At the same time as Li Yan's aura was released, several faint gray figures suddenly flashed into existence in the air around him. The closest one was less than ten zhang from Li Yan. After feeling the sudden and astonishing pressure, with an extremely fast turn, the several faint gray figures slid past Li Yan's side and flew into the distance, instantly disappearing.
"So this is a Wind Beast?"
Li Yan just glanced at the fleeing gray shadows, then withdrew his gaze and looked at the giant bird that had a fierce look in its eyes even after being pierced through to death by the tip of his brush. He couldn't help but mutter to himself.
This time, Li Yan had of course also learned about the information on the Wind God Continent in advance. Zhao Min had also told him all the things to pay attention to one by one. And Zhao Min had also taught Li Yan the language of the Wind God Continent. Overall, the language of the Wind God Continent was the closest to that of the Desolate Moon Continent. Some pronunciations were quite similar, and Li Yan could even understand the general meaning of some phrases without learning them.
According to Zhao Min's explanation, in ancient times, these two continents were one and the same space. Later, after some immortals from the upper realm came down to fight for cultivation resources and find sources of inheritance, they fought fiercely. Eventually, they actually shattered the entire continent. The rules of heaven and earth also underwent huge changes due to their earth-shattering divine abilities, and the continent was forcibly divided into two pieces and even fragmented into many smaller realms.
Li Yan had also seen about the matter of immortals from the upper realm coming down to fight for disciples in the sect's classics, but he had not seen any introduction about the relationship between the Desolate Moon Continent and the Wind God Continent. However, Zhao Min had once said that this was also heard from the legends in her family. Their family had a very close relationship with the Tianli Clan, so some legends were heard from the Tianli Clan.
The reason why there were no ordinary demonic beasts in the "Nanzhu Sea Region" was also because it had long been occupied by Wind Beasts. The Wind Beasts here were mostly birds and sea beasts. The few Wind Beasts just now had been hiding high in the sky. Because Li Yan had appeared too quickly, those low-level Wind Beasts had not seen clearly how Li Yan had gotten here. And Li Yan had habitually suppressed the aura on his body, which made him look like an ordinary cultivator. So that Wind Beast had immediately attacked.
Including the other hidden Wind Beasts, they were only second-rank. If Li Yan hadn't wanted to see what the so-called Wind Beasts looked like carefully, they wouldn't have even been able to get within a thousand zhang of him. With the eruption of Li Yan's aura, the nearby Wind Beasts immediately scattered like birds and beasts.
In Li Yan's Divine Sense, there were more Wind Beasts hidden on those islands. They were of various kinds, mostly birds. As for their names, Li Yan could only recognize a few. For example, he happened to recognize the one just now, called the "Swiftwind Eagle." Among its peers, it came and went like the wind, making it impossible to guard against.
After his Divine Sense spread out, he did not find any Wind Beasts above the fourth rank. Li Yan had no intention of staying here for long. With his pressure released, he flew to the northeast.
And just as Li Yan appeared on the Wind God Continent, in several places tens of thousands of li away on the Wind God Continent, several people's expressions moved slightly.
"Not one of those poor and evil people on the list!" An old woman with a hunchback picked up a comb again and slowly began to comb her hair.
"I hope you can be honest. Otherwise, no matter which force you come from..." A big man was looking up at the sky, muttering to himself…
On any continent, those who secretly guarded it would leave some kind of supreme treasure similar to a "heaven-peeping mirror" at the weakest point of the known two-realm barrier. Just like the far north of the Sea of the Northern Abyss on the Desolate Moon Continent, the Devil's Cliff Crevice... if someone broke through the barrier, the Spirit Transformation cultivators would know. That was the place they paid the most attention to. But the guardians of the Wind God Continent were different. The Spirit Transformation cultivators here had always been in a state of internal turmoil, and their main energy was even more focused on those Wind Beasts of the same rank.
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Half a month later, the figures of Li Yan, Qian Ji, and Zi Kun appeared on the top of a mountain peak. After the two demons had entered the "Earthen Patch" last time, they had been cultivating on one hand, and learning the language of the Wind God Continent from the jade slip Li Yan had given them on the other. Now that they had arrived on the Wind God Continent, they no longer wanted to stay in the "Earthen Patch."
In the past dozen days, with the speed of the "Cloud-Piercing Willow," they had long since flown out of the sea area. It was just that along the way, Li Yan found that although the Wind God Continent could not be said to be sparsely populated, there were very few cities. He didn't know if it was because the Nanzhu Sea Region was too remote, or for other reasons. At least, that was the feeling it gave him at the moment.
Even after leaving the sea area, they had only encountered a few groups of cultivators on this continent, a total of no more than a dozen people. Although Li Yan had suppressed the pressure on his body, with Qian Ji and Zi Kun at his side, those cultivators had sensed the surging aura from the three of them and had dodged early on, not wanting to meet them at all.
It was not until they had flown north for another several hundred thousand li that they gradually began to see mortal towns and some scattered villages. At this time, the number of cultivators here also slowly increased, and conversely, the number of times Wind Beasts appeared began to decrease.
In the half-month of flying, the three of them had also encountered the "Sky Eye Wind" four times. This type of wind was a natural disaster unique to the Wind God Continent. They formed deep underground and then spewed out. When they blew across the land, the entire land would shake, sweeping in all directions.
The power of the "Sky Eye Wind" varied, mainly depending on the size and depth of the underground cave where it formed. A large "Sky Eye Wind" would send sand and stones flying within a radius of ten thousand li, and crops and villages would be instantly uprooted.
Today, Li Yan and his group encountered the "Sky Eye Wind" again, and the three of them were near the center of the wind. So Li Yan decided to go and see the so-called gathering place of the "Sky Eye Wind."
On the top of the mountain peak, although the strong wind had stopped at this time, the surroundings were still filled with a large amount of smoke and dust that billowed into the sky. In this smoke and dust, it was filled with granular dust and poisonous miasma. A mortal could not last more than ten breaths in it before suffocating to death.
Three faint balls of light flickered in the smoke and dust. The three of them had opened their spiritual power shields and were standing on the edge of a huge deep pit, on the sheer cliff of a mountain peak that looked as if it had been sliced by a knife.
This mountain peak had a range of about a hundred li. Apart from a fence-like stone peak around it, the middle was a bottomless giant pit. Deep down in the pit, various wind pillars were still twisting and colliding. From time to time, red or yellow lights would flicker in the chaotic wind pillars, like streaks of lightning. But apart from the sound of the wind, the colliding lights did not make any sound, giving people a sense of silent oppression.
There was no pattern to the twisting wind pillars below. They would often roll wildly in all directions and then crash into each other, then disintegrate, completely unable to reach the top of the pit…
"Master, the power of these wind pillars cancels each other out, so it's not easy for them to fly out of the pit. Was the strong wind just now from here?"
Qian Ji withdrew his Divine Sense and said with some uncertainty. They had been flying in the direction of the wind's source to get here.
"It must be here. This so-called 'Sky Eye Wind' doesn't appear often. It should be some power gathering in the deep pit. When it reaches a certain point, it will carry these wind pillars out. And this power accumulation requires a process, so it won't happen every day, but needs a period of time to have enough power to roll out."
Zi Kun glanced at Qian Ji with disdain. This reasoning was obvious with just a little thought. Truly a mixed-blood brain, just as chaotic as his bloodline. As expected, Li Yan also nodded.
"Indeed, it is so!"
Seeing Zi Kun's disdainful eyes, Qian Ji cursed wildly in his heart.
'You stupid pig! Oh, no! Stupid elephant, don't you think I know? Don't you think I can see it? Who's the stupid one? Wouldn't it be better for Master to say this to us, and then we'd have a 'sudden realization'? You're really a hopeless single-track mind…'
"I can sense that a power is re-condensing in the deep pit below. It's very powerful. A Nascent Soul cultivator might not be able to suppress it!"
Li Yan then added. Qian Ji and Zi Kun could not sense it. One was that this deep pit was too deep, the depth had already exceeded their Divine Sense range. And the further down, the more wild the wind pulled in all directions, and it could already scatter the power of Divine Sense.
"Wind God… Continent… Wind God…" Li Yan muttered to himself, but no one knew what he was thinking.
After a few breaths, Li Yan's figure rose into the air.
"Alright, let's go. This place is a bit strange. The experts on the Wind God Continent are not few. If they could suppress this strange wind, there probably wouldn't be so many 'Sky Eye Winds'!"
This wind not only affected mortals, but also cultivators. It stirred up the spiritual energy of one part of the world to become chaotic with it! And as the rulers of a continent, the cultivators certainly hoped that mortals would prosper for generations. That was their greatest source of excellent disciples. So, at the very least, they had to give mortals a relatively stable place to reproduce in order to have a long-lasting inheritance.
But even though mortal towns had already appeared around here, the "Sky Wind" still existed. It was not difficult to guess that this wind must be quite difficult to deal with.
Of course, Li Yan did not come to this judgment just through these few days of observation. The classics about the Wind God Continent recorded things about various "strange winds." It was just that with a real comparison, it would be clearer.
A quarter of an hour later, the "Cloud-Piercing Willow" had already passed through the layers of smoke and dust. The sky before them began to slowly become clear. It was just that the large patch of land below was a mess. There were gullies crisscrossing the land everywhere, and bare yellow ground was exposed everywhere, giving people a desolate feeling of being "scarred and bruised."
And so, it was not until Li Yan and his group had flown for another six or seven thousand li that they saw green vegetation again, and it slowly became denser.
"This is already the outer edge of that 'Sky Eye Wind' deep pit. It seems there are no other 'Sky Eye Wind' gatherings nearby. Otherwise, that kind of desolation would only continue to extend outwards."
Li Yan thought to himself. The two demons looked around somewhat bored. The cultivators and demonic beasts here were too few. The three of them had been traveling just for the sake of traveling. After a long time, it was inevitable that they would feel bored.
After flying for a while longer, Li Yan's expression suddenly moved, and the speed of the "Cloud-Piercing Willow" slowed down accordingly.
"What's wrong, master?"
Apart from some scattered wild beasts, Zi Kun did not find anything amiss in his Divine Sense.
"There are a few mortals who are seriously injured!"
"Then shall we go and check?"
Zi Kun immediately interjected, looking as if he had suddenly become energetic.
Li Yan pondered for a moment and then nodded. He gently tapped the "Cloud-Piercing Willow" with the tip of his foot. After slightly changing direction, he flew into the distance.
This was a mountain peak that could be considered beautiful. At this time, many of the trees on the mountain peak had fallen in a mess, and collapsed rocks of various sizes had rolled onto the mountain road.
Zhao Yuan was covered in sweat, dragging an injured leg, constantly urging loudly. Because the injury on his leg was quite serious, whenever he stood on it to exert force, he would be in so much pain that sweat would pour down.
"Quick, quick, you three, come over and move this huge rock... Zhao Bing! Zhao Bing! What the hell are you doing? Stop it for me, you want to get the master killed?"
Zhao Yuan, who was directing a few people, suddenly shouted loudly. This made the young man who was trying to move a piece of broken rock not far away tremble. He was still bent over when he was so scared that he raised his head and looked over with a nervous expression.
"Didn't you hear what I said, you bastard? Don't make mistakes in the chaos. Stop messing around. All of you, come over here!"
Zhao Yuan's face was ashen. Today, the "Sky Eye Wind" had appeared out of the blue. This was not in the usual pattern, and it had caught them off guard. Now, they were supposed to be looking for a safe shelter for the master, but in the end, with their decades of experience in dealing with the "Sky Eye Wind," they had misjudged. Now, the master they were protecting, as well as the other two, were buried under a huge rock.
In fact, it wasn't that they had misjudged. It was that when the "Sky Eye Wind" had suddenly arrived, they were still on the mountain road. They could only choose a relatively safe place and had no time to escape to a better position.
Of the five who were left outside, Zhao Yuan himself had had his right leg broken by a flying stone weighing several hundred jin. If not for his high martial arts skills, and if he had been a little slower before, it would not have just been his one leg. The other four were lucky. At most, they had some scrapes. But when the wind stopped, the scene they least wanted to see appeared—the master was buried.
This had made several of them panic. Without needing anyone to tell them, they quickly began to dig through the rubble. Zhao Yuan also dragged his broken leg to the side of the rubble. Just now, he had been observing these rocks. That young servant named Zhao Bing had actually started to move a rock directly. This had scared Zhao Yuan so much that his back went cold.
He was very experienced in dealing with this kind of natural disaster. He could see at a glance that that rock could definitely not be moved first. Once it was moved, it would cause all the nearby mud and rocks to fall down. Then the master would be completely beyond saving. He was so scared that his voice had changed.
Zhao Bing and the others quickly gathered in front of Zhao Yuan. Zhao Yuan glared at Zhao Bing fiercely. Normally, he would have kicked him long ago. Now, not only was one of his legs seriously injured, but more importantly, he had no time to waste here.
"Move this rock first. Yes... this one... hiss! Remember, move slowly. Apart from Zhao Bing, you are all decades old. Do I still need to tell you how to deal with this kind of thing…"
As Zhao Yuan spoke, he approached a huge rock. But the movement pulled at his injury, and he couldn't help but gasp.
"Boss, you just be in charge of observing. We'll do these things!" A strong man in his thirties glanced at Zhao Yuan, who was having trouble walking, and said in a somewhat fawning manner.
"Cut the crap, hurry up!"
Zhao Yuan was anxious. With his profound internal energy, he could still sense faint breathing from below, but there was no sound. He didn't know if they were unconscious or seriously injured and unable to call for help.
"Master! You must hold on! We'll get you out soon!"
Zhao Yuan shouted downwards, his voice filled with internal energy.