Chapter 1539: 357 chapter_6
“Also, after we enter the dangerous terrain, we’ll follow the guidance in our hearts to seek treasures. You don’t have to travel alongside us.”
Xiang Ziyu listened to the elders of the Hundred Peaks Sect speak, at a loss for words, and could only join the others in flying toward the South Ocean.
At the same time, within the Eastern Wilderness Realm, Earth Immortal Realm from various sects began to move as well.
Xiang Ziyu and the others arrived just at the Fourth Dangerous Terrain and saw the Earth Immortal Realm moving and flying into the perilous area.
Although the Hundred Peaks Sect is relatively close, it is still not as close as those sects in the South Ocean.
Though there are ninety-nine passages through the dangerous terrain, most Earth Immortal Realm enter the perilous place through nine specific passages.
The passageways in the dangerous terrain vary in size. Previously, everyone from the Eastern Province judged from the three major perilous terrains that the thicker the passage, the more dangerous the position one will be in after entering; conversely, the thinner the passage, the relatively safer it is inside.
And for this fourth perilous terrain, there are nine passages significantly narrower than the others.
“Everyone, choose a passage to enter.”
In the crowd, Tu Zhuque spoke up and flew toward one of the passages. But she had barely flown a bit when she abruptly stopped, turned her head, and glared unhappily at Chen Qingluan beside her, shouting, “Chen Qingluan, why are you following me into the same passage!”
Chen Qingluan immediately furrowed her brows and retorted, “What do you mean I’m following you into the passage? I certainly wasn’t behind you. I saw clearly that you chose the same passage after seeing me heading there.”
Seeing the two argue once more, everyone around fell silent. These two had been at odds all their lives, and now they’re still arguing about entering the passage.
Behind them, Li Ke noticed her master seemed likely to argue with the Azure Pheasant Peak Master. She quickly intervened, saying, “Master, this perilous terrain has just appeared. Although some have ventured in, the number isn’t large. If we delay, others may seize the opportunities that should be ours. Let’s hurry in.”
On the other side, behind Chen Qingluan, Liao Youdi also advised, “Master, let’s go into the perilous terrain first.”
“Hmph!”
Tu Zhuque and Chen Qingluan snorted almost simultaneously, then entered the passage without further delay.
This time, Li Ke didn’t go with the others from Four Treasures Peak but followed her master.
Duo Duo initially wanted to invite Liao Youdi to join them, but seeing her follow her master into the passage, she said nothing more.
Then she glanced at her Third Senior Brother.
Xiang Ziyu, feeling Duo Duo’s gaze, immediately shook his head and said, “Don’t look at me; I’m the protagonist and must walk a path different from yours. For you to accompany me would be very dangerous. You all should safely enter those nine passages.”
He genuinely wanted his junior brothers and sisters not to walk with him, as the dangers he faced as the protagonist would be far greater.
Maybe the master could barely keep up, but for the other junior brothers and sisters, it would be too perilous to walk with him.
Duo Duo widened her eyes in shock and exclaimed, “Senior Brother, what do you mean? You’re not going through those nine passages? The other passages are obviously much thicker, which is too dangerous.”
“Dangerous? Precisely because it’s dangerous that I must go. Forget it, Junior Sister, though you are very talented, you are not the protagonist. You don’t understand the world of the protagonist.
The protagonist must be different, must walk the unconventional road.”
Xiang Ziyu said, then took off toward another passage, much thicker than the nine.
There were eight more such thick passages here.
Bei Yan watched Xiang Ziyu enter a passage and turned back to the group, scoffing, “He talks about being the protagonist. I thought he’d fly into the thickest passage, but he just chose the second thickest. It seems he’s still somewhat sane.
Don’t worry about him. Though Third Senior Brother is not the brightest, he is fortunate and resilient. We shouldn’t worry about him. Let’s go in too.”
Bei Yan led Duo Duo, Wan Ren Di, and Qiao Jingyao into the passage. Without the eldest sister or third senior brother, or even the second senior sister, leading them put quite some pressure on him.
Cao Zhen casually changed his appearance as he flew toward the Fourth Dangerous Terrain. As he flew, he intermittently contacted his disciples. Seeing the nine significantly narrower passages, he randomly picked one that his disciples hadn’t entered.
The people of the Hundred Peaks Sect chose nine different passages to enter.
Clearly, the Earth Immortals of the Hundred Peaks Sect believed they were closer to this fourth perilous terrain and were among the first batch to enter, deliberately spreading out to increase their chances of obtaining treasures.
Among these people, his disciples were considered quite strong, so he chose a different passage from his disciples to enter.
He flew along the passage, and in just the span of a breath, he felt like he had entered another world, much like when he entered those relics before.
Raising his eyes, he saw towering mountains in the distance, and below him lay an endless sea.
In the sea, islands were scattered like stars.
On the nearest island, he could see numerous corpses.
“So many bodies—one, two, three… sixteen bodies! We’ve just entered the perilous terrain, so why are there so many corpses? Could any of them be from the Hundred Peaks Sect?”
Some of these bodies lay face down, making it impossible to see their faces.
Cao Zhen moved his body and appeared above the small island in an instant. The next moment, a terrifying suction force came from the small island below, seemingly grasping his legs with invisible large hands, pulling him downwards uncontrollably towards the island.
Cao Zhen’s expression hardened, and he rapidly circulated immortal energy within him, taking a sharp breath to fly out of the island’s range. Yet in the next moment, he felt his immortal energy suddenly halt, and even though it was only a fraction of a breath, his body abruptly plummeted onto the island.