Chapter 74: The Scalper Cried

The Yellow Ox pondered, carefully considering how to describe this place with the most accurate language.

A Land of Contention!

It wrote down these four characters, but seemingly dissatisfied, it erased them and inscribed again.

A Land of Shackles!

Still four characters, but after much deliberation, it erased them once more.

A Land Where Saints Fell!

Still four characters, yet it shook its head again.

A Land of Despair, a Land of Dawn, a Land of Hundred Battles, a Land of Brilliance, a Land of Terror, a Land of Decline…

It continuously wrote and erased, some descriptions contradicting each other, quite opposing. Clearly, it was also troubled, unsure how to articulate it clearly.

Finally, it stopped, leaving behind a single line: “Actually, I don’t know either!”

What did it mean? After all that, it negated everything? Chu Feng was very dissatisfied!

However, he could see that the Yellow Ox wasn’t deceiving him; it was trying hard to describe this world but always felt it wasn’t precise or comprehensive enough.

“When I embarked on this path, I was too young, so the intricate details aren’t deeply etched in my memory. I only need to remember that I rose here and eventually became a saint or an ancestor!” the Yellow Ox told him.

“A special path that leads here?” Chu Feng was surprised; there seemed to be more to this.

“There are many paths, and countless beings embark on them, but ninety-five percent perish along the way. Few arrive safely.”

The Yellow Ox revealed these truths.

The Primordial Great Mountain was originally part of this world, a folded space that existed from beginning to end. The fierce birds and beasts within the mountain were ‘native-born,’ not the beings that the Yellow Ox mentioned had embarked on the journey.

“Where are you from?” Chu Feng asked.

The Yellow Ox was unwilling to say. It walked to the window, gazed at the starry sky, and drifted into thought.

Chu Feng looked at the Black Ox.

The Black Ox rolled its eyes and said, “Don’t ask me, I’m native-born!” Finally, it added, “I am the Great Strength Bull Demon King!”

Chu Feng felt that his nerves must be incredibly resilient. Otherwise, anyone else encountering these two oxen would probably have a splitting headache by now.

After a long time, the Yellow Ox finally came back to its senses.

Chu Feng wanted to continue asking, but its conversational mood had dwindled.

However, after some thought, the Yellow Ox decided to tell him a few things.

“Other powerful beings will continue to arrive later!”

Clearly, the beings it referred to were not those currently in the Primordial Great Mountain but others with formidable origins.

Chu Feng really wanted to know how extraordinary the opportunities in this region were, to attract beings from other worlds to flock here, even at the cost of their lives.

“A year’s gain here is equivalent to ten or even a hundred years elsewhere. How could it not drive people mad?” the Yellow Ox wrote.

Chu Feng’s heart surged with emotion, unable to calm down. That meant top-tier powerhouses could be created in the shortest possible time!

This was truly terrifying and could drive people insane!

“What exactly are you looking for?” Chu Feng asked.

“Endless heavenly secrets; I want to evolve!” The Yellow Ox’s eyes burned with eagerness.

“Such as?” Chu Feng pressed it to be more specific. Only by understanding enough could he plan his future path.

Since he had already embarked on the path of transformation, he didn’t want to stop; he wanted to continue evolving.

“The highest-grade pollen, vast stretches of spiritual roots, even a few legendary sacred trees, and more… they could all be here.”

The Yellow Ox wrote down many things in one go, all of which it desired!

There were so many extraordinary things here? Chu Feng was seriously skeptical.

War had once devastated the land, almost turning it into a complete wasteland. It was only after a long period of recovery that vitality returned.

However, many plant species had vanished, with numerous types missing.

After such a dreadful event, how many so-called miraculous medicines, spiritual roots, and the like could possibly remain in this region?

“Even if frozen for a thousand years, burned for ten thousand years, or buried deep underground for millions of years, they still exist. They will eventually revive, be born from dormancy, sprout from ashes, and reappear in the world!”

The Yellow Ox was certain, firmly believing they would reappear.

“So, this King is destined to become a saint!” The Black Ox sat up, displaying an arrogant ‘who else but me’ demeanor.

Ever since it saw the Yellow Ox hogging a large bed, the Black Ox had abandoned all pretense of image. Every time it came to Chu Feng’s place, it would simply lie sideways on the sofa.

Its massive body, leaning on the sofa, made the couch creak endlessly, which was quite distressing to witness.

The Black Ox left, telling the Yellow Ox to give it three more days, or else it shouldn’t expect to go to Mount Kunlun anytime soon as a major change was coming.

One day, two days…

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, three days were gone. Yet the seeds in the wooden barrel still hadn’t sprouted. The Yellow Ox grew anxious because the appointed day had arrived.

“Let’s go, head to Mount Kunlun. Would there be a shortage of peculiar saplings there? You know, it’s a sacred mountain, full of myths and legends!” Chu Feng began to urge the ox.

The Yellow Ox paced back and forth, its heart troubled. It knew the Black Ox was about to return, and the deadline was fast approaching.

It also knew that Mount Kunlun surely had many miraculous saplings, but it still harbored an inexplicable longing for the three seeds.

Finally, the Yellow Ox’s eyes gleamed fiercely, and it darted forward with a whoosh.

“What do you want to do?!” Chu Feng became wary.

With one hoof, the Yellow Ox kicked the large wooden barrel, splitting it. It directly dug out the shimmering green seed and began to stuff it into its mouth.

Chu Feng was furious and prepared to fight it.

The Yellow Ox quickly inscribed words on the ground: “Half for each. I guarantee I’ll leave you half!”

It had completely lost patience and decided to eat the seed, which it considered a mysterious fruit.

“How dare you!” Chu Feng lunged forward. He cared about the seeds even more than the Yellow Ox and had been looking forward to them. He absolutely couldn’t tolerate the ‘ox chewing the peony’ (a metaphor for spoiling something precious).

However, the Yellow Ox couldn’t wait and bit down directly.

Crack!

When that sound rang out, Chu Feng’s heart trembled, and he wished he could boil the Yellow Ox alive.

However, the Yellow Ox’s expression in the next moment astonished him.

The Yellow Ox cried!

“Stop pretending to be pitiful! Give me back my seed!” Chu Feng pressed closer.

“Wuwu…” The Yellow Ox wiped its tears, genuinely crying.

Moreover, it covered its mouth with a hoof, rubbing it repeatedly, its face contorted in pain. Finally, it spat out the seed directly onto the ground.

The Yellow Ox’s eyes were watery, and when it opened its mouth, it was actually bleeding. It touched its teeth, feeling excruciating pain!

On the ground lay the shimmering green seed, perfectly intact, without even a tooth mark or a speck of blood. It was pristine.

Chu Feng quickly rushed over, placed it under the faucet, and washed it ten times in one go!

Afterward, he warily put the seed away, keeping an eye on the Yellow Ox.

“Don’t even think about eating it again!” he warned.

Upon hearing this, the Yellow Ox cried again. Eat what?! Its teeth were almost falling out; how could it dare to bite it?!

It went to rinse its mouth, washed away the blood, and repeatedly checked its teeth in the mirror. It finally relaxed, relieved that its teeth weren’t broken or cracked, only its gums were bleeding.

Chu Feng confirmed that it wouldn’t dare to eat it again, finally feeling relieved. He then chuckled and deliberately placed the seed in front of it, saying, “Why don’t you try again? See if you can bite through it.”

“Moo!”

The Yellow Ox was enraged and wanted to spar with him using the Great Strength Ox Demon Fist.

Chu Feng quickly dodged, saying, “You’re not leaving for good, are you? Remember, if you truly see vast stretches of spiritual roots in Kunlun, dig up all the strange soil. Then, those three seeds will surely take root and sprout.”

Upon hearing this, the Yellow Ox nodded solemnly.

At the same time, it was very angry. Just a mere seed had injured it! Once it truly grew, it would not only take the pollen but also eat the roots, stems, and leaves clean. It definitely wanted revenge!

“Calf, are you going or not?” The Black Ox arrived.

Chu Feng had already hidden the seeds, not daring to let this ox know.

The Yellow Ox nodded, deciding to depart.

“Let me tell you, Mount Kunlun is almost a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood from all those old folks fighting. Do you know why I ran away? Because I didn’t want to get involved. If you come with me, you’ll have to act on your own discretion; don’t just charge forward like an idiot!” the Black Ox warned.

Chu Feng was astonished. Was Mount Kunlun that brutal? The Black Ox claimed it didn’t want to get involved, but it had actually fled. Chu Feng guessed that this time, it wanted to go back because it had evolved again after eating pine nuts.

The Yellow Ox nodded, its expression serious, indicating understanding.

Meanwhile, Zhou Quan’s family was already prepared, looking on eagerly, having decided to travel west.

“Take care!”

“Goodbye!”

Chu Feng saw them off. They bid each other farewell, hoping for each other’s safety.

The world was beginning to descend into chaos. No one knew what would happen, and it was hard to say if they would ever meet again.

That day, the West was shaken once more as another major event occurred: a demonic hound was born and rampaged through a small town, turning it into a living hell.

It had two heads, walked on magma, and spewed venom. As it moved through the town, it was like the end of the world.

The entire town was consumed by magma; not a single person survived, and thousands died.

This caused a huge uproar!

Subsequently, the two-headed Dog King rampaged through the area, destroying two cities in one day, causing terrible panic.

Although both small cities had populations under a hundred thousand, their successive destruction had a massive impact. No one could escape; this Dog King was extremely brutal.

It was rumored that this dog was very old. Before its transformation, someone had seen it guarding two small trees in the wild. At that time, people were unaware of so-called strange fruits.

Looking back now, those two saplings were truly extraordinary.

One sapling was entirely black, and the other was blood-red, both bearing fruit.

At that time, the anomalies had just begun, and ordinary people had no understanding of them. A middle-aged man passing by, out of curiosity, took photos of the saplings and the old dog.

He even tried to drive the dog away, believing he had discovered a new plant species.

At that time, the old dog went mad and fought him desperately. The middle-aged man reluctantly retreated, intending to find someone to dig up the two saplings. However, when he returned, the fruits were gone, and the dog had vanished.

“Oh my! The two saplings were dug up and eventually withered. The Dog King was tracking the people who dug them up and had been killing along the way!”

Finally, people reached this conclusion.

Undoubtedly, this was a great disaster. The West once again mobilized troops to encircle and suppress the Dog King.

As a result, it turned utterly ferocious, massacred two more small towns, and then escaped into the Primordial Great Mountain, disappearing without a trace.

In the West, people were deeply worried, and many lived in fear.

Subsequently, another ferocious beast appeared in a high-altitude area in the West, forbidding outsiders from trespassing into its territory. It issued warnings in human language, declaring that anyone who dared to offend would be killed without mercy.

Several Beast Kings successively emerged in the West!

Soon, similar reports emerged from other regions.

In India, a White Elephant King appeared, commanding tens of thousands of strange beasts. Its immense power astonished the world.

This was very sudden; no one had noticed it in the early stages. By the time it was discovered, it had already established itself, with a large number of strange beasts gathered around it.

On the Mongolian steppes, a Silver Wolf King emerged, howling across the land and making tens of thousands of beasts tremble.

Siberia…

All at once, Beast Kings and Bird Kings appeared successively across the globe. The situation became extremely dire overnight, and many towns suddenly faced immense threats.

As for within the country, it was even more complex.

Terrifying creatures appeared in Mount Longhu, Mount Wudang, Mount Song, Mount Zhongnan, Mount Kongtong, and Mount Emei. They fought among themselves and also fiercely battled human factions, vying for control of the spiritual mountains.

How many days had it been? The entire world had changed; its order was being rewritten.

Bloody conflicts were unfolding everywhere!

Chu Feng packed his belongings, preparing to leave Qingyang Town and head to the great city in the north—Shuntian.

He placed the strange soil into the stone box and buried the three seeds in the soil, making them convenient to carry.

“Huh?!”

Something astonishing happened: after the seeds and strange soil were put into the stone box, they began to emit life essence, with a green light rising.

“What’s happening?!” Chu Feng’s heart was greatly shaken.

The stone box came from the foot of Mount Kunlun, and it was originally used to store the three seeds.