After returning to the village, start chasing the mountain from binding Emei

Chapter 871 Re-entering the Mountain Lord's Tomb: Stone Coffin and Giant Tree!
Lu Lingfeng inwardly groaned.

Mountain Lord's Mantra Seal.

I should have known better than to be so sarcastic and remind him.

However, if he hadn't said that, Chen Yang might not have let him live until now.

Given the current situation, Lu Lingfeng has only one choice: to try his best to live for as long as possible.

So be it, the Mountain Lord's Curse Mark. As long as I can survive, I can ask the Ancestor to remove the curse mark once I return to Shennong Sect.

When the time comes, the grievances will be settled and the debts will be settled, then we can talk about revenge.

Right now, staying alive is the most important thing.

If you take action, you can live; if you don't, you'll die immediately.

Isolated and helpless, Lu Lingfeng struggled with his mind for a short time before finally making up his mind.

He straightened up and, as Chen Yang counted down to one, raised the sword in his hand.

Despite the pain, he used his primordial spirit to control the sword, which shone with layers of light and floated directly into the air.

"Duh!"

He pointed his right sword finger at the giant snake.

Green Grass Sword Technique!

With a whoosh, the sword flew straight towards the mountain snake on the cliff.

Where am I?

what happened?
At this moment, after being washed by the cold rain, Shan Hui You Li had just regained some consciousness. As if waking from a dream, she was still a little confused about the situation.

The pain in her body had completely numbed her; with her vital point pinned down, even her primordial spirit was unable to escape.

Suddenly, the mountain serpent Youli sensed a tremendous danger.

The snake's body instinctively began to writhe.

A flash of sword light suddenly caught her eye.

"Do not……"

You Li was terrified, but she could only helplessly endure it.

regret!

In the moment before he died, a sense of regret crept into his heart.

If I had known that coming out would mean certain death, I should have hidden in the mountain god's tomb.

Although they lacked freedom, at least they were able to survive.

"Shh..."

The sword light flashed across.

As You Li's primordial spirit extinguished and her consciousness blurred for a fleeting moment, she glanced down the cliff.

Surprisingly, it wasn't the young man who killed her, but a middle-aged man in a scholar's robe with a颓废 (颓废 is a difficult word to translate directly, but it implies a sense of decadence, listlessness, or a decline in moral character) demeanor.

It's a pity it wasn't that junior.

In an instant, consciousness faded into darkness.

At the same time, a strange fluctuation emanated from Shan Hui You Li's body. This fluctuation was unsettling, as if something in the darkness had shattered.

An energy invisible to the naked eye suddenly emanated from the snake's body, as if it had eyes and consciousness, and chased straight towards Lu Lingfeng.

Although Lu Lingfeng turned and ran after his successful attack, he was instantly caught up by the energy, which quickly surged into his body.

"puff!"

Lu Lingfeng suddenly felt an extreme sense of oppression, as if his soul had been branded with something. An indescribable feeling of discomfort made him unable to hold back his chest, and he spat out another mouthful of blood.

Mountain Lord's Curse Seal, Calamity!
The methods used by Zhao Quanzhen, the Mountain Lord, to leave inside the body of Youli, the Mountain Serpent.

After all, Youli was a spirit beast that served the Mountain Lord. Regardless of its past merits and demerits, it was once the Mountain Lord's servant, so it's perfectly normal for Zhao Quanzhen to leave it some means of survival.

Knowing that it has a curse mark on its body, others naturally dare not kill it easily, for killing it would inevitably bring them karmic consequences.

If it weren't for Lu Lingfeng's reminder, Chen Yang would probably have suffered this disaster. But now, Lu has shot himself in the foot, and Chen Yang has used him to shield himself from this calamity.

As the calamity energy entered his body, Lu Lingfeng's heart pounded wildly.

Looking back, Chen Yang was no longer there, but the feeling of danger lingered.

My heart was pounding, even more so than before.

His pale face was filled with terror, and dark energy seemed to linger between his eyebrows.

He ripped open his shirt, revealing a bruise on his chest that, upon closer inspection, resembled some kind of rune.

A calamity of slaughter! A calamity of slaughter!
At that moment, this word filled his mind.

Being struck by the Mountain Lord's curse seal can cause minor setbacks such as a decline in mental state and cultivation level, or even worse, be afflicted by calamity and attract death.

"Boom..."

Thunderclouds rolled across the sky.

It felt like a series of heavy hammer blows striking Lu Lingfeng's heart.

In an instant, Lu Lingfeng's face turned ashen.

He felt the might of Heaven.

Why did it have to be a thunderstorm day?

He was carrying the cursed seal and calamity energy; he was being targeted.

"run!"

Lu Lingfeng's head was buzzing. How could he withstand divine punishment when he was seriously injured?

If you want to survive, there's only one way right now.

hide!
Find a low-lying place, somewhere where the lightning won't hit, and try to suppress the calamity energy within your body. Perhaps there'll be a glimmer of hope after this thunderstorm passes.

……

At the mouth of the mountain valley, Chen Yang looked up at the thunderclouds in the sky, which had become somewhat unusual, and roughly understood what was going on.

"Senior Deng, this man is in your hands. Just wait for him to be taken by Heaven, and make sure he doesn't run down the mountain."

Chen Yang said something to Deng Yulian.

Deng Yulian nodded slightly, as if she had some questions she wanted to ask.

Chen Yang said he would talk later, and then took the little white snake and went back into the mountain stream.

As for the eight-winged centipede, it immediately began to devour the corpse of the mountain viper Youli.

Brain marrow is its favorite food, and snake brain marrow is its absolute favorite. The mountain serpent is a strange snake in the late stage of the Dao True Realm, and for the eight-winged centipede, its deliciousness is beyond description.

Not only does it taste delicious, it can also help it improve its cultivation level.

It has to be said that during this period, the eight-winged centipede has been extremely satisfied in terms of food, following Chen Yang.

The brain marrow of a snake in the late stage of the Dao True Realm—before meeting Chen Yang, it would have never even dared to dream of such a thing.

……

In the mountain stream, Chen Yang, with the little white snake, re-entered the cave.

He checked the time; the effects of the Daozhen Pill would last for eight minutes. He needed to check on the situation inside the Mountain Lord's Tomb before those eight minutes wore off.

Let's not leave any hidden dangers behind.

They quickly entered the tomb, immediately deploying radar and mental energy to envelop the entire chamber and search for anything unusual.

The crystal door to the tomb chamber has been opened.

Chen Yang went inside.

The interior space is very large, and the surrounding crystal walls emit fluorescence, making the light bright and not obstructing the naked eye's vision.

As far as the eye could see, there was nothing but emptiness.

At the end are dozens of steps, leading to a platform, which in turn connects to another enormous crystal wall.

Through the crystal wall, one can see that inside the crystal wall is a huge tree stump, which is twenty or thirty meters in diameter, with roots that are deeply embedded in the ground and stretch for an unknown distance.

On the tree stump lay a stone coffin.

The coffin lay there quietly, its age unknown.

That tree stump must be a Sangmu tree.

As for the coffin, it must belong to Zhao Quanzhen, the last mountain lord.

Chen Yang tried using radar and his spiritual senses to detect the problem, but he couldn't find anything.

He punched the crystal wall, but the crystal wall only shook slightly and quickly absorbed the force of his punch.

This crystal wall is probably not something that can be opened easily.

The mountain serpent Youli's activity space was only the front chamber of the tomb where Chen Yang was now located. This tomb was situated on the earth vein of Mount Si'e, where the earth vein energy was abundant. It was likely that it was this earth vein energy that sustained the mountain serpent for four hundred years without it starving to death.

Chen Yang looked back and saw a stone platform in the middle of the platform.

The stone platform, about half a meter square and a meter high, appears somewhat abruptly in the middle of the platform.

Chen Yang walked over. The stone platform was directly opposite the center of the crystal wall. It was made entirely of jade, and there was a square groove in the center of the platform.

The groove is not deep, only two inches.

Look at this size.

Chen Yang raised an eyebrow slightly, a thought flashing through his mind.

Mountain Lord's Seal.

This size seems to be similar to that of the Mountain Lord Seal.

Since the crystal wall of the front chamber of the tomb was opened with the Mountain God Seal, could the crystal wall of the main burial chamber have been opened with the Mountain Lord Seal?
The Seal of the Mountain Lord of Shushan appeared in Chen Yang's hands.

After trying it out, it seems to be a really good fit.

However, Chen Yang did not rashly insert the Mountain Lord Seal, but instead put it away again.

Since the main burial chamber was not damaged, why would he open it and disturb the ancestors' rest?

He came in this time for two reasons: first, to check for any potential risks, and second, to confirm whether Ding Huanchun had left any hidden methods.

The main burial chamber has not been opened, and the mountain king's coffin is still inside.

Although he didn't know if Zhao Quanzhen's coffin was inside, he didn't see any need to open it to check. The Three Corpse Divine Tree said, "Don't worry, no matter how strong that Ding fellow is, he can't possibly create a third primordial spirit. I heard Master Shi say that the laws of heaven and earth don't allow it to happen again and again. Once is already defying the heavens, and a third time will surely invite divine retribution. Besides, he's only been freed for a few days; being able to create a second primordial spirit is already his limit..."

Shi Ling said, "The Celestial Body is a flawless body. It is impossible for an external primordial spirit to enter without the help of a master. Moreover, the crystal wall in front of you isolates primordial spirits, so he cannot enter either."

Chen Yang nodded slightly; he was starting to get a little crazy by Ding Huanchun.

He scanned the area with the system, and information was displayed for any living thing, even primordial spirits or remnant souls.

With nothing missing, Chen Yang was relieved.

The effects of the Daozhen Pill are about to wear off. If he were to recklessly open the main tomb chamber now, he would be in a difficult situation if anything went wrong.

"The trunk of this Sangmu tree is indeed of research value..."

"If Zhao Quanzhen's body were still alive..."

Both the Three Corpse Divine Tree and the Five Thunder True Man were eager to try their luck. Both the trunk of the Sangmu Tree and the corpse of Zhao Quanzhen were celestial bodies.

The Three Corpse Divine Tree had always coveted this Sangmu Tree, hoping to entrust its second primordial spirit to it, thus avoiding the five signs of decay in the celestial realm.

The Five Thunder Immortal was also eyeing Zhao Quanzhen's corpse; if possible, he also wanted a body at the Celestial Realm.

Even if his primordial spirit is imprisoned by the celestial body, he accepts it. He has had enough of living in the form of a primordial spirit for so many years, living a precarious life.

Now that both items were in front of them, they were naturally very tempted. However, when they saw Chen Yang take out the Mountain Lord Seal but then put it back, they were both puzzled.

"Let's come again next time."

Chen Yang checked the time; there were three minutes left.

Without explaining anything to them, I simply turned around and left.

Nothing useful was found in the tomb. After all, it had been four hundred years. The mountain serpent had lived there for so long that even if there were any good things, it would have already destroyed them all.

Time was of the essence, so after scanning the tomb chamber with the system, I quickly left.

……

There are 30 seconds left after you come out of the cave.

There's nothing more that can be done.

"Rumble..."

A thunderclap struck the southern foot of Mount Si'e, then the heavenly power dissipated and the thunderclouds returned to normal.

Chen Yang emerged from the mountain stream.

The body of the mountain serpent Youli was still hanging on the cliff face, already dead.

After the eight-winged centipede had its fill, its whereabouts were unknown.

Chen Yang directly stored the snake corpse and the Mountain-Suppressing Sword into his system space, and also stored the trunk of the Three Corpse-Human-Faced Tree.

In his last moments, he used his mental power to send a message to the eight-winged centipede and Deng Yulian.

He immediately summoned the Thunderfire Eagle.

"go!"

Climbing onto the back of the Thunderfire Eagle, Chen Yang patted its shoulder.

"Chirp."

The Thunderfire Eagle understood immediately, flapped its wings, and suddenly soared into the air, breaking through the rain curtain, heading towards Baoguo Temple.

The little white snake flew alongside, guarding the area.

Just as the Thunderfire Eagle took off, Chen Yang suddenly felt a tremendous sense of powerlessness.

It was as if all the strength in my body had been drained away in an instant.

The powerful primordial spirit, physique, and mental strength are all rapidly shrinking.

The medication has worn off!

The half-hour effect of the Daozhen Pill has finally worn off.

In those half an hour, though it may seem short, he seemed to have accomplished a great deal.

A decline in spiritual level and a decline in mental state.

He plummeted from the late stage of the Dao True Realm to the late stage of the Creation Realm.

Qi and blood deficiency, mental energy deficiency.

A wave of overwhelming powerlessness washed over Chen Yang, who felt like he was suffering from severe hypoglycemia. He was extremely weak, his head was spinning, and he collapsed onto the Thunderfire Eagle's back.

Daozhen Dan's effects last for 30 minutes, but after the effects wear off, there will be a period of weakness lasting 1 to 3 hours.

The battle on the mountaintop is probably not over yet. If Chen Yang, in his weakened state, continues to stay on the mountain, it will likely be very dangerous.

Since staying would be of no help, Chen Yang decisively chose to leave.

Dao Zhen Dan is powerful, but the feeling of being overdrawn is really unpleasant.

He used all his strength to rummage through the system's inventory and swallowed several inner cores at the Creation Realm level.

Use the "Five Contemplations on Food Preservation" to quickly digest food, refine essence into qi, and refine qi into spirit...

Gradually, the situation seemed to be improving.

Chen Yang briefly assessed his current situation.

Having just used the Mountain-Driving Whip, the power of thunder backfired into his body, its energy exceptionally domineering. Although he managed to refine a large portion of this backlash of thunder energy while the effects of the Dao True Pill were still in effect, thanks to his powerful physique, a portion still raged within his body.

I'm afraid I'll need some time to heal when I get back.

"Chirp..."

The Thunderfire Eagle let out a high-pitched cry, passed through the thunderclouds, and quickly disappeared into the night sky.

……

-

On top of the mountain.

The battle is over.

At the start of the battle, the opponent was clearly prepared. Lu Lingfeng had set up a formation on the mountaintop beforehand. Zhou Mingyuan's sneak attack was blocked by the protective treasure on Su Dacong's body, causing him to lose the initiative. Lu Lingfeng activated the formation, which gathered a thick fog that sealed off the mountaintop.

The group fought one by one, and the fog grew thicker and thicker until they could hardly distinguish directions or friend from foe. Lu Lingfeng took advantage of the chaos to lead Su Dacong away from the battle.

Later, Xuan Jing arrived and broke the formation from the outside. After the thick fog dissipated, everyone was able to find their opponents again.

Then Yun Ting arrived, and their side had an absolute advantage in both numbers and strength.

After Zhou Mingyuan and Xuan Qing joined forces to kill the Divine Fire Sect's Wuji Divine Monk, the others were shocked and realized that this was no joke and that people could really die. Only Hong Wutong and Nie Jiusi remained, and then they surrendered.

……

Hong Wutong, Nie Jiusi, and Li Xiulian were captured alive. Although the mission was fraught with difficulties, fortunately none of them escaped.

Fortunately, Chen Yang arrived. Otherwise, although they wouldn't necessarily lose, any victory would have been a Pyrrhic one, and there was no guarantee that some of them would have been killed.

"Boom..."

As everyone cleaned up the battlefield and prepared to descend the mountain, a bolt of lightning struck the southern slope.

"What's going on over there?" Zhou Mingyuan looked towards the southern foothills.

Master Yunting said, "It should be Lu Lingfeng and that fellow Daoist Deng Yulian..."

He wasn't entirely clear on the specifics either.

The lightning that had just struck clearly carried the power of divine punishment; it was undoubtedly a divine retribution.

Xuan Jing thought of Deng Yulian.

The body of a corpse demon, divine retribution?
"I gonna go see."

Fearing that Deng Yulian would suffer a loss, he immediately leaped and ran towards the south foothills.

Xuanqing followed closely behind.

"Chirp..."

Just then, a cry of an eagle came from the sky.

The sound was high-pitched, piercing through the rain and reaching the mountaintop.

Everyone looked up and saw a large eagle take off from the mountainside and fly straight towards Mount Da'e.

One after another, spiritual energy probed outwards.

It turned out to be Chen Yang. Only then did everyone lower their guard and quietly watch the giant eagle fly away.

"This time, we have to thank our young friend Chen Yang, otherwise..."

Yun Ting stroked his chin and sighed with emotion.

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Mingyuan looked at Yun Ting with a puzzled expression.

They were previously trapped in the formation, but the situation was somewhat unclear.

Yun Ting gave a brief overview.

Think back to the situation at the time. If Chen Yang hadn't suddenly erupted, he would not only have had to deal with Ding Huanchun and Li Xiulian, but also Ding Huanchun's second primordial spirit, the Three Corpses Human-Faced Tree, which was already very difficult. Then Lu Lingfeng and Su Dacong also came.

Although both of them were only at the early stage of the Dao True Realm, their strength should not be underestimated, especially in a one-against-many situation. Yun Ting did not think he could withstand them.

Although Deng Yulian arrived in time, he could only restrain one of them at most, not to mention that a mountain snake had also appeared from behind.

Without Chen Yang, this battle would have been very difficult for him, unless he could hold back Ding Huanchun and his group until Zhou Mingyuan and his men broke through the formation and came to their rescue.

But it certainly won't be as impressive as it is now.

Zhou Mingyuan was also somewhat incredulous after hearing this.

"Young friend Chen Yang, you do indeed have some extraordinary qualities." Yu Huaizhen praised him highly after hearing this.

Although Yun Ting's words were somewhat exaggerated, Chen Yang was surprisingly not surprised when the matter came to pass.

"Ugh."

Zhou Mingyuan sighed, "It's also our fault for being careless. We didn't expect that although Lu Lingfeng's cultivation level isn't high, his expertise in formations is truly unique and extraordinary..."

Xiao Jianfeng walked over and said, “I’ve long heard that the Shennong Sect has a formation called the ‘Great Formation of Abundant Harvests’. It can control clouds and rain and modify the four seasons within the formation. I used to think it was an exaggeration, but today I realize that we were too narrow-minded and almost fell for it.”

Everyone nodded.

"This Shennong Sect is no simple matter. I heard Lu Lingfeng mention some kind of ancestor earlier, which doesn't seem like a good thing. Gathering so many wandering heroes from the martial world, I wonder what they're plotting. I'll have to interrogate them properly when I get back..."

(End of this chapter)