The Alternative Way of Enlightenment

Chapter 16 Obtaining the Stone Robe of Yuan Tianshi
Looking at this magical purple mountain, Liu Shan knew that Zhangjiazhai was nearby. He searched around the purple mountain and finally found a small oasis in the east.

On the oasis, there was a village made entirely of stone. There were only dozens of households in the village. Liu Shan flew directly over and landed on the oasis.

He looked around the stone fortress. A few children playing around saw him flying over, turned around and ran, shouting, "Here comes the man who can fly, here comes the man who can fly."

Liu Shan watched the kids run away with a smile on his face. After a while, a group of people came over. A dozen young people were followed by an old man, who ran over in small steps.

He walked closer, then paused, straightened his clothes, and asked Liu Shan carefully, "I wonder if the immortal has come. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long."

After a pause, he continued, "I wonder if the Immortal can do us any service."

The rest of the young people followed behind the old man, not daring to look at Liu Shan. Some of these people had fear on their faces, while others had anger on their faces.

Liu Shan looked at the expressions of these people. He understood that the people in Zhangjiazhai regarded him as a cultivator like the Lihuo Sect.

He couldn't help but sigh in his heart. How many times have the world changed? The Fifth Generation Yuan Tianshi was once so glorious and was a guest of honor in all the major holy places.

His descendants are now living such a miserable life that any random cultivator can make them frightened and unable to resist.

If the legacy of Master Yuan Tian was still there, they would never be bullied by a group of mundane bandits, nor would they be so terrified when facing a minor cultivator like themselves in the Divine Bridge Realm.

"Hello, old man. Is this Zhangjiazhai? Are you Uncle Zhang Wu?" Liu Shan asked the old man in the lead.

Master Zhang Wu was shocked when he heard Liu Shan's question. Didn't the visitor know that this was Zhangjiazhai? Wasn't he a cultivator from nearby? But he could find this place and even know his name?

Just a simple question made Master Zhang Wu think a lot. But the most important thing at the moment was to reply to the monk in front of him.

Uncle Zhang Wu first knelt down with a look of fear on his face and said, "This is Zhangjiazhai. I dare not call myself Uncle Zhang Wu in front of you." Everyone behind him also knelt down with Uncle Zhang Wu.

When Liu Shan saw Master Zhang Wu kneeling down, he quickly lifted him up, and then used his magical powers to lift up the people behind him.

He came here to ask for favors, so how could he let others kneel down in front of him? Moreover, these people in Zhangjiazhai were ordinary people without cultivation, and they were all kind people who had been oppressed. He, Liu Shan, could be ruthless to robbers and robbers, and kill the monks who commanded the robbers. But he would only respect and treat a group of kind people without cultivation.

After helping Master Zhang Wu up, Liu Shan said to him with a smile: "You are older than me, so it is only natural for me to call you Master Zhang Wu. I have no ill intentions here, so don't worry."

"I just heard that you are the descendant of Master Yuan Tianshi, and I am also quite interested in Yuanshu, so I want to come and learn it."

After hearing what Liu Shan said, Master Zhang Wu quickly replied, "You don't know, Immortal Master, the inheritance of Master Yuan Tian has long been lost. Back then, our ancestors wanted to bring back the body of our ancestors from the Purple Mountain, but they didn't expect to get themselves into trouble. Even Master Yuan Tian's inheritance, the Yuan Tian Shu, was lost. Our lineage no longer knows the Yuan Shu."

Liu Shan waited until Master Zhang Wu finished speaking before he said, "Master Zhang Wu, my name is Liu Shan. You are the elder, so you don't need to call me Immortal Master. Just call me by my name. I know that the Yuan Tianshu has been lost, and I came here to go to the Purple Mountain to retrieve the inheritance of Master Yuan Tian."

After hearing what Liu Shan said, Master Zhang Wu's face suddenly became panicked and he said repeatedly: "No, no. Zishan is too dangerous. Our ancestors were very secretive about Zishan before they entered it. But he dared to enter Zishan because he relied on his mastery of Yuantianshu, and in the end... he was still trapped in it." Master Zhang Wu was afraid that Liu Shan would misunderstand and wanted to guide him into Zishan, so he quickly explained.

When Liu Shan saw Master Zhang Wu's nervous look, he understood that Master Zhang Wu was still afraid that he would get angry with him. Master Zhang Wu had already stayed in the Northern Territory for his entire life. The cultivators in the Northern Territory were all arrogant and overbearing, not caring about the lives of mortals. When Liu Shan acted kind, he thought that Liu Shan was just pretending.

Liu Shan had no choice but to continue to discuss with Master Zhang Wu in a friendly manner: "Master Zhang Wu, you really don't have to be afraid of me. I really have no ill intentions. Besides, I came here just to enter Zishan. I came to you to seek your help."

Master Zhang Wu didn't understand what Liu Shan meant. How could a mortal like him help him?

Seeing Master Zhang Wu’s confused look, Liu Shan realized that Master Yuan Tianshi had not appeared in his family for a long time and that they had forgotten the family heirlooms of Master Yuan Tianshi’s magical instruments.

"Master Zhang Wu, I want to enter Zishan, but I know that my strength is low, so I want to ask for the Yuan Tianshi magic weapon left by my ancestors to protect me."

After hearing Liu Shan's straightforward words, Zhang Wuye finally understood what Liu Shan meant. He thought about the Yuan Tianshi magic tools Liu Shan mentioned, and it took him a long time to figure out where those things were.

Then he said to Liu Shan: "Liu... Immortal, please wait a moment. I will get it right away." Liu Shan was helpless when he saw Zhang Wuye like this. He knew that it would be difficult to change Zhang Wuye's attitude. After all, the monks had been doing evil in this land for too long.

Liu Shan just stood there quietly waiting for Master Zhang Wu. No one else dared to come forward to talk to Liu Shan, nor did they dare to entertain him. They just stood there with Liu Shan, a group of people standing there stupidly.

I don’t know how long it took before Uncle Zhang Wu and two young men brought in a large dusty box.

After putting the big box in front of Liu Shan, the two men stepped back, and Uncle Zhang Wu opened the big box in front of Liu Shan.

Liu Shan walked forward curiously and watched Master Zhang Wu open the box. He saw several artifacts lying inside the big box. They were also covered with dust. It was obvious that no one had touched them for a long time. They looked like ordinary stone clothes, stone knives, star disks, and stone pendants. There was nothing special about them. Master Zhang Wu took out these stone tools one by one.

Liu Shan took the stone tools handed over by Zhang Wuye and looked at them carefully. These stone tools looked ordinary, and there was nothing special about them when he used his spiritual sense to examine them, but spiritual sense could not penetrate these ordinary stones.

Liu Shan understood that this should be the magic weapon exclusively used by Yuan Tianshi. These stone tools are made of the stone skin that wraps the divine source. They are made of stone, so they look no different from ordinary stones, without any spirituality.

But because it is a stone skin that wraps the divine source, it has the function of isolating divine sense from detecting and can block the intrusion of all energy. After wearing the stone clothes and stone helmet, it can block all the aura around the body and isolate people from the outside world.

Liu Shan did not continue to admire these stone tools. He gently put them into the box. After putting them away, he said to Master Zhang Wu: "Master Zhang Wu, these stone tools are priceless treasures. I don't have too many source stones to buy them. I will give you all the source stones in my body. Do you think this is okay?"

Uncle Zhang Wu was stunned when he heard this. He thought Liu Shan would take these stone tools directly, but he didn't expect Liu Shan to actually buy them.

He couldn't guess whether Liu Shan was sincere or not, but he still refused: "No, no, these stone tools are of no use to me. They just take up space. If you need them, just take them away."

After listening to what Master Zhang Wu said, Liu Shan took out all the source stones on him, which weighed about 100 kilograms, and placed all the source stones in front of Master Zhang Wu.

Master Zhang Wu didn't expect Liu Shan to really give him Originium, and so much. Although the North Territory is rich in Originium, he has never seen so much Originium.

He stared blankly at the source stones, and the people behind him also stared blankly at the source stones. Soon, Master Zhang Wu came to his senses, and he waved his hands repeatedly, "No, no, Immortal, please take them back quickly." After saying that, he was about to kneel down.

Liu Shan quickly stopped him and said, "Master Zhang Wu, I'm a little tired. Can you find a house for me to rest? If you don't accept these source stones, just leave them here. If they are seen by outsiders, your village might..."

Master Zhang Wu hesitated for a while, but still asked someone to collect the source stone, and then he personally took Liu Shan to an empty room.

"This is my home. Although it's a bit simple, it's cleaned regularly. Please stay here first."

Liu Shan didn't mind and walked in directly. When Zhang Wuye saw Liu Shan staying, he was afraid of disturbing Liu Shan, so he left.

After resting for half a day, Liu Shan felt bored and started to walk around Zhangjiazhai. These people were still a little scared when they saw Liu Shan.

Liu Shan did not approach them, but watched them working from a distance. When he saw the stone tools they were using, he suddenly remembered that these stone tools contained stones left by Master Yuan Tianshi, and some of them contained magical medicines and magical sources.

Liu Shan quickly found Uncle Zhang Wu and expressed his desire to buy all the stone tools in Zhangjiazhai.

"These stone tools are not important. If you want them, I'll give them all to you."

Although Uncle Zhang Wu didn't understand why Liu Shan wanted to buy these living stone tools, he knew that these stone tools were not important, so he planned to give them to Liu Shan directly.

Liu Shan certainly couldn't take these stone tools for nothing, as there were many good things inside them, but he was penniless now. He thought about it and said to Master Zhang Wu, "You ask everyone in the village to collect these stone tools first. I'll go out and collect some source stones. We'll talk about it when I come back."

After saying this, he flew away without waiting for Master Zhang Wu to reply.

(End of this chapter)