Chương 170: The city in the forest

Long Feng opened and closed his mouth several times without saying a single word. His heart was simply filled with shock as he listened to old Gu's words. He didn't know how exactly to express the shock in his mind right now. A baptism of the heavens! This alone sounded like a fantasy or a bed time story meant for kids, but old Gu obviously wouldn't lie about this. And the dao heart! Even if you don't make an effort to comprehend that dao in your dao heart, your comprehension of it will still increase with time!

All of this was simply heaven defying.

"How shocking" he finally managed to say. The other three could only nod. Old Gu laughed at their reactions.

"That's not all. When you break through to the Dao realm, your whole body will be reconstructed. Every cell and bone will be shattered and rebuilt. Your body will no longer be a mortal body and will instead be a spirit body. A single punch of yours would shatter even a mountain and scatter the clouds! It is a complete rebirth where one will completely surpass the limits of mortals. One can live for over a thousand years and be able to Lord over a small territory even in the four regions." He added.

The four youths felt their blood boiling at these words. A complete rebirth! A punch to shatter a mountain!

"Of course, that realm is beyond our reach, not to mention the realms above it." Old Gu sighed. Long Feng's eyes flashed. Beyond our reach? That wasn't applicable to him or the other three. They would definitely be able to reach that realm and even surpass it, he was sure of this.

"Alright, who has any other questions?" Old gu asked. Long Feng sank into thought before he asked.

"About the soul, every human has a soul, right? So why are only a few people able to use the soul power?" Old Gu smiled faintly.

"A good question. So far, you all have the wrong idea of the soul. Every human does have a soul, but only those who are talented in that aspect are able to use the power of the soul. Nonetheless, the heavens are fair. Once one reaches the dao realm and rebuilds the body, the soul world will be opened up. Those at the dao realm are able to use a weaker form of soul power, known as a divine sense to scout their surroundings. Of course, it also provides a great advantage for us soul cultivators.

Our attacks normally target the soul, but the body provides some protection for the ethereal soul. But once the soul world is opened up, we can directly attack the opponent's soul world and destroy it, instantly killing them." He explained. Long Feng nodded in understanding. It looks like the advantage of cultivating the soul will only truly surface at the spirit transformation layer and above.

"Now, let's focus on our journey. We are getting close" old Gu added with a serious look on his face. They could all sense that the ghost energy was becoming increase dense. The defenseless Long Feng was already finding it difficult to move. Yan jian helped him to reduce the pressure of the ghost energy which his inner energy though. The five figures continued to head deeper into the forest as the ghost energy became increasingly thick.

They also occasionally ran into some yin ghosts towards the forest center with a yin soldier leading them. Luckily, they didn't run into any yin soldier at the mid rank and these low rank yin soldier were unable to sense the four even if they ran right past them. This caused long Feng and the other three to sigh as they felt chilly, remembering the auras of the yin soldiers who rushed past them. They also felt more awed by the formidable soul formation of old Gu.

At a certain point in time though, they felt a faint vibration in the air as an oppressive aura washed over them. Long Feng who had managed to barely recover some inner energy immediately spat out a mouthful of blood as his face paled and his healed injuries resurfaced under this faint aura.

"Brother Long Feng!" Yan jian and the two girls called out worriedly. They were also affected by the aura and were all pale faced, but Long Feng was directly forced to spit blood die to his injuries.

"Old gu…" Long Feng waved his hand to indicate that he was fine as he cast a gaze at old gu, who was also frowning slightly. Another wave of this aura washed over them again and Long Feng's body shivered. If you encounter this narrative on Amazon, note that it's taken without the author's consent. Report it. Old Gu looked at them as they paled further.

"Two masters are having a battle a few hundred meters away. A peak deity realm master and a peak mid grade Yin soldier. The energy ripples are spreading over" Long Feng was alarmed as bells went off in his mind. A battle from a few hundred meters away, yet the ripples were able to injure them? How powerful we're those figures exactly?

"I am also not their match. Let's go around them. The deity realm master should be from the four regions" old Gu added. He reinforced the formation around them to resist the energy ripples while he led them around the battlefield of the two masters. Long Feng and the others were still in shock due to the power of these powerful figures. And that was just a mid grade yin soldier? What of the high grade soldiers who were comparable to dao realm masters? And the yin generals?

It was impossible to even begin to imagine how powerful the overlords of the forest, the yin monarchs were and the ancestors of the four dynasties who were able to suppress the monarchs. Their power would simply be heaven defying. The probability was that the tiniest strand of their auras would make Long Feng and the others to be in miserable states.

"I can't wait to head to the four regions and experience all these by myself!" Long Feng clenched his fist as his blood boiled. The rest of the journey was quite smooth as they didn't run into any more powerful figures. They swiftly approached the forest center as the ghost energy became so thick that their visions and even soul power were severely suppressed.

"We are close" old Gu said with some excitement in his voice. Even someone like him was eager to leave this forest. The rest could be imagined. Half a day later, they had reached an area where the ghost energy was so dense that it formed clouds and they couldn't even see beyond a few meters away.

"The ghost energy is so dense!" Yan jian exclaimed in shock. Hua Liuli nodded her head continuously.

"We should be very close to the center. Let's hurry up" old Gu smiled. As they hurried along the trees, they suddenly noticed that the ghost energy had become extremely chaotic along a wide area.

"What is going on?" Hua Liuli murmured.

"I'm not sure. If feels like someone intentionally disrupted the ghost energy…" old gu said after examining the area for a while.

"How impressive" hua Liuli curled her lips. She was already so shocked today that even if she was told that a person wiped out the entire yin ghosts, she would barely feel shocked.

"Indeed. If that is true, then the person must be very powerful. The ghost energy had been disrupted across a very long distance, at least, a mile or two" old Gu nodded.

"The question is why it was done, or what it means" Then his face turned grave as he thought of a possibility.

"Could it be a warning? Maybe that we shouldn't go any further?" He spoke quietly. Long Feng stared at the chaotic ghost energy for a moment, then he stepped forward and put his arm into the region of chaotic energy without any protection.

"Long Feng…" the others were startled by his sudden action as they looked at him worriedly. Long Feng remained calm as he slowly pulled back his arm which was completely unhurt.

"I don't think this is a warning or anything of that sort. If it was, the there would definitely be a reaction or at least, an attack just in case we refuse to turn back. But if you feel the chaotic energy, it is actually not dangerous. The danger of the ghost energy was even suppressed" He calmly spoke as he examined his arm. Old Gu's eyes flashed.

"What do you think it is then?" Long Feng was quiet for moment before he replied.

"A direction""What! A direction?" The others were startled.

"Do you mean that someone specially disrupted the ghost energy here to direct us to a specific area?" Old Gu asked. Long Feng slowly shook his head.

"Not us, but Every human who is headed into the forest center" Old Gu frowned slightly in thought.

"Why would someone want to direct the humans…" he paused, realizing that his question was foolish. Who in the entire forest would want to direct the humans to a specific area? A single idea appeared in their minds. The four dynasties! Only they would want to gather the humans together. And they definitely had the power to do this.

"But what if it isn't as you said?" Old Gu remained cautious as he asked. Long Feng shrugged his shoulders.

"That was just my speculation." Old Gu sighed.

"Let's go" he led the group into this chaotic region. Nothing happened as they went further for almost ten minutes, before they suddenly sensed the aura of others nearby. They all cautiously began to revolved their inner energy as they headed towards the aura. Soon, they saw a group of humans, almost a hundred of them with the strongest among them actually being an old man with an imperial realm cultivation. They were headed in the same direction as the five of them.

Due to old Gu's concealment formation, these group didn't detect them and old Gu also didn't bother to reveal them. They continued to head deeper. Along the way, they ran into several groups of humans and some of them were even led by peak imperial realm masters and even some deity realm masters! They also noticed that the chaotic ghost energy covered a wide area at first, but the deeper they went, the narrower it became. This made them to increasingly run into different groups of humans.

At last, the chaotic ghost energy ended in a certain direction. Walking a little more in that direction, they arrived at a vast clear area with no trees and even the ghost energy in this area was forcefully dispersed. The ghost energy gathered around the area but didn't flood in, as though it was held off by a powerful barrier. This created an impactful sight of a land surrounded by churning ghost energy.

"This…" the five of them stood rooted to the ground as they stared ahead of them in shock. On the vast land, various large houses were actually built! Humans were moving around as a loud noise directly cleared the clouds in the sky. Various powerful auras could be sensed, and some of them were so powerful that even old Gu was feeling suffocated! Was this still the Yin ghosts forest? This was clearly a city! A bustling city filled with various powerful figures!

As they stood there, a powerful energy washed over them. This energy was quite similar to soul power, but there was still some difference. Under this aura, old Gu's concealment formation was as good as non-existent. The aura scanned over them. Long Feng felt like, other than his dantian, every part of him was completely examined.

"What is this?" Yan jian shivered as chills shot up his spine.

"Calm down. It is the divine sense of a powerful figure." Old Gu was relatively calm as he said. Nevertheless, his eyes were filled with awe. After the divine sense scanned them, it vanished.

"We can go in" old Gu said with a shivering voice. By now, they could already guess that this was an area forcefully cleared out by the masters of the four dynasties and a city was then created. The chaotic ghost energy earlier was also a direction to the humans to reach the city. In this yin ghosts forest, this could be regarded as the headquarters of the humans!

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