Chapter 44: Beast God Mountain

  Time flies like an arrow, and in the blink of an eye, Zhang Huaming has been stuck in the Forest of Death for a year. In this year, there have been great changes on the Wulin Continent. First, the Summer Country was jointly attacked by the Winter Country and the Heaven Country. When the two countries' armies were at the gates, the Southern Yan Empire suddenly sent an envoy to intervene in this small-scale war, as if they had eaten some kind of medicine. Although the Winter Country and the Heaven Country were reluctant to give up on this piece of fat that was already in their mouths, they had no choice but to comply. After all, they were both small countries within the Southern Yan Empire. If you disobey orders today, I guarantee that within three days, the Southern Yan Empire's army will trample your country flat. In their eyes, the Southern Yan Empire is a massive existence like an elephant, while they are just tiny ants.

  Although Xia Guo was not destroyed by Dong Guo and Tian Guo, it was almost the same. Originally, there were sixteen cities, but now only four cities surrounding the capital belonged to Xia Guo. However, this was still better than being destroyed. After Tian Guo and Dong Guo got what they wanted, they naturally stopped after receiving the order from the Nan Yan Empire.

  The two families, Zheng and Yan, among the five major families on the Wulin continent, seem to have generated some contradictions and actually took a big shot. After the Tian family intervened, both sides stopped fighting temporarily, but even so, the strength of the two families was weakened by more than two layers, which can be said to have hurt their vitality.

  The various signs on Martial Continent are quite strange, because many inexplicable things are still happening on Martial Continent, and these things are not known to ordinary people.

  Shoushen Mountain is the southernmost continuous mountain range on the Wuzhe mainland. It has a dense forest that stretches as far as the eye can see, and in the center of this dense forest are towering peaks that rise high into the sky.

  Shòu Shén Shān, this is the name given by the strong of Wǔ Zhě Dà Lù (Martial Continent), seemingly ordinary three words, but among the true strong of Wǔ Zhě Dà Lù, as soon as they hear these three words, not one does not show a few points of fear.

  On a mountain peak where birds sang and flowers fragranced, a slender figure was silhouetted against the distant glow of sunset.

  "It's been a year, where on earth has this guy gone to?" Yu Yan murmured with a thoughtful expression, her eyes gazing at the setting sun in a daze. If there were any men who saw her like this, they would probably be unable to resist the urge to take her into their arms and cherish her dearly.

  "Yan Mei, you're here! I've been searching for my brother everywhere!" A loud voice rang out, followed by a burly man with a rugged build who came over to sit beside Yu Yan, looking exhausted.

  Yu Yan saw the person coming, immediately put away her original thoughtful expression, and with a joyful face pulled the person's arm and exclaimed: "Tiger brother, you're back? Is there any news about him?"

  Yu Hu saw the changes in his sister before and after, and a bitter expression appeared on his face: "You heartless little girl, Brother Yu just came back and didn't ask if Brother Yu was tired, but only knew how to care about the man in your heart."

  "Brother Tiger, tell Yuyan!" Yuyan pulled on her big brother's arm and started to pout.

  "Alright, alright, I'm afraid of you." Yu Hu this guy who wasn't afraid of anything in the world was unexpectedly most afraid of his own little sister.

  "Little sister, this time I went to the Xia country in the Southern Yan Empire. I searched around a dozen small countries, but still couldn't find any news about that Zhang something you mentioned."

  "Zhang Huaming." Yu Yan heard her brother say this, and the originally joyful expression suddenly dimmed, with a worried tone: "Could it be that something unexpected really happened to him in that big battle? Or is he seriously injured and not yet recovered? No, I have to go find him."

  Yu Hu heard his sister's words, and his expression changed greatly. He hastily stretched out his hand to grab his little sister's arm and exclaimed: "Little sister, don't go! In three months, the Tian family will come to our Yu family to propose a marriage. If you go now and return later, it will be impossible for you to come back within half a year. At that time, if Father is angry, the consequences will be very severe."

  "Hehe, Tian Jia... Brother, are you willing to see your little sister suffer for a lifetime?" Yu Yan's face revealed a miserable smile.

  Yu Hu heard his sister's words, and his facial expression changed several times before he let out a long howl towards the sky. Afterwards, with a serious expression, he said: "Sister, in the past, no matter how willful you were, big brother could tolerate it, but this time, big brother cannot tolerate it. You must know that if you leave like this, what kind of consequences will our Beast God Mountain face?" Yu Hu seemed to have transformed into a different person at this moment, with a serious expression on his face.

  "Are we, the Beast God Mountain, still afraid of not being able to ascend to heaven? You people are all just excuses, all excuses. I won't listen, I won't listen." Yu Yan covered her head with both hands and crouched on the ground, shouting and screaming wildly, looking like a madwoman.

  "Little sister, little sister, listen to big brother's words. Would big brother be willing to see you marry that useless thing from the Tian family?"

  Yu Yan heard her big brother's words and carefully raised her head: "Big brother, are you willing to help me?"

  Yu Hu shook his head and said, "Little sister, there are many things about our Yu family that you don't understand. Among the four siblings, Father actually loves you the most. But this time, it's really unavoidable. If you don't marry him, then our Yu family will face the disaster of extinction."

  "Family extermination?" Yu Yan heard her big brother say this, and her small face suddenly turned pale, with an expression of disbelief looking at her big brother, as if waiting for something.

  "Alas!" The tiger-like man let out a long sigh and said, "Little sister, in the eyes of the world, our Beast God Mountain is an existence that is powerful beyond compare. But little sister, do you know? In this land of warriors, we are only a seemingly powerful existence on the surface. In reality, among those families with true hidden cards, our strength is too weak, too weak."

  "Little sister, don't you think that with our Beast God Mountain's strength, we can completely look down on the Heavenly Family, right?" Yu Hu smiled and asked back.

  "En..." Yu Yan nodded her small head like a little chick pecking at rice.

  "Haha!" Yu Huo smiled wryly and said, "Everyone in the world has been deceived by the false appearances before their eyes. Little sister, do you know that our Beast God Mountain has an old ancestor?"

  "En." Yu Yan naturally understood the old ancestor her big brother was talking about, that was an existence against heaven. Although Yu Yan wasn't clear how many years this old ancestor had lived, she knew that this old ancestor absolutely surpassed the spatial level of existence. Because when she was in the Wu Zong realm, just one glance at her old ancestor made her feel immense pressure.

  "If I told you that an old ancestor in our family could wipe out all of our ancestors with just a wave of his hand, would you believe me?"

  "What?" Yu Yan's eyes widened in shock, her expression disbelieving.

  Yu Yan's expression changed several times before she suddenly exclaimed, "Impossible, big brother, you're deceiving me! If the old ancestor of the Tian family is that powerful, then with the Tian family's temperament, why didn't they unify the entire Martial Continent?"

  "Heh heh! Little sister, you really think that the old ancestor of the Tian family doesn't have a match? You're wrong." Yu Huo suddenly dropped another shocking bombshell.

  "Enemy's hand?" Yu Yan was even more surprised this time.

  "Well, little sister, with your intelligence, I believe you should have guessed some of it too! That's right, among the five major families, there exists such an ancestor."

  Yu Yan heard her big brother's words, covering her small mouth with her hand, and her face turned pale. At this moment, she finally understood why her father was so afraid of the Tianjia people, including the fact that she had almost been kidnapped in the Nanyan Empire last time and it was all because of strength.

  "Little sister, don't you think it's strange that the five major families get along with each other without any issues?"

  "Alright."

  "In fact, the ancestors of these five major families were also suppressed by another five top-notch experts. I heard my father say that originally, the population of the Martial Continent was numerous, and in ancient times, people with the realm of martial arts gods could be seen everywhere. It's just because a great war broke out in ancient times, so the spiritual energy of heaven and earth disappeared almost completely. Therefore, it is extremely difficult to cultivate to the realm of martial arts gods now. So after the ancient great war, the ten surviving top-notch experts had an agreement that they would not interfere with the struggles on the Martial Continent unless it was a moment of family destruction."

  Yu Yan heard her big brother say this and her eyes lit up, saying: "Big brother, if you put it that way, then the old ancestor of the Tianjia family can't move either? What about us?"

  "You're wrong, little sister. If our ancestors were only martial gods, then the Heavenly Family's ancestor wouldn't dare to make a move even if he borrowed a few guts. But the problem is that our ancestors' powers have also transcended this spatial level, so if he makes a move, it won't violate the original rules."

  "Isn't there anyone who can suppress the ancestors of the Tian family?" Yu Yan's face was filled with anger, but her heart was full of helplessness. Who made them so powerful? On the Martial Continent, whoever had the strongest power got to say what was right or wrong.

  "Yes!" Yu Hu responded immediately, and his face showed a look of admiration as he replied.

  "Who?" Yu Yan's face showed a hint of hopeful expression.

  "That's the legendary Sword God, Xuantian Badao! It's said that during the ancient great war, millions of powerful cultivators fell under his Demon-Slaying Sword. His self-created Demon-Slaying Five Styles are unmatched in the world. In the ancient times, no one had ever seen him use the fifth style of swordsmanship. And he was also one of the ten survivors back then. No one knows where he is now." Tiger's tone was full of admiration. Millions of people! A single battle that killed millions of people! And these millions weren't ordinary people, but real powerful cultivators. What kind of cultivation was that? What kind of dominance was that?!

  "Xuān Tiān Bà?" Yuān's mouth murmured.

  "Little sister, don't think about it anymore. Such a person is not someone we can afford to provoke. Big brother has said all he needs to say, as for what to do next, you figure it out yourself!" Yu Hu left after saying this.