diskusbooks Chapter 941 - 1041: The Immortal Temple of Penglai
Chapter 941 - 1041: The Immortal Temple of Penglai
Ye Tianfan heard what the White Beard old man said, smiled, and then said, "Hello there, White Beard old man. How did you know I came from outside?"Ye Tianfan was a bit curious why this old man knew he came from outside this legendary island, Penglai Immortal Island!
The White Beard old man smiled, then looked at Ye Tianfan and said, "There are only four people on Penglai Immortal Island. We each occupy one of the four directions—east, west, south, and north—of the whole island, and I'm familiar with all of them."
When Ye Tianfan heard this, he froze for a moment. No wonder—so the entire Penglai Immortal Island only had four people.
Wait, only four people?
"Only four people? And you all live separately. Don't you get lonely?" Ye Tianfan asked curiously!
You had to know, the legend of Penglai Immortal Island had existed for a very long time, and there were also tales of Penglai Immortals. It seemed likely that these so-called Penglai Immortals were the people on Penglai Immortal Island.
Although Ye Tianfan didn't know how long these four people had been on Penglai Immortal Island, since the island only had the four of them, why did they still live separately, and even occupy the four directions—east, south, west, and north—of the entire island!
"Not lonely, we've got plenty of subordinates!" the White Beard old man said!
"Plenty of subordinates?" Ye Tianfan was a bit puzzled. Didn't he just say there were only four people? How come a bunch of subordinates popped up now?
"Yeah, lots of Demon Beast subordinates!" the White Beard old man said!
So that's how it was. No wonder.
"How long have you been living here?" Ye Tianfan asked curiously!
Ye Tianfan knew about the legend of the Penglai Immortals. What he was curious about now was whether those legends of the Penglai Immortals were actually about them, or if they'd already changed people!
"How long have I been living here?" The White Beard old man gently stroked his beard, thought for a moment, and then said, "I don't know, I've already forgotten. Here there's basically no such thing as the passage of life!"
"No passage of life?" When Ye Tianfan heard this, he was truly shocked. If there was no passage of life, that meant the Penglai Immortal legends passed down from ancient times were already about them. They were each a long-living, undying monster!
"Come on, let's go to where I live. I'll tell you in detail while I deal with this White Sub-Dragon!" After the White Beard old man finished speaking, he flew toward the shore!
And Ye Tianfan followed behind him!
Ye Tianfan followed the White Beard old man to a temple!
Ye Tianfan didn't know what was being worshipped in this temple, but he saw it had a front courtyard and a back courtyard, quite large, and it was very clean!
"Come, sit. I'll talk while I work!" The White Beard old man led Ye Tianfan into the backyard, then sat down beside a platform and spoke to Ye Tianfan!
Ye Tianfan also sat to the side, listening carefully to what the White Beard old man said!
"This place is actually a forbidden land. In our original era, it was where people with crimes were exiled!" the White Beard old man said!
"People with crimes?" When Ye Tianfan heard this, he thought for a moment. If this was where people with crimes were sent, didn't that mean this White Beard old man in front of him was a criminal?
"I know what you're thinking." The White Beard old man said irritably, "Listen to me finish before you make your judgment!"
"This place was originally extremely desolate, and the environment was also very harsh. In short, this absolutely wasn't a good place! Back then I came here in the capacity of a Prison Guard, and there were three others with me. The four of us guarded the entire Penglai Prison.
Because the situation here is special, time simply doesn't pass here. But conversely, the Spiritual Power here also can't promote cultivation. In other words, on this Penglai Immortal Island, no matter how you cultivate, you can't grow even a little.
But what we didn't expect was that not long after we arrived, the cultivation world of that time experienced a great calamity. Almost the entire world was destroyed, leaving only a handful of humans!" The White Beard old man let out a deep sigh!
"At that time, only Penglai Prison as a whole didn't suffer any incident! We only discovered this when we went out for a handover. The outside world was in even worse shape than Penglai Prison's environment. When we returned to where our sect was located, we found nothing left!
At that time we were extremely lost, and had no choice but to return to Penglai Prison. We didn't tell any of the prisoners about this, and instead continued to hold our posts!
As for those we were guarding, they no longer had any term limits. Almost all of them committed suicide, while we survived that period and made it through!" After the White Beard old man finished speaking, he took a big pot from the side, filled it with water, and tossed in the processed White Sub-Dragon in his hands!
"Unfortunately, the Dragon Pill destroyed itself. Otherwise, I could have pushed my cultivation a step further!" the White Beard old man said!
"Hm?" Ye Tianfan asked suspiciously, "Didn't you just say you can't make progress here?"
"That's for self-cultivation. Using external power, of course you can make progress. And cultivating with external power here comes with no risk of going berserk!" the White Beard old man said!
When Ye Tianfan heard this, his brows lifted. Just as he was about to say he wanted in, the White Beard old man said, "I know what you're thinking, but you'd better forget it—unless you don't plan on leaving. There's indeed no danger of going berserk in here, but once you leave Penglai Immortal Island, you'll immediately go berserk. That was something Big Sister Thunder Fire, who guarded the west back then, discovered!"
Ye Tianfan curled his lips at that. Looked like another shortcut was gone!
"Big Sister Thunder Fire?" Ye Tianfan asked curiously!
"Yeah, back then the one guarding the west side of Penglai Immortal Island was Big Sister Thunder Fire, named Dang Dang. She wielded a big machete and specialized in Thunder and Fire Immortal Techniques! Although she made it through that sanity-shattering era, she still has some after-effects and goes crazy from time to time. I was the one guarding the East Prison. My real name is Niu Gait, but they all call me Big White Beard. Guarding the south is Big Stick. Because he wields a Wolf Fang Club, we call him Big Stick—his real name is Coedo. His brain's also a bit off, just like Big Sister Thunder Fire! And the last one, guarding the north, is the most normal in temperament, but he's a bit of a drunkard—Fire Hair. Because he has a head of fiery-red hair, we call him Fire Hair. His real name is Gus!" the White Beard old man said!
After hearing this, Ye Tianfan nodded and then said, "So you guys don't usually meet up?"
"We don't. Unless there's something really major, we won't meet. Otherwise, if I go to Fire Hair's place for a drink, I won't sober up for at least a month. And if I go to Big Sister Thunder Fire's place, I'll probably have to fight. Same with Big Stick's side—I'd have to fight too! So it's better not to go anywhere!" Big White Beard said!