Chapter 200: The Hunshi Demon King's Arrogant Flame Extinguished, The Kanyuan Mountain Water Zang Cave's Miraculous Creation

Thin clouds were clear and bright, with empty waves stretching for a thousand miles.

Heavenly radiance slanted across, from top to bottom, permeating who knows how much space.

Amidst the sky-filling cloud light, the Bishui Jinjing Beast pulled the chariot, its feet treading on golden rays, moving at a pace neither fast nor slow toward the direct north of Huaguo Mountain.

All around the chariot, rolling cloud waves were stirred up, and from time to time, wind, rain, and thunder rumbled and billowed out.

It was still Long Xuan driving the chariot, with Qingli accompanying her inside.

Yet as she urged the chariot on, Long Xuan could not help but turn her head to look at Fang Longye in the center of the chariot.

Her face was full of suspicion.

"What benefits did you gain at the summit of Huaguo Mountain? In just a few short days, you have undergone such a great change!"

She had only recently crossed paths with Fang Longye, and although she was clearly no match for him in strength,

no matter what, she had been a Golden Immortal for over a thousand years, so she still possessed that much discernment.

In her eyes, Fang Longye's Aura had clearly undergone an extraordinary change compared to when they had fought not long ago.

The frivolity that is clearly revealed shortly after ascending to Golden Immortal had been washed away, becoming heavy and ancient.

If not for having experienced it personally, no one would be able to tell that he was a newly ascended Golden Immortal.

In the eyes of any peer, they would only think that Fang Longye was a Golden Immortal who had attained the Dao long ago.

Hearing her doubt, Fang Longye smiled slightly. He did not offer much explanation.

Huaguo Mountain was truly a top-tier Xiantian treasure land. The pool of leaking Xiantian Spiritual Essence was truly of extraordinary benefit.

It could be said that just by sitting there, imitating the Shihou in gestation, he had saved himself a hundred years of bitter cultivation.

His Bloodline and origin had both been cleansed and refined, with great improvement.

Even the Pure Lotus Divine Ability, which originally would have required about a year to complete its transformation, had its time frame greatly shortened under the nourishment of the Xiantian Spiritual Essence.

It was already nearing the completion of its transformation.

Seeing that Fang Longye remained silent, Long Xuan curled her lips and stopped questioning him.

She just angrily lashed out with a whip at the Bishui Jinjing Beast in front of the chariot.

Venting the dissatisfaction in her heart.

Seeing this, Fang Longye did not get angry; he merely raised his eyes and glanced at her.

It was not that he was shielding her, but rather that he was well aware of Long Xuan's attitude.

It could only be said that her temperament still needed tempering.

Moreover, matters like scolding and punishing were things that Qingli by his side would naturally handle.

……

It did not take much time.

At the chariot's deliberately slowed pace, after only a moment, they had already arrived above a high mountain.

This was precisely the Daoist temple and residence of the Hunshi Demon King.

Stopping in the sea of clouds, the three of them looked down.

It was truly rugged and steep; the peaks stood straight, piercing the sky, while the winding ravines were deep and connected to the earth's gates. The stone phosphorus waves were clear, strange and peculiar. Just looking at the mountain's terrain, it exuded a sense of ferocity.

Yet it also gave one a sense of rugged beauty. Although the mountain terrain exuded a sense of ferocity, it was not a desolate wilderness.

Looking closely, it actually possessed a unique aesthetic. On both cliffs, flowers and trees vied for beauty; in several places, pines and bamboos competed in verdancy. As flowers bloomed and withered, falling petals drifted in profusion.

One could even feel that there was clearly an unimaginable creation brewing in the deepest layers of the mountain range.

Without any hesitation, he directly urged the chariot to descend with a boom into the mountain.

Steep cliffs and deep valleys, with heavy, gloomy clouds; daylight lay across the peaks, and the sky was filled with colorful clouds, scattering and drifting. Outside the sparse forest, red leaves rustled; under the rocks, vines were coiled and knotted.

Long Xuan looked around and could not help but praise: "I didn't expect that a small Demon would occupy such a treasure land."

"Kanyuan Mountain Water Zang Cave? I didn't expect this~" Fang Longye also could not help but sigh with emotion.

He had originally thought that the name of this Daoist temple, the so-called 'Kanyuan Mountain Water Zang Cave' in the original work, was merely something named by humans.

Who would have known that when his primordial spirit resonated with the void and he contemplated the heart of Heaven, he learned that this place name, 'Kanyuan Mountain Water Zang Cave', was actually bestowed by Heaven.

What an extraordinary matter this was.

In the entire Honghuang, there were countless nameless mountains. How many spiritual treasure lands could there be that were bestowed a name by Heaven? It seems~

This Kanyuan Mountain is not simple at all!

Whether it was urging the chariot to land or their conversation, the three of them did not hide anything at all; it could be said they were making a grand display.

Such a disturbance naturally attracted the attention of the mountain's master.

Yet, just as the three of them had stopped and cast their eyes to look, before they could go any deeper,

a streak of Demon Aura surged into the sky from the depths of the mountain, spreading out in mid-air, flowing and circulating in all directions, looking quite imposing.

An Aura that seemed somewhat shallow to Fang Longye and the others rushed toward them, striking the surrounding rock walls with a slapping sound.

"I thought that judging by the title, this Hunshi Demon King must be someone with a mixed and impure cultivation, but I didn't expect his Aura to be so pure. I really didn't expect~"

Feeling the Aura revealed by the Hunshi Demon King as he appeared, Qingli could not help but exclaim.

Under the thick water vapor, even though the Demon Aura was rampant and the ink-black color was heavy, it was not mixed or impure at all; on the contrary, it appeared very refined.

……

Accompanied by the Demon Aura, the Hunshi Demon King, clad in armor and holding a blade, led a small Demon and revealed his form.

"What kind of people are you, daring to come to your grandfather's Daoist temple to cause trouble?" The Hunshi Demon King shouted loudly before he had even stood firm to take a good look.

It could be seen that his cultivation was not high, just having barely stepped into the True Immortal realm.

His appearance, however, was quite intimidating.

He wore a black-gold helmet that shone brightly in the sun; he wore a black silk robe that fluttered in the wind. Below, he wore black iron armor, tightly strapped with leather; he stepped in patterned boots, as majestic as a top general.

His waist was ten spans wide, and he stood three zhang tall. In his hand, he held a blade, its edge bright and sharp.

Looking at this bold and ferocious appearance, calling him a Hunshi Demon King is barely acceptable.

It is just that—

Originally, the Hunshi Demon King was full of arrogance, his anger soaring to the heavens. But when he fixed his gaze and looked.

He saw a magnificent carriage carved with dragons and painted with phoenixes, standing prominently in the ranks. In front was a strange beast, resembling a qilin, with a dragon's mouth, lion's head, fish scales, ox tail, tiger claws, and deer antlers; its whole body was crimson, stepping on golden rays that bloomed like flowers.

He immediately said nothing, turned around, and ran, wanting to flee this place directly.

It was not that he had seen through the cultivation of Fang Longye and the other two, but that he had recognized the strange beast in front of the carriage.

A Bishui Jinjing Beast! It could not be considered a top-tier mount.

The key was that in the Four Seas, this kind of strange beast was basically a mark of the Longgong forces.

Unlike the monkeys of Huaguo Mountain, who had always been in a closed state, innocent and ignorant.

Although the Hunshi Demon King had not been in the world for long, he still had some knowledge and knew that Fang Longye and his group were not simple.

However, with his meager cultivation as a newly entered True Immortal, where was there any possibility of escape? Without needing Fang Longye to give an order, Long Xuan pointed a finger, and a ray of brilliance descended upon his crown, directly beating him into powder.

The Hunshi Demon King died instantly!

Almost at the same time, Qingli's sword light also descended, but it missed its mark.

The sword light immediately turned and scattered, transforming into a sky full of fine rain, hazy and indistinct.

It wiped out all the demons, big and small, inside and outside, throughout this Kanyuan Mountain.

The fate that was originally supposed to arrive only after the Handsome Monkey King returned from studying under a master had descended upon this Yaoshan in advance.

Fang Longye stretched out his palm, and in an instant, he gathered a cluster of mysterious water light left behind after the Hunshi Demon King's death into his hand.

His thoughts immersed, and in an instant, he understood in his heart.

"So it was a transformation of a strand of Xuan Water Essence within the Shuizang Cave."

Kanyuan Mountain.

Inside the Shuizang Cave.

Mist and clouds obscured the trees, springs and rocks splashed and chimed, and water vapor drifted down, crisscrossing on the vines, green and white grinding against each other, with a hint of rain.

Everything was finished.

Fang Longye did not linger outside and naturally entered this Grotto-Heaven where the Hunshi Demon King was born.

With rippling water, Fang Longye sat cross-legged beside a small pool about a zhang in size, eyes closed for a long time, as if sensing something. After a long while.

He opened his eyes and laughed heartily: "What a Kanyuan Mountain! What a Shuizang Cave!"

Immediately, he lowered his head and sighed with regret: "A pity! A lament! Hateful!"

"It is truly a waste of heaven's gifts!"

Located in this Grotto-Heaven called Shuizang Cave, after a painstaking investigation, Fang Longye finally figured out the details within.

No wonder this place was named by heaven and earth.

In fact, 'Kanyuan Mountain Water Zang Cave' was originally a genuine innate treasure land.

It could even be said that it was a fortuitous treasure land that cultivators of the water path dreamed of.

It was by no means inferior to Huaguo Mountain.

One must know, as the saying goes, the sun and moon are Kan and Li. Heaven and earth named this place with the meanings of Kanyuan and Shuizang. One can see the extraordinariness of this place.

Fang Longye even suspected that if this world was truly derived from Pangu, then this place was very likely an innate treasure land evolved from where Pangu's kidneys were located.

A pity~

Perhaps that unknown great power, in order to nurture Sun Wukong, a creature born of heaven and earth, forcibly changed the layout of the Earth Vein, causing Huaguo Mountain to continuously draw the fortune of Kanyuan Mountain.

As a result, until now, Huaguo Mountain has become the ancestral vein of the Ten Continents and the origin of the Three Islands.

And Kanyuan Mountain has suffered.

The fortune of the land was forcibly seized, and it could not even support its innate status, falling into an ordinary immortal mountain and spiritual land.

Therefore, this Hunshi Demon King was truly born in response to the situation.

It was a creature born in the dark in response to this Kanyuan Mountain.

It was no wonder that it usually specialized in harming the monkeys and grandchildren of Sun Wukong and, in the end, even wanted to forcibly seize the Water Curtain Cave.

It can be said that every drink and every peck is predestined and has its cause.

Of course, this does not mean that Fang Longye's group killing the Hunshi Demon King in advance was defying karma.

Or that they would be rejected by Kanyuan Mountain.

Whether it was being born in response to the situation or karmic retribution, it only represented a possibility.

It was not a 100% predetermined result that could not be changed.

Therefore, even though Fang Longye realized that the Hunshi Demon King was an existence born in response to the situation, he had no scruples or lingering fears about it.

Instead, he kept sighing at Kanyuan Mountain falling from its innate status.

It was not until a long time had passed that he finally calmed down.

"Fortunately, a lean camel is bigger than a horse; after all, it once belonged to an innate treasure land, and there are still treasures remaining in this Kanyuan Mountain."

How fortunate!

Fang Longye consoled himself.

Afterwards, he let out a sigh of relief.

He stood up immediately.

Step by step, he stepped into the pool of mysterious black water in front of him.

In an instant.

This pool, which had always been as calm as an ancient well, rippled.

Springs gushed and fountains erupted, continuous and unending.

Strings of bubbles like pearls collided with one another.

……

Splash! After an unknown amount of time, the pool surged, churning up sprays of water.

Afterwards.

Accompanied by a dragon's roar, Fang Longye immediately surfaced. Then, he leaped into the air and landed on a stone platform beside the pool.

His face was full of smiles, his mouth nearly unable to close—with a flip of his palm, a bead appeared in his hand.

In an instant, water vapor became dense to the extreme, and a soothing light radiated all around.

The bead before his eyes was not large, only the size of a pigeon egg, oval-shaped. It resembled amber, yet also looked like a water droplet; it was crystal clear and filled with dense Innate Dao Rhyme.

The water light radiating from the bead gathered into halos of different sizes, with indescribable patterns outlining textures that revealed an Innate essence.

Looking closer, within the halos, Yin and Yang were outlined, the water element derived the Five Elements, which then formed the Eight Trigrams, vast as a starry sky, with no visible bottom.

Empty and wondrous, mysterious and profound, it narrated the Great Dao of the water element.

Innate Water Spirit Pearl! A top-tier Innate Spiritual Object. A treasure nurtured by Kanyuan Mountain when it still belonged to the level of an Innate treasure land.

"Sigh!"

Gazing at this Innate Water Spirit Pearl in his palm, Fang Longye sighed for no reason, the joy from just a moment ago completely vanished.

It was only because he had become a bit greedy, wanting to Shu.

"If only... Kanyuan Mountain had not been robbed of its fortune, this Innate Water Spirit Pearl would at the very least be an Innate Dharma Treasure."

"No, anything lower than a middle-grade Innate Spirit Treasure would be an insult to Kanyuan Mountain, this once-excellent Innate treasure land."

Regrettably, no matter how much he wrung his hands and sighed, he could not change the fact that the Innate Water Spirit Pearl in his hand was merely an Innate Spiritual Object.

"How hateful!"

A treasure originally heading toward becoming an Innate Spirit Treasure, once interrupted by an outside force, could never be attained again.

Being able to maintain the status of an Innate Spiritual Object could already be considered a stroke of good fortune—after a long while, he finally calmed his mind.

Holding the Innate Water Spirit Pearl, Fang Longye's thoughts turned a thousand times: "Let me think, what can I use it for now?"

Refining it into his body to Reverse Innate—that was out of the question for now.

Not to mention, he did not intend to refine only one type of Innate Spiritual Object, especially one that was simply a water element spiritual object.

Just the Calamity he would face when performing the Reverse Innate was enough to make him dismiss this idea.

After all, he was not yet prepared to welcome the Calamity of that nature.

"I have it!"

A thought stirred in Fang Longye's mind.

He immediately threw this Innate Water Spirit Pearl into the Grotto-Heaven within his body, into that Creation Spirit Spring beneath the Xun Wood Spirit Root.

The Creation Spirit Spring, which had been clear and pristine without a speck of dust, emitted a gurgling sound, as if boiling water were rising.

It also resembled crab eyes, appearing in strings.

The Innate Water Spirit Pearl exerted its effect, radiating the Great Dao of the water element, fortifying the Creation spring water, and continuously nourishing the Xun Wood Spirit Root.

At some unknown moment, celestial music began to play, extremely joyous.

In the Grotto-Heaven, at the center of the earth, the Xun Wood Spirit Root swayed its form, rising layer by layer like bamboo joints.

Beneath the roots, whether it was the Green Dragon Wood, the Jian Wood, or the Fusang and Moon Laurel, all were more than a circle smaller than before.

The might of the Xun Wood surged, radiating heavy brilliance and dyeing the surrounding cloud light.

Dao Rhyme was dense, lingering luxuriantly.

Light and shadow danced, weaving into a magnificent picture scroll around the Xun Wood.

"For now, this is all I can do!" Fang Longye knew that this was merely utilizing a fraction of the Innate Water Spirit Pearl's potential.

After all, there were differences even among Innate Spiritual Objects.

The Innate Water Spirit Pearl in his hand had the foundation of an Innate Spirit Treasure, so it was naturally different from ordinary Innate Spiritual Objects.

It was just that, due to his limited power, he could only exert a fraction of its effect for now.

"Alright! No more overthinking—the disposal of this Innate Water Spirit Pearl shall be left at this for now!"

Fang Longye clapped his hands, setting the matter aside for the moment, and instead considered whether another idea that had sprouted in his heart was appropriate.

"I do have another idea regarding this Kanyuan Mountain beneath my feet."

"Should I establish a separate residence here? After all, this place was once an Innate spiritual land."

"A lean camel is still bigger than a horse. It can still be considered a treasure land!"

(End of chapter)