Infinite transcendence began with Covering the Sky.

Chapter 121 Snake Mountain
The sound of the Purple Mountain Bell shook the Eastern Wilderness, and all the major forces suffered heavy losses in a single day, yet none of them managed to retrieve the Wushi Inheritance.

People were alarmed by the dangers of Zishan Mountain and searched through ancient books for all the legends about Wushi, hoping to find a solution.

But none of this had much to do with Qi Zhe. He traveled a million miles a day and arrived at the secret place left behind by Master Yuan in just a few days.

"Truly, the mighty river flows eastward."

Now, Qi Zhe has come to the banks of the great river and looks at the magnificent mountain range thousands of miles away. He realizes that he is not far from the East China Sea.

Traveling millions of miles further east, one can reach the shores of the East Sea, where many cultivators are discussing the scenery.

During the day, Qi Zhe soared into the sky, looking down at the earth from thousands of feet above, silently calculating the mountain range.

This mountain range looks exactly like the one described in the stone map. It stretches for tens of thousands of miles from east to west, with its shape resembling a coiled dragon.

The entire mountain range lies alone on the earth, with no part of its shape extending outwards, so rounded that it has no sharp edges.

It is covered with lush vegetation, with snow on the mountaintops, streams flowing through the valleys, and unique peaks on the ridges.

After staring at it for a long time, Qi Zhe said, "The mountain's shape is strange, so rounded that it has no horns, claws, or tail. Rather than a dragon, it's more like a snake with a severed tail."

Indeed, this mountain range no longer resembles a dragon; it looks more like a hornless, clawless, and tailless snake, lacking its soaring momentum.

With a "whoosh," Qi Zhe rushed back to the ground and sped towards the mountains, soon standing atop a strange peak.

At this moment, Qi Zhe opened his Heavenly Eye and began to observe the terrain on the mountain ridge, preparing to uncover the great secrets of this mountain.

The next moment, the scene before Qi Zhe's eyes suddenly changed. The entire mountain range seemed to move in his eyes, like a great dragon turning over.

"Rumble"

A booming sound rang in Qi Zhe's ears, and he saw countless dragon energies bursting out of the ground and rising on the mountain ridges before flying into the sky.

This sight made Qi Zhe's eyes light up, and he couldn't help but exclaim, "There really has been a change! The dragon energy is so strong!"

Although this mountain range looks strange, it contains an awe-inspiring dragon aura, and it is not the murderous intent that Qi Zhe thought of.

There is no doubt that this mountain range holds a great secret. The Celestial Master Yuan may have done something here in the past, otherwise, given the terrain of this mountain, there is no reason why it would not undergo changes.

"If this continues, there must be either a divine source or an unparalleled dragon marrow at the foot of this mountain!" Qi Zhe was also somewhat excited.

In the understanding of the Origin Technique, divine sources and dragon marrow are nurtured by the terrain and are buried deep underground. The more extraordinary the terrain, the more likely it is to give birth to divine objects.

Judging from the boundless dragon energy that just rose from this mountain ridge, there might be top-grade dragon marrow underground, whose value is comparable to that of an old medicinal herb king.

Even if it cannot compare to the emergence of divine essence, it is still enough to amaze the world, and can at least extend the life of a great being by several hundred years.

After all, this is the only mountain range in this desert. The earth energy of hundreds of thousands of miles of land is absorbed by this dragon vein, so it is not surprising that it would give birth to treasures.

"We can try to retrieve it." Qi Zhe was already preparing to take action, circling the mountain ridge to find a suitable location to enter the underground and retrieve the treasure.

The mountain range stretches for tens of thousands of miles and is so vast that it would take an ordinary person several years to complete a single circuit if they were not a cultivator.

Finding a place to mine dragon marrow on the ground is by no means easy; looking in the wrong place and acting haphazardly will drastically change the mountain's terrain, rendering everything futile.

But Qi Zhe was very fast. Even while observing the mountain terrain and flying, he determined the best location for digging for treasure in just half a day. It was a valley, thousands of miles away from the eastern foot of the mountain range. A stream flowed down from the nearby snow-capped mountains in the valley, and various trees grew there.

It was already evening when Qi Zhe arrived at the valley, but as soon as he landed, he discovered that there were people in the valley.

"A local?" Qi Zhe asked, puzzled.

There was a large group of cultivators in the valley, about twenty or thirty people, among whom was a feng shui master dressed in a gray robe and wearing a compass.

Now the group of people are all gathered by the stream, watching the feng shui master fiddling with his compass by the stream.

Qi Zhe was also curious and decided to see what these people were up to. After eliminating his aura, he hid in the void.

The cultivator in the valley watched the feng shui master fiddling with the compass for a long time and said impatiently, "Old man, are you even capable?"

The feng shui master was an elderly man in his sixties, a resident of the nearby oasis. He wouldn't have been invited by this group of cultivators if he didn't possess feng shui skills.

The feng shui master, surnamed Luo, trembled as he replied, "My skills are too shallow; I cannot see through the mountain's shape. I can only confirm that this is the seven-inch mark of Snake Mountain."

"As for whether you can find the snake's heart, I'm not sure."

This mountain is known in the area as Snake Mountain, and most of its legends are related to snakes. It is said that thousands of years ago, a giant snake appeared there and caused havoc for a time.

At that time, a hermit who had returned from the East Sea was on his way back to the Eastern Wilderness. When he passed by this place, he killed the giant serpent and left behind the legend that "the mountain has the heart of a serpent" before departing.

For thousands of years, many local monks have sought the legend, but unfortunately, they have never found anything. Today, this group of people has naturally come to find the snake heart as well.

Qi Zhe hadn't paid attention to whether this was the seven-inch mark, but upon hearing this, he couldn't help but silently calculate it in his mind.

“It’s thousands of miles away from the eastern foothills. If it really is a giant snake, then this is indeed the vital spot. Does the ‘snake’s heart’ refer to the dragon’s marrow?” Qi Zhe suddenly realized.

At this moment, the cultivators in the valley grew impatient upon hearing this. Someone stepped forward, grabbed the feng shui master, Lao Luo, and shouted, "You old codger, do you have any definite information or not?!"

"That's enough!" someone in the crowd said. A middle-aged man slowly walked out and ordered the man to let go.

This person possesses the cultivation level of a dragon. Although he looks like a farmer, he is the leader of this group and is very authoritative.

Upon hearing this, the man quickly put down the feng shui master and said with an embarrassed smile, "I'm in a hurry! If we don't quickly extract the dragon marrow from the foot of the mountain, how will you break through to the next realm, brother!"

The middle-aged man has now reached the fifth stage of the Dragon Transformation, but unfortunately, his potential has been exhausted after he turned one hundred. Without the Dragon Marrow, he will never be able to reach the ninth stage of the Dragon Transformation in this lifetime.

For prodigies, dragon marrow is merely an add-on, but for ordinary cultivators, it is a powerful medicine for breaking through realms; without dragon marrow, one cannot progress once their potential is exhausted.

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man's face darkened with anxiety, because he had recently allied himself with a powerful force in the Northern Plains and needed to improve his cultivation to prove himself.

The middle-aged man, his expression somber as if he had made up his mind, glanced at the many cultivators and the scenery of the valley before waving his hand and shouting:
"Never mind all that, let's start digging!"

Upon hearing this, many cultivators readily agreed and, under the guidance of the feng shui master, began digging into the stream, preparing to delve deep underground to extract the dragon marrow.

"Alright, saves me the trouble of doing it myself." Qi Zhe looked at him strangely, but after thinking for a moment, he didn't stop him and prepared to sit back and enjoy the fruits of his labor.

As the group of cultivators began digging, darkness gradually fell, and a thick fog began to blanket the entire mountain range, with figures vaguely appearing within the fog.

(End of this chapter)