Chapter 82: Starry Sky Grotto Heaven
A few days later, Hei Lou Lan brought strength qi Immortal Gu and entered Hu Immortal blessed land using a stargate. Next, in Fang Yuan's stone nest, she and Fang Yuan, together with the thousands of hairy men, refined the eighth batch of airsac Gu.
After this, Hei Lou Lan did not leave immediately, instead she stayed in Hu Immortal blessed land and listened to Fang Yuan's information on Starry Sky grotto-heaven.
With Fang Yuan's current strength, it was rather dangerous to enter Starry Sky grotto-heaven.
Thus, Fang Yuan invited his allies.
But Fairy Li Shan was cooperating with Qin Bai Sheng right now, her mountain pledge Gu was having great use at this time, it allowed Qin Bai Sheng to gather his forces and eliminate the enmity of his foes, he was preparing for a Northern Plains auction that was of unprecedented scale.
Qin Bai Sheng's compensation to Fairy Li Shan was an Immortal Gu.
With such great benefits, Fairy Li Shan obviously chose Qin Bai Sheng and gave up on working with Fang Yuan this time.
As for Tai Bai Yun Sheng, he was with Shark Demon now, entering the sea and exploring Yu Lu blessed land.
Even though Tai Bai Yun Sheng wanted to help his 'junior brother' Fang Yuan, he was afflicted with death sentence awaits Immortal Gu, and could not split himself into two, there was nothing he could do to help.
Only Hei Lou Lan was free now, she agreed with Fang Yuan to explore Starry Sky grotto-heaven together.
After resting for a few days in Hu Immortal blessed land, Hei Lou Lan entered Fang Yuan's immortal aperture.
Fang Yuan tried to activate Fixed Immortal Travel with the image in his mind.
With a flash of jade green light, at the next moment, he appeared inside Starry Sky grotto-heaven.
They appeared before a thick forest which was verdant and lush, the foot of the mountain was serene and fog filled the place.
Fang Yuan opened his immortal aperture, and Hei Lou Lan shortly appeared outside, stepping on the mountain stones.
Her eyes flashed with bright light as she looked around: "This is inside Starry Sky grotto-heaven?"
"It is indeed, let's go. The desolate beast that I want to kill, star demon bat, should be nearby."
While moving forward, the two used investigative methods to scan around them all the time. After advancing to a Gu Immortal, they had unlimited primeval essence and could use mortal Gu freely.
"Five minutes have already gone by, there seems to be something wrong!" Hei Lou Lan stopped and solemnly asked Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan nodded, saying in a deep voice: "Indeed, we have already been in Starry Sky grotto-heaven for some time now but haven't actually encountered a single wild beast. There are only trees or fog. Whether we go up the mountain or down, or move in any direction, things all look the same."
Hei Lou Lan looked up: "Let's fly."
The two carefully flew up.
The green sky was completely empty; if the two flew high up, they would be very conspicuous and it would be extremely easy for them to be discovered by beast groups and get surrounded.
Thus for safety purposes, Fang Yuan and Hei Lou Lan had chosen to move along the ground.
Right now, the two took the risk to attempt flying, but the result was disappointing.
The higher they flew up, the thicker the fog became. Finally, the fog became so thick that they could not even see their own fingers.
The two discussed and chose to be cautious, not willing to continue taking this risk, they descended to the ground.
"Has the Starry Sky heavenly spirit already begun to target us?" Hei Lou Lan guessed.
"The situation here, if it is not a unique law of the grotto-heaven, then it is an illusion, quietly disturbing our sense of direction and obstructing our true senses. Unfortunately, I don't have any investigative killer moves." Fang Yuan replied.
"Don't you have wisdom path methods?" Wisdom path is also specialized in resolving these kinds of circumstances." Hei Lou Lan asked while frowning.
Fang Yuan shook his head: "I indeed have some wisdom path methods, but they are rather special, they cannot deduce directions. How about you, do you have any investigative killer moves?"
Hei Lou Lan snorted lightly and raised her two delicate fists: "I don't have any investigative killer moves, but I do have offensive killer moves! Self Strength!"
She suddenly punched out with her two fists, sending out majestic fist qi.
The fist qi surged all around and rapidly condensed into strength path phantoms.
Fang Yuan took a few steps back to give Hei Lou Lan sufficient space.
These strength path phantoms pounced at Hei Lou Lan's main body. The phantoms merged together and soon covered Hei Lou Lan, forming a giant strength path phantom.
This killer move had astonishing might, Hei Lou Lan had used it before in Northern Plains to destroy the flying bear phantom.
She again raised a fist.
The giant fist ruthlessly smashed at an ancient tree on the side.
The thick and sturdy ancient tree immediately broke into two; the lower half remained at the ground but was shaking intensely, the soil around it splattered to reveal the tree roots. The upper half was directly sent flying, cutting through the wind as it collided with another ancient tree, smashing two to three branches.
Boom boom boom...
Hei Lou Lan punched and kicked, the heavy punches and kicks shook the earth, stones flew, trees toppled down and the fog dispersed.
Fang Yuan flew into the sky, his sight was now much more clear.
He saw this forest only had the range of a hundred li, he and Hei Lou Lan had been moving in a circle.
"It seems this forest itself was special, it should be an extinct tree species. Your information source is somewhat dubious, our entry was actually in this forest." The giant strength path phantom transmitted its divine sense to communicate with Fang Yuan.
He gave a bitter laugh and changed the topic: "After the trees became sparse, this forest no longer has the bewilderment effect. We should take some and plant it in our own blessed lands, maybe we can make some profits."
The giant strength path phantom gazed at these ancient trees: "Even if you had not said it, I intended to do it."
When the two had just taken four to five trees, a dog shaped desolate beast charged down from the top of the mountain.
After it two other came and chased out Hei Lou Lan and Fang Yuan.
After nearly ten li of flying, the three dog shaped desolate beast behind them stopped and gave up on Hei Lou Lan and Fang Yuan, no longer chasing them.
The two stopped at a tall tree and took a small rest to recover.
Two hours later.
Two figures were attacking a desolate beast.
It was Hei Lou Lan and Fang Yuan fighting the diamond bear.
After fighting it for some time the diamond bear escaped to his cave.
Hei Lou Lan looked at the cave entrance at the highest point of the mountain: "In that cave, there are at least fifteen kilograms of diamond soil left."
Not long ago, Fang Yuan had come to this mountain peak with Hei Lou Lan. While Fang Yuan attracted the bear out of the cave, Hei Lou Lan sneaked in and took hundreds of kilograms of diamond soil, they were worth at least thirty immortal essence stones.
Fang Yuan shook his head: "Fifteen kilograms of diamond soil is not worth the risk. The first time was fine, but if we try a second time, with even more animosity, the diamond bear might not let us off. The diamond bear is sturdy and tough, we will need to pay a huge price to kill it. My goal is the star demon bat, since it is not in this direction, let's try another direction."
Half a day later, Fang Yuan and Hei Lou Lan had almost searched through this area and seen many desolate beasts, but did not come across the star demon bat.
"Your information seems to be somewhat unreliable." Hei Lou Lan casually sat down on the ground and said while healing her wounds.
A long while later, Hei Lou Lan was able to heal the wound and a thin layer of scab had formed on top of it.
She went up to Fang Yuan; Fang Yuan was sitting on the ground, using his iron-sharp fingernails to draw the outline of the terrain they had explored on a flat rock.
Fang Yuan stared at the diagram of the terrain on the rock, and was pondering everything when suddenly a bright light shot out.
He and Hei Lou Lan raised their heads at the same time and looked at the green sky; unknowingly, the sky was filled with countless star specks.
"This is an astronomical change that occurs only in grotto-heavens." Fang Yuan stood up with an alert gaze, activating lion fur armor.
Hei Lou Lan also activated her defensive killer move with a vigilant mind.
The bright starlight shone on all living beings; beast roars resounded from each mountain peak, some clear, some crisp, some long and some hoarse.
After a dazzling blue radiance was sent out, the star specks dispersed and a resplendent giant hall, exquisite and gorgeous, appeared on the mountain peak.
"This hall...." Fang Yuan's pupils enlarged, as he felt a great sense of familiarity with the structure of the hall. It was the same as his previous life.
Fang Yuan and Hei Lou Lan glanced at each other, Hei Lou Lan guessed: "Did the astronomical change occur due to some specific timing and result in the appearance of the hall?"
"Or did the heavenly spirit intentionally set up a trap to lure us in?" Fang Yuan eyes flashed with bright light.
The two only hesitated for a moment before deciding to go in the star hall.
At the same time, in another area of Starry Sky grotto-heaven.
An intense battle was nearing its climax.
"Foul beast, take this king's fist!" A rockman that was as tall as a hill shouted as it smashed down its fist, wind surged and even the air burst.
The desolate beast flying bear could not dodge in time, its head was struck by the giant stone fist and with a loud sound, it crashed down on the ground, smashing a large crater. Stones and soil flew all around, dust surged up and the earth shook for a while.
The rocky giant did not stop, it spread open its two fists then smashed down from high up.
Bam. The two palms heavily smashed at the flying bear's thick, snow-white body.
The flying bear tried to budge but it was not able to let out even a cry. It was already filled with injuries, the punch just before had cracked its skull and caused it to be on the brink of losing consciousness.
Immortal killer move — Earth's Root!
Plop...
The desolate beast flying bear was pierced through instantly by hundreds of earth spikes.
In its last burst of energy, it raised its head, opened its eyes and let out a mournful cry before its energy was completely spent, its body stiffened and its head fell back down to the ground.
The flying bear was dead.
The rocky giant snorted, it suddenly emitted a piercing light. After the light dispersed, a Gu Immortal proudly stood in the air while crossing his arms.
A ray of starlight shot over, transforming into a middle-aged man. He was wearing a long robe with wide sleeves and a high hat on his head. He clapped his hands and praised: "As expected of Lord Immortal Monkey King, killing the desolate beast flying bear in just three minutes."
The two were Combat Immortal Sect's Shi Lei and Star Lord Wan Xiang.