsely, unperturbed.

"A mountain guardian?" Chen Fei was slightly taken aback but nodded, "Yes."

"I'll take you there." The old man responded simply, turning around to lead the way.

Facing this situation, both Chen Fei and Yin Lie found themselves slightly taken aback.

"...Follow him." Chen Fei hesitated slightly before following along.

Yin Lie and the others also followed upon hearing this.

After walking for a while, less than half an hour later, Yin Lie leaned into Chen Fei, frowning with a puzzled and curious look, "Patriarch, this person seems strange..."

"He's not human." Chen Fei surprisingly shook his head in response.

Suddenly, the old man ahead stopped, turned his foggy eyes back towards Chen Fei, looking intensely for a moment, then inexplicably burst into a neurotic laughter, continued laughing as he led the way again.

"This old man..." Chen Fei stared intently at the old man's back, his eyes gleaming, lost in thought.

Even Yin Lie, with his Fifth Heavenly Layer of True Person Realm existence, felt an inexplicable chill down his back and hair standing on end when looking at the old man's back, which left him puzzled but he restrained himself from commenting further.

Thus, they continued in silence.

Soon, Chen Fei and his companions were led to a yellow earthen slope hidden deep within Wangwu Mountain.

On that earthen slope, unusual white mist floated, and around the mist, those with weaker cultivation could still discover threads of spiritual energy connecting like light, forming a mirror-like surface.

"This is it." The old man stopped in front of the slope, pointing at the spirit energy mirror in the sky with a smile.

"Patriarch..." Yin Lie looked towards Chen Fei.

Chen Fei said nothing and quietly sensed the spiritual energy in the sky. After a moment, he nodded slightly, "Yes, it should be here."

"Another Array Master, huh?" The old man suddenly chuckled and then shook his head apologetically, "Look at my loose tongue, sorry... Since the place is ready, I'll take my leave... No, wait, take this, someone asked me to give it to you."

The old man appeared with a wooden book glowing with a faint purple light and handed it to Chen Fei.

"What is this?" Chen Fei carefully checked the book after accepting it. Once he confirmed there was no issue, he slowly opened it, and upon seeing its contents, his eyes slightly flickered.

"To think that's the case, this old man will take his leave for now." At this moment, the old man smiled as he prepared to turn and leave.

"Wait..." But in the next second, Chen Fei reached out to stop him.

"Is there something else, young friend?" The old man did not turn around, he merely paused and smiled faintly.

"Senior, in Falling God Valley, is there really a Nirvana Blood Pool?" Chen Fei pursed his lips and said slowly.

"Hmm?" Yin Lie was momentarily stunned, then couldn't help but look at Chen Fei with surprise and doubt. Clearly, he didn't quite understand why Chen Fei would ask the old man such a question.

On the contrary, upon hearing this, the old man trembled slightly, turned around and calmly stared at Chen Fei for a good while before shaking his head with a smile: "Anyway, if you want to go there, that place shouldn't disappoint you. It's just a question of whether you have the strength..."

After speaking, the old man's figure directly vanished into the sky, as if completely evaporated, just like he'd never appeared.

"What!?" Witnessing this scene, Yin Lie couldn't help but narrow his eyes, his face suddenly changing, because with his cultivation level, he couldn't even discern how the other vanished. What does this mean?

What does it mean if the other intends to strike at them, wouldn't that be...

In a flash, Yin Lie's forehead was covered in sweat, and he questioned Chen Fei in surprise: "Lord Mansion Master, who exactly is he?"

"I don't know either. Just a guess, but now it seems pretty close..." Chen Fei muttered, his face showing a wry smile: "I thought having one at the True Monarch Realm was already trouble enough, but didn't expect now..."

These words were said internally, not directly spoken, because he feared if he spoke them aloud, even someone of Yin Lie's cultivation level might be startle and lose composure, which was unnecessary.

"Let's go, we'll discuss inside." Then Chen Fei shook his head, his body floating, entering the 'mirror' in the sky.

Seeing this, Yin Lie, though still filled with intense doubts, suppressed them, leading his men alongside Chen Fei into the Giant Spirit Secret Realm.

Buzz~

The space twisted, and outside the entrance, the old man's figure reappeared. But this time, he seemed to be missing half his body, leaving only his upper half like an ethereal soul form...

The old man stared calmly at the secret realm entrance for a while, suddenly smiled and murmured: "An interesting youngster, but getting the Nirvana Blood Pool won't be easy. Even back then for me, didn't I fail to acquire it? Ah, I'm old, old..."

The murmuring voice disappeared into the wind, and if someone heard it, they'd probably be greatly shocked. Unfortunately, Chen Fei and the others had already entered the secret realm.

This matter won't be mentioned for now.

...

The Giant Spirit Secret Realm, though called a secret realm, is actually just a floating island split out by Wind Thunder Sect using powerful treasures. The island isn't large, merely the size of a small number of provinces in Huaxia, but the density of spiritual energy in the air is beyond imagination.

Even though it can't compare to the Cultivation World, it is indeed far more dense in comparison to Earth.

This difference is most directly evidenced by the fact that a normal person living in this secret realm might live to 120 or 130 years old before dying, which is quite normal. But on Earth, that's not the case. Generally, seventy to eighty years is the limit.

And when Chen Fei and the others entered the Giant Spirit Secret Realm, with their strength and divine sense range, they almost immediately sensed that not far away, there was a small market standing beneath the mountain peak.

Chen Fei held the scroll given by the old man, his eyes flashing, directly heading toward the small market.

"Let's go, have a look."

"Yes."

...

Upon entering the small market, there were quite a few cultivators inside, but their cultivation levels were obviously varied and generally weak.

Although it was Chen Fei's first time in this small market, he seemed quite familiar, leading Yin Lie and others left and right until he stopped in front of what appeared to be an ordinary general store.

In front of the general store hung a wooden sign, with the three grand calligraphy words 'Heyu Pavilion' boldly inscribed on it.

"This should be the place, right?" Chen Fei glanced at the scroll in his hand, then slowly walked inside.

"Protector Yin will go in with me. The others wait outside."

Entering the general store, Chen Fei found that directly opposite them, where the door was facing, a gray-robed middle-aged man sat behind the counter.

As soon as Chen Fei and Yin Lie walked in, the middle-aged man immediately beamed with a smile and stood up to greet them.

"What would you seniors like? My humble store dare not say we have everything, but as long as it's something this 'Ruan Linshan Market' might carry, we can certainly satisfy customers' needs."

"I'm not here to buy anything." However, Chen Fei shook his head, flipped his palm, and a light purple wooden booklet appeared in his hand.

"This item, you should recognize it, right?" Chen Fei asked.

The middle-aged man saw the wooden booklet and his expression immediately changed slightly.