Transmigrating over ten thousand years late, I was forced to become a mighty presence

Chapter 375: Chapter 174 Ghost King is Born_1

Zhang Jiang looked at the scene before him in shock.

He had not never seen cultivators before. The people who had arranged for them to enter that haunted place were cultivators from the Imperial Capital.

Even those cultivators from the Imperial Capital, when faced with the water monster, were easily devoured by the massive ghost fog and evil spirits.

Yet the sword that had just appeared before their eyes had not only killed the evil spirit wandering souls, but the powerful sword momentum had also torn a several hundred meters long wound into the entire water monster.

The surrounding ghost fog was completely dispersed, and the sensation of life force being sapped had receded; at last, the two of them could feel vitality returning to their bodies, with a hint of color finally appearing on their pale faces.

At that moment, a youth dressed in white vestment robes with an ethereal air descended from the sky, followed by a stunning silver-haired woman and a young man exuding nobility.

The newcomers were naturally Shen Yuan and his group.

It was also he who had just casually slain with a sword, saving Zhang Jiang and Cheng Hu in the process.

For Shen Yuan, a Qi Transformation Stage evil spirit was naturally not a matter of concern, but what piqued his curiosity was that the evil spirit seemed to have only recently transformed from a human into a Ghost Object, and it had mentioned the Discarnation Method in its speech.

Before Shen Yuan could speak, Xue Mingzhi, very thoughtfully, took the initiative to approach the two and asked:

“Who are you? Why are you here?”

Zhang Jiang and Cheng Hu exchanged a glance, and in the end, it was Zhang Jiang who stood up and spoke:

“Honorable cultivator, we are members of the Red Bull Mountaineering Team.”

As he spoke, Zhang Jiang also showed the logo on their mountaineering uniforms to prove their identity.

Upon hearing this reply, Xue Mingzhi expressed surprise, then immediately turned to Shen Yuan to explain:

“The Red Bull Mountaineering Team is a group of mountaineering experts formed by civilians, encompassing some of the most outstanding mountaineers within the boundaries of Great Xia. They often engage in extreme sports to climb some dangerous mountains and grand canyons.

On the networks of Great Xia, the Red Bull Mountaineering Team has an extremely high popularity.”

After his explanation, Xue Mingzhi continued to ask: “Red Bull Mountaineering Team? How did you come to be here?”

Zhang Jiang’s face revealed a bitter smile:

“Three days ago, we received an invitation from several noble families of the Imperial Capital, asking us to venture into the core canyon of North Mang Mountain.

North Mang Mountain canyon has left behind many legends in history, and our Red Bull Mountaineering Team had also gone into the canyon a few years ago. Aside from discovering some skeletons, we didn’t encounter any danger.

Facing the invitation from these noble families, many in our team wanted to climb the social ladder through relationships with these families, so we accepted the mission, and all twenty-three members of the team participated.”

“Normally, we need to prepare variably for a climb, sometimes even taking several months.

But the noble families compelled us to complete the preparations within one day, offering us numerous equipment and logistical conveniences. Some of the high-tech gadgets provided were things we had not even heard of before.

In such circumstances, we arrived at the peak of North Mang Mountain yesterday, ready to enter the canyon through the only entrance.”

At this point, Zhang Jiang instinctively looked toward the direction of the mountain’s peak, a strong sense of regret and fear suddenly rising in his eyes.

“But after arriving at the scene, many in our mountaineering team started to regret it.

Because atop North Mang Mountain, we saw many cultivators that we had only seen online. They could fly through the air and wield all kinds of magical treasures, easily carving mountains and splitting rocks with a wave of their hands.

These cultivators had established many patterned stone pillars around the perimeter of the canyon, which appeared to be the Formations talked about online. After seeing this, we realized that this was not going to be a simple mountaineering trip.

But having come this far, it was already too late to back out; we simply did not have the right to refuse those nobles and esteemed cultivators.”

Listening to the regretful narrative, Shen Yuan couldn’t help but turn to Xue Mingzhi and said:

“What he’s referring to, could it be the several noble families from the Imperial Capital who explored the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land a while ago?”

Xue Mingzhi also realized it at this moment and asked Zhang Jiang:

“The Imperial Capital nobles you mentioned, are they the Liew family and the Cao family?”

Zhang Jiang shook his head blankly: “I only know that they are significant figures in the Imperial Capital, I’m not clear on exactly which noble family.”

At that moment, Cheng Hu spoke up:

“When we were at the mountain summit camp, I heard someone calling one of the cultivators ‘Liew Yang’.”

Upon hearing this, Xue Mingzhi’s eyes hardened as he nodded to Shen Yuan: “Liew Yang is a Qi Transformation cultivator from the Tang Mountain Earl’s Liew family, there’s no doubt it’s them.” Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Having determined the other party’s identity, this only piqued Shen Yuan’s curiosity even more.

The noble families of the Imperial Capital had already suffered a setback in the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, losing quite a few of the younger generation of cultivators. Now sending these ordinary people from the Red Bull Mountaineering Team into the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land might be related to the few commoners who had escaped last time.

Meanwhile, Xue Mingzhi cast the Calming Incantation to stabilize Zhang Jiang’s emotions and then signaled for Zhang Jiang to continue.

Zhang Jiang swallowed hard and went on to say:

“According to the demands of the cultivators, we were to observe any abnormalities in the canyon while attempting to find and retrieve several bodies out of the canyon.

We entered the canyon at noon, when the sun was still in the sky. We searched the canyon for a long time but failed to find the so-called bodies or anything abnormal.”