Chapter 1679: Chapter 1679
Chapter 1679: Chapter 1679: The Stone Figure of Immortal Stone City
Shi Xiaolian’s eyes suddenly lit up with surprise and delight, “Ah, the two Sister Dongfang, where are they?”
Fang Bai said, “If my senses are correct, they should be in the Xuanyang Realm.”
Shi Xiaolian asked, “Where is the Xuanyang Realm?”
In his past life, Fang Bai had traveled through almost the entire three thousand great worlds and was very familiar with each realm here. He thought for a moment and said, “Probably tens of thousands of miles away.”
Shi Xiaolian exclaimed in shock, “So far away!”
Fang Bai smiled, “Actually, calling it far isn’t quite right. It’s just that from the Heaven Fiend Realm to the Xuanyang Realm, there’s the vast Black Sea in between, and the pressure over that sea is so immense that even a Thunder Tribulation Expert finds it hard to fly over and must travel by sea ship…”
Shi Xiaolian said, “No matter how far the journey, we must go! Finding the two Sister Dongfang is urgent! I can’t wait to meet them!”
Fang Bai said, “We definitely must go. I’m thinking… from where should we go that would be the closest?”
Fang Bai furrowed his brows slightly, looking down, trying hard to recall the sights from his past life’s travels through these three thousand great worlds.
He still remembered passing through here once in his past life, but with tens of thousands of years having passed, the stars shifted, and seas turned into mulberry fields, some places had changed so much that it was hard to recognize, making it difficult to find a shortcut.
Continuing to fly forward for a hundred miles, between the mountains below, there appeared a rushing great river, and a light bulb went off in Fang Bai’s mind as he joyfully said, “I know!”
He pointed to the great river flowing east below and said, “This great river winds into the Black Sea, and following it all the way down, we can reach the edge of the Black Sea in the shortest possible time.”
Shi Xiaolian asked curiously, “Brother Fang, have you been here before?”
Fang Bai laughed out loud and said, “No… I heard about it from someone else.”
Shi Xiaolian let out an “Oh” sound, not doubting Fang Bai’s words.
Fang Bai extended his hand, “Come, hold my hand tightly, let’s accelerate our flight, aim to reach the Black Sea’s edge soon, cross the Black Sea early, and find the two Dongfang sisters as soon as possible!”
Shi Xiaolian, who was originally holding onto Fang Bai’s arm, extended her right hand as instructed, clasping Fang Bai’s hand with intertwined fingers.
Fang Bai fully activated the Wind Essence Art, circulating Wind Essence Qi, taking Shi Xiaolian with him, they flew at high speed in the sky, carried by the mighty wind, like a streak of light crossing the sky, moving so fast that only a trail of afterimages could be seen.
The two of them flew and stopped intermittently, joking and laughing all the way; after more than a month, they could already smell a faint salty sea breeze. Fang Bai knew it was the smell of the sea breeze blowing from the sea surface, indicating that the Black Sea was not far.
Immortal Stone City is a small city a few miles away from the Black Sea.
It is said that Immortal Stone City was just an ordinary small fishing village with a population of over a hundred tens of thousands of years ago. Later, a Sea Beast suddenly landed from the sea, intending to feast on the fishing village villagers.
Although the fishing village’s villagers were not short of strong individuals, with even a few one-fold and two-fold Thunder Tribulation experts residing long-term, that Sea Beast was even more ferocious. Even with the united efforts of a few Thunder Tribulation experts leading over a hundred villagers, they were unable to defeat the Sea Beast.
In a critical moment, thanks to the arrival of a Thunder Tribulation eight-layer expert, who defeated the Sea Beast with great power, saving the lives of over a hundred villagers.
That Thunder Tribulation eight-layer expert, though still one Tribulation away from ascending to become an Immortal, was already surrounded by auspicious light, divine brilliance, hinting at some Immortal attributes. It is later rumored that the expert successfully crossed the Ninefold Heavy Tribulations and ascended to become an Immortal, becoming a member of the Immortal Realm.
To commemorate the Immortal who saved their lives, the fishing village’s villagers carved a lifelike stone figure ten feet tall based on the person’s appearance, placing it in the village center.
What was amazing was that since the stone man was placed in the village, no Sea Beast dared to invade the village again.
In the tens of thousands of years since, the stone man became a landmark of the fishing village, attracting many strong individuals to view its majestic posture; some Thunder Tribulation experts even came to pay respects, hoping to draw some Immortal Qi, to ensure their own safe passage through the terrifying Thunder Tribulations.
Over time, more Martial Artists moved here, expanding the size of the fishing village until it gradually became today’s small city with a population of tens of thousands. Nᴇw novel chapters are publɪshed on N()velFire.net
And that stone figure has always remained at the center of Immortal Stone City.
Over the tens of thousands of years, despite the constant erosion by the sea breeze, because it was maintained, the stone man appeared vivid, as if newly sculpted.
In a manor closest to the stone figure, resided a mysterious and powerful family.
The ancestors of that family are said to have moved here as soon as the stone figure was carved, becoming its maintainers and guardians, and succeeding generations have continuously guarded the stone statue, allowing none to damage it.
By the current generation, that family has branched out with many members, although the other family members moved away, leaving only a family of four to guard the place.
The family of four consists of a middle-aged couple and their two children.
The middle-aged couple was around fifty years old, and their children, both in their twenties, were outstanding in appearance and had an extraordinary aura.
On the surface, the family of four appeared as ordinary people, but only true strong experts knew that they were formidable cultivators.
The middle-aged couple both had Thunder Tribulation three-layer cultivation level. Together, their strength increased severalfold, capable of countering a Thunder Tribulation four-layer expert.
Even their children, both merely twenty years of age, had reached Soul Severing perfection, a talent that was astonishing.
Their family’s cultivation techniques and martial arts techniques were said to be incredibly profound and unique, likely due to some fortuitous chance they had encountered.
Some Thunder Tribulation experts once tried to covet their cultivation techniques and martial arts but were met with the family’s united attack, ending up in a fate of utter obliteration.
Since then, no one dared to provoke the family living closest to the stone figure, and the manor became the most peaceful and serene place in all of Immortal Stone City.
That morning, the side door of the manor opened, and a woman in a fire-red dress, with a slender waist, elegantly walked out, sitting down at the stone table under a willow tree on the eastern side of the courtyard, cupping her chin in her hands, staring blankly at the stone statue not far away.
The woman in the red dress had eyebrows like jade feathers, eyes like autumn water, lips as red as cherries, and an innate charm between her eyebrows, possessing unparalleled beauty.
However, the expression on the woman in the red dress carried a deep melancholy that seemed impossible to dissipate, as if she hadn’t been truly happy for a long time.
The woman in the red dress gazed at the stone man’s face nearby, observing the familiar, handsome features, muttering to herself, “This stone man bears a faint resemblance to Fang Bai…”
“Sister Chenyu, out here looking at the stone man again?”
At this moment, a woman in blue clothes, about the same age as the woman in red, walked out briskly, sitting next to the red-dressed woman named “Chenyu.”