Chapter 33
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Chapter 33: Godfall Ridge
Sensing Ye Xu’s intense gaze, Ao Lie shuddered in his heart. Could this senior be into that kind of thing?
"Pfft!"
Ye Xu instantly perceived Ao Lie’s thoughts and spat out the tea he had just drunk.
Elder Huang and Ao Lie exchanged bewildered glances.
A great figure coughing just from drinking water? Truly a rare marvel in the whole world.
"Your Highness," Elder Huang said with a solemn expression, advising Ao Lie. "This senior knows everything. If there’s any information you wish to know, you might invite him to help."
It was worth noting that a master’s guidance could save a cultivator from one hundred to even one thousand, ten thousand years of arduous cultivation.
For cultivators, such a word of advice often surpassed even tangible treasures.
"Elder Huang," Ao Lie said. "You’ve been stuck at the half-saint level for three to five centuries already. If you truly wish to break through to the Saint level, I’ll cover the cost for you."
Ao Lie seemed unhurried to do business with Ye Xu, instead giving Elder Huang time to ponder.
Elder Huang’s eyebrows twitched, obviously moved by the idea.
"Your Highness," Elder Huang chuckled bitterly. "I lack not resources, sir; I only lack true insight."
"What you said is correct,"
Ye Xu nodded and said. "Your mental state is flawed, hindered by inner demons. If you cannot eliminate these inner demons, you’ll never break through to the Saint realm in this lifetime."
Whoosh!
Elder Huang’s clouded eyes instantly turned incandescently bright. He looked at Ye Xu and half-knelt, declaring. "Please grant me your guidance, senior."
"My rule here," Ye Xu said calmly, lifting his teacup. "Since you newcomers are just arriving, I imagine you don’t know yet—payment must come before any business."
"Senior," Ao Lie said. "I have five sacred weapons here. I wonder if I can trade them for one word of your guidance?"
Ao Lie waved his large sleeve, and a divine bow and a quiver of sacred arrows materialized in the air. Both were sacred weapons, and these two sacred artifacts formed a complete set.
Then, a demonic sword, a bronze war halberd, and a jade flute flew out from Ao Lie’s sleeve.
These were five sacred artifacts.
Ye Xu marveled inwardly: the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace really was vast and wealthy, with profound foundations. Just one prince could match a third of Xuanfu Palace’s entire fortune.
"Exchange,"
With Ye Xu’s thought, the five sacred artifacts vanished.
["Congratulations, host. You have gained sixty-seven thousand heavenly secrets points."]
The value of these five sacred artifacts was unmistakably higher than that of Yang Xuanzhan’s sacred artifact.
"System, check the method to help Huang Jiuyou eliminate his inner demons," Ye Xu thought to himself.
["Unsurpassed Divine Mountain: Requires two hundred thousand heavenly secrets points to query its specific location."]
["Tomb of the Azure Lotus Demon Emperor: Requires one hundred eighty thousand heavenly secrets points to query its specific location."]
["Panwu the Great Sage’s cave dwelling: Requires forty thousand heavenly secrets points to ascertain its specific location."]
["Tomb of the Battle Saint: Requires thirty thousand heavenly secrets points to query its specific location."]
One after another, blessed lands emerged, and Ye Xu fixed his gaze upon the Battle Saint King’s cave abode.
It was the final resting place left behind by a Saint King after his mortal demise.
"Query: Tomb of the Battle Saint."
[Tomb of the Battle Saint: Battle Saint King, hailing from Zhongzhou seventy thousand years ago, succumbed to grave injuries at Godfall Ridge. He bequeathed the Battle Divine Skills legacy and a small Bodhi tree twenty-eight thousand years old, bearing a single Bodhi seed capable of dispelling Huang Jiuyou’s inner demons.]
Ye Xu felt a stir within. This Battle Saint King wasn’t a native of the Southern Wilderness; he had fled there gravely wounded from Zhongzhou, yet still succumbed to his injuries, perishing at Godfall Ridge.
Just the name alone hinted that Godfall Ridge was also a place of supreme danger.
It was a forbidden zone within the Southern Wilderness.
Stretching over a hundred thousand miles, from ancient times to the present, scarcely anyone had ever emerged alive from Godfall Ridge. Its true origins remained a mystery.
However, Godfall Ridge held the burial places of many Sages, even Great Sages.
"No wonder it only cost thirty thousand points."
Ye Xu contemplated.
Godfall Ridge was a hellish dungeon. It made sense that the Tomb of the Battle Saint King could be secured for a mere thirty thousand heavenly secrets points.
"System, is there a safe route map?"
The System provided a method to crack the Battle Saint’s divine prohibition, but safely reaching his tomb remained significantly difficult.
"Pay up."
The System’s reply was terse and clear.
"……"
Ye Xu felt like cursing. Was it going to swindle even one of its own?
Considering this, Ye Xu turned to look at Ao Lie and Elder Huang. "Pay up."
"Your Highness, this old servant has a small amount saved. Allow me to cover this," Elder Huang offered.
Ao Lie frowned. "Elder Huang, I always mean what I say. Do you doubt my word?"
"A few sacred artifacts are insignificant compared to the value of one Sage. This prince certainly understands the difference."
"Auspicious Senior," Ao Lie turned back to Ye Xu, "Adding these two sacred artifacts should suffice, correct?"
A sun and a moon suddenly manifested within the Heaven’s Secret Pavilion.
That sun, resembling a curled up crow in flight, was unmistakably a sacred golden wheel.
The moon was a crescent blade-like sacred artifact.
Yin and Yang, the Supreme Yin and Supreme Yang, they supplemented each other. This too was a paired set of sacred artifacts.
[Congratulations, Host. Acquired forty-three thousand heavenly secrets points.]
Ye Xu was overjoyed.
This paired set of sacred artifacts was extremely precious, one yin and one yang. The amount of heavenly secrets points they could be exchanged for far exceeded Ye Xu’s expectations.
"Query: Route map," Ye Xu commanded.
In the next second, twenty thousand heavenly secrets points vanished. The information on the safe route from Linglong City to the Tomb of the Battle Saint appeared in Ye Xu’s sea of consciousness.
Ye Xu took out two jade slips. He separately wrote down the cracking method of the Battle Saint Divine Prohibition and the route map, and handed them to Ao Lie.
"Godfall Ridge is full of dangers, but as long as you follow the route map, there won’t be any big issues." Ye Xu stared at Ao Lie and Elder Huang, cautioning them, "Remember well."
"At Godfall Ridge?" Elder Huang and Ao Li’s eyelids involuntarily twitched violently upon hearing the name of Godfall Ridge.
As the Ninth Prince of the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace, Ao Lie was not at all unfamiliar with Godfall Ridge.
The reason why the Southern Wilderness was barren and unable to rise had a significant relationship with Godfall Ridge.
Ao Lie’s second uncle, four hundred years ago, broke into Godfall Ridge, foolishly attempting to seek the opportunity to break through to become a great sage. Up to now, there had been no news from him.
Elder Huang wiped the sweat from his head, his lips trembling. "Senior, you… are you sure this old man can come out of Godfall Ridge alive?"
It wasn’t that Elder Huang didn’t believe Ye Xu, but that Godfall Ridge had a fierce reputation. Many great experts from Central State, Eastern Region, Western Region, and Northern Frontier had met their ruin in Godfall Ridge.
Even in the Yuan Realm, Godfall Ridge was one of the most terrifying forbidden lands.
Ye Xu slightly frowned.
"System, how many heavenly secrets points are needed to inquire about Godfall Ridge?" Ye Xu asked. Seeing the frightened expressions of Elder Huang and Ao Lie, he also felt somewhat interested.
He knew of Godfall Ridge’s existence from the history of the Yuan Realm, but it was merely mentioned in a few strokes without detailed explanation.
A place that could make even the people of the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace so fearful sounded quite interesting.
[Detailed inquiry requires twenty million heavenly secrets points.]
[Vague inquiry requires three million heavenly secrets points.]
Pfft! Ye Xu sprayed out another mouthful of tea.
This time, he was really choked.
A vague inquiry required three million heavenly secrets points? At present, he only had a hundred and sixty thousand heavenly secrets points.
As for a detailed inquiry… it needed a full twenty million…
He recalled that a classic of the immortal path seemed to be about that much.
Could it be that Godfall Ridge was hiding the secret of attaining immortality? Or perhaps it was related to the immortal path?
