NOVEL WEB Chapter 47: Heavenly Lake
Soon after, Gu Chen left the cave and, following his previous sense of the demonic aura, walked upon the vast and primal land.
This place had ancient forests and towering mountains reaching into the sky, where one could occasionally see huge birds of prey zooming past overhead, accompanied by fierce and wild Gang Wind.
In truth, this Cave Heaven Realm was extremely dangerous. For those martial artists in the Heavenly Man Realm to enter, with no exaggeration, there was a fifty percent chance they would perish.
Even cultivators in the Cave Heaven Realm had to be careful here, and there were some areas that made even Gu Chen's heart and mind tense.
After all, within this microcosm, there resided some indigenous inhabitants, which were powerful beasts; the strongest among them were comparable to the great completion of the Cave Heaven Realm, not to be underestimated in the slightest.
To these ferocious beasts, Gu Chen and others were outsiders, people who came to compete for opportunities.
Of course, when the secret realm was not open, some opportunities were also sealed by great formations, making them difficult for even the beasts here to find.
After all, this was a place for disciples of a supreme force from the last major epoch to experience and train.
Two days later, after various inquiries, Gu Chen indeed found out about the Snow Phoenix Lotus and the Evergreen Flower within this Cave Heaven Blessed Land!
This invigorated him, as it meant there was use for the ancient prescription he had acquired.
However, that place was quite distant from Gu Chen, requiring some time to reach.
At the same time, the slight demonic aura he had previously sensed had completely vanished not long ago. But Gu Chen was not worried, as sooner or later he would inevitably encounter it.
"Snow Phoenix Lotus, Evergreen Flower!" Gu Chen murmured. Finding these two rare items next to advance his physical body further was now his greatest purpose.
As for the Human Emperor of Da Xia, Gu Chen had not found him during the several days since he had entered.
But Gu Chen was not in a hurry, because, in terms of time, there was still plenty.
"Eh?"
At that moment, Gu Chen suddenly noticed several mountains not far away, their entire mass radiating treasure light, looking extraordinarily imposing.
He quickly reached the mountain top and found many martial artists there. A strong aura of fluctuations remained, clearly indicating a fierce battle had taken place not long ago.
There were also several medicinal fields around, planted with some spiritual herbs, but they were only for the martial realm and were of no use to the current Gu Chen.
The martial artists, varying in strength, were picking these spiritual herbs to aid their breakthroughs.
The arrival of Gu Chen made many of them wary, watching him as if facing a thief.
However, seeing that he showed no interest and was only observing, many breathed a sigh of relief.
"The young master of the Jiuying Clan is truly exceptional, with nine heads and mastery over multiple forces like water and fire. He had a great battle here with the ninth prince of the Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty, Gu Yan!"
Gu Chen understood; the remnants of the fluctuations were from these two, no wonder it was so.
These two were the main characters of this secret realm opening, and the others were only there to accompany them, a fact everyone knew in their hearts.
Now, characters like Gu Yan and Xue Ningshan, these monstrous beings, were giving their all to find their chances in this place. After all, a newly emerged Cave Heaven Blessed Land was not something one encountered often. Here, they would surely experience a significant leap in their cultivation.
Once they reached the current limit of these exceptional talents, they would begin the real grand showdown to contest who was the first among the young generation of the Gray Domain and to reach the summit of the realm.
At present, all sides were still in the accumulation phase, even if they fought, they would not go all out, and much of it was merely probing.
"Who would have thought that the ninth prince of the Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty, Gu Yan, would break into the Cave Heaven Realm one step earlier and take the lead, seizing that millennium treasure medicine," said a martial artist with envy.
Whether it was Gu Yan, the young master of the Jiuying Clan, or other prodigies, they were idols to many in the Gray Domain, and countless people took them as their goals.
"The young master of the Jiuying Clan is quite extraordinary too, mastering various techniques and born with nine heads. It's hard to imagine anyone under the heavens who could kill him," a martial artist sighed.
Not every Jiuying Clan member had a bloodline concentration that could reach such a level to regress and have nine heads. Only the main lineage, the clan leader's line, had a high concentration of bloodline. Typically, every few generations would produce a Jiuying with a pure bloodline.
Such was the case for the young master of the Jiuying Clan, whose bloodline concentration was said to be the highest in tens of thousands of years, incredibly close to that of their ancestor.
For different races, the higher the blood concentration, the closer to their ancestors, the stronger their natural talents and strength.
However, this young master of the Jiuying Clan was still defeated by Gu Yan of the Heavenly Mysterious Imperial Dynasty, underscoring just how extraordinary Gu Yan truly was.
"It is said that the conflict by the Heavenly Pond is even fiercer, with the Tiankui Clan, Blood Orchid Clan, Vault of Sky Sword Sect, Five Elements Sect, Pure Yang Martial Sect, and even descendants of hidden lineages participating," suddenly, a martial artist spoke.
The Heavenly Pond was the place Gu Chen had learned about, where the Snow Phoenix Lotus and Evergreen Flower and other wonders were contained.
Hearing this, Gu Chen's eyes flickered slightly. After confirming the direction of the Heavenly Pond with this person, he left the place.
"How come that person who just left looked somewhat familiar?" a middle-aged man mused suspiciously after Gu Chen had departed.