Chapter 271 - The Path To Heaven, The Path Of The Strong, Who Could Contend Against It? (1/2)

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The Changbai dragon vein was covered in ice and snow. It was a scene of lifeless winter, but in reality, there was an endless amount of life hidden within the white forest.

The cold wind at night was biting cold. Suddenly, two figures quietly appeared here.

Beitang Ce was dumbfounded.

"We've arrived at the Changbai dragon vein?"

Ye Xiao nodded.

"So fast?"

He felt that he had arrived at the Changbai dragon vein from Jianghai city before he could react.

However, Jianghai city was in the Zhong province, while the Changbai dragon vein was in the northeast of the Nine Provinces.

How vast was the distance between them?

However, Ye Xiao had arrived at that place from Jianghai city in just an instant.

The speed of that movement technique was many times faster than his.

Although Ye Xiao was a King realm martial artist, Beitang Ce dared to bet his life that it would be very difficult for other King realm martial artists to reach that speed.

As the saying goes, on the path of martial arts, nothing is indestructible except for speed.

Ye Xiao's speed was so fast. If they were to really fight, his combat strength could not be described as an ordinary King realm martial artist, right?

The moment the two of them appeared, in the darkness, a lot of perceptive powers were gathering in their direction.

Beitang Ce explained,

"These people should be hermits cultivating in the Changbai mountain range. Among them, there are many great grandmasters and even divine grandmasters. However, because they have been hiding their names all year round, they will not be recorded in the official information of the Nine Provinces.

"However, if the Nine Provinces were to encounter any danger, they would be obliged to come out and help.

"Here at the Changbai dragon vein, the spiritual energy is abundant. There are many martial arts experts hidden here."

Ye Xiao nodded. Yang Zhengyi, his master, and his senior brothers, who had come down from the mountain to suppress King El, were among those hermit martial arts experts.

As the saying goes, when a Taoist priest retreats from the mountain forest in his prime, he goes down from the mountain to save people in troubled times.

Retreating from the forest was because he was indifferent, but going down the mountain to save people was because he was hot-blooded.

After the two arrived, they walked up the mountain. Beitang Ce explained at the side,

"The Changbai dragon vein is a naturally formed dragon vein, so it has self-awareness. Therefore, in order to protect itself, it has built a natural defensive barrier that is even stronger than the imperial array. Moreover, it is impossible to successfully analyze it. Only by passing its test can one truly enter the dragon vein.

"The test of the Changbai dragon vein is the Heavenly Stairway, a divine stairway that leads from the foot of the mountain to the Heavenly Lake at the top of the mountain. On the Heavenly Stairway, there is the dragon pressure released by the dragon vein. The higher you go, the stronger the dragon pressure is.

"Each stairway represents a level.

"Some people might not even be able to step to the top of the stairway in their lifetime and obtain the recognition of the dragon vein.

"One can not fly upwards. One can only use movement techniques if one descends.

"It is said that currently, there are records that can be traced in history. The fastest person to step to the top of the stairway also took three days and three nights.

"That martial arts expert also successfully advanced to the Emperor realm and became an Emperor realm martial artist.

"Therefore, if you are slower, don't be too concerned and don't be anxious.

"If your state of mind is messed up, then everything will be messed up."

Ye Xiao said faintly,

"How many days and nights did the Azure Dragon take?"

"If I remember correctly, Venerable Azure Dragon seemed to have spent nine days and nine nights. Although this record isn't unprecedented, it's still very, very high.

"The current record of the Heavenly Stairway has three strongest. One is three days and three nights, one is seven days and seven nights, and the other is nine days and nine nights.

"The Azure Dragon is enough to be ranked in the top three in history.

"Of course, this is only the ranking of the Changbai dragon vein. Before the Nine Provinces' dragon vein was completely destroyed, many martial arts geniuses had appeared in the other dragon veins. Moreover, the test methods of each dragon vein are different.

"Therefore, this doesn't mean that Venerable Azure Dragon is definitely one of the top three existences in history. However, it can not be denied that he is still an extremely strong genius!"

Ye Xiao nodded his head and together with Beitang Ce, they arrived at the foot of the Changbai mountain range.

With his consciousness, he sensed that there was a spiritual energy barrier in front of him that blocked his path.

Behind the spiritual energy barrier was a huge door. Behind that huge door was the Heavenly Stairway!

Beitang Ce explained once again,

"This spiritual energy barrier was also created by the Changbai dragon vein. Every challenger who wishes to enter the Heavenly Stairway must break through this barrier.

"If even this spiritual energy barrier can not be broken, then they are not qualified to enter the stairway.

"You need to feel it with your heart. Only by passing the test of the dragon vein can you break this spiritual energy barrier."

Ye Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly. He was not good at solving questions. He always felt sleepy after taking tests.

"Will it be fine as long as we break through this spiritual energy barrier?"

Beitang Ce nodded.

"Don't tell me you're thinking of forcefully attacking? Then I advise you to save your strength because it's basically impossible to succeed.

"Before you, there were many challengers who wanted to use this method, but the final result was to make the barrier stronger. Some of the challengers even thought that they were smart, but in the end, in the first test... Instead, they couldn't even ascend the Heavenly Stairway…"

Before Beitang Ce's voice could fade away, Ye Xiao suddenly slashed out with an Overpowering Saber.