Chapter 16 Down the Mountain

Below the No Face Sword School, Li Cheng Yi had often visited, seeing small villages scattered among the mountains and forests.

The resting residences built by the inner disciples and stewards were like small villas in the mountains, distributed in the forest.

The sea of trees swayed, and from time to time, one could see well-decorated manor-style pavilions, strangely out of place in the desolate wilderness. At this time, at the Sword School's mountain gate, Kui Ling and several accompanying attendants, together, saw Li Cheng Yi off to the outside of the gate. Outside the mountain gate was a huge light blue shield hanging down, covering the entire Sword School. A kind of inexplicable force completely protected all the buildings here. Li Cheng Yi and the other disciples undertaking trials all stood in front of the enormous mountain gate, surrounded by parents preparing to send their children off.

After Kui Ling greeted the other parents, her attention focused on Li Cheng Yi. "According to the rules, I can't accompany you to protect you. You must complete the trial alone. The location is fixed: travel to the other three schools in a circle, obtain imprints from the other sects' disciples, and finally return to complete it. You must go to the designated city in the middle to complete a trial task." Kui Ling revealed a trace of worry. "But don't worry too much. The trial tasks are very simple. For example, your Senior Sister Yunchen's task that year was to buy a hundred candied hawthorns that others had eaten half of. This is to increase contact with the mortal world. Most of the tasks are issued according to the actual situation, and even the most difficult is just capturing fleeing demonic beasts. The demonic beasts' strength won't be too strong; it's just for you to practice."

"Rest assured, I will be careful." Li Cheng Yi nodded. "Also, your sword nourishing... remember to use it often. But when you're out, there will be times when you need to use a weapon after all. Here, I..."

"This life-saving item can forcibly bring you back to the sect when you encounter extreme life-threatening danger, but it can only be used once. Be sure to cherish it," Kui Ling said softly.

"Yes."

A white crane chirped and turned to flap its wings and fly away.

When Li Cheng Yi saw the two white Yunchen wolves with blue flames burning on their feet, the information about them immediately flashed through his mind.

The two unfolded their body techniques, and their speed was not weak, about tens of meters per second. In the eyes of ordinary people, it was already very impressive.

"That is to enlighten many wild beasts, and in exchange, pass on the side effects of the cultivation method to them as the price. That is the origin of the demonic beasts."

Li Cheng Yi hadn't cut his hair in years, and his long hair was almost to his waist, now constantly flying backward in the wind. "Just being careful isn't enough..." Kui Ling thought for a while and took out a string of jade green beads that she had worn for a long time from her chest. They seemed to be at the level of ordinary martial artists who had practiced some martial arts, and their body technique speed was also quite good, far inferior to the two ordinary disciples who had undertaken trials before. "The number and strength of the demonic beasts are actually determined by the number of cultivators. For example, in our No Face Sword School, everyone who cultivates the Holy Spirit Art must find a demonic beast as a Holy Infant. Generally, Holy Infant demonic beasts will eventually go mad and lose their minds, and then be beheaded. Unless you're very lucky and encounter a genius who can completely control their own mind, then you can also gain an aide who can help you."

"I should go see what these cities look like..."

"This is for you. Remember not to take it off, even when bathing."

Xiao Ji flapped its wings and continued to shoot toward the distance.

In the night, the sky overhead was dotted with stars, numbering about eighty-seven.

Li Cheng Yi also saw several white eagles and golden eagles, frightened, turning around and fleeing from afar.

A spiritual beast whistled, and immediately a giant white crane, more than two people tall with a wingspan of eight meters, descended from the sky and gently landed in front of them.

The white crane flew across the sky, extremely fast. Li Cheng Yi estimated that it was between eight and nine times the speed of sound.

By the time Kui Ling finished her instructions, the sky was almost white.

"You're still young." Xiao Ji smiled and didn't refute.

Sure enough, Li Cheng Yi saw two Sword School disciples, who were undertaking trials together as a team, fighting a white Yunchen wolf with white smoke coming from its eyes. "That's a Shadow Crimson Wolf. It's one of the more common demonic beasts in the mountains, but it's not a native demonic beast. It's a family line of more than three generations," Xiao Ji said. The white crane raised its head and cried, then turned its head to look at Li Cheng Yi.

Among them, the Years Gate was a sect completely established by Li Cheng, and its disciples were mostly various Li Chengs.

Okay, thank you, Xiao Ji. I'll treat you to a Hundred Insect Feast later," Li Cheng Yi said with a smile. The Yunchen wolf was a bit smaller than the Shadow Crimson Wolf from before, and its speed was also much slower. "How strong is Mother's sword intent? I mean, what's the range?" Li Cheng Yi asked, having never really seen how much strength Kui Ling Daoren had. "Good."

Li Cheng Yi flipped over and jumped onto the back of the white crane.

And the so-called Seven Sects referred to the First Qing Mu Sword Sect, Second Years Gate, Third Yuheng Sect, and Fourth No Face Sword Sect.

The mountain forest around the No Face Sword School was quickly left behind, passing over the abyss cliff that served as the dividing line. The outer world was the vast area of the secular world belonging to this blind spot world. From above, it looked like two big worms, flying around a little one, harassing it in various ways.

Li Cheng Yi watched the battle between the two sides, and a thought arose in his mind.

Sitting on the back of the white crane, with the mountains and forests below passing by one after another, he couldn't help but ask, "Speaking of which, demonic beasts are actually created by us cultivators. We gave them the opportunity, but this opportunity is full of thorns and dangers. Every drink and peck is determined by fate."

Li Cheng Yi turned his head in mid-air and saw Kui Ling and the others watching him from afar, standing in front of the mountain gate, not moving. Outside of their unified long swords, the gap between the two was extremely large. In addition to the clanging sounds of weapons colliding and fighting, there was a large unknown area. That place was savage and dangerous, with all kinds of exotic beasts emerging endlessly. Under the protection of the Seven Sects, humans established various empires, large and small.

He lifted his foot and took a step, about to walk over there.

Although her voice was young, she was actually hundreds of years old.

Then, Kui Ling instructed him on other random things. But in the eyes of the inner disciples, almost every inner disciple had barely touched the threshold of the speed of sound. Some quick-witted parents let people leave. Having stayed in the No Face Sword School for so long, Li Cheng Yi naturally wasn't ignorant of anything. "Can you?" Li Cheng Yi asked, afraid that Li Cheng Yi would suffer outside. He also understood a lot about this blind spot world. Xiao Ji explained. The white crane, Xiao Ji, flapped its wings and soared into the sky, rising more than ten meters into the air at once. After circling once in the air, it swooped down and flew towards the mountain. Speaking of which, Xiao Ji, have you ever seen a real demonic beast? I haven't seen a single demonic beast in the mountains for so long." Li Cheng Yi was a little curious. Li Cheng Yi ignored him and was about to leave when suddenly he seemed to sense something. His expression changed slightly, and with a flash, he suddenly swept over there.

"That's good, let's go up." Kui Ling finally rubbed his antlers. Sitting on the white crane, he hugged the slender crane's neck and looked down at the rapidly passing mountains and forests below. "This is the Cauldron Source Sword, which I used for trials when I was young. It has three sword intents that I refined into it. You can use it as an ordinary weapon on weekdays, and you can also use your mind to activate the sword intent when needed. Remember not to activate it lightly. The power is too strong, and it may cause accidental injury."

And just like the Blood Essence, the white crane also had a layer of transparent force, so it wouldn't create a sonic boom by rubbing against the air!

"White Deer, how about I directly send you to the first stop, Shangqing City?" A clear child's voice transmitted to Li Cheng Yi's mind.

"Xiao Ji, this time, I'll trouble you to send White Deer down the mountain." The spiritual beast silently stroked the white crane's feathers and said softly.

A group of tall men with white deer antlers growing from their foreheads were fighting two white Yunchen wolves with blue flames burning on their feet. "Let's go. It seems like they have no problems, they just need to endure to win," Li Cheng Yi said.

"Where does so much fate come from?" Li Cheng Yi retorted. "If fate is so magical, everyone should stop working hard and just rely on fate to live their lives. Wouldn't that be better?"

The strength of this group of white antlered men was also just a bit more strength and speed than ordinary people. Li Cheng Yi looked at them, and they were slightly beyond the limits of the human body.

Perhaps I should make an overall strength evaluation system to determine the different blind spot levels and difficulties. There aren't many disciples left on the mountain undertaking trials. Seeing that time was running out, Kui Ling gently patted Li Cheng Yi's shoulder.

As the distance increased, the airflow kept blowing his hair.

Blue Flame Wolf, also called Rotten Goods Wolf. The meat is dry and tastes terrible. They reproduce very strongly, with dozens of them in one litter. Even Li Cheng Yi on the mountain doesn't eat this trash meat; it's usually used to feed pets. "Hmm, it's already gone." Li Cheng Yi nodded. "What's that?"

She took a slender straight sword with a pure white blade and pink tassels from Senior Brother Tie Zhou's hand and placed it in Li Cheng Yi's hand.

Wolf, looked down from the crane's face. "Demonic beasts are mostly raised in fixed locations. It's different from us Li Cheng. You know that in our Pangguang, cultivating any cultivation method will have huge side effects, and those side effects must be transferred out by various means. But transferring them to the same race is too cruel, so many seniors came up with a method."

"Four hundred miles east of the mountain is Kuiyuan City, a thousand miles west is Xiaxi Town, and south is Phoenix Tail Mountain. Do you have a detailed plan?" The spiritual beast looked at Li Cheng Yi.

Xiao Ji said about demonic beasts, also with some emotion. The Yunchen wolf was seven or eight meters long and two meters tall, with sparse white fur and faint crimson flames rising from its feet. It looked quite ferocious.

The entire Pangguang area was about the same size as the Earth and Moon, but Pangguang didn't represent the entire blind spot world. Rather, it was the area ruled by the Seven Sects, collectively known as Pangguang. Li Cheng Yi flipped over and landed, clasping his fists to thank Xiao Ji. Finally, it was completely white, the bright moon hung high, and from time to time, groups of startled birds fled in a sorry state. "Of course I can, but I can only send you to the first stop. After that, you'll have to rely entirely on yourself." Xiao Ji replied. Xiao Ji, such a behemoth, was also a top predator in the natural world.

Li Cheng Yi responded, watching the two disciples who had teamed up unfold their footwork, their figures quickly穿梭ing around the Shadow Crimson Wolf, occasionally erupting with a fierce azure sword light.

"I see." Li Cheng Yi understood in his heart. Xiao Ji. It was also a disciple of the Sword School, cultivating the No Face Sword Art.

Very quickly, the hundreds of meters to an open space in the forest, which had been forcibly smashed out, passed in an instant.