by Dragon King
Xie Yujia was afraid that Hao Ren would get intimate with them due to the constant fights.
“That’s nonsense…” Hao Ren shook his head helplessly. In fact, he was grateful that Xie Yujia fought off the female cultivators for him so that he wouldn’t have to deal with those girls.
“Let’s go in!” Seeing more cultivators flying over to them on swords from a distance, Hao Ren took Xie Yujia’s slim hand and dashed into the internal region of Kunlun Mountain like a flash of light.
The interior of Kunlun Mountain looked like an immortal realm with birds singing and the fragrance of flowers permeating the air. Structures with unique shapes were built along the mountainside and by the rivers, looking like pearls in seclusion. It was a soothing sight.
Hum!
When Hao Ren and Xie Yujia were about to land in the valley, they suddenly stumbled onto an invisible barrier.
“Villain! You’ll die for trespassing on the territory of Kunlun Mountain!”
Countless white-clothed female cultivators chased after them, trying to surround Hao Ren and Xie Yujia angrily.
Hao Ren looked at them in exasperation since he felt like many Duan Yao were shouting at him at the same time.
To Xie Yujia, Hao Ren was the best guy in the world. However, to these female cultivators in Kunlun Mountain, he was the evilest villain.
When these female cultivators dashed toward them with slashing swords, Hao Ren took out the Penglai Immortal Token and placed it on the invisible barrier.
Ding! The barrier suddenly opened, and Hao Ren dashed in with Xie Yujia.
“Villain!”
The female cultivators rushed over, but Hao Ren and Xie Yujia had entered the barrier to their surprise.
It looked like they were separated from Hao Ren and Xie Yujia by a glass wall; they could see each other but couldn’t touch each other.
The female cultivators glared at Hao Ren in a fury but couldn’t pass the barrier. On the other side of the barrier was the core region of Kunlun Mountain and the legendary place where the Queen Mother of the West had cultivated and lived in ancient times. Only the grand Soul Formation Realm cultivators could enter this place.
A beam of devil essence had flown across the high sky at noon today, and all the Soul Formation Realm cultivators in Kunlun Mountain had gone out to investigate it.
When Hao Ren arrived, there was no Soul Formation Realm cultivator in here at the moment.
They wondered what secret method that Hao Ren had used to get through the barrier and enter the core region of Kunlun Mountain.
Hao Ren knew that he could get into the core region of Kunlun Mountain because of the Penglai Immortal Token. After all, Zhen Yuan Zi was the leader of all Earthly Immortals and enjoyed the same status as the Queen Mother of the West.
After changing into a devil dragon, Taiyi Cave Master almost turned the East Ocean Dragon Palace upside-down, but it still wasn’t enough to disturb Zhen Yuan Zi who was tending to his flowers and plants in the Demon Sea. This was only a small change in the world, and he knew that the Soul Formation Realm cultivators who were staying on land would track it down.
The Penglai Immortal Token that Hao Ren held was the token that the King Father of the East, who had the same status as the Queen Mother of the West, had left in Penglai Island. When Hao Ren came into Kunlun Mountain with this token, he was like an envoy from the King Father of the East, and the array formation didn’t see a reason to stop him.
However, Hao Ren hadn’t thought that his mission would be so easy since no Soul Formation Realm cultivator was in Kunlun Mountain right now. After waving his hand at the fuming female cultivators, he flew to the center of Kunlun Mountain with Xie Yujia.
According to the legends, Kunlun Mountain was the sacred cultivation place of the Queen Mother of the West, and it was a mysterious place to ordinary cultivators. All kinds of rare plants grew on the cliffs, in the crevices in the rocks, and by the creeks.
In the center of the valley were several ancient palaces with mysterious presences, and they were made with gold and jade and looked brand-new despite their great age.
In a pond before a huge palace grew countless 10,000-year snow lotuses!
Although there was no spirit beasts and cultivators in the palaces, yards, and even the colorful sky bridges connecting the palaces, Hao Ren could imagine the magnificent sight of Kunlun Mountain when many fairies cultivated under the guidance of the Queen Mother of the West in the ancient times.
“Where is the Ageless Godly Spring?” Xie Yujia followed Hao Ren closely and asked.
Everything was quiet in the core region of Kunlun Mountain.
These quiet palaces seem to be telling them the stories of Kunlun Mountain during the Mythical Age. Even without any fluctuations of array formations, they emitted such power and authority that Xie Yujia moved carefully and didn’t dare to speak in a loud voice.
This was the place that the Queen Mother of the West had once lived, and the ordinary cultivators couldn’t enter this sacred location.
In this sacred place, there must be some hidden treasures that the Queen Mother of the West had left behind when she flew to the Heavenly Realm. The Soul Formation cultivators had taken turns guarding the Kunlun Mountain to prevent the peace of the mountain from being disturbed by the reckless cultivators who came here trying to find the ancient treasures.
“We must search for it.” Hao Ren grabbed Xie Yujia’s wrist and pulled her to his side.
Since no Soul Formation Realm cultivators were in the Kunlun Mountain right now, and Hao Ren had the Penglai Immortal Token which allowed him to enter the core region, it was a perfect time for them to search for the treasures or dig out spiritual herbs. However, Hao Ren wasn’t in the mood for such stuff. After releasing the golden shield from his necklace, he instructed, “Go and find the godly spring!”
Hum… The golden shield released layers of golden light, sensing the spirit essence fluctuations in Kunlun Mountain.
When Taiyi Cave Master changed into a black devil dragon, the golden shield had sensed that the danger was too great for it. Due to the Supreme Spiritual Treasure’s self-preservation instinct, it had hidden inside Hao Ren’s necklace.
Now that they were in Kunlun Mountain, it detected no danger around them. Relaxed, it released its golden lights and began to search for the treasures.
Hum… Hum… Golden waves spread out from the golden shield into each corner of Kunlun Mountain.
Looking at Hao Ren and then at the golden shield anxiously, Xie Yujia was a little confused since she didn’t know that the golden shield had the power to detect the treasures in the area around it.
Suddenly, the golden shield moved, and Hao Ren followed it immediately while pulling Xie Yujia with him.
A huge black cauldron was sniffed out by the golden shield from the foot of the mountain. The golden shield flew two circles around it and flashed two golden lights as if it were asking Hao Ren a question.
Hao Ren shook his head, and the golden shield immediately shot out a blinding golden light which shrank the huge black cauldron into the size of a thumb before absorbing it into the heart of the shield.
There were indeed a lot of treasures in Kunlun Mountain! Since Hao Ren didn’t want them, the golden shield would take them!
After the Heavenly Tribulation, it was now a Nature Celestial Treasure, and these treasures in Kunlun Mountain that weren’t taken by the Queen Mother of the West had all been Supreme Spiritual Treasure despite their dilapidated looks!
If the golden shield absorbed more treasures, its strength would elevate to a higher realm!
A white jade Ruyi, a pink jade hairpin, a golden treasure gourd, a heavy stone lion… The treasures that had weak spiritual properties or had lost their spiritual properties were dug out by the golden shield one by one.
The golden shield sucked them into its body to absorb happily. If these treasures were found by the cultivators on and above Fifth Heaven, the cultivators would spend a lot
of time and energy to repair and study them. However, the golden shield just swallowed them into its body.
Anyway, Hao Ren cultivated the Light Splitting Sword Shadow and didn’t rely on dharma treasures too much, and Zhao Yanzi and Xie Yujia had their own dharma treasures already. Besides, Hao Ren knew that quality always triumphed quantity.
Just as the Lu sisters had said, one must pick the best dharma treasures! That was why Hao Ren didn’t care about these random treasures which had been buried in the ground for ages.
As long as the golden shield was obedient to him, the more powerful it got, the more useful it would be to Hao Ren.
A sense of admiration rose in Xie Yujia when she saw Hao Ren’s indifference to the treasures found by the golden shield.
Not everyone could appear unmoved in front of treasures.
A junior cultivator would feel incredibly excited and lucky when getting a treasure or a technique. However, when the cultivators reached a certain realm, they would know what they truly needed.
If one wanted to get all the treasures and techniques in the world, they would seem to have more, but they would lose more in the process.
Xie Yujia suddenly found that the appealing thing about Hao Ren was not his identity as her ‘Little Older Brother’, but his indifference to fame and fortune and persistence.
Despite his indifference to a lot of things, he knew what he wanted.
Xie Yujia liked guys with these qualities.
768 The Sealed Godly Spring
Swoosh! Swoosh! Several lights appeared in the high sky above Kunlun Mountain.
Hao Ren knew that the Soul Formation Realm cultivators had returned, and he urged the golden shield, “Go and find the godly spring!”
The golden shield was digging out a treasure from the ground, but Hao Ren shot a sword energy onto its surface.
It was knocked up for half a meter, and then it sensed the aura of Soul Formation Realm cultivators drawing near. It released dense lights to search for the godly spring which was probably be buried deeper in the ground.
Now that it had received enough benefits in Kunlun Mountain, it couldn’t leave the mountain so easily if it didn’t listen to Hao Ren.
Bang!
A crack suddenly appeared on the cliff wall behind a golden palace.
Hua… A clear mountain spring poured out from the cracked stone wall.
Stepping on the Ruyi Cloth, Xie Yujia flew over immediately and filled a porcelain bottle with the spring water.
When the spring water flowed into the pond in front of the grand palace, the snow lotus flowers all stood straighter.
“Who is it?”
The Soul Formation Realm cultivators had come back, and they all rushed into the core region of the mountain.
When they saw Xie Yujia was collecting the spring water, one of them shot out a dharma treasure and shattered the porcelain bottle in her hand.
Each flower and plant in Kunlun Mountain were left behind by the Queen Mother of the West, and even these Soul Formation Realm cultivators didn’t dare to take them out. There was no way that they would allow trespassing cultivators to do so.
After receiving the alert from the female cultivators guarding Kunlun Mountain, the Soul Formation Realm cultivators had rushed back to catch the thieves. When they saw Xie Yujia and Hao Ren opening a mountain spring and collecting the spring water, they became furious.
Bam! About six dharma treasures crashed toward Xie Yujia and Hao Ren.
The Soul Formation Realm cultivators were afraid of breaking the items in here. Otherwise, they would have put more power in their dharma treasures.
Bang!
The golden shield suddenly released a circle of golden light, knocking away the dharma treasures.
It had got many treasures with Hao Ren’s permission, which was why it wanted to return the favor.
“Celestial treasure!”
The two Soul Formation Realm cultivators at the front yelled in astonishment when they saw the power of the golden shield.
The barrier separating the core region from the other places suddenly opened, and hundreds of female cultivators rushed in after the Soul Formation Realm cultivators with swords in their hands.
Surrounded by the six Soul Formation Realm cultivators and hundreds of female cultivators who could create array formations, Hao Ren and Xie Yujia could never get out of their siege.
The female cultivators glared at Hao Ren with swords in their hands, wanting to see how Hao Ren would get punished!
However, Hao Ren calmly took out the Penglai Immortal Token and said, “Seniors, due to an emergency, I came here to obtain some of the godly spring water from the Ageless Godly Spring. I’m sorry for the inconvenience that I caused.”
He was no match for them, but he didn’t have to fight with them since he got the best token.
Sure enough, the Soul Formation Realm cultivators looked at each other when they saw the Penglai Immortal Token in Hao Ren’s hand, and they looked astonished when they saw the mark on Xie Yujia’s shoulder.
“I’m grateful toward the senior who gave me the spiritual herbs,” Xie Yujia took the opportunity to express her gratitude.
“Don’t mention it,” an old cultivator standing in the front said in a husky voice.
Seeing Hao Ren’s Penglai Immortal Token, these Soul Formation Realm cultivators knew that Hao Ren’s background was extraordinary. However, different from their peers on Seventh Heaven, these Soul Formation Realm cultivators were independent and free from any sects in the world, which meant that their status was higher.
In other words, the Soul Formation Realm cultivators on Seventh Heaven probably were not qualified to enter Kunlun Mountain.
“Hurry up and greet this master.” the husky-voiced old cultivator turned to the female cultivators and said.
Looking at Hao Ren, the female cultivators hesitated for a few seconds and called out in soft voices, “Master… Master…”
In the cultivation world, some cultivators enjoyed frighteningly great seniority despite their seemingly low realms and youthful looks due to the long lifespan.
Hao Ren smiled helplessly when he saw the female cultivators’ expressions turning from resentful to respectful.
He turned his gaze to that old cultivator and asked, “So, can I fill another bottle of the spring water?”
Hearing his words, Xie Yujia took out another bottle to fill it with the spring water.
“Gongzi Hao, due to your connection with Kunlun Mountain, we don’t mind you taking some spring water. However…” that old cultivator looked at Hao Ren and continued, “The core of this spring had been sealed off for many years, and this spring water is indeed precious, but it isn’t the spring water from the Ageless Godly Spring that the Queen Mother of the West used to make the Immortal Elixir.”
“Oh?” Hao Ren looked at him in surprise.
Having filled a bottle of this spring water, Xie Yujia stood up and sealed the bottle, looking surprised.
“The Ageless Godly Spring is located in the Kunlun Palace where the Queen Mother of the West lived. However, Kunlun Palace has been locked for countless years, and it’s hard to say if the sacred spring still produces water or not,” that old cultivator said.
The Kunlun Palace that he mentioned must be the grand palace built with gold and jade in front of the big lotus pond.
When Hao Ren began walking toward the palace, that old cultivator said immediately, “The palace is sealed up, and even we can’t go in there. Gongzi Hao, if you want to damage the sacred palace, we won’t stand by and watch.”
That old cultivator looked serious when he spoke while the other five Soul Formation Realm cultivators released their auras.
The Queen Mother of the West sealed the Kunlun Palace, and it was connected to the lifeline of the world. If anything happened to it, the consequences would be earth-shaking.
No demons or devils dared to come into this place. If any demons or devils with evil essences touched the
barrier which Hao Ren had walked through with the Penglai Immortal Token, they would be turned to ashes instantly.
These Soul Formation Realm cultivators’ responsibility was to guard the palace against the human cultivators and dragon cultivators who couldn’t be burned into ashes by the array formation of Kunlun Mountain. With their Soul Formation Realm strength, they were top-level masters and could perform the duty well.
Hao Ren could enter Kunlun Mountain with the Penglai Immortal Token, and they could do nothing about it. However, if he wanted to touch the Kunlun Palace, these Soul Formation Realm cultivators would never allow him to do so.
“Ok…” Looking at their expressions, Hao Ren knew that it was impossible to break into the Kunlun Palace by force. “Then, I’ll go directly to the Queen Mother of the West.”
Hearing Hao Ren’s words, the Soul Formation Realm cultivators’ expressions changed slightly, and the female cultivators looked astonished.
It sounded like Hao Ren could even go to the Heavenly Realm and find the Queen Mother of the West!
According to the news that they got, the Soul Formation Realm cultivators knew that Hao Ren was Zhen Yuan Zi’s brother and the choice of the Heavenly Dao in the recent 500 years. However, it wasn’t enough for him to meet the Queen Mother of the West who was the ruler of the Heavenly Realm!
At the Soul Formation Realm, they knew a little about the secrets in the world. Despite his high seniority, Zhen Yuan Zi wasn’t someone who had top-tier power.
Of course, these Soul Formation Realm cultivators couldn’t afford to mess with Zhen Yuan Zi, but the big decisions in the world were made by the real ruler, the Queen Mother of the West!
If Hao Ren angered the Queen Mother of the West, even his brother Zhen Yuan Zi couldn’t protect him!
“Hehehe… Thank you for understanding, Gongzi Hao.” That old cultivator cupped his hands, ready to see them off.
Hao Ren looked at these Soul Formation Realm cultivators and then turned his head to look at the Kunlun Palace, knowing that even the Heavenly Dragon cultivators or Soul Formation Realm cultivators couldn’t open it.
