Chapter 332: Black Stone Mountain
Chapter 332: Black Stone Mountain
A chill wind rustled through the forest path as Li Muyang slightly furrowed his brow.
The ability to foresee the future existed only in legends.
In this Dharma-Ending Age, even the Purple Mansion Realm was the pinnacle of the Cultivation World, with immortals completely gone, he did not believe that Lord Yangshou had the power to predict the future.
But if it was not the art of foresight, could it be that the other party had sent someone to monitor his movements? That’s how they managed to intercept him here?
He saw two paper dolls smiling brilliantly, grinning as they said, "Reporting to Lady Dragon, we two have been waiting here for Lady Dragon for many days."
"Lord Yangshou said that Lady Dragon would leave the pass sooner or later and asked us to wait here for her."
The responses from the two paper dolls unraveled his confusion.
Li Muyang was silent without a word.
This answer left him somewhat speechless.
That Lord Yangshou had actually sent two paper dolls to stand guard here all this time?
Paper dolls aren’t human, so they can be exploited at will, right?
After pondering for a short while, Li Muyang shook his head, "I still have matters to attend to, after I’m done here, I’ll visit Lord Yangshou."
Although he could have agreed directly, Li Muyang wanted to see how the two paper dolls would react to his refusal.
He saw the paper dolls on both sides of the road smile splendidly, bowing and saying, "Then I shall truthfully report back to Lord Yangshou. He resides atop Yangshou Mountain, awaiting the honored visit of Lady Dragon."
Having said that, the two sinister-looking paper dolls cheerfully floated away.
They left so decisively, Li Muyang’s refusal did not provoke an attack from the paper dolls.
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As he watched the backs of the two departing paper dolls, the voice of the Dragon Maiden echoed in his ears.
"...Li Muyang, this Lord Yangshou doesn’t seem like a good person..."
The two eerie paper dolls bore a malevolent air, inducing a visceral discomfort.@@@@
Even Lord Yangshou who controlled them was disliked by the Dragon Maiden.
But Li Muyang shook his head, saying, "We’ll have to meet it sooner or later, Lord Yangshou has clues to the Dragon Spine Sword, and we need that sword."
The Immortal Sword forged from the spine of an ancient true dragon would surely be extraordinarily powerful.
Moreover, it was a special task from the system, refining it would definitely have great benefits.
This Dragon Spine Sword must be an extremely important system item in the entire game.
By this time, Li Muyang’s Incense Fire Temples had spread throughout the counties of the North Land beyond the Great Wall, and the number of incense offerings had reached an astonishing total of over one million eight hundred thousand.
The thunder of 1000 incense offerings at a time was enough to thoroughly decimate the entire Buddha Mother Temple.
Li Muyang left the temple of the Great Immortal Weasel and headed towards the direction of Buddha Mother Temple.
According to Chu Qingxue, Buddha Mother Temple was a peculiar temple located on Black Stone Mountain.
Buddha Mother Temple rarely appeared before people, shrouded in mystery.
In the lands beyond the wall, the most frequently encountered and renowned were the roaming families of immortals.
Li Muyang traveled along the main road unhindered, not riding the clouds or controlling the fog, yet moving through the forests alone at an astonishing speed.
He occasionally sensed the presence of demon beasts in the forests, but Li Muyang did not engage them.
These creatures could only emerge from their dens in confusion and watch as Li Muyang’s figure rapidly disappeared into the distance.
Some of the creatures who slept heavily and had a weak sense of perception didn’t even notice that someone had passed through their territory.
Li Muyang sprinted wildly through the forests for an entire afternoon until the night fell deep and the moon shone brightly. Only then did he finally catch sight of the outline of Black Stone Mountain.
Black Stone Mountain was an unusual stone mountain with almost no soil, but rather a single massive boulder of pitch blackness.
However, this giant stone stood hundreds of feet tall, spanning the horizon together with the surrounding peaks.
Due to its distinctive appearance, Black Stone Mountain was immensely conspicuous and could be seen from afar.
Even someone visiting for the first time like Li Muyang could not mistake the way.
Yet upon arriving at the base of Black Stone Mountain, Li Muyang did not rush to ascend.
He stood among the forests far below, gazing at the scenery atop the mountain from a distance.
On the rugged Black Stone Mountain, filled with grotesque rocks, many pine trees grew in the crevices of the stones.
The appearance of this stony mountain adorned with pine trees was somewhat reminiscent of Mount Huangshan in his former world.
Except that this mountain, where Buddha Mother Temple was located, was suffused with a strong sense of cold and gloom.
That sense, contrary to the essence of evil spirits, chilled Li Muyang to the bone, making him feel utterly unfamiliar yet vaguely familiar all at once.
It seemed that somewhere he had encountered something similar.
And this essence had the same source as the malicious women who had impersonated Chu Qingxue within the inner lands.
Only, the essence atop Black Stone Mountain was much stronger and denser.
It was as if the pitch-black mountain was filled with thousands and thousands of those malicious women...
The Dragon Goddess said with uncertainty, "Li Muyang, Black Stone Mountain is so terrifying, why on earth would there be mortals living at its foot!"
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