By day, he went around picking fights with people. At night, he meditated in the courtyard. Whenever he had nothing to do, he would pluck a Spirit Medicine or catch a spirit bird, then eat and drink to his heart's content. The days passed swiftly.
At last, the time came for Bai Yixin to set out for the Hundred-Broken Mountain Range.
"Heroes will gather there, and everyone who appears will be a top disciple of some great power. Be extremely careful when you go. Don't let your guard down!" the elders warned them before they left.
Besides Bai Yixin and Little One, several other boys were going with them. Most looked about sixteen or seventeen, and none of them were familiar. They were probably hidden geniuses, though not particularly formidable.
"Shi Yi, the Human Emperor's Daughter, and several others, along with the offspring of the Primordial Remnant, have already set out ahead of you under the protection of their clansmen," Elder Tao Ye said.
"I'll emphasize this once more: you may truly encounter young Primordial Fierce Beasts, as well as peers so powerful they seem impossible to defeat. You must find a way to survive!"
In the end, they entered the Sacrificial Spirit's dwelling place and arrived outside the courtyard not far from the Gourd Vine. The elders prayed silently, then arranged the bone fragments of a Primordial Remnant.
With a boom, a radiant glow surged up here. A Green Gourd appeared and swayed, and a green passage took shape. The group stepped inside, all of them entering the passage before vanishing from the Heaven-Mending Pavilion.
"I can't wait. Once we get inside, I'm going to eat to my heart's content!" Bai Yixin's eyes gleamed as he muttered to himself.
He knew that all sorts of trouble awaited them in the Hundred-Broken Mountain this time. There might be one battle after another, with danger lurking everywhere, but there would also be countless opportunities. After all, it was a place where gods had wept and shed blood. The Immortal Fountain, Martial Saint Inheritance, Heavenly Bone, Sacred Medicine, and more would surely be found there!
Even if Bai Yixin didn't come across any extraordinary opportunities, the Primordial Remnants alone were treasures, one after another. He could fight to his heart's content, then enjoy a delicious meal afterward.
As for who would eat whom, did that even need to be said?
Broken Void City's gray-brown walls were grand and imposing. Though it was an ancient city, it still brimmed with life.
It had grown especially lively over the past few days. The top sects and many ancient clans had sent their gifted disciples here, preparing to enter the Hundred-Broken Mountain.
What drew Bai Yixin's attention most was the group of incredibly arrogant offspring of Primordial Remnants.
There was Feiyi, a strange serpent with one head, two bodies, six legs, and four wings; a Golden Lion with nine heads; a Heaven-Splitting Demon Butterfly more than a meter long; humanoid metal beings, stone beings...
It was no exaggeration to say that, humanoid creatures aside, everything else was on Bai Yixin's menu.
Once the time came, all he had to do was cover his face, change his build, and start a killing spree after going in.
No, better to play it safe and move farther from the passage before making his move.
They didn't have to wait long. Half a month later, a hazy mist rose at the edge of the distant land, indistinct and ethereal. Then came a thunderous crash that shook heaven and earth, followed by countless rays of brilliant light.
"The Hundred-Broken Mountain Range has opened!"
In an instant, the entire Broken Void City fell into chaos. Everyone sprang into action. All sorts of races appeared: flying monkeys, airborne stones, flapping Demon Butterflies, giants more than ten meters tall, and tree spirits rooted in the void... Runes flickered over them all as they stood ready to charge toward the edge of the land.
Of course, humans were the most numerous. The ancient clans, top sects, and descendants of the imperial families of ancient kingdoms formed a dense, surging mass atop the city walls.
"Little Junior Brother, what are you doing? Hurry up! We can't be the last ones to rush in!" Several disciples from the Heaven-Mending Pavilion urged Little One anxiously.
"Good food is worth waiting for. No rush. I'm packing my things. Why don't you go ahead?" Little One had piled up bundles and bags all around himself, as if he were moving house.
"Little One, you're such a slowpoke. Didn't I tell you yesterday to get ready?" Bai Yixin wasn't in a hurry. Going a little earlier wouldn't make any difference.
"Brother Little White, easy for you to say." Little One pouted. If he hadn't known he couldn't reveal Bai Yixin's space art, which could store all things, for fear of attracting attention, he wouldn't have had to carry a huge sack on his own.
"Enough chatting! Move!" The Heaven-Mending Pavilion's old monster, Tao Ye Yiyang, gathered the boys and rushed to the city gate, ready to send them into the Hundred-Broken Mountain Range.
"See? What's there to hurry about?" Bai Yixin said with his mouth full, taking a bite of a homemade candied hawthorn.
There was only one entrance at the edge of the land. Though it was enormous, far too many people had come for them all to squeeze through at once. A sea of people was jammed outside.
"Brother Little White, I want some too." Little One carried a huge bundle on his back and stared hungrily.
"Mmm, an Emerald Jade Date! Brother Little White, how many did you steal?" Little One took a bite, his eyes lighting up. It was a Spirit Medicine from an elder's courtyard. He asked Bai Yixin with a hand gesture.
"Not many, just half of them. Hee-hee, he didn't notice." Bai Yixin gestured back, grinning with satisfaction.
"Six." Little One held up six fingers on his right hand.
While they chatted, the crowd in front of them was nearly gone. Countless living beings had already entered. Bai Yixin and the others bid farewell to Elder Tao Ye and rushed through the shining giant gate.
With a swish, they passed straight through and plunged into a passage shrouded in mist, with no idea where it led.
Once Bai Yixin and the others entered the passage, they raced forward at full speed. After an unknown amount of time, the mist thinned and light shone through.
Then they burst out. In that instant, they felt an immense surge of Spiritual Energy, many times richer than in the Heaven-Mending Pavilion. The vital essence was practically turning into water.
"If it weren't going to close when the time came, only to open again after several hundred years, I'd really want to cultivate here for a few years." Bai Yixin was itching to stay.
A lake lay ahead, clear and still. Wisps of Spiritual Energy rose from it, the surrounding ancient medicines filled the air with fragrance, and wild beasts roared in the distance.
Some mountain peaks shimmered with dazzling colors, covered in Spirit Vines and fine trees. It was like a land of immortals.
"Crack!" Bai Yixin spotted a Spirit Medicine in the distance and, without looking back, swung his sword. A streak of Sword Qi shot behind him.
A crack rang out. The great tree cried out in agony and was cut in two, then quickly transformed into a broken tree-man.
"Not a tree, not a man, and you didn't even conceal your aura. You thought you could ambush us like that?" Bai Yixin said coldly, swinging his hand to finish it off with another slash.
"Big Red, don't run! Get in my bowl!"
Little One shouted too. He tossed aside the huge sack in his hands and, like a humanoid Fierce Beast, lifted a several-thousand-pound boulder and hurled it straight at a giant bird overhead.
"Haha, Little One, you deal with that bird. I'm going after those Bear Paws!" Runes flickering across his body, Bai Yixin sprang into the air and charged at a black, single-horned bear in the distance.
"???"
The other Heaven-Mending Pavilion prodigies who had come with them were dumbfounded. How had the two junior brothers turned into completely different people the moment they entered? They were ferocious, and the first thing out of their mouths was that they wanted to eat the geniuses of other races.
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