Volume 1 Owl Demon Rebirth Chapter 4 The Land of Fallen Leaves
The distant mountains are hazy, always shrouded in darkness, and the clouds never disperse, as if they are a veil that will never fade away.
There are trees in the mountains, but they are lifeless. Those trees are all towering in shape, but their leaves will fall from time to time.
If a tree was like this, it wouldn't be a strange sight. But every tree on this mountain is like this.
Here is the deciduous mountain range.
The tree in the mountain is called the Burial Tree.
Unlike other trees, the life span of the burial tree is extremely long and can easily live for thousands of years.
It contains majestic life essence, but its body is also extremely tough.
It is simply impossible to perfectly utilize the life essence of the Burial Tree using ordinary means.
However, when the burial tree grows to a certain age, it will become easier to refine its life essence.
According to common sense, this age should be 30,000 years old for the tree being buried.
But it's different here.
The reason why the Fallen Leaf Mountains have always been a dark and dead image.
Just because it is a dangerous place.
Rumor has it that there was an ancient empire here a long time ago.
That empire was very prosperous and powerful.
It once had glory, but it also disappeared in the long river of time because of a terrible war.
When time passes and everything is forgotten, this place becomes a place of legend.
According to legend, the Fallen Leaf Mountains buried the bones of all the people of that empire.
Because the original war was so brutal, those people still left endless resentment and residual souls behind after their death.
The remaining soul rests on the remaining bones, dissipating little by little as the years go by.
It's just that the power they left behind in the process of dissipating will mix and blend with the resentment.
They have become a new force.
That is death force, which is extremely terrifying.
At this point, this place has become a dangerous place.
For a long time, ordinary creatures were unwilling to set foot here.
Ordinary creatures simply cannot withstand the erosion of that kind of terrifying power.
And even bone cultivators and desolate beasts would choose to stay away.
Only the bone cultivators from the Hanging Coffin Ancient Sect still like this place.
In their hands were the seeds of the burial tree.
The reason why Burial Tree is called Burial Tree is because of this dead and silent land.
This land is a very dangerous place for other bone cultivators.
However, it is a complete treasure land for the people of the Hanging Coffin Ancient Sect.
By planting the burial tree here, you can use the power here to make the burial tree mature in advance.
Cultivation resources that originally took thirty thousand years to obtain can be obtained in this way in only three thousand years.
When the burial tree matures, they will come here, cut down the burial tree, build a coffin, and take away the coffin to help themselves practice.
The fallen Hanging Coffin disciples will also be buried here by their fellow disciples after their death.
As long as the corresponding coffin is hung on the extremely ancient burial tree, the burial is complete.
This has never been a geomantic treasure.
Practice here will be affected by the dead force, and the speed of practice will be infinitely slowed down.
Therefore, unless they are doing those things, no one usually comes here.
However, Gu Qingyang was assigned here.
The Fallen Mountains are a scary place.
This was something Gu Qingyang understood at first glance.
Faintly, Gu Qingyang naturally saw the intention of the old man Tianshi.
Nowadays, he is a broken man and can only be regarded as a mortal.
Even if he won't encounter any danger in the Fallen Leaf Mountains.
Just by living in this place, he will die within a period of time.
After all, that kind of power is terrifying.
Every day he lives here, he will be eroded by it.
With his current vitality, it would be a matter of time before he died here.
He once spent a whole day getting to know the entire Fallen Leaf Mountains.
The burial tree impressed him deeply.
Leaves grow from branches.
Fallen leaves return to their roots.
This process should have been extremely long.
But here, it only takes one breath.
Once a breath of time passes, the leaves of those buried trees in the Deciduous Mountains will be replaced again.
The same is true for the burial tree, so there is no need to say more about what he will do.
Standing on this land, Gu Qingyang's feeling has always been extremely clear.
It is a feeling of life force being deprived and eroded. It is also a feeling of approaching death.
What does it mean that the old man Tianshi arranged himself here?
He wants him dead!
This is the only explanation.
The Ancient Hanging Coffin Sect does not need Gu Qingyang.
Those people just need a genius.
They need this genius to grow into a supreme figure and then lead them to glory.
They believed that Gu Qingyang couldn't do such a thing, but Gu Qingying could.
They want Gu Qingying to grow up.
What's more, I want Gu Qingying's heart to belong to this decadent and dirty land.
Therefore, Gu Qingyang must disappear.
Moreover, it is best for Gu Qingyang to disappear at the right time.
Only in this way can Gu Qingying let go of her brother at a suitable time.
This is the true thought of the old man Tianshi.
Gu Qingyang also thought of it.
In fact, from the perspective of a sect decision-maker, there is nothing wrong with this idea.
This is just a matter of considering the future based on the current conditions.
This idea is realistic and effective.
But Gu Qingyang would definitely not agree.
He will not sit back and wait, waiting for death at the end of his life.
His sister should not be the victim of those old guys trying to expand their sect.
Long before joining the Hanging Coffin Ancient Sect, Gu Qingyang had already seen everything clearly in a vague way.
Therefore, after being assigned to the Luoye Mountains, Gu Qingyang had no reaction on the surface.
He was very obedient and accepted all this obediently.
His behavior also made him look very depressed.
It was as if he had accepted the reality.
But in his heart, he couldn't stop laughing.
He laughed, laughing at the fact that the old man didn't understand his sister at all.
He laughed, and even laughed at the fact that Old Man Tianshi thought he was a mediocre talent.
He was angry and sober.
He accepted the reality.
It's just that what he thinks about is how to grow.
Waiting to die is a choice only a fool would make.
Not to mention, he now has eight thousand years of memory.
Even if there is none of this, even if he is really just that young man who is only over ten years old.
He would not be willing to become a puppet in the hands of the old man.
What's more, in this young body, there is a soul that is not young.
Some things can only be understood by experiencing them, and Gu Qingyang has experienced such things countless times.
"hiss--"
Big drops of sweat dripped down Gu Qingyang's cheeks. At this moment, he couldn't help but roar, with a ferocious look on his face.
Waves of faint light appeared from Gu Qingyang's body. In the dim forest sea, these lights made Gu Qingyang look very dazzling.
Now Gu Qingyang is practicing, but it is no longer an attempt, but a real practice, and he is constantly getting stronger.
In the northern wasteland, he could hardly get any effective resources. The conditions of the wasteland were actually a huge limitation for him.
But it's different here.
"Creak, creak, creak -"
Sitting cross-legged in the forest, after a while, the light began to dim.
As bursts of harsh sounds sounded, Gu Qingyang stopped practicing out of breath.
He gathered a few strands of strength that he had worked hard to refine, and then tore off a large piece of bark.
Putting the bark in his mouth, Gu Qingyang used his magical power again, and then chewed it.
The magical power he is practicing now is a magical magical power that he has remembered to this day.
Its name is "The Ancient Demon Sutra of Swallowing Gods".
This law is not a law created by him.
This is what he got by killing his enemies, and the people he killed are the orthodox inheritors.
Gu Qingyang remembered very clearly that the person he killed back then was named Duan Yantian.
At that time, this person was a rising star in the magic world.
Many people believe that this person has the potential to grow into a giant of magic.
But this man was later beheaded by him forcefully, which can be regarded as an untimely death.
The Ancient Demon Sutra of Swallowing Gods was created by an old demon named Mo Zizai.
The original Duan Yantian was just the inheritor chosen by the old devil.
Both this old demon and Duan Xiotian are extremely terrifying demon cultivators.
They have a glorious history, have a great reputation, and have great demonic power. They can be called great demons.
It is precisely because of them that this magical power can be called the number one magical magical power in this wild world.
But Gu Qingyang didn't like those who didn't pass on the inheritance.
What he values is the magical power itself.
After cultivating this magical power, you can refine your natal bones into "god-swallowing demon bones".
Bone cultivation has always been based on the natal bone.
The attributes and characteristics of the natal bone often directly determine the path of bone cultivation.
The God-Swallowing Demon Bone can forcibly swallow other people's life bones, refine the power within them, and even take other people's lives by force.
To put it simply, this ability is to devour.
Such a life bone is extremely terrifying.
The life bone realm is the first realm of bone cultivation.
This realm can be divided into nature and nurture.
Like Gu Qingying, who awakened the eternal demon bone and was born with the ultimate supreme physique.
People like her have stepped outside the rules from the beginning.
Nine grades, nine colors.
For her, it no longer works.
She is already at the top level innately, and can break through the shackles and achieve breakthroughs at any time.
Even if she suppresses her cultivation in the realm of life bones for a long time, the improvement that acquired practice can bring is very limited.
Gu Qingyang's situation is exactly the opposite of that of his sister. Like him, he suffered severe injuries when his life bones were awakened, and he was lucky enough not to die.
But if he wants to practice cultivation in the future, he will have to rely on his hard work. His innate conditions can only be said to be extremely bad.
But if Gu Qingyang really cultivates this demonic bone, he will definitely be able to soar into the sky and experience a true rebirth, just like a new life.
Nurture is contrary to nature, which is completely contrary to nature.
But, how could it be so easy to practice such heaven-defying supernatural powers?
When he was in the northern wasteland, Gu Qingyang had tried many magical powers including this one.
However, the wasteland spiritual energy was slightly thin, coupled with the lack of suitable training resources, Gu Qingyang has been failing.
But now, in the Luoye Mountains, relying on the Burial Tree, Gu Qingyang directly draws the life force here to practice.
Compared with the spiritual energy of the wasteland, the dead power is much easier to absorb. However, this kind of power is also more difficult to refine than the spiritual energy of the wasteland.
Gu Qingyang is familiar with many ancient methods, and it is not difficult for him to refine this kind of power.
The real difficulty is to refine these powers while keeping the body safe and sound.
His body was like a porcelain full of cracks.
If he is even slightly careless, death will be the only thing that greets him while practicing.
“Hoo, ho, ho—”
When all the power disappeared from his body like a tide, Gu Qingyang also spit out the bark in his mouth.
He was breathing heavily, and he was also enduring the backlash caused by practicing the God-Devouring Ancient Demon Sutra. This feeling was extremely complicated and extremely painful.
The God-Swallowing Ancient Demon Sutra only has three levels of heaven, and it is a magical power that consolidates the foundation of bone cultivation.
These three heavens are:
Demon body
Demonic heart
The devil has been around forever, and it will last forever.
Gu Qingyang needs to start from scratch.
And refining this kind of demon bone is a symbol of achieving the first-level "devil body".
After many days of hard work, Gu Qingyang could feel that he was about to succeed.
However, his body seemed to have reached its limit and could no longer withstand the next impact.
"It's not good if you do it too hastily."
"But some things must be done."
Two hours passed, and Gu Qingyang's pain finally eased a lot.
After muttering to himself, he exhaled again,
Then, he stood up and walked outside the Fallen Leaf Mountains.
The Ancient Hanging Coffin Sect is not in the northern wilderness. There are countless pairs of eyes paying attention to him here.
He has to gain a foothold here and tell some people in his own way that he should be feared by them.