Chapter 146: The Legend of the Giant City

The Wild Qin City and the Lanhua Mountain Range, where the Yi tribe resided, were not in the same direction. According to Yi Tian's calculations, they were separated by at least one hundred and seventy thousand miles, with the latter located tens of thousands of miles deep into the mountain range.

Consequently, no cultivators from Wild Qin City appeared across this vast expanse of the Lanhua Mountains.

The Lanhua Mountains were still some distance away from the heavily fortified defense lines established by the major human sects and dynasties. It could be said that the safety of the Yi tribe was reasonably guaranteed. At the very least, advanced fierce beasts rarely appeared behind the human defense lines to become rare, escaped fish.

During these days, Yi Tian lived together with his family in great warmth and peace.

However, Yi Tian did not slack off because of this.

Over this period, he successively deduced the Wild Primordial Heavenly Art, the Tiger Roaring Heavenly Art, and the Myriad Phenomenon Heavenly Art to the second grade.

Furthermore, he used his starry mud avatar to manifest the profound meanings of the inherited divine statues, passing on the cultivation methods and profound mysteries of the three major heavenly arts to Yi Feng, Yi Shan, Yi Li, and others so they could comprehend and cultivate them.

Given the tier of Yi Tian's black starry mud avatar, deducing the various heavenly arts from the first grade to the second grade did not take long, requiring only a few days of effort.

However, when it came to deducing heavenly arts—even with the starry mud avatar providing immense assistance—the process would take increasingly longer the further along one progressed, requiring at least a year or two.

This was why Yi Tian had not deduced the three major heavenly arts to the limit of the sixth-grade heavenly art all at once.

Almost everyone in the Yi tribe practiced the Sun-Shooting Heavenly Art, and the three major heavenly arts had not been leaked outside.

Yi Tian also had Xiao Long, Xiao Ting, and the others relearn the heavenly arts that had been deduced up to the second grade.

Over the past few months, the sense of urgency in Yi Tian's heart had grown increasingly intense.

He had a premonition that the great demon suppressed beneath the earth of Black Dragon City would likely emerge in the near future.

This was a premonition of his.

Therefore, Yi Tian desired to grow stronger all the more, seeking to truly take control of the destinies of himself, his family, friends, and clansmen.

Because of this, he had been eager to venture out to seek fortuitous encounters and grow in the shortest possible time during this period.

Before leaving, however, Yi Tian still needed to enhance the strength of himself, the Reincarnation Battle Squad, and the tribe.

Thus, Yi Tian cast his gaze upon a somewhat damaged piece of inherited precious jade—the Vajra Indestructible Profound Art.

Yi Tian wanted to deduce and restore the Vajra Indestructible Profound Art before leaving. If possible, he would later advance it to the heavenly tier, turning it into a truly supreme body-refining heavenly art.

This Vajra Indestructible Profound Art was the highest-grade cultivation method among the dozen or so pieces of inherited precious jade he had traded for: an earth-tier superior body-refining profound art.

Unfortunately, the inherited precious jade containing the information of the Vajra Indestructible Profound Art was missing a small fragment, which greatly diminished its value. To the vast majority of martial artists, it was utterly worthless.

Yet in Yi Tian's eyes, this piece of earth-tier superior Vajra Indestructible Profound Art inherited jade was a gold mine.

Yi Tian spent less than two days deducing the missing portion of the Vajra Indestructible Profound Art.

Following that, Yi Tian began practicing the Vajra Indestructible Profound Art.

To his surprise, he mastered the first layer of the Vajra Indestructible Profound Art very quickly.

Yi Tian then recalled that he had once refined two Blood Bodhi fruits, making his physical body approach that of an ordinary inferior-grade magical treasure. With such a profound foundation, practicing the Vajra Indestructible Profound Art naturally progressed with astonishing speed.

The Vajra Indestructible Profound Art had a total of seven layers. According to the information in the inherited precious jade, the first layer made the physical body as formidable as an ordinary inferior-grade magical treasure; the second layer was equivalent to a transcendent inferior-grade magical treasure; the third layer reached the top-tier level; the fourth layer had already stepped into the ranks of medium-grade magical treasures; while the fifth and sixth layers were equivalent to higher ranks of medium-grade magical treasures, respectively.

As for the seventh layer, upon the mastery of the Vajra Indestructible Profound Art, the physical body would be comparable to a superior-grade magical treasure—possessing boundless might and remaining indestructible like vajra.

Another month passed.

Yi Tian recreated a piece of inherited precious jade for the Vajra Indestructible Profound Art and completely restored it.

He handed this inherited precious jade of the Vajra Indestructible Profound Art to the tribal chief, the grand elder, and other high-ranking members.

Prior to this, the Vajra Indestructible Profound Art had already been passed down to the Reincarnation Battle Squad, Xiao Long, and Xiao Ting.

The Vajra Indestructible Profound Art was a body-refining cultivation method involving more than two thousand spiritual acupoints within the body. Once successfully cultivated, the physique would imperceptibly and gradually become extraordinarily strong and solid, without conflicting with other cultivation methods.

However, practicing multiple cultivation methods simultaneously would cause the cultivation progress to slow down, and the resources consumed would skyrocket geometrically.

This time, Yi Tian intended to go out on a training journey alone to seek fortuitous encounters.

If he brought the Reincarnation Battle Squad along, out of concern for their safety, Yi Tian would inevitably have reservations, and he generally would not explore extremely dangerous places.

"Captain, how can you leave us behind?"

Upon hearing of Yi Tian's intention to leave, Yi Feng was the first to object.

Yi Shan, Yi Li, Yi Kui, and the others were also somewhat baffled. Wasn't it better for everyone to go on adventures together?

Yi Tian said to the members of the Reincarnation Battle Squad, "I do not know what my destination is either. This time, I am going out to seek fortuitous encounters, and there may be extreme danger. I will not be able to look after all of you."

He paused for a moment and added, "If you also wish to go out on adventures, that is entirely possible. However, it is best to travel in groups and not venture too far from Lanhua Mountain."

Yi Feng, Yi Shan, Yi Kui, and the others finally raised no further objections.

They were relatively satisfied with this outcome, having obtained permission to go out for training and adventure.

Yi Tian also knew that he could not lead them forever; they had to experience tempering so that they could truly grow up and stand on their own.

Shortly after, Yi Tian bid farewell to his family and left the Lanhua Mountain Range alone.

Previously, little Black had always been going hungry. After discussing with the tribal chief, the grand elder, and others, Yi Tian decided that in order for little Black to grow faster and become more powerful—thereby providing a great guarantee for the tribe's safety—the tribe would feed little Black primeval crystals.

This was a condition set by Yi Tian; otherwise, little Black absolutely would not stay in Lanhua Mountain and would instead follow him out on his training and adventures.

It could be said that with little Black holding down the fort, even if an ordinary earth-tier magnate appeared, the Yi tribe would have the ability to contend with them.

Leaving the Lanhua Mountain Range, Yi Tian traveled through the mountain forests all the way, heading deep into the Fulong Mountain Range.

This time, he had a rough destination: to head toward the human front lines.

It was rumored that close to the deepest parts of the Fulong Mountain Range stood a giant city built by humans. It was one of the most crucial major barriers for the human race to resist fierce beasts, gathering powerful figures from various sects, the Heavenly Dragon Dynasty, major millennial clans, and mysterious organizations.

There, magnates walked everywhere, and even heavenly-tier overlords appeared from time to time.

That giant city was the most prosperous and powerful immortal city of the entire human race, having stood for millions of years since primeval times.

The giant city was situated just outside the deepest parts of the Fulong Mountain Range. The surrounding resources were incomparably abundant, with precious herbs everywhere, but it was also extremely perilous. Advanced fierce beasts were ubiquitous, and the slightest carelessness could result in even magnates perishing.

In addition, there were many ancient battlefields and ruins surrounding that giant city.

Some people obtained great fortuitous encounters in those ancient battlefields—superior-grade magical treasures, inherited precious jade, spatial rings, inherited divine statues, and other treasures that made countless proud prodigies and magnates' hearts race.

Precisely because the depths of the Fulong Mountain Range were fraught with danger, Yi Tian had not brought Yi Feng and the others along.

After all, he only had the means to protect himself; protecting the rest of the Reincarnation Battle Squad would be exceptionally difficult.

Trekking all the way, Yi Tian slaughtered fierce beasts one after another. Low-grade fierce beasts were vulnerable to a single blow, while medium-grade fierce beasts could not resist for long under his Great Sun Fire before being burned to ashes.

Yi Tian gradually became familiar with the power of his sixth-grade heavenly art, the Great Sun Heavenly Art. Especially after his Great Sun Heavenly Art broke through to the primeval law realm, its power was even greater than the seventh-grade Sun-Shooting Heavenly Art.

Along this journey, Yi Tian was utterly relaxed, and his traveling speed was extremely fast, covering twenty to thirty thousand miles a day.

When Yi Tian encountered an advanced fierce beast, he realized that he had already broken through the human defense lines and entered the extremely hazardous region of the Fulong Mountain Range.

In this extremely hazardous region, medium-grade fierce beasts were already extremely common and could be found everywhere; only advanced fierce beasts were the kings of this domain, and even magnates had to tread carefully in this extremely dangerous zone.

Thirty miles ahead of Yi Tian, an iron-backed black bear hundreds of feet tall was snoring and sleeping soundly beside a steep cliff wall.

That iron-backed black bear was impressively an advanced fierce beast, and the immensely powerful baleful aura radiating from its body deterred any fierce beasts within a radius of hundreds or thousands of miles from prying.