Old Ox Kindly Tells You

With one of the ancestor's clones stationed here, Wu Chu no longer took the threat from Tianmu Mountain seriously. After all, with this safeguard in place, his confidence was naturally different.

He used to avoid encountering these lesser demons because he was worried that if they found out he was hiding here, they would reveal his whereabouts.

But now, he's not afraid anymore!

Wu Chu first went to see the Ox Demon. The honest Old Ox had been trapped in the formation for tens of thousands of years and had long since given up the idea of leaving. The bull had become very quiet, as if it were neither sad nor happy. In terms of its state of mind, it had made great progress compared to tens of thousands of years ago.

Upon seeing Wu Chu, this suddenly appearing being, the Old Ox was somewhat bewildered. It took him a long time to recover before he said, "Who are you? Trapped in this formation too? Ha! I, the Old Ox, am kindly telling you, struggling here is useless, getting angry is useless. The best way is to cultivate peacefully here. This place is quite good; the spiritual energy is even richer than that of my Old Ox Tianmu Mountain. Old Ox been here for tens of thousands of years, and my cultivation has nearly doubled..."

Faced with the smug, simple-minded look on the Ox Demon's face, Wu Chu was taken aback and asked in surprise, "Fellow Daoist has been trapped here for tens of thousands of years? How did you end up trapped here? Since you are already trapped, why doesn't the master of this place come out to see you? Is this place unclaimed?"

The Old Ox shook its head, plopped down on the ground, and sighed, "Old Ox don't know why the owner of this place hasn't shown up! When Old Ox was first trapped here, I even thought that it would be better for the other party to come out and kill me than to ignore me! But who would have thought... maybe he has already moved away! But with this kind of formation here, it doesn't seem like he has moved away."

Wu Chu pretended to look around and said, "Although there is an array here, there are no traces of it being set up, nor any signs of array restrictions. It doesn't seem to be man-made; it's more like the natural terrain itself has created an array... Tsk tsk, the owner of this place is quite impressive!"

Old Ox scratched his head, looking somewhat hopeful. "I, Old Ox, don't know much about formations. Who are you, fellow Daoist? Why have you come here? Do you understand formations? Do you have a way out?"

"There is a solution, but we need to take a closer look. Allow me to think about it!"

Wu Chu, pretending to be nonchalant, looked around and casually asked, "How did you end up trapped here, fellow Daoist? And for so long?"

Speaking of this, Old Ox couldn't help but shed tears. "It's really bad luck. I, Old Ox, and a few fellow Daoists were ordered by the new King of Tianmu Mountain to visit the master of this place, which is called Purple Jade Mountain. The master of this place has some connections with the Tianmu King, and they are neighbors... Who would have thought that we would be trapped by this formation as soon as we arrived here? We haven't even seen a shadow of the master of Purple Jade Mountain, and we've been trapped for tens of thousands of years. Fellow Daoists, tell me, who is more miserable than us?"

Seeing the minotaur with snot and tears streaming down his face, Wu Chu almost burst out laughing.

Putting himself in their shoes, it did seem to make sense. However, Wu Chu also knew in his heart that ignoring them was the best choice he had made back then.

"That's quite pitiful!" Wu Chu showed a sympathetic expression, looked around, and casually asked, "Wasn't the king of Tianmu Mountain the Tianmu Daoist? When did a new king come along?"

Upon hearing this question, Old Ox paused for a moment, then said, "It seems you are not a creature of this region! The old king of Tianmu Mountain, Tianmu Daoist, has long since passed away and disappeared tens of thousands of years ago. The current king is one of the former leaders of the eighteen routes, the White Ye King of Danzhang Mountain."

"It seems that this White Ye King must have fought his way up to become king!"

"Yes, we killed a few. The White Ye King and the King Zhujian both come from Danzhang Mountain. When they join forces, it's difficult for other leaders to stand against them alone!"

"I see!"

Wu Chu nodded, finally understanding why there was a mountain called Danzhang Mountain next to Tianmu Mountain. However, he didn't know much about this mountain and couldn't recall any monsters living on it, but Wu Chu did remember the name.

The White Ye is a bird-like monster that was later adopted by island nations in their mythology and eventually evolved into their island nation's monster—the ye!

Of course, their appearances have changed significantly.

But it was precisely because of this that Wu Chu learned about this monster.

In fact, he had only read a portion of the Classic of Mountains and Seas back then. If he had known he would be transported to this Primordial World, he would definitely have read all of these books.

This incident also shows that the newly enthroned White Ye King has likely gained the approval of Heavenly Dao and become a regional overlord.

Otherwise, the name of Danzhang Mountain wouldn't appear on his phone's map.

This allowed Wu Chu to gradually discover some patterns: the place names of the places where a local overlord resides are generally recognized by the Heavenly Dao and recorded on maps.

This Heavenly Dao is like a program, assisting in the operation of this world.

However, for a regional overlord to gain the approval of the Heavenly Dao, there must be a requirement for cultivation level; otherwise, the map on his phone should be densely packed with place names.

After an unknown amount of time, Wu Chu had managed to extract almost everything he could from Old Ox. Perhaps because they hadn't spoken in a long time, Old Ox was talking with great enthusiasm.

However, Old Ox didn't know much, and what he knew was from tens of thousands of years ago.

"Ah! I know how to leave this formation now. Old Ox, come on, I'll lead you out of this great formation!" Wu Chu clapped his hands dramatically and shouted.

"Ah?!"

Old Ox was a little confused; did he suddenly know how to leave?

It seemed to feel its intelligence had been completely outmatched, and was momentarily disoriented. The formation that had trapped it for tens of thousands of years had actually been broken so easily?

"What? You've developed feelings for this place? Don't want to leave?" Wu Chu asked with a smile.

The Old Ox stood up and said, "Let's go, let's go, I, the Old Ox, am leaving this place. I have a cow waiting for me at home!"

"..."

Wu Chu paused for a moment, looked at his bull's head, and then turned and left.

After leaving the Mountain Terrain Formation Array, the Old Ox immediately lay down, weeping and embracing the earth, and then knelt down before Wu Chu.

Wu Chu turned around with a smile and said, "I sense that there are other living beings inside that great formation. I'll go and bring them out as well!"

And so, amidst the Old Ox's tearful, grateful cries, Wu Chu returned to the formation and came before the second living being.

This being was among the group that was trapped in the formation a few years ago.

These creatures were trapped in the formation, and some of them, like the Old Ox before them, frantically attacked their surroundings, trying to break the formation by force.

Wu Chu didn't go directly to these simpletons, but instead went to find a rather calm and composed creature, a middle-aged man with a pair of canine teeth and two long beards.

Two long whiskers hung down to the sides of his mouth and neck, and two canine teeth protruded from the corners of his mouth, making him look cunning and ferocious, which Wu Chu really couldn't understand about his aesthetic sense.

As soon as Wu Chu appeared, he was attacked by the middle-aged man, but what awaited the middle-aged man was a Beast-Binding Rope and a White Bone Spear.

Wu Chu's cultivation was no weaker than that of this cunning middle-aged man, and the Dragon Might's might on the Beast-Binding Rope and the White Bone Spear was enough to make the middle-aged man's body stiffen for a moment.

In that instant, he was bound by the Beast-Binding Rope.

"Senior, are you the master of this Purple Jade Mountain?" The middle-aged man, bound like a golden dumpling, turned his eyes and exclaimed, "Senior, it's a misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding!"