Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 289 - 135: The Great Demon Forbidden Land where gods and Buddha shy away! The scent of The Great Revered One! (A large - of 10,000 words seeking subscriptions)_6
Fan Wu might be one of them.
Even... It was obvious that Fan Wu still had plenty of energy to spare, meaning that the speed of the Nanjun County Prince seemed like nothing special in Fan Wu’s eyes.
If it weren’t for the need for the other party to lead the way, Fan Wu could easily outpace the Nanjun County Prince with just a slight increase in speed.
As for the so-called truth and the reality of the myriad Heavenly Gods and Buddhas spoken by the Nanjun County Prince... sorry, Fan Wu had zero interest in it.
What he was interested in were only the Free Attribute Points!
Especially as the Nanjun County Prince revealed more information, the more Fan Wu felt that his decision to come along was right, as his chances of getting Free Attribute Points seemed to increase.
The sky gradually grew dimmer.
One could imagine just how far the two of them had traveled, and just how remote the Great Demon Forbidden Land was from the Prefecture city.
After all, it was a treacherous forbidden area, and if such a place were near the Prefecture...
Wouldn’t the ordinary people living there be in constant turmoil?
Along the way.
Fan Wu and the Nanjun County Prince encountered a road heavily guarded by the Imperial Court’s forces, but once the Nanjun County Prince showed his waist badge, the path ahead was clear and unobstructed.
"We’re here!" Late at night, after almost a full day and night of travel without any rest and continuously spending mana at full speed,
Even the Nanjun County Prince felt it was a bit too much; he was drenched in sweat and panting heavily.
"Ha!" the Nanjun County Prince laughed, "Once again, I feel the familiar aura, it’s been many years since I last came here."
Even though it was a dangerous forbidden land, to him, it felt like coming home.
He went on, "I’m still grateful to Grand Emperor Grandpa for throwing me here back in the day, but I definitely can’t meet him looking like this. Otherwise, when he hears how I rant about the uselessness of gods and Buddhas daily, he might hang me on a tree and whip me for ten to eight days."
It seemed that although he was somewhat crazed, he wasn’t entirely unreasonable; he knew his ideas were unconventional.
And would not be understood by ordinary people.
To all these sentimental words spoken by him, Fan Wu let them go in one ear and out the other... not bothering to remember any of it, and certainly not taking it to heart.
Fan Wu simply looked ahead with calm eyes, showing no significant emotional turbulence.
Ahead lay an extremely precipitous gully, with strange rocks jutting out like the clawing hands of Demons and Devils, and steep cliffs that seemed almost vertically hewn by axe and chisel.
The surroundings were very quiet, with only the sound of the breeze brushing through the treetops and the rustling of leaves.
One could barely hear the faint sound of flowing water.
But completely absent were other sounds—such as ants crawling, snakes slithering, fish swimming, or insects courting with chirps...
None of these sounds could be heard.
This place seemed unwelcoming to creatures, whether they be insects, beasts, Demons and Devils, or humans.
With his own eyes,
Fan Wu could see...
Layers of dark clouds perpetually shrouded the sky ahead, an indescribable strange aura constantly pervading the area, giving off an incredibly peculiar feeling.
No wonder there were no animals here; this eerie aura alone could drive them away.
Let alone humans.
Ordinary people, even if they were a good dozen miles away, would probably feel unsettled and dare not venture into this bizarre place.
Even Cultivators would hesitate! After all, Cultivators can sense more than ordinary people.
Any moderately perceptive Cultivator could tell that this place was extremely dangerous.
To enter...
Would mean death!
But for Fan Wu, that so-called sense of crisis did not appear, and to him, this place merely gave off a strange feeling. The supposed eeriness... was just a bit peculiar, nothing more.
In response, Fan Wu didn’t know whether it was because he was not proficient in Daoist and Buddhist laws, or because his own attribute values were already not low, that he felt no significant impact upon entering what was known as the Great Demon Forbidden Land.
After stepping into the Great Demon Forbidden Land.
The Nanjun County Prince was leading Fan Wu deeper into the location, his enthusiasm unchecked as he said, "It is still very dangerous here, but as long as you stick closely to me, you won’t encounter any danger."
"Because, it is said that a very, very long time ago, roughly before the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Great Zhou and the previous dynasty were in fierce battle, and the forces of Great Zhou were as ferocious as wolves and tigers."
"The opposing dynasty’s forces, on the other hand, were retreating one defeat after another, forcing the retreating army of over a hundred thousand into the Great Demon Forbidden Land."
"Guess what happened then?"
The Nanjun County Prince lowered his voice and said, "Our Great Zhou forces had not even decided to enter the Great Demon Forbidden Land to annihilate them when, all of a sudden, the previous dynasty’s hundred thousand-strong army went mad! They wielded their weapons, slashing and killing each other for ten days and nights until not a single one of the hundred thousand survived!"
"Back then, one of Great Zhou’s founding generals ordered a few brave men to go in and investigate the situation. They discovered that the previous dynasty’s hundred thousand-strong army had bizarrely turned into thousands of dried bones."
"Just ten days and nights had passed, and their flesh and blood had vanished, which was truly eerie. Moreover, their bones looked very odd."
"As if they had been tainted with some plague!"
"So you see... Although this place contains opportunities akin to the truth of the world, its level of danger is also extraordinarily high. Even though I’ve never encountered danger inside, I have to admit, this place is quite strange."
"You’d better..."
"Hm?!!"
The Nanjun County Prince suddenly became speechless, looking around with an incredulous gaze as if he were searching for something.
"Where is he?!" The Nanjun County Prince exclaimed in shock, realizing that Fan Wu, who had just been by his side, was now mysteriously missing.
This left the Nanjun County Prince’s face full of bewilderment, and for a moment, his brain couldn’t quite catch up.
His first thought was—surely this guy couldn’t have been so unlucky to have encountered some strange danger just upon entering the Great Demon Forbidden Land.
But as soon as this thought emerged, he dismissed it.
The place they were in was still on the periphery of the Forbidden Land.
Normally, such a place would not pose any danger.
Otherwise, his imperial grandfather wouldn’t have left him in this peripheral area and warned him not to venture deeper.
So...
How did Fan Wu vanish so inexplicably?
The Nanjun County Prince was completely dumbfounded!
...
Some miles away from the Nanjun County Prince, the pitch-black night made it difficult to discern any objects in the dark.
Fortunately for Fan Wu, this was no hindrance, as even on a moonless night, he could clearly see the grass and trees beneath his feet.
At that moment, Fan Wu slowly crouched down.
He lightly touched the ground in front of his feet, his fingertips picking up a bit of soil.
Fan Wu brought the soil to his nose.
He gently sniffed.
Immediately. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦
He slowly stood up.
"The scent of The Great Revered One."
"But very old."
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