Chapter 49: Good and Evil Are Not Equal

  This was indeed a good news for Ye Fan, if he could gather spiritual medicine or hunt rare beasts there, it would effectively solve his current crisis. His golden bitter sea, like a lake on the verge of drying up, urgently needed a large amount of refined energy to replenish it, so that it could continue to open up and bring back the golden ocean.

  "This time it's Wu Qingfeng Elder himself who is leading the team, so don't worry about that dog fart Han Elder making a move."

  It was settled then, Ye Fan and Pang Bo would both be taking part in this trial.

  Two days later, Wu Qingfeng and another elder led more than a hundred disciples to leave the Lingxu Cave Heaven and head towards the adjacent ancient ruins.

  There are ancient trees that stretch to the sky, a primitive landscape, and even from a distance, you can hear the deafening roar of fierce beasts. Faintly, waves of ominous energy emanate from afar. You can also see strange and ferocious birds circling in the sky, their bodies over several meters long, enormous beyond compare.

  "I'm reminding you all once again, be extremely careful and don't underestimate this trial, as it concerns your life and death..." Wu Qingfeng elder spoke of many things that needed attention, finally using an example to remind them: "In the past, some disciples would often ignore danger and venture deep into ruins to collect rare spiritual grass. At that time, if they encountered ferocious beasts, they would undoubtedly die. Because the deeper you go, the more terrifying the ferocious beasts become. Many are ancient relics of strange species, even the elders of Ling Xuan Cave Heaven can't deal with them. So, you absolutely must not take risks and venture too deep!"

  Two elderly men brought more than a hundred disciples and quickly arrived at this ruin, where the spiritual energy was abundant and not much different from that of Lingxu Cave Heaven. As soon as they walked here, someone discovered the medicinal herbs.

  "Don't pick those whose medicinal age is too young..." reminded the elderly Mr. Li.

  The giant trees here are extremely tall and large, several people holding hands can't even encircle them, the old vines are all as thick as thighs, it's called a ruin, but in fact it looks more like a primitive forest.

  "Giant Python!"

  As soon as they walked into the woods, someone shouted and found a giant python as thick as a bucket.

  "Hmm"

  That giant python with colorful spots all over its body opened its mouth and sprayed out a mist, instantly covering the screaming disciple inside. A shrill cry of despair immediately echoed through the air.

  The other disciples were all terrified, quickly retreating backwards. The fog dispersed, leaving behind a snow-white skeleton and a lot of yellow liquid on the ground. The surrounding grass and trees also withered away.

  Wu Qingfeng quickly arrived at the front, and immediately furrowed his brow, saying: "How did we just arrive at the edge of the ruins and encounter a poisonous dragon? Something doesn't feel right."

  At this time, Li Changlao also walked over and said: "This big python is called a poisonous dragon, its body has severe toxicity, you must be careful not to get stained by the toxic mist it spits out, otherwise you will die immediately from poisoning." After finishing speaking, Li Changlao reminded them again, saying: "Its gallbladder is good material for refining medicine, disciples with real ability can go collect it."

  As soon as they arrived at the edge of the ruins, they saw such a poisonous python. I don't know what other terrible beasts there will be inside. One of the disciples died on the spot, and everyone suddenly felt a chill, all becoming cautious.

  "I'll take the snake gall!" A sixteen or seventeen year old girl walked out of the crowd, advancing forward. A green glow burst forth from her bitter sea, rapidly spreading to her arm and shooting out along her fingers. The green light was like a sword, "whoosh" cutting down the venomous dragon, splitting it into two segments.

  That young girl carefully took out a fist-sized snake gall and exchanged it for a bottle of Baicao liquid from Elder Li on the spot. The other disciples were instantly motivated, they almost all had the ability to kill poisonous pythons, as long as they were fearless in their hearts, they could gain something in this ruins.

  "Do not be afraid, and do not be complacent. In the days to come, there may still be bloodshed and death, but this is something you must go through. The flowers and plants in the greenhouse will one day have to face the cruel reality, otherwise they can never truly grow up."

  The two elders said so, but still frowned, and a disciple who had just arrived at the edge died, which was not a good omen.

  At this moment, the other disciples took action one after another. Soon, someone dug up a "Dragon Tongue Grass" that was over ten years old, and at the same time, another disciple found a "Green Dragon Vine".

  Suddenly, a sharp bird cry came from the depths of the ruins, like a metallic sound piercing the sky, making people's ears ache and buzz. At this moment, everyone was shocked, stopped, and looked in the direction of the sound, only to see a golden flash of lightning streaking across the sky, rapidly diving towards a mountain peak.

  "What is that?!"

  Everyone was shocked, the golden lightning was too fast, and it was impossible to see clearly, only a fierce golden light flashed by.

  Wu Qingfeng's face turned solemn, and he said, "That is the Thunderbird, as swift and terrifying as lightning. Born with the power of thunder, even I would have to take a detour if I encountered it."

  "Roar......"

  Suddenly, a thunderous roar shook the sky. On the mountain peak where the Thunderbird was diving down, a giant ape covered in scales leapt up, soaring hundreds of meters into the air and pouncing on the Thunderbird.

  "It's a Scale Ape!" On the other side, Li Changlao changed color and said: "I'm afraid it's the king of the scale apes. Otherwise, it wouldn't be so powerful and dare to attack the Thunderbird."

  Wu Qingfeng's eyebrows furrowed, saying: "It seems that the ruins are not peaceful, this time's trial will likely have some twists and turns, let's not go too deep."

  The shrill bird cries and beast roars echoed deep within the ruins, as if tearing through the sky, coming from far away. The disciples present turned pale in an instant, earlier they saw someone easily beheading a poisonous dragon, causing many people's confidence to surge, but at this moment they finally understood that the ruins were much more terrifying than they had imagined, with many super existences deep within, fundamentally not something they could provoke.

  "Let's change places and enter the ruins..." Wu Qingfeng always felt that this area was not very peaceful today, anyway, the original ruins were vast enough, so he led everyone to another area.

  After walking out for more than ten miles, everyone came to a patch of rocky forest and passed through here before re-entering the ruins.

  "I'd like to remind you again that even if you want to go deeper, you can't exceed ten miles, otherwise there will definitely be concerns for your life, and you must act within your capabilities!"

  After arriving here, everyone began to disperse, three in a group and five in a partnership, each accompanying each other forward, all wanting to gain something. Baicao liquid is a great temptation for disciples who are opening up the bitter sea.

  Han Feiyu also participated in this exercise, and when he looked at Ye Fan and Pang Bo, a cold light flashed in his eyes. When Ye Fan and Pang Bo turned their heads to look over, he immediately avoided eye contact and looked away.

  "Han Feiyu, were you almost killed by these two?"

  There were several men and women traveling with Han Feiyu, all of whom looked to be around eighteen or nineteen years old. Each one was full of energy and vitality, with a hint of divine aura in every gesture. Han Feiyu stood beside them, clearly just one of the group members, not the central figure, only standing on the side.

  "One is a Xian Miao, but just a beginner, hasn't learned anything yet. The other one is even more useless, can't cultivate, and being defeated by such an idiot, you really bring shame to Han Changlao."

  A boy and a girl who spoke one after the other were both around seventeen or eighteen years old, although they were slightly younger than the people next to them, but they were surrounded by everyone like stars surrounding the moon.

  Pang Bo's face turned red with rage, these two people were too arrogant, actually daring to insult Ye Fan as a waste in front of him. He angrily shouted: "How are you talking? Can't you speak human language?"

  That seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl sneered repeatedly, with a beauty mole at the corner of her mouth. Although she was very beautiful, she gave people an icy and chilling feeling at this moment. She said in a cold voice: "The fire is not small, don't think that you are a fairy seedling and look down on everything, don't despise others, who knows what will happen in the future, even fairy seedlings may wither!"

  "Who is it that looks down on everything? Did we provoke you? You come up and scold people as trash with cold words, if we count as looking down on everything, then aren't you someone who can be called blind!" Pang Bo retorted without being polite.

  "If it weren't for the elder's orders, I wouldn't allow you disciples to fight here. I'd like to teach you how to be a proper disciple." The beautiful girl with a mole shot a cold glance at Ye Fan and then stared at Pang Bo, saying: "You may be a celestial seedling, but you can't bring people here as you please. This ruined place is the sacred land of Lingxuan Cave Heaven, how can it tolerate some unscrupulous people coming and going as they please?"

  The seventeen or eighteen-year-old youth standing next to him also sneered, "Not everyone can cultivate, one must have self-awareness." As he said this, his eyes shot out a cold light, looking towards Ye Fan, saying: "Trouble you to leave as soon as possible, this is the place where our Ling Xuan Cave Heaven's disciples come to train, outsiders are not allowed to set foot here."

  "Shut your beaks!" Pang Bo was furious. Humiliating Ye Fan was equivalent to humiliating him, and he wanted to rush up.

  Yefan stopped him, glanced at those people, didn't say anything, just took out a jade pendant and swung it in front of them, then walked forward with big strides.

  "It's Wu Changlao's jade pendant..."

  Several people's faces suddenly looked very unsightly, originally wanting to drive Ye Fan away, but unexpectedly said a bunch of useless words.

  "Han Feiyu stepped forward and said, 'Sister Li Lin, Brother Li Yun, don't bother them for now. My uncle told me not to provoke them at this time. If he finds out, I'll definitely be punished.'"

  After walking out for several hundred meters, Pang Bo said: "I remembered, I saw them in the back mountain of Lingxu Cave Heaven. At that time, it was very far away and didn't pay much attention. Wu Qingfeng Lao said a few words at the time, and the woman seemed to be called Li Lin, also a Xian Miao. The man seemed to be called Li Yun, although not a Xian Miao, but his qualifications were also very special, not inferior to Xian Miao."

  Ye Fan turned his head back and glanced at him, saying: "It seems that although you won't be in any danger in the Lingxu Cave Heaven, your future days won't be very comfortable either."

  Pang Bo was nonchalant, saying: "Having pressure gives me motivation. My current goal is to trample those few despicable things under my feet within three years. I finally understand why Wu Qingfeng Lao said that in recent years, the good and evil are not as clear-cut..."

  "The Lingxu Cave Heaven seems to be not as calm as it appears on the surface, there may be opposing relationships between the elders, you must be more careful in the future." Yefan reminded.

  "I know that Wu Qingfeng said he wants to take me as his closed-door disciple. I think after you leave, I might go to the back mountain to cultivate and won't cause any trouble if I don't learn anything."

  Ye Fan thought for a moment, then shook his head again and said: "Unfortunately, our current strength is not enough, otherwise we can plan something to help you get rid of these troubles."

  "It's nothing, don't worry about me, they can't do anything to me." Up to here, Pang Bo was still very indignant and said: "Don't mind what they say."

  Yefan smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm too lazy to say anything to them, so I won't take it to heart."

  "That's good, now you don't have to worry about anything, just work hard on your cultivation, wait for your Golden Suffering Sea to open up, and let them understand who is the waste."

  It wasn't long before Li Lin, Li Yun, Han Feiyu and others caught up, but this time they weren't coming for them, just passing by.

  "We'll go deeper into the ruins, and leave the outside to those trash...” Lili said with a faint cold smile, her beauty mark at the corner of her mouth seemed somewhat piercing, giving people a chill.

  Ye Fan stood on one side, quietly watching them leave, still saying nothing.

  "This scoundrel!" Pang Bo was indignant, but for now he could only endure it, as he currently had no power to resist.

  In the next two days, Ye Fan and Pang Bo found dozens of medicinal herbs, but when they exchanged them with the two elders, they only got two bottles of Baicao liquid. In fact, many people were like this, and some people couldn't even exchange for one bottle of Baicao liquid. Moreover, in these two days, three more disciples died.

  "No, although there are some medicinal herbs in the outer regions, they are not old enough and have mostly been collected by previous people. As for those rare birds and beasts, seeing so many people coming in at the same time, they probably hid far away long ago, let alone being hunted."

  Two bottles of Baicao liquid are nothing to Yefan, and cannot have any effect at all. After discussing it, both of them think that if they want to dig up the real spiritual medicine or hunt down the spiritual beast, they can only go deep into the ruins like Lili and the others.

  "It's too dangerous inside, those ferocious beasts are not something we can handle. Moreover, if we were to encounter people like Lirin and Li Yun, even if they don't dare to make a move openly, they might still secretly cause trouble..."

  The two of them deliberated for a long time and finally gazed into the distance.

  They wanted to get away from this area and head towards another region. Two days ago, the Thunderbird that tore through the sky, its entire body shining with golden light, left a deep impression on them. And then there was the Scale Ape King, covered in scales, jumping over 100 meters high from the mountain peak, which shocked them even more. At this moment, the Thunderbird and the Scale Ape King kept appearing before their eyes.

  For the past two days, there have been ear-piercing bird calls and beast roars coming from deep within that area, with a huge commotion. It wasn't until today that it gradually quieted down. Why did these two terrifying monsters fight? Both of them felt that there must be some extraordinary reason behind it.

  At this moment, the depths of the ruins had gradually calmed down, and they felt that if they could sneak into that region, they might have an astonishing harvest.

  Ye Fan and Pang Bo were both very decisive people, making decisions and immediately setting off, sneaking towards that area.