The Alternative Way of Enlightenment

Chapter 18 Entering Purple Mountain and Meeting the God King

The mine in front of him was pitch black. Liu Shan restrained his breath and moved forward cautiously. He did not dare to use his magic power, make any sound, or use his magic power to illuminate the surroundings. He just sensed his surroundings and moved forward step by step.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, they could vaguely hear the sound of wings fluttering in front of them. The sound gradually approached, and Liu Shan waited and was on guard.

A humanoid creature flapped its wings and flew over. He sensed Liu Shan and rushed directly towards him.

It was indeed a demon bat, a descendant of a powerful demon bat. After being passed down for who knows how many generations, it gradually lost its aptitude for cultivation, and its descendants gradually degenerated into this half-human, half-demon form.

Liu Shan carefully put away the stone knife in his hand. The stone knife is used to deal with ghosts, but it is not effective against this kind of physical monster. Because it is not hard, it will be troublesome if it breaks.

Liu Shan used the secret star technique, and starlight appeared all around him. One of the stars grew bigger and turned into a star, smashing towards the monster.

The starlight shone, and the demon bat was directly pierced by the stars. Liu Shan used the Heaven Devouring Magic Art on the corpse, condensing the essence of the demon bat's flesh and blood into a large flesh and blood pill. Looking at the appearance of the demon bat, he really couldn't eat it. He felt sick after absorbing it, so he collected these essences first and talked about it later.

Liu Shan continued to move forward carefully. There were surprisingly many demon bats along the way. Liu Shan could only kill the demon bats while condensing their flesh and blood essence into a flesh and blood pill.

I don’t know how long he had been walking, but Liu Shan had nearly a hundred flesh and blood pills in his hand.

Continuing forward, Liu Shan came to a relatively open place. He carefully used his magic power to illuminate the surroundings. He saw that the stone walls here were covered with murals. The simple strokes on the murals could make people who saw them understand the meaning of the murals.

The murals recorded that in the ancient times, ancient creatures rebelled and massacred humans, and humans were unable to resist. Until a great man came along, who turned his back to all living beings and suppressed all the ancient creatures with a wave of his hand.

This mural should be a record of the suppression of Yu Zishan by Wu Shi Emperor, a subordinate of the Undying Emperor. The mural was most likely painted by Gu Tianshu, a loyal fan of Wu Shi Emperor.

After viewing the murals, Liu Shan continued walking. As he walked, he suddenly heard a crisp sound of something being crushed under his feet. Liu Shan illuminated the surroundings and looked at the ground. The ground under his feet had turned gray. What he had just crushed were bones. The ground here was covered with countless bones, most of which had turned into ashes. This should be the traces left by ancient creatures killing humans.

As they continued to move forward, a chilly wind blew, accompanied by strange cries, and blurry figures began to appear. Liu Shan took out a stone knife to protect himself, and then activated the Soul-Saving Technique. A divine light emanated from Liu Shan's forehead, shining on those ghosts. Those ghosts instantly quieted down and lined up in front of Liu Shan. Liu Shan directly used the stone knife to disperse them, which was also a relief for them.

There was actually a little light coming from the front, and when I got closer, a large amount of energy surged in, as if there were countless source stones in front.

Liu Shan walked forward quickly, and saw two large holes on the ground in front of him. One hole was filled with energy gushing upwards, and the other was filled with evil energy attacking all around. The two large holes were naturally opposed, like the yin and yang eyes of the Tai Chi diagram.

The source energy and evil energy in the two caves flowed alternately, blocking the way ahead. The Tai Chi Yin Yang Cave in the original text appeared.

There were dozens of dead bones lying in front of the two large caves. Liu Shan guessed that these dead bones were probably killed by evil spirits when they entered the Yin-Yang Cave. These people didn't know that every once in a while, a solitary Yang or solitary Yin pattern would form. As long as they waited until the solitary Yang pattern formed, they could pass through.

Liu Shan was not in a hurry to go there, this was a treasure land. Others were helpless against the source energy and evil energy here, but Liu Shan had the Heaven-Swallowing Demonic Art, so this place was simply a natural holy land for Liu Shan to practice.

Waiting here, finally the Lone Yang pattern was formed. Liu Shan activated the Heaven Devouring Magic Art to absorb the source energy here. The source energy surged into Liu Shan's body like a wave. Liu Shan actually felt that he could not absorb it, and most of his energy was lost.

The Solitary Yang pattern disappeared, and Liu Shan waited for the Solitary Yin pattern to form. He used the Heaven Devouring Magic Skill again, absorbed the evil spirit in the Solitary Yin pattern, and began to use it to refine his body.

The evil spirit was like a terrifying sword energy, destroying Liu Shan's body. From time to time, some part of Liu Shan's body would explode. Liu Shan then used the Phoenix Regeneration Technique to repair his body.

In this way, Gu Yang cultivated his magic power, and Gu Yin cultivated his physical body. This desperate situation was extremely useful for Liu Shan.

I don’t know how long it took, but Liu Shan just felt that his physical strength seemed to have reached its limit and could not be improved any further, and his realm seemed to have reached the peak on the other side.

Liu Shan stopped practicing, because if he continued practicing, he would reach a breakthrough. It was too dangerous to break through here.

When he stopped and waited for the Solitary Yang pattern to form, Liu Shan turned into a ray of divine light and flew directly over.

The moment the source energy in the Gu Yang pattern touched the stone clothes, it flowed past Liu Shan like water.

After flying out of the Yin-Yang Taiji Cave, there was no road ahead. All I could see were purple rocks.

Finally, they arrived at the real Purple Mountain. Looking at the purple rocks in front of them, Liu Shan took out a large golden knife he had obtained before, and prepared to use the magic weapon to open a path. These purple rocks can repair themselves, so you must be fast when passing through, otherwise you will be blocked inside.

Liu Shan kept chopping the purple rocks in front of him and moved forward quickly.

With a loud bang, the passage was finally opened. Liu Shan walked out and saw a palace built of jade, with green jade as the stairs and white jade as the door. The whole palace was emitting a hazy light. The jade palace in front of him was one of the gateways to Zishan. Each of the nine dragon veins had a palace. It was just the gateway to the interior of Zishan, but it was so luxurious that it was worthy of being the tomb of the great emperor.

The entire palace was empty. Liu Shan didn't dare to admire it for too long and walked through it quickly. When he reached the end of the palace, a blood jade staircase appeared in front of him, leading to a deep cave. This was the real internal passage.

Walking into the cave, there was a hazy light flowing, so it did not seem dim. Although it was no longer as dark and gloomy as before, Liu Shan felt that it was even more dangerous here.

I didn’t dare to stay for long and continued walking along the cave. Soon I saw many messages on the wall.

"God King Jiang Taixu accidentally entered the Demon Mountain and went in to find out what was going on."

"The casual cultivator Li Mu visited the Demon Mountain and stayed there."

"The Saint Lady of Yao Chi stayed before entering the Demon Mountain."

"Zhang Jiye, the descendant of Yuan Tianshi, stayed here before entering Emperor Mountain." This is where Zhang Wuye's ancestor stayed when he entered Zishan.

There were thirty messages, big and small. Liu Shan was speechless. It had become a check-in place. Liu Shan resisted the urge to check in and leave messages, and walked through the area.

As he continued to walk forward, Liu Shan felt more and more that a demonic force was calling him, making him feel irresistible. The stone clothes and helmets he wore emitted a bright light, helping him resist this force.

Liu Shan felt that this inexplicable force was getting stronger and stronger, and he was a little out of control. He quickly stopped, took out the Emperor Jade and placed it on his chest, then activated the Heaven Devouring Magic Skill. His whole body seemed to have turned into a black hole, absorbing all the power approaching Liu Shan.

No matter how powerful you are, I will accept you. With the help of the Heaven Devouring Magic Art and the Stone Clothes, Liu Shan got rid of the inducement of the demonic power.

In the Purple Mountain, there are many ancient creatures suppressed by the Great Emperor Wu Shi. These ancient creatures will use their demonic power to tempt people, and those who cannot resist the temptation will be devoured by the ancient creatures.

Liu Shan continued to move forward, and gradually found the remains of some monks on the road.

"My friend, how did you get in?" A sudden voice sounded beside Liu Shan's ears. The voice was intermittent, as if it was about to die at any time.

Liu Shan was startled. Is it Jiang Taixu? Could it be an ancient creature pretending to be him?

"Who is talking? Who are you?" Liu Shan stared at the direction where the voice came from.

"I am the God King Jiang Taixu." Although his voice was extremely weak, he still called himself the God King. It seemed that four thousand years of torture had not wiped out his pride.

"The God King of the Jiang family? Jiang Taixu who disappeared inexplicably four thousand years ago." Liu Shan asked.

"Yes, it's me." Jiang Taixu answered weakly.

Liu Shan followed the direction from which the sound came and found a purple stone wall that was as smooth as a mirror.

Liu Shan was startled by the stone wall. When Liu Shan looked at the stone wall, he saw a ferocious ancient creature besides Liu Shan's inverted image. It had a single horn between its eyebrows, six arms, wings behind its back, and black scales all over its body.

Liu Shan was frightened by the demonic figure in the mirror, and a chill grew in his heart, and his scalp was numb. He quickly looked behind him, but there was still nothing. Although he had long known that there was an invisible evil thought in the stone wall, and it was not a real creature, he was still frightened when it suddenly appeared in the mirror.

After a pause, Liu Shan transmitted his voice to the stone wall, "Senior God King, are you okay? How can I rescue you?"

After a long time, the weak voice of the God King was heard one after another.

"What is your...realm...?"

"The other side of the sea of ​​​​wheels," Liu Shan answered truthfully.

A sigh came, and the sound seemed full of despair. Liu Shan's answer seemed to make the God King lose all his strength.

(End of this chapter)