“Miao Fengjun’s head and body remained independent of each other.”
“The head has its own consciousness, and the body its own.”
“However, the head retains the self of the Demon Cultivator Miao Fengjun, but the body of the headless monk clearly shows the manner of a Buddhist monk, different from the body we’ve seen before.”
“Perhaps the entity controlling the body was once the Glazed Golden Light Buddha? Or a second personality influenced by Buddha?”
Li Muyang silently analyzed the situation, casting a glance at the silent headless monk beside him.
The head continued its demonic cultivator ways, disclosing much ancient secret knowledge this time, benefiting Li Muyang greatly.
The monk’s body, however, was quiet and spoke little, a stark contrast.
But from what Li Muyang knew of Miao Fengjun, neither represented the true personality of Miao Fengjun.
The real Miao Fengjun was the one he had seen in the Demon Mist Imperial Capital.
He wondered where the body that had the true head of Miao Fengjun had gone now.
Under the night sky, Li Muyang and the silent headless monk left, wandering toward the mountains inside the city.
The markets were eerily quiet, and the city’s residents had gone to sleep for rest.
This was the most dangerous time in the Ancient Resentment Well, with not only Evil Spirits wandering about, Evil Gods prevalent, but even the ordinary people who were normally fine during the day could become monsters if frightened.
Yet the monks from Da Guangming Temple carried on as usual.
They passed through the streets numbly and mechanically as if they were robots operating on a predetermined program.
Li Muyang and the headless holy monk slipped through the shadows and corners of the city, avoiding the monks on the main roads, and quickly arrived at the foot of the mountains not far from the palace.
After roughly locating the fort in the mountains, Li Muyang and his companion began their action.
And their plan of action was very straightforward.
——Charge.
To dash in at the fastest speed and acquire the Magic Artifact left by Fairy Qinghe before the fake Da Guangming Buddha could react.
Li Muyang took a deep breath and charged with the headless monk into the night ahead.
The Seven Treasures Glazed Mace in his hand waved, illuminating the night sky with the brilliant lights of the seven-colored Buddhist glow.
The next second, multiple monk figures quietly appeared in the tranquil mountains, scattered across the darkness ahead, vaguely forming a grand formation.
As Li Muyang and his companion entered the area of this grand formation, the air in their field of vision twisted momentarily.
The two low hills in front of them suddenly expanded and inflated at a rapid pace, transforming into a lush, primitive Wilderness Mountain Range.
Within the depths of these crisscrossing mountains, a fort came in and out of view before ultimately vanishing into the massifs.
The fort, which had been close at hand just moments ago, was now submerged by the suddenly swollen Wilderness Mountain Range, and within this savage range monstrous creatures emerged, howling under the moon.
The path ahead for Li Muyang and his companion became more perilous.
Yet, upon seeing the familiar Ten Thousand Great Mountains, Miao Fengjun’s head let out a laugh, showing no fear whatsoever.
Li Muyang was also unfazed by this sudden transformation.
Because this changed mountain range was exactly the same as the Ten Thousand Great Mountains of Black Cloud Fort from ten thousand years ago!
For him and Miao Fengjun, they could not be more familiar with every plant and tree within this Ten Thousand Great Mountains.
Setting foot on familiar ground and facing these monsters, Miao Fengjun exhibited his divine power, charging to the forefront.
The headless holy monk held his head high in his right hand while forming seals with his left, casting Buddhist Law.
Brilliant Buddhist light spread beneath the feet of the headless holy monk, turning into vast sacred Buddhist texts, covering the sky and sweeping towards the front.
Meanwhile, the head held in his right hand released black beams from its eyes and emitted poisonous smoke from its nostrils.
The Buddhist Law of a high monk and the demonic techniques of a Demon Cultivator were being used simultaneously on one entity, creating an amazingly bizarre harmony.
Miao Fengjun alone bore the brunt of most of the monsters, while Li Muyang, with Princess Pingyao, charged through the dark forests, heading straight for the direction of Black Cloud Fort.
He didn’t encounter many monsters, and soon he reached Black Cloud Fort, nested amongst the mountains.
Under the silent and tranquil moonlight, that empty and quiet fort stood silently between the hills.
Familiar scenery caused Li Muyang to be slightly stunned, unexpectedly feeling a sense of affection in his heart.
After all, in terms of time, he had stayed in this fort for quite a while, and he had developed emotions for it.
Moreover, this fort held memories of his past with Little Wild Grass…
“But why does this place look like Black Cloud Fort?” Li Muyang was somewhat puzzled.
According to Uncle Deng’s story, this fort and the mountains were established after the impostor Da Guangming Buddhist unlawfully seized control of the Great Zhou capital.
It wasn’t built by the Great Zhou emperor to commemorate Fairy Qinghe.
The Black Cloud Fort in the mountains and the preservation of Fairy Qinghe’s Magic Artifact within it were the doings of the monstrous imposter Buddhist.
Does that monster also have feelings for Black Cloud Fort? Has an old connection with the Evil Vein Clan?
With such curiosity, Li Muyang rushed into Black Cloud Fort.
And then…
[You have died, game over]
“…Huh?!”
The moment the game over CG popped up, Li Muyang was dumbfounded.
As soon as he rushed into Black Cloud Fort, he was killed.
He didn’t even see how he died.
Is there something in Black Cloud Fort that could instantly kill him?
This is scientifically impossible!
If the True Immortal Level impostor Da Guangming Buddhist can’t instantly kill Jie Zijiu and Princess Pingyao, what in Black Cloud Fort could instantly kill him?
Li Muyang refused to believe it and loaded the save again, storming into the mountains with Miao Fengjun.
Then the familiar process repeated: the headless monk attracted all the monsters’ attacks, while Li Muyang took the opportunity to rush into Black Cloud Fort amidst the chaos.
This time, Li Muyang was more cautious.
The moment he rushed into Black Cloud Fort, he made Princess Pingyao walk at the forefront, releasing the Petrification Divine Skills of the Magic Eye in all directions.
At this moment, Princess Pingyao’s Petrification Magic Eye was tremendously powerful, causing even True Immortals considerable trouble if they were affected.
Under the night sky, Princess Pingyao, who entered Black Cloud Fort first, emitted a chilling light from her eyes, sweeping it indifferently across every inch of the land within the fort.
Right after that, blood shot into the sky.
The heads of Li Muyang and Princess Pingyao flew into the air, one after another.
But this time, Li Muyang finally saw who attacked him.
In the shadows ahead, within Black Cloud Fort under the night sky, there stood stiff and motionless corpses, like walking dead.
Those bodies, with hollow eyes and wearing strangely styled ragged robes, raised their right hands and made gestures as if performing evil spells at Li Muyang who had entered the fort.
That’s right, performing evil spells…
…
“Did those impostor Buddhist monsters find the bodies of Black Cloud Fort’s villagers?” Li Muyang’s face turned incredibly grim.
Each of the bodies in that fort clearly belonged to the Village People of Black Cloud Fort, people of the Evil Vein Clan!
Although none of those villagers were recognizable anymore, it must have been two or three generations since Jiang Xiaoyu’s death.
But their identities were undoubtedly members of the Evil Vein Clan!