Conferred Gods: Start with a Phoenix clone

Chapter 1430 The Old Man in the Mountain
Xu Xian, that weakling, doesn't count. This old man from the mountains is the one who best represents the strength of the high martial arts world.

"Father, we are travelers passing through here. Our companion is sick. I wonder if you can let us stay for a few days?" The green snake spoke politely.

The old man snorted twice and looked at the green snake first. He thought she was in cahoots with the snake demon and the scorpion demon, so he punched her.

"Monster, I can tell at a glance that you are not human!"

Fahai on the side: "."

The green snake didn't take the old man seriously at first. How much ability could an eighty-year-old mortal man have?
But as the old man threw a punch, she felt abundant energy and blood rushing towards her. There was no skill, no supernatural power, only strength. In a trance, this punch was similar to the time when she was knocked unconscious by Xiao Qingluan with a stone.

The green snake had no time to draw its sword. Its body bent at an incredible angle, forming a "bow" shape, as if it had no spine.

The old man snorted coldly. It really is a demon! And it looks like a snake demon?! All snake demons must die!

His punch missed and he misstepped. He was so agile that he didn't look like an eighty-year-old man at all. He instantly jumped to the side of the green snake, picked up a basketball-sized stone, and threw it at the back of the green snake's head.

The experience of being knocked unconscious by the little Qingluan as if playing with him resurfaced in his mind. The green snake's cultivation was just low, otherwise it would definitely have a demon in its heart.

She was extremely panicked. Her mind knew to dodge, but her body was out of control. Baishe quickly drew her sword and blocked the flying stone thrown by the old man from the side.

The old man was too powerful, and it was a long-accumulated attack. Even with Lishan's unique flying stone-removing technique, she almost couldn't hold the sword.

At this time, the green snake finally recovered from her trance. She quickly made hand gestures and chanted a wind spell, trying to create distance between the two.

The old man leaped up, grabbed an inconspicuous vine in mid-air, circled around, came behind the white snake, and kicked it hard.

The two snake demons were not familiar with the terrain, so the old man used whatever he could grab, completely Jackie Chan-style moves, and made them look very embarrassed.

Fahai deliberately delayed for a cup of tea. Seeing that the two snake demons had suffered a little loss, he shouted, "Stop, stop!"

Thanks to Fahai's explanation, the old man finally understood that there are good monsters and bad monsters, and the white snake and green snake in front of him are good monsters.

The old man was skeptical, but he finally believed the dignified Fahai and took them to his home to recuperate.

Fahai became a monk at a young age and had innate wisdom. He had a wealth of knowledge and could tell at a glance that there was a mystery in the mountain where the old man lived.

"Old man, I don't know what's so mysterious about this mountain. It looks like a treasure mountain to me, but when I look closely, I feel something is wrong."

The old man laughed heartily: "Master, you have a good eye. This mountain must have fallen from the sky."

"Oh? Would you like to hear the details?"

The old man recalled, "I heard that two hundred years ago, a raging fire fell from the sky, followed by a torrential downpour. These two powerful forces were equally powerful, and eventually they tangled together, forming this Gourd Mountain."

The power of water and fire? Fahai pondered over it. There was too little information, and there were too many treasures in the prehistoric world that could produce similar effects. For a moment, he really had no idea what this thing was.

The deepest part of Hulu Mountain still contains the purest power of water and fire. However, after being washed away by time, the mountain has become very stable. Not to mention volcanic eruptions, there is not even any shaking. The few of them immediately settled down and waited for Xu Xian to recover before setting off again.

Yuxu Palace.

Deng Chanyu said, "My brother Tongtian's weapon refining skills are not good enough. He hasn't sealed the essence of the Fire Qilin and Water Qilin inside the Fire and Water Gourd." The Fire and Water Gourd was severely damaged in the battle in Heaven that day, and the Fire Qilin and Water Qilin died in the battle. (Chapter 673)
A part of the essence in the gourd leaked out, but not much. This "not much" is only relative to the innate gourd. For the human world, it is like a huge mountain.

The topic of Hulushan was quickly passed over. She asked, "The first level has a lot of tribulations. Let's give them some time and let them pass."

Nine is the ultimate number, so they set up nine levels, each with four difficulties, which adds up to exactly thirty-six difficulties.

This time there will definitely not be a bug where you reach Lingshan only to find out that you have missed a difficulty.

Xu Xian being drowned was one difficulty, the White Snake being pressed under the mountain was one difficulty, the Green Snake borrowing the Axe of Creation was one difficulty, and the entire journey to the West being questioned by the "Old Man in the Mountain" was another difficulty.

All four difficulties are complete, so they can pass it.

Moonlight hesitated, "But the Scorpion Demon has already gone to ask for the Green Snake Demon, who has cultivated for ten thousand years. Should we put that aside? Or should we include these monsters in the later stages?"

Deng Chanyu thought for a long time before saying, "Their current strength is no match for a snake demon with ten thousand years of cultivation. Ten thousand years is already a watershed. That snake demon still has the merits of the zodiac. If it is thrown into the Conferred God Battle, it will cause Jiang Ziya a lot of trouble.

Hmm. Wasn't the Golden Snake Demon injured by Fahai in the first level? Let her go to her sister to recuperate, and when we get to the fifth level, the 20th tribulation, let them engage in a group battle."

Moonlight scoffed, "I think it's a battle to wipe out the group."

"It's okay. We'll just send Xu Xun on a mission to rescue them."

Seeing that she had made up her mind, Moonlight stopped arguing and just muttered to herself, "I haven't completed this Hulu Mountain mission yet, and my OCD is acting up!"

Yue Guang has this problem, and in fact Deng Chanyu has some of it too. She won't leave until the tasks on a map are completed. This is indeed obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Yuxu suddenly interjected, "Minghe is only suspected of being mentally ill, but you two are the real psychopaths. There's no hope for you. Just wait to die!"

After more than ten days, Xu Xian's body finally recovered. This was all thanks to the old man in the mountains who would occasionally pick some herbs to nourish his body. The old man was indeed a kind-hearted person.

Fahai clasped his hands together and bowed solemnly, "Father, we are going to continue our journey west. Today we bid you farewell. Please take care of yourself."

The old man helped them a lot. Without the old man, Xu Xian would not have recovered so quickly relying solely on Fahai's chanting.

The old man smiled and waved his hands, indicating that it was okay. He seemed to be hesitant to speak, so Fahai asked if there was anything he could do to help.

The old man asked, "Master and Master Xu are going to the West?"

"Exactly."

“Are there gods there?”

"Lingshan is where the Buddha Tathagata preached the Dharma."

The old man was not very clear about the difference between Buddha and immortals, so he tried his best to save his life. He asked, "Master, if you see an immortal, could you help me ask about this Hulu Mountain that is pressing down on thousands of acres of fertile farmland? I wonder if the mountain can be moved away so that the villagers can return to farm it?"

(End of this chapter)