Jiang Yantian swaggered inside.
The place had originally been a mass of death Qi, with no path visible at all.
Yet now it parted on its own, as though afraid of Jiang Yantian.
Inside the forbidden land, everything had decayed, devoid of life.
Even the towering trees were withered.
The ground was a stinking dead marsh. Vines covered it, but they, too, were dead.
There could hardly have been any living creatures here.
Even plants could not survive, let alone living creatures.
But while there were no living creatures, there were unusually many dead spirits.
Wails filled the wilderness as they circled in the air. Weeping, laughter, and screams rang out without end.
If not for Jiang Yantian's constitution, merely forcing his way into the forbidden land would probably have left him drained dry by these dead spirits.
Smelling the death Qi permeating his surroundings, Jiang Yantian felt an inexplicable impulse. He really wanted to devour it all.
And these dead spirits were all nourishment for his Indestructible Demonic Physique.
However, Jiang Yantian did not intend to devour them now.
People from all the major sects would be coming in. No one knew how many would die then.
The more people died, the more vengeful spirits and dead spirits there would be, and the more satisfying devouring them afterward would become.
It was like jerking off to fantasies versus jerking off to porn-the peaks one reached were different.
Still, he would gladly accept some of the secret treasures here.
Only the spirit entity attached to Ye Feng could sense these things. No one else could detect them.
Naturally, he would not leave them for that hermaphrodite Ye Feng.
Following his senses, Jiang Yantian first arrived beneath a lightning-struck tree.
The lightning-struck wood was charred black, but a restriction had likewise been placed over it.
"Ding! Host, the system has all the secret treasures in the Spirit-Imprisoning Forbidden Land, and they're all complete."
"The Great Dao laws of the secret treasures here are incomplete to varying degrees. They can't unleash even twenty or thirty percent of their power at their peak!"
Jiang Yantian chuckled. "You think I'm taking these to use them?"
Without wasting any more words, Jiang Yantian raised his hand and sliced, tearing open the restriction.
Instantly, a divine artifact glowing gold appeared before him.
Just as the system had said, its laws were fragmented, but its overall appearance was no different.
Two flood dragons coiled in opposite directions to form the handles, while faint lightning shimmered over the blades.
"The ancient divine artifact, the Golden Flood Dragon Shears?"
Jiang Yantian grasped them and immediately felt their chill.
"They'll do for trimming my nails."
Jiang Yantian pocketed them straightaway.
Then he stood there and thought for a moment.
He could not simply take the treasures and leave Ye Feng with a wasted trip.
At that thought, Jiang Yantian swept his gaze beyond the forbidden land.
On an ancient locust tree more than a dozen li away sat a first-tier spirit beast, a Spirit Fox Monkey.
This was the same kind of spirit beast Jiang Yantian had previously told the disciples of the law enforcement branch to catch.
He smiled faintly, raised his hand, and grabbed.
A streak of black light shot out, enveloped the Spirit Fox Monkey in an instant, and dragged it to his side.
The Spirit Fox Monkey cried, "Geh, geh, geh!" in fright.
With a slight movement of Jiang Yantian's finger, the Spirit Fox Monkey was moved to the spot where the divine artifact had just been.
The Spirit Fox Monkey struggled frantically, screeching nonstop.
"Take a dump!" Jiang Yantian said mildly, and the black light enveloping the Spirit Fox Monkey tightened further.
Under such pressure, the Spirit Fox Monkey could not endure the torment, and even its shit was squeezed out.
Jiang Yantian was very satisfied with the large puddle inside the lightning-struck wood.
He left a trace of the Golden Flood Dragon Shears' presence inside, then tossed a few leaves over it.
As long as Ye Feng followed the instructions to search, she would definitely see that trace of golden light beneath the leaves after undoing the restriction.
If she reached out to take it then, tsk, tsk, tsk. A golden legendary suddenly turned into... TFboys!
Once everything was ready, Jiang Yantian restored the restriction.
He headed to the next location.
Without Jiang Yantian, everything would have been just as that old geezer Elder Long had said: home ground.
Although the Great Dao laws of these divine artifacts and magical artifacts were incomplete, every single one was something one could encounter only by luck, not seek out.
The God-Slaying Spear Fragment, the Wuji Umbrella Frame, the Five Directions Flags, the Bitter Bamboo Seedling.
Which of them would not shake the cultivation world?
The Five Directions Flags, especially, had relatively complete laws and were absolutely a devastating weapon.
Their power was boundless, driving back all evil and rendering all arts powerless against them.
Their laws were even somewhat similar to those of his Nine Nether Fine Steel Chain.
In the script, had Ye Feng not relied on the Five Directions Flags to survive one crisis after another?
At every location, after taking the treasure, Jiang Yantian would very considerately have the Spirit Fox Monkey leave a pile.
He had to admit that this tiny spirit beast really had plenty in stock.
A little expert at fertilizing fields.
After obtaining these things, the only things left that interested him were the forbidden land's death Qi and those dead spirits.
Just as he was about to leave, Jiang Yantian felt that this humiliation might not be enough for Ye Feng.
What if the humiliation points fell short of his expectations?
So Jiang Yantian took out paper and a brush, controlling the brush as he wrote something on the paper.
"I am an ancient true god. Having glimpsed the future, I learned that a fated person would come here..."
A great heap of nonsense followed, mostly telling Ye Feng to do all sorts of things.
But the greatest humiliation lay in the final sentence of that long passage.
If Ye Feng saw it, the humiliation points would surely skyrocket to the extreme.
Very nice!
Once everything was ready, Jiang Yantian left the forbidden land.
The Spirit Fox Monkey, which had neither kept pace with Jiang Yantian nor had the protection of his presence, turned into a cloud of fine dust in an instant and dispersed within the forbidden land.
Upon returning to the encampment, Jiang Yantian resumed his nonchalant appearance.
The disciples of the various branches were all orderly.
Campfires had also been lit, and pots had been set up for cooking.
There were likewise disciples gathered in groups of three or five, discussing matters.
The forbidden land would open at midnight. Only then could they enter.
All they needed to do now was wait.
"Anything to report?" a gentle voice asked.
Jiang Yantian looked over and smiled faintly. "No!"
Luo Xingcai nodded and asked no more.
Jiang Yantian was in no hurry to do anything with Luo Xingcai.
His gaze also settled on Ye Feng.
This little punk had quite a way with women.
Even just sitting there, she had beauties hovering around her, talking to her.
There was just one beauty beside Ye Feng at the moment.
"Hua Jiao!"
Her name might have sounded like an ingredient, but her background was anything but insignificant.
She was the daughter of an Attendant elder in the sect's alchemy branch, and her father was also a younger clansman of Sect Master Lu Ming-a younger cousin.
She had met Ye Feng in the outer sect, and the two had a very good relationship.
After entering the inner sect, Hua Jiao had naturally joined her father's alchemy branch, while Ye Feng, with her peerless swordsmanship, had joined the sword branch.
It looked like a long-distance relationship, but the sect was not all that large, so it was fine.
It was just that Ye Feng had always treated her as a younger sister, while she was naturally deeply in love with Ye Feng.
Hua Jiao fiercely protected her own. Whatever happened, she always defended Ye Feng, a classic case of siding with kin rather than reason.
Back in the outer sect, many people had mocked Ye Feng's talent. Only she had believed in and supported her unwaveringly.
She had also used her status and background to teach them lessons one by one, just to vent Ye Feng's anger. She was likewise one of Ye Feng's greatest sources of support early on.
"Hua Jiao, heh. Hua isn't a nice surname. That name would fit better with Kou, 'mouth,' or Zu, 'foot'!"
Jiang Yantian deliberately walked toward them.
"Brother Ye Feng, I have plenty of Poison-Warding Pills and Body-Protecting Pills. I'll give them to you. They might come in handy when you enter the forbidden land!"
At that moment, Hua Jiao was all smiles and enthusiasm.
Ye Feng could only give her a perfunctory smile.
Damn it, if I'd known my dick would get cut off, why the hell did I treat Hua Jiao as a younger sister back then? I should've banged her first as a sign of respect.
Now look at this. I couldn't even get a little hard to show my respect.