LIGHTNOVELWORLD Chapter 386 - 343: Million-Year-Old Mud_1
Chapter 386: Chapter 343: Million-Year-Old Mud_1
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And at this moment,
on the other side of the Primordial Mountain Range,
tens of thousands of warriors from the Ancient Clans were waiting.
Qiantian Chess Saint was deducing the chess patterns inside the Primordial Mountain Range.
Beneath his feet, countless spirit patterns of the path of chess were unfolding, and in the short span of half an hour, his chess formation had evolved thousands of times.
“Finally found it.”
Suddenly, he looked up, facing forward, and said,
“Follow me!”
He immediately descended from the air and walked ahead.
The mystical Godly Chess Light within the Primordial Mountain Range commanded formidable prowess; during this time, many powerful beings and Quasi-Saints had come to investigate and many were killed, but at this moment, where he stepped, there was no disturbance at all.
It was as if the chess formation didn’t exist.
As if walking on flat ground!
“Qiantian Chess Saint is truly unmatched in the path of chess!”
“So powerful. Following him, we can definitely enter the Three Lives Great Marsh!”
“Let’s go!”
Everyone followed suit.
People from the Celestial Tribe and the Golden-Winged Peng Tribe took the lead.
Among the five hundred Human Race talents, Ao Wushuang was extremely nervous all the way.
He kept looking back, and now, realizing that those people had not come over yet, he couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.
The Northern Immortal Domain is sinister enough, but people from the Northern Desolation… are even more so!
He comforted himself by saying,
“It’s okay, with the Celestial Tribe here, with the Great Saint here, I shouldn’t die a horrible death, I shouldn’t…”
The group entered within.
Stepping onto the Primordial Mountain Range, the dense aura of Holy Spirits hit them in the face.
In the mountain range, one could easily see some superb Spiritual Medicines, and some were even close to the level of Holy Medicine.
Some Cultivators were tempted to pick them but were blasted to smithereens by the ubiquitous chess formations throughout the range!
Instantly, everyone became extremely cautious!
“Xiao Xiao, you seem a bit unhappy?”
As they walked, Jin Qintian of the Golden-Winged Peng Tribe suddenly turned to Ying Xiaoxiao..
All the way, Ying Xiaoxiao seemed to look back from time to time as if looking for something.
“It’s nothing…”
Ying Xiaoxiao concealed a trace of worry in her heart and said,
“The way into the mountain, there’s only this one path, right?”
Hearing this, Tian Zhiming beside her immediately smiled and said,
“Of course, this chess formation is terrifyingly boundless. Even a person like Qiantian Chess Saint has to deduce carefully. The rest can’t even get close to the mountain range!”
“If you try to force your way through, there’s only a dead end!”
Ying Xiaoxiao then felt a bit more relieved.
It’s mainly because that dog, that chubby fellow… caused her too great a psychological trauma!
“Hmph, people from the Ji Family should be exterminated by now.”
Saint Monarch Tian Haoyuan of the Celestial Tribe sneered and muttered,
“Once the Ancestor Emperor of my tribe is revived, all those Human Race noble families who keep pining for the Snow Emperor… will be wiped out!”
His eyes sparkled with a cold light!
“Everyone, let’s push a little harder. In half an hour, after crossing the mountain range, we will see the Great Marsh surrounded by the range!”
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“Is this the Three Lives Great Marsh?”
At this moment, Wu Dade and his group had already crossed the barrier of the mountain range.
In the towering and undulating mountains, one could see at a glance a vast and surging great marsh!
The clouds were steaming and the haze was enchanting, filled with wondrous aura; just breathing felt like pores were opening up.
“Truly a blessed land containing the opportunity for proving the Way…”
Ji Tianpan murmured.
In the whole Immortal Domain, except for places like White Tiger State’s Desolate Heaven Alliance and the Little Village, there were probably not many places more mysterious than this.
“Everyone, be careful, the chess formations in the mountains are just an extension of the formations in this place.”
“In this Great Marsh, there is a terrifying master formation and countless sub-formations; one wrong step would spell disaster!”
“However, as long as we can find the master formation and its pattern, there should be no problem.”
Jiang Li’s eyes were bright with anticipation, and he took the lead.
Everyone closely followed him.
As Jiang Li walked, the black and white paths of chess constantly evolved beneath his feet.
The journey was very peaceful.
“They say that the Three Lives Great Marsh is very dangerous, but it seems rather mundane now… I don’t feel it!”
The deeper they went, the more bored Wu Dade became!
The travel was too monotonous!
Hearing this, Ji Tianpan’s expression turned complex.
While others might not sense it, he understood that along the way, there had been countless life-threatening and terrifying formations.
If not for Jiang Li leading the way, he thought even the Saint Monarch would die within minutes.
This wasn’t about the Three Lives Great Marsh being ordinary; it was all because Jiang Li was defying the heavens!
“Hmm? The pond ahead seems interesting.”
At this time, Jiang Li suddenly spoke up.
There was a two-meter-square pond ahead of them.
In the pond, the mist was like smoke, exuding a fragrant scent, and with a trail of Dao Rhyme, just getting close to it made one feel a wave of warmth washing over them!
It was almost like a hot spring!
“This is… a Divine Spring within the Three Lives Great Marsh!”
Ji Tianpan immediately became excited and said,
“According to the records, there are nine Divine Springs within the Three Lives Great Marsh. They say if a Cultivator obtains one, they can live through nine lives!”
“A great opportunity indeed!”
His eyes blazed with eagerness.
Ji Changming and others were also excited.
Wu Dade was also a bit curious and said,
“Divine Spring? I wonder how it tastes… Let’s go over and have a taste!”
Jiang Li nodded and said,
“This pond is guarded by a marvelous chess formation, wait a moment!”
He stepped forward and formed seals with his hands.
In an instant, divine light flashed, and a chess board appeared.
One had to break through the chess pattern to enter the waters of the pond.
“This seems to be a broken ‘Hook Connection’ chess pattern? It’s a pity that almost none is preserved.”
Jiang Li sighed slightly, and with a move of his hand, a white piece fell on the board of divine light.
On the board, the opposing black pieces, played by no one, began to move on their own!
The contest started.
Jiang Li moved quickly, almost without hesitation.
The seventh move was made!
Boom!
In an instant, the divine light dissipated!
The chess formation… was broken.
“Let’s go, let’s go!”
Wu Dade and others immediately moved forward to the edge of the pond.
He took out a water bottle to fill it up.
Ji Tianpan too, with excitement, said:
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“We should take some back with us; if we bring this to the clan, it could greatly benefit our family!”
Ji Changming and the others were all interested in collecting Holy Spring Water.
Ji Tianpan was even more excited as he tasted a mouthful.
“Amazing water, amazing indeed! The aura of the Saint Path fills my body, making me feel refreshed. Just a single sip makes me feel… like my body is improving!”
For a moment, his body glowed as it was nourished by the Divine Spring.
“Changming, Qingyue, Qingke, why aren’t you drinking? Try it first, there’s so much anyway; we can drink first and leave the rest for our clansmen!”
Ji Tianpan looked at Ji Changming and the others, puzzled.
Because, though Ji Changming’s trio had collected water, they were all silently watching Wu Dade and the others!
It was as if they were waiting for something!
Seeing this, Wu Dade was also quite pleased as he took a swallow from his water flask.
However, as soon as the water entered his mouth, he sprayed it out.
He looked at the flask with a look of doubt and said,
“This is the Divine Spring?!”
“Can this stuff even be drunk??”
Jiang Li, upon seeing this, was also somewhat confused and said, “Junior brother, is it not good?”
As he spoke, he too scooped up a flask of water, took a sip, and immediately furrowed his brows, saying,
“It’s turbid and bitter, fine for washing clothes or watering flowers, but indeed not quite suitable for drinking!”
Meanwhile, Ji Tianpan, upon hearing his two senior brothers’ comments, was stunned.
He looked at his own flask of water, doubting his life choices.
Were they and he drinking from the same pool of water?
This was clearly the Supreme Divine Spring!
But to think that they said… it wasn’t fit for drinking?
Wu Dade turned his head and offered the water to the Big Black Dog, saying, “Dead Dog, wanna give it a try?”
“Woof, human pet! Do you have a death wish?”
With a raise of its paw, the Big Black Dog knocked over the flask!
Utterly disdainful!
The dog wouldn’t even drink it??
In that moment, Ji Tianpan felt like coughing up blood!
The water that he had treated as a precious treasure and had taken several big gulps of was now something even a dog wouldn’t touch?
What a blow to his pride!
He suddenly understood why Ji Qingke and the others weren’t willing to drink.
It was purely out of a sense of inferiority, not wanting to be humiliated in public!!
“Though, this spring water is warm; it might actually be nice for a bath.”
At that moment, the Big Black Dog suddenly spoke up!
Upon hearing this, Wu Dade and Jiang Li both lit up.
“Indeed it’s possible… I’ve never experienced a hot spring bath before!”
Jiang Li also spoke up!
“Not bad, Dead Dog, good idea!”
And with that, they both started stripping down!
“Ah!”
Ji Qingke quickly turned around, not daring to watch.
Afterward, Wu Dade and Jiang Li both entered the water.
“This is so relaxing!”
Wu Dade’s face showed pure enjoyment.
“Mmm… indeed, quite nice.”
Jiang Li also agreed.
Steaming hot springs are extremely comfortable to soak in.
Meanwhile, the Big Black Dog suddenly leapt into the water as well.
“Bloody hell, Dead Dog, what are you doing jumping in??”
Wu Dade was shocked and said,
“You’re a dog, why are you taking a bath?”
“Woof, human pet, shut it! This Emperor hasn’t bathed in almost a million years… I really miss those holy pools in the Yang Realm…”
With nostalgic sentiments, the Big Black Dog’s eyes even shut in enjoyment.
But upon hearing “almost a million years without a bath,” Jiang Li and Wu Dade were taken aback!
They scrambled out of the pool like their lives depended on it and hurriedly dressed.
The originally clear water of the pool visibly darkened before their eyes!
“Damn… how much dirt has this Dead Dog accumulated over the years!”
Wu Dade muttered to himself!
“Millions of years… it’s over, I feel kind of stinky… Junior brother, let’s go quickly, we need to find another pool to wash off, I feel like I’m going to catch a skin disease!”
Jiang Li was starting to panic too!
As for the Big Black Dog, seeing the water turn black, it cursed as it jumped out of the pool, saying,
“Terrible, just terrible!”
Ji Tianpan and the others, witnessing this scene, felt their mental states nearly collapsing!
Did it have to be like this?
The Holy Water they in the Ji Family treasured was not only rejected by the dog for drinking but now even for bathing – and the dog detested it?
Ji Tianpan felt an itch in his throat; he really wanted to vomit, to retch violently!
The group continued on their way.
Before long, they encountered the second pool!
The aura of the Saint Path was even stronger!
It was also guarded by a chess formation.
This time, it took Jiang Li thirteen moves before the chess game was broken.
“Excuse me… sirs, could you let us collect some water first?”
Ji Tianpan spoke through clenched teeth!
He felt that his dignity as a Saint Monarch was on the verge of collapsing completely.
But for his family…
Endure it, just endure it!
“Help yourselves, do you have enough containers? If you took too few, it won’t even be enough for one bath when you bring it back home,”
Wu Dade was generous!
Ji Tianpan stumbled, really wanting to say, I’m using it to cultivate, not for bathing!
He “bore the humiliation” and collected a lot of Holy Spring Water.
Then, Jiang Li and Wu Dade took action.
“Dead Dog, wait a minute before you jump in!”
Jiang Li and Wu Dade quickly washed up and then hurriedly dressed before the Big Black Dog got in.
Suddenly, with a splash, the Big Black Dog began to bathe!
But once again, the holy water in the pool turned black in an instant!
“Millions of years of accumulated grime… It won’t be clean unless we soak in three or five pools!”
Wu Dade expressed his disgust!
“Da Hei… indeed, you are a bit too dirty!”
Jiang Li also had a complicated expression.
Meanwhile, the people from the Ji Family closed their eyes; tears were almost flowing out!
“Close my eyes and tell myself, this is all an illusion!”
Ji Tianpan struggled with his internal pep talk.
But the thought that the water they couldn’t bear to drink was now being used for a dog’s bath made his mental state collapse once again!
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At this moment.
Thousands upon thousands of warriors from the Ancient Holy Clans finally crossed through the mountain region and arrived at the Three Lives Great Marsh!