1054 Mysterious Realm (1/2)
A few days later.
Fang Yuan followed Hong Ling and the rest into the Agonizing Eagle Gorge.
Hong Ling exchanged glances with Yuan Wu and Qing Meng and then turned her head to comfort him. ”Sigh… Junior Brother, you are really unlucky. You caught a spy, but he died of his injuries…”
”I never thought that a cultivator would have such a weak constitution that he would die after bleeding a little…” Fang Yuan sighed as well but was on his guard in his heart. Hei Jue's death must be because of these three! Looks like they don't want me to complete the mission! But I'm sure they won't dare to go against the rules of the Holy Mountain to kill me. So… do they want to send me into some dangerous place for others to finish me off?
After becoming Mo He's disciple, he had naturally left a blood jade on the Holy Mountain.
If he died and the image sent back was of his seniors killing him, it might just alarm the Immortal Patriarchs!
Therefore, these three either had to plot something that seemed like there was no foul play, resort to external forces, or send him somewhere that could isolate the blood jade!
”Danger is aplenty in the Agonizing Eagle Gorge, but it's also where cultivators are most likely to hide!” Qing Meng was like a real senior brother now, explaining everything in detail to Fang Yuan. ”There are many mysterious realms in this gorge!”
”Mysterious realms? I haven't heard about it before!” Fang Yuan replied with glee.
”How do you think this Agonizing Eagle Gorge formed?” Qing Meng asked with a small smile. ”I read in an ancient book that it was created through a battle between two unfathomably strong existences. One of them used his saber and split open the Agonizing Eagle Gorge! This is why the void here isn't stable and is affected by nomological power, creating many mysterious realms… Businessmen who go through here dare not go too close.”
”Is it very dangerous in these mysterious realms?”
”Not necessarily. There might be some inheritance and treasures, but there are definitely more dangers than anything else, especially since some of the mysterious realms aren't stable and could explode at any time… That power, perhaps even the Immortal Patriarchs might…” Yuan Wu interjected.
”So… you think that cultivation sect might be hiding within a mysterious realm?” Fang Yuan guessed.
”That's right. That's why we need to search one by one!” Hong Ling replied with a smile.
Yet she was thinking silently in her heart. The people we notified should be arriving soon. Anyway, we can't be involved in this matter! It's not a bad idea to start in the Agonizing Eagle Gorge!
At this point, she said, ”It's getting late. Let's rest here first and continue tomorrow.”
”All right!” Fang Yuan looked around at the surroundings. The mountains were beautiful, and the river was clean, a great place to bury bones. He nodded.
”I'll set up a defense array. I recently obtained a set of array flags!” Qing Meng immediately jumped out and took the initiative to stick the small red flags all around them.
A misty array formed, isolating the inside from the outside.
”This is… Small Restriction Origin Banner?” Gold Ingot's surprised voice came from the white jade ring.
”Do you recognize this array?” Fang Yuan asked secretly without betraying his emotions.
”Hmm, the defense of this banner is common, but it's most famous for being able to block some information transmissions. Some immortal cave abodes like to use this!”
”What about the blood jade's transmission?”
”It can be blocked. They don't have good intentions. Be careful!”
”Looks like they really can't wait.”
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Fang Yuan sneered in his heart and sat cross-legged to rest.
In his view, the mysterious realms in the Agonizing Eagle Gorge were just spatial distortions. They could help in his enlightenment and comprehension of the Illusion Realm's nomological laws.
Since the three of them mentioned it, he started sensing the Saber Qi within this Agonizing Eagle Gorge.
The might of a saber could actually make permanent changes to the terrain. The person who did this clearly surpassed Immortal!
”If my senses are right, the one who created this Agonizing Eagle Gorge must have comprehended the Saber Great Dao and transcended Immortal! Does… an Immortal have to comprehend a complete Great Dao if they want to break through?!”
He felt as though he gained some enlightenment.
”Look, that Fang Yuan is actually starting to cultivate. He isn't worried about us at all…”
The three of them hid in a corner and started to converse quietly. ”Naive!”
”Well… as someone from the Holy Mountain, I really don't want to hurt him. Unfortunately, we can't go against Master's orders!” Qing Meng sighed. ”Send the signal!”
Yuan Wu went out of the array silently and came back a moment later. ”They'll be here in the middle of the night and have five Primordial Core Fey beasts attack!”
”We might have the Small Restriction Origin Banner, but we have to be on our guard in case fragments were to travel back. We can't be suspected…”
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They were naturally more enthusiastic toward Fang Yuan after they were done discussing their foul plan.
Fang Yuan accepted it.
He was afraid of no one as long as they were not an Immortal and did not mind playing along with these three.
”Junior Brother, rest assured. A Golden Pill Venerable is the highest among these cultivators…”
Hong Ling had no idea that Fang Yuan had already dealt with a Golden Pill Venerable. She continued in a relaxed manner, ”Also… they rarely dare to fight with us since the Hundred Thousand Mountains is our territory!”
”That's true…” Fang Yuan's smile was a little awkward as he thought of Venerable Liu He.
This cultivator's performance was obviously weird. He probably still had a huge network behind him.
Is my luck so good that I hit the jackpot in my first investigative mission? Fang Yuan looked strangely at the three in the Primordial Core realm next to him. In that case, are they here to kill me or here to help to prevent disaster from befalling me?
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