Chapter 792: The Fallen Devil Land

The Dongyu Kingdom in the east of Tiannan is one of the few countries in the Tiannan cultivation world that does not belong to the four major forces.

This is not because the country is too small or lacks resources, which is why it was not favored by the major forces.

On the contrary, whether it is the size of the country or the richness of its cultivation resources, it is enough to rank in the top ten in Tiannan.

The reason why no force has been able to control this country until now is entirely related to the geographical location of the Dongyu Kingdom.

Apart from being too far away from the Nine Nations Alliance and having no connection, this country is actually tightly adjacent to the countries of the other three major forces. It is stuck right in the middle.

And the cultivation sects of this country, due to certain historical reasons, are numerous and mixed. There are both righteous and demonic sects, as well as scattered minor sects outside of the righteous and demonic. Most importantly, there is no sect among the local cultivation sects of the Dongyu Kingdom that can suppress all other sects and become a decisive force. It is impossible to represent the Dongyu Kingdom itself and make a decision on which side to lean toward.

As a result, none of the three major forces wants to give up this country, naturally leading to endless open and secret struggles. But there has been no result. In the end, they could only vaguely agree that none of the three major forces would intervene in the affairs of this country, making the Dongyu Kingdom a neutral country.

Of course, many local sects in the three countries had long ago defected to the righteous or demonic paths or the Heaven Dao Alliance, thereby obtaining secret support from the three major forces. This also allowed the Dongyu Kingdom to barely maintain a balanced situation for over a hundred years. Many cultivators regard it as a neutral place and have come here to settle down one after another. For a time, it has made this country extremely prosperous.

In Changzhou, in the northern part of the Dongyu Kingdom, there is a basin that occupies almost two-thirds of the area of Changzhou. Most of this basin is covered by unusually dense forests. In the center of the basin, there is a huge mountain range stretching for millions of miles, which is called the "Wanling Mountain Range" by the locals.

Whether this mountain range really has ten thousand mountain ridges, no one has really checked. But with this mountain range being so vast, various spirit beasts and rare spirit herbs are naturally unusually abundant. However, except for a specific time every few decades, even cultivators do not dare to easily come here to pick herbs or capture spirit beasts.

The reason for this is entirely because this Wanling Mountain Range has another fierce and evil name known to everyone in the Tiannan cultivation world—"Fallen Devil Land."

In a certain hidden place in the mountain range, there is a secret valley known as the number one fierce place in Tiannan—"Fallen Devil Valley."

This secret valley has existed since the barbaric era. During this period, countless cultivators with great magical powers have entered the valley to search for treasures, but after countless tens of thousands of years, it is still covered by a mysterious and bloody veil, making people stop and look from afar to this day.

Of course, relying solely on the fierce name of the Fallen Devil Valley still cannot stop cultivators from mining this mountain. However, I don't know if it is affected by the Fallen Devil Valley. Since when, this Wanling Mountain Range has been blocked by colorful miasma all year round.

This miasma is not only extremely poisonous, killing upon contact, but also unusually dense, somewhat similar to a restriction, almost making it impossible to see one's fingers, and once one goes deep, one cannot distinguish the direction and thus gets lost inside.

In this environment, even if cultivators can be safe and sound in the miasma, they cannot talk about picking spirit herbs and capturing spirit beasts. They can only look at the treasure mountain with greed, or do some tricks in some small places where the miasma is thin on the outermost periphery.

But every fifty years or so, the miasma of this mountain range will dissipate once. This is also the period when the space cracks in the Fallen Devil Valley are the fewest and most stable. During this period, treasure hunters from all over Tiannan will seize this short period of about a year to enter the mountain to search for treasures.

Of course, this mountain is so large that even if there are more spirit herbs and spirit beasts, only a small portion of cultivators can gain something. But even so, every time this period arrives, thousands of cultivators of all stages will still gather here.

And near this mountain, some merchants backed by family forces will form several markets of different sizes in a very short time to purchase the spirit herbs and spirit beasts that the cultivators have gained, which can also be prosperous for a time.

This year, the miasma of Wanling Mountain began to thin out. Seeing that it would be at most a few months before the miasma was completely eliminated.

Immediately, a large number of cultivators poured into the territory of Changzhou, and the number was far greater than the previous several times, and most of them were foreign cultivators from other countries. High-tier cultivators appeared among them frequently.

This gave the local cultivation sects and cultivation families a big fright. They hurriedly restricted their disciples from going out easily and sent people to inquire about the reason.

The news they got made these local cultivation forces dumbfounded.

On a nameless small mountain on the border of Changzhou, a pair of Core Formation stage male and female cultivators were standing side by side on the peak.

The man was wearing a dark blue long robe and looked to be in his thirties, handsome and scholarly. The woman was dressed in palace attire; although her figure was extremely full, her appearance was ordinary, without anything outstanding.

These two looked calm, but the act of looking up from time to time and the trace of anxiety hidden in their eyes exposed their true state of mind.

After a short while, there was a flash of silver light in the distance, followed by a silver rainbow flying over from far to near, heading straight for the small mountain.

Seeing this escape light, the male and female cultivators, who looked like a married couple, simultaneously revealed looks of joy.

After the silver rainbow flew to the sky above the small mountain, it circled once, revealing a brocade-robed Confucian scholar in his forties.

"Big Brother, you finally came. How is it? Did it go smoothly? Did you get the entry token?" The woman asked with a sweet smile as soon as she saw the big man.

"Hehe, I finally made it in time. The token is in hand." The Confucian scholar smiled, raised his hand, and two streaks of green light shot toward the male and female cultivators.

The two hurriedly reached out to catch them; they were actually two bronze tokens. One side was written with the red characters "Fallen Devil," and the other side was written with a golden character "Order," emitting wisps of spiritual energy.

The female cultivator immediately revealed an excited look on her face. The male cultivator, however, frowned, his face revealing a look of pondering.

"Great. With this Fallen Devil Order, we can enter the valley to search for treasures. If we can get some ancient spirit pills and medicines, the three of us might have a chance to form a Nascent Soul!" The female cultivator couldn't help but say happily in her joy.

"Such a small token actually cost thirty thousand spirit stones; they really dare to sell it." The blue-robed male cultivator beside the woman sighed softly.

The price of one hundred thousand spirit stones for these three tokens had almost emptied all the savings the three of them had accumulated over hundreds of years, which naturally made the blue-robed male cultivator feel a bit of heartache.

"Second Brother, stop feeling heartache. This time, if it weren't for the fact that I am a life-and-death friend with that person, and their sect was short of manpower and decided to give up this opportunity to enter the valley, I'm afraid that even if it were one hundred thousand spirit stones for one token, there would be plenty of people snatching them up outside. Moreover, the Ghost Spirit Sect originally wanted to swallow the treasures of the Fallen Devil Valley alone. Now, under pressure from other sects, they have finally agreed to let outsiders participate in entering the valley to search for treasures. Otherwise, even if you wanted to exchange one hundred thousand spirit stones for a chance to enter the valley, the people of the Ghost Spirit Sect would never agree." The Confucian scholar said with a helpless look.

The blue-robed cultivator couldn't say anything to refute this after hearing these words. But looking at the token in his hand, he still asked worriedly.

"However, is the Ghost Spirit Sect's method of entering the valley really reliable? I heard that there are numerous space cracks scattered at the entrance of the valley. If one is not careful, one will be wiped out. And the news that a Ghost Spirit Sect elder once came out of the valley alive—does Big Brother think this could be fake?"

"Unless the people of the Ghost Spirit Sect want to be enemies with the entire Tiannan cultivation world, this matter will definitely not have any problems. Moreover, haven't we all heard? That Ghost Spirit Sect elder only had his Nascent Soul escape back, and his physical body was also buried in the Fallen Devil Valley. This is somewhat reasonable." The Confucian scholar replied without hesitation.

"But even if we can enter the valley, the Fallen Devil Valley is unusually dangerous, and I don't know if our buying the order to enter the valley this time is right or wrong." The blue-robed man listened to the Confucian scholar's explanation but still said hesitantly.

"Humph! With the aptitude of the three of us, our current realm is already the limit. If there is no opportunity, in another two hundred years, we will all turn into a pile of bones. With this opportunity, we naturally have to fight for it. Moreover, I heard that the space cracks and other dangers on the periphery of the Fallen Devil Valley are much fewer than in the depths of the inner valley. If we only search for treasures on the periphery and be more careful, there shouldn't be any problems." The woman said indifferently.

"I heard that this time the Ghost Spirit Sect released hundreds of Fallen Devil Orders in one go, and most of them fell into the hands of various sects. It is even said that even the Mulan Dharma Priests seem to be sending people to participate. That is to say, hundreds of cultivators will be able to enter the valley to search for treasures together with the people of the Ghost Spirit Sect. With so many people going together, what are we afraid of? At worst, if it is really dangerous, we will turn back immediately. But if this opportunity is missed, we will regret it for the rest of our lives." The Confucian scholar saw it clearly and said indifferently. The female cultivator beside him also nodded repeatedly, seeming to agree deeply.

"Since Big Brother has said so, Little Brother will naturally enter the valley together." The blue-robed man gave a bitter smile and said nothing more.

Similar situations were happening frequently in various places near Changzhou.

Half a year ago, rumors spread from nowhere that the Ghost Spirit Sect had actually obtained a method to enter the Fallen Devil Valley, and it was said that the Ghost Spirit Sect planned to hide it from other sects and intended to swallow the treasures in the valley alone.

Once this news spread, it immediately shocked the entire cultivation world.

Originally, because they had just fought a war with the Mulan people and wanted to recuperate, the major sects couldn't sit still. They sent people to the Ghost Spirit Sect one after another to inquire about the truth of the matter, and the other six demonic sects also sent envoys to verify the truth of the matter.

The high-level members of the Ghost Spirit Sect were naturally furious about this. But under such great pressure, they could only bite the bullet and admit it. After all, as long as someone with a heart investigated this matter, they could always find the truth from some clues.

As a result, the other sects naturally unceremoniously demanded to share the method of entering the valley. This time, the Ghost Spirit Sect was tough and refused to agree no matter what.

Finally, they only proposed a compromise method, willing to provide some entry tokens to the sects. As long as one held this order, when the space cracks in the Fallen Devil Valley were stable, each sect could select some manpower to enter the valley together with the Ghost Spirit Sect cultivators. Of course, they naturally had to pay some spirit stones as a price.

Of course, in order to appease the dissatisfaction of the loose cultivators, they also specially released over a hundred tokens to loose cultivators and those minor sects.

Now that this period was approaching, Changzhou naturally became lively. Near the Wanling Mountain, there were even more cultivators from other countries. This made the local cultivation forces cautious, and they all tucked their tails and behaved themselves.

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