Li Chengfeng followed the group from afar and watched as they boarded the teleportation platform. Then, he and Yuehan stood on the teleportation platform. Their vision darkened for a moment, then brightened again and they were at Crescent Valley's teleportation platform.
Li Chengfeng looked around and saw that he was in a pocket-shaped valley. When he looked up, the outline of the valley was like a crescent moon.
On both sides of the valley were steep cliffs. At a glance, one could only see pine trees and strange rocks. The cawing of a Roc echoed throughout the valley. Behind him was a precipice with four huge stone statues carved on it. They were the four Sect Masters who had made great contributions to the Spiritual Mountain Sect.
From the right to the left, the first person was tall and thin. He held a sword with both hands and looked straight ahead with a dignified expression. The second person held a Life and Death Medallion in her hand. Her face was covered with a veil. It was a woman. The third person was a man of medium build. He held a Bloodthirsty Cyan Crystal Mace in his right hand and a Cold Moon Sawtooth Ring in his left hand. He looked arrogant and murderous. The fourth person was a thin man. He held a scroll in one hand and a brush in the other. He looked gentle and harmless.
However, those who knew the Spiritual Mountain Sect knew that the last person was the Sect Master who had the shortest reign in the sect's history. He was also the most powerful Sect Master. His nickname was Zhang Qianqiao!
In the deepest part of the Nine Hells, Zhang Qianqiao was in charge of the underworld and the dead. The Judgment of Life and Death and the Yin Yang Brush in Zhang Qianqiao's hands were one of Zhang Qianqiao's two magical weapons. These two magical weapons were lost in the ancient war and coincidentally found by Zhang Qianqiao. If one of these two magical weapons was only a high-grade magical weapon, it would not be considered a peerless one. However, when they were used together, they could kill anyone who stood in their way!
One brush marked life and death, two brush marked Yin and Yang.
It was better to meet the Nine Celestial Emperors than to touch Zhang Qianqiao!
It was precisely because Zhang Qianqiao's power was too domineering that he attracted the enmity of the Nine Heavens. The Celestial Emperor sent nine reincarnated Golden Immortals to kill Zhang Qianqiao. In that battle, three of the nine Golden Immortals died while the other two had their immortal lattices knocked out and fell into the Nine Hells, never to be reincarnated.
The Judgment of Life and Death and the Yin-Yang Brush, which made people tremble with fear, also disappeared from the martial world.
Under Zhang Qianqiao's leadership, the Spiritual Mountain Sect reached its peak, able to compete with the Zhan Family and Cosmos God Cult.
Li Chengfeng stared at the four statues in admiration. Even someone like him who did not care about fame and fortune could not help but be fascinated. He did not know when his statue would be erected in this world. Even if he had already passed away, there would still be stories of his legend that would be passed down to the world.
After admiring the stone statue for a while, the two of them continued to enter the valley.
Once they were out of the valley, Li Chengfeng realised that the valley was wide and spacious. His senior brothers were nowhere to be seen. Both of them perked up and walked forward cautiously. Li Chengfeng held the sharp bone spear in his hand while Yuehan held the remaining sword he seized. Both of them walked further and further away.
About two hundred meters into the valley, Li Chengfeng noticed that the scenery in the valley began to change. The trees around him grew taller and more numerous. At first, there were only a few dozen meters apart, but now, there was a towering tree about ten meters apart. The grass in the forest also grew thicker. The forest did not seem to be affected by the arrival of winter. Everywhere was lush and green, so dense that it seemed like water was about to drip out of it.
"Young Master, what kind of magical creature are we catching as a pet?" Yuehan lowered her voice and looked around cautiously, following closely behind Li Chengfeng.
Li Chengfeng smiled bitterly. "Of course we can tame it. We can't possibly tame something like the Grim Stork, right?"
Yuehan giggled. "If we can tame the Grim Stork as a magical pet, you'll be so cool."
He smiled. "Yeah, we'll even be able to fly with you!"
Yuehan was shocked. "What do you mean?"
Li Chengfeng laughed. Just as he was about to change the topic, his ears twitched. He hurled the bone spear in his hand. The bone spear instantly turned into a javelin and stabbed into the ground like lightning. A wild grey rabbit struggled under the spear, but after a while, it stopped moving.
Yuehan could not bear to see it. "Ah, you killed a rabbit again!"
He glared at her. "Don't eat it later!"
She pointed not far away. "There's another one there!"
He could not help but laugh. "You've really turned your morals into appetite!"
Yuehan chuckled. "You only know how to make fun of me."
As the two of them chatted and laughed, the tension in the air lessened. Li Chengfeng even felt that this deep mountain forest was filled with a refreshing fragrance, birds were chirping in the valley, and he had a beautiful woman by his side. It made him feel like he was on an outing.
He walked over with a smile and removed the bone spear, then threw the dead rabbit to the pained Yuehan. He was about to continue walking when a low growl came from afar. Li Chengfeng narrowed his eyes and pulled Yuehan to hide behind a bush.
"Young Master, what's that …" Yuehan whispered but was interrupted.
He gestured for her to keep quiet and peeked out of the bush. Yuehan peeked her head out too.
The two of them saw a bull that was three to four meters tall slowly walking out from the depths of the forest. This bull was huge and weighed a few thousand pounds. Every step it took caused the ground to tremble slightly.
Yuehan whispered, "Young Master, do you want to …" She gestured to ask if he wanted to tame this beast as his magical pet.
He glared at her and whispered, "Do you want me to die?"
He might be able to kill the bull with the Grim Stork's bone spear but taming it was impossible with his current abilities.
They watched as the bull walked into the forest and started munching on the fresh leaves hanging from the branches. Just as they were about to leave, they heard another animal roar.
They looked back and saw a 1.3-meter-tall, three-meter-long tiger slowly walking out of the forest on the other side. The tiger looked quite thin, and both sides of its stomach were sunken. It was obvious that it had been hungry for a long time. It stared at the bull and let out a low roar.
His hunger drove him to attack this incomparably huge bull.
Li Chengfeng did not know that the Crescent Valley he was in should not have a beast of this level. When he saw the two beasts ready to fight, he became excited and chuckled. "Alright, when two beasts fight, one of them will definitely get hurt. Who knows, we might be able to get something this time!"
Yuehan was excited too. "Young Master, if we can catch a tiger as a mount, that would be awesome too!"
As he spoke, the tiger roared and a sound wave exploded from its throat, spreading out in all directions. Wherever the sound wave reached, the bushes would crawl. Li Chengfeng and Yuehan's figures were immediately exposed.
Coincidentally, the place where the two of them were was right between the Raging Bull and the Fierce Tiger.
For a moment, the two of them were sitting on the spot, dumbstruck and sweating profusely!
Li Chengfeng was on the verge of collapsing, memories that he had not recalled for a long time resurfacing. 'What the f * ck, I'm hiding in the bushes?'
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