Urban Martial Saint

This faint voice unexpectedly awakened Ye Qing. And at the moment of opening his eyes, Ye Qing saw only a gigantic flower, spreading its petals wide, enveloping towards him.

The instant Ye Qing opened his eyes, the flower was less than two feet away.

Just how big was this flower?

From this distance, Ye Qing couldn’t see it clearly. However, he was very sure that this flower could definitely wrap around an entire bull without any problem!

Moreover, what was most astonishing was that the flower was capable of motion, advancing towards him at a speed visible to the naked eye. Judging by its posture, it was clearly intending to swallow him into its petals!

Alarmed, Ye Qing hurriedly tried to retreat. At this moment, he was shocked to find Yin Xianzi standing next to him, and another enormous flower was also enveloping towards Yin Xianzi. More crucially, Yin Xianzi had her eyes tightly closed, her body trembling slightly, as if she was trapped in a nightmare.

Without much thought, Ye Qing saw that the flower was about to swallow Yin Xianzi; he quickly grabbed her arm and forcefully pulled her back. Both of them retreated several steps, finally avoiding the coverage of the two flowers.

However, before Ye Qing could steady himself, a person suddenly ran from behind, crashing straight into Ye Qing. Ye Qing reacted swiftly, immediately pushing Yin Xianzi aside, and took advantage of the momentum to step sideways, avoiding the collision.

But the person crashing didn’t react as quickly as Ye Qing. Failing to hit Ye Qing and Yin Xianzi, he charged past them directly. Unable to control his momentum, he rushed straight into the petals of the flower in front.

The petals closed rapidly upon impact, seemingly agitated, and within them came the person’s heart-wrenching screams and kicking sounds; however, no matter how he struggled and kicked, he couldn’t budge the petals an inch. Instead, the two flowers slowly retracted, disappearing into the darkness in no time.

Ye Qing stood beside, shocked by the situation. Without a doubt, those two flowers just now must be the Devouring Demon Flowers Yin Xianzi mentioned. And the person swallowed by the Devouring Demon Flower was undoubtedly that sorcerer.

But just now, what exactly happened? Didn’t he watch Yin Xianzi run? How come she was still standing next to him? Moreover, when did these two flowers appear? How come he didn’t notice at all? Just what happened earlier? Why did it seem like he just had a dream?

Ye Qing turned to look at Yin Xianzi, who wore the same expression of confusion. But after a while, she gradually relaxed her brow, nodded slowly, and said in a low voice, ”I finally understand!”

”Understand what?” Ye Qing asked curiously.

”I finally know what the danger the Heavenly Master spoke of is!” Yin Xianzi said seriously, ”Among these five checkpoints, the most dangerous place isn’t the Devouring Demon Flower, but those illusion-inducing letters.”

”Illusion-inducing letters?” Ye Qing was surprised. There seemed to be only the four characters ’living person stay away’ on the stone wall here. He was about to turn his head to look but was directly stopped by Yin Xianzi.

”Don’t look!” Yin Xianzi said solemnly, ”These characters are certainly set with a Formation, capable of ensnaring those who see them into an Illusory Realm. And when someone falls into the Illusory Realm, those Devouring Demon Flowers will appear nearby, swallowing people in. Among these five checkpoints, the most dangerous place is indeed here!”

Ye Qing took a sharp intake of breath, recalling the previous situation, it was indeed as Yin Xianzi described. He had clearly seen Yin Xianzi run away, yet upon opening his eyes, Yin Xianzi was still beside him. This indicated that everything he saw was in fact an illusion, and he was mesmerized by those characters. If not for that rustling voice, they would probably have lost their lives here!

Thinking of this, Ye Qing suddenly remembered, the rustling voice sounded very familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before. However, he couldn’t recall it at the moment. But without a doubt, this voice saved them; otherwise, both he and Yin Xianzi would have been swallowed by the Devouring Demon Flower.

And that sorcerer was definitely standing behind them earlier, watching as they were mesmerized by those letters and fell into the Illusory Realm. He assumed that both would be devoured by the Devouring Demon Flower, but unexpectedly, Ye Qing and Yin Xianzi managed to escape at the last critical moment. Unsatisfied, he rushed over, hoping to push Ye Qing and Yin Xianzi into the Devouring Demon Flower while they were unsteady. However, he ultimately underestimated the capability of Ye Qing and Yin Xianzi. Failing to push them, he himself lost control and was swallowed by the Devouring Demon Flower!

”It seems that the letters on this stone wall are the greatest mechanism of this checkpoint!” Yin Xianzi said sternly, ”People travel such a long distance to this stone wall and find these characters suddenly. Naturally, they would examine them closely. This close examination leads to trouble, as they’re ensnared into illusions and end up being swallowed by the Devouring Demon Flower. No wonder the Heavenly Master mentioned that keeping a steadfast mind is crucial. Here, if your will is not resolute and you get stuck in an illusion unable to escape, you’re doomed!”

Ye Qing nodded slowly, finally certain that the words of Heavenly Master Lin Xuan Yue were essentially true. No wonder Yin Xianzi trusted Heavenly Master Lin Xuan Yue so much. Now, not just Yin Xianzi, even Ye Qing found himself a bit curious about this Heavenly Master Lin Xuan Yue. What kind of skills did this person have, to seemingly have the whole world under his control?

”By the way, wasn’t that sorcerer able to control the Devouring Demon Flower?” Ye Qing suddenly recalled this matter, and asked curiously, ”How could the Devouring Demon Flower swallow him then?”

”It seems my estimation was somewhat off!” Yin Xianzi shook her head and said, ”He wasn’t able to control the Devouring Demon Flower; rather, he could barely use it to attack people. In fact, even if he were swallowed by the Devouring Demon Flower, the result would be the same!”

”Can the sorcery of Nanyang have such power?” Ye Qing asked in amazement.

Yin Xianzi shook her head; she also felt that this sorcerer surely did not have such great ability.

”Ye Qing, be careful, there might still be some unknown dangers ahead!” Yin Xianzi said solemnly, ”Since this sorcerer dared to lure us here, he must be very familiar with this place. Besides, the fact that he can control the Devouring Demon Flower is not simple; there might be other dangers hidden here!”

Ye Qing nodded. Now that he was here, he truly realized the dangers within Beimang Mountain and did not dare to be negligent in the slightest.

The two dared not look even a fraction at the stone wall anymore, and simply kept their heads down as they slowly walked out of the Cave. Surprisingly, after the Devouring Demon Flower had appeared once, it did not appear again and did nothing to block the two of them; they were able to walk out of the Cave very smoothly!

Outside the Cave, Ye Qing and Yin Xianzi finally lifted their heads and looked around.

The area outside the Cave was much brighter than the inside. It was unclear where the light was coming from, but everything around could be clearly seen.

There were still five exits here, the same as the five checkpoints mentioned earlier. According to Yin Xianzi, these five checkpoints were the final ones in this place. If they could pass these five checkpoints, they would arrive at the place where the Great Demon King perished and would also find the Secret Technique left by the Great Demon King.

However, upon exiting the five caves, they unexpectedly found themselves facing another five diverging paths!

”What’s going on?” Ye Qing widened his eyes; the divergent paths seemed endless!

Yin Xianzi was also full of confusion and whispered, ”Strange? Heavenly Master said these five checkpoints were the final ones. What on earth is going on here? Why are there still five diverging paths? Where did the Great Demon King perish in one of these paths?”

Seeing Yin Xianzi like this, Ye Qing realized she was as clueless about the situation ahead as he was. Ye Qing sighed; the endless diverging paths within the Cave made it impossible to predict when it would end. Moreover, with so many dangers along the way, if they continued like this, they would certainly end up dead within these traps.

But having come this far, Ye Qing was not someone who would give up easily. He sighed and said, ”Forget it, let’s keep moving forward. Maybe the Great Demon King perished in one of these diverging paths.”

Yin Xianzi nodded and together with Ye Qing, moved forward to the junction of these five diverging paths.

At the previous junction, Ye Qing could still see dozens of marks left behind. But at this junction, they were shocked to find only four marks remaining. Moreover, these four marks were each labeled above four diverging paths. How should they choose?

Ye Qing examined the four marks carefully; two were carved strange symbols which Ye Qing had seen before. One was the Buddhist Texts symbol he had been pursuing all along, while the other was a Taoist Incantation symbol.

The third mark was also a character. But this character was very strange, and Ye Qing seemed to have seen it somewhere before, yet couldn’t recall what language it belonged to just then.

The fourth mark was very easy to identify because it was modern Huaxia characters. It was a line of text carved into the stone wall, and its content was very simple—Wu Tianchi entered here!

Five characters, written in a flamboyant style, with clear content. Without a doubt, a person named Wu Tianchi once entered this diverging path and left behind this line of words. Also, judging by the style of the characters, it definitely wasn’t someone from ancient times; it was most likely a person from the modern era, since these characters were new simplified characters only promoted in modern Huaxia!

This Wu Tianchi, was actually a modern person? Who exactly is he? To be able to reach this place, he must be no ordinary character. Yet why had Ye Qing never heard of him outside? Such a remarkable person should not be a character who remains unknown!