novellaaa Chapter 35 Ruthless!
Chapter 35 Ruthless!
Yuquan Mountain.
A thick fog blanketed the area, rolling like a surging tide.
This is no ordinary mountain mist or water vapor, but rather a pure and incomparably condensed Yuqing Immortal Qi.
Ordinary people, let alone stepping inside, would be forced to their blood and qi to churn and their minds to be confused by the pressure of this immortal aura even if they came within a hundred miles.
"Whoosh—"
A streak of dark golden light tore through the thick white mist.
Lin Yuan was surrounded by the immortal light of the "Shangqing Qi-Inducing Chapter" that he had "borrowed" from the Blue Star Think Tank, disguising himself as a true and upright Xuanmen flying bird.
Red flowers, white lotus roots, and green lotus leaves—the three religions were originally one family.
Although the protective array of Jade Spring Mountain possessed immense power, upon sensing this shared Shangqing Immortal Qi, the array automatically parted like ripples in water, creating a passage, and did not unleash the demon-slaying thunder.
The moment we passed through the fog, the view before us suddenly opened up.
The immortal peak rises abruptly from the ground, piercing straight into the sky.
Waterfalls cascade and springs flow, cranes cry out. In mid-air hang an upside-down crystal island, and on the cliff face grows ancient Ganoderma lucidum that emits rosy light.
"This is the Daoist temple of Master Yuding..."
Lin Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly. Even though he had seen a great deal in the East Sea Dragon Palace, he couldn't help but be shocked by the profound knowledge and abilities of the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect.
But he didn't linger too long on this celestial atmosphere. With a thought, he immediately locked onto the green coordinate at the edge of his retina.
"Over there!"
Lin Yuan flapped his wings and soared into the air, climbing upwards along the incredibly steep cliff.
The higher you go, the fiercer the wind becomes.
The gale of Jade Spring Mountain was unlike any ordinary wind; it carried a sense of cutting, and when it blew against Lin Yuan's dark gold feathers, it produced a clanging sound like metal clashing.
"Found it!"
"This kid... he's ruthless."
Lin Yuan's eyes flashed like lightning, piercing through layers of fierce winds, and he finally spotted a tiny black dot.
In a dead end on a cliff about a thousand feet from the summit.
The gale-force winds howled and whistled through the air like knives.
There, a lone, crooked ancient pine tree grows, its age unknown.
On the pine branch, which was only as thick as a thigh, lay a ragged figure.
It was Liu Hao!
At this moment, Liu Hao was in a state of utter misery.
This kid was taken up the mountain by Master Yuding and made into a medicine boy who tended the fire. He only had a few days of basic exposure to cultivation.
At most, he could only gather a trace of weak true qi in his body, which was far from the "abstinence" state of living on wind and dew and not eating human food!
But here, on this sheer cliff where the wind howls year-round, it hung there for a full thirteen days.
For thirteen days, he had not eaten or drunk a drop of water, nor a single grain of rice.
It was a miracle that he didn't freeze to death, starve to death, or even get blown away by the gale.
"I can't take it anymore..."
"I'm really going to die here..."
Liu Hao's consciousness was beginning to fade.
The bustling streets of the main world's Blue Star flashed through my mind, as did my parents' faces, before finally settling on the gray chat interface at the edge of my retina.
More than ten days ago, the authorities forcibly enabled location sharing.
He watched the small dot of light representing Lin Yuan move towards him little by little, starting from Chaoge City.
He knew that Lin Yuan was just an ordinary F-rank crow.
In this world of gods and monsters, where ferocious beasts roam and powerful demons abound, how many life-or-death crises must an ordinary crow face to fly more than two thousand miles?
Another concern is that it might attract undue interference from the authorities, revealing the secrets of this place and adding unnecessary variables.
So, for those thirteen days, Liu Hao gritted his teeth and didn't utter a single word.
He never even uttered a single sentence like, "Brother, hurry up, I can't hold on any longer."
"We're all pitiful creatures thrown into this meat grinder. Lin Yuan flying over to save me is already an act of immense loyalty."
"If he sacrifices himself to save me, I'd feel ashamed even as a ghost."
Liu Hao stretched out his chapped lips, trying to smile, but only managed a bitter expression that was more unsightly than crying.
"Brother Lin Yuan, I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I'm not fortunate enough to enjoy this opportunity to become an immortal."
As the last bit of strength was exhausted.
Liu Hao's stiff arms finally gave way.
"call--"
A violent gust of wind instantly lifted him off the crooked ancient pine tree.
A sudden feeling of weightlessness washed over him, and Liu Hao plummeted rapidly toward the abyss thousands of feet below.
He closed his eyes and calmly accepted death.
However, just as he fell less than ten feet,
"唳——"
A bird's cry that could pierce the clouds and split rocks suddenly exploded in the air above the cliff, shattering the howling winds around it.
Liu Hao suddenly opened his eyes.
A dark golden streak of light swooped down at an incredible speed from the rolling sea of clouds above.
That was a giant divine bird, more than half the height of a person!
Its feathers were as if cast from the golden metal of the Great Sun God, and the edges of each feather were filled with mysterious and obscure heavenly runes.
Especially those eyes, which were burning with two dazzling golden flames!
"What...what kind of monster is this?!"
Liu Hao instinctively wanted to exclaim, but his parched throat could not utter a sound.
Before he could react...
The divine bird had already closed in, its sharp claws suddenly reaching out and grabbing Liu Hao's clothes from the back with a "plop".
"Bang!"
The divine bird suddenly flapped its wings.
A violent gust of air erupted, abruptly halting their descent.
The enormous reaction force nearly displaced Liu Hao's internal organs, but he clearly felt that he was saved!
The divine bird carried Liu Hao as if he were a chick. With a few flaps of its wings, it soared against the gale and landed on a wide, concave stone platform above the cliff.
"thump."
Liu Hao was thrown onto a moss-covered stone slab.
He was panting heavily, greedily inhaling the hard-won air.
After a long while, he finally managed to turn over, lying on his back, staring blankly at the huge dark golden divine bird that had folded its wings, stood on the edge of the stone platform, and was looking down at him.
"Good heavens... there's actually such a powerful demon in Jade Spring Mountain?"
Liu Hao swallowed a mouthful of bloody saliva, his heart filled with despair.
Having just escaped one wolf's den, they entered another tiger's mouth.
Well, instead of being smashed into a pulp, they've become a snack for this great demon.
Just as Liu Hao closed his eyes, preparing to wait for death.
"Alright, stop pretending to be dead. Save your energy for breathing."
A mocking voice rang out from the stone platform.
Liu Hao jolted awake, suddenly opened his eyes, and looked around.
"Who, who's speaking?"
The surroundings were empty, except for a few weeds and the huge crow in front of me.
The dark golden divine bird rolled its eyes in a human-like manner, its beak slightly open.
"What are you looking at? Haven't you ever seen such a handsome crow before?"