Chapter 1304: A Place Even the First Mountain Fears

Chu Feng's heart turned cold. Was there something unusual about his origins? How could it make Number Nine so wary? This was, after all, the First Mountain!

Had Number Nine already seen through his past? Being around such a being was truly unnerving!

This was also why Chu Feng disliked being with overly powerful beings; there were no secrets, and one could easily be seen through.

But what exactly was so problematic about his origins, the place he came from? He found it quite normal, nothing out of the ordinary.

At the very least, it was far inferior to the Yang Realm, whether considering the ceiling of cultivation, the accumulation of scriptures in evolutionary sects, or the profound heritage of advanced evolutionary civilizations. Compared to the Yang Realm, they were not even on the same level.

Chu Feng asked, "Master Nine, why does this sound increasingly terrifying? What's going on? At most, I only have the best evolutionary talent of all time; everything else is just so-so."

Number Nine tilted his head, looking at him, his green pupils deep and profound.

Number Six was pensive, watching Chu Feng, then looking at Number Nine, saying, "This thick-skinned fellow, is he really from that place? Is he the most shameless person in the world?"

Chu Feng's face immediately darkened. How could they talk like that? Could they have a pleasant conversation? Did they even know how to talk properly?

"Not convinced? If it weren't for your origins, I..." Number Six licked his parched lips, staring at Chu Feng's vibrant body, and swallowed with a gulp.

Chu Feng felt a chill, and at the same time, he found it truly disgusting. He bit the bullet and asked again, genuinely not believing there was anything special about his origins.

Suddenly, a thought struck him, and he felt a chill. Could Number Nine have seen the stone jar on him, recognized it, and mistakenly believed he had an extraordinary background?

Could this stone jar be so powerful that it pierced through heaven and earth, spanned ancient times and the future, making even the First Mountain wary?

Had there once been a person, or a force, connected to the stone jar, which awed all ages?

He increasingly felt this was possible. Otherwise, he truly hadn't found anything extraordinary about his origins; compared to the orthodoxies of the Yang Realm, his past was far inferior.

And on him, only the stone jar and the three seeds within it were truly special.

"Master Nine, did you see some artifacts on me, and from that, deduce where I came from?" Chu Feng asked.

As he spoke, he took out the Sky Escape Talisman given by Old Gu, the withered yellow talisman paper from Yu Shang, and other ancient artifacts, showing them to the two withered old men in front of him.

This was, of course, deliberate. These were just miscellaneous items and did not include the stone jar. He held out hope that perhaps the other party had not noticed the stone jar.

"What a pile of worthless junk! We're concerned about your origins, not the artifacts on you," Number Six said.

Chu Feng's heart jolted. It wasn't because of the stone jar?!

The other party hadn't discovered anything unusual about the stone jar, and didn't even know he possessed such a thing. It seemed the stone jar's mystery surpassed all imagination.

At this moment, the stone jar was hidden within the gray mini-grinding mill inside his body, forming its own universe and isolating itself from the outside world.

Or perhaps, it was the special gray mini-grinding mill, inscribed with unique symbols, that isolated everything, preventing even beings like Number Nine from detecting the artifact hidden within?!

Chu Feng dared not probe further, fearing he might overdo it and truly expose something to them.

For a moment, he was lost in thought, then slowly spoke, "Master Nine, my origins are perfectly clean. What exactly are you so concerned about?"

He looked genuinely puzzled, and it wasn't entirely an act; he truly had this question. Why was this happening?

"I already told you, you're from that place. Your origins are problematic," Number Nine said. In a trance, he seemed to see the faint traces of several invisible large hands.

Chu Feng grew even more confused. He was from the Lesser Netherworld, or to be more precise, from Earth, a very ordinary living planet. How could that be different?

He fell silent, a thoughtful expression on his face, and many thoughts came to mind. Could Number Nine be referring to the fact that he had traversed Samsara, visited the ultimate land in his physical body, and then successfully reached the Yang Realm? Was that the problem?

Physical body reincarnators were probably rare throughout history, perhaps even non-existent; he might be the only exception!

Chu Feng speculated, could the "place" Number Nine referred to, his origin, be the end of Samsara?

Number Nine said, "You are from the Lesser Yang Realm, from a special planet. I saw a unique radiance on your vibrant soul light, like a kind of imprint, though very faint, it is still discernible."

As he spoke, he cast a special divine ability, causing some simple scenes from Chu Feng's past life to appear.

This made Chu Feng break out in a cold sweat, his scalp tingling. Truly, there were no secrets when facing such a being. He was certain that the first time he came here with Old Gu, Number Nine must have seen through his origins.

However, he also had doubts, because in the past that Number Nine traced, many crucial things were missing. For instance, parts involving Samsara and the stone jar were fragmented or blank, directly overlooked, and Number Nine, the tracer, didn't seem to notice anything.

Samsara held endless secrets. No one knew how profound the levels it involved were, and it was difficult to trace, which was understandable.

But the stone jar was also like that, perhaps even more mysterious, which astonished Chu Feng.

Chu Feng now understood completely. He had overthought things earlier; all the strangeness seemed to stem from the fact that he was from Earth?!

But what was so special about Earth? How could beings from the Yang Realm know about this place? In the vast, complete greater world, let alone Earth, what was the entire Lesser Netherworld? A Celestial Venerable could pierce through it with a single finger, completely flattening it.

But that wasn't right either!

Back then, when Celestial Venerable Tai Wu descended, he actually had to abide by the laws of the Lesser Netherworld, his cultivation suppressed to the limit, and his strength plummeted.

It was precisely because of this that Tai Wu was damaged fighting the exceptionally talented Yaoyao, and eventually his Dao body died in the Great Abyss.

This might explain two things: first, the laws of the Lesser Netherworld were extremely formidable and harbored secrets; second, it showed Yaoyao's defiance of heaven, managing to reach such a level in a fragmented world.

Although Chu Feng's condition was extremely dire at the time, his soul and blood severely injured, almost destroyed, he vaguely perceived that at the last moment, Yaoyao, with a pale face, pushed him and the stone jar out of the Great Abyss, while she herself sank into it...

Yaoyao was still there at that time, but he didn't know what happened to her afterward. Whenever he thought of this, his heart grew heavy, and he wished he could return to the Lesser Netherworld to explore the Great Abyss again.

Chu Feng's mind raced with various thoughts. Old scenes of the Lesser Netherworld surfaced: Earth, the Great Abyss, the cosmic starry sky, and various races from different places.

However, he still strongly doubted whether there truly existed some extraordinary energy in the Lesser Netherworld and on Earth.

"Only we, the First Mountain, only we have this great banner. Otherwise, we truly couldn't glimpse that place," Number Nine said somberly.

Then, a tattered banner appeared behind him, flapping loudly. The scenes he traced became increasingly clear, showing a projection of Earth.

"That's right, this is where I'm from. It's very ordinary, almost a world in decline. I don't know what there is for seniors to be wary of?" Chu Feng said.

Since the other party had already traced his origins and knew where he came from, he was now more at ease.

"Because we sensed several invisible hands that once performed evolutions there," Number Nine said with a serious expression. As the banner behind him flapped, the scene in the projection became somewhat terrifying.

Earth's appearance seemed to have collapsed, or perhaps distorted, becoming a blurry mess with strange residual traces of trajectories created by several invisible giant hands.

The giant hands themselves couldn't be seen, but they conveyed a distinct sensation, gradually revealing unique imprints.

During this process, the great banner flapped, then quickly dimmed.

"This is the legendary place. Someone actually dared to perform evolutions and venture there. How formidable," Number Nine murmured, his voice low, like an ancient ghost on its last breath, then added, "It is precisely because of this that we are unwilling to get involved, much less become too entangled with you."

"I am from Earth, a very ordinary place where no true master has ever appeared. Perhaps I am the first master of that planet throughout history. I don't understand what you are so apprehensive about."

Since things had come to this, Chu Feng naturally wasn't afraid to speak about his identity and past. He was very direct, even excessively frank.

"The first master of all time? Heh, you're overthinking it!" Number Nine shook his head, his smile a little unsettling.

Chu Feng showed a puzzled expression, saying, "Isn't it? I admit, the place I came from is somewhat in decline, and in terms of evolutionary civilization alone, it's far inferior to here."

"We don't fully understand that place either, but according to legends, even if it has become ruins, it remains unfathomably deep. The waters are too murky. You simply don't know what happened there countless eons ago. It is precisely because it was once so glorious that even supreme beings still remember it fondly."

Number Nine sighed, his voice still low, yet it echoed in Chu Feng's ears like a clap of thunder, making him feel overwhelmed and at a loss.

Number Nine was wary, not because he had discovered Chu Feng's physical reincarnation or sensed the stone jar, but simply because he was born on Earth?!

What was going on? What kind of past did Earth have countless eons ago, and what kind of beings were born there?

This made Chu Feng's scalp feel numb. Vaguely, he felt surrounded by a thick fog. Even his birthplace was strange and incomprehensible; it held terrible old secrets? And he knew absolutely nothing about it.

"Did someone from the Yang Realm cross over back then and affect that legendary place?" Number Nine asked, a solemn expression on his face.

The legendary place he referred to was Earth, though calling it "Earth" directly in the Yang Realm's language was somewhat peculiar.

"That's courting death!" Number Six exclaimed.

Number Nine said, "That kind of place cannot be disturbed. I wonder if the Martial Lunatic knows about this legendary place. If he were to discover that someone from his sect went to that planet to cause trouble, he would likely slap them to death!"

"The Martial Lunatic is very strong. This time, he only sent out one weapon to attack the First Mountain, and it was enough to fight you, Old Nine, to a standstill. He cannot be underestimated. If his true body practices that profound art and truly emerges from seclusion, he would be extraordinary. He has likely embarked on that peculiar rumored path, and his achievements are unpredictable and limitless." Number Six continued, "However, I think he probably doesn't know that legend, doesn't know about Earth. After all, he's still too young, not even fully developed, unlike old relics like you and me, who have wandered as furs in the river of time and were eventually abandoned."

Upon hearing this, Chu Feng felt a little dizzy, not from surprise at the Martial Lunatic's strength, but at Number Six's tone. What did he mean the Martial Lunatic hadn't even fully developed?

What era did Number Nine and Number Six truly belong to? The Martial Lunatic had dominated the Yang Realm since prehistoric times, yet he was called young!

Was what Number Six said true? Were they the furs of some creature abandoned in the river of time?

"Please enlighten me, seniors!" Chu Feng said earnestly, asking Number Nine to guide him through the confusion and dispel the fog.

"I cannot say much, nor do I wish to interfere, otherwise, unforeseen dangers and unexpected calamities will befall us," Number Nine stated directly.

The First Mountain's sword energy pierced the heavens and shattered forbidden lands, yet it still had such concerns? This truly astonished Chu Feng.

"I'll briefly mention it, by opening the colorful scroll of history and revealing the past of that planet..."

Finally, he spoke slowly, ultimately revealing some secrets. It was an ancient history, a dark and grand painting of an era, which now unfolded, revealing the legend.