Primordial Divine Emperor-Chapter 53 - 51: Climbing South Peak—Did This Kid Cheat?_2
Ye Xiaofan was taken aback by the words, almost going blind with disbelief: "Climb it on foot? Are you kidding me? This is the Divine Peak, towering ten thousand feet high."
Ye Xiaofan looked up at the South Peak, piercing straight into the sky, with a third of it submerged in clouds. To climb it on foot? Wouldn’t that be exhausting?
"That’s not our concern; we’ve delivered the message. Jian Yu, let’s go back."
After Jian Shi spoke, he looked at the delicate-faced little girl who responded with a ’hmm’, and the two small figures once again took out a Wind Travel Talisman and soared into the sky.
Ye Xiaofan wanted to persuade them further, but the two Sword Boys had already flown off, ascending higher and higher.
Beside him, Mo Shiyi gulped nervously as he looked at the towering mountain: "Junior Brother Ye, hang in there, you can do it. I have other matters to attend to, so I’ll take my leave."
Watching Mo Shiyi’s departing figure, Ye Xiaofan felt hopeless. He could only grit his teeth and plunge into the South Peak.
As Ye Xiaofan approached the Defense Array of the South Peak, his Identity Token emitted a faint glow, allowing him to pass through successfully.
However, just as he entered the South Peak, a terrifying Secret Power suddenly rushed at him, almost causing him to stumble.
"Are you kidding me? Again?"
Ye Xiaofan’s face was extremely troubled.
It was obvious that Dugu Nan had set up some restrictions on the South Peak, similar to the ’Entry Ceremony’ of the Divine Sword Peak, seemingly testing his potential in some area.
Although he felt helpless, he still gritted his teeth and continued to climb towards the peak of the South Peak step by step.
Time passed slowly, and night fell in the blink of an eye. Ye Xiaofan was still struggling upward on the rugged mountain path of the South Peak.
Looking at the seemingly endless mountain path, Ye Xiaofan felt despair. The closer he got to the peak, the more terrifying the mysterious force became, as if it were preventing him from ascending.
Holding on for another hour with gritted teeth, the sky was already filled with stars and a bright moon. Ye Xiaofan was drenched in sweat, gasping for breath, feeling that his body was severely overloaded. His legs felt as if they were filled with lead, each step exhausting all his energy.
In the end, Ye Xiaofan even had to rest for a long time after walking just over ten meters. Even so, the sensation of a massive weight on his body did not lessen but intensified.
At the same time.
At the peak of the South Peak, two figures stood under the starlit sky, silently watching the scene between the peaks.
"How long do you think it will take him to get here?" A middle-aged man, seemingly inseparable from Dugu Nan, said in a low voice.
Dugu Nan turned around slowly upon hearing the words, no longer paying attention to Ye Xiaofan: "It depends on his comprehension. If it’s good, it could take as little as half a month, or as long as two to three months. If he takes longer, he might never make it."
The middle-aged man shook his head at these words, no longer paying attention to Ye Xiaofan, who was drenched in sweat, and followed Dugu Nan.
It was evident that neither of them believed in that figure. It had taken the middle-aged man a full month to climb that Divine Peak back then.
Within the mountain.
Ye Xiaofan, breathless and leaning on a rock, noticed something was amiss.
"No, I can’t go on like this. If I continue like this, I might die of exhaustion before reaching the top," Ye Xiaofan murmured to himself. Even if he didn’t die of exhaustion, who knew how long it would take to reach the peak.
At this moment, he finally started to realize that Dugu Nan had prohibited him from using Spiritual Power to climb the mountain for another reason.
With this thought, Ye Xiaofan simply sat down, stopped moving forward, and carefully sensed that mysterious power.
Time passed slowly, and at a certain moment, Ye Xiaofan suddenly opened his eyes, the corners of his mouth slightly upturned.
"I understand now, it’s Sword Intent Power and Martial Soul Soul Power."
Upon recognizing the nature of the Secret Power, Ye Xiaofan started to laugh.
The next moment, he slowly stood up, but instead of moving forward, he concentrated on his comprehension.
In an instant, a formidable suction arose from within Ye Xiaofan, and the tender Martial Soul awakened at that moment, voraciously absorbing the Martial Soul Soul Power of the entire mountain like a bottomless pit, at an astonishing speed.
Suddenly, Ye Xiaofan opened his eyes again, endless Sword Intent erupting from them. In his hand, without knowing when it appeared, was an Ancient Sword, the Luoyu Sword.
He swung the sword, and the terrifying Sword Intent surged against the mountain, instantly cutting through the layers of invisible Sword Intent barriers ahead, and he shot forward like an arrow.
The Sword Saint only prohibited using Spiritual Power to climb the peak but didn’t say anything about using Sword Intent to clear the path. Moreover, Ye Xiaofan discovered that while using Sword Intent to pave the way, the overwhelming Sword Intent originally hovering within the peak also came pouring towards him.
In no time, various Sword Intents manifested, and as Ye Xiaofan felt these Sword Intents, his own understanding of Sword Intent rapidly soared.
Not long after, the previously impassable mountain path suddenly became smooth, and the figure on the peak darted through the forest as swiftly as a rabbit, like an arrow ascending rapidly, leaving behind winding and twisted traces.
Time passed slowly.
In the blink of an eye, two hours went by.
At the peak of the South Peak, the expanse was far more vast than imagined, the summit flat as if leveled by a sword, incredibly large.
Moreover, lakes and streams spread across it, flowers blooming, verdant grass continued endlessly, and spirit mist lingered, resembling an idyllic paradise.
Several simple thatched huts stood at the edge of the mountain, and the small courtyard was leisurely. Dotted with stars, it seemed as if one could reach out to touch the sky full of stars.
In the courtyard, two figures were playing chess, utterly absorbed.
However, suddenly, a loud noise came from behind, and a figure pierced through the air, as if propelled onto the summit by some force, crashing heavily into the dirt not far from the small courtyard, raising clouds of dust.
"What came up?"
The imposing middle-aged man beside Dugu Nan slowly stood up, scrutinizing the object amidst the dust cloud.
Even Dugu Nan was taken aback. With a flash, they both appeared before the swirling dust.
When the dust settled, a handsome face came into their view. Ye Xiaofan struggled to prop himself up, offered a strained smile at the two, then his body went limp, and he collapsed into unconsciousness.
"It’s him?" The middle-aged man, recognizing Ye Xiaofan’s form, was visibly taken aback: "Brother Nan, didn’t you say it would take him at least half a month to get up here? So what was this that came up?"
Dugu Nan, hearing this, was also puzzled, then wide-eyed in surprise.
The two exchanged glances, both seeing disbelief in each other’s eyes.
"Did this boy really climb the South Peak in just two or three hours?" The middle-aged man was full of shock, pointing at the unconscious Ye Xiaofan in disbelief: "It took me a full month back then; am I inferior to this boy?"
Dugu Nan also frowned slightly; could it be that this boy cheated?
With this thought in mind, Dugu Nan flashed to the edge of the South Peak and looked down.
"Soul Power? Where is my Soul Power?" Dugu Nan was utterly bewildered.
To test Ye Xiaofan’s Martial Soul endurance and the limits of his comprehension, he had not only filled the South Peak with endless Sword Intent but also extracted a trace of Martial Soul Soul Power to suppress the South Peak.
But now, he realized that the entire South Peak was void of any Soul Power, it was completely empty.
For a moment, both men looked at the unconscious Ye Xiaofan.
"Could it be that this boy absorbed all the Soul Power of the South Peak?"
Thinking of this, Dugu Nan and the middle-aged man almost simultaneously appeared before Ye Xiaofan. Each grabbed one of his hands and immediately felt the Soul Power surging within him, almost overflowing.
Instantly, they both instinctively looked at each other, eyes filled with immeasurable astonishment.
