novelraw Chapter 946: Those Experts Are Just Bored Out of Their Minds
Chapter 946: Those Experts Are Just Bored Out of Their Minds
"Go back?" Qu Fengting frowned and spoke in a deep voice, "Your Highness, if we go back, I’m afraid we’ll never have another chance. If word gets back to the Capital that Your Highness has suffered repeated losses at the hands of Mu Hanyan, it will definitely deal a fatal blow to your reputation.If Your Highness still hopes to achieve your grand ambitions one day, you must find a way to step on Mu Hanyan, otherwise, no matter what achievements you attain in the future, the name Mu Hanyan will always hang over your head.
That Flying Peak now belongs to Mu Hanyan. With his cunning, he’s sure to discover something soon. If it were just that, it wouldn’t matter, since that seal isn’t easily opened and the Divine Beast isn’t easily subdued. As long as he doesn’t succeed, we always have a chance.
But Your Highness, don’t forget, the guard beside her can even subdue Master Nian’s Sword Pet. If he takes action first and subdues that Divine Beast, will you still have a chance to step on him, to rebuild your reputation, to realize your grand ambitions?"
Qu Fengting knew that saying these things was like stabbing a dagger into the Fifth Prince’s wounds, but his hatred for Mu Hanyan ran too deep, and he absolutely wouldn’t let him acquire that legendary powerful Divine Beast, so he had to continue to incite the Fifth Prince.
"Fengting is right, that brat probably learned the Spirit Summoning Beast Language from somewhere, and he is exceptionally gifted. If they strike first, we might not have any chance at all.
We can only take preemptive action now, otherwise, we’ll never have the chance to exact our revenge." Nian An Yao said bitterly.
He also hated Mu Hanyan, seeing him as a lifelong nemesis, and certainly didn’t want to see him become more powerful.
His thinking was similar to Mu Hanyan’s; even if they couldn’t acquire that Divine Beast, they absolutely couldn’t let the other party get it either.
If it was just Qu Fengting’s persuasion, the Fifth Prince might have jumped up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, but since Nian An Yao also spoke up, he couldn’t lose his temper.
Others came and went, but now beside him, apart from his confidant Qu Fengting, only Nian An Yao remained. He didn’t want to drive him away too.
Calming down to think, he also felt their words made a lot of sense. Whether he could get that Divine Beast was one thing, but if Mu Hanyan got it, he would never have the chance to exact his revenge, to rebuild his prestige, and dreams of the throne and unifying the land would be fleeting clouds.
"Alright then, let’s act as soon as possible. It’s best if we can get ahead of Mu Hanyan and avoid meeting him," the Fifth Prince thought for a long time before finally making up his mind.
It’s just that the shadow in his heart was too large, and mentioning Mu Hanyan still made him uneasy, obviously lacking confidence.
Quickly, the three of the Fifth Prince’s group picked up speed and headed towards Flying Peak.
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Flying Peak, towering high.
When Mu Hanyan and the others arrived, it was already nightfall. In the darkness, that solitary majestic peak appeared even more towering, like an ancient giant beast guarding between heaven and earth.
In the night wind, waves of enchanting fragrance from strange flowers and herbs drifted, and occasionally by the moonlight, one could see an extremely rare Exotic Grass.
Mu Hanyan was inwardly astonished. In her past life, she had trained in the Longyan Mountains for many days, but these grade Exotic Grass were hard to find even in the depths of Longyan; she never expected to see them everywhere here.
Just how abundant must the Heaven and Earth Power of the Divine Continent be to nurture so many strange flowers and herbs, and how powerful must the Ancient Divine Beast Ye Lanfeng mentioned be to disregard the Laws of Space, allowing such a rich blend of Heaven and Earth Power from the Divine Continent and the Holy Court Continent to coexist peacefully, even becoming one?
Understand this, the more abundant the Heaven and Earth Power in the Divine Continent, the stronger the backlash it faces.
Walking among them, Mu Hanyan could feel her Qi circulation speed multiply, and her strength gradually increased even without cultivation.
Although Flying Peak is now lush with greenery, one could still vaguely see signs of its former desolation and barrenness. Following Zhang Chihua, weaving through giant gray-green stones, it was like walking into a huge maze. Plus with the night, it wasn’t long before Mu Hanyan became disoriented.
Fortunately, Zhang Chihua’s last discovery of the ancient ruins wasn’t as easy as he claimed and took considerable time and effort, making him thoroughly familiar with the terrain under Flying Peak, guiding Mu Hanyan and others closer to the peak foot.
"We’ve arrived," Zhang Chihua stopped after just over half an hour, saying to Mu Hanyan and the others.
"We’re here?" Mu Hanyan was very surprised.
She thought there would be some twists and turns, probably encountering some fierce Exotic Beasts, but unexpectedly, they arrived unobstructed.
"This Flying Peak was barren; even Exotic Beasts would disdain it. It was the same when I came last time, except for taking some detours, I didn’t encounter any danger. Although more strange flowers and herbs have sprouted these days, time has been short. Even if Exotic Beasts smelled the scent from afar, they couldn’t rush over in time." Zhang Chihua, seeing what puzzled Mu Hanyan, explained with a smile.
Mu Hanyan was then relieved, feeling that what he said made a lot of sense, yet, for some reason, she still felt it all seemed too easy.
Could it be, she was overthinking it? Mu Hanyan pondered quietly.
Anyway, Flying Peak is so close to Anyun City, lacking Exotic Beasts’ Guardians, with unremarkable terrain, and for the ancient ruins hidden below to remain undiscovered for tens of thousands of years seemed truly incredible.
In fact, she had raised this question to Zhang Chihua before setting off, and Zhang Chihua had given a similar explanation, which she had agreed with at the time.
But thinking about it now, it seemed they had oversimplified the matter, always thinking like common cultivators and failing to consider that over tens of thousands of years, countless strong, skilled, and mysterious figures appeared on the Holy Court Continent. Besides the legendary geniuses, many humble hermit recluses had unfathomable depth.
While ordinary cultivators might overlook it, those individuals might not. Given their long lifespans, even tens of millions or thousands of years, and reaching a bottleneck in cultivation, they’d inevitably find it dull, venturing to explore and have fun became their way of passing time and idling away life.
In past life training, as her strength and vision improved, Mu Hanyan encountered many such people. Not to mention places like the barren wasteland of Flying Peak, even lifeless endless desert basins attracted bored high-level hermits seeking hardship under the pretense of viewing majestic landscapes and cultivating character. To Mu Hanyan, it was just filling their free time; just sand, endless sand—where were the mountains and rivers to see?