I flew on a sword at the magic academy

"Don't kill me, I... I can take you there," the scarred bandit leader pleaded, as if grasping at a straw.

"I can get the same information by directly searching your consciousness." Shi Daohan was not going to let him go, so he directly used his consciousness to pierce into his mind and search for all his memories.

This guy is truly a depraved beast; he has done countless heinous things.

After searching for a long time, Shi Daohan finally found the information he wanted.

The spirit mine was just over 600 miles away; it was a small mine and had long since dried up.

"Third Uncle, you can continue. This kind of person doesn't deserve to die. Killing him a thousand times wouldn't be enough to appease the wrath of Heaven." Shi Daohan stood up and stepped aside.

The scarred bandit leader's agonizing screams didn't stop until half an hour later.

The third uncle wept bitterly and went to the banyan tree stained with large patches of blood, repeatedly calling out the name of his biological daughter.

Shi Daohan watched this unfold and sighed softly. This is the desolate state. If you don't have enough strength, any tragic thing could happen to you at any time. Similarly, if you have extraordinary strength, then this place is a free paradise that can satisfy all your desires.

"At that time, the Savior from Suffering, the Heavenly Venerable, filled the ten directions..."

"He constantly uses his divine power to save all living beings from their delusion..."

Shi Daohan came to the banyan tree and recited a passage of scripture to pray for the souls of his third uncle's biological daughter and all the souls of those who died tragically at the hands of bandits.

Finally, she erased all traces of the place and left Luhe Village with her third uncle.

"Buddhism has the concept of this life and the next. They have a saying: 'The cause in this life will be the effect in the next life.' I believe that Buddha has seen your daughter's experiences in this life, and she will surely be a person with abundant blessings in the next life."

On the way back, Shi Daohan comforted her third uncle, hoping that he could take it easy and get over the grief of losing his daughter as soon as possible.

"It's my fault as a father, I'm useless. If there is an afterlife, I only hope that she can be reborn into a good family. I don't ask that she be rich and powerful, I just hope that she can live a peaceful, stable and happy life."

Uncle San sighed deeply. With his great revenge fulfilled, the gloom in his heart had almost dissipated.

As he was about to return to Heihe Village, Shi Daohan stared at the Wuji Mountain, which was thousands of meters high, and repeatedly examined the ancient jade in his hand.

Wuji Mountain is associated with legendary immortals, and the other side of this ancient jade is also engraved with the character "仙" (immortal), which makes her wonder if there is any connection between the two.

Before long, nine majestic mountain ranges came into view on the horizon.

"That is..."

Suddenly, Shi Daohan had a thought and changed his gaze to one of the mountain ranges, comparing it with the engraving on the ancient jade in his hand.

She felt that the carvings on the ancient jade were somewhat familiar from the beginning, as if she had seen them somewhere before. If she was sure, the carvings on it were one of the nine mountain ranges!

Shi Daohan looked down at the ancient jade in his hand. This was only a missing piece. If the other missing parts were found, the complete pattern that could be pieced together would be a complete landscape painting of the feng shui pattern of "Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin"!

"These two things are indeed related! Immortals... it really does involve those who become immortals!" Shi Daohan was shocked.

After returning to Heihe Village with her third uncle, she spent the following days looking for opportunities to ask the old village chief about Wuji Mountain.

She wanted to go into Wuji Mountain to find out what was going on, and she really didn't want to miss the immortals involved.

"You've asked so many questions, you don't mean you want to go into Wuji Mountain, do you?" The old village chief vaguely sensed Shi Daohan's thoughts and said with a solemn expression, "That place is really not safe to go. You won't gain anything from it, and you might even lose your life."

"Old man, don't you want the Dragon Seeking Manual to see the light of day again?" Shi Daohan asked with a smile.

The old village chief sighed helplessly: "I naturally hope that the wisdom of our ancestors can be passed down from generation to generation, but what can we do now? In the past, one of our ancestors disobeyed the ancestral teachings and took the Dragon-Seeking Manual into Wuji Mountain. He never came out again, which shows how dangerous it was."

Shi Daohan said, "If you can tell me the details, I might have a chance to get it out."

The old village chief shook his head and said, "You have done us a favor, I can't just stand by and watch you go to your death."

"You can rest assured, I am capable of protecting myself, and there will be no danger for me."

But no matter how much Shi Daohan tried to persuade her, the old village chief refused to let her take the risk.

A few days later, Shi Daohan left Heihe Village and arrived at a depleted and abandoned spirit mine, the same spirit mine where the scarred bandit leader and his men found the ancient jade.

This spirit mine wasn't large, and because it never received sunlight, it felt gloomy and eerie. It was unclear how many years it had been depleted and abandoned, and even the air was filled with a musty smell.

Shi Daohan descended more than a thousand meters before reaching the bottom. As soon as he landed, he heard a soft "crack" under his feet and stepped on a skeleton.

"No offense intended, I apologize." Shi Daohan bowed and apologized. Although there were no spirits lingering here, the dead should be respected. She had broken someone's bones, which was already wrong, so she still had to apologize.

She released her divine sense and carefully observed the mine.

"Who left the ancient jade here? Was it a minor loss, or was it intentional?" Shi Daohan had many questions in his mind.

However, when she arrived at the location where the ancient jade had been unearthed, she didn't find any useful clues.

"Splash!"

Suddenly, the sound of rushing water came from a crack in the ground.

It was an underground river, never seeing the light of day. Shi Daohan had only gotten a few steps closer when she felt an extremely chilling coldness, as if someone was cutting her skin with a blunt knife.

Shi Daohan thought for a moment, and then jumped in with a "plop," wanting to see where this underground river would flow and whether it would flow into the interior of Wuji Mountain.

The chill was biting, and even with the protective divine light around her, she still felt so cold that her teeth chattered.

After traveling several hundred meters along the river, she discovered an unusual phenomenon: because of the soil and rocks, most rivers meander, but this underground river remained straight without any bends.

She had traveled about seventy miles when she stopped, a profound sense of crisis rising in her heart.

Just ahead, there was a black hole, with gusts of cold wind blowing, and you could even hear the howling of ghosts and wolves, just like the gates of hell.

Shi Daohan extended his divine sense, wanting to see what lay beyond the black hole, but it was swallowed up as soon as it got close.

"This is bizarre. It can even devour divine consciousness?" Shi Daohan felt a chill run down her spine. Instead of rushing through the black hole, she began to return along the original path of the underground river, returning directly to the surface. Only when she felt the warmth of the sunlight did she breathe a sigh of relief.

"etc!"

At that moment, Shi Daohan had a guess in his mind. After determining the direction of the underground river, he began to speed along that direction on the surface.

After speeding for seventy or eighty miles, she arrived at the location that marked the black hole. Looking up ahead, she saw a desolate and majestic mountain range lying across her, like a giant dragon lying prostrate on the ground.

"I see, I see!"

Shi Daohan had a general idea of ​​what was going on and repeatedly marveled at the great work of the ancient sages.

If her guess was correct, the underground river she had just seen should have flowed into the interior of this mountain range.

Previously, she couldn't understand why the stone of Wuji Mountain was so hard and difficult to break, and she was still wondering where all the "tomb doors" might be. But now she has another idea.

The Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin: Wuji Mountain and the nine dragons pulling the coffin are connected by nine dried-up riverbeds as chains. These are very likely the nine tomb passages leading into Wuji Mountain!

With that in mind, she quickly returned to Heihe Village, hoping to get more information from the old village chief.

"Although I have some expertise in the field of Feng Shui, this is the first time I've encountered a Feng Shui pattern like 'Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin.' Sir, did your ancestors leave any explanation?"

The old village chief didn't answer immediately, but instead asked Shi Daohan, "What came to mind when you saw this feng shui arrangement?"

"A tomb!" Shi Daohan blurted out.

The old village chief nodded: "That's right, Wuji Mountain is a mausoleum. Ordinary people simply cannot withstand the 'power' of this feng shui layout. My ancestors only said one thing: only saints or immortals can withstand it."

"Just as I thought!" Shi Daohan was deeply moved and hurriedly asked, "Did your ancestor provide any more details? I just saw an underground river in an abandoned ancient mine, leading directly to one of the Nine Dragons. Is it possible that the entrance to this great tomb on Wuji Mountain is one of those nine mountain ranges?"

The old village chief was surprised by Shi Daohan's conjecture. He remained silent for a long time before nodding and saying, "The interiors of those nine mountain ranges have all been hollowed out. They are indeed the tomb passages leading to Wuji Mountain."

"Impressive method, massive project!"

Shi Daohan's heartfelt exclamation was that the great skills of the ancient sages were truly beyond our reach.

Time flies. After more than two months of preparation, she finally decided to enter Wuji Mountain to learn about the legacy of that immortal and the lost Dragon Seeking Scripture.

The secret to immortality at Wuji Mountain was too tempting, as was the Dragon-Seeking Scripture compiled by the Ge family's Dragon-Seeking Master. She also longed to obtain it.

With this scripture, she will have countless high-grade spirit stones, and even the best-grade celestial spirit stones may become readily available.

"Are you really going to Wuji Mountain?" The old village chief knew that Shi Daohan had made up his mind and he couldn't stop him. He sighed deeply and said, "Wait a moment."

He turned and went into the bedroom, dragging out an old, long-forgotten trunk.

"What is this?" Shi Daohan asked, looking puzzled.

"Before deciding to enter Wuji Mountain, our ancestor made careful preparations, and these are the things he left behind."

The old village chief blew away the dust covering the box, opened it, and immediately a smell of rotting wood filled the air. No one knew how old this box was.

"This is..." Shi Daohan took a few steps closer, and the first thing she saw was a chainmail.

It's unclear what kind of metal it's made of; it's dark yellow all over and very finely crafted, clearly showing considerable effort.

The old village chief held the chainmail in his hands, gently stroking it, and said, "Our ancestor made two by hand long ago. One was put on, and this is the other one that remains."

Shi Daohan took the chainmail and did not sense any divine power fluctuations; it seemed to be just an ordinary chainmail.

But she knew that since it came from the descendants of the Dragon Seeker, it could not possibly be an ordinary object.

She discovered that this chainmail could block divine sense and could not be penetrated.

"Wearing it on your body can ward off unclean things," the old village chief said.

He used the word "unclean things" very subtly, which probably refers to the living creatures in Wuji Mountain.

Shi Daohan has never actually entered Wuji Mountain, and he doesn't yet know whether those creatures are undead or some unknown, strange life form.

There was also a helmet in the wooden crate that could cover the face, leaving only the eyes exposed.

"You must wear your chainmail and helmet properly. They can conceal your presence and prevent those things from sensing your existence," the old village chief solemnly instructed.

"If I can find the Dragon Seeking Manual, I will immediately turn around and retreat. I think I shouldn't encounter anything ominous," Shi Daohan said.

"Neither you nor I know what's inside, so be careful." The old village chief took out a pendant from the wooden box and handed it to Shi Daohan, saying, "This was left by our ancestor long ago. I don't know its specific purpose either, but you should carry it with you for safety."

"Clang!"

Then, the old village chief took out a heavy wood-chopping knife covered in rust. With its wooden handle, it was more than three feet long and had some strange patterns that could be vaguely seen.

"Once you enter Wuji Mountain, no matter what strange or bizarre things you see, do not provoke them unless absolutely necessary."

The old village chief's expression was extremely solemn as he earnestly instructed, "If they don't attack you on their own initiative, just pretend you didn't see anything."

Shi Daohan felt a little uneasy after hearing what was said. She hadn't taken it seriously at first, but now she was unsure.

Finally, the old village chief took out an old compass and said, "You are a cultivator and have considerable expertise in feng shui. I don't need to teach you how to use this compass. Keep it with you; it might help you overcome difficulties in a critical moment."

Shi Daohan's lips twitched, and he muttered, "Old village chief, the more you talk, the more uneasy I feel. Are you equipping me or just trying to scare me?"

The old village chief sighed and said, "You avenged Wang Laosan and solved the bandit problem for our Heihe Village. You have done a great favor for our village. I really don't want you to take any risks. If you can be scared by me now and give up the idea of ​​entering Wuji Mountain, I will be happy."