Chapter 139: The Scattered Heavenly Thunder, The Red Ancient Desert

  The next morning, everyone set off.

  This time the escort team was exceptionally large, with ten inner door elders and fifty outer door elders, riding on eight Sky Wind Swans, breaking through the clouds and leaving.

  Three days later, Tianfeng Zhi left Tianfeng Country and arrived in a foreign land.

  "Beyond the borders of Tianfeng, danger lurks at every moment, everyone be careful." The elder shouted coldly after mobilizing his true energy.

  "Yes!"

  Some elderly people who have been through Nan Zhuo Domain have a deep understanding of this.

  The Celestial Wind Crane's strength is boundless, its demonic energy thick and heavy. On its back, it carries eight people as if they were nothing, yet it continues to fly at supersonic speeds. Any mortal body would be exhausted, so after two days have passed, the Great Elder will find a place to land and rest, continuing on their journey the next day.

  Crack!

  Lightning flashes, electric light like a snake.

  Above the clouds, the Tianfengying flies calmly and freely. It is a fifth-grade flying demon beast that can fly without any restrictions, even on rainy days with thunderstorms. The higher layers of the sky are at least 10,000 meters away from them, and being struck by lightning is not a big deal for them.

  Lu Hanshan looked up and smiled, "It's said that the sky has three layers. The first layer is the Extreme Sky, which contains the extreme energies of thunder, water, fire, and wind. It's extremely violent, and any warrior who isn't at the Star Extreme Realm will be annihilated if they try to ascend. Above that is the second layer, the Taiji Extreme Sky, but even warriors at the Star Extreme Realm can't ascend there. Only those at the Linghai Realm can go up. The highest layer is the Heaven's Top Sky, and except for those at the Life and Death Realm, anyone who tries to ascend will be killed, their soul extinguished."

  Surpassing Heaven, Peaceful Extreme Heaven, Heaven's Apex!

  Ye Chen glanced at Xu Jing, "Xu Jing Shizhi's Three Days Golden Seal should be based on this Triple Heaven creation, right?"

  Xu Jing said calmly: "How can the three-day golden kanon be compared with the Three Realms of Heaven? It's just a name, and in terms of connotation, it is far inferior."

  Splish-splash!

  A bolt of lightning suddenly struck towards Ye Chen and the others, but was extinguished by the Elder's outstretched hand. He said, "As long as we're not in the Surging Heaven, these thunderbolts aren't very powerful, don't worry."

  "The True Spirit Continent is indeed colorful and has many things that I don't know about." Ye Chen sighed in his heart, in the world he came from, lightning was terrifying to ordinary people, whoever got struck by lightning would basically die, and the lightning in that world couldn't compare to the lightning on the True Spirit Continent. After all, one world lacked heavenly energy, while the other had an abundance of it, they weren't even on the same level. However, now a bolt of lightning was easily extinguished by the Great Elder, with a shocking visual effect.

  It's already raining under the clouds, but everyone is above the clouds, so they don't have to worry about these things.

  The sky wind vulture didn't know how long it had flown when the airflow in front of it suddenly became chaotic.

  Visible to the naked eye, a grayish column of air descended straight down from above, with lightning flashing inside, shining brightly, and a human figure faintly visible at its center.

  "Star Boundary Warrior! Everyone take a detour." The Great Elder's expression changed, and he ordered the Heavenly Wind Crane to take a detour, not daring to advance directly.

  The whirlwind dissipated, the thunderbolts disappeared, and a figure suddenly appeared before everyone. It was a middle-aged man with yellowish skin, average height, wearing a large blue robe outside, with black long hair still sparkling with electricity, giving people a sense of mental oppression, not daring to have any thoughts of resistance.

  "Who are you?"

  The old man's face turned slightly pale, and he bowed his fist respectfully: "I'm disturbing you, senior. I am the Great Elder of the Flowing Cloud Sect of Tianfeng Nation."

  "Liúyún Zōng!" The middle-aged man burst out laughing, "So it's the sect of that old ghost Xián Yúnzi. I'm an old friend from his past days, you can call me Tiān Léi Sǎnrén."

  Heavenly Thunder Scatter People!

  The name of Hao Bao Dao, Ye Chen secretly thought in his heart.

  The Great Elder's expression relaxed, "So it was Heavenly Thunder Scatterer Senior. When I was young, I heard the Supreme Elder mention you, with your mastery of the Heavenly Thunder Technique, your name shook the Southern Zhuo Domain!"

  Tian Lei San Ren rolled his eyes, "Xian Yun Zi old ghost likes to exaggerate, decades ago I was nothing, at that time Jiu You Jiao was in its heyday, I couldn't even escape. Ah, you guys are going to Chi Gu Desert, right? These few little ghosts aren't bad, cultivate them well."

  Ye Chen and the four others were the most outstanding disciples of Liu Yun Sect, except for Fei Cui Valley, they were not inferior to the other three major sects in Tian Feng Country. Tian Lei San Ren could see through their true abilities at a glance, and couldn't help but nod his head.

  "Thanks to Senior Brother's auspicious words, we are indeed heading to the Red Ancient Desert. The Heavenly Dream Ancient Land opens once every ten years, and this opportunity is hard to come by." The Great Elder looked like he was over a hundred years old, but Tian Lei, the Scatterer, appeared to be less than fifty years old. Standing next to each other, however, made the Great Elder seem more like a junior.

  "Alright, I'll continue to refine my true energy, you all go ahead and hurry along!"

  With a flick of his sleeve, Tianlei Scattered Person transformed into a bolt of lightning and shot straight up to an altitude of 10,000 meters, tearing open a gap in the air currents at the top.

  Rustling and crackling!

  Inside the mouth is a bright crystal piece, lightning flashes and shines brightly, looking at it makes one's heart fearful.

  "Let's go!"

  The old man took a deep breath and urged on the Tianfeng Zhen under his feet.

  On the way.

  The Great Elder suddenly said, "Don't look at Heavenly Thunder Scatter's age, which appears to be less than 50 years old. His true age has already exceeded 100 years. As for the reason, it's very simple. For a warrior who has entered the Star Extreme Realm level, if there are no disasters or difficulties, living to be 200 years old is not a problem. Therefore, his true age and external age differ by a factor of one."

  "Is it that hard to advance beyond the Martial Artist realm? Heavenly Thunder Scatterer, a senior from back then, is over a hundred years old and still hasn't advanced to a higher level." Ye Chen was somewhat moved.

  "The True Spirit Continent has countless warriors, with 99% of them stuck below the Hugging Yuan boundary. Among the remaining 1%, another 99% are stuck below the Star Extreme boundary. Advancing is as difficult as ascending to heaven. Of course, there are always exceptions. In every era, there will be some geniuses who can advance as easily as eating and drinking. For example, in the past hundred years, only one person has advanced to the Life and Death boundary - the mysterious Empress. She is a once-in-a-lifetime genius, having become an emperor in just a few decades, earning her legendary status. As for those other geniuses who were on par with her, although they didn't quite match up to her, they have mostly reached the Linghai boundary."

  Zhu Mei, who had a plum blossom embroidered on her clothes, smiled and said: "Talent is important, but it's also necessary to have an incredible encounter. Otherwise, even if you're extremely talented, it's hard to reach the top. Ye Shidi, this time in Tianmeng Ancient Land is barely an opportunity. If there's a strange encounter, who knows, maybe we can skip many years of bitter practice."

  Ye Chen nodded in agreement, Zhu Mei was right, wanting to quickly advance, must have a rare encounter, rare encounters can actually be classified as resources, only with many resources, can progress bravely and strongly, otherwise, once the potential is gone, it's not much different from ordinary people.

  Endless desert, scorching sun shining brightly.

  The scorching heat distorted the air, and the sand was smooth as a mirror.

  "The Red Ancient Desert has existed since ancient times, with fierce flames in the high sky, and frequent flame storms. It's not suitable to stay above the clouds, let's go down!" As soon as they arrived above the Red Ancient Desert, the Great Elder ordered the eight Heavenly Wind Swallows to fly down below the clouds.

  Hoo... Hoo... The scorching gale howled, and even with the protection of their true energy, everyone felt a hint of heat. This was still just the edge of the Red Ancient Desert, where the temperature was not even one-tenth of that at its center.

  Have to say, sometimes bad luck, even drinking cold water can get stuck in teeth.

  The sky was filled with flying birds, but they had only flown less than five hundred miles when a burst of dazzling flames descended from the sky, engulfing a group of people.

  "This is Huo Yuanjia's Storm, let's work together to break it open."

  With a loud shout, the old man's body naturally straightened up, his feet shoulder-width apart. He took a deep breath, pointed upwards with one finger, and then made a swift stroke in mid-air.

  Hmph!

  A sound like tearing fabric filled the air as a fiery yuanqi storm was sliced in two by a purple beam of light, dispersing wildly.

  At this time, the four elders did not dare to move much. He cultivated fire-based true energy, which had the possibility of assisting the Fire Origin Storm. It was useful against enemies in peacetime, but now it was a different story. If things went wrong, they might all be roasted alive.

  The other elders each displayed their exceptional skills, and piece after piece of powerful energy shot towards the sky, blocking the expansion of the Fire Origin Storm and gradually eroding it. Among them, Ye Chen also casually released a piece of energy, but before it could even approach the Fire Origin Storm, it was evaporated.

  After going through the fiery storm, everyone was sweating profusely and panting, while the Tianfeng Swallow below wasn't doing well either, with some places having their feathers scorched, fortunately without hurting their skin.

  The Red Ancient Desert is about 70,000 to 80,000 miles in circumference, much larger than the Heavenly Wind Country. It's said that in ancient times, its area was even greater, exceeding 500,000 miles in circumference. On this desert, there was only one country called the Red Ancient Empire. However, after the empire collapsed, the Red Ancient Desert gradually shrank and became what it is today.

  Far away, people have already seen a green rainbow piercing through the void, like a heavenly pillar.

  "The Green Rainbow appears, the ancient land of Tian Meng Gu opens in three days. Let's go ahead and find a place to settle down first."

  The old man's eyesight was astonishing, and he had already seen a number of people coming from beside the green rainbow.

  A moment later, the Tianfeng Eagle descended.

  Ye Chen raised his head, the azure rainbow was as massive as a mountain range, but he didn't know how it was formed. Underneath the azure rainbow, where it touched the desert, there stood a gigantic illusory light gate, thirty-three zhang high and forty-five zhang wide, tightly closed.

  Around Qinghong, thousands of people were stationed, with different attire, some wearing yellow robes, black clothes, blue and white, purple, the patterns on their sleeves were all different, representing that they came from different sects.

  At this time, the people of Feicui Valley had already arrived one step ahead. They were the closest to the Red Ancient Desert among the Tianfeng National Forces. Of course, this "close" was only relative, as tens of millions of miles of journey were necessary. After all, just from the edge of the desert to the center of the desert was a distance of 700,000 to 800,000 miles.

  Eight disciples of Feicui Valley have arrived, three of whom Ye Yan recognizes: Feicui Gongzi Zhuang Fei, Zhang Jue Liu Wuxiang, and Ji Xueyan.

  His gaze shifted away from the Emerald Valley, and Ye Chen's pupils constricted.

  So many young masters.

  Among the hundreds of young disciples from various sects, almost all were at the late stage of the Cong True Realm's peak cultivation. More than 80% were at the Tianfeng Country Quasi-Prince level, and more than 50% were at the Prince level. Among them, dozens of people looked as strong as Lin Qi, clearly being North Snow Prince-level figures.

  This was not enough to surprise Ye Chen, what surprised Ye Chen was that there were not a few young masters at the level of Bao Yuan, and he found seven or eight with one glance, some of whom had not arrived yet.

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