Living forever in the deep palace

The ancient city wall is bustling with people. It is located deep in the mountains and stretches endlessly, as if there is no end in sight.

at this time.

In front of the city gate, there were countless caravans of Sky-Swallowing Toads coming and going.

It was not surprising to see Su Chen, a young man, riding a dark golden toad and blending in with the crowd.

"Did you hear that?"

"A Golden Core Overlord-level demon has emerged near Guyue Fortress. The Guyue City Lord is now inviting heroes to defeat the demonic wave before it hits the fortress."

"Tsk, it seems that Patriarch Guyue's life span is indeed coming to an end. Otherwise, this kind of Golden Core demon would have been eliminated by the Yuanying Patriarch himself long ago."

"This is a major disaster! I hope Guyue Village doesn't suffer a serious loss of strength because of this, otherwise this hard-earned trade route will be ruined again."

There was a flurry of discussion.

The managers of these caravans were gathered in front of the city gate, looking worried and talking.

Each of them has the cultivation level of the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Su Chen happened to be riding a toad into the city and passed by them. Seeing and hearing these remarks and the managers who were in a state of panic all day long, he couldn't help but kick the toad under his feet.

"Talking about you."

"Why make such a big fuss about breaking through to the Golden Core?"

"Look how scared they are."

In this regard.

The toad looked innocent as he hopped into the city, making a sound full of doubt.

"Quaa?"

"Quack quack!"

He looked as if it had nothing to do with him.

three years ago.

He is just an ordinary Qi-cultivating toad.

Until now, he has never harmed an innocent person.

that's it.

The ferocious Jindan Tianha mentioned by the caravan managers swaggered into the city, passed by them, and even looked back at him.

The Nanling Mountains are mountainous and infested with demons, a situation similar to the North Sea. Compared to the demons, the human race is much weaker, but fortunately, the demons are not a monolithic group like the sea people.

otherwise.

It is impossible for the so-called three major fortresses to exist in Nanling.

even.

It is not certain whether there will be human beings.

Nanling has the Gu Dao and the Rune Immortal Dao, which are on par with each other. The overall strength is not weak, but the demons are stronger!

Many of the demon lords who rule the mountains are at the Nascent Soul stage.

Even in order to open up trade routes, connect the major fortresses, and exchange goods, passing caravans need to pay tribute to the demon lords. If the strength is strong, it is possible to defeat the demon lords along the trade route.

"Gu God!"

"The day after tomorrow is the Gu God Festival!"

"Everyone, please donate spirit stones for the glory of the Gu God. We must make the Gu God Celebration a grand occasion!"

In the Walled City Square.

Su Chen passed by here.

I saw a powerful Gu Master shouting with all his might, with a Spirit Stone box placed in front of him. There were huge crowds of Gu Masters and powerful Immortals stuffing Spirit Stones into the box.

and.

He also knelt down reverently towards the stone statue of the Gu God in the square.

The stone statue of the Gu God is a black shadow. It looks like a human, but is actually extremely hideous, a blurry human figure with monster-like tentacles.

Su Chen just took a look and frowned.

"demon?"

"It's still the three ancient tribes."

"Not quite like it."

"Perhaps, it's just an illusory legend."

Su Chen took a look and then looked away. The toad under his feet lowered its head towards the statue of the Gu God with a slight awe, as if this awe was engraved in its blood.

"In that case."

"perhaps."

"Is this rumored Nanling Gu God the Nanling Holy Demon?"

Looking at the reaction of the Tianha, Su Chen had some guesses in his mind.

That's the case.

Then don't worry about it.

now.

The path to immortality weakened, or even died out.

If it is a holy demon, except for the holy demon in the Central Region, it is definitely a terrifying monster of the God Transformation level! The holy demon in the North Sea, due to the cultivation of the North Sea Dao Zun, also gave birth to a God Transformation level among the nine disasters.

In the other three domains, the holy demons have no chance of reaching the level of god transformation.

even.

Su Chen even doubted whether the Holy Demon was still alive in the Eastern Region where the path to immortality was cut off.

"gone."

"Toad, if you lower your head again, I'll beat you up."

Su Chen kicked the toad.

“Quack, quack, quack???”

The toad felt aggrieved.

soon.

They left the city square, but neither the man nor the toad noticed that a poisonous insect had crawled onto the statue of the poisonous god. In the eye socket of the statue, it was like a one-eyed creature, staring viciously at Su Chen and the toad who had disrespected the statue and did not kneel.

"A little celestial being."

“How dare you…”

"Forget it, who told you to be... a calamity..."

There was a murmur.

It vanished without a trace in an instant, like an illusion, and no one could hear it...

……

……

Su Chen spent spirit stones to rent a nice stilt house in the city. Toad was sleeping soundly in the yard, while he went out to find out news about his old friends in the East and West Regions.

"Come and take a look."

"A top-notch talisman! Hand-drawn by a Foundation Establishment Master, you won't get hurt or cheated if you buy it, and it's a bargain."

"Gu worm!"

"Come and see the poisonous insects. There are plenty of them, including attacking and killing insects, poisoning insects, and life-saving insects..."

There was a commotion in the caravan market.

Su Chen walked among them, looking at the bustling crowd and the dazzling array of goods on the stalls along the street. He was a little dazzled. Although they were all small things, they were novel and there were many varieties.

"What is Gu Dao?"

"A Nanling specialty, related to the immortal path, but not entirely the same..."

Su Chen came over.

I remembered the Tianzhi Gu from the Western Regions.

After wandering all the way, Tianzhi Gu had long disappeared. It was said that this was the sacred Gu worm from Nanling.

pity.

There is no chance to bring it back to Nanling, it has returned to its roots.

As Su Chen walked, he came to the headquarters of a chamber of commerce. This was the largest caravan in the entire Nanling Mountains, called the Xuanyu Caravan.

I heard that it rose rapidly in just three years. The owner of the Chamber of Commerce relied on his terrifying sword skills to crush powerful demon lords along the way and opened up countless trade routes in Nanling.

He instantly became the most sought-after figure in Nanling.

It is said that.

The owner of this chamber of commerce was born a slave. Through his unremitting efforts, he gradually broke free from slavery and became a powerful immortal.

“Buy news.”

Su Chen stepped in.

It took some spirit stones to find out the news about the Eastern and Western Regions.

Although these are all insignificant news.

But it also allowed Su Chen to glimpse the situation in the Eastern Region and the Western Desert.

More than three hundred years passed.

The Great Qi Dynasty still stood firm, and continued to compete with the Demon Dynasty established by the powerful demons from the Demon Land, namely the Demon Palace.

More than two hundred years ago.

Tianjiao, the two emperors Tianqi, and the suspected successor of the Ancestral Dragon who was a holy demon, have all disappeared.

There are rumors.

The three strongest men in the Eastern Region all fell into Ji Daotian's hands and were captured and taken to the battlefield outside the sky.

I don’t know whether this rumor is true or not.

Now, both the Great Qi Dynasty and the Demon Dynasty are in chaos, fighting endlessly for the limited immortal resources and luck.

"Jidaotian."

"That supreme god from the Eastern Region ten thousand years ago..."

"This rumor may not be groundless."

Su Chen shook his head.

but.

Thinking of the secrets of Emperor Xue of the Apocalypse, Su Chen felt that if a fallen god could not regain the pinnacle of extreme cultivation and return to the state of godhood, he would not be able to digest the mysteries of Emperor Xue of the Apocalypse, not to mention that there was also a holy demon from the Eastern Region and a true dragon genius.

Things in the Western Regions are even simpler.

Hongyun merged with the spirit of the Western Region's main altar in exchange for powerful strength.

In just ten years, he took control of all the remaining forces in the Western Desert, united them together, and completely strangled the so-called evil beast tide, the alien soul clan.

At least, on the surface, Hong Yun, who had achieved the powerful half-step godhood, united many hidden old monsters and restored order to the Western Desert.

then.

It was also more than two hundred years ago.

Hong Yun was trying to reach the Spirit Transformation Realm, but was attacked.

A closed-door place.

a mess.

He is also missing.

In the Western Regions, there are rumors that a powerful demon from outer space abducted him and took him to the outer battlefield...

"Another two hundred years ago?"

Su Chen fell silent for the first time in a long time.

Their disappearance was no coincidence.

Especially, Hong Yun, Xue, and Di Yi, Su Chen felt that the three of them corresponded to three prophecies: the drum of destiny, the sword from the sky, and the ancient dragon palace...

Their disappearances are all related to the outer world and are definitely not a coincidence.

"If you calculate the time this way."

"Isn't that what I am saying?"

"When they disappeared, it was during the three hundred years I was trapped in the Dragon Palace but couldn't leave?"

"Why is Diyi okay?"

"Could it be that the North Sea was a world of its own at the time, and that it was spared because of the intervention of the Ancient Savage God and the Ancient Whale Ancestor, as well as the Dragon Palace left behind by the True Dragon Clan?"

Standing on the bustling and noisy street, Su Chen thought carefully for a long time.

Only then did I suddenly realize.

It seems that, except for the Central Region, the four major prophecies basically correspond to the East, West, South, North and West regions respectively, and the prophecies of the first three have basically appeared.

What Emperor Yi said has already come true.

"Now, only Nanling is left?"

"Nanling... corresponds to the tree that reaches the sky..."

"And I was forcibly brought here because I was able to revive the ancient Heaven-reaching Tree's tendrils? Could it be that I am the one who corresponds to the fourth prophecy..."

Su Chen was stunned.

When I woke up from a trance, I found that the sky was dark and the noise had long disappeared.

The sky was dark.

It turned out to be evening.

"hehe."

"interesting."

"But I am a powerful celestial being of the eighth rank. Even if you are the one who corresponds to the fourth prophecy, so what? If you want to manipulate me, even if a divine being descends, I will kill you."

Su Chen sneered. He didn't care about the life or death of his old friend.

It has come to this.

Those who are about to become Nascent Souls, Celestial Beings, or even Gods are almost there, and they are not so easy to kill.

"gone."

Su Chen went back.

1. I slept soundly all night and nothing happened.

Day two.

He got up early and got the information he wanted to know in Guyue City. Then he prepared to leave, whether to revisit his old place in the Eastern Region or to seek further progress in the Central Capital.

Anyway, Nanling is boring.

There's nothing good to stay for.

This place is too weak! The most powerful human immortal is probably just a low-level celestial being who has just entered the celestial cultivation method.

He could easily kill such a character when he was in Beihai.

"gone."

"Toad!"

"After you send me to the boundary wall, you will be free."

"Hide well in the Hundred Thousand Mountains of Nanling. Wait until you grow up and become a pure-blooded Heavenly Clam comparable to the third stage of the Nascent Soul, then come out and walk around. Do you understand?"

Su Chen is narrating.

that's it.

He rode on a toad and had just entered the city when he was ready to leave.

At this time.

When he was leaving the city gate, he was stopped by the soldiers guarding the city.

"Want to leave?"

Most of the soldiers guarding the city were at the Qi training stage. They originally had dull expressions and were quietly lazing around under the shade of the trees. But for some reason, they all started to tremble all over and lower their heads for a while.

When they raised their heads again, their expressions, eyes, and even movements were like they had become different people, with ferocity in their eyes.

"You can't go!"

They gathered towards Su Chen viciously.

All of a sudden.

Instead, it scared the nearby caravans that wanted to leave the city, and they started shouting.

"Guyue Village, free entry and exit!"

"This is what the Guyue Patriarch said when he founded Guyue Village and passed down his bloodline three thousand years ago! Are you from Guyue Village planning to exploit us?"

"protest!"

"We want to see the city lord!"

They talked a lot.

even.

Some people wanted to force their way into the city gate.

hum!

next moment.

They stopped talking.

The soldiers defending the city didn't even look at them, as poisonous insects crawled out of their bodies and started biting them fiercely.

"what!"

"My Gu, damn it, why is my Gu out of control!"

"Don't bite me!"

A shrill scream was heard.

next moment.

All these monks from the caravan who were causing trouble were turned into bones.

In Nanling, the art of Gu flourished.

Even if one is not a Gu Master, one would carry Gu worms on his body to facilitate traversing the harsh mountains and waters of the Ten Thousand Mountains. However, this is the first time that a Gu worm has lost control and turned against its master.

"..."

Su Chen stared at the scene and was silent for a while.

Just now, he took action to rescue these monks from the caravan.

but.

As soon as his soul consciousness expanded, he saw eyes filled with malice staring at him on these people. These eyes were the out-of-control poisonous insects in their bodies.

"You haven't done what you're supposed to do."

"You can't leave yet!"

The soldiers guarding the city looked at Su Chen fiercely.

On them.

Life has long been cut off.

At this moment, what controlled their behavior was not their souls, but the poisonous insects lurking in their bodies.

"Quack quack!"

Under Su Chen's feet.

This pure-blooded sky clam, even if it was as powerful as the Golden Core Demon Overlord, could make the people of Guyue City toss and turn all night, but at this moment it let out a panic cry, wishing it could curl itself up into a ball.

It's so scary.

Just a moment ago, a terrifying creature full of malice looked at him. Even though it was looking at Su Chen, it was just a slight glance out of the corner of its eye, which still almost scared this golden elixir demon to death.

"I understand!"

Su Chen suddenly laughed.

"I know who you are."

"rumor."

"Ten thousand years ago, the Nanling people lived an extremely difficult life."

"To cultivate the immortal path, one needs spiritual roots and resources. Nanling is a land of poor mountains and harsh waters, and the human race is not numerous, so there are not many powerful immortals. They are no match for those powerful demons, so the situation is becoming increasingly difficult."

"Until one day, the Gu God mentioned in the ancient books of Nanling descended. He killed the Demon Emperor who had established the Demon Kingdom in Nanling at the time and bestowed upon the people the Gu Dao, a path that required no threshold, requiring only the continuous sacrifice of flesh and blood to cultivate and become stronger..."

"then."

"In Nanling, a Gu Master's Way emerged that rivaled the Immortal Way and was unique to Nanling. However, once Gu Masters and Gu insects left Nanling, they would quickly die..."

"You can control Gu worms. Each one is like your eyes and your tentacles. I guess you are the Gu God in the legend!"