Chapter 81: The Legend of Wanshou Mountain in Southern Xinjiang

  "You dare, you old monster!"

  Jian Shi Jingxuan was caught, Wu Ming was furious. This old thing is too sinister, and it actually has a follow-up move!

  After finishing speaking, he suddenly turned around and swung his sword to cut off the vines that entwined Shi Jingyuan. But how could the tree demon just watch him make a move? Countless vines came over to surround Wu Ming's path, trapping him like an iron barrel, waiting for him to deliver himself.

  Wu Ming didn't care about that much at this time, thinking that if it wasn't for his own desire for the Bi Ling grass, his master sister wouldn't have fallen into the hands of this old tree demon. Moreover, his master sister had come to Nanjiang just for him, and now if he couldn't get her out... Wu Ming didn't dare think about the consequences anymore.

  "Overdoing it will lead to regret!"

  The most courageous move in the Dragon God's Leg was brought out by Wu Ming.

  A golden giant dragon roared and charged, its massive body violently colliding with the branches set up by the tree demon. The dragon's body rolled once, then again, and suddenly wrapped dozens of branches together, crushing them into powder. In this brief moment, Wu Ming's pale face revealed a hint of relief. He swung his long sword through the air, cutting off the branch that was still entwining Shi Jingxuan, who hadn't had time to fully retract it. He then quickly picked her up and ran away at high speed.

  After a moment, the tree demon's swinging branches finally stopped with some reluctance. Several branches quietly fell near the Bi Ling grass, and the surroundings returned to their former tranquility once again. On the trunk of the large tree, a human face appeared with an eerie expression, saying in a huff: "Hmph, consider yourself lucky!"

  Those severed vines quickly stopped bleeding and no longer flowed out, leaving a shallow scar at the wound.

  Ten minutes later, Wu Ming collapsed powerlessly in a dense forest ten miles away from the Tree Demon. His whole body felt sore and numb, and even moving his fingers was difficult. The true yuan in his dantian had been almost completely depleted.

  "Little brother, what's wrong?" Shi Jingxuan, who was holding him, hastily got up and lifted Wu Ming. His face was full of tension and guilt.

  Wu Ming smiled wryly and said, "It's nothing, I just lost strength. I didn't expect this tree demon to be so troublesome, it seems that next time we need to be more careful."

  "It's all my fault, it's all because I'm too weak. I've dragged you down, if it weren't for me, you would have been able to get that herb by now. First in Leshan City and now here again... Waaahhh... I said I'd protect you, but instead, I keep dragging you down!"

  "What's wrong with you? Hehe, what's wrong?" Wu Ming coughed lightly and said with a faint smile on his pale face: "It's my own greed. I knew that the Bi Ling Cao would be guarded by demonic beasts, but I didn't take precautions. Instead, I implicated you, if I hadn't been greedy to pick that Bi Ling Cao, implicating you in distraction, you wouldn't have been caught by the tree demon so easily."

  Jian Shi Jing Xuan was about to speak, but Wu Ming burst out laughing and said: "Alright, alright, stop arguing about this. First help me up, let me recover my strength. I still have to go to Wanshou Mountain, and then rush back to seize the Ling Stone Mine. We can't fall here!"

  "Hmm..." Shi Jingxuan wiped away the tears on her face, nodded, and helped Wu Ming sit up.

  Wu Ming smiled slightly, this little girl is quite lovely, really one year older than himself?

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  Three days later, Mount Wanshou.

  Wanshou Mountain is just one of the countless great mountains in southern Xinjiang. The south has as many mountains as there are hairs on an ox, with a reputation for having 100,000 great mountains. In reality, it's not just 100,000 - there are millions. This mountain originally didn't have a name, just like the surrounding ones... With so many mountains, it's impossible to give each one a name.

  It is said that tens of thousands of years ago, a great demon emerged from this mountain, which was a golden toad that had become a spirit. This is not surprising, as the southern border has always been a paradise for demons and beasts. Although there are not many great demons, there are absolutely not few either. Just like the snake-necked dragon in the sea river, as long as it passes through the heavenly calamity, it will naturally become a great demon.

  But the snake-necked dragon has the blood of the dragon clan, and as long as it passes through the heavenly tribulation, its strength will increase exponentially, which is also a clever move.

  Let's not mention the dragon for now, and talk about this golden toad instead.

  Jin Chan is different from ordinary toads, it's a divine beast, similar to the dragon clan. As soon as it became a great demon, the world was stirred up. It had just become a great demon and killed a demon saint in the depths of the southern border, this matter spread out, shocking the whole world.

  What is a demon saint? Even ten old-brand great demons may not be able to defeat a demon beast that has just entered the demon saint realm. And this golden toad has just entered the great demon realm, yet it's so ferocious, who wouldn't fear? Who wouldn't be shocked?

  This is its first big move.

  Then this golden toad did another shocking thing, claiming that he wanted to challenge a master of the dragon clan!

  If this hadn't been followed by what happened next, it would have probably just become a joke to laugh about over tea and dinner. But how could the proud Dragon Clan tolerate being provoked by a mere toad? And yet, a mighty dragon from the Dragon Clan actually took action, and the subsequent result left everyone's titanium alloy dog eyes blinded - that old toad had actually defeated a giant dragon of the same realm!

  Divine beasts also have high and low ranks, the dragon clan is a top-tier divine beast, while the golden toad is only a lower-tier divine beast. But unexpectedly, this toad counterattacked, how can people not be shocked? What's even more shocking is that in the end, nothing came of it, and the dragon clan didn't even bother to save face.

  After hundreds of years, the matter at that time was remembered by only a few people. At this time, Mount Wanshou held a grand banquet and invited all the monsters in the world to gather together to celebrate. What were they celebrating? They were celebrating the birthday of Jin Chan Lao Zu, which made everyone surprised. That golden toad looked like it was only two or three thousand years old, how could it be having a birthday celebration for ten thousand years? Was it dissatisfied with its own age and adding years to itself?

  It turns out that everyone was wrong again! In the Wanshou Mountain, there is actually another super turtle, which has lived for tens of thousands of years. Who can sit still now? Even the Dragon Emperor of the dragon clan hasn't lived this long, and having seven or eight thousand years would already be a strong anomaly, but this old turtle has lived so long, isn't it breaking the limit of all living things' lifespan? Is this guy from the immortal realm?

  The legend of the fairy world is elusive, and no one has ever really been there.

  However, the old toad's great-great-grandfather toad didn't live much longer after his birthday and eventually kicked the bucket. The nameless mountain was then called Wanshoushan (Longevity Mountain).

  When Shi Jingxuan revealed these secrets, Wu Ming was stunned. In the world of martial arts, didn't Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun ascend to immortality? And three years later, Pang Ben followed Lang Fanyun, and wasn't there also a legendary cultivator who entered the realm of the gods through the "War God Diagram"? How could it be that in this world, no one had achieved immortality? What was going on here?

  Shi Jingxuan saw Wu Ming stunned, thinking he was scared by the legend, and said: "When Master told me about this at that time, I was also startled. In the past, when reading books about Wanshoushan, no one mentioned this matter."