Chapter 78: Tianzi Mountain

  Zhangjiajie is a place with beautiful scenery and numerous famous spots. The landscape there is picturesque, the mountains are majestic, and the beautiful scenes are countless.

  The Wandering City was actually located not far from Zhangjiajie, but Ye Chen only found out later. Although he had read about Zhangjiajie in books, Ye Chen had never been there. In this era after the Great Calamity, few people left Star City for tourism or anything else. Ye Chen wasn't an adventurer, and at that time, he also had to take care of his sister, so Ye Chen hadn't gone far from Star City either.

  Seven people climbed up the stairs along Zhangjiajie Mountain, and since the great disaster, those deep mountains and ancient forests have become forbidden areas. The spiritual energy in the deep mountains and ancient forests is much denser than that of the plains, and it is also the favorite place for powerful demons to inhabit.

  However, with seven people in a row, they didn't encounter any trouble. With Xiaowei's congenital eighth-stage strength, the seventh-level and below demon beasts were not even worth mentioning.

  Among the seven people, in addition to Ye Chen and Chen Tao, as well as Shui Ling'er and Xiao Wei, there were two men and one woman, named Lu Tianfu, Hua Yumian, and Hu Xingxuan. The strength of these three was about the same as Ye Chen's, with a strength of First Heaven Stage and Second Heaven Stage.

  Several people did not speak, and Ye Xun didn't know where Shuiling had found these three people, perhaps they were the same as himself.

  But Ye Chen saw that Lu Tianfu and Hu Xingxuan were both gazing at Shuiling'er and Xiao Wei with some adoration in their eyes, so he knew that these two people were not as aloof as they seemed on the surface. Hua Yuyan was beautiful, but she was truly aloof, her face expressionless throughout the journey, following among the group, wielding a snow-white long sword just like the others.

  "Dust boy, where are you going? The deep mountains and old forests are very dangerous. Even if these two women have the strength of Innate Realm 8th stage, who knows what kind of monsters are inside the deep mountains? If a 9th level monster comes out, we'll die without even knowing how." Chen Tao said in a low voice.

  "I don't know, just follow them, we'll figure it out when we get there." Ye Chen didn't know what Water Spirit and Xiao Wei were bringing him and the others over for either.

  "Dust, you've read so many books, do you know where this is?" Chen Tao hadn't traveled far either and rarely read books, especially not being interested in geography books. Although he knew the general direction of Jiancheng, he really didn't know what places they would pass through on this road.

  "This should be Zhangjiajie before the era, I haven't been here either, but it seems to be different from the description in the book, maybe it was destroyed during the great disaster." Ye Chen said somewhat uncertainly.

  "This is Zhangjiajie, our destination is a scenic spot in Zhangjiajie, called Tianzi Mountain in ancient times, I think you've heard of it too." Shuiling'er smiled and turned her head to Ye Chen.

  "Hmm, Tianzi Mountain? Tianzi Mountain is said to be where Xiang Dakun led 30,000 soldiers in a rebellion and declared himself the Heavenly Emperor of the Xiang family, vowing to confront the imperial court. After several days of fierce battle, he was defeated and surrounded, let out three loud cries, and then leapt off the cliff at Shentang Bay with his horse, transforming into the Heavenly Throne and other strange peaks and rocks." Ye Chen recalled from his book knowledge.

  Except for Chen Tao, the others looked at Ye Chen with some surprise, not expecting him to know so much about this place. Lu Tianfu and Hu Xingxuan both stared at Ye Chen with unfriendly eyes, clearly displeased that this kid had shown off in front of two powerful beauties.

  Chen Tao also looked at the two with a provocative gaze, apparently dissatisfied with their expressions. Although these two were stronger than himself, he had Ye Chen on his side, two First Heaven Stage cultivators. Chen Tao believed that they were no match for Ye Chen, so he stared at them unscrupulously.

  Lu Tianfu and Hu Xingxuan both turned pale, although they were not together and had no intersection before, but because of Chen Tao's eyes, the two of them couldn't help but want to beat Chen Tao up badly, of course this was just an imagination.

  There are Shuiling and Xiao Wei here, both of whom know the strength of these two young women, and have some respect for them. At the same time, they don't dare to be reckless in front of either of them.

  Huayu's expression remained icy and unmoving, unaffected by anything.

  "You know a lot, huh? Well, our target is Tianzi Mountain in Zhangjiajie. Recently, there have been many changes on Tianzi Mountain, and I need you to go in and get something for me." Shuiling told the matter to several people, which was unusual for her.

  "What on earth is it, so mysterious." Chen Tao muttered.

  "We'll naturally tell you when we get there." Little Wei said lightly. Apparently Chen Tao and Ye Chen's voices were both heard.

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  The scenery of Tianzi Mountain is different in spring, summer, autumn and winter. The scenery is also different at dawn, dusk, noon and night. In the glow of sunset, Tianzi Mountain is like a golden and jadeite painting with bright colors; under the moonlight, the misty peaks are scattered and arranged to form an ink-wash landscape. In spring, flowers bloom on the mountain, red and green intertwined; in winter, snow and ice cover the mountain, silver and white wrapped. When it's sunny or rainy, or when morning and evening meet, Tianzi Mountain is surrounded by clouds and mist, either covering the sky and earth, or floating gently, quiet as a thin silk veil, moving then rolling with thunder and snow.

  The magic of Mount Tianzi lies in its mist-shrouded, precipitous peaks, resembling columns, pagodas and bamboo shoots, with some dozens of meters high and others hundreds of meters high, carved into various shapes. There are Qu Yuan's poems, sisters' whispers, husbands and wives' deep love, gatherings of immortals, dancing fairies, heavenly soldiers on expedition and other natural images. Local people call the stone pillars in the shape of military generals "48 great generals and 48 small generals", forming an eight-gate lock formation, with the Son of Heaven holding court and reviewing troops.

  Of course, all of these were what Yexin had learned from books. The descriptions in the book made Tianzi Mountain seem like a paradise on earth, so beautiful that it was hard to put into words. At first, Ye Xun didn't believe it, but when he actually arrived at Tianzi Mountain, he found that those descriptions still couldn't do justice to its beauty.

  Several people stood on Tianzi Mountain, momentarily attracted by the beautiful scenery in front of them, and forgot all things, standing quietly on the spot to appreciate the scenery in front of them.

  It would be even more perfect if it weren't for the howls of the demon beasts. Upon hearing the howls, several people's expressions changed as they came back to their senses from the perfect scenery.

  Only in the distance, on a mountain peak, a snow-white cloud leopard was roaring on the mountain peak. This was a mutated demon beast, not one of the demon beasts that came out of those five arrays.

  Due to the increase in the earth's spiritual energy, the original wild beasts can also evolve into demonic beasts. Some have even evolved into extremely powerful demonic beasts, depending on whether their bloodline has a distinguished origin.

  The Wild Beast Cloud Leopard is not white, but the Demon Beast Cloud Leopard has turned white and its strength is extremely powerful, possessing the strength of a seventh-level demon beast.

  It's okay, that monster is staring at us from a distant mountain peak and hasn't come over.

  "Is this Mount Tianzi?" Chen Tao asked in doubt. In his imagination, Mount Tianzi should be a majestic and towering mountain peak, but unexpectedly it was a continuous mountain range with beautiful scenery that attracted people to enter.

  "This is Tianzi Mountain, what you see now is just the surface, it's been sealed by a large array. The real scenery hasn't appeared yet. Now, retreat back, once this array is lifted, I won't be able to control it, so be careful yourselves." Shuiling said seriously.

  "Don't worry, Water Girl. I can use the Heavenly Symbol to protect everyone." Lu Tianfu said with a smile as he took out a yellow paper strip.