Chapter 1695: Liufang Dizhi

Looking at Xu Jie's solemn expression on his mouth, yet his nose was deeply inhaling, his face still wore an expression of enjoyment.

Lu Youyou gave a disdainful pout and said.

"If you want to eat, just take a bite, third Shī xiōng."

Upon hearing this, Xu Jie couldn't help but blush; he had indeed just inhaled deeply, mainly because the aroma was indeed fragrant, and he had never smelled it before.

Thinking, if Ye Zhangqing made this into food, the flavor would surely be explosively delicious.

But being so directly pointed out by Lu Youyou, Xu Jie's old face still felt embarrassed; his face darkened and he retorted.

"What nonsense are you spouting? I was just regulating my qi and blood."

"Mm-hmm."

Lu Youyou merely gave a perfunctory nod, wearing an expression that said, "Do you really expect me to believe you?"

As the two were speaking, a youth who had rushed out of the gray mist fixed his gaze on Zhao Zhengping and asked.

"Who are you? Why did you attack the fallen beast?"

"Fallen beast?" Upon hearing this, everyone turned their gaze to the monster—this thing must be what the youth called a fallen beast; it indeed looked fitting.

Without waiting for Zhao Zhengping's reply, Ye Zhangqing stepped forward, appearing beside him, and said to the youth before him.

"Sorry, we didn't know this fallen beast had an owner."

Seeing Ye Zhangqing suddenly appear, the youth's eyes flashed with solemnity, and he subtly readied himself.

Although he sensed no hostility from Ye Zhangqing, there was an extreme threat and immense pressure.

This person could easily kill him in an instant; his strength was enough to rival his elder brother.

Facing the wary youth, Ye Zhangqing didn't mind and spoke with a faint smile.

"Fellow Daoist, we mean no harm; we've just entered this realm, so we're not familiar with it, and we acted out of necessity earlier. May I ask, fellow Daoist, is this place the Immortal Realm?"

The youth clearly lived in this realm; Ye Zhangqing also intended to first learn about the realm from him.

When faced with Ye Zhangqing's inquiry, the youth first examined him from head to toe.

After hesitating and remaining silent for a while, he finally spoke.

"You're not from the Immortal Realm? Where did you come from?"

"We indeed are not from the Immortal Realm."

Under Ye Zhangqing's questioning, the youth gradually opened up.

Upon learning that Ye Zhangqing and company came from the Zhu Tian Wan Jie, the youth still wore a doubtful expression, clearly having never heard of the Zhu Tian Wan Jie's existence.

After Ye Zhangqing's brief explanation, the youth became full of curiosity and asked many questions about the Zhu Tian Wan Jie.

Ye Zhangqing also truthfully told him about some less important matters.

At the same time, Ye Zhangqing learned about the realm's situation from the youth.

According to the youth, this realm is called Liufang Dizhi, though he wasn't clear on the details.

All he knew was that these people were born in the Immortal Realm, but after being marked with a mortal body at birth, they were sent to this Liufang Dizhi to fend for themselves.

Among those born in the Immortal Realm, only those with innate immortal bodies are qualified to live there.

Once, at birth, they are marked with a mortal body, they are immediately sent to the Liufang Dizhi to live and die on their own, never again able to return to the Immortal Realm for life.

In the Liufang Dizhi, no one lives past five hundred; once one's bone age approaches five hundred, lifespan rapidly depletes, and death follows shortly.

The Immortal Realm's inhabitants never come to this Liufang Dizhi, not even their biological parents.

Exiled so-called innate mortal bodies like the youth number in the tens of thousands in the Liufang Dizhi.

They have struggled to survive in the Liufang Dizhi since childhood, supporting each other; naturally, with so many people, various groups have formed.

The youth is a member of one such group; they live on the mayfly not far from here.

As for the fallen beast that Ye Zhangqing and company severely injured earlier, it is a creature unique to the Liufang Dizhi, and the youth also doesn't know how it came to be.

However, this fallen beast moves extremely fast in the gray mist of the Liufang Dizhi, so they have long used it as a means of transport.

After all, traveling by one's own strength in this gray mist is like swimming in thick syrup, encountering great resistance.

Not only is it slow, but it also consumes a lot; the fallen beast, however, has none of these problems.

Listening to the youth's account of the Liufang Dizhi, Ye Zhangqing and the surrounding senior brothers wore complex expressions.

I never imagined that after the Xianmen, it would be such a place, and the Immortal Realm's modus operandi is completely unlike what we imagined.

The blunt Wanxiang even more so wore an indignant expression and said.

"Can one's birth determine one's life and death? What immortal body, mortal body—could your parents possibly agree to that?"

Merely because of a so-called mortal body, they toss their newborn flesh and blood into this godforsaken place to fend for themselves.

Are the people of the Immortal Realm brain‑defective?

Moreover, from the youth's words, he is still under three hundred years old, even younger than they are.

Yet his cultivation has already broken through to the Shèngjìng; such talent, placed in the Zhu Tian Wan Jie, would undoubtedly be a Heavenly Pride.

I also don't know how the Immortal Realm's parents can be so ruthless.

However, regarding this, the youth either doesn't mind or has long grown accustomed to it; in his view, there's nothing wrong with it.

So, after hearing Wanxiang's words, the youth spoke with a calm expression.

"This is the Immortal Realm's rule: mortal bodies are unworthy of living there, and it has always been so."

As for such a rule, all the senior brothers scoffed, what a damn rule.

Ye Zhangqing also felt that the Immortal Realm was not quite as he had imagined, but now is not the time to dwell on this issue.

After hearing the youth's explanation, Ye Zhangqing then asked.

"Then can this Liufang Dizhi lead to the Immortal Realm?"

This is currently the most important issue for everyone; after all, they passed through the Xianmen this time precisely to find a way to the Immortal Realm.

Having learned of the Liufang Dizhi, can one reach the Immortal Realm through it?

Facing Ye Zhangqing's inquiry, the youth shook his head.

"I don't know this; since I can remember, I have never left Liufang Dizhi. They say I was born in the Immortal Realm, but I don't even know what the Immortal Realm is like."

While speaking, the youth also somewhat embarrassedly scratched the back of his head, giving off an honest and simple impression.

Seeing this, including Ye Zhangqing, all the senior brothers felt, for some unknown reason, a tinge of bitterness well up in their hearts.

The more the youth was like this, the more uneasy everyone felt; not knowing what the Immortal Realm was like, let alone their parents—probably since birth they had never even felt their parents' presence.