Southern Border.
A fine drizzle drifted through the air, green mountains stretching one after another.
Fang Yuan stood atop a mountain rock in blue robes, gazing out over this magnificent land. At last, he fixed his eyes on one particular mountain.
This mountain was very special.
The surrounding peaks were either high or low, steep or gentle.
Yet this peak was smooth and rounded.
This was Mother Mountain.
Or rather, the Mountain Snail Mother.
It was itself a Primeval Ancient Beast! A colossal snail, its shell towering like a high pagoda, spiraling layer upon layer, blanketed in moss.
When it remained still, its soft foot and limbs retracted into its shell, making it seem like a lofty mountain standing tall.
Now it had awakened and was moving slowly.
Rumble, rumble, rumble...
As it moved, the earth within a hundred li trembled faintly. Wherever it passed, birds and beasts fled in all directions.
Fang Yuan stood on another mountaintop, watching this Primeval Ancient Beast, the Mountain Snail Mother, migrating with a calm expression.
Its speed was very slow.
Although the Mountain Snail Mother was a Primeval Ancient Beast, it had a dull and gentle temperament and was difficult to enrage. It could be said to be harmless.
Not only was it harmless, it was beneficial.
This was because its body contained abundant Slavery Dao Marks and Earth Dao Marks, causing a special environment to form around it and nurturing vast quantities of slavery path and earth path resources.
The ownership of Mountain Snail Mothers had always been an unsettled matter.
Very few Gu Immortals could control a Mountain Snail Mother. Even Rank 8 slavery path Gu Immortals would find it difficult.
This was because the Mountain Snail Mother itself possessed extremely abundant Slavery Dao Marks.
There were seven known Mountain Snail