Chapter 87: Encountering Li Xiao Man (1/2)
Chapter 87: Encountering Li Xiao Man
Since a long time back, Ye Fan always had a thought, returning to the Forbidden Ancient Desolate land to receive a heaven sent opportunity!
Be it the experts from the human or other races, they did not dare to enter too deep into the Forbidden Ancient Desolate Land. The vegetation within was lush and spiritual medicines were abundant, having been baptised by time, many of the spiritual medicines were fast becoming divine medicines and the forbidden land could be considered a priceless sacred ground.
Ye Fan had partaken the sacred fruit and divine spring, he felt that it was likely he could stay within the forbidden land for a period of time and had planned to reach a certain level before returning to that place which was devoid of life.
“My strength is currently very weak, I really don’t wish to head back there, however, I really don’t see any other options……” He did not have any choice and could only risk death and enter.
“Roar!”
In the depths of the mountainous region, the roars of ferocious beasts shook the heavens like heavenly thunder reverberating, causing the leaves in the forest to float about. Ye Fan’s expression changed, he was still quite a distance from the Forbidden Ancient Desolate Land and in the outer regions there seemed to be extremely frightening unique beasts, wanting to traverse through the area seemed exceptionally difficult.
However, if he did not move forward, how would he get rid of the horseman who was currently chasing him? This made Ye Fan very conflicted.
“Jiang Yi Chen, just you wait. Even though you are a child of the Jiang Family, one day I will kill you!” Ye Fan had never felt such deep hatred for a person before, the other party was greedy for his treasures, vicious without any compassion and wanted to exterminate him.
Suddenly, Ye Fan sensed danger as that horseman seemed to be getting closer once again and he swiftly hid.
A green figure appeared in the sky, the expert horseman from the Jiang Family appeared once again but the unique beast that he was mounted on seemed to be frightened as it seemed to flee for its life and rush downwards, landing heavily on the ground causing it to tremble.
Not far away, Ye Fan saw all of this clearly and was alarmed, such a strong unique beast was actually terrified to such an extent? The horseman was also extremely shocked and became a wisp of gentle wind as he hid within a pile of rubble.
At this instant, the entire forest suddenly became dimmer as a fierce squall blew by, several shrubs and trees were blown away and a huge shadow was cast on the ground.
In the sky, there was an immense bird that seemed to cover the sky as it flew by, its entire body was flashing with a golden resplendent light as though it were forged from gold, its body was so immense that it made one speechless, like a golden cloud that was rushing by, it blocked the sun and shrouded the heavens.
“Golden Winged Roc!” Ye Fan was deeply astonished.
The might of the Roc of legend was oppressive and the entire mountainous region became deathly silent, even the roars of beasts had disappeared and only after it had flown off into the distance for a while did the forest regain its normalcy.
The horseman of the Jiang Family remounted his unique beast as it dashed to the sky, even an expert like him could only hide earlier.
Ye Fan was feeling anxious, if he continued to move forward like this, there would be untold numbers of beasts and birds that he would meet, would he really be able to reach that area where life was forbidden?
“The Forbidden Ancient Desolate has nine sacred mountains, connected together to form an endless abyss. It is rumoured that on each of the sacred mountains there is a type of sacred fruit and divine spring, each unique and different……” Ye Fan mumbled to himself to lift his spirits.
“I’ve only eaten a single type of sacred fruit and drank from one type of divine spring and it has already caused my entire being to change, if I ascend the other eight sacred mountains…….” Although he kept encouraging himself, he still felt trepidation that continuing forward would likely have disastrous outcomes.
Only a day had passed and Ye Fan’s ideas were shot through, he had continually spotted three expert horsemen who had sealed off the forward route, constantly patrolling in the air above the primitive mountainous region.
“They really want to exterminate me, actually resorting to sending out so many expert horsemen!”
“Roar!”
On a distant mountain, an ear-splitting roar from a beast could be heard, the three expert horsemen in the sky instantly distanced themselves from the area and Ye Fan discovered that a nine headed snake beast was soaring on clouds and ridings on mists as it appeared in the air.
It was as big as a small mountain and gave one a frightening oppressive feeling, black mist swirled around it and its enormous body seemed indistinct, its body was like that of a qilin but it had nine enormous snake heads, looking extremely ferocious.
Its roar immediately scared off the three expert horseman of Jiang Family and the pressure that was occasionally released made one fill with fear and trepidation.
Ye Fan’s heart was palpitating, he had not gotten near to the Forbidden Ancient Desolate land but various frightening unique beasts continued to appear, if he continued forward who knew what he would encounter. If he could not traverse through the air and relied only on walking to advance, there was simply no way to get past this primitive mountainous region. It was no wonder that those horsemen from the Jiang Family decided to seal the area from here.
Ye Fan carefully proceeded forward for another day before noticing that the relatively safer areas had all been blocked off by the three expert horsemen and there was simply no way to go through.
“While I’m trying to predict what they’re thinking, they are also thinking about my route of escape and must have predicted that I would try to use the Forbidden Ancient Desolate Land to get rid of them……”
Ye Fan hid within a dense forest and after careful consideration, he decided not to proceed forward, otherwise, he would simply be looking for death.
“If I can’t fly, there’s simply no way to get near to the forbidden area……” Ye Fan did not look back as he left, following the path he had taken and used the chance while the horsemen were still there to try and escape from this primitive forest, escaping into the crowds of people.
When Ye Fan escaped to the edges of the mountainous region, he discovered that there was an expert horseman riding on a unique beast whose body was covered in flashing black scales as he patrolled the air above the forest.
“A fifth expert horseman…….” Ye Fan stared blankly at the sky as he muttered: “Were they all sent here by Jiang Yi Chen?”
“They brought a total of ten odd horsemen with them, now that five of them have already been mobilised, could it be possible that Jiang Yi Fei and Jiang Cai Xuan haven’t noticed? That’s simply impossible!”