The Heavenly Dragon's Beginning in the Journey Through the Heavens

Chapter 138 Rapidly Improving Strength: Humans in the Ten Thousand Mountains

He planned to wait until these demonic beasts recovered before coming back to absorb their demonic power.

This cycle repeats itself, not only satisfying its own cultivation needs but also allowing these demonic beasts to maintain a certain level of strength, preventing them from causing too much damage to the mountain forest.

Furthermore, the Hundred Thousand Mountains are shrouded in mystery. Although the Beast God has been sealed, Ling Feng dares not let his guard down.

He knew all too well that this land might be hiding many unknown secrets and dangers.

If one goes too far and inadvertently provokes some powerful and heaven-defying beings, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Therefore, Ling Feng remained vigilant throughout his cultivation process, never daring to be careless in the slightest.

Half a year passed, and Ling Feng swept away the entire area within a radius of over a hundred kilometers.

Among them, almost all the large and small monsters had suffered at Ling Feng's hands, and some of them with fast recovery abilities had already been ravaged by Ling Feng for the second time.

After clearing out this area, Ling Feng's strength also increased to the eighth level of Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation.

Ling Feng was very satisfied with his cultivation speed, but at the same time he realized that if he wanted to continue to improve at such a rapid pace, this area could no longer meet his needs.

After all, the most powerful demon beast here is only at the sixth level of Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation, and Ling Feng can easily deal with it now.

Therefore, if Ling Feng wants to continue to rapidly improve his strength, he can only explore deeper into the world.

Therefore, Ling Feng decided to continue exploring deeper.

However, after traveling some distance, Ling Feng did not encounter any powerful monsters, but instead discovered traces of human activity.

It should be noted that the Ten Thousand Mountains are sparsely populated, and if Ling Feng did not have an invulnerable body, he would probably have died long ago.

This is truly unexpected! In the depths of this vast, untouched mountain range, there are actually traces of humankind? Ling Feng couldn't help but be secretly astonished.

Just then, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind:

He recalled the description in the original work, and realized that there was indeed a special human race in these mysterious Hundred Thousand Mountains—the Witch Clan.

Legend has it that Linglong, the last holy maiden of the Witch Clan, collected all the malevolent energy in the world and created a terrifying beast god, bringing a catastrophe to the world.

In the end, Linglong sacrificed her own life to seal the Beast God in the Demon-Suppressing Cave.

However, besides the Wu tribe, it is said that other mysterious barbarian tribes are hidden in these mountains.

Although Ling Feng had been exploring the mountains for a long time, he had never encountered any barbarians, so he almost thought that all of this was nonsense.

Now, seeing signs of human activity before him, he realized that these rumors were not unfounded.

So, deep within these mountains, is it the Witch Clan or some other unknown race?

Although Ling Feng couldn't be sure, now that he had discovered a clue, he decided to investigate it himself.

He was filled with endless curiosity about these mysterious races.

Ling Feng focused intently on following the trail, taking each step with extreme caution.

As he went deeper, he was surprised to find more and more traces of human activity, as if people frequently came and went here.

A sense of curiosity and vigilance welled up in Ling Feng's heart, and he decided to continue exploring.

After a difficult trek of dozens of kilometers, Ling Feng arrived at a deep forest.

Here, he could clearly feel that the traces of human activity had become denser, and he could even see the footprints left on the ground and the felled trees.

Just as he was preparing to explore further, he suddenly sensed with his keen perception that there seemed to be a group of people in the dense forest ahead.

Ling Feng would never easily reveal himself before understanding the true intentions and strength of this group.

He carefully concealed himself and quietly approached the group of people.

As the distance gradually closed, although Ling Feng had not yet seen these people in person, he had already grasped their general strength through his spiritual sense.

There were eleven people in this group. Most of them were at the fifth or sixth level of the Refining Essence into Qi stage, while the leader was the most powerful, having reached the first level of the Refining Qi into Spirit stage.

Seeing this distribution of strength, Ling Feng's anxiety finally subsided.

As he got closer, Ling Feng finally saw the group of people clearly.

To his surprise, all of these people were dressed in black with black headscarves, a style completely different from the traditional clothing of the Divine Continent.

Just then, one of them looked at the middle-aged man in the lead and said:

"Brother, do you think the elder is lying to us? He actually told us that we could find help to save us deep in these mountains!"

Another person chimed in:

"Yes, brother! We can't even see a ghost here in these deep mountains. Where are we supposed to find help?"

The "elder brother" they were talking about was the leader, a middle-aged man, who was also the Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation expert that Ling Feng had sensed.

At this moment, his face was filled with sorrow and grief, and he replied with a sigh:

"Alas... Our Wu clan is now at a critical moment of life and death. If we don't try our luck, our entire clan will probably be wiped out in this crisis."

Ling Feng, listening from the side, was completely bewildered and had no idea what they were talking about.

Just as Ling Feng was about to continue eavesdropping, someone in the crowd suddenly shouted loudly in Ling Feng's direction:

"Who's there? Come out now!"

Ling Feng was quite surprised to be discovered. He thought his concealment skills were already superb, even able to fool a master like Yun Yilan. He never expected that he would be so easily seen through by this person.

Now that he had been discovered, Ling Feng stopped hiding and walked out of the dense forest openly.

The group of people were shocked to see that someone was actually hiding there.

After Ling Feng emerged from the dense forest, the middle-aged man who was in the lead sized him up, seemingly unable to discern his true strength, and then tentatively asked:

"Who are you and why are you here?"

Ling Feng was inwardly wary, but outwardly remained calm and polite, replying:

"Um, my name is Ling Feng, and I come from the Divine Continent. I came to these Hundred Thousand Mountains to train, and I accidentally ended up here. And who are you?"

Ling Feng behaved very modestly, knowing that it was best not to easily reveal his strength and identity if he did not know the other party well.

Especially when he realized that the appearance of these people might mean that there were even more powerful beings around, he dared not let his guard down.

He carefully observed his surroundings, ready to deal with any potential dangers.

However, once the group learned of Ling Feng's background, they immediately began whispering among themselves.

One of them exclaimed in surprise:

"Wow! Could he be the person the elder was talking about?"

Another person chimed in:

"Yes, I never expected that we would actually find someone in this direction."

Others questioned:

"But this person comes from the Divine Continent. Would he be willing to help us?"

The crowd chattered amongst themselves, completely ignoring Ling Feng.

The middle-aged man in the lead remained vigilant, keeping a close eye on Ling Feng.

After the people behind him had been discussing for a while, he waved for them to stop.