The Land of Mount Tai

Compared to the underworld secret realm that Feng Xize entered, the secret realm that Zhang Xuezhou newly entered contained at least several hundred Yin creatures.

Without the Suihou Pearl, he couldn't subdue these ferocious and bizarre monsters.

However, if he relies on the Suihou Pearl to deal with it, every Yin creature that rushes in front of him will die.

"Cooperate, everyone cooperate! Can anyone tell me where we are?"

Zhang Xuezhou grabbed a large-headed ghost and shook its head repeatedly. This large-headed ghost had an extremely solid body, but it looked relatively weak among the yin creatures in this secret place. It was one of the yin creatures that Zhang Xuezhou dared to reach out and grab.

"Grandpa God of Slaughter, this is below the Taishan Temple!" Big-Headed Ghost cried out in horror, "Don't use that bead to kill me!"

"Taishan Temple? Is this a secret place in Mount Tai?" Zhang Xuezhou asked.

"This is Mount Tai! This place is quite secluded; it's where we're hiding!"

The big-headed ghost nodded repeatedly.

The once hidden and inaccessible hiding place has become a place of death, something many evil spirits never imagined.

They were all doing cannibalistic things, never expecting that such a place could attract such a monstrous being.

Seeing the powerful ghost kings vanish into thin air, the big-headed ghost was so frightened that oil started oozing from his head, and his body shrank by more than half.

Have we really arrived at Mount Tai?

The person was still in the secret location of Fengxize, but in a short while, Zhang Xuezhou had already moved to Mount Tai.

Even with a rough calculation, Zhang Xuezhou had already traversed a distance of five hundred li in the Yellow Springs.

This made him gasp.

"It really is in Mount Tai, I heard it from the Great King," said the Big-Headed Ghost.

Who is the Great King?

"You killed him! He was that big king with the blue body and red face. He cultivated for three hundred years and was the strongest ghost king in our area!"

Zhang Xuezhou glanced around and saw a few little ghosts peeking out from the gaps in the rocks. The other evil spirits were either hiding or dead and their whereabouts were unknown.

Although the Yin creatures looked all sorts of strange things, because they were killed by Suihou Pearl so quickly, he didn't remember any of the big kings with blue bodies and red faces.

Where is the exit of this secret place?

Zhang Xuezhou hadn't yet figured out the patterns of the Reincarnation Stone, and at this moment, he was also preparing for potential trouble, so he decided to find the exit of the secret place first.

Moreover, he is quite familiar with Mount Tai and can accurately locate himself after leaving the secret area.

"You're already at the exit, but we can't get out," Big-Headed Ghost said in a panic. "It's not time for the secret realm to unite with the human world yet!"

"I see!"

Zhang Xuezhou nodded, now understanding why these evil spirits were unbeatable and could only linger nearby.

He wiped out their entire stronghold, yet they still can't escape.

"If we want to use the Reincarnation Stone to complete the transfer, we must know the contact times between the various underworld secret places and the human world; otherwise, this kind of travel is no better than flying or riding a horse!"

The distance of five hundred miles can be covered in the blink of an eye; such speed is likely beyond even the reach of Venerable Lei.

But since the secret realm has no contact with the human world, the distance that can be reached in the blink of an eye becomes meaningless.

This requires finding a secret location in the underworld that may be close to opening, or one that is already open, before one can travel through it.

If one is trapped in this secret place for a day or two, this teleportation will be of little use. If one cannot get out for ten days or half a month, it would be better for Zhang Xuezhou to run away on his own.

"If long-distance travel is possible, that's a different story!"

Zhang Xuezhou felt that the Reincarnation Stone might travel more than 500 miles. He appeared near Mount Tai this time, but perhaps he could appear in other areas as well.

If Zhang Xuezhou didn't have as many lives as Li Shaojun, he would have loved to try more.

Short-distance travel doesn't require the Reincarnation Stone's teleportation, but long-distance travel is Zhang Xuezhou's normal need.

For example, if he could travel to the vicinity of the Kunlun Sacred Land, then there would be far too many unstable factors that would be avoided when he returned to the Kunlun Sacred Land.

Zhang Xuezhou stepped on the exit of this secret underworld, and looked around. He felt that this secret place was cold and gloomy, and there was indeed a relatively faint Spiritual Qi, but this kind of Spiritual Qi was not suitable for normal humans to cultivate for a long time.

"It's a pity I didn't bring Yi Shuo's medicine gourd, otherwise I could have tried to refine some pills!"

Although the gourd pill has potential side effects, Zhang Xuezhou also wants to see what kind of pills this gourd can be refined into if there is enough time and Spiritual Qi.

The freedom to enter and exit a secret place on one's own is completely different from the freedom to borrow someone else's secret place temporarily. Zhang Xuezhou pondered the various ways to use the secret place, but in the end, he had to put some of his small ideas aside.

Zhang Xuezhou glanced at the big-headed ghost he had forcibly grabbed, and finally waved his hand.

"Everyone stay away and don't get in my way!"

As long as he wasn't attacked by a group of evil spirits, Zhang Xuezhou had no interest in killing them.

Of course, if it gets close to the time when Zhang Xuezhou will travel back to the real world and he still hasn't been able to get out, Zhang Xuezhou feels that he will indeed take drastic measures to eliminate any future troubles.

He waved for the big-headed ghost to run away, and told it to warn any surviving evil spirits not to bother him, before wandering around aimlessly.

This secret place of the underworld was so poor that it resembled a refugee camp, with only a dilapidated temple sitting in it.

"The Orthodox God of Mount Tai, Heavenly Capital Prefecture"

The characters on the temple were obscure and difficult to decipher, but they resembled the handwriting of the cloud-riding technique that Zhang Xuezhou had consulted with Li Shaojun and the great Confucian scholar Yuan Gu.

He deciphered the characters on a stele in the temple through a combination of guesswork and deduction, and basically confirmed that the area belonged to the Mount Tai region, and that this secret place had a true owner before.

Zhang Xuezhou had never heard of any Heavenly Capital Lord, which might involve an imperial decree during the reign of the Emperor, or a title bestowed by the Immortal Court during its eight hundred years of rule.

Now this place is dilapidated and decaying, and has become a secret gathering place for evil spirits, which makes Zhang Xuezhou sigh with regret.

"If I cultivate my luck but not my destiny, my future will be nothing!"

Even immense strength cannot withstand the ravages of time, and much of it has vanished into the dust.

Zhang Xuezhou couldn't help but sigh, feeling a pang of sympathy for himself.

He wants everything, but he has no means to meet those demands.

"Non-Self can rid myself of the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon, my cultivation of life will have no meaning!"

Zhang Xuezhou searched everywhere but found nothing besides the ancient inscriptions, so he had to give up.

After his search yielded no results, he had no choice but to return to the black Reincarnation Stone.

After everything was ready, Zhang Xuezhou extended his hand.

Darkness loomed in my vision, and a red light flickered within it.

Zhang Xuezhou simply stared at the red light, and Yellow Spring water began to flow beneath his feet, carrying him downstream.

When his feet touched the ground, Zhang Xuezhou saw another version of himself lying on the ground.

Then Li Shaojun stood in front of him, groping his body from head to toe, as if searching a corpse for money.

"Hey!"

Zhang Xuezhou shouted angrily, then lunged forward with the Suihou Pearl in his hand, landing back on the ground before quickly opening his eyes.

"Li Shaojun, what are you doing?" Zhang Xuezhou shouted.

"What, you're still alive? Did you get ninety-nine lives there too?"

Zhang Xuezhou's sudden breathing and reactions were like a zombie coming back to life, startling Li Shaojun, who had some sneaky thoughts, so much that his hands trembled.

He originally intended to loosen Zhang Xuezhou's belt and strip him of his fine Law Treasure robe, but Li Shaojun did not expect that Zhang Xuezhou would come back to life half an hour later.