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Chapter 330 The Terrifying Fallen Immortal Valley [Seeking Monthly Tickets]

"Damn it, if I were just a fraction of a second faster, no, just a few more breaths faster, I could have killed Jiang Hong."

"The main problem is that the Blood Maiden arrived too quickly. I just arrived and haven't been fighting for long, and she's already caught up with me... It seems she's probably somewhere near the East China Sea."

"The East Sea... can only be in Linhai City. It seems that she's the one in charge of the teleportation array there recently."

"It seems that Jiang Hong is truly blessed with good fortune and a long life."

"That's true. If I didn't have some great luck, how could I have been born as the offspring of two Nascent Soul cultivators? Damn it, I wish I had that kind of luck too."

"..."

Inside the Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, Ji Yuan's mind raced with thoughts.

At the same time, he carefully maneuvered his natal magic weapon through the wind curtain.

Fortunately, Ji Yuan had taken the route once before when he sent Du Wanyi away, so he had familiarized himself with the path beforehand. If it weren't for that trip... even escaping this time wouldn't have been so smooth.

A tiny speck of dust drifts through the boundless curtain of wind.

Ji Yuan couldn't even spare a moment to check his storage bags. He had only one thought in mind: to run faster, faster, and farther. Not to mention getting to the Abyss Continent first, he at least had to shake off the Blood Maiden.

Otherwise, being too close to the Canglu Continent would make Ji Yuan feel insecure.

He was even worried that this crazy woman would recklessly force her way through the wind barrier and drag him out.

Behind.

On the endless sea.

After a brief outburst of anger, Blood Maiden finally calmed down. She knew that the most urgent task at present was to heal Jiang Hong's injuries, otherwise it would be troublesome if he developed any chronic illness.

With a gentle lift of her right hand, adorned with a golden bracelet, a golden stream of light flew from her sleeve, landing in the sea behind her and transforming into a magnificent golden palace.

A beaded curtain rolls up like a cloud screen, and precious pearls adorn the eaves.

Jiang Hong's body floated into the golden palace and finally landed in a bath, his whole body soaked in green spiritual liquid.

His charred body began to recover at a visible speed, and even his tightly furrowed brows relaxed.

Outside the golden carriage, the barefoot Blood Maiden floated above the sea. She had repeatedly examined the area with her divine sense, but found no clues whatsoever.

The person who injured his precious son simply vanished into thin air.

How could it possibly vanish into thin air right under her nose, right before the eyes of a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator like herself?

Although Blood Maiden's personality is biased, vicious, and extreme, it doesn't mean she's stupid.

Why did that person choose to flee eastward, and wait until they reached the Fallen Immortal Gully before making their move?

Why is it that when I approach, they instantly flee and disappear without a trace?

All these circumstances suggest that the person likely possesses a sea chart, a sea chart that leads directly to the Abyss Continent. Therefore, the person has most likely escaped into this boundless wind curtain and entered the legendary... Fallen Immortal Valley.

"Trying to run away, huh?"

"In this world, there is no one who has offended me, Blood Lady, and yet has escaped!"

After muttering to herself, Blood Maiden first made a thought and had the golden carriage behind her retreat over a hundred miles to suppress the storm. At the same time, she raised her hands.

In an instant, countless crimson magical powers spread across the sea, and the entire sea area west of the boundless wind curtain seemed to rise several feet higher.

"town!"

With a soft shout, Blood Maiden pushed her hands forward with a sudden force, and in an instant, countless seawater surged into the boundless wind curtain before her.

But this boundless wind curtain cuts through everything, even the seawater. The endless seawater crashes into it, but is all torn apart and falls back to the surface.

If the Wind Curtain Zone is like this, then it is not like this in the Fallen Immortal Valley. Beneath the calm sea surface, there are surging waves.

These waves swept everything beneath the sea surface, overturning sea creatures wherever they passed. Only those water blades that appeared out of nowhere could forge ahead in this undercurrent.

Blood Maiden used it three times in a row, creating countless undercurrents in the seabed.

She couldn't find the passage, so she decided to destroy it.

Even if we can't destroy it, we can still drive that person out of the passage. And then... who can survive in this Fallen Immortal Valley?

That's a place where even a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator would perish if they went in.

Behind her, another extremely powerful beam of blood-red light pierced the sea, reaching Blood Maiden's side and transforming into a tall, black-haired man in a red robe. The moment he appeared, he roared:

"The teleportation array is already under construction, what are you still doing here acting crazy!"

"What's wrong with me?"

Blood Maiden sneered, "If I hadn't gone mad, your own son would have been beaten to death, and you're still making sarcastic remarks. Ha, serves your Jiang family right that it has no heir!"

"Um?"

Blood King frowned, glanced back at Jiang Hong in the golden carriage, and immediately understood everything.

He withdrew his gaze and said in a deep voice, "That person escaped into the Fallen Immortal Valley."

"Otherwise, what do you think I'm doing here?"

Blood Maiden retorted loudly.

"You really need to change your temper."

King Bloodlust was displeased. No one had ever dared to speak to him like that before, except for Lady Blood.

"Ha, what, do you expect me to act like that wretched woman, whining and vying for your favor? Heh, that lowly servant who relies on her looks couldn't rise to power in the Shang Court back then, and as long as I'm still here in Blood Luo Mountain, she'll never rise to the top!"

The mockery in Blood Maiden's eyes became increasingly obvious.

"Okay, you've gone off on a tangent!"

Blood King stepped forward with a deep voice and came to Blood Lady's side. His eyes were filled with the same blood-red color as Jiang Hong's eyes before. He calmly scanned the boundless wind curtain a few times.

Finally, my consciousness locked onto one location.

Although that location also appeared to be experiencing strong winds, there was a very subtle difference.

This difference could only be perceived by a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator who was extremely skilled in the art of divine sense, but coincidentally, Blood King was such a person.

"Found it."

His voice remained calm.

As he raised his right hand, a blood-red ball of light suddenly appeared in his hand, within which a blood-red dragon seemed to be constantly weaving.

He held the blood orb in his right hand, aimed it at the entrance of the passage, and slammed it down. In an instant, an extremely thick crimson spiritual beam shot out from his hand and into the passage.

"Boom!"

For a moment, the entire boundless wind curtain seemed to tremble wildly, as if the sound of an earth dragon turning over echoed incessantly. Blood King merely stood there for a few glances before casually remarking:

"Alright, this passage is destroyed."

"That person will not survive unless they are at the Nascent Soul stage."

"That's good. It seems you still care about your son," Blood Maiden sneered.

"If I don't care about my son, who do I care about?"

Blood King asked in return.

"Oh, I knew it. You don't care about me. Heh, you weren't like this when you wanted my body back then. Now that I've given you a son, you've changed."

Blood Maiden said in a sarcastic tone:

"Fine, I wonder who it was back then who stubbornly refused to admit that this was their son."

Blood King could no longer bear to listen and immediately used his Nascent Soul teleportation technique to leave.

Enraged, Blood Maiden shouted, "Emperor Jiang, how dare you abandon me! You'll never set foot in my room again!"

After a while, Blood Maiden returned to Jiang Hong's side. Only then did she realize something: why had the spiritual liquid healed most of her injuries, but there was one place... that hadn't recovered?

Blood Maiden trembled, yet seemed to be experiencing a frenzied excitement.

"Emperor Jiang... it seems you really have no sons left."

"..."

"Damn it, I've already escaped into Fallen Immortal Valley, why won't they let me go?"

Beneath the calm surface of the sea, undercurrents surged ever stronger.

Ji Yuan could feel the surrounding passageways trembling violently, as if they were about to collapse at any moment.

He dared not urge the Lingtai Fangcun Mountain to move again. At this moment, the undercurrents were surging, and if he moved it, he was worried that he would be swept away by the waves and pulled out of the passage.

They waited for quite a while.

As the undercurrents subsided, Ji Yuan finally got a chance to catch his breath.

"It seems that Blood Maiden has given up. I knew it. I've already escaped to Fallen Immortal Valley, why won't she let me go?"

Ji Yuan waited a while longer to make sure the undercurrent was getting smaller before he steered the Spirit Field Fangcun Mountain forward.

But he hadn't gone very far, not even half an incense stick's time.

Suddenly, he felt an extremely strong undercurrent coming from behind him!

I seemed to hear a "click" sound.

This seemingly sturdy passageway... just... crumbled.

Immediately, an extremely turbulent undercurrent swept in, almost instantly engulfing the dust-like Lingtai Fangcun Mountain.

At this moment, Ji Yuan, who was sitting cross-legged in the cave, sensed this situation and subconsciously called out.

"Holy shit!"

Although the interior of Lingtai Fangcun Mountain remained largely unaffected and continued as usual, Ji Yuan could sense that his natal magic weapon was rising and falling amidst the undercurrents of the seabed, drifting with the current.

In other words...

Have I arrived at the real Fallen Immortal Valley?

This is the Fallen Immortal Valley, which is said to be a place where only Nascent Soul cultivators can leave alive. Damn it... isn't this going to kill me?!

Ji Yuan stood up from the futon in an instant and went to the entrance of the cave.

Through the Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, one can see the situation outside.

An endless expanse of sea.

I don't know how deep it is in the ocean, but in any case, not a single ray of sunlight can penetrate the surface.

In this Fallen Immortal Valley, Ji Yuan drifted with the current.

He saw the legendary Water Blade, which looked no different from the Water Blade Technique used by those in the Qi Refining stage, but its power was countless times greater.

Ji Yuan witnessed a serpentine sea beast at the peak of the second tier being cleaved in two by the sudden water blade, without any ability to resist whatsoever.

The water blades are very powerful and unpredictable, seemingly without any pattern or warning, always appearing suddenly.

There are many sea creatures.

Ji Yuan didn't even know how they survived in such a harsh environment in the Fallen Immortal Valley, especially with the water blades that would attack them indiscriminately.

If that's the case, then why are there still so many sea creatures?

From tiny sea fish the size of a palm to a megalodon resembling a small mountain.

These sea monsters seem to be endless.

"Could it be that the sea monsters here respawn?"

Ji Yuan couldn't help but have this exaggerated idea pop into his mind.

Ji Yuan didn't know how much time had passed, nor where he was. In any case, the undercurrent had finally calmed down, and the sea beasts and water blades around him were no longer so exaggerated.

He first determined the direction, and then prepared to continue urging the Lingtai Fangcun Mountain eastward.

With this magic weapon, he felt that even if he had to grind, he could grind his way out of this Fallen Immortal Gully.

It just takes a little more time.

"Get out of here!"

As soon as Ji Yuan made up his mind, he immediately activated the magic weapon and flew eastward.

But the moment he set off, he immediately sensed a water blade appear out of thin air in front of the Lingtai Fangcun Mountain.

"not good!"

Ji Yuan quickly turned the dust-sized Lingtai Fangcun Mountain slightly to the side, thus avoiding the fatal blow.

If this water blade hits...

Even if Lingtai Fangcun Mountain isn't destroyed, it will be severely damaged. Once his natal magic weapon is seriously injured, Ji Yuan himself won't have an easy time either.

It was a close call, but no real danger.

After waiting for a while to make sure that no more water blades or sea beasts appeared around him, Ji Yuan once again activated his natal magic weapon and flew forward.

But as soon as Lingtai Fangcun Mountain moved, Ji Yuan sensed that another water blade had appeared in the northwest and was slashing towards the magic weapon.

Ji Yuan quickly manipulated his natal magic weapon to dodge to the side.

...That shouldn't be the case. When I was on the Canglu Continent, my luck was pretty good. How come after coming to this Fallen Immortal Valley, I've been plagued by disasters at every turn?

Ji Yuan waited even longer this time, a full incense stick's time, before he activated his natal magic weapon again. This time, he didn't cautiously test it again.

From the start, it's all about charging forward at breakneck speed.

In the blink of an eye, Lingtai Fangcun Mountain had rushed out more than ten miles.

But soon, Ji Yuan witnessed a scene he would never forget in his life.

Where Lingtai Fangcun Mountain flew, countless densely packed water blades appeared. Although most of the water blades were attacking the trajectory it had passed through, quite a few were still heading towards Lingtai Fangcun Mountain's current location.

Ji Yuan instantly focused all his attention and began to manipulate his natal magic weapon, Lingtai Fangcun Mountain.

Let it weave and dodge among these many water blades.

I dared not make a single mistake.

After a dozen or so breaths, the countless dense water blades finally subsided completely.

Ji Yuan, inside the magic weapon, only then realized that his back was completely soaked with cold sweat. He exhaled a long breath and relaxed. Lingtai Fangcun Mountain lost control and swayed and sank into the sea.

But a strange scene unfolded. Previously, Lingtai Fangcun Mountain was besieged as soon as it made a move, but this time... not a single water blade appeared.

Ji Yuan, sitting cross-legged at the entrance of the cave, watched this scene unfold.

How could one not have imagined that there was definitely something intriguing about this!

"Why is it that when I activate the Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, I get attacked, but when it moves on its own, it doesn't get attacked? It was the same in the Dark Surge before; when I didn't move, the Lingtai Fangcun Mountain wasn't affected."

"Does this mean that the rules within the Fallen Immortal Valley cannot be changed on their own?"

"But if that's the case, why can those sea monsters move on their own?"

Ji Yuan's gaze pierced through the magic weapon and saw a huge octopus swimming past him. Judging from its size, it was most likely a second-tier sea beast.

However, within this Fallen Immortal Gully, it seemed as if it couldn't sense the water blades, swimming freely and unrestrained.

What is the secret here?

Ji Yuan sat cross-legged, his brow furrowed in worry.

He sat there, watching from the entrance of the cave, until the spiritual vein produced spirit stones twice. Then he clasped his hands together and suddenly stood up.

He completely shook off his previous dejection and became radiant.

"Spiritual energy!"

"It's definitely spiritual energy!"

Within this Fallen Immortal Gully, any fluctuation of spiritual energy will trigger the water blades to launch indiscriminate attacks. This is the method of actively drawing out the water blades. In addition, the water blades will also appear on their own, but the probability of this is too small.

Ji Yuan waited for a long time but didn't see many water blades.

That is why the Fallen Immortal Valley is considered a forbidden zone for cultivators.

Because cultivators can only use their magical power, they will be attacked by water blades as soon as they enter.

Even if a Nascent Soul cultivator can dodge the first wave, can they dodge the second and third waves?

The endless stream of water blades was something they could not withstand.

"This explains why Lingtai Fangcun Mountain can move on its own without being attacked, but I can move and get attacked. Also, the sea beasts around here, when they swim, there is no spiritual energy fluctuation on their bodies."

"The inability to generate any magical energy or spiritual fluctuations is a pipe dream for other cultivators, but for me... it's not difficult."

"Because I have Soul-Devouring Bees, which can transform into Soul-Devouring Armor, not only is it able to isolate spiritual power, but even if I encounter real danger, I still have the strength of a physical cultivator to protect me."

"How about... we go out and give it a try?"

Just do it.

With a thought, Ji Yuan sent out all the Spirit-Devouring Bees from his spirit beast pouch. They landed on his body and began to evolve, transforming into a dark golden scale that completely covered his entire body, except for his eyes, which shimmered with a scarlet light.

"out!"

Ji Yuan took a step forward, and the moment he left Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, he put this natal magic weapon into his body.

Even such a subtle fluctuation of spiritual energy still drew out three water blades, which attacked him from three different directions.

He shifted his body several times on the spot, and his figure avoided the three water blades at an unpredictable angle.

Finally, he landed firmly on the sandy seabed of the Fallen Immortal Ravine, and looking around, he saw no more water blades.

"It's done!"

"I knew it!"

Having found a way to survive, Ji Yuan let out a soft cry, even clenching his fists involuntarily.

Now that I can get out, without getting caught in the endless wind on the sea surface, I will quietly travel on the seabed. I believe it won't be long before I reach the Abyss Continent... Ji Yuan pondered in his mind, and after slightly discerning the direction, he leaped up and began to fly eastward.

From then on, no more water blades attacked him.

Several months passed in the blink of an eye. Ji Yuan didn't know how many dangers he had encountered at the bottom of the Fallen Immortal Valley, but these dangers were nothing more than the sudden appearance of water blades, plus the sea beasts that were eyeing him.

Water blades can be avoided with a little attention, as for sea beasts... second-tier ones are a guaranteed kill, and third-tier ones are just for escaping.

Ji Yuan has not yet encountered a fourth-tier sea beast.

Another ten days or so passed. Ji Yuan, who was traveling on the seabed, suddenly stopped. He landed on the seabed and broke off a spear-tip-like object from a rock wall.

"There are people...on the seabed?!"

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(The monthly pass rewards are out? I'm begging for them!)

(End of this chapter)