290 Mountain Hollow (1/2)

The tunnel was dark. As soon as he entered the tunnel, his mind entered a state of confusion.

He could feel as though he was falling. Tensed, Fang Yuan prepared his sword essence.

However, as soon as he woke up, he realised that he was standing in a hall. In front of him was a platform 10 feet wide and 30 feet tall. There was a glow coming from the top of the platform like a sun, and there was a silhouette of a person on the platform.

”Greetings, Old Mother of Tianmu!”

Fang Yuan took a deep bow and felt stunned as he detected the person's vast and powerful spiritual aura.

”Hehe... are you not afraid that you've got the wrong person?”

A clear voice travelled from the platform as though it was from a 15-year-old girl.

'I don't really have a choice here!'

Fang Yuan rolled his eyes inside but gave a respectful look. ”Only the Old Mother of Tianmu would have such a majestic entrance!”

”You're right! You're from the Realm Alliance. What are you here for?”

The Old Mother on the platform laughed, and Fang Yuan felt as though he was being seen through.

”Ring!”

At this point in time, there was a chime from his robes. The small sword flew out and shimmered a brilliant red.

”This is a token from Elder Smelter of my alliance. Please accept it!”

Fang Yuan continued respectfully.

”Hehe... This token is not mine, but yours!”

As the glow of the sun spread, the face of a beautiful lady appeared, but all that Fang Yuan could see was a pair of glittering eyes.

Calm and emotionless... yet high up like a god.

She seemed like the gods in the heavens from the other realms which he had visited.

”Mine...”

As he mumbled to himself, he realised that he had fallen into the plan of Elder Smelter.

”That's right! It is extremely rare for anyone from the 5 powerful organisations to get the chance to visit the Changli Mountain Hollow! Who would've guessed that Elder Smelter would give it to you!”

The Old Mother of Tianmu mocked him. ”Could you be... his illegitimate son?”

”... If I don't want this token, what will happen to me?”

Fang Yuan was speechless and directly asked about the token.

”There are no ifs. As long as you are a member of the 5 powerful organisations and you have the token, you can enter the Changli Mountain Hollow as you wish. If it is yours, it will be yours. Others cannot take this away from you, and you cannot reject this!”

The Old Mother of Tianmu sounded strict, as though this was a heavenly law.

'This is not good!'

Fang Yuan's hair stood on its ends.

”Be on your way!”

At that moment, from the Old Mother's finger, a streak of light landed on the small red sword.

After receiving the glow, the sword exploded and struck forward, shattering the mid-air. A door was revealed.

Fang Yuan quickly felt a huge force pushing him towards the door. Before he could react, he was sucked into the door.

In the next moment, the platform regained its peace once more, except for the golden glow of holy light which spread across the entire floor.

”You're clever to be on your guard. However, it will depend on your luck to see if this is a good or bad thing for you!”

Old Mother of Tianmu mumbled to herself. Soon, she returned to the glowing sun and disappeared.

...

”What the hell!”

In mid-air, a door appeared and a person fell from it.

Fang Yuan had composed himself and landed squarely on the branch of a tree. Looking at the dense vegetation, he knew that this was no longer Tianmu Mountain, but within a hollow.

While he was travelling to this hollow, a line of information appeared, allowing him to understand where he was.

”This is... the inside of the Changli Mountain Hollow?”

The hollow was, in fact, a miniature version of a small world.

Of course, such a miniature version was yet to be matured. Therefore, it still had to rely on the Da Qian Empire.

Changli was a Prominent Divine dream master and after his passing, his inheritance was a hollow situated near Tianmu Mountain.

Therefore, with the Old Mother of Tianmu in control and together with the power of the 5 powerful organisations, they had finally located the hollow.

Unfortunately, the hollow would reject access to highly-skilled dream masters. Therefore, in every organisation, they had to send a dream master of 4th Tier and below to explore the hollow. Everything would be kept a secret and only when the representatives arrive here, they would be briefed on the details of the hollow.

Of course, Fang Yuan felt like laughing after knowing of this.

”Why didn't he send someone who was loyal and had potential? Why did he send me? I have only just joined the alliance! This place must be full of dangers lurking everywhere!”