Chapter 18: Qinglian Mountain Range (Part 1)

  Qin De and his fifteen men rode flying horses at high speed in the sky, rushing eastward.

  "In the end, I still followed Father King over here. The development of this matter is indeed wonderful. On that day, when I was forced to have no choice, who would have thought that the identity of 'Shooting Star' killer would make my wish come true? This unintentional move has also brought about a good outcome." Qin Yu looked at his father's figure riding the Flying White Tiger in front, and couldn't help but smile slightly.

  Qin Yu had no idea where this tribulation would take place; his current identity was just that of a bodyguard.

  After flying for nearly three days and nights, during which they also rested and replenished their food, the group finally arrived at their first destination - a small city called 'Qing Shi Cheng' on the border of the Desolate Border.

  "Get out!"

  As Qin De gave the order, he led the charge downwards, and this small flying cavalry unit followed closely behind him, diving directly towards a location on the east side of Qing Shi City. Meanwhile, Qin Yu felt that at this moment, Xiao Hei was also among the crowd thousands of meters high in the air.

  Qin Yu was seven years old when he brought the young eagle Xiao Hei, now Qin Yu is nineteen years old, almost twelve years. In the past twelve years, one person and one eagle have hardly been separated, they even produced a mysterious spiritual connection, which cannot be described in language.

  "Mr. Win, are we staying here for a night or what?" Blue-robed elder said to Qin De.

  The five Heavenly Web assassins led by the blue-robed elder only knew that they were loyal to the leader of the Heavenly Web, but even they did not know that the leader was a member of the Qin family. This time, in order to prevent accidents, Qin De let the blue-robed elder and Ge Min call him Mr. Win.

  "Let's spend the night here, and from tomorrow on, everyone will have to enter the Desolate Expanse on foot. So let's all get a good rest tonight." Qin De smiled, then turned to Ge Min and said, "Ge, arrange for everyone's food and lodging."

  "Yes, Mr. Ying."

  That night, everyone had a meal in this spacious courtyard, and then most people began to rest and sleep. After all, the next day was going to enter the Desolate Expanse, and neither the Tianwang's men nor the Dark Arrow's men had any complaints about entering the Desolate Expanse.

  Even if they were to die, they would not be afraid, for from the beginning they had been indoctrinated with a belief. However, this time following the crowd was an outsider, a killer who had reached the Innate Great Perfection 'Meteor'.

  The moon is bright and the stars are sparse. A round bright moon hangs in the corner of the sky. Qin Yu has not fallen asleep, but is lying in the courtyard looking up at the silver moon.

  "Honghuang, I didn't expect that Father's tribulation this time would be arranged in Honghuang." Qin Yu sighed inwardly, "The deeper into Honghuang, the more powerful demonic beasts one encounters. However, I believe Father wouldn't set the location of the tribulation in the depths of Honghuang either."

  Qin Yu's eyebrows suddenly furrowed as he stopped his wild thoughts because someone had arrived.

  "Mr. Liuxing, you're still awake at this late hour, don't you have any worries?" Qin De said with a warm smile on his face as he walked over.

  Another voice also sounded: "Mr. Ying, the Desolate Expanse does have ferocious beasts after all. Although we won't be entering the depths of the Desolate Expanse this time, if we were to encounter a ferocious beast, it would still be very dangerous. Mr. Liu Xing might also feel that this trip is perilous." Feng Yu Zi also walked out.

  Qin De said indifferently, "Mr. Liuxing, if you feel it's dangerous, you can also give up on this task. We won't blame or mock you for it. After all, the Desolate Expanse is a perilous place."

  Qin De didn't tell Qin Yu where he had decided to go this time. The Qinglian Mountain Range was just at the border of the Desolate Expanse, and the deeper one went into the Desolate Expanse, the more dangerous it became. The Qinglian Mountain Range was just a massive mountain range at the border, and even if there were ferocious beasts within, Qin De's side had enough strength to easily counter them.

  "Give up? Of course not, I'm just thinking that this time entering the Desolate Expanse, whether I'll encounter a demonic beast. Demonic beasts have some that are on the same level as Pre-Heavenly experts, some that are comparable to Upper Immortals, and some that are even more formidable than Upper Immortals. If I were to encounter a demonic beast close to an Upper Immortal's level, if I were to engage in a life-and-death battle with it, would I be the one to live or would the demonic beast?" Qin Yu said calmly.

  "Two of you, go back and rest first." Qin Yu said with a bow.

  "Mr. Meteor, you should go rest now, we won't disturb Mr. Meteor anymore." Qin De and Feng Yuzi also signaled to Qin Yu, who then directly returned to his room, leaving only Qin De and Feng Yuzi in the courtyard.

  Feng Yuzi made a casual gesture with his hand, and a simple ban was set up, isolating their voices.

  "Feng Xiong, what do you think of this Mr. Liuxing? I sense the aura of Yu'er on him." Qin De said with a slight frown.

  At the level of Qin De, he has gradually developed a sense of spiritual awareness. If he only relied on "Easy Shape Change" to deceive Qin De and others, it would still be impossible, after all, most innate masters have the ability to cast "Easy Shape Change", and there is also a cultivator named Feng Yuzi with stronger spiritual awareness beside Qin De.

  Feng Yuzi slightly furrowed his brow and said, "When I used my spiritual sense to investigate this Flowing Star gentleman, I found that his aura was very similar to Xiao Yu's. At first, I thought it was Xiao Yu, but later discovered that this Flowing Star gentleman had an extremely special innate true energy within him, which had a terrifying tearing quality. Xiao Yu is an innate external skill expert and doesn't have internal power. This Flowing Star gentleman has innate true energy, so he shouldn't be the same person."

  Qin De also nodded and said: "I have carefully sensed it too, this Flowing Star's aura is even more profound, and there are some differences with Xiao Yu."

  A person's aura is determined by their soul. The mysterious 'Meteor Tears' merged into Qin Yu's body, and in his unawareness, some weak Meteor Tears energy merged into Qin Yu's soul, allowing Qin Yu's soul to slowly grow stronger without him realizing it. Half a year was enough time for Qin Yu to undergo tremendous changes.

  This is also why Qin Yu and Qin De were separated for more than half a year, when they met again, they did not dare to confirm 100% that this Mr. Liuxing was Qin Yu's reason, and Qin Yu had also told them before that the innate external skill master was physical strength, but this Mr. Liuxing had innate true energy.

  Qin De didn't know that this purple primordial true energy was also obtained by Qin Yu when he cultivated the third fastest "Tong Tian Tu".

  "But... the feeling in my heart tells me that this Mr. Liuxing is trustworthy." Qin De smiled slightly, gazing up at the moonlit night sky, and at this moment he thought of his third son who had left home, "Yu'er, your father owes you a great deal, but I don't know if there will be another chance to see you."

  The 49-day tribulation, even if Qin De's preparations were sufficient, there was no 100% guarantee.

  On the second day, at dawn, these fifteen people set off lightly and entered the vast wilderness. They were all using their feet to travel, and among them, the weakest ones were all in the late stage of innate realm. One by one, they displayed their lightness skills, crawling along the mountain roads and wading through the waters.

  Along the way, Qin De often chatted with Qin Yu, seemingly having a good impression of the mysterious 'Meteor' Mr. After three days of twists and turns, everyone entered the boundary of Hongyuan, but Hongyuan was boundless and endless, its area far exceeding that of several other countries combined.

  After entering the Desolate Expanse, Qin De and his group followed the map, taking some safe roads to hurry along at top speed. In the Desolate Expanse, every single demonic beast had its own territory, and Qin De's map was a record of the gaps between these territories.

  Of course, with Qin De and others' strength, they were not afraid of the demonic beasts on the outskirts of Hongyuan, but they also did not want to waste their own strength for no reason.

  Along the winding road, the crowd had been rushing for more than five days and finally reached their destination - Qinglian Mountain Range, a vast mountain range stretching hundreds of miles, which was nothing in the vast expanse of the wilderness.