Chapter 99: The Mirage Beast Appears

  The iron boat docked, and an old man led twelve people over.

  "Grandpa, Xingying is not up there."

  "Not up there!" The old man's face changed, and he turned his head to the Qu family martial artists: "You twelve people will be divided into three groups of four, go find on the mountain."

  "Yes, master!"

  Twelve musicians and warriors each formed their own teams and climbed up the mountain from three different directions.

  At this time, Ye Chen said: "Host of Qu's family, you and Qu Ming form a team, I can handle it alone."

  "Then so be it!" The old man didn't underestimate Ye Chen, on the way here, the strength displayed by his opponent was in no way inferior to that of Qu Ming's late-stage Condensing True Realm cultivation, which was enough to explain the situation.

  After parting ways, Ye Chen followed the most secluded small path up the mountain.

  Just as he was on his way up the mountain, a 'poisonous water scorpion' that loved water sources rushed towards him, and with a casual punch, it was crushed into powder, juice splashing everywhere. Without slowing down, after more than a dozen breaths, Ye Chen entered the depths of the mist-shrouded mountains.

  The fog silently and quietly dispersed, a figure flashed by like a ghost, every time the sole of his foot touched the ground, he would slide out dozens of feet away, his breath was long and pure.

  Suddenly, the mountain body near Ye Chen moved, and it was a giant rock beast with an outer shell like a rock. The opponent opened its deep mouth, and a red shadow as thick as an arm flew towards Ye Chen at lightning speed.

  "Looking for death!"

  The sword emerged from its scabbard, and the sharp sword light clashed with the red shadow.

  Clang!

  A crimson shadow was cut out of the gap, and a yellowish-brown blood spurted out.

  Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a tongue about one zhang long, with its root still inside the giant rock beast's mouth. It was as if a frog was sticking out its tongue, and the other party wanted to use its tongue to roll Ye Chen into its mouth, which couldn't be said to be sinister.

  One hit didn't land, and the giant rock beast's body shrank back, about to squeeze into the mountain crevice to avoid Yechen's counterattack.

  Ye Chen would never let him off, he stomped his foot on the ground and released a hidden strength.

  Bang!

  The giant beast was blown out again.

  A flash of sword energy, the heavily defensive giant rock beast crashes down, a large gash cut open on its abdomen, entrails and intestines spilling out, a strong earthy smell piercing to the extreme.

  Not interested in dissecting the corpse of the giant rock beast, Ye Chen didn't even look back and flashed into the thick fog.

  The mountain was not very high, and Ye Chen quickly arrived at the waist of the mountain.

  At first sight, there is a stone bridge. Under the stone bridge, clouds and fog are rolling, deep and immeasurable. On the opposite side of the stone bridge, there is a large piece of flat land. Behind the flat land, there is a stone gate, three zhang high and two zhang eight wide. The gate is tightly closed, with only a sliver of opening visible. Inside, there is a radiant light shining out, illuminating the fog and changing its color, making it a hazy and misty scene.

  "There's someone inside." Ye Chen hesitated for a moment before stepping onto the stone bridge.

  Carla!

  The stone beasts on both sides of the stone bridge came to life incredibly, breaking through the surface stone and rushing towards Yechen one step at a time.

  "Mountain peaks rise one after another!"

  Facing the numerous stone beasts, Ye Chen made use of Shan Ling Die Zan, the move with the widest range among the Gu Feng Thirteen Swords. With one swing of his sword, layers and layers of sword light spread out.

  Hehehe......

  A head of stone beasts was cut off and scattered all over the ground.

  Just as Ye Chen was about to leave, he discovered a stunning scene: the stone beast fragments twisted a few times and transformed into mist, merging into the surrounding environment without leaving any trace.

  Weird, really weird!

  Ye Chen's eyes flickered, unsure of what else to think.

  A moment.

  Ye Chen took a deep breath and rushed towards the stone gate with his sword in hand.

  The stone gate is really thick enough. Yedu guessed that even if he could break it, it might cause the stone chamber inside to collapse, which would be unwise.

  Twenty thousand kilograms of force converged on both arms, Ye Chen's hands inserted into the gap in the middle of the stone gate, and he pulled hard to both sides.

  Rumble!

  The stone gate slowly opened, and a brightly lit hall appeared before one's eyes.

  Compared to the outside, the interior hall is quite luxurious. On both sides are eighteen stone pillars painted gold, six feet high and smooth all over without any carvings. In the center of the hall is a red carpet that stretches all the way to the front seat. A middle-aged man sits on the front seat with his eyes slightly closed, his breathing steady like a mountain. On both sides of the red carpet are also six middle-aged men, each with a breath that may not be as strong as the middle-aged man in the front seat, but they cannot be underestimated. At least they are all peak figures in the late stage of the Condensing Reality Realm.

  "What kind of person are you?" The middle-aged man in the front opened his eyes, and a sharp light burst out like lightning, as if it were substantial, clearly a martial artist in the realm of embracing the origin.

  Ye Chen clasped his fists and said: "I am a junior who has come up the mountain to find someone, I don't know if senior has seen a young girl coming to this place."

  The middle-aged man said faintly: "You come in and sit down first."

  "Yes!" Ye Chen always felt something was off, but couldn't quite put his finger on what it was. He sat down in the last seat on the right side of the red carpet.

  A sinister glint flashed in his eyes, and with a wave of his hand, the middle-aged man closed the stone gate again.

  "The girl you're talking about is 15 or 16 years old, with a clean and pure temperament?"

  Ye Chen had already learned about his granddaughter's appearance and temperament from the old man. Upon hearing this, he nodded slightly, "Really? Have you seen her before?"

  "Yes, she was trapped at the foot of the mountain and I brought her up. She's now in the side room, you can take her away." The middle-aged man looked very approachable.

  A suspicious glint appeared in his eyes, and Ye Chen confirmed: "Can she be taken away?"

  "What's wrong, don't you want to take her away?"

  "Oh, no." Ye Chen stood up and walked slowly towards the side room of the main hall, his soul force driven to its limit in preparation for any unexpected event.

  But the situation was bizarre, not only did the middle-aged man in the first seat make no move, but also the six middle-aged men beside him seemed to have been struck by a strange spell, sitting there motionless and silent. On the table, there were only some meat dishes that had not been touched at all, and the eerie atmosphere filled the entire hall.

  As he walked to the side room door, Ye Chen suddenly turned around and looked at the middle-aged man in the first seat. The venomous light in his eyes quickly retracted, asking: "What's wrong again?"

  "Nothing, just found it quite amusing." Ye Chen drew out his sword, coldly smiling.

  Hmph!

  The middle-aged man with a gloomy face said, "I've already given you face by letting you take that girl away. Don't tell me you still want to resort to violence? You're just a mere Condensing Reality realm warrior, I can annihilate you with just one move."

  "Is that so? If you can destroy me, why deceive me? If I'm not mistaken, once I enter the side room, I'll die a wrongful death."

  "Get out of the way!" The middle-aged man waved his hand, and a golden stone pillar fell from above, shooting towards Ye Chen at an incredible speed, producing a deafening sound that shook the air. Its power was unstoppable, for this stone pillar was six meters long and half a meter thick, and with the support of the martial artist's true energy in the Bao Yuan realm, it was more terrifying than any weapon, capable of easily piercing through mountains and killing a late-stage Condensing Reality realm warrior.

  At this time, if it were an ordinary person, they would definitely retreat into the side room to avoid the stone pillar's impact, but Ye Chen was not among them.

  His eyes were clear and bright, without any evasiveness, his right hand holding the Cloud Concealment Sword, one sword pointing at the stone pillar with a terrifying momentum.

  Ah!

  The stone pillar shattered and turned into mist, dispersing in all directions.