Transmigrating over ten thousand years late, I was forced to become a mighty presence

Chapter 371: Chapter 172: North Mang Mountain and the First Ghost Immortal_2

Shen Yuan’s eyebrows raised as he keenly sensed the implication behind Xue Mingzhi’s words and immediately asked,

“Is there a problem with North Mang Mountain now?”

Xue Mingzhi replied with some surprise, “Does the gentleman not know of the events concerning North Mang Mountain?”

As soon as he uttered these words, Xue Mingzhi regretted them. In his eyes, Shen Yuan was a venerable figure who had lived for ten thousand years; it was only natural for him not to concern himself with these trivial worldly matters. He rushed to add,

“Starting from thousands of years ago during the times of the Great Qin, North Mang Mountain has been considered a geomantic treasure, where many princes and nobles were buried after death. Over time, being buried in North Mang Mountain became a symbol of authority and prestige among the elites.

Until three thousand years ago, when the first generation Emperor Xia was rising to power without the support of the great nobles, he led his troops to North Mang Mountain to dig up the burial goods of these royal families to raise military funds.

This excavation set a bad precedent, and for a long period afterward, North Mang Mountain was frequented by countless tomb raiders. Nearly every inch of the land bore marks of digging, and many tomb robbers were buried along with the mechanisms set up in the tombs of these nobles.

Because of the many calamities that happened on the mountain, and because the nobles of Great Xia did not wish their graves desecrated after death, they all abandoned the idea of being buried within North Mang Mountain.

During this period, there was a rebellion in Luo Province that resulted in millions of deaths. As a consequence, the Great Xia’s Imperial Court had a large number of unclaimed corpses taken to North Mang Mountain for burial, and over time, the mountain became known throughout Great Xia as a notorious burying ground.”

“A few years ago, Great Xia’s Imperial Court supported the development of tourist areas in various locations, and Luo Province promoted North Mang Mountain, planning to transform this famous mountain into a tourist attraction.

However, during the transformation process, graves were everywhere and impossible to fully excavate. Luo Province then decided to turn it into a horror-themed adventure site and even converted several large ancient tombs into haunted houses, which attracted extremely high popularity.”

As he spoke, Xue Mingzhi took out his phone, opened a video related to North Mang Mountain, and handed it to Shen Yuan to watch.

The video showed a dark and enormous stone chamber, surrounded by carvings of tomb-guarding creatures and several stone coffins, clearly a scene from an ancient tomb.

However, hanging in the center of the tomb was a huge, colorful lantern ball, and beneath the multi-colored lights, a group of young people were dancing wildly, surrounded by several large speakers.

Looking at the extremely preposterous scene before him, Shen Yuan could not help but twitch at the corner of his mouth.

Others might dance atop graves, but the people in the video were literally dancing inside them.

Glancing at the upload date of the video, Shen Yuan was surprised to find that it had been uploaded just yesterday.

If such events had occurred before the resurgence of the Spirit Energy Tidal Surge, it wouldn’t have been surprising. With no Spirit Energy in the world to support them, the place would be a wasteland for any cultivator, and even if they danced on the grave of the Master of North Mang Mountain, the First Ghost Immortal of his time would not be able to take any action.

But now that the Spirit Energy Tidal Surge has already been in resurgence for over a year, the Master of North Mang Mountain must have regained some of his strength. Even if he didn’t turn North Mang Mountain into a forbidden zone, creating water monsters to isolate ordinary people from entering would be no problem at all. There should definitely not be absurd incidents like grave dancing taking place.

If such a situation were occurring, there was only one possibility.

“Is the Master of North Mang Mountain in a bad state, just like Old Monster Kuang?”

Thinking this, Shen Yuan turned to Xue Mingzhi to confirm,

“Has anything unusual happened on North Mang Mountain since the resurgence of the Spirit Energy Tidal Surge?”

Xue Mingzhi responded without hesitation,

“There hasn’t been! Although North Mang Mountain is barren and filled with countless graves, it has not experienced many anomalies since the resurgence of the Spirit Energy Tidal Surge.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

There are few demon creatures born with spiritual wisdom in North Mang Mountain, and even ghostly spirits are just occasional wandering souls from new graves.

Most of the graves on the mountain are far too ancient, and the ghost objects from the Spirit Energy Depletion era have long since scattered their souls, unable to spawn formidable ghostly entities.”

The words from Xue Mingzhi made Shen Yuan, who had been having second thoughts, feel a jolt of focus.

If he had just been speculating earlier, he could now confirm that there was indeed a problem with the Master of North Mang Mountain, and even if he were alive, his condition was far from what it had been.

Otherwise, with the character of this Ghost Immortal, he would never have tolerated humans taking over the domain of North Mang Mountain so extensively.

Realizing this, Shen Yuan immediately recognized an opportunity.

If he could resolve the weakened Ghost Immortal before he recovered his full strength, not only would he be able to avert possible future calamities, but the feat of slaying the world’s leading Ghost Immortal would undoubtedly trigger hidden achievements.

When Shen Yuan killed Kuang Tianjie, the leader of the Blood River Yuan Slaughter Path, he noticed that the system prompt spoke not only of slaying Kuang Tianjie but also of obliterating the Blood River Yuan Slaughter Path and exterminating the ten directions of the Demon Path.

The demon cultivators of the Blood River Yuan Slaughter Path and the ten directions’ Demon Path had long perished during the Spirit Energy Exhaustion era, with only Kuang Tianjie remaining. Therefore, by standing upon the death of Kuang Tianjie, Shen Yuan triggered the reward for annihilating the entire Demon Path and gained the precious 2nd Earthly Destroyer Divine Power, Gods Purging.

Solely killing the Master of North Mang Mountain could naturally not compare to exterminating the Demon Path, but it should at least mix in a Divine Skill among the top ten of Earthly Destroyer.

If the other Ghost Immortals and Ghost Kings of North Mang Mountain had already dispersed into nothing, perhaps Shen Yuan could also claim the achievement of eradicating North Mang Mountain’s lineage. All things considered, it was by no means inferior to exterminating the Demon Path.

After all, in front of the various Great Grotto Heavens Blessed Lands, the Demon Path had been waning for tens of thousands of years, and its scale was not necessarily larger than that of North Mang Mountain, which housed several Ghost Immortals.

With this thought, even Shen Yuan’s usually steady mind couldn’t help but be slightly rippled.

“Not inferior to the Gods Purging Divine Power, wouldn’t that mean only the 1st Earthly Destroyer Divine Power remains?

Or, if there is a misjudgment, at the worst, I could still obtain the 3rd Earthly Destroyer Divine Power, which remains immensely valuable to me.”

For the Shen Yuan of today, obtaining a lower-ranked Earthly Destroyer Divine Skill was not worth his effort, but if it involved one of the top few ranked Divine Skills, it was a completely different concept.

The Gods Purging and the 1st Earthly Destroyer Divine Skill, these two exceptional skills, among the other top ten Divine Skills, were already coveted by Heavenly Immortals descending to the world, sufficiently showing their preciousness.

With this in mind, Shen Yuan had already resolved to explore North Mang Mountain himself.

However, before that, Shen Yuan was still curious about the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land mentioned by Xue Mingzhi.

Since the Master of North Mang Mountain had weakened to the point of not being able to defend his own territory, might the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land also have fortunes to be tapped?

One must know that the Spirit Energy Exhaustion era of ten thousand years had undoubtedly had a great impact on cultivators, but regions like the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land would have also been severely affected, as proven by the collapse of the grotto heavens blessed lands.

Shen Yuan spoke up and asked, “You suddenly mentioned the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, could it be that something has happened there?”

Mingzhi hastily replied, “As the Spirit Energy Tidal Surge continues to restore, apart from the return of the grotto heavens blessed lands, many secret realms have also returned to the world.

Some cultivators, having mistakenly entered these secret realms, have gained many opportunities, prompting numerous cultivators to attempt to use these secret realms to ascend to the heavens in one step.

Some time ago, children of the Imperial Capital noble families received news that a Secret Realm might have appeared on North Mang Mountain, and many sought to seize these opportunities.

About ten cultivators, along with guides who have lived in the mountains for generations, stepped into the core of North Mang Mountain, only to have all the cultivators mysteriously perish, with a few guides fleeing the core area of North Mang Mountain in panic.

It was after I learned of this incident that I found information about the name ‘Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land’ in the ancient texts.”

Hearing this, Shen Yuan’s eyes narrowed slightly.

The death of those cultivators upon entering the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land wasn’t surprising; rather, it was odd that a few guides managed to come out alive from the forbidden area.

As thoughts flowed, the luminosity of the Great Sun above the Courtyard Secret Realm dimmed, then the celestial stars hung over the night sky, using the stars as pieces, and scattered stars as the board for deduction.

The light of stars circulated in Shen Yuan’s eyes as he deduced the trajectories of fate.

Witnessing the transformation of the world before him, Mingzhi even unconsciously held his breath.

After quite some time, the vast sky full of stars finally returned to calm.

The light of stars settled in Shen Yuan’s eyes, his expression more serious than ever before.

“Prepare to set off.”

Mingzhi blinked in surprise, asking instinctively, “Where to?”

Shen Yuan strode towards the courtyard’s exit, his right hand waving lightly as the Darkness-Light Sword transformed into a streak of white light that fell into his palm.

“North Mang Mountain!”