I Have Countless Past-life Identities-Chapter 102 - 70: Felling Mountains and Destroying Temples, Toppling Wild Shrines, Forging the Demon Hunting Spirit Body, and Improving Aptitude!

The dense fog shrouded the entire steep and rugged, continuous stretch of mountain forests. Wild beasts lurked, spirits roamed, and after a moment of silence, a low whimpering could be heard, sending chills down the spine.

This is the 'Black Mountain' adjacent to the Northwest Wilderness.

It is divided into three regions.

'Dangerous Land', 'Perilous Land', and 'Desolate Land'.

The 'Desolate Land' near Black Mountain City has a lot of wild beasts but few spirits.

The middle of the mountains, called the 'Perilous Land', is mostly occupied by Foundation Establishment Spirit Monsters that can rival Martial Artists, and the terrain is treacherous; a slight carelessness can cause one to stumble.

The innermost part...

...is the highest pitch-black mountain before the Northwest Wilderness!

This is why it is called Black Mountain.

It is said that when the Grotto Heaven still existed and Martial Artists could tread the path of seeking immortality,

an Immortal and a Great Demon once fought here over the 'Battle for the Fruit'.

After a fierce battle, at the cost of the Immortal's blood staining the sky, the flesh body of the peerless Great Demon vanished. However, it is said that a sliver of its Primordial Spirit escaped into the earth's meridians, opening up a 'Secret Hidden Land' and submerging into it.

This is a long-lasting legend about Black Mountain.

But no one has seen traces of the so-called 'Immortal Blood' and 'Great Demon Primordial Spirit', so it's considered a rumor. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

However, there are indeed demons and monsters occupying it.

In the depths of Black Mountain,

there stand many buildings resembling towers, positioned in the southeast, southwest, and north.

Now and then,

one can see humanoid creatures with ape bodies, deer antlers, bullheads, and fox tails...coming and going freely.

Demons, spirits.

These are two types of creatures.

The former, known as 'demons', is a name given by Martial Artists and humans. It's actually a generic term, also referred to as 'different species', those with human forms yet harbor 'ancient bloodlines'.

As for spirits,

they absorb the essence of heaven and earth, sun, and moon, maintaining their beast forms. Even with awakened intelligence, they do not transform into human forms.

Therefore, these are two concepts not to be confused or lumped together.

At this time, in a pavilion,

four shadows were seated.

A white fox woman with a fair and enchanting face, draped in a fox fur coat, revealing her slender jade legs.

An ape demon with tufts of ape hair on its arms and face.

A silent ox demon with protruding tusks, whose eyes glowed blood-red.

And a Young Master Du Jiao, whose single horn atop his head made him look like a handsome young man.

White Moon Fox, Mountain-Moving Ape, Red-eyed Bull, Horned Deer.

These are the pilots of the Four Vein Demon Monster Mansion.

Each of them...

emanated the aura of a Divine Soul, indicating they were all Second Step Peak, Carefree Realm cultivators!

"The new guardian is named 'Song Chai Xin', and his father's name...you all should have heard, is 'Gua Hua', a branch master of 'Jing River Dragon Court', one of the three Demon-Monster Dao Lineages outside the Demon-Suppressing Great Wall."

"He once established a three-hundred-mile inheritance at Xuanqing Lake and is one of the thirty-six Great Demon Fiends in the Seven Prefectures and Forty-Nine Cities of Baoping State."

White Moon Fox 'Bai Yuewei' gently pinched her jade fingers, looked around, and spoke softly.

"Miss Bai Yuewei, he killed two of your clan's Great Innate blood relatives. Think about the manpower and resources needed to cultivate a Great Innate. Why should jiao dragon hybrids be treated so leniently?"

The Mountain-Moving Old Ape sneered.

"Black Mountain has been distinct from us for more than a decade, coexisting peacefully."

"How come he arrives and wants to suppress this, suppress that, making it impossible for anyone to raise their heads? Could it be that jiao dragon blood is more precious than our lives?"

The ox demon with blood-red eyes, half clad in armor and wielding a giant axe, flashed a dangerous look.

"Recently,"

"I sent someone to send him a letter, stating that as long as he continues to honor the contract, our Horned Deer Demon Mansion can coexist peacefully with his Black Mountain Guardian Mansion, pretending the previous events never happened."

"However, he refused."

The young man with a single horn sighed, "Then he beheaded the three heads I sent and delivered them at the Black Mountain Pass."

"Outrageous!"

"Is that even possible?"

"Both nations at war do not kill envoys; didn't that new guardian learn this human principle? Surely there's someone who can handle him!"

The old ape and Red-eyed Bull's eyes flared with anger.

But Bai Yuewei rolled her eyes:

"He's a Half-Demon, neither human nor demon, who cares about these rules."

"I've inquired."

"Gua Hua and he have severed all ties, wishing to eliminate him. I've already entrusted someone to seek out that Great Flood Dragon, and when he comes to clear the house, we don't even need to act."

"Moreover, those martial arts halls in the city aren't ordinary. In the past, one could turn a blind eye, but if we collectively storm the city to kill the guardian..."

"Then, even for appearance's sake, they will definitely obstruct us. Sword Spine Hall Master Ning Changfeng, Xuandu Hall Master Fang Cang, Shaoyang Hall Master Pei Fangchan...none of them are easy to deal with."

"In Black Mountain City, every industry has been infiltrated by us over the past decades. Even after a major clean-up, they can't kill all our people, just make sure to create some tragic incidents every few days to tarnish the guardian's reputation."

"How well can he live under such circumstances?"

Bai Yuewei narrowed her fox eyes, sneering coldly.

Not cooperating with them?

Arrogant!

This Half-Jiao Young Master must be trying to be a 'good official' for the human race, right?

If so, we'll make sure you can't succeed, by pinning all these black marks on you, spreading rumors, ruining your reputation—what can you do about it?