Chapter Fifteen: Outside the Forbidden Land

  Leaving the Merit Hall, Wang Ke walked happily on the bluestone path, occasionally admiring the beautiful scenery around him, and was enchanted by the scenery along the way.

  "This scenery of Qingmu Village is a million times better than Fengxue County, it's just a pity that Grandfather isn't here to see it." King Ke couldn't help but think of his late grandfather as he gazed at the beautiful view.

  When Wang Ke was in Fengxue County, his grandfather often took him to see the beautiful snow scenes and told him about the beautiful scenery outside Fengxue County. Wang Ke remembered that his grandfather had also wanted to travel all over the continent, see famous mountains and rivers, and appreciate the local beauty, but all of this had become a fleeting dream.

  "Sigh, I'll just go take a look at the restricted area first. This time's mission is to guard the restricted area, but what exactly is the mission? Thinking of his late grandfather, Wang Ke no longer had the mood to appreciate the scenery and quickened his pace as he walked forward."

  He raised his head, gazing straight ahead. In the distance was a winding road that seemed to stretch on forever, with dense trees and strange rocks jutting out. The map of Qingmu Island had long been spread out in Wang Ke's mind, and the forbidden area was just in the direction he was looking.

  Aoyama Mine is the main peak of Aoyama School, with a large number that cannot be described. There are many small mountain peaks standing on it, forming a series of small mountain ranges in succession, and the exact number is also unknown.

  The forbidden land was a small mountain range on the back side of Qingmu Peak, which was relatively secluded. At this time, Wang Ke could already see the forbidden land in the distance.

  "What's going on!" There was still a distance from the forbidden land, and the surrounding environment had undergone a significant change. The lush trees that were just dense now became sparse, and the farther forward, the fewer they seemed to be.

  Moreover, these trees are obviously somewhat withered and yellow, generally shorter, the closer to the forbidden land, the surrounding trees are shorter, until the back all became low shrubs, and even shrubs are fewer and fewer.

  Everywhere was dark and gloomy with huge rocks, giving people a sense of death, there was no one around, and no sword light flashed in the sky, Wang Ke felt like he had walked into a dead land.

  "This place is so strange" Wang Ke was somewhat puzzled, and suddenly felt that his task of guarding the forbidden land might not be simple. Suddenly, Wang Ke's expression changed, and he stretched out his right hand, palm open, as the Naqi Jue began to circulate in his body. A strand of almost imperceptible spiritual energy gathered from all around, condensing into his palm, only to shatter apart a moment later.

  "It turns out that's the case, the spiritual energy outside the forbidden area is actually so thin. This task of guarding the forbidden area really has a catch." King Ke shook his head, instantly understanding that the spiritual energy outside the forbidden area was abnormally thin, making it extremely difficult to cultivate in such a place.

  Cultivation is almost all about condensing spiritual energy, using spiritual energy to change oneself. If one loses their spiritual energy, then cultivation will basically be in a desperate situation.

  "Alas, why did Master Feng send me to guard the forbidden land?" Wang Ke was somewhat perplexed in her heart, and with a helpless sigh, she continued walking forward.

  Only a huge seal formed by an array of formations in the distance surrounded the entire Forbidden Mountain Range, and strong spiritual fluctuations came from above the seal. Wang Ke looked at it and didn't know how big the seal was, but he understood that inside the seal was the forbidden land.

  In front of the gaze, outside the forbidden land, on a small hillside, there was a huge platform, and on the platform stood a separate courtyard. On both sides were strange rocks, below which was a gentle slope. Wang sighed and quickened his pace, walking past this place, which was his destination.

  Just as he reached the bottom of the slope, Wang Ke suddenly felt a sense of foreboding and lifted his head. At this moment, on the steps outside the other courtyard stood a young man wearing a white battle robe. This young man looked several years older than Wang Ke, and his white battle robe was stained with a lot of dust, looking travel-worn.

  "White Tiger Peak's disciple" Seeing the young man's attire, a thought flashed through Wang Ke's mind. The inner disciples of Qingmu Sect's four major peaks had very different clothing, so Wang Ke could tell at a glance that this young man was a disciple of White Tiger Peak.

  "Hey, brother, hurry up and come on over, I'm finally free!" The young man's face was filled with excitement as he beckoned to Wang.

  Wang Ke nodded and rushed up quickly, arriving at the upper platform in the blink of an eye. Looking at the young man in front of him, Wang Ke was shocked to find that this youth had reached the mid-stage of Nascent Soul, far surpassing his own level.

  "This brother is good, I am Wang Ke, from Xuanwu Peak" Wang Ke greeted the young man very politely.

  As Wang Ke was sizing up the young man, the young man's gaze also fell on Wang Ke, and after a moment, he exclaimed in surprise: "How is it that you're only a Nascent Soul stage disciple, and yet you have a Mixed Spirit Root?"

  At first, the young man did not believe it and looked back and forth several times before confirming that Wang was indeed a disciple of Naqi in his early days, with a very surprised look on his face.

  "What's wrong, Brother Wang? Is anything off?" King Ke asked, slightly startled.

  "Hehe, nothing's wrong with that. It's just that the lowest level of those who came to guard the forbidden land were all at the mid-stage of Nascent Soul, and yet you, a disciple of a miscellaneous spirit root, are also an inner sect disciple. That's really unexpected." The young man chuckled as he looked at Wang Ke, speaking casually.

  "At the beginning of Naqi it's good" The young man muttered a sentence in a low voice, and his eyes showed a strange expression, but his voice was very small, and Wang Ke didn't hear clearly.

  Although there are also some people with poor spiritual roots among the inner disciples, generally speaking, such people will have some background and will not be sent to this place to guard the forbidden land.

  "By the way, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Shi Feng. I've been outside this restricted area for two years now. After we complete the handover task today, this place will be handed over to you." Shi Feng said, patting Wang Ke's shoulder.

  "Don't worry, Shi Feng Shixiong, I will definitely guard the forbidden land carefully and absolutely won't let any problems occur here," Wang Ke said firmly to the young man.

  "It's fine, the guardian of the forbidden land doesn't have much to pay attention to, just occasionally patrol around and check if there are any loopholes in the formation, if there are, report them in time, if not, then there's nothing to do, usually don't need to be too concerned."

  "This forbidden land must be a very important place, otherwise it wouldn't have such a powerful formation set up." Wang Ke said, looking at the distant formation boundary.

  "Heh heh, the restricted area is where the sect's top experts cultivate. Even the Sect Master himself cultivates inside. You think it's not important? Do you know why there's no spiritual energy outside? It's all concentrated within the restricted area. Never mind, let me show you around and tell you some things to watch out for." The young man said as he led Wang Ke off to the side, looking very enthusiastic.

  The outer area of the forbidden land is very large, and it took Wang Ke and Shi Feng, this disciple, four hours to circle around. Just now, Shi Feng had already told Wang Ke many things that needed attention.

  Back at the other courtyard, the two stood outside on the stone steps. Shi Feng patted Wang Ke's shoulder and comforted him: "Younger brother, this place is not suitable for cultivation. You must take good care of yourself in the future. And remember what I told you before - there are some places that you absolutely cannot go to."

  "Thank you, Shi Feng Shixiong, I'll be careful." Wang Ke nodded his head in gratitude.

  "Alright, I'll leave it to you, I'm off," Shi Feng said as he turned around and walked away from the restricted area, humming a tune that Wang Ke couldn't understand, looking extremely pleased with himself.

  Wang Ke looked at Shi Feng's receding back, turned around and entered another courtyard. Here, others might not be able to cultivate, but Wang Ke could, with a constant supply of spirit stones. Even if this place never had spiritual energy again, he could still continue to cultivate.

  Shi Feng has already left the restricted area, standing on a large stone, looking back at the direction of the restricted area with a cold smile: "Hehe, I was worried that this time it would be some tough guy who is hard to deal with, but unexpectedly it's just a Qi-refining beginner, looks like he's definitely been set up".

  He had been in contact with Wang Ke for several hours, and his purpose was to understand Wang Ke. Later, he found that Wang Ke was actually a ignorant young man who had just entered the Xianxia world.

  "It seems that it will be much easier to do that thing in the future, but still need to find some help first. If you can get the treasure, then you'll be rich." Shi Feng muttered to himself in a low voice, his eyes emitting a fiery glow, and then turned around and continued walking forward.

  At this time, Wang Ke in the other courtyard began to gather, the other courtyard was very large, with several rooms, and a huge yard in the center. In the center of the yard stood a massive black rock that looked very solid.

  Wang Ke thoroughly cleaned up the other courtyard, and before long, the entire courtyard was renovated, although it still gave people a dull and lifeless feeling, but it looked much more pleasant.

  Then Wang Ke put all the books he brought from the Gongde Temple into a room. After arranging them, even Wang Ke himself was shocked. The room was so full of books that there was no space for anything else.

  "Hehe, I won't be bored anymore." Looking at so many books, Wang Ke nodded in satisfaction and turned to leave, returning to his bedroom.

  He sat up on the bed, stretched out his right hand, and a flash of light appeared in his hand. It was that mysterious treasure box. Looking at the treasure box in his hand, Wang Ke's face was filled with excitement as he muttered to himself: "My path to immortality, from now on it's all up to you."

  Wang Kesha smiled, placing the box beside his pillow. His right hand shone with a flash of light, and a small bottle appeared in his hand. The bottle was only a few inches tall, milky white in color, smooth to the touch, and somewhat resembled jade.

  With a smile on his face, Wang Ke thought that this was still the compensation Qin Ke'er had forcibly snatched from the hands of the Qinglong Peak disciples for him. Thinking of the painful expression on the Qinglong Peak disciple's face, Wang Ke felt a sense of relief.

  As soon as he opened the small bottle, a fragrance wafted out of the mouth of the bottle and into Wang Ke's nostrils. Upon smelling this fragrance, Wang Ke suddenly felt invigorated.

  "Dan medicine!" With a shock in his heart, Wang Ke's eyes revealed excitement, and he hastily poured out the contents of the bottle. Looking at the three greenish-blue dan pills in his palm, Wang Ke was overjoyed.

  "Haha, it's actually Xiao Ling Dan, what a great thing!" Looking at the dan pill in his palm, Wang Ke was overjoyed. He had seen this dan pill in books before, called Xiao Ling Dan, which was a spiritual dan used during the Qi Refining stage that could directly absorb medicinal energy and convert it into one's own spiritual energy.

  Even an inner disciple would find it difficult to obtain a Xiao Ling Dan, and ordinary disciples would usually choose to take it when they were breaking through their bottlenecks. Now, there were actually three in front of him, and Wang Ke couldn't help but get excited.

  With these three, there will be a steady stream of small Spirit Pills later on, and cultivation will be twice the result with half the effort. The speed is probably even more terrifying than some disciples who defy the heavens.

  Be careful to put the small spirit pill away, then with a flip of his right hand, a crystal clear spirit stone appeared in his hand. The spirit stone emitted soft light, and spiritual fluctuations came from above, suddenly it was an intermediate-grade spirit stone.

  "Alas, I'll have to think of a way to repay Master Qin's kindness later." Looking at the spirit stone in his hand, Wang let out a sigh and Qin Ke'er's moving figure appeared in his mind once again.