"There's a mountain in the north. It's called Spiritual Mountain because of its spiritual beauty.
Its mountains are majestic, no one knows how far it stretches. Its land is lush, no one knows how many crops it produces. "
When the Great Scholar Liu Chengzhi came to Spirited Mountain for sightseeing, he once wrote the famous "Tour of Spirited Mountain". The words were brilliant and could be said to be a masterpiece that would be passed down from generation to generation. Spirited Mountain, which was originally located in a remote corner of the world, became the most famous of the Five Great Mountains.
After Li Chengfeng sent his father away, he told Asparta to take good care of him. He suppressed his anger and accepted the two mahjong tiles, then brought Yuehan north. After walking for more than a hundred kilometres, they finally arrived at the foot of the Spiritual Mountain Sect.
Li Chengfeng had heard of the Spiritual Mountain Sect since he was young, but because he had to work hard to cheat … to earn money to support his family, he had never visited this place. As the Spiritual Mountain Sect expanded its influence and territory, the restricted area had expanded from ten kilometres to more than a hundred kilometres.
In front of Li Chengfeng and Yuehan were two gigantic stone tablets, solemnly reminding everyone who saw them that they had arrived at the Spiritual Mountain Sect's territory!
Li Chengfeng had cheated the Spiritual Mountain Sect's worshippers and burned Sun Boren's eyes. Feeling guilty, he felt a little guilty seeing the Spiritual Mountain Sect.
Li Chengfeng looked at the two stone tablets. They were twenty metres tall and two metres wide, with a large, ethereal word engraved at the top of each tablet: Spiritual Mountain.
Below these two words, there were two lines of couplets, one on the left and one on the right, from top to bottom. The first couplet was: Unparalleled majesty throughout the ages; the second couplet was: The world's most beautiful mountain!
Li Chengfeng lifted his head to look at the boundary stone, feeling the majestic aura of the couplet rushing towards him. It made his heart race, especially when the engraved words were densely covered in totemic arrays. Although some of the grooves were already covered in moss, the mysterious patterns were still extremely intimidating. Anyone who looked at it would be filled with an inexplicable sense of respect and subservience.
Yuehan looked up at the two tablets in awe. This was the power of the world's top ten sects!
Although it was just a name, the name of each sect represented the terrifying and tyrannical power behind it. This power was so great that it was not something that a single person could contend against!
Even a demon like Yuehan, who had lived for hundreds of years, would not dare to act recklessly!
If she had not come here as Li Chengfeng's companion, she would not have dared to venture deep into the Spiritual Mountain Sect with her current strength and status.
Li Chengfeng rode on his horse and was about to continue forward when two rays of purple light shot out from the two tablets, stabbing into the ground in front of their horses like sharp swords. Within the purple light was a transparent but clearly visible cultivator. They were dressed in long cultivator robes, their robes fluttering in the wind. Their gazes were sharp, one holding a metal mace, the other holding a fireball. Both of them shouted in unison, "Dismount!"
Li Chengfeng jumped in fright. His horse reared up in fright and neighed loudly. If Li Chengfeng's horsemanship wasn't that good, he would have been flipped off his horse.
Yuehan was thrown off her horse and rolled on the ground.
Li Chengfeng hopped off his horse and immediately held onto Yuehan's frightened horse to prevent her from being trampled. After calming the horse down, he glanced at Yuehan to make sure she was fine, then looked at the two portraits.
"Senior Brothers, I am Li …" Without waiting for Li Chengfeng to finish, the two blue figures disappeared from where they stood, leaving Li Chengfeng confused.
Yuehan whispered, "Will they come out as soon as we ride our horses?"
Li Chengfeng thought for a moment, but did not dare to try again. He pulled his and Yuehan's horse and carefully walked past the boundary stone. When there were no other strange movements, he heaved a sigh of relief and turned around. "Looks like it's true, you … eh, there are words here."
Yuehan hurried over as well. She and Li Chengfeng looked over at the same time and saw that both sides of the boundary steles were engraved with words too. The top was densely packed with the Spiritual Mountain Sect's biographical inscriptions, while the bottom was engraved with a murderous aura: Dismount after crossing the monument, cross the boundary and stop fighting. Those who disobey this order will be killed!
Li Chengfeng walked up to the tablet and tentatively touched it. It was cold to the touch, but there was no magical rebound or feedback as he had imagined. He traced the words with his finger and was shocked to find that the inscriptions were exactly the same size as his fingertip.
"Were the words on the stone tablet carved by fingers?"
Li Chengfeng was stunned. He took out the bone spear he carried with him and used its sharp tip to scratch the boundary stone. However, it only left a white mark. Gritting his teeth, he looked around to make sure there was no one around and stabbed the spear down!
With a clang, sparks flew from the friction between the bone spear and the stone. The sharp bone spear only left a shallow indent on the stone!
Li Chengfeng was dumbstruck!
His Bone Spear was so sharp that it could even pierce through a boulder. However, when it pierced this rock, it only left a fingernail-sized hole!
The words on the Boundary Stele were actually carved by a person's bare hands!
This level of power was unheard of!
Li Chengfeng calmed himself down and looked at the words on the tablet seriously. It read: "... when the world was at war, the ancestors of the Spiritual Mountain followed the Holy Emperors to war. Three of them were in the Demon Abyss, five of them were in the Nine Hells, thirteen of them were in the Dijon Kingdom, nine of them were in the Puppet Kingdom, a total of one hundred and thirty-two of them were undefeated!"
Although it was only a few dozen words, it exuded a sense of pride. Li Chengfeng could even see the mountains of corpses and seas of blood reflected in the Spiritual Mountain Sect's glorious achievements!
"As expected … they live up to their reputation!" Li Chengfeng sighed softly.
In the past, he did not have much respect for the Spiritual Mountain Sect because he was young and had never been in close contact with the entire sect. At the same time, he was resistant to cultivation. Now that he was in contact with it, just one look at the boundary stone was enough to send chills down his spine. He was shocked by the might of the Spiritual Mountain Sect.
Li Chengfeng took a step back and stared deeply at the tablet. He could not help but whisper, "I wonder how powerful the Cleansing Moon Sect was in the past!"
It was a pity that the glorious days of the Li Family could only be found in the words of his father and mother, as well as in the many memorial tablets of the various family heads.
Li Chengfeng could not help but fall into a daze.
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