Ch 624: Black Spear Mountain
Li Hanzhou suddenly remembered that he had a Storage Bag on him.
From Black Spear Mountain, Nascent Soul Cultivator Zhou Gu.
Since he got it, he hadn’t opened it.
“There should be quite a few Spirit Stones in here.”
Li Hanzhou opened the Storage Bag and examined it carefully.
But to his surprise, the Storage Bag was quite meager, containing only some simple Spirit Artifacts and Pills; besides that, he didn’t even see a single Spirit Stone.
“A Bandit Leader doesn’t even have Spirit Stones?”
Li Hanzhou was curious. Zhou Gu was a veteran Bandit, having been entrenched in the Bandit profession for over a decade. How could he not have a single Spirit Stone on him?
What’s the difference between this and an Eunuch going to a Brothel?
“What’s this?”
At this time, after Li Hanzhou emptied the contents of Zhou Gu’s Storage Bag, he found one more thing.
It was a key with a bronze exterior.
Looking at the key, Li Hanzhou guessed that it must be the key to Zhou Gu’s Mountain Stronghold Treasury. After all, as a Bandit, he was engaged in the dangerous profession of Robbery, which could cost one’s life at any moment. The things he robbed were certainly kept in a place like a Treasury.
Then the Spirit Stones should be there as well.
“I have time now, why not go and see the Mountain Stronghold where Zhou Gu and those Bandits hide?”
Li Hanzhou pondered for a moment and made a decision.
The Jade Mansion Grand Competition was imminent. Before entering the Secret Realm, he needed to make more preparations.
Zhou Gu, as a Nascent Soul Cultivator, certainly had some good things. These things might help him in some way.
Thinking this, Li Hanzhou got up and left the room, found Great Elder Zhou Yuanwu, and asked, “Is the base of Zhou Gu and those Bandits located in Black Spear Mountain?”
He and Zhou Gu were strangers, and he was an Outsider, completely unfamiliar with this place.
It’s better to ask a local. There’s no need to search blindly. It just so happens that the Yuanyang Sect where he is currently located once had a Festival with Zhou Gu and his gang, so it’s a good opportunity to ask.
Zhou Yuanwu shook his head upon hearing this: “Senior, Junior isn’t very clear. Six years ago, this group of Bandits did occupy a mountain as kings there, but after they were swept away by the Yuanyang Sect, the remaining Bandits who survived abandoned Black Spear Mountain as their base.”
“Is that so.”
Li Hanzhou pondered for a moment, then said, “Then find me a Map.”
Even Zhou Yuanwu, a member of the Yuanyang Sect, didn’t know, so he felt that wasting time asking outsiders was pointless. He’d better find it himself.
“Alright.”
Zhou Yuanwu said without hesitation, and then immediately found a Map and gave it to Li Hanzhou.
The Map Li Hanzhou received had very detailed location markings.
Almost every mountain top’s name and every village’s name were recorded. According to Zhou Yuanwu, this Map was created by the Yuanyang Sect at its inception, taking considerable time, and only those within the Yuanyang Sect possessed it.
However, Li Hanzhou was now a Guest Elder of the Yuanyang Sect, so he could naturally obtain it.
After handing over the Map, Zhou Yuanwu looked at Li Hanzhou and asked, “Senior wants to Exterminate Demons and Defend the Dao, directly annihilate the remaining Bandits? Why doesn’t Junior gather some Disciples? With their help, it will certainly be faster to find those Bandits.”
“That would be good.”
Li Hanzhou nodded.
Since the Yuanyang Sect was offering help, there was no reason for him to refuse.
The matter was settled. Zhou Yuanwu directly issued a Task within the Sect.
“There’s a new Task!”
“Finding the base of those Bandits in Black Spear Mountain? Whoa, as long as you find a trace, if the situation is true, you’ll get ten Low-grade Spirit Stones!”
“I have to take this Task!”
“……”
After seeing this, many Disciples immediately chose to accept this Task.
The reward for this Task was so generous, and they didn’t even have to clash with the Bandits head-on. At most, they would only spend a little time. For them, it was too easy.
In less than half a day, many Yuanyang Sect Disciples left the Sect and began searching in the vicinity.
However, after searching for several days, they had almost searched everywhere within a radius of fifty miles, yet they didn’t even find a single hair of a Bandit.
Many people began to be disheartened, some questioning their life choices. They never expected that this Task would be so difficult to complete.
Li Hanzhou was also a little surprised. He didn’t expect these Bandits to be hiding so well.
But at this moment, a Disciple suddenly sent a message, saying that while investigating Black Spear Mountain, he had discovered something very strange. He unintentionally saw a rabbit, but after it ran away for no more than a dozen meters, it seemed to have bumped into something and died instantly.
This message seemed absurd, but Li Hanzhou had a guess.
Could it be that these Bandits never left Black Spear Mountain?
With this in mind, he decided to go and check it out himself.
Black Spear Mountain was full of towering peaks and precipitous mountains. The entire mountain body was a deep color, like black pearls, and the shape of the mountain resembled a long spear standing upright, hence its name.
In the lush mountains and forests, Li Hanzhou stood on a pile of Ruins.
This was halfway up Black Spear Mountain. The ground was dilapidated, overgrown with weeds and ruined Buildings—the former base of the Bandits of Black Spear Mountain.
“That Disciple said he just came here to try his luck, and when he walked up the mountain, he encountered a rabbit…”
Li Hanzhou lifted his foot and flew towards the mountain.
Soon, he suddenly stopped, then looked towards the Dense Forest in front of him and reached out.
The next moment, his palm seemed to touch an invisible barrier, emitting ripples that obstructed his movement.
At the same time, an extremely powerful Aura spread from the ripples, turning into a wave that directly targeted Li Hanzhou.
At the first sight of this wave, Thousand Thunder Tribulation appeared before Li Hanzhou, blocking the attack.
Immediately after, Thousand Thunder Tribulation slashed directly at the barrier in front of him.
Boom!
Large ripples spread out, revealing a transparent barrier, which was instantly covered with spiderweb-like Cracks.
With a crack, it shattered into countless points of light and dissipated.
The scene before Li Hanzhou immediately changed.
It was no longer a dense forest, but a man-made, stone-paved path extending upward.
“It’s indeed an Illusion Formation.”
Li Hanzhou stepped forward and saw Buildings at the end of the road.
There were even fields on both sides of the road. Various spirit plants were planted in the freshly turned soil, clearly indicating that someone had been living here for a long time.
If it weren’t for that barrier, he would have thought he had come to some isolated small Village.
As Li Hanzhou reached the end of the road, the figures of two Strong Men appeared before him.
At this moment, the two Strong Men were hugging Weapons, dozing against a pillar.
“You were hiding quite well.”
Until a voice appeared in their ears, causing the two to suddenly open their eyes. Upon seeing Li Hanzhou, they raised their Sharp Weapons and said as if facing a great enemy, “Stop! Who are you!”
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