Chapter 26 (1/2)

Eternal Life (永生) Ch. 26

Pink Prince

Ka’cha!

A desert scorpion roughly the size of a fist was dug out from within the sand by Crane Fairy, pecked to death, and thrown into the fire, causing the fire to crackle and give off a foul odor.

Crane Fairy was having extreme fun, unendingly digging around the desert sand and pulling out one desert scorpion after another before pecking them to death and throwing them into the fire.

These scorpions were very large and evil-looking. They would come out at night to absorb dew and capture prey. They were very vicious, and could kill people with a single bite.

However, these Yu’hua School disciples wore magic clothes, and were able to ignore the various insects, scorpions, centipedes, and ants.

Fang Han just sat, not moving, pondering the profound ‘Primary Spiritual Technique’.

Ever since he began cultivating the ‘Primary Spiritual Technique’ the day before, he felt as if he had begun truly cultivating. He felt as if he had gained the key to open the door to the Divine Realm.

Currently, as long has he had time, he would constantly ponder in his mind, contemplating the mysterious, yet familiar structure of the various parts of his body.

Upon training to the Spiritual Expert level, one could observe their spirit, inner organs, and bones as if they were observing their palm. Currently, although Fang Han hadn’t reached this level, he felt as if through his cultivating, his understanding of his body was becoming increasingly clear, almost as clear as a crystal. His body was slowly becoming more open before his eyes.

The only thing that he couldn’t see clearly, was his mind, which was still veiled by a hazy darkness. His mind was a sealed Divine gate, and was unable to be opened by Fang Han, as if it was refusing to let Fang Han open it and access Divine magic.

Liu Kang and Hong Yi were sitting cross-legged, both cultivating something, inside, nouris.h.i.+ng their spirits, outside, training their qi.

Although water was lacking in the desert, they all had ‘Clean Clothes Seals’ and ‘True Water Talismans’, allowing them to constantly replenish their body’s water supply and wash filth off and clean their body. Even in such a harsh environment, they were able to stay complacent.

Without the help of these fa’qi, even Divine Realm experts would wither away if they stayed in the desert for too long.

All of the Yu’hua School disciples were very calm, each minding themselves. There wasn’t any conversation, the atmosphere very tranquil, like the silence before a storm.

The night wind blew, ‘wu wu’, smothering the fire.

“Ao, ao ao, ao ao.”

Amid the distant sand dunes came a piercing, shrill cry of a jackal, as if it were howling at the moon.

“What was that?”

Hearing the sound, Fang Han’s soul mysteriously felt a flash of terror, causing him to open his eyes and see Number Ten of the Shan’he Ranking, Yuan Jian Kong, as well as senior sister disciple Mo and a few of the inner court disciples, stand up.

The three princes and two princesses of the Da’de Empire stood up.

Liu Kang and Hong Yi stood up.

Numerous cranes, including Crane Fairy, rushed up into the air. Through the ‘Spirit Tamer Tablet’, Crane Fairy said, “Fang Han, we have been surrounded by enemies. It is very terrifying, so I flew up into the air.”

Since the cranes were, after all, cranes, after being shocked, they would immediately fly into the sky, and not maintain composure like humans. They would also not accompany these disciples through such a dangerous situation.

“There are enemies?”

Fang Han stood up and looked into the distance. Shadows flickered, and the rhythmic sound of hooves. .h.i.tting the ground could be heard. Atop the distant dunes, silhouettes pa.s.sed over like surging water, letting off immense murderous qi.

Concentrating his spirit in his eyes, Fang Han realized that the silhouettes which pa.s.sed over the dunes like surging water were desert bandits. They wore scaly armor and were riding camels, each one holding a huge curved blade and equipped with a bow and arrows. Hundreds upon thousands of them came over, encircling the group.

The camels were covered in white fur, and galloped as if they were flying. They were the ‘White Dragon Camels’ of the desert. Compared to ‘Thousand Li Horses’, their acceleration and speed were just as fast. Riding this camel felt as if one were sailing with the wind.

“Are these the rumored desert bandits?”

[TL: Don’t eat while reading the next paragraph]

Fang Han had heard about these desert bandits. They were the most vicious and savage people in the desert, and were cannibals, eating human flesh and drinking human blood. They were infamous for robbing merchant caravans, sometimes even attacking around the border. They especially liked to use stones to grind little kids into blood paste and then use it to make blood wine.

Currently, due to the ferocious and evil qi emanating from their bodies, these desert bandits which had suddenly appeared felt like underground devils, cruel beyond comparison.

“What is that?”

Amid these desert bandits, Fang Han also saw some Devils with long curved horns and a body covered in scales, almost exactly like the Yu’hua School’s ‘G.o.dly Strength Puppet’.

It was clear that they were the diabolical Devils who lived in the underground abyss.

Fortunately, very fortunately, all the Yu’hua School disciples had dealt with a Devil already during their entrance exam. Otherwise, when suddenly encountering these Devils, fear would fill their heart.

“Sou sou sou, sou sou sou!”

The sky was completely covered with arrows which rushed over like locusts. The penetrating power of these arrows was very great, and it seemed as if they were going to tear through everyone’s body.