Chapter 42: Taiyi Mountain

  "Elder...... Junior was just momentarily blinded by glory and dared to call himself a celestial master in this mundane realm. Although he was somewhat arrogant, junior has always believed that he never offended anyone... If there is any unintentional offense against elder, please enlighten junior." Xiao Nan similarly transmitted his voice.

  However, he did not stop, but instead urged his treasure with all his might and fled into the distance.

  No one would be willing to put their life in someone else's hands, and Xue Pan was no exception, unwilling to entrust his own life and death to a strange old man he had never met before.

  A cold glint flashed in Ding Yan's eyes.

  The next second, the infant-sized Xianyuan force hidden in his Dantian began to flow and merge into his Yuan force. Immediately afterwards, a faintly discernible Xianyuan force emanated from Ding Yan's body! The Xianyuan force was a power that only scattered immortals possessed. Although Ding Yan had become a scattered immortal for a short time, the Xianyuan force contained within his body was in no way inferior to that of other scattered immortals.

  Under the operation of Xianli, Ding Yan's speed suddenly increased several times, and in a few breaths, he saw Xiao Nan who was fleeing ahead.

  Feeling the breath behind him, Xiao Nan was so frightened that his soul almost escaped.

  He couldn't hold back in his hand, and directly spat out a mouthful of blood, spitting it onto the treasure.

  It's actually the legendary Blood Escape Technique!

  Blood Escape Technique, a type of Daoist technique, although it's only a lower-grade one, but relying on its special effects, it has almost become a compulsory divine ability for all cultivators.

  "Still want to run!" Ding Yan's right hand grasped forward.

  Seize the Void!

  The same yuan force was used, and when applied by Ding Yan, its power was almost more than ten times that of Xiao Nan's full force. This is the difference between the great realm, and it is fundamentally impossible to resist.

  A hint of despair flashed in Xiao Nan's eyes.

  He really couldn't understand why there would be a loose immortal in the mortal world!

  Those who can become immortal through cultivation are basically people with extremely firm willpower. This kind of existence is basically impossible to be attracted by the glory and wealth of the mortal world, so for immortals, the mortal world has no attraction except for tempering one's mind and recruiting disciples.

  Is it recruiting disciples?

  Xiao Nan quickly dismissed this idea, because those who came to the mortal world to collect disciples were either sect-dispersed immortals or those dispersed immortals whose great limit was approaching! Ding Yan looked like he didn't resemble someone whose great limit was approaching at all. As for sect-dispersed immortals, he also didn't seem like one. Because the time when sect-dispersed immortals collect disciples is basically fixed, having stayed in the mortal world for so many years, Xiao Nan had either lived through it or explored some rules. There were still several years until those dispersed immortals would collect disciples again.

  Xiao Nan felt as if he had fallen into a swamp, every step forward was extremely difficult, and his body seemed to be pulled by countless thin threads. In the end, his speed became almost the same as an ordinary person walking.

  Xiao Nan let out a wry smile and stopped in his tracks, plopping himself down on the ground with a thud.

  "Why didn't you run?" Ding Yan fell from thin air and landed behind him. Ding Chen looked around curiously.

  His uncle, who originally had no power to truss a chicken, suddenly became a god who could fly and escape, which was like a dream for Ding Chen.

  "In the past, no matter how hard I tried, it was all in vain." Xiao Nanguang said with a smirk.

  "Now that you know, why are you still running?" Ding Yan asked, ignoring Xiao Nan's flattery.

  It was just a brief encounter, but the other party fled desperately, even using Blood Escape. If you say there's no reason, Ding Yan definitely wouldn't believe it.

  "I'll capture your disciple, can you still let me off? Since that's the case, why don't I risk everything to see if I can gain a chance at survival?" Xiao Nan rubbed his nose and said.

  In his opinion, Xue Pan should be a disciple pointed out by Ding Yan. Taking the initiative to capture the opponent is basically equivalent to bullying the opponent's door people. This behavior is contemptuous of the scattered immortals. With the pride of the scattered immortals, a cultivator like him does not take himself seriously and does not kill him, which is strange. When Ding Yan was in Rao Hai City, Hua Jiu didn't ask for the reason and directly took action to kill Ding Yan, it's the same logic.

  "Who said that man was my disciple?" Ding Yan furrowed his brow, not saying anything more. He then changed the subject and asked, "I wasn't originally a killer, since you've stopped, I'll ask you a few questions. You can leave after answering them. Of course... if you lie to me, it will be a different story."

  Xiao Nan was taken aback for a moment, but quickly reacted and hastily said.

  "Senior, please ask, junior will certainly speak without reserve!"

  "I asked you, do you know where Mount Taihang is?" After finishing speaking, he looked at Xiao Nan, paying attention to the changes in his expression.

  Xiao Nan couldn't help but reveal a flattering smile when he heard that Ding Yan wouldn't kill him.

  However, after hearing about Taiyin Mountain, his face involuntarily trembled slightly, although extremely weak, but still caught by Ding Yan.

  "Daiyue Mountain is located near the Jiulong Mountains, from Zhao Guo it would take about three months to get there by foot, but with a senior's speed, half a month would be enough," said Xiao Nan.

  "What's inside Dà Yǎn Mountain?" Ding Yan continued to ask.

  In his view, Xiao Nan must know something.

  As expected, when Ding Yan asked this question, a hint of fear appeared on Xiao Nan's face.

  "I don't know." Xiao Nan shook his head.

  "Don't know?" Ding Yan furrowed his brow, clearly dissatisfied with this answer.

  "Dà Yǎn Mountain is a haunted place, extremely treacherous. Few people who enter Dà Yǎn Mountain can return alive. When I first entered the mortal world, I once mistakenly entered it with my fellow disciples from the sect. That time, all nine of my fellow disciples died there, and only I managed to escape..."

  "Oh?" Ding Yan's eyes flashed, but he didn't say anything more.

  "This matter is not a secret among us monks, and it's not just my senior brother who has died inexplicably on Mount Taiyin," said Xiao Nan.

  "What was it that killed them?" Ding Yan asked.

  "I don't know." Xiao Nan paused for a moment, then continued, "After we entered the Da Yan Mountain, it was as if we had walked into another world. Everywhere was shrouded in mist. I was walking at the back then and saw with my own eyes how the nine fellow disciples in front of me gradually turned into dry corpses, until their life energy completely disappeared."

  Ding Yan nodded slightly.

  Then he asked many more questions.

  Xiao Nan was also a smooth talker, seeing that Ding Yan really didn't want to take his life, he let go of his inhibitions and spoke freely, even occasionally trying to curry favor with Ding Yan through his words.

  Half a day later...

  Ding Yan, having obtained the message he wanted, took Ding Chen with him and transformed into a stream of light, disappearing into the horizon...