Chapter 700: Chapter 696: The Earth Conceals Fire (Third Update!)
“In the path of Cultivation, every step is paved with corpses. How can one remain detached? Only with great strength can one tread on the bones of others!”
Lin Tian’s chilling words silenced the few people present, their expressions grave.
The sight of the blood-stained corpse was sowhat suffocating.
They had encountered such scenes before, but it was their first ti experiencing the remains of unburied bodies amidst a bloody and fierce battle over treasures with so many people gathered.
Apart from Nie Xingchen, Cheen Chaoya, and Sheng Zishu, everyone’s faces looked unnatural.
They were all Loose Cultivators, the weakest at the bottom, and even with stronger resolves than ordinary people, they couldn’t calm themselves instantly.
Stepping onto this path, one must either beco strong or beco bones under others’ feet!
Such a life was deed as worthless as weeds; they saw once again the ruthless cruelty of the Cultivation World!
Lin Tian, seeing that they hadn’t moved, urged again, “Let’s go. We are just here to watch the excitent; it’s not like I’m asking you to fight to the death!”
Watch the excitent?
Nie Xingchen and Cheen Chaoya glanced at each other and secretly smiled bitterly.
Only Lin Tian could speak of the situation in front of them so lightly.
Cheen Chaoya personally cast a Fire Bomb Technique to cremate the corpse in the brook before they continued on their way.
The closer they got to Dragon Creek Mountain, the thicker the scent of blood in the air.
Thus, the group beca even more silent.
“What sect are these people from? Are they really looking to start a massacre?”
Nie Xingchen couldn’t help sighing, sensing the aura sweeping past overhead.
The others remained silent.
However, Lin Tian maintained his composure the entire ti, walking with ease among them.
To him, this bit of killing ant nothing!
In his previous life, he had no idea how many corpses and seas of blood he had crossed!
Once, he fought for a treasure against Cultivation Sects across an entire continent, resulting in darkened skies and falling bones, blood-soaked into the heavens, turning the entire continent into Shura Land, yet his expression never changed!
This situation was hardly worth calling a skirmish!
Sheng Zishu, along with You Wei and Rong Cheng’an, were quite amazed by Lin Tian’s reaction.
You Wei and Rong Cheng’an rely thought of Lin Tian’s incredible dical skills and exceptional mindset, which was unattainable for ordinary people, and they accepted it.
But Sheng Zishu, a perceptive and beautiful woman, combined with her keenly sensitive woman’s intuition, always felt that Lin Tian was extraordinary, enshrouded in a layer of mystery.
As they walked, she couldn’t help but sneak glances at Lin Tian’s youthful yet distinguished profile.
What exactly was he?
His dical skills were formidable, but without corresponding strength, no matter how good his mindset was, facing such a situation, it would be difficult to remain so calm!
If he had a higher Cultivation than us, no matter how concealed, we should be able to sense it!
Could he be at the Foundation Establishnt Stage? Impossible!
What a joke, to reach Foundation Establishnt at such a young age would be earth-shattering!
Along the way, Sheng Zishu’s thoughts raced, various ideas flashing through her mind.
Lin Tian naturally sensed Sheng Zishu’s gaze, but he didn’t care much about it.
Wanting to see through him wasn’t so easy. Even a Golden Core Cultivator would not be able to discern his depth!
After another ten minutes of walking, the group finally reached the base of Dragon Creek Mountain.
Dragon Creek Mountain was lush with vegetation. It was not particularly tall or treacherous, but it sprawled extensively, making it difficult to see its end with the naked eye.
Facing the direction from which Lin Tian and the others had co, one could see a narrow and perilous valley in the middle of Dragon Creek Mountain, twisting and extending into the distance, with the interior hidden from view.
On either side of Dragon Creek Mountain lay a stretching primitive forest and a vast marshland, the end of which was not visible.
The primitive forest was profoundly deep, rarely tread by human foot, even though it was not far from Cold Water River City; this area was already on the edge of the Xiangyang City National Forest Park, and normally no one stepped foot here.
On the other side of Dragon Creek Mountain was a marsh where black fog rose, obscuring visibility beyond a hundred ters.
Even now, as the evening sun cascaded down from Dragon Creek Mountain, it could not penetrate the black fog.
A breeze passed, bringing with it a nauseating stench from the marsh, filled with an endless chill.
Now, there were also traces of a bloody scent!
Looking around, one could see corpses strewn shockingly in the surrounding small hills or streams.
At this ti, around the valley in the middle of Dragon Creek Mountain, shadows lood in groups of three to five.
These groups of people, numbering around a hundred, stood about a hundred ters from the entrance of the valley, watching from a distance, their expressions wary, whispering amongst themselves.
So were confronting each other angrily, their faces showing reluctance, with faint traces of blood on their bodies or bearing light injuries, clearly so had been involved in conflicts.
Obviously, these people were all loose cultivators, their cultivation only at the Qi Refining First and Second Level.
Besides these loose cultivators, at the entrance of the valley stood a group of cultivators dressed in moon-white robes, each exuding a strong aura that deterred those loose cultivators from approaching.
This group was clearly from a sect, most of the cultivators at the Qi Refining Fourth and Fifth Level, so at the Seventh or Eighth Level, among them a resolute-faced man leading, at the Early Stage Foundation Establishnt, his aura formidable and imnsely powerful.
Nie Xingchen, Cheen Chaoya, and others halted, taking in the scattered corpses and bloodstains around them, inhaling sharply.
“It’s them!”
At that mont, Nie Xingchen’s gaze landed on the group at the valley’s entrance, his expression changing as he exclaid in a low voice.
Cheen Chaoya and Sheng Zishu also raised their heads to look at the group, their faces involuntarily showing fright.
That group was too powerful. The aura they exuded was oppressive, overwhelming, causing palpitations!
Only Lin Tian, directly ignoring them, found such feeble aura suppression less troubling than a gentle breeze.
With his Divine Sense, he scanned the cultivation of everyone present.
There was only one Foundation Establishnt Cultivator, the strongest among the others were a few at the Qi Refining Ninth Level, none of which were a threat!
However, Lin Tian was sowhat surprised that Yang Zhixi, who previously guarded Yuwen Building, had followed this group, wearing the sa attire, obviously a Sect Disciple!
In the previous engagent ceremony at the restaurant, Lin Tian didn’t kill her; she had slipped away after Lin Tian had hurriedly left.
Afterward, Lin Tian had explored an area within a ten-kiloter radius of Dragon Creek Mountain, discovering an area perated with Yin Qi, hinting at waves of heat deep underground.
“Earthfire! Earth Yin hiding fire! No wonder it nurtures Earthfire Stones! And protecting the Earthfire Stones, most likely are Yin Attribute Fierce Beasts, even possibly mystical demon beasts…”
Lin Tian mused to himself, then proceeded forward with Nie Xingchen and others, joining with the loose cultivators on the periphery.
Among these loose cultivators, many turned to look as Lin Tian and his group appeared, but upon not recognizing them, turned their heads back.
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