Before long, the group arrived at the foot of the towering peak.
Their expressions grew even more astonished. Compared with this enormous mountain, they were as tiny as specks of dust.
What was even stranger was that across the surface of the water-flow mountain, a rapidly spinning water vortex appeared every several hundred zhang, with hazy vapors flowing out from within.
Looking out, there were no fewer than a thousand such vortices on this peculiar towering peak.
They looked like the mountain's countless eyes. Strange power obscured their interiors, preventing the group's divine senses from probing inside.
At that moment, an ethereal, hollow voice suddenly rang out beside them.
"Welcome, trial-takers, to Thousand Vortex Spirit Mountain. Every spirit vortex within this mountain is a small spirit realm. By passing the trials in these spirit realms, you may obtain Vortex Spirit Pearls. Once you have gathered enough Vortex Spirit Pearls, you may proceed to the next level of the mountain. To reach the second level, you must obtain ten Vortex Spirit Pearls within ten days. Otherwise, you will be deemed to have failed."
Once those words ended, the voice vanished.
The Nascent Soul Cultivators were all deeply shaken.
That brief statement had revealed a great deal of information. This water-flow giant peak called Thousand Vortex Spirit Mountain appeared to be a trial ground, something that had truly caught everyone by surprise.
Ning Fa was especially taken aback, since he knew far more than the others.
According to the information left behind by Bing Chen, the Ice Phoenix Clan patriarch, Abyssal Heavenly Pool was clearly something left behind by a True Spirit. How had it instead become a secret trial realm? This truly did not fit with an artifact of a True Spirit.
Ning Fa then raised his head toward the upper