Chapter 105: Old Ancestor Xue Hu
Once Old Ancestor Xue Hu was mentioned, Central Continent's immortals went silent.
Just as the Central Continent Gu Immortals went silent, three demonic path Gu Immortals had concealed their appearances and stealthily entered the trap of the Central Continent Gu Immortals.
They went underground, going to the place where Dong Fang Chang Fan was killed, before revealing themselves.
They were the owner of the fourth, fifth and sixth peak of Northern Plains' Snowy Mountain blessed land, Li Peng Wang, Demon Lord Long Dan and Gong Zi Mo.
There was nothing in front of their eyes, but they sensed that they had found a hidden blessed land.
"This is the blessed land that Dong Fang Chang Fan left behind after dying?"
"Since they are Old Ancestor Xue Hu's orders, we will definitely do our best and take down this blessed land, let's begin!"
The three moved rapidly, they tore through space and entered the blessed land.
After watching the three of them entered, the Central Continent Gu Immortals continued to use their divine senses to communicate.
"The immortal zombie did not come after all, but Snowy Mountain blessed land's members came. Should we take them down?"
"No. These three immortals have extraordinary battle strength, they would combine to be higher than people like Unfettered Scholar, at least equivalent to any of us. Although we have more people, we lack coordination. It is easy to defeat the three of them, but it would be hard to kill them, and even harder to capture them."
Old Lord Can Yang agreed with this as he sighed: "That's right, Northern Plains is a place of constant battles, it has the highest battle strength for individuals out of the five regions. Each of their Gu Immortals have rich battle experience, they have many unique methods, and their methods of self-preservation far surpass Central Continent.
"It is not impossible to capture them, hehe, but we will need Lord Feng Jiu Ge to attack personally." A Gu Immortal said.
But Feng Jiu Ge said: "We will retreat."
Saying this, he left in an extremely secretive manner, not leaving any traces behind.
The immortals looked at each other for a moment, before following his lead quietly.
The group gathered somewhere far away, as the immortals started asking Feng Jiu Ge in confusion.
Feng Jiu Ge looked around as he said some shocking news: "Fairy Li Shan obtained Miniscule Mountain and had returned to Snowy Mountain blessed land to recuperate. I have already gotten news, a rank eight righteous path Gu Immortal of Northern Plains, Yao Huang, has already traveled to Snowy Mountain blessed land, to ask for Miniscule Mountain from Old Ancestor Xue Hu."
Feng Jiu Ge smiled as he continued: "That strength path immortal zombie is very vigilant. The three demonic path immortals of Snowy Mountain blessed land might be pawns to probe us, or might be the force behind him attempting to probe us. If we go after this bait, it would then be falling into a trap.
We should head to Snowy Mountain blessed land and see if there is a chance to enter it and capture Fairy Li Shan instead."
The immortals were all speechless.
Feng Jiu Ge's boldness was overwhelming, he was actually targeting Snowy Mountain!
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Snowy Mountain blessed land, first peak.
Old Ancestor Xue Hu was seated on a large chair, he was holding Miniscule mountain in his hand as he rotated it while observing it closely.
"This is Miniscule Mountain?" At this time, Lady Wan Shou walked out from behind.
"My wife, did you have any gains this time?" Old Ancestor Xue Hu turned around, asking warmly.
Lady Wan Shou nodded: "I have already understood all the procedures to refine fortune rivalling heaven Gu, but to familiarize myself with those steps, I still have some way to go."
Lady Wan Shou smiled lightly: "Sister Li Shan is very lucky. She was a wood path Gu Immortal who also cultivated earth path. Afterwards, because she obtained mountain pledge Immortal Gu, she changed it into her core Immortal Gu and became an information path Gu Immortal without a solid foundation.
In fact, her blessed land was still a wood path blessed land, it managed flowers and grass. Now that she has the miniman to help her, it would be a huge advantage for her. Sister Li Shan is a member of Snowy Mountain blessed land, now that Miniscule Mountain is in our hands, it proves that our luck is growing, we are becoming more prosperous."
"My wife, that is not correct." Old Ancestor Xue Hu shook his head: "It's the opposite, this shows that our luck is declining. I want to refine fortune rivalling heaven Gu, I need to use Ma Hong Yun as the main refinement material. Thus, Fortune Rivalling Heaven is targeting me, causing me to encounter obstacles.
Look at this Miniscule Mountain, it is on the verge of collapsing, to fix it, I will need to pay a huge price. These are the gains of our third leader, it naturally cannot be given up, she will definitely expend a huge amount of resources on it. This will indirectly affect my plan to collect immortal materials.
A man's wealth is his own ruin by stirring another's greed, right now, she obtained Miniscule Mountain but it created a commotion and attracted enmity. A huge problem has arisen, the righteous path is taking action. Look, this is Yao Huang's letter."
Yao Huang's letter?
In the letter, Yao Huang said: Miniscule Mountain was in Jade Pool blessed land, it is the possession of Dong Fang tribe. Now that Dong Fang tribe is exterminated, the world has been shaken.
As people with the same bloodline, as descendants of Giant Sun Immortal Venerable, Yao Huang was requesting on behalf of all the righteous path forces, to negotiate with Old Ancestor Xue Hu and return Miniscule Mountain to the righteous path.
In the letter, Yao Huang was very courteous, but Lady Wan Shou knew that this was the righteous path's demeanor — they were always like this, even if they had huge hatred or grudges, they would act politely on the surface and keep a gentlemanly tone in their speech.
Lady Wan Shou could feel Yao Huang's overbearing attitude from the letter, she looked at Old Ancestor Xue Hu worriedly: "Husband, you only have ten or so years until the next myriad tribulation, you cannot fight easily!
If anything happens during the fight and you hurt your origin core, your will lose your foundation and even if you succeed in refining fortune rivalling heaven Gu, the losses will be greater than the gains. By the time your myriad tribulation arrives, if these losses cause you to fail…"
Old Ancestor Xue Hu laughed heartily: "My wife, you are still the same. Yao Huang's letter is one of my trials, but it is also a chance, I have to make use of it and face it head on."
Old Ancestor Xue Hu said that as he paused, his expression changed as he said resolutely: "Oh? He is here, it is great that he's here!"
Lady Wan Shou looked up, her gaze piercing through Snowy Mountain blessed land towards the clear outside sky of Northern Plains.
The sky had been clear, blue and cloudless above Snowy Mountain blessed land, but after Yao Huang arrived, his aura was so grand that winds and clouds swept through the sky, dying the sky orange and yellow.
Yao Huang's voice arrived before his figure could even be seen: "Old friend Xue Hu, I seek your understanding for visiting without prior notice."
"Hahaha." Old Ancestor Xue Hu laughed heartily as he flew out of Snowy Mountain blessed land to the sky, the air behind him was filled with frost energy.
The sky changed, one half shined with orange radiance while the other half repelled with frost energy.
However, right at this moment, a wave of pitch-black ink clouds flew over from the west.
Lady Wan Shou's expression changed and her heart sank, crying out: "Why did Heavenly Lord Bai Zu come as well!"
Ink clouds, frost energy and orange radiance seethed with irresistible force as they divided the surrounding sky into three sections.
Old Ancestor Xue Hu sneered: "Heavenly Lord, why are you here to join in the commotion rather than managing your force properly?"
Heavenly Lord Bai Zu coughed as he laughed dryly: "Old friend Xue Hu, it is merely Miniscule Mountain, how can it be of interest to you? It would be better if you return it to the righteous path and prevent some trouble."
However, at the next moment, Old Ancestor Xue Hu raised his head and laughed loudly, his valiant spirit burst out: "In that case, both of you can attack together, let's have a round of combat before any further talk!"
Saying so, he flew to the sky with a loud sound and directly tore open the heavenly wind qi wall, entering white heaven.
"My friend, since you have such an interest, then I shall keep you company." Yao Huang's gaze flashed as he followed Old Ancestor Xue Hu.
Heavenly Lord Bai Zu was dazed for a moment before giving a bitter smile: "Since old friend Xue Hu is insistent, please forgive me for my following actions."
The three rank eight Gu Immortals entered white heaven, shortly afterwards, explosions resounded out from the sky.
"The three have started the fight in white heaven!" Someone exclaimed this among the Central Continent Gu Immortals.
"Quick, take advantage of their fight to enter Snowy Mountain blessed land!" Feng Jiu Ge looked on with a firm gaze before rapidly withdrawing it, a sharp light flashing past his eyes.
"Careful!"
The warning was just called out when hailstones started to fall down the sky.
Suddenly, a thunderbolt struck down from the sky, brushing past the corner of Old Oracle's clothes.
Old Oracle gave a miserable scream as he quickly pulled away from the dazzling lightning. Almost half of his body was gone, and he was instantly seriously injured, close to death.
Old Oracle had restored his body after narrowly escaping death, but his expression still carried disbelieving shock as he muttered: "How is this possible? I actually was not able to predict this thunderbolt?"
Bu Fei Yan's gaze wavered as she wondered, if she was in Old Oracle's place, could she escape that thunderbolt with her movement ability. She could not help speaking: "Are we still continuing?"
The Central Continent Gu Immortals started to announce their intentions to retreat.
It became harder to bear with every passing minute and second. Right as they were feeling awkward, Feng Jiu Ge, who was at the lead, suddenly stopped and held up his hand behind him: "Stop!"
The Gu Immortals quickly stopped and saw Feng Jiu Ge looking up with a serious expression.
They followed his gaze towards the sky, These Gu Immortals immediately cried out in shock.
Inside white heaven, there was no longer a stalemate, instead, Old Ancestor Xue Hu occupied the upper hand. The grand frost energy suppressed Yao Huang's orange radiance till it was tightly withdrawn, and made Heavenly Lord Bai Zu's ink clouds retreat.
"I had not expected Old Ancestor Xue Hu to have such powerful battle strength, fighting alone against two, yet he has already grasped victory in such a short time." Feng Jiu Ge heaved a sigh, his expression one of admiration and regret.
"Retreat." The chance was lost, he immediately flew away without hesitation.
The other Gu Immortals were already anxious to retreat, at this moment, they quickly retreated.
Heavenly Lord Bai Zu could finally endure no longer, saying: "Old friend Xue Hu has exquisite methods, I have learned a lot. We have lost."
Yao Huang also said shortly afterwards: "The current state of Northern Plains is in turbulence, old friend Xue Hu, now is not the time to determine the winner and the loser. Since you have your sights on Miniscule Mountain, we can forget my previous suggestion. Until we meet again."
Yao Huang was still bent on defending his reputation, Old Ancestor Xue Hu laughed loudly and said with an unforgiving tone: "The two of you want to come and go as you please, what do you take me for?"
When he finished speaking, heaven and earth started to tremor, the ground quaked and mountains shook.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Three explosions resounded from the sky.
The concealment of the Central Continent Gu Immortals lifted from this attack.
"Leave, leave quickly!" All color drained away from the Gu Immortals' faces, the battle intent inside them fell to the abyss as they only concentrated on flying away.
After a long while, the ground gradually stabilized.
Snowy Mountain blessed land's Gu Immortals were flushed red with excitement, their eyes shining brightly.
They looked far away where a tall male figure descended slowly from the sky.
Old Ancestor Xue Hu!
Snowy Mountain blessed land's Gu Immortals were ecstatic as they flew out of the blessed land and made greetings.
The demonic path Gu Immortals stopped one after the other in the air, and only Lady Wan Shou moved closer.
"Dear." She spoke warmly with a proud expression which also contained worry.
"Rest assured, I have my reservations, but Heavenly Lord Bai Zu and Yao Huang also have their own concerns. These two were coveting Fortune Rivalling Heaven and did not want me to successfully refine it.
I defeated both of them, now let's see who in Northern Plains has the guts to disturb my work." Old Ancestor Xue Hu chuckled and continued, "It is just that I tore open the sky to white heaven above, and have to trouble you to repair it. Otherwise, desolate beasts and ancient desolate beasts will descend from the crack. Although they are of no threat, they will be a persistent bother."