Sitting and forgetting longevity

Chapter 1953 Five-Colored Stone Mountain
Emerging from the palace, one finds that most of the guards and sea creatures have fled, leaving the streets of Black Forest scattered with various items, yet completely deserted.

Seeing this, the group didn't linger and prepared to leave.

Liu Qinghuan looked at the tall tower by the sea and suddenly remembered something.

"The other cultivators imprisoned in the water dungeon..."

“They escaped in the chaos,” Li Shan continued. “After we imprisoned them in the water dungeon, I saw that they were seriously injured, so I gave them some of the healing pills you gave me. As for whether they can survive the Black Mist Tide, that depends on their own fate.”

Liu Qinghuan then stopped asking questions.

After leaving the town, the journey became much smoother. Although the black fog still lingered around them, it no longer affected them.

From the air, the Black Forest appears to be extremely vast, seemingly without end.

This was somewhat abnormal, but their vision was blocked by the black mist, and their divine sense was unable to penetrate the abnormal spatial fluctuations that permeated the entire world, so they were unable to discover the true truth of this place for the time being.

Liu Qinghuan looked at the shadow of the Five-Colored Stone Mountain on the horizon, then looked up at the sky, reminding the others.

"Don't fly too high, the abnormal fluctuations in the air are even greater than on the ground."

Previously, they had only just entered the edge of the forest, but as they ventured deeper, the deadly dangers lurking within became increasingly numerous.

All sorts of ferocious monsters, bizarre poisonous insects, and flocks of birds will swarm out at the slightest disturbance.

Fortunately, the group no longer had to measure the depth of the jungle step by step, which was much better than before.

After repelling another group of flying human-faced scorpions, Li Shan said with lingering fear, "Luckily we recovered our magic power. Without it, we would have lost most of our lives in this forest."

"No wonder so many people who entered the Black Mist Tide never came out; this place is far too dangerous." Tian Nu sighed, "And with that old clam demon Xing Nie blocking the way, how could they not face certain death!"

Xu Lingzi looked around and said, "I wonder where that old scoundrel Songfeng is now. Should we look for his whereabouts?"

"We have to look!" Li Shan said, then looked at Liu Qinghuan: "Brother Liu, have you found anything?"

Liu Qinghuan held the token, which was over a foot long, in her hand. At this moment, the token emitted a faint red light, which would turn white when pointed in the right direction.

"The spatial distortion is even greater than I expected, so the direction we are seeing towards the Five-Colored Stone Mountain is not its true location. Head this way!"

He pointed to the left, then said apologetically to Xu Lingzi:

"I'm afraid we can't specifically look for Fellow Daoist Songfeng's whereabouts, otherwise we might even get lost in the chaotic space. We can only try to see if we can run into him along the way."

Xu Lingzi, who also cultivated the spatial path, sighed upon hearing this, "That's all we can do!"

The group continued on their way, and even with the tokens guiding their way, it still took them quite a while to cross the forest.

I did not encounter any pine breeze.

As you get closer, the Five-Colored Stone Mountain appears even more majestic and towering, but the colors of the mountain itself are not as bright, turning into a dull gray.

"Finally here!" Li Shan walked forward excitedly, but bumped into an invisible barrier, and ripples spread outwards.

"Brother Liu, we're counting on you!"

Liu Qinghuan walked to the barrier and pressed the token upwards.

Strands of light spread out, and a hole of light gradually appeared.

After passing through the cave, the true form of the Five-Colored Stone Mountain was finally revealed to the group.

Liu Qinghuan took out the Xuanyuan Sword: "The situation on the mountain is unclear, so be careful."

They filed in, and soon, standing at the foot of the mountain, they all felt the heavy pressure being placed upon them.

"Anti-flying restrictions?" Li Shan frowned slightly, then quickly relaxed: "As long as magic power is not restricted, it will be fine."

Looking up, he saw towering mountains barren of vegetation, with massive boulders piled up like clouds. He walked to a large rock, swung his sword down, and cleaved it in two, revealing a rough, gray stone surface.

“It’s not the Five-Colored Stone.” Li Shan shook his head in disappointment, looking at the stones all over the mountain: “I thought I could pick up the Five-Colored Stone right away after entering the mountain, but it seems I’ll have to search slowly.”

The group searched the mountainside but found nothing unusual and didn't sense any demonic beasts.

The surroundings were eerily quiet; apart from the sound of the wind, there was no other noise.

"Let's go up the mountain first!" Tian Nu was in a hurry and took the lead in rushing up the mountain: "Perhaps the Five-Colored Stones are all higher up."

"Let's go!" Liu Qinghuan said, and followed.

But the group soon discovered that the higher they went, the greater the pressure from the no-fly zone.

They could have flown low over the mountain, but before they even reached the halfway point, they had to land on the ground and obediently climb up step by step.

The traces of the five-colored stone gradually appeared. Liu Qinghuan pulled out a fist-sized five-colored stone from a pile of broken stones, held it up to examine it carefully, and was not very satisfied.

"The condition is a bit mottled, not very good, but it's still usable."

The others also made some discoveries. Li Shan looked around and pondered, "We should probably have to go further up... I don't think there's any danger here. Should we split up and search?"

Liu Qinghuan hesitated, but the others clearly felt that searching together would be too slow.

"Then don't stray too far, and shout immediately if anything happens."

So the group split up and continued climbing, enduring immense pressure, within their own field of vision.

After passing the halfway point of the mountain, the number of colorful stones scattered on the ground began to increase. Liu Qinghuan even found a stone larger than a house, cut it open, and found that the colorful stones were inlaid inside.

He took them all, and seeing that everyone else had reached higher places, he had no choice but to follow.

The higher you go, the more five-colored stones you find, and the better their quality becomes.

They only stopped and began to search carefully after taking one step, with half of their foot almost sinking into the ground.

Five-Colored Stone Mountain truly lives up to its name; just as Li Shan said, you can pick up five-colored stones anywhere.

The group abandoned their usual Mahayana cultivator reserve and frequently let out exclamations of surprise.

"Hahaha!" Li Shan's loud laughter rang out: "We've crossed thousands of mountains and rivers, endured countless hardships, and almost lost half our lives. This harvest is what we deserve!"

He was met with a series of loud explosions as Tian Nu unleashed several sword energies, slicing open large rocks in search of the five-colored stone.

Liu Qinghuan, who had been on guard, was now somewhat unsettled.

However, having seen truly pure five-colored divine stones, he didn't think much of the ordinary ones he had found.

After thinking for a moment, he said to Li Shan, "I'll go take a look up there."

Li Shan waved his hand and said, "Go on, go on!"

So Liu Qinghuan stopped holding back and strode up the mountain.

Not long after walking, they saw a large rock standing tall, with two lines of large characters carved on it in bold, iron-like strokes.

"This is sacred ground; anyone who trespasses will be put to death!"

Liu Qinghuan raised an eyebrow, gazed into the distance, and slowly unleashed his immortal technique of shifting stars and changing constellations.

A moment later, he lifted his foot and stepped across the restriction line.

　The flu is really bad lately, and the author caught it too, suffering terribly. Everyone please be careful, wear masks when you go out, and remember to wear more clothes when it gets colder.

　　(End of this chapter)