Aspiring to the Immortal Path
chapter-829

In ancient times, there was an Immortal beast called the Lithos, with the form of a dragon, a voice like a bell, a strength that could lift mountains, and a fiery temper.

This temper and power of this powerful fiend, as well as its draconic form, made others call it the Lithos Dragon.

According to the Vermillion Bird, in the era of the Court of Myriad Domains, one of the Four Sages of the Myriad Court, the Sage Lord of Cosmic Origin, personally subdued the Lithos Dragon, turning it into their mount. A fiend was turned into an Immortal beast, residing in the court.

When the Myriad Court was destroyed, the God Immortals all went missing, as did the Lithos Dragon.

Who could have expected that this Yuan Chenfei would have some Lithos Dragon blood in him, that he was part-fiend?

Unlike Meng Guanshan, who had become part-fiend through the Imperial Sky Stamp, Yuan Chenfei was a natural human–fiend hybrid that had come about through mating between fiend and human.

As different species, they shouldn't have been able to reproduce. Even a fiend that turned into a human couldn't hope to produce children through intercourse with a human.

But there were also exceptions and unique circumstances.

The Lithos Dragon had left behind a descendant, and this descendant was a human!

If the Vermillion Bird's ancestor hadn't been on good terms with the Lithos Dragon, and if those memories she had inherited from High Antiquity weren't gradually starting to awaken, she might not have noticed Yuan Chenfei's origins.

It was no wonder those Scissor Serpents had frantically fled from Yuan Chenfei's blood.

The Lithos Dragon was a great fiend of High Antiquity, an Immortal beast of the Myriad Court. In terms of status, it had only been a little lower than the Four Sages. In the lower world, this would be the bloodline of an emperor, and it was only natural for those small fiends to be scared. This blood alone allowed Yuan Chenfei to boldly walk among these fiends.

But everything had its pros and cons.

Ordinary fiends would be scared away by this majestic scent, but a Transformation fiend might feel delight rather than fear.

For Transformation fiends, Yuan Chenfei and his High Antiquity bloodline were the finest meal. If they could absorb his blood, they would receive a huge boost in strength, on par with a top-class medicine.

Fortunately, Yuan Chenfei seemed to know this. After picking the Moonlight Grass, he swiftly departed.

Sure enough, not long after he left, a figure rushed out from the distance.

What came up to the lakeside was a bald man with a fierce face. He wasn't entirely bald, for there was a tuft of red hair like a rooster's comb on the top of his head. The large man looked around and then dipped his finger into the water, upon which he trembled. "An Immortal bloodline, as expected! One of those human cultivators must have Immortal blood. I can't miss out on this chance."

The man threw his head back and laughed before sniffing at the air, upon which he went off in Yuan Chenfei's direction.

Meanwhile, as Yuan Chenfei was flying along, a voice came from behind him. "Junior Brother Yuan, wait a moment."

Yuan Chenfei turned to look, and then he said in delight, "Senior Brother Du?"

The speaker was none other than Senior Brother Du.

Yuan Chenfei said, "Senior Brother Du, didn't you go to the other side? How did you end up here?"

Senior Brother Du chuckled and flew over. "I was just running around all over the place and ended up here. Since we've met, we might as well travel together. That way, we can also keep watch for each other."

Not finding anything suspicious, Yuan Chenfei nodded. "Alright."

He flew off, and as Senior Brother Du glanced at Yuan Chenfei, his eyes shone with a sinister light, and his lips coldly smiled. Only then did he follow.

The Vermillion Bird sneered at this sight. "This Du guy is really stubborn, and this Yuan kid is a little too naive. It looks to me like the Du guy will eventually play him to death."

Tang Jie smiled. "Since I've seen it, this won't happen."

"How do you plan to stop it?" the Vermillion Bird asked.

Tang Jie thought it over as he watched the pair.

Suddenly recalling a story he had heard before, he said with bright eyes, "Let's play around with them a little."

"'Play' what?" the Vermillion Bird asked in confusion.

Tang Jie simply gave a mysterious smile, and then he flew ahead of Yuan Chenfei and Senior Brother Du.

Arriving at a forest, he looked around and nodded. "This is the place."

He transformed into a man wearing rough clothes.

He then pointed at a tree, turning it into a sprite.

"Eh? Are you…" the Vermillion Bird said in surprise.

Tang Jie chuckled. "I heard many legends and myths in my childhood and always wanted to be that main character who ran into an Immortal. But actually, isn't switching roles and being the mentor even better? Today, I will bring to life those folk tales and create a fairy tale."

With a wave of his hand, the tree sprite extended its countless branches and picked him up.

Then he began to scream, "Save me! Save me!"

It was quite convincing.

Yuan Chenfei was flying over this forest at the time, so he flew in, upon which he saw a man hanging from a tree.

This tree was clearly a man-eating tree sprite, its branches wrapped around the man like tentacles and trying to stuff him into its mouth. That man was barely keeping himself alive by desperately kicking, but as he struggled, the branches tightened their grip, which only made him panic more.

Upon seeing Yuan Chenfei, the man shouted, "Save me, please!"

Yuan Chenfei was about to intervene when Senior Brother Du arrived and stopped him. "Junior Brother Yuan, stop! This is the Five Origins Paradise. How could there be an outsider? It must be some Transformation fiend trying to trick us. You must not get close."

Yuan Chenfei smiled. "If he was a Transformation fiend, why even try to trick us? He could just come up and take us down. Regardless of how this person got here, since he's in danger, how can I not save him? I'll save him, so please stay back and keep an eye out, Senior Brother!"

He shot out several blasts of wind that broke the tree sprite's branches, causing Tang Jie to fall to the ground. The tree sprite was furious and began to pull out its roots to charge over. But Yuan Chenfei was unconcerned, taking out a sword box from his Mustard Seed Bag.

He opened up the box, revealing seven swords within.

Red, orange, blue, green, indigo, yellow, and violet!

Yuan Chenfei took out the red sword and threw it into the air, upon which a gout of flame descended from the heavens and struck the tree sprite, causing it to wail in pain. Tang Jie had merely temporarily inspirited this tree through his energy, so it was instantly burned into charcoal.

Yuan Chenfei called back the red sword and put it back into the box.

Tang Jie staggered over.

Senior Brother Du pointed a finger at him and barked, "Don't come any closer!"

Tang Jie hastily stopped and stammered out, "This lowly one thanks Young Master for saving my life!"

Senior Brother Du fired off several blasts of air at Tang Jie.

Tang Jie let those blasts of air touch his body, blankly staring at the two.

Senior Brother Du sensed that his finger blasts had triggered no reaction from Tang Jie's body. Taken aback, he muttered, "No trace of spiritual energy or fiend power. Is he really just an ordinary person?"

Yuan Chenfei put away his sword box and walked over. "Who are you? How did you end up here?"

Tang Jie replied, "This lowly one's surname is Tang, and my given name is Jie. I'm a woodcutter who lives in Little Lake Village on the West Bull Divine State's Mount Geda, chopping firewood for a living. For some reason, I was swept up in a fiendish gale that threw me up into the air. When I woke up, I was here. This place is so scary, with man-eating fiends everywhere…"

A pile of lies came out of his mouth.

He was unfamiliar with the Vast Wilderness, but this place was so big that Yuan Chenfei and Senior Brother Du couldn't possibly know every place, so he just made up locations.

Sure enough, Senior Brother Du bought his story and hesitated. "'A fiendish gale'? Could it be that the early opening was due to this fiendish gale? But where did it come from, and how could it get into this place? And where is it now?"

He was baffled.

He wanted to ask, but seeing as Tang Jie was an ordinary person, what could he possibly know?

Tang Jie grabbed Yuan Chenfei's clothes and said, "Immortal, please save me!"

Yuan Chenfei sighed. "You are very unlucky, to have ended up in this place. If nobody helps you, you probably won't get far before some fiend eats you up. Ah, forget it. Follow behind me. Once I complete the sect's mission, I will take you out of this place."

Tang Jie delightedly bowed to Yuan Chenfei. "Many thanks, Immortal."

Yuan Chenfei waved his hands. "Stop calling me Immortal. My crude skills don't deserve that title. True Immortals are omnipotent beings."

"Yes, Young Master!" Tang Jie said, quickly changing his tone.

Senior Brother Du grew anxious, saying, "Junior Brother, how could you risk bringing along a complete stranger? We have no idea where this person came from, and in the last several thousand years, an outsider has never appeared in the Five Origins Paradise. Why is it that now that one has appeared, you believe everything he says?"

Yuan Chenfei said in surprise, "Senior Brother, didn't you already test him?"

Senior Brother Du replied, "We're weak, and if this is a particularly powerful great fiend, we could test him over and over and still find nothing."

Yuan Chenfei smiled. "If that's the case, then we should just accept our fates. We're helpless against great fiends, and I think a great fiend willing to trick us is much better than a great fiend that wants to eat us."

It was a very open-minded point of view that had even Tang Jie inwardly nodding in approval.

Yuan Chenfei took out a flying cloud which he had Tang Jie ride so that he could follow. Senior Brother Du could only silently accept the situation.

But he remained suspicious, thinking to himself, This woodcutter called Tang Jie is really too suspicious. I have to test him again.

If Tang Jie was lying, then he needed to be careful. If necessary, he would use Yuan Chenfei as a human shield and immediately run off. And if Tang Jie was telling the truth, then he would kill him along with Yuan Chenfei, and this guy could only curse his own rotten luck.

His plans decided, Senior Brother Du became much more relaxed.

Meanwhile, the Vermillion Bird's consciousness said to Tang Jie, "Interesting, interesting. I didn't think you were so good at tricking people."

Tang Jie snorted and replied, "Back in my hometown, this isn't called 'tricking people'. It's called 'acting'."