Chapter 1322: Eastern Mountain
"This place is the Slaughter Heaven Domain, and all the ghosts are people who have died since the ancient era until now." Ling Yun then pointed to the small, broken statue. "Try touching it and channeling your water Qi into it, and if it finds you worthy, it will transport you to a special place. There are many relics from the ancient water nymph race there, and who knows, you might manage to get one of them."
The six women were overjoyed to hear that, and they took turns touching the statue and channeling their water Qi into it. However, only Linghu Xuan was transported to another place, much to the disappointment of Dongfang Wenyue and the others.
"Ha ha." Ling Yun softly laughed at their disappointment. "Look at me, I'm here because this statue doesn't think I'm worthy of going to that place, so you guys don't need to be disappointed like this. Moreover, there are still many relics buried underground in this domain, and some of them may have a connection with the water element. If I manage to find another one, I will bring you all back here. Or do you guys want to stay here and practice fighting these ghosts?"
"No!" Li Qian'er, Bo Xiaoying, Wei Wei, and Wenren Yue shouted in unison. Even though they have lived for hundreds of years and have considerable experience as cultivators, they are still afraid of those ghosts, especially since they look so fierce and vicious. "Send us back now, Ling Yun! Rather than fighting against these ghosts, we would rather fight with those beasts."
"Ha ha ha." Ling Yun burst into laughter seeing them like that. "What about you, Wenyue? You're not afraid of these ghosts, right?"
"No." Dongfang Wenyue shook her head in response. "Far in the past, I and some of my clan members were once stranded in a ghost realm. That realm is similar to this domain, but the ghosts there are not as fierce as the ghosts here, and they are relatively calmer. Even though we were trapped there for a whole month, those ghosts only attacked us once or twice."
"That's good then." Ling Yun then sent Li Qian'er and the rest of the women back to the Yunlong Zhuzhai before sitting down beside Dongfang Wenyue. "Do you have any plans for your business in the Boundless Heaven Domain?"
Dongfang Wenyue nodded at him. "I have planned a lot of things with my family and some of your women, but we have not yet come to a decision on it. We are thinking of waiting for your next decision, especially about your plan to build your sect. If you have already chosen a place and started building it, we will finalize our plans, and we will probably build our business from within your sect."
"I see." Ling Yun expressed her understanding. "Actually, I already have a lot of plans for my sect, but I still have some other things to take care of, so I don't have any plans to start it yet. I believe it is more advantageous to develop your business within the sect rather than operating separately, and you can use future disciples to get goods to trade."
"You're right." Dongfang Wenyue gave a nod of approval. "Ruxue and Su Fei have also said so, but everything still depends on you."
Ling Yun nodded at her. "I will think more deeply and make a decision soon, and I will inform you then. For now, you can fight these ghosts if you want, but you better not go too far. Many of them are stronger than you, and I will be too late to save you if your location is too far from me."
"All right." Dongfang Wenyue then left Ling Yun and tried to fight with those ghosts, but she did not dare to go too far with her current cultivation.
Ling Yun then contacted all the women who were sent elsewhere by the statue to find out about their situation there, and they told him that they were fine there. Ying Zhi informed him that Ye Yixuan was in the process of merging with one of the available relics, which relieved him.
Ling Yun knew that they wouldn't be done anytime soon, so he left the dead river and went to check on the eastern mountain.
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An ancient, powerful formation blocked Ling Yun upon his arrival at the eastern mountain. He touched the formation and tried to use his void element, but he didn't succeed in opening a void gap to break in, especially since the formation blocked it.
"Hmm?" Ling Yun used his half-dragon form and summoned his broadsword, but he immediately turned it into the Chaos Dragon Cannon. He then used the Chaos Dragon Overdrive, Chaos Dragon Force, and several other abilities before channeling his fire and void elements into it, and he also injected a bit of chaos element into it.
Once he was ready, Ling Yun immediately fired the cannon toward the formation, causing a huge explosion to reverberate throughout the realm. The huge explosion threw him back, but he did not see a single crack in the formation. "Holy fuck! Who created this formation? It is truly formidable and impenetrable! Although I haven't used my full strength, my attack just now should be enough to destroy a small domain. However, this formation did not show the slightest crack!"
Ling Yun turned his cannon into a broadsword again, took a sword stance, and used the Nine Devil Dragon technique.
Once the nine small dragons appeared behind him, Ling Yun used his sword Qi and combined it with the void and chaos elements, creating countless Qi swords above the formation. Additionally, he created many Chaos Destruction Runes that surrounded the formation.
"I don't believe I can't break this formation!" Ling Yun considered using the new attack technique he had previously mentioned to Huang Zhimei, but he quickly abandoned the idea because it was too powerful, and failing to control it would cause the domain to collapse. "Let's try this! If I fail again, I'll wait until the full moon!"
Ling Yun immediately launched all his attacks, exploded those runes, and slashed his broadsword at the formation. "Chaos Dragon Rend!"
*Boom.... Boom... Boom...*
Several explosions that were bigger than before echoed throughout the domain again, accompanied by a huge earthquake in Ling Yun's location, which spread to several miles away.
"Cough... Cough..." Ling Yun immediately pushed away all the flying dust using his wind element, but his expression turned dumbstruck when he saw that the formation was still completely intact, making him sigh helplessly. "How strong are the ancients exactly? If I used those attacks just now on that group of cultivators, they would definitely die, and their bodies would disintegrate!"
Ling Yun suddenly sensed many auras flying towards him, and most of them were cultivators in the Three Immortal Realms. He himself realized that his actions just now would lure them to his location, so he immediately put away his broadsword and left the place. He first picked up Dongfang Wenyue and took her to where the others were resting.
- To Be Continued –