Monarch Night

"It should be better now." Fang Che shook his head: "Recently, a snow disaster and a volcano erupted, causing many people outside the city to move inside; those still outside have basically reinforced their houses. It should be enough to get through this wind disaster."

"Mr. Fang is right."

At this moment, Fang Che's expression suddenly changed.

The Five Spirits Gu sent a wave, someone was sending a message.

Fang Che calmly looked.

It was actually a message from the Yin Shen Palace.

"Come quickly to the Northern City Mountain Village."

Northern City Mountain Village?

Isn't that a small village? Why did the Yin Shen Palace suddenly go there? Shouldn't he be at home?

Suddenly, a strong sense of premonition surged in Fang Che's heart.

His heart skipped two beats.

Calming himself, he turned to Tang Zheng and said: "Go back to the Guardian Hall first. I have something to deal with."

"You can go without worry."

Tang Zheng said: "I'll make another round in the slum upfront. I'll be back after that."

"Okay."

Fang Che felt his mind in chaos, agreed with a nod, then turned around and leapt up, the strong wind howling as if it directly lifted him, and with a flash in the air, his shadow vanished.

Racing against the wind, he soon reached the North City Wall, then directly flew up and glided out of the city.

Outside the city, the strong wind was raging, the skies completely darkened.

Amidst the wind and sand, Fang Che swayed as he floated.

But inside, he was urgently contemplating.

What could be happening over at the Mountain Village? Why did the Yin Shen Palace go there?

Why is he calling me over?

But despite thinking it over repeatedly, he had no clues. He just felt a heavy heart, sensing that something bad might be happening.

...

Mountain Village is to the north of Baiyun State City, about a hundred miles away, backed by a high mountain, hence its name.

As Fang Che approached, he saw the Mountain Village comprised of only seventy to eighty households, clustered together, with smoke occasionally rising from chimneys only to be swept away by the wild wind.

The strong wind had made everyone shut their doors and windows.

However, it didn't seem like anything was happening.

"Master, I have arrived."

Fang Che sent a message.

The Yin Shen Palace quickly replied: "In the valley in the mountains."

Fang Che scouted around.

From afar, he saw Mu Lin Yuan standing on a big tree, his white robes fluttering.

Fang Che flashed and arrived, smiling, "Second Master, what brings you to such a place in this weather?"

Mu Lin Yuan wore a somber expression, looking unwilling to talk, and said blandly: "Follow me."

The white robe fluttered as he led the way.

Fang Che was startled and his heart started racing wildly.

Following Mu Lin Yuan, he saw that among the rocky mountains, there was a deep cave, dark and shadowy.

The Yin Shen Palace was standing with his hands behind his back in front of the cave.

Seeing Fang Che approach, he smiled.

"Master, you called for me?" Fang Che stepped forward.

The Yin Shen Palace smiled faintly, crossed a few steps, turned around, stood shoulder to shoulder with Fang Che, facing the cave, and said softly: "Look at this cave, what do you feel?"

Cave?

Calling me over from so far just to look at this cave?

Fang Che was bewildered.

Approaching the cave with a puzzled face, he felt a strange sensation, as if a sharp Qi was emanating from within the cave.

It was a sharpness that sliced the heavens and severed the mundane!

Though the years had passed, this aura still existed.

The cave was round in shape, its width and height were the same, about three zhang. But it was dark, and who knew how deep it went.

Fang Che took a closer look and was immediately surprised. The walls of the cave were completely smooth.

The Yin Shen Palace, seeing his shocked expression, couldn't help but laugh and asked: "Do you know how deep this cave is?"

Fang Che estimated and said: "It must be dozens of zhang deep?"

"Dozens of zhang?"

The Yin Shen Palace chuckled: "It is two thousand three hundred zhang long in total! It penetrates this mountain and connects to another mountain, and the cave's end only has three chi of thickness before breaking out!"

"Hiss, that long!" Fang Che clicked his tongue.

"Any other peculiarities?" The Yin Shen Palace asked.

"This cave is round, but why are the cave walls so smooth, as if they were deliberately polished?" Fang Che looked inside the cave, finding it entirely like that.

There wasn't a single formed stone, everything was smooth and flat, reflecting light.

It seemed like it had been brushed over, but a brush wouldn't achieve this effect.

As if someone had polished the cave's stone walls entirely, making all stones flat and completely uniform, smooth, even with a bit of patina.

"How was this done."

Fang Che was dumbfounded: "Going through so much effort just for a cave?"

"This wasn't built."

The Yin Shen Palace looked at Fang Che, smiling faintly: "This is a famous place in the Jianghu."

"A famous place in the Jianghu?"

Fang Che was taken aback.

"This cave has existed for at least tens of thousands of years. During those years, countless Jianghu People have visited. To not mention others, even our Wei Wo Zheng Sect Guardian Chief, the White Bone Shattering Dream Spear Duan Xiyang, in his younger years, lived in this cave for a whole decade!"

The Yin Shen Palace said.

"Duan Xiyang lived here for ten years?"

Fang Che was utterly shocked.

A famous place in the Jianghu.

Duan Xiyang lived here for ten years!

What was magical about this cave?

Thinking of the sharpness he felt earlier, an idea struck Fang Che, and he suddenly stepped back three paces, eyes wide: "This... was this created by a spear thrust?"

"Indeed."

The Yin Shen Palace said: "Have you heard of the One Cave Spear Demon?"

Fang Che did know, and he had only recently learned about it.

"I have heard of this person but don't know what deeds they accomplished. It's too long ago."