When Lu Qing first heard the name, he was somewhat taken aback. But after learning more about this immortal mountain, he understood that this Bifang was not the Bifang divine bird he had heard of in his previous life.
Yet this was hardly strange. After learning that this world had the Vermilion Bird and the Four Sacred Beasts, the Big Dipper and the Ziwei Star, even if another Bifang divine bird appeared, it would not be surprising.
In truth, Bifang Mountain was called the Primordial Bifang Immortal Mountain
not because a divine bird had descended from heaven and transformed into an immortal mountain,
but because a huge piece of bluish jade stood upon it, as tall as a person.
This stone resembled a bird in shape, with a pair of wings on its back and a plume carved from white jade drifting atop its head.
The two characters Bifang were likewise carved onto the front of the stone.
In the Primordial Era, an Immortal Practitioner traveling the Four Seas passed through this place. Moved by the mountain's gathering of spiritual splendor, and seeing that the stone bird bore the name Bifang, he bestowed those two characters upon this nameless immortal mountain.
Lu Qing had to thank that Primordial Immortal as well. At this time, every famous place in the ancient cultivation world already had an owner.
The strange thing about this Bifang Immortal Mountain was that it was not suited for year-round secluded cultivation.
That Immortal Practitioner had seen the Creation and spiritual beauty of this mountain, but perhaps he had forgotten to record it—or forgotten to explain it.
On the surface, the immortal mountain was draped in layer upon layer of Auspicious Clouds and wreathed in immortal mist.
Yet a foul Earth Qi was hidden within the mountain. The