Chapter 1948 - 1947: Token Pass

"Great!"

The man and woman’s eyes lit up at once. Excited, they drew their longswords and said, "Last night I dreamed of a snake in my sleep and was wondering if it meant I’d strike it rich—turns out I really did!"

"Hurry up and call out the ’Divine King’!"

"..."

The two raised their swords and spoke to Qin Feng.

Qin Feng spread his hands and said, "You two, before we start fighting, can you at least tell me what you’re going to the Five Great Immortal Mountains for?"

"Hmph! You talk too much nonsense!"

The woman was already itching to act; she stabbed straight at him with one sword.

The next instant.

There was a metallic "clang."

Half of the woman’s sword had already fallen to the ground.

"What?!!"

The woman was stunned for a moment, her eyes full of disbelief.

Before she struck, she’d already confirmed Qin Feng was only at the Middle Grade Immortal Realm, while she was a High Grade Immortal; she should have been able to kill him with one blow. How had her own treasure sword been cut straight in half instead?

The man beside her saw this and immediately circulated all his power. A layer of fierce radiance burst out over his body, and he raised his longsword and chopped down toward Qin Feng!!

Swish——!!

The sword flashed past.

There was another "clang," and another half a sword fell to the ground.

Falling to the ground along with it was one of the man’s arms.

Turned out that when Qin Feng cut his longsword, he conveniently sliced off the arm holding the sword as well.

"Th-this..."

The man stared at the arm on the ground, his face turning to terror.

Only now did the woman realize how powerful Qin Feng really was—this was instant-kill level!

"You two, don’t be nervous."

Qin Feng smiled, then said, "Just tell me honestly, what are you going to the Five Great Immortal Mountains to do? Relax, as long as you tell me, I won’t torture you. I’m someone who keeps his word."

Their clothes were already soaked with cold sweat. Looking at Qin Feng’s smile felt like looking at a Devil. They stammered, "W-we’re going t-to offer tribute to Mu King Mountain’s Immortal Pills..."

"Offer tribute?"

Qin Feng was puzzled.

"Y-yes, it’s like this..."

The man began to explain.

Turned out the forty-nine Immortal Mountains had to offer tribute to the Five Great Immortal Mountains every year at set times, presenting all sorts of rare treasures.

On one hand.

If they didn’t offer tribute, once the Five Great Immortal Mountains got angry, they might well slaughter the entire Sect.

On the other hand.

It wasn’t entirely offering for free; as payment, the Five Great Immortal Mountains would grant them a strand of Five-colored Heavenly Stone aura to nourish their Immortal Mountain.

This had been the rule for ten thousand years.

"So you two have Tokens on you, then."

Qin Feng asked again.

The man and woman each took out a Token from their person and said, "Th-this is our Token."

"Then if I want to go in, what should I do?"

Qin Feng asked.

The man looked troubled and said, "This is Mu King Mountain’s Token. If an outsider holds it, the light it emits will be different, so it won’t work. It has to be specially forged by the Immortal Mountain for you..."

Hearing this, Qin Feng pinched his chin and fell into thought.

As expected, the management of the Five Great Immortal Mountains was much stricter than Sky City. Every Sect qualified to offer tribute had its own custom-made Token that outsiders couldn’t use.

Of course, every Magic Artifact and Magic Treasure has loopholes.

"The Token was forged specifically for you two using Mu King Mountain’s aura as the key, right?" Qin Feng asked.

"Mm, that’s right..." the two replied.

"So that means, as long as I have your aura on me, it’ll work, right?" Qin Feng continued.

"This..."

The two gave a bitter smile.

In theory everyone knew you could do that, but having someone else’s aura on you would never last long. Even with Dual Cultivation, you’d have to stay together constantly for the aura on the other person to be effective.

"Doesn’t matter. As long as the method works, it’s fine."

Qin Feng’s lips curled in a sly grin.

"Th-then we..."

The two trembled as they tried to leave.

Qin Feng simply swept his blade across!

Swish!

Blood sprayed everywhere!

Their heads flew from their bodies, staring blankly at Qin Feng, unable to speak.

"Close your eyes."

Qin Feng sheathed the Life and Death Blade and said, "I just told you I keep my word, I won’t torture you. With this strike, you didn’t die in pain."

The two could only close their eyes helplessly.

Dan Taiyun stared, dazed. "Y-you actually killed them? They’re people of Mu King Mountain..."

"I know! But Mu King Mountain isn’t attacking our Earth World?"

Qin Feng shot back.

Dan Taiyun: "..."

Then.

Qin Feng first searched their bodies and found a wooden box, inside which were the Immortal Pills they’d been planning to offer in tribute.

He stored it in his Nayu Ring.

Then he looked at the two corpses, circulated his Inner Strength, and directly summoned out the Left Arm Qilin.

"I was sleeping just fine, and now you’re fighting again?"

The Left Arm Qilin said.

"Of course not, I’m giving you a treat."

Qin Feng said.

The Left Arm Qilin saw the two corpses lying on the ground and curled its lip. "Just two people for me? Tsk, what do you take me for!"

"No, just absorb their aura. They’re High Grade Immortals."

Qin Feng said.

At the words "High Grade Immortal," the Left Arm Qilin suddenly got interested...

Very soon.

After it finished them off so cleanly that not even bone dregs were left, the Left Arm Qilin said to Qin Feng, "Don’t bother me for a while. I feel like I’m about to break through, I’ve got to keep sleeping."

With that, its voice faded away again.

Qin Feng didn’t bother calling it.

What he needed was the aura from those two bodies.

He had a Pristine Immortal Body, so after the Left Arm Qilin swallowed them, their aura would linger on his body. Though it wouldn’t last that long, Qin Feng had no plans to stay long in the Five Great Immortal Mountains anyway.

Sure enough.

After the Left Arm Qilin was done, he picked up a Token; the Token immediately turned from red to green.

"You too." He spoke to Dan Taiyun.

Dan Taiyun tried it; the Token was still red.

Qin Feng took her hand, circulated the Mandarin Duck Treasure Book, and transferred some of those two people’s aura to her. It really worked—the Token immediately turned green.

"But the aura’s too weak. We’ll have to keep holding hands or stay pressed together."

Dan Taiyun said.

"Seems like it. That’s a bit troublesome. Once we’re inside, we can’t be holding hands all the time..."

Qin Feng pinched his chin and pondered.

Dan Taiyun’s eyes lit up and she said, "Right, you can give me a little Dragon Saliva. Dragon Saliva can stay in my body for a while."

"Trying to trick me into kissing you again..."

Qin Feng looked at her with drooping eyes.

Dan Taiyun was speechless. "This is for getting into the Five Great Immortal Mountains, okay? If you’re not willing, then we don’t have to go in—we can just head back to the Sumeru Mirror!"

"..."

Qin Feng had no choice but to let her wrap her arms around his neck and greedily draw out a good amount of Dragon Saliva. Only when even her breathing started getting difficult did he finally stop; any further and something really might have happened...

The two adjusted the aura on their bodies, took up their Tokens, and then headed for the main gate of the Five Great Immortal Mountains.

The gate was huge, a full hundred zhang tall, a red-lacquered bronze door that looked majestic and imposing!