blueteamnovel Chapter 329 Netherworld Mountains
Chapter 329 Netherworld Mountains
In the following time, in addition to focusing on cultivation, Qin Xiaochuan and Guo Shiyi also made a special effort to brush up on their knowledge of the demonic beasts in the Netherworld Mountains. There are at least several thousand kinds of demonic beasts in the entire Netherworld Mountains, and that's just what's recorded. So it's impossible for them to remember too many. They could only focus on familiarizing themselves with a few dozen common and more dangerous demonic beasts.
On the morning of the third day, with everything prepared, Qin Xiaochuan, Han Kexin, Guo Shiyi, and Zhou Bin left Crescent City together and flew towards the Netherworld Mountains.
In fact, the terrain of the entire Buzhou Realm is relatively simple. On one side is Crescent City, and on the other side is the vast Netherworld Mountain Range. Between the two is Crescent City's outpost—Dragon Bone Ridge. Beyond both is an endless void turbulence. It is said that this void turbulence was originally a passage to Huaxu, but it was sealed by Crescent City's barrier, so no one knows what will happen if you fall into the void turbulence.
The morning sunlight shone through the clouds and fell on the four of them, as if platinum was being applied to them. Qin Xiaochuan rode on Kaiming's back, while Guo Shiyi sat behind him, her hands tightly gripping his clothes.
The wind whistled past his ears. Qin Xiaochuan turned to Guo Shiyi and asked, "How was it? How did it feel to fly?"
"Hehe, it feels so exciting! I love this feeling of freedom," Guo Shiyi said with a grin.
"How about experiencing something even more thrilling?" Qin Xiaochuan asked mysteriously.
Feeling so carefree, Guo Shiyi felt like she was letting loose and answered without hesitation, "Of course, what is there that this young lady wouldn't dare to do?"
"Then you'd better be careful." After Qin Xiaochuan finished speaking, he patted Kaiming's head. Kaiming immediately understood and suddenly flew upwards at an angle. The sudden acceleration and the tilt of Kaiming's body made Guo Shiyi scream "Ah!" and then subconsciously hug Qin Xiaochuan's body.
After ascending to a certain height, it plunged downwards again. The feeling of weightlessness made their hearts race. For a moment, the whole world was left behind, leaving only the whistling wind in their ears and the warmth of their bodies pressed together.
After two ascents and descents, Kaiming returned to its initial steady speed, but Guo Shiyi still clung to Qin Xiaochuan's body without letting go.
Feeling the gentle touch from behind, Qin Xiaochuan felt incredibly happy. He asked again, "How was it? Was it exciting enough?"
"You did this on purpose, didn't you?" Guo Shiyi said coquettishly.
"No, I really don't," Qin Xiaochuan explained earnestly. "I just wanted to experience what it's like to take you on an adventure."
"Hmm." Guo Shiyi smiled happily but didn't respond to his words.
The four flew quite fast, and after an hour, they entered the Netherworld Mountains. Qin Xiaochuan looked down and saw that the undulating black mountain ridges resembled the spine of a giant beast, with sharp peaks like canine teeth, piercing through the low-hanging clouds as if they were about to tear the sky apart.
The four continued to fly forward quickly. Along the way, some winged monsters passed by them. However, since they were on the outskirts of the Netherworld Mountains, these monsters were all of relatively low rank. Even if some foolish monsters dared to attack them, they were instantly deterred by Qin Xiaochuan's mental attack.
After flying for another half hour, the four of them entered the middle section of the Netherworld Mountains. Here, there were more flying monsters, and their strength and perception abilities were also getting stronger. As a result, they were attacked by one or two monsters from time to time.
Han Kexin fired a wind blade with her Wind Whisper Hand Cannon, which also cleaved the oncoming four-winged vulture in two, bringing the four of them to a stop in mid-air.
"We need to go down and rest for a while. We've used up too much spiritual energy flying here. The monsters we're about to face are not to be underestimated, so we need to be in top condition," Han Kexin said.
"Okay, that's good. I also need some time to gather information about the area." Qin Xiaochuan agreed, and the four of them landed in the air. Han Kexin and Zhou Bin immediately found a rock to sit on and meditate to recover their spiritual energy, while Qin Xiaochuan opened his spiritual energy space to first explore the surrounding environment, and then used the flying monsters in the air to find the location of Sword Mountain.
"This Netherworld Mountain Range is indeed no benevolent place." After surveying the surrounding geography, Qin Xiaochuan couldn't help but sigh.
"What's wrong?" Guo Shiyi asked curiously.
"You'll see when you take a look." Qin Xiaochuan pulled Guo Shiyi into his mental space and showed her the memory fragments he had obtained from the flying monster's mind, one by one.
This vast and boundless Netherworld Mountain Range is like a green ocean with no end in sight. Even from the air, one can sense the danger hidden within it. There are canyons filled with honeycomb-like caves, plains covered with white skeletons, and bottomless abyssal chasms. Moreover, these places are scattered throughout the entire mountain range, intertwined with each other, and just one glance at any of them will make one feel uneasy.
This vast and boundless Netherworld Mountain Range is like a green ocean with no end in sight. Even from the air, one can sense the danger hidden within it. There are canyons filled with honeycomb-like caves, plains covered with white skeletons, and bottomless abyssal chasms. Moreover, these places are scattered throughout the entire mountain range, intertwined with each other, and just one glance at any of them will make one feel uneasy.
"This..." Guo Shiyi was also shocked by the scene before her and couldn't say a word.
"Have you found Sword Mountain?" Han Kexin, having recovered her spiritual power, asked Qin Xiaochuan.
Qin Xiaochuan nodded and said, "It's a bit difficult. We've only found a few suspicious targets. The main problem is that I don't know what Sword Mountain looks like, and even if we find it, the journey won't be easy."
Han Kexin had clearly anticipated all of this, and calmly said, "Now that we've come to this place, don't expect this to be an easy trip. Although Crescent City has existed for thousands of years, and the people of Crescent City often come to the Netherworld Mountains to hunt monsters, most of them only wander around the outer perimeter of the mountains. Few dare to venture into the middle section of the mountains alone, so you can imagine how dangerous it is."
"Luckily we can fly, otherwise we don't know when we'd find it." Qin Xiaochuan was saying when his expression suddenly turned serious. "It seems we can't rest any longer. An uninvited guest has arrived."
A hurried sound came from the woods, and just as a white light pierced through the sky, the four people took off at the same time and soared into the air.
In this dangerous forest, even a long rest is a luxury. So they have to stop and rest from time to time to avoid excessive consumption of spiritual energy. Otherwise, the deeper they go into the mountains, the less chance they have of fully recovering their spiritual energy.
Since they had no definite destination, they could only identify a few suspicious targets first and then investigate them one by one. Fortunately, Qin Xiaochuan had a mental space that could quickly scan the surrounding area and even the underground space. If the Xuanyuan Sword existed, its powerful spiritual energy would definitely be able to locate it quickly.
Of course, aimlessly casting nets everywhere wouldn't be very efficient, but they had no other choice.
The four rested five or six more times along the way. The last time they rested was on a wasteland full of caves. Before they had even rested for ten minutes, a group of huge, blue-eyed porcupines covered in steel spikes rushed out of the caves. In an instant, the steel spikes flew down from the sky like a barrage of arrows.
Qin Xiaochuan unleashed a fiery shockwave, scattering the oncoming steel spikes, and then the four of them burst into the air through the gap.