Immortal Path to Heaven
chapter-584

Chapter 584: High-rank Spirit Beasts

Ou Yangming walked in front. He heard the conversation between Fat Antelope and the Silver Ridge Giant Leopard, and he could not help but laugh.

The leopard was really racking its brains to stay by Ou Yangming’s side. Nonetheless, one thing was clear between it and the fat antelope. Although they often fought to be the commander of the Silver Ridge Boundary, instead of becoming sworn enemies, they became quite acquainted with each other. If not, Fat Antelope would not have pleaded for the Silver Ridge Giant Leopard previously, and the latter would not be clinging to the former with a thick face at the moment.

High platforms could still be seen along the mountain road, but they were not always occupied.

Perhaps after several high platforms, a human master could be seen refining pills or smithing pieces of equipment on a platform. Even so, alchemists had furnaces that prevented anything from being seen while blacksmiths concealed their fires too. As such, it would not be possible for even Ou Yangming to deduce anything from the changes of their fires.

Ou Yangming stopped to watch for a brief moment sometimes. He was surprised because while the pieces of equipment smithed by the blacksmiths along the way were mostly Good Grade magic tools, 30% and above were also high-rank Common Grade magic tools.

If the spirit beasts below could obtain Good Grade magic tools, they would be elated. On the contrary, they would be dejected and helpless if they acquired Common Grade magic tools.

The Blacksmiths differed in terms of their strengths, but they were capable of smithing Good Grad magic tools.

Ou Yangming walked past another high platform and was about to advance further when his vision went blurry as an ape blocked his path.

He stared at the ape and was certain that he had never seen it before.

Even though apes looked extremely similar and could not be easily distinguished for ordinary people, Ou Yangming could remember each of them well if he watched closely.

This ape was not the one that guarded the mountainside. It was tall, had a hideous look, and it had an intense killing intent as though it was a killing god. When Big Yellow, Fat Antelope, and the spirit leopard were stared at by the ape, they could not help but take several steps backward.

The ape had a strange look on its face after it scanned Ou Yangming and Big Yellow with its sharp eyes. As for Fat Antelope and the Silver Ridge Giant Leopard, it did not spare them a look at all as if the 2 formidable spirit beasts were non-existent.

“Who are you? Why do you carry… Its aura?”

Ou Yangming’s heart tensed up because the ape was so observant that it sensed Multi-armed King Kong’s aura on them.

Other than the 10,000 Beasts Venerable One, even the majestic Six-armed Giant Beasts did not notice it at all, but this ape found out at once.

The young fellow cleared his throat and was about to explain when the ape raised another question, “Are you from the lower realm?”

Ou Yangming nodded and answered, “Your Excellency, you have a good eye.”

The ape’s eyes lit up, and it remarked, “Since you’re from the lower realm and carry its aura, you must’ve seen it and have a close relationship with it.”

“Woof.” Big Yellow barked and expressed, “Yes, Multi-armed King Kong’s my good friend!”

Ou Yangming twitched his mouth and thought, ‘When did Big Yellow become so thick-faced…’

“Multi-armed King Kong… That’s its name in the lower realm. Hehe, it fits its image quite well.” The ape chuckled and asked, “Is it well now?”

Big Yellow nodded and responded, “It’s very well—at the very least, it’s in a much better situation than we are.”

After the passage was built, Ou Yangming and Big Yellow were very unlucky during their journey into the Spiritual Realm as they were led away halfway by the Ghost-clawed Venerable One’s mysterious technique. On the other hand, Multi-armed King Kong and the others left the passage successfully.

Their status at the moment was unknown but at least, they were safe.

Even if a Venerable One among the Humans wanted to harm them, the little red big would not sit by idly, right?

The ape tilted its head and pondered before he asked, “It was sir’s order to send it to the lower realm, so I suppose sir asked you to come here too?”

“Yes, Sir Venerable One was the one that invited us here,” Ou Yangming responded.

“As expected.” The ape grinned and said, “We’ll never perceive sir’s thoughts but since this is its idea, you’re not considered outsiders.”

Ou Yangming was slightly stunned, and he realized that the ape was mistaken.

They had only come here due to an accident as they entered the 10,000 Beasts Ridge after escaping from the space of nothingness. All in all, this had nothing to do with the 10,000 Beasts Venerable One.

Despite that, he simply giggled without explaining himself.

“Since you’re not outsiders, you may enter, but…” The ape turned its body to the side, then it looked at Fat Antelope and the Silver Ridge Giant Leopard and continued, “Their cultivations bases are too low, and they don’t have our race’s aura, so it’s best to leave them outside.” Seeing as Ou Yangming’s face changed, it quickly added, “Don’t worry, as long as I’m here, they won’t be bullied.”

It sounded plain and not the least threatening but for some reason, Ou Yangming and his companions were strongly convinced as if the ape was being reasonable. It felt like they would suffer a disaster if they did not obey it.

Ou Yangming looked deeply at the ape and knew it definitely cultivated a special technique that allowed him to have such a queer ability.

Nevertheless, he did not sense any evil intention from the ape. After a moment of hesitation, he finally turned to instruct the 2 spirit beasts, “Stay here for the time being.”

What surprised him was Fat Antelope and the Silver Ridge Giant Leopard agreed right away instead of objecting to the idea. It seemed like they were affected by the ape’s words and changed their minds obediently.

With that, Ou Yangming passed the obstacle with Big Yellow. As he continued to walk up, he looked forward to what would come.

At the foot of the mountain, there were mostly low-grade spirit beasts, and the human blacksmiths and alchemists there were unquestionably those with the lowest standards. As long as they could smith magic tools, they would be qualified to smith for spirit beasts on the high platforms even if they could only smith Common Grade Rank One magic tools.

The mountainside was where middle-grade spirit beasts gathered. Over there, human blacksmiths and alchemists had exceptional standards.

At the very least, the blacksmiths were only qualified to smith on the high platforms if they could always smith Good Grade magic tools. Needless to say, for an elder like Bai Zhiyi, he had many other knacks apart from smithing ordinary magic tools. According to Ou Yangming’s deduction, the elder could even enter the peak without any problems.

Having said that, Bai Zhiyi somehow stayed in a tall tower at the half of the mountain to smith pieces of equipment and conveniently guided 3 of his juniors. He did not intend to enter the peak at all.

Ou Yangming was not making baseless guesses; these were what he inferred after he saw the standards of the blacksmiths at the mountainside.

He had gained a lot from the foot of the mountain and the mountainside. If he entered the peak, would he be able to benefit more? This was what the young fellow was most concerned about.

After walking for some time, Ou Yangming was surprised because no high platforms could be seen anymore, and the road was quiet as not a single spirit beast could be seen. If he was not certain that he was on the right path, he would suspect if he had left the 10,000 Beasts Ridge.

Ou Yangming hesitated for a while but decided not to release his mental conception to search the area.

This was not the Humans’ territory, after all, and it was being watched over by the Venerable One. If he made a rash decision by releasing his mental conception and caused trouble, he would not get the outcome that he was hoping for.

Without warning, Big Yellow shouted, “There’s a smell ahead!”

“What smell?” Ou Yangming’s eyes shone.

“Many powerhouses,” Big Yellow answered after a moment of hesitation. It was appalled as it added, “They’re not weaker than the goshawk and the big lazy turtle.”

Ou Yangming’s face changed. At this point, he knew the goshawk and the big lazy turtle were spirit beasts between the middle grade and the high grade in the Spiritual Realm. If the regulation was more flexible, it would not be a problem for them to enter this place.

Of course, as compared to Multi-armed King Kong, they were inferior by a whole level.

That said, spirit beasts of the goshawk and the big lazy turtle’s level were considered potent beings. Since Big Yellow said there were many of them, it could only mean that high-rank spirit beasts that entered the peak seemed to be gathered together.

Ou Yangming could not understand why, but he quickened his pace.

After a short while, they were greeted with a giant platform when they took a turn.

Over 50 spirit beasts were seen below the platform, whereas a crystal wall could be seen on the platform. The wall seemed dark at the moment while the high-grade spirit beasts were scattered around.

Ou Yangming’s sudden appearance caught some of the spirit beasts’ attention. They glanced at him and were shocked.

A spirit wolf bared its fangs and laughed as it commented, “This is odd—why is such a young fella here? Did he come to the wrong place?”

The spirit beasts opened their mouths and laughed with evil intentions. Though not all of the high-rank spirit beasts were paying attention to Ou Yangming and Big Yellow, mental powers from over 10 of them were enough to pose enormous spiritual pressures on them.

Big Yellow quivered a little, but it stood straight.

Ou Yangming furrowed his eyebrows a bit, but he did not notice the pressures at all.

After all, he had witnessed the appearance of the dragon and the phoenix, and he was always with the little red bird and withstood pressures in its spiritual world. Not to mention these high-rank spirit beasts, even Venerable Ones could not subdue him through mere spiritual pressures.

However, after sensing the pressures, Ou Yangming understood why the ape persuaded him out of letting Fat Antelope and the Silver Ridge Giant Leopard up.

If the 2 spirit beasts were present, they would have been frightened out of their wits.

“Hey, these 2 fellas are doing quite well.” The spirit wolf looked strangely at Ou Yangming and Big Yellow. “Hey, who are you? Where do you want to go?”