Chapter 838: Dongyi (1/2)

The duo reached Mount Buzhou after another dozen days of walking.

“So this is the legendary Mount Buzhou…” Lu Yun tsk’ed with amazement when he saw the monumental landmass in front of him. If he wasn’t so certain that he was on a planet, he’d really think that this was a pillar holding up the sky.

“Hmm? What are you doing?” He caught a glimpse of a figure stooped on the ground, seemingly studying something. Attention caught, Lu Yun walked over to an erudite-looking young man. Dressed in long purple robes, the young man wore a tiny golden crown in his hair and held a strange looking plate in his hand.

“I’m looking at a part of this world,” the young man replied woodenly as he fixated on a small flower.

“A part of this world?” Lu Yun blinked and crouched down as well to observe the flower.

It was an ordinary flower with no qi or special medicinal qualities. Soft and fragile, it bloomed quietly upon the vast earth.

“There’s a part of our world in this flower?” a baffled Lu Yun asked.

“Of course,” the young man replied absentmindedly. “If our world wasn’t a part of it, how would it exist upon this earth?”

A bolt of lightning seemed to crash into Lu Yun and he goggled at the youth in purple, unable to form words for the longest time. He seemed to be understanding something, but that something remained tantalizingly out of reach. It was like a layer of paper over a window, something just a little foggy and hazy, but strongly resistant to being poked or seen through.

“What are you doing, Lie Shan? Come on!” Shennong’s voice came from far away, sending a tremor through Lu Yun. The youth beside him was gone, leaving just the dainty blossom blooming gently.

“If our world wasn’t a part of the flower, how would it exist upon this earth?” Lu Yun mulled over the last words he’d heard.

“What’s wrong?” Shennong looked askance at the young man.

“Nothing, let’s keep going!” Lu Yun waved his hand.

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“This is… the human sacred land?” Shock filtered through his eyes when he looked at the bamboo forest teeming with life at the foot of Mount Buzhou. “Is this really the human sacred land?!” His eyes were wide with disbelief.

“This is indeed the human sacred land… the Bamboo Forest. Holy Emperors Fuxi and Wahuang live in the depths of the forest,” Shennong replied hesitantly. Lie Shan had been acting weird ever since meeting Miss Ah Zhi.

Lu Yun took in a deep breath and whispered, “This is plainly a huge tomb, a magnificent, spectacular, and extensive tomb… The human sacred land is established over a tomb?!”

One glance was sufficient to identify a layout to bury heaven and earth. The one resting in this tomb wasn’t buried in just the tomb itself, but in the embrace of all living things. Whoever it was possessed an absolutely unbelievable background. This was the singular grandest and most majestic tomb Lu Yun had ever seen in his life!

“Who goes there, halt and state your names!” A soft whistle came from the bamboo forest ahead of them as a dozen emerald-green feathers nailed the ground before Lu Yun and Shennong.

“Shennong of the Yan Tribe by the Wei River is here with the next Shennong. We wish to meet with the holy emperors!” Shennong announced loudly.

“The holy emperors are hosting guests and cannot see you. Go home!” A young man with three feathers stuck in his hair walked out of the bamboo forest. Contempt danced across his face when he looked at the two visitors.

“If they are busy, we can wait here. Why have us leave?” Shennong frowned and yelled back.

“Piss off when I tell you to. Shouting and yelling like this in front of the sacred land, do you have a death wish?!” The young man notched an arrow to his bow and aimed it at Shennong when he saw the man grow angry.