273 The "Secret" of the Guiyao Plane (1/2)

After listening to Liu Lang, Zhou Donghuang did nothing but sweep a mild glance over the man. He ignored Liu Lang after that, focusing solely on making his way to the Guiyao planet.

Much like a flash of lightning, he disappeared from the sight of the Lightning Sword Sect in the blink of an eye.

”Liu Lang, do you take my little junior brother for a fool? Did you think he would bring a wretch like you with him?” He Mengxi mocked him when Liu Lang looked away in embarrassment.

But Liu Lang was not at all angry. He stared blankly at He Mengxi. ”Senior Sister Mengxi, both of our fathers are one of the four Valley Heads of the internal sects. It's not a stretch to say that our fates are intertwined. Or else—”

Before Liu Lang could finish speaking, he was interrupted by He Mengxi, ”If you're trying to make me bring you along, then you can save it.”

Under Liu Lang's bitter gaze, He Mengxi called out loudly for Da Zhuang, and the pair quickly made their way to the Guiyao planet.

The Guiyao planet was a rather curious one.

The beasts on the planet were basically unable to move up to the Primordial Soul stage.

There was also this other issue: the beasts were not sentient, let alone able to speak like people were. This applied to all of the beasts, whether they were Connate beasts, Primal Core beasts, or even Dharma beasts.

This had something to do with the environment of the Guiyao planet.

And it was precisely because of this that the behavior of the beasts on the Guiyao planet was still dominated by the instincts of a wild animal, even if they were just Dharma beasts. They knew no fear, nor did they know how to flee.

As long they set their sights on something, they would bite and cling onto it like a rabid dog.

In such situations, a lot of people would die on the Guiyao planet during the Alliance Hunt, being killed in their prime years.

It was important to note that the people who were selected to participate in the Alliance Hunt were essentially the cream of the crop from their own sects. As long as they were not taken out prematurely, their potential was limitless.

That being said, not a single person has ever dropped out of the Alliance Hunt.

There were so many people who were qualified to take part in the Alliance Hunt—where one fell, another one would be there to take his place.

This was because the Alliance Hunt brought as many boons as they did risks. There was a chance they could change their future if they played their cards right.

The types of awards handed out after the Alliance Hunt were extremely attractive, but these were only the surface-level ones. As long as you could rank rather well during the Alliance Hunt, you would catch the eyes of the sect. In your days to come, you would definitely stand to benefit from an increase in the cultivation of your talents.

”This Guiyao planet… It's rather strange.”

When Zhou Donghuang stepped onto the Guiyao planet, the Spirit energy that filled the entire planet was actually at a normal level and not too overwhelming.

However, after an hour, he realized that the Spirit energy on the Guiyao planet had started to activate. Your inner Yuan would be disrupted upon inhalation of the Spirit energy. There would be a sharp, prickling pain filling your veins, and your organs would seize.

”Generally speaking, the Spirit energy on a planet would not behave like this for no reason… Unless there was some sort of force disturbing the Spirit energy on this planet,” Zhou Donghuang commented quietly.

Zhou Donghuang had come across similar situations in the thousand-year-long life he once led, and the cause for this was always different each time.

For some planets, disruption in Spirit energy was caused by a powerful adept forcing open the cave house in its birth. The disruption served as a warning to the residents of the planet, about the cave house being forced open.

Another possible reason was that the spawn of a demon had been born into the world. This sort of demon would definitely terrorize the people if left unrestrained.

There was also the case where a disturbance was caused by the birth of a rare treasure. This sort of rare treasure was different from a regular spirit weapon; they contained a frightening power within them.

…

”However, it is difficult to find the source of the disruption in Spirit energy. Although I've managed to tap into my Divine Will now, it's still too weak. Unless I've been near the source of this disturbance, it'll be difficult to locate it.”

Although he had accumulated a lot of experience from his past life, his Divine Will was too weak now, so there was little Zhou Donghuang could actually do.

”Guess I'll finish what I set out to do for now.”

In this hour or so, Zhou Donghuang had entered the Guiyao planet and crossed paths with a few beasts, but he had not made a single move yet. Right from the very beginning, he had been more focused on analyzing the Spirit energy on the Guiyao planet.

As of now, he knew that it was difficult to properly trace the source of the Spirit energy disturbance, so he decided to redirect his energy towards the Alliance Hunt.

”I'll start with you.”

In an instant, his attention was directed towards the patch of forest pooled under his feet. He could see a lake in the forest, and there was a beast—about as big as a small hill—lying in the lake.

This was a large wolf. Its entire body was covered in black fur, save for the patch of white on the crown of its head. It was lying by the lake, as if in slumber.

And at this moment, Zhou Donghuang realized that there were quite a few beasts loitering in the vicinity of the beast, but not a single one dared to approach.

Zhou Donghuang was fully aware that although there were no traces of sentience on the Guiyao planet, they still had some concept of territorial consciousness at the very least.

Territorial consciousness, this was something that even an untrained beast would know.

”Ultimate Dharma stage?”

Zhou Donghuang floated forward through the air. When he was floating above the surface of the lake, his Divine Will swept out. In an instant, it reached out to detect the level of training for the huge, black wolf that was lying lazily by the lake.

An ultimate Dharma beast.

This was the single strongest beast within Guiyao planet.

”Awoo—”