#1123 - Chapter 1123: Accidentally Entering a Strange Place

Before him was Thunderous Mountain. Dragon Head Rock rose a thousand feet, a perilous peak standing tall, with grotesque rocks in abundance. A massive cliff stood upright, while another bisected it horizontally, piercing into the mountainside, resembling an aged dragon raising its head, its aura extraordinary.

Ye Kong had seen grand and imposing mountain ranges, but Thunderous Mountain still gave him a sense of heartfelt awe.

Just then, Ye Kong felt the vibration of his sensor. He took it out and saw a line of golden characters floating on the surface of the token.

The mountain is still; it conceals and deceives.

With just a few simple words, Ye Kong understood the true meaning.

Ye Kong surveyed his surroundings and found them unusually silent, as if there was an indescribable feeling in the air.

"It seems I must investigate further."

On the rugged and treacherous mountain road, there were faint sounds of gravel falling everywhere.

Ye Kong's skiff gracefully brushed past the gravel.

Ye Kong slightly closed his eyes. The abundant spiritual energy in his Qi Sea emanated through his seven orifices. Through the control of his will, he directly expanded the detection range of his divine sense.

In just a moment, the image of the giant cliff flashed through Ye Kong's mind.

Ye Kong opened his eyes, revealing their serene depths.

He saw that inside the cliff, there was a passage leading to an unknown destination, utterly dark.

Ye Kong firmly believed that there was something strange about the passage within the giant cliff.

Ye Kong exerted a bit of force, and the speed of the skiff beneath him increased rapidly.

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Arriving at the giant cliff, Ye Kong landed at its base.

Around the entrance of the passage, there were no wildly growing weeds, nor traces of accumulated gravel.

Ye Kong carefully observed the surroundings, as if someone had deliberately left the entrance without any concealment.

Ye Kong looked around and, finding nothing unusual, raised his foot and prepared to walk into the passage.

Who knew that in the next second!

"Swish!"

In the sky, which had been clear just moments before, a blinding lightning bolt struck down without any warning.

Ye Kong skillfully shifted and moved backward, directly dodging the sudden attack.

Ye Kong looked up and saw that cyan clouds had appeared in the sky at some unknown time. Lightning flashed rapidly in the clouds, as if ready to strike again at any moment.

Ye Kong still didn't know what bad deed he had done to be struck by lightning.

Ye Kong raised his foot again and took a step forward.

Forked lightning tore through the sky, striking directly at Ye Kong's position.

Ye Kong flicked his sleeves and urgently gathered spiritual energy into them, directly reflecting the lightning back. Then, he immediately plunged into the pitch-black passage.

Ye Kong successfully entered the passage. The firmament seemed unwilling to accept this and directly struck the Thunderous Mountain with sharp lightning.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

For a time, countless sounds of giant rocks exploding echoed around, with gravel flying and rolling down.

Thunderous Mountain was silently venting its anger.

After Ye Kong entered the giant cliff's passage, it was incomparably dry inside, with not a trace of light.

Ye Kong extended his right palm and saw strands of faint blue spiritual energy gathering in the center of his palm. The faint light it emitted illuminated the path in the darkness.

Darkness gave people an indescribable sense of unease and a feeling of helplessness from not seeing the end of the light.

Ye Kong had none of these frightening sensations. He only possessed the desire to explore the mysteries hidden deep within.

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He didn't know how long he had walked. Ye Kong only felt that he had never stopped, but he still hadn't reached the end.

Feeling as if he was constantly trapped in a cycle, Ye Kong slowly stopped.

What exactly was hidden behind this passage!

The more Ye Kong wanted to know the answer, the more he maintained a high level of rationality, searching for key information in the surrounding walls of the passage.

After a long time, there was still no discovery.

Ye Kong simply gave up, not wanting to waste any more time.

"There's no end, huh! Then I'll blast an exit for you."

Ye Kong fixed his eyes, revealing a sharp determination in them.

Ye Kong slightly rotated his hands, simultaneously circulating spiritual energy within his body. The aura around him instantly became vast and powerful.

The air around his palms also trembled constantly. The moment Ye Kong looked up, he violently struck out with both hands.

"Boom!"

A heaven-shattering sound rang out, and the pitch-black passage instantly burst open with a large opening, revealing incomparably dazzling white light.

Ye Kong seized the opportunity, spun around completely, and transformed into a stream of light, flying directly towards where the white light emanated from.

After exiting the endless passage, Ye Kong's vision suddenly widened.

Surrounding him were clustered villages, the sounds of chickens, ducks, and dogs, and wisps of rising white smoke, emanating a unique aroma of delicious food.

Behind Ye Kong was a giant rock with a special pattern.

Naive children playing at the entrance of the village were frolicking and playing.

A barefoot child noticed the slender figure standing not far away.

The child seemed to have never seen Ye Kong's strange attire before. Seeing the strange thing, the child revealed a pure smile with two small white teeth, healing the heart.

The other children also noticed Ye Kong's direction. All the children excitedly ran over, their two small short legs exerting all their strength to run towards Ye Kong.

But when the children came to Ye Kong's side, none of them dared to approach this person they had never seen before, and didn't know where he came from or where he was going.

Seeing the innocent little faces presented before him, Ye Kong's heart felt as if it had been moistened by something.

The child who had first discovered Ye Kong walked directly in front of him.

The child was small, and had to raise his little head to look at Ye Kong.

"May I ask, sir, why have you come here?"

The light and clear voice rang out, somewhat pleasant to hear, and carrying sincere and earnest inquiry.

Ye Kong instantly felt that this child was truly polite.

Ye Kong did not hesitate to squat down, keeping himself at the same level as all the children, so that they would not have to strain their necks when looking at him.

Ye Kong also truthfully answered, "I can tell you, but can you tell me, what is this place?"

Upon hearing this, the child quickly covered his mouth.

The surrounding children also covered their little mouths.

"Mother said we can't talk carelessly."

Ye Kong heard a few mumbling words from the child's covered mouth.

Ye Kong had originally wanted to inquire about something, but before he could ask, a flying knife struck directly at him.

Ye Kong's agility was extraordinary. He slightly tilted his head and quickly reached out to grab it. Only then did he see clearly that the flying knife was actually a kitchen knife, with a few cauliflower florets still stuck to it, as if it had just been taken out of the kitchen.

"Who are you! How did you appear here!"

A thick, rough voice rang out.