Chapter 488

Chapter 488: Di Ting

A sword made from King Qin’s Golden Body; rather than calling it a sword, it’s more like a golden person’s blade without a sharp edge.

"This is a treasured sword that fought alongside many members of the Qiao family through the ages, slaying countless inhuman foes," Qiao Mu said, holding the King Qin Golden Body by the ankle.

"A heavy sword without a sharp edge, yet it is a powerful tool for conquering immortals!"

A drum made of human skin, with blue-gray veins spreading across its surface, pulsating slightly like a living creature, evoking fear at first glance.

An oil lamp made from human fat.

This oil lamp was also made by the blood lotus Taoist Lord using Qiao Tu’s body, with its skin and fat as fuel, and the flame is a soft blue color.

Qiao Mu had privately tested it before; the oil had a strong scent of blood, and the blue flame it produced is a natural treasure for dispelling evil and breaking spells.

Qiao Mu handed the human skin drum and King Qin Sword to the flesh clone Qiao Xin, but passed the oil lamp to the wise Qiao Feixian.

"Qiao Shuangtu was my twin brother, Qiao Yao. You are his adopted daughter, so you are also my adopted daughter," Qiao Mu said.

"Even though we haven’t spent much time together… take this item to protect yourself."

Although Qiao Feixian had exceptional talent, she was recognized by Martial Saint as the top learner.

However, she was still like a blank sheet of paper, having only built a foundation in the Wuji Association and not trained in advanced martial arts, so her strength was still low at this time.

Qiao Feixian took the oil lamp, but when Qiao Mu turned to leave, she gently tugged at the edge of his clothing.

"Are you really going to leave, adoptive father?" Qiao Feixian’s face showed no clear expression, but her deep, abyss-like eyes revealed a hint of sadness.

Qiao Mu stared into her deep eyes and, sensing something, asked:

"What did you see?"

Qiao Feixian remained silent, took a moment to calm herself, and let go of Qiao Mu’s clothing.

Qiao Mu was silent.

In fact, in the past few days, he had secretly arranged for Qiao Feixian to meet Qiao Canxue from the Qingming Medicine Valley in Nan Province.

The two of them were surprisingly similar, like reflections in a mirror.

Qiao Canxue was completely blind; when she opened her eyes, she could only see a vast emptiness of white. Qiao Feixian could see, but her eyes were deep like a bottomless abyss.

If you think carefully… the Qiao Family in Heyang City, where Qiao Canxue is from, actually had many connections with the Long Life Gate many years ago. A cultivator from Long Life Gate taught them the Long Life Fist, similar to the Xue family.

However, because the Long Life Fist drew a lot of attention, the Qiao Family in Heyang City was destroyed by Martial Saint long ago.

Qiao Canxue was a genius in the path of immortality among the Qiao Family in Heyang City; her eyes were special, and when she opened them, she could see the past of everything.

This was also something Qiao Canxue mentioned when she met Qiao Feixian a few days ago.

However, both Lingling Taoist Priest, the master of Earth Origin Temple, and Qiao Canxue were puzzled by Qiao Feixian’s presence.

"Maybe these eyes can see the future…" Qiao Mu thought to himself.

"It seems like he saw something bad, maybe he saw my death, but it wouldn’t be good to say it in front of me; that would make me feel better."

Qiao Mu felt somewhat comforted and gently patted Qiao Feixian’s shoulder.

"Since you call me adoptive father, you are part of the Qiao family."

"The Qiao family still has Qiao Xin and others; even if I leave, you won’t be alone."

"Adoptive father, I understand," Qiao Feixian said, her sadness fading.

Behind them, Wu Mingkong was still speaking sarcastically, "Tsk, after only a few meetings, now he’s called adoptive father."

Qiao Mu had sharp senses and heard Wu Mingkong’s quiet whispers.

So, the flesh clone Qiao Xin turned to look at her.

"What, do you want to join the Qiao family too? Do you want to be my daughter?"

Wu Mingkong’s eyes widened in surprise.

"Huh?"

Everyone burst into laughter, and the riverside was filled with a joyful atmosphere.

Amid the laughter, Qiao Mu turned and took out a small paper boat from his storage bag, tossing it onto the surface of the Sky Piercing River.

This paper boat was a gift from the former Yunxiao Taoist Lord.

As soon as the paper boat touched the water, it grew in the wind and quickly transformed into a large ship, sailing majestically westward along the roaring river.

In the blink of an eye, the paper boat had vanished from everyone’s sight and was no longer visible.

………………………..

The roaring river flows westward.

It rushes through Linhe City in the Southwest Province, crosses the Western Province, and finally reaches Tongtian Mountain in the Northwestern land, where the banks begin to lose sight of people.

At the top of the mountain, on the Great Snow Lake, a waterfall flows upward with a thunderous roar towards the sky, and Qiao Mu’s paper boat tilts upwards, almost climbing straight up.

"It is quite magical."

Qiao Mu grips the mast with one hand, steady and secure on the paper boat.

However, in the sunlight, he notices in his shadow, a plump cat’s outline slightly moving, as if stretching.

"I originally planned to be light and only brought a single spine sword, but I ended up forgetting about the unpredictable."

Since devouring the Grey Frost Divine Blade, the Impermanent Demon Cat had once again fallen into a deep sleep, making Qiao Mu forget about it.

At this moment, the paper boat surged upward along the flowing waterfall, breaking through several layers of clouds, and gradually the white clouds and mountains below disappeared, surrounded by a vast white mist.

Suddenly.

The once clear intuition was once again clouded.

Similar to when entering the Tide Listening Building’s small world, Qiao Mu could no longer sense the presence of the several flesh clones.

"Am I no longer in the grand world of Jiu Province? My intuition could once control several bodies across many states, but now the distance might be too great…"

Time passed, though how long it was, he did not know.

The paper boat, rushing forward with the river, suddenly shook, its previously swift speed slowing down, and the whole boat began to sway violently.

"Let me see, have I arrived in the fairy realm, or reached some small world next to the grand world of Jiu Province…"

Qiao Mu stood up and looked ahead, and his pupils suddenly constricted.

He had imagined where the Sky Piercing River might lead, and even if it truly went to the fairy realm, he had thought of possible plans.

But the scene before him was indeed something he had never imagined.

At this moment, the water of the Sky Piercing River was still hanging high in the sky, and when he looked down suddenly, he thought he saw a mountain of garbage from a past life.

But upon closer inspection, he discovered that what was piled together was actually a collection of towers and cities.

The crumbling city walls were covered in marks, with broken bridges, collapsed towers, and withered fields… all these things were tangled together unnaturally, stacking up like mountains.

The sky was a dull grayish-white, and the slightly yellow sea water flowed over the twisted ruins.

"Is that Yan City?" In a moment of surprise, Qiao Mu seemed to see the presence of Yan City amidst the twisted ruins.

The Yan City in the ruins had long been abandoned, with thatched houses in the outer city tightly stacked against the long streets of the inner city, as if an invisible big hand had squeezed the entire Yan City into a ball and thrown it into this mountain of ruins.

And next to this Yan City was what seemed to be the lone city ruin that Qiao Mu remembered, already buried in the yellow sand of the Hundred-mile Desert.

"The Sky Piercing River water flowing upstream, where exactly has it taken me…"

While Qiao Mu was filled with doubts, the paper boat beneath him shook again, and a waterfall suddenly appeared in the river ahead, causing the whole paper boat to drop down.

Qiao Mu gently jumped, and beneath his feet, True Strength formed clouds, staying in the air.

He saw the paper boat behind him follow the rushing waterfall, rushing into the currents below, and in the blink of an eye, it shattered into pieces and completely vanished.

Qiao Mu opened his arms and let his body fall, finally landing on a land filled with twisted ruins.

The fine gray sand beneath him stirred up a cloud of dust, but apart from this, there was no other sound in the ruins; all other noises were drowned out by the roaring waves of the murky sea.

Qiao Mu wanted to search for Yan City, which he had caught a glimpse of before, in these twisted ruins, but after walking for a long time, he found nothing.

He couldn’t even find any living things in this desolate land; his ears were filled with the roaring sound of the sea, and everything seemed to fall silent in that noise.

Suddenly, he gradually stopped walking.

In the roaring sea, he seemed to hear a faint voice calling to him.

"But is he a member of the Qiao family?"

He turned around and looked at the softly rolling yellow sea.

He saw the surface of the sea continually rise, and gradually a figure came out of it.

The face of the figure was very familiar to Qiao Mu, making him frown at first glance.

In this strange and unusual place, there was actually someone who imitated his face.

To be precise, the creature walking out of the sea did not look exactly like Qiao Mu, but was about seventy to eighty percent similar.

His face did not match "Qiao Yao," but was exactly like one of the Qiao family members.

Qiao Xin.

"Senior, do you remember Qiao family Qiao Xin?" the person who looked just like Qiao Xin cried out:

"Breaking Waves and Dividing Floods Sword Qiao Xin later became the master of Peach Blossom Villa, famous all over the world."

"And I am Breaking Waves and Dividing Floods Sword Qiao Xin…"

Qiao Mu tugged at the corner of his mouth.

What on earth is this?

Not only imitating his face but also pretending to be him in front of him?

Then he heard "Qiao Xin" continue to speak:

"I am the flood that Breaking Waves and Dividing Floods Sword Qiao Xin has divided."

Qiao Mu paused for a moment, thinking.

"You are…" Qiao Mu had a vague suspicion in his heart, "the Sky Piercing Riverwater spirit created by Yunxiao Sect?"

"Mr. Qiao’s eyes shine like lanterns." The Sky Piercing Water Spirit, resembling Qiao Xin, nodded and looked at Qiao Mu with a hint of surprise.

"The Sky Piercing River flows upstream, forming a waterfall that breaks through the sky… and so I came here, appearing in this world."

The Sky Piercing Water Spirit was very surprised.

He was born as a water spirit in the flood of Linhe City in the Southwest Province.

When he was just born, he was driven away by Qiao Xin’s sword, planting a sense of awe for the Qiao family members in his heart.

Water has no fixed form, and the water spirit can change in countless ways.

When he took on Qiao Xin’s appearance, it had no other meaning; he simply instinctively mimicked the most powerful and fearsome being he knew.

He held a deep sense of awe for Qiao Xin in his heart.

Naturally, a Qiao family member is a very terrifying opponent, leaving the grown Sky Piercing Water Spirit with no thoughts of resistance.

In this desolate and twisted world of ruins, the Qiao family members have become reliable allies from the same great world.

He did not want to explore this strange world alone; the presence of the Qiao family members brought him great comfort and security.

"Sky Piercing Water Spirit? Since you arrived in this world before me, do you know where the ancestors of the Nine Heavenly Immortal Gates are? What is this place?" Qiao Mu asked.

"Actually, I am also new to this world, so my understanding of it may not be much greater than Mr. Qiao’s."

The Sky Piercing Water Spirit smiled ruefully.

Its existence is a result of the Yunxiao Sect cultivator, under favorable conditions, giving life to the Sky Piercing River, which flooded the city, thus creating this water spirit.

These beings are similar to the Mountain Mother, resembling natural deities.

The Mountain Mother commands Black Mountain effortlessly, and since being set free from the Sky Piercing River, the Sky Piercing Water Spirit has also grown rapidly.

Given time, it may truly become the "Sky Piercing Demon King," ruling the entire Jiu Province Sky Piercing River.

However, all power comes with a cost. The water spirit, deeply connected to the Sky Piercing River, also had to enter this ruined world when the Sky Piercing River surged upward.

"But I know that perhaps there is a creature that knows this," said the Sky Piercing Water Spirit.

"Mr. Qiao, have you ever heard of an ancient divine beast called ‘Di Ting’?"

"It is said that this ancient divine beast is very good at hearing and can distinguish all things in the world by its sense of hearing. No secret in this world can escape its two ears."

"When I first entered this world to explore, I encountered a Di Ting beast here."

As he said this, the Sky Piercing Water Spirit, resembling Qiao Xin, showed a look of shame.

"But my strength is weak, and I am not a match for the Di Ting."

"However, if Mr. Qiao could help, we might be able to subdue the Di Ting and ask about this world."

Di Ting?

Qiao Mu followed the Sky Piercing River, intending to be a troublemaker and disrupt the immortals’ journey to becoming celestial beings.

If there truly is an ancient divine beast in this ruined world, it would indeed be good news.

He naturally agreed right away.

"Mr. Qiao, please follow me. The Di Ting beast is on the mountain ahead by the sea."

Following the direction pointed out by the Sky Piercing Water Spirit, Qiao Mu looked into the distance, and what he saw made his heart tremble again.

He indeed saw a mountain.

This mountain was not very tall but had twisted and collapsed; however, from the outline of the peak, it vaguely resembled something Qiao Mu had seen before.

"Lingtai Fangcun Mountain? Could this be the realm of immortals?" Qiao Mu spoke slowly, a bit doubtful.

He only saw this collapsed Fangcun Mountain but did not see the Tide Listening Building.

I don’t know if this coastal Fangcun Mountain in the ruined world is the same Fangcun Mountain in the small world of Tide Listening Building, or the original Fangcun Mountain in the fairy realm.

"The Fangcun Mountain I arrived at is located in the small world of Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, owned by Landlord Nian Chao Sheng of Tide Listening Building."

"Logically, Yan City in Nan Province, the desolate city in the desert of Zhong Province, and this Fangcun Mountain cannot all exist in the same place…"

Qiao Mu quickened his pace, using the Heavenly Dragon Eight Steps, turning into a wind that rushed through the mountains.