Chapter 1314: A Glimpse of the Great Dao (1)

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“What is in the Ice Forest Mountain Range?”

The gentle breeze ruffled Yan Yuezhi’s hair as she sat gracefully in her chair. She looked calm and serene.

At that moment, Lou Mantian’s voice reverberated in her mind.

“That place once suppressed something formidable. But I have taken it, which allows me to recover quickly. What remains isn’t necessary for me but could be a great fortune for you. There are two critical points you need to be aware of. First, there are numerous decayed presences, filled with countless walking corpses. These were evil cultivators of little consequence. They retain some intelligence but lack self-awareness. They will attack anyone who enters indiscriminately”

“Senior, even you need to avoid them?” Yan Yuezhi asked.

Lou Mantian’s voice responded, “I don’t need to, but there’s no need to engage with them unnecessarily. My true form cannot awaken yet, so it’s not worth the effort to deal with them. However, if you want to go in, you’ll need to expend energy to navigate through them. Your current cultivation level isn’t sufficient to confront them head-on, but the evil corpse I gave you will ensure your safety.”

Yan Yuezhi nodded and asked, “What about other dangers?”

“Those minor threats are nothing. The most dangerous thing inside is actually a Heavenly Halberd.” Lou Mantian sighed. “If the Heavenly Halberd hadn’t loosened its seal on its own, I wouldn’t have dared to enter. Moreover, others cannot touch or obtain this halberd. Since you are from the academy, it might not attack you immediately, but you still shouldn’t approach it recklessly. This is also why I want you to go. It’s much simpler for someone from the Astronomical Academy to enter.”

Yan Yuezhi was quite curious. “Which senior does it belong to?”

For it to make someone like Lou Mantian wary, it must be something extraordinary.

“You might have heard of him.” Lou Mantian sighed. “The Heavenly Halberd belonged to Gu Jin.”

‘Gu Jin?’ Yan Yuezhi was taken aback.

She had a similarly named book called the Ancient and Modern Book.

So, that Heavenly Halberd belonged to that person?

She knew how powerful that person was, but she had never understood it completely.

Moreover, he seemed to be somehow related to Smiling San Sheng.

She did not know much about him.

Lou Mantian’s voice continued, “You must not approach the Heavenly Halberd, nor should you consider yourself the chosen one who can gain its approval. That is impossible. Only foolish, evil cultivators think like that. They believe that obtaining the Heavenly Halberd will grant them the Fortune of the West, or even supreme inheritance. It’s utterly foolish to think like that.”

Yan Yuezhi nodded and headed straight for the Ice Forest Mountain Range.

Since she had decided to go, she left as soon as she could. She also wanted to take a look at the Heavenly Halberd.

She wanted to witness the artifact of the most formidable person of that era.

Five days later, with Lou Mantian’s help, Yan Yuezhi successfully reached the Ice Forest Mountain Range.

The peaks overlapped and soared into the clouds, and they were covered in vast expanses of snow.

The deep valleys were mysterious and unfathomable, with a subtle spiritual aura, like a sleeping beast.

Just a glance could make one feel the countless dangers and hidden threats in this icy and snowy land.

After confirming the approximate location, Yan Yuezhi concealed herself, set up adequate defenses, and began to infiltrate the cave.

Deep within the valley lay what she sought.

But as soon as she entered, a putrid odor blew in with the wind.

Immediately, a strange force came at her.

She was discovered, which startled Yan Yuezhi.

She had not even noticed the enemy until the attack.

Boom!

Yan Yuezhi reached out and gently touched the force.

A booming sound echoed.

She was pushed back a bit.

Then, rotten corpses began emerging from the surrounding snow.

They were starkly visible in the white landscape.

They did not hesitate to attack.

Words appeared around Yan Yuezhi. The words carried a dense aura and crashed into the corpses.

It pushed them back.

Seeing this, Yan Yuezhi moved to the side.

Amid the power fluctuations, a door revealed itself.

It looked ordinary.

But there were many things behind this door, as Lou Mantian had informed her.

With a whoosh, Yan Yuezhi rushed in.

As she stepped through the door, she placed an evil corpse at the entrance to block any incoming attacks.

Sure enough, once the evil corpse was in place, the rotten aura stopped seeping in.

“Where did this rat come from?” A low, eerie voice sounded outside.

It had a somewhat wheezing quality.

Behind the door, Yan Yuezhi frowned slightly.

She sensed a powerful aura.

This aura was clashing with the evil corpse. If this continued, she would have to leave.

After hesitating for a while, she took out a scroll. If there was only one evil cultivator outside, she might find a way to use the evil corpse to kill them.

From the looks of it, the evil cultivator outside was not as strong as the evil corpse.

Suddenly, a tremor came from deep within the mountain.

“Damn it, those people are trying to seize the divine artifact. Little rat, today you’re lucky.”

With that, the enemy’s aura vanished.

Yan Yuezhi waited behind the door for a while. She only heaved a sigh of relief when she made sure that the enemy had left.

After setting up some array formations, she walked in.

The entrance was small, but as she moved further, the space expanded until it opened into an arena.

There was the aura of Dao and an immortal aura inside.

“This is a good place.”

Yan Yuezhi felt that cultivating here would yield twice the result with half the effort.