Chapter 177 Bloody Chaotic Land (1/2)
Chapter 177 Bloody Chaotic Land
It was completely silent. Time seemed to be at a still. There was no light within this dark space.
Time seemed in flux. Maybe only a second passed, or maybe ten lifetimes had passed. The bizarre journey finally ended, and everyone could feel the passing of time resume.
The void split and the Flickering Light Sacred Land Grand Elder walked out, followed by several young disciples who differentially stood to the side.
He waved his sleeve, causing mist to fill the air. Using his secret art, the thousands of people descended to the ground from his sleeve.
Had they arrived in the northern region? Everyone was somewhat nervous and looking forward to it.
Ye Fan was also somewhat excited. He had finally arrived at the other end of the Eastern Wastelands. He could start a new life here. But just what kind of place was this?
As far as he could see, it was completely different from how he had imagined it. There were no flourishing flowers, no bustling streams of people. There was no vitality at all.
The land was completely barren. The scarlet soil and brown rocks were bleak and lonely.
The vast land stretched out far and empty with the slightest signs of life. Only a few bare mountains and random stones could be seen all the way to the horizon.
In this lifeless barren land, there were no signs of humans. Everything was completely dead.
“This is the northern region? Didn’t they say this place was bustling and filled with treasures?”
“Let alone other people, I can’t even see a single blade of grass. What kind of ghastly place is this?!”
“We have to mine Sources in such a place for ten years before being allowed back to the southern region… damn!”
At this time, the thousands of people were all dumbfounded. This was a bitter desert, causing everyone to feel depressed.
The Flickering Light Grand Elder frowned and said, “The sects who sent you to the Flickering Light Sacred Land didn’t tell you what kind of place this was?”
“It’s completely different from what they said. We didn’t think it’d be like this. Not even birds would fly to such a place.”
“The northern region is just like this…” The Flickering Light Grand Elder was completely calm.
The vast northern region was filled with Source mines, and so it was quite famous.
From the view here, it could be seen that there were few people in this land. They were unable to see any signs of people within a thousand kilometers. Everything they passed was completely barren.
The formation of strange materials like Sources required the condensation of Life Essence. It seemed this entire northern region’s Spiritual Qi was sucked dry.
“Heroes come from spiritual lands”; such a term was something that people couldn’t imagine had anything to do with the northern region.
This place also had some oases, but compared to its vastness, they were small and insignificant. These were the places to get Sources. They weren’t somewhere people just went for random fun. But it was also because of the Sources that life and death battles frequently occurred as people fought over Source mines.
Thus, all the various powerful sacred lands had come to mine Sources, and had brought people from their respective areas.
The value of Sources to cultivators was like gold coins to mortals. This led to thievery and riots. Not only were the natives here, but the various powers of the Eastern Wastelands had also sent people here.
In the contests for Source mines, blood flowed like rivers as people fought. Battle was a very frequently seen thing.
No matter how one put it, the northern region was a completely chaotic land.
This barren land had become famous due to its Sources, and it was thus ordained as a chaotic and bloody field.
The Flickering Light Grand Elder walked up along the scarlet ground, leaving behind a line of footprints. With a wild gust and clap of thunder, his figure suddenly disappeared.
The ground shook and swayed. The thousands of people were almost all thrown to the ground, all revealing terrified expressions.
In front of them, the scenery had changed. In the previously empty space appeared many stone mountains and houses, and there were even some people and Source mines.
This area had profound Dao Glyphs inlaid that had collected the land’s power to protect the Flickering Light Sacred Land’s Source areas by concealing them in an illusion.
The thousands of people were now in the northern region whether they wanted to be or not, and so they had no more options. They could only hope that ten years passed quickly and they could collect enough gold to live happily once they returned to the southern region. Those were the riches they were exchanging for ten years of their youth.
With this many people arriving, housing and food were all problems. But this was all arranged by specialists. As for the Flickering Light Grand Elder, he directly disappeared.
The northern region had countless mining areas, but the absolute greatest area of production was naturally the Great Primordial Mine. It was the absolute center of the region, while the various large sacred lands split up the surrounding ten thousand kilometers.
The Great Primordial Mine was one of the Eastern Wasteland’s seven areas forbidden to life. The depths of its area were completely surrounding by the claims of the powerful sacred lands, but not a single power dared enter.
Over the countless years, too many strange things had occurred in that ancient mining zone. Sacred Master after Sacred Master had entered without returning, so no one else dared have any ideas.
That place had become a cursed land…
In the northern region, the Great Primordial Mine might be the most terrifying and mysterious area, but as long as no one went and provoked it, there wouldn’t be any misfortunate.
To the sacred lands, the most dangerous existence was the robbers.
Roving bandits filled this land. Every day there would be bloody rivers flowing. It was definitely a true chaotic land.
Powerful bandits had come from all over the Eastern Wastelands. Even some of the vagabonds from the Central States and the Northern Desert had come for Sources. They formed a powerful and terrifying force.
Even a sacred land couldn’t be worry-free. Their mining areas were definitely in danger of being looted.
This wasn’t an exaggeration. Some powerful bandits were extremely powerful, comparable to a sacred land’s Grand Elder. They could come and go without leaving a trace, and thus were very difficult to capture.
In the northern region were thirteen exceptionally well-known and powerful bandits. Each of them was an expert and threatened the safety of the sacred lands’ Sources.
Each of the powerful sacred lands had surrounded them many times, but they had failed every time. Those powerful bandits managed to escape and it was difficult to trace their tracks.
“Kill!”