Distant Mountain Battle Song

Chapter 320 A Terrible World
Qinglong must love his child very much.

In the following days, the Azure Dragon would appear and disappear intermittently, and when it appeared, it would always bring many corpses, some of which were human, some of which were wild beasts, and some of which were birds, so much so that the mountain of corpses gradually became magnificent.

The stench of corpses filled the air, and the once lush and green landscape withered and turned into a dead land in a single day.

Yun Ce fled slowly, each time only escaping a hundred miles before quickly finding a cave to hide in. In twelve days, he had only managed to escape a thousand miles.

He knew he had not yet escaped the Azure Dragon's hunting grounds, because in these twelve days, he had not seen a single person, a single wild beast, or a single bird.

On the fifteenth day, Yun Ce awoke from his deep sleep and heard the noisy chirping of cicadas.

The world seemed to brighten up all at once. Peeking out of the hole, I saw a dog with its tail between its legs, running away in a panic.

This thing was filthy and carried a lot of germs, but even such a smelly and dirty thing made Yun Ce want to hug it.

It was only at this moment that Yun Ce realized that even the most disgusting creature in the Han territory was a thousand times better than something like a dragon.

The days I spent in contact with dragons were like hell.

The power of dragons is beyond human comprehension, so it is impossible for humans to resonate with such creatures, just as it is impossible for humans to empathize with ants.

Based on the experience of dealing with Qinglong over this period, a thousand miles is only a fifteen-minute journey for Qinglong. This is based on the limited information available to Gouzi. We don't know if Qinglong has any other ways to quickly shorten the distance.

This time, Yun Ce was truly afraid.

Even when facing a massive avalanche or figures like the Mountain Moving Clan, Yun Ce still had the determination to survive. But when facing something like the Azure Dragon, neither strategy nor brute force was effective against it.

Originally, having taken a space trip inside the dragon's claw was already Yun Ce's biggest nightmare. Now, after learning about the existence of the mountain of corpses through Gouzi's mouth, Yun Ce only wanted to stay away from dragons.

Trying to negotiate with a tiger for its skin never ends well, let alone dealing with a dragon.

The appearance of the dragon was a huge disaster for the Gui Fang, and the disaster was not over yet. Yun Ce glanced back at the direction of the Corpse Mountain, which was covered with dark clouds and lightning, and then jumped into the turbulent Qinghe River in front of him.

His body was swept southward by the surging river; this was Yun Ce's safest route home.

Unlike Yun Ce, who left without hesitation, He Junnian, wrapped in a cloak, was carried by four strong tiger guards, struggling against the wind as he approached the mountain of corpses.

Sometimes, strong winds would blow open He Junnian's cloak, revealing a skull-like head with only one eyeball, which, though deeply sunken in its socket, shone brightly.

The city of Beifeng was completely destroyed by a flood that came from the sky. It was a city with a population of 700,000 and the most important commercial town in the south of Guifang.

Here, in a low-lying area right below the snow line, grows vast fields of snow wheat, an essential part of the daily lives of the Guifang people. The roots of the snow wheat spread and intertwine beneath the soft soil, eventually forming fields of snow wheat. Every year, the people of Beifeng City can obtain countless snow wheat simply by cutting the ears of wheat when they ripen, drying them, and then threshing them.

This year, the snow wheat is still growing, but the people who harvest it have disappeared.

He Junnian had witnessed many disasters in his life, especially after arriving in Guifang. The number of disasters he had seen was countless, but no matter how knowledgeable he was, he had never heard of a huge torrent of water falling from the sky into the city, crushing, drowning, and washing away the residents, leaving only a small number of people to survive.

If He Junnian could understand the flood in Beifeng City, then the fact that the Azure Dragon went berserk and plundered people within a thousand miles, piling up mountains of corpses, was something He Junnian truly couldn't comprehend.

At first, they thought that the Guifang people had unintentionally offended the Azure Dragon, and that the Azure Dragon's venting would make the matter pass quickly. Unexpectedly, the Azure Dragon's venting resulted in the deaths of eight million Guifang people.

Seeing that Qinglong was still expanding the scope of his plundering of the Guifang population, even though He Junnian had been badly tricked by Yun Ce and was too busy to take care of himself, he still held on to his last breath and prepared to come to Corpse Mountain to plead with Qinglong.

Perhaps Qinglong has a way to cure his chronic illness.

When exposed to radiation, the damage to the body is from the inside out, and the damage is irreversible. No matter how powerful a person's internal energy is, it is impossible to completely prevent the body from decaying.

The Azure Dragon's Dead Land stretches 1,200 li from north to south and no more than 300 li from east to west. This is not because the Azure Dragon is unwilling to draw a perfect circle, but because beyond 300 li lies a snow-capped mountain range covered in white snow.

He Junnian came from the direction of Guifang City, which is east of Beifeng City. So, when he stepped into the Azure Dragon Death Land, the Azure Dragon that was coiled on the mountain of corpses slowly opened its eyes.

When He Junnian arrived at the foot of the mountain of corpses, he struggled to get off the stretcher, supported himself with a wooden stick, and bowed with difficulty with one hand, saying, "Greetings, Your Majesty the Azure Dragon."

The Azure Dragon, who had long since transformed into a woman in green, scanned He Junnian from head to toe and said, "Who could have hurt you like this?"

He Junnian laughed and said, "A few bored flies ambushed me."

Qinglong came to his side and squeezed his wound with his hand. Yellow pus oozed out. He flicked his finger, and a drop of yellow pus was quickly divided into thousands of parts. Qinglong picked up an almost imperceptible part from the thousands of parts of pus and rubbed it between his thumb and forefinger.

Then, looking at He Junnian, he said, "This thing is not from this place." He Junnian nodded and said, "A young man came from the ancestral land."

Qinglong said, "I am too young and have never been to the ancestral land."

He Junnian said, "But people from the ancestral land have come."

Qinglong said, "People from the ancestral land are also people."

He Jun asked in a low voice, "Can I kill him?"

Qinglong didn't speak, but touched He Junnian's festering wound with one finger. Immediately, a string of pale green starlight slowly floated out from his ulcer.

As the pale green starlight entered Qinglong's fingertip, He Junnian immediately felt that his body was no longer collapsing.

So he prostrated himself on the ground and said devoutly, "Whoever angered you, I will go and kill him."

Azure Dragon shook his head and said, "It's not that anyone makes me angry, but that this land is rejecting me, exposing my secrets to the eyes of the insects."

He Junnian was puzzled by what Qinglong said, but he did not ask. Seeing Qinglong standing there as if he had gained some insight, he slowly got up and backed away from the mountain of corpses.

The Azure Dragon suddenly opened its mouth, and a dazzling light burst forth from its gaping maw. Its breath dispersed the dark clouds, and in a moment, a red sun appeared in the sky above the mountain of corpses.

Seeing that the dark clouds had dispersed, He Junnian stopped Hu Ben. He stood on one leg on the stretcher, bowed to the direction of the corpse mountain, and said, "The Guifang people will thank you for your mercy."

Yun Ce was naturally unable to see this scene. At this moment, he was being swept down from a rushing waterfall. His body was pressed into a deep pool by the violent waves, and then swept out of the pool by the subsequent falling river water. He spun twice on the surface of the water with a whirlpool, and then continued to drift with the current.

The farther away from Qinglong, the better Yun Ce felt, and the more relaxed he felt, as if a dark cloud had been blown away by the wind, leaving him with a sense of clarity.

Now that he understood, Yun Ce climbed out of the Qinghe River. Originally, he wanted to drift with the current all the way to the Yun Clan Manor.

If a person is soaked in water for a long time, they can easily develop floatage. After Yun Ce walked out of the river, he hopped on his left leg and then on his right leg to drain the water from his ears, even though his ears were very dry and there wasn't a drop of water in them. As a habit, Yun Ce did it anyway.

Ever since breaking through to the Grandmaster realm, Yun Ce has felt like he's no longer a human being. Who can't be burned to death or drowned?
He is like this now. Unless he is grabbed and stuffed into the mouth of the Azure Dragon and eaten, it is difficult for anything in this world to kill him completely.

Grandmasters can eat or not, but Yun Ce cannot.

Grandmasters can live on abundant energy, but Yun Ce is unwilling to do so. He wants to eat and also wants to continue living like a human being.

After being thoroughly baked by the folk fire, the traces of the thief on Gouzi's body were completely eliminated. Even if Qinglong stood right in front of her, he would not realize that Gouzi was the villain who destroyed her egg.

"Is everything packed?"

The dog stood on a rock, spreading its tentacles in all directions as if stretching. After a while, it said in a low voice, "It's all cleaned up. I've put the remaining dragon eggs into the second dragon ball. Although that place is small, it can still hold an egg."

"What are your thoughts on the appearance of dragons?" Yun Ce asked Gouzi, lying on a rock.

The dog gave a very human-like snort and said, "This world is very chaotic."

"You mean, there's no order?"

Dog said, "It shouldn't be like this no matter what. Although dragons exist on Earth, it's wrong for dragons to appear directly and influence the development of a race like in the Han Dynasty."

“Many stories about Earth feature dragons committing evil deeds, and each one is more wicked than the last.”

The dog said, "This may be the truth of the world. The higher people's understanding of themselves, the more the dragons have to retreat and hide themselves until science is advanced enough to discover them."

Yun Ce laughed and said, "Then we'll discover it slowly."

The dog just laughed it off.

At noon, Yun Ce cooked a huge pot of rice and stewed a huge pot of beef. He hadn't eaten human food for many days, so he ate extremely greedily today.

"The Guifang army has finally headed south. Judging from the direction, it seems to be heading towards Tiewei Pass."

After listening to Gouzi's words, Yun Ce looked around but didn't see any Gui Fang people. He then took his rice bowl and went straight to the top of the mountain. Standing on the mountaintop, he could see very clearly that there were indeed a great many people slowly marching under the sun.

(End of this chapter)