206: Encounter in restricted area

“Help!”

From a distance, a team’s cry for help resounded.

But before anyone could offer assistance, the team was completely devoured by a strange yellow mud, perishing on the spot.

Seeing this, everyone present changed their expressions.

“I think the outer perimeter of the Forbidden Zone is good enough; I’ll just search for treasures there,” someone said, their face pale.

Many people felt the same, nodding repeatedly, all thinking that the great opportunities deep within the Forbidden Zone were too far for them.

Take, for instance, the two ancient beasts currently locked in battle: the Titan Giant Ape and the Azure Ox Python.

Not to mention their spiritual energy was Sealed, leaving only their Physical Body strength; even at their Peak, how many could contend with those two ancient beasts?

Of course, not everyone was afraid of death.

“Heh heh, fortune favors the bold. If you are all so afraid of death, why bother wasting time in this Eternal Life Forbidden Zone?”

A black-clothed youth, whose face was as sharp as if carved by a knife, sneered at those who retreated. The faint Qi emanating from his body indicated that he was a Peak expert of Body Tempering Fifth Heaven.

Those who were mocked had their faces alternate between green and white upon hearing this, but looking at the two colossal beings clashing in the distant sky, many still shrank their necks, truly unwilling to die in vain.

Seeing this, the black-clothed youth couldn't be bothered to waste words with others. He strode forward, bypassing the direction of the two giant beasts’ battle, and advanced circuitously from another direction.

“Ah!”

But just a few steps into his detour, the black-clothed youth was bitten by an ancient tree with pale bark by the roadside, letting out a horrific scream.

Immediately after, under the watchful eyes of everyone, the black-clothed youth had half his body bitten off by that ancient tree. He barely managed to escape in time, narrowly saving his life.

Everyone was astonished.

Some felt schadenfreude, thinking, “You were so arrogant; you can’t be arrogant now, can you?”

But even more people felt a chill of terror. The dangers of this Forbidden Zone were simply beyond their imagination.

An inconspicuous strange tree by the roadside had the ability to bite off the body of a Body Tempering Fifth Heaven expert, which was truly terrifying.

“Let’s go, we need to be careful.”

After observing for a moment, Lin Yang chose a relatively safe route and advanced into the depths of the Forbidden Zone with Ji Kunchang.

Just then.

“Swoosh!”

A divine light flashed, and a white-clothed woman, as light as a painting, descended from the sky. Her face was veiled by a light gauze, yet it could not hide her ethereal grace and peerless demeanor.

Unlike the others, the light-veiled woman, after landing, did not walk on the ground like everyone else.

Instead, she stepped through the air, like a nimble feathered bird.

“Physical Body levitation! This is a Body Tempering Ninth Heaven expert!”

Everyone present gasped in unison upon seeing this.

A Martial Artist of Body Tempering Ninth Heaven had developed their Physical Body strength to a relatively extreme state.

Even without spiritual energy, they could remain in mid-air by relying purely on their Physical Body strength.

And such a Physical Body was a rare existence, even across the entire Upper Realm.

“I wonder which Fairy this is, to have Cultivated her Physical Body strength to this extent. It’s truly terrifying…”

Because the white-clothed woman in the sky had her face covered by a light veil, everyone, while amazed by her demeanor, found it difficult to identify her.

“It’s Body Tempering Ninth Heaven. This girl is truly remarkable.”

Even Ji Kunchang couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration.

After all, having also Cultivated the Indestructible Scripture, he knew how difficult it was to Cultivate one’s Physical Body to Body Tempering Ninth Heaven.

For a woman to achieve this step was truly not easy.

Everyone present showed expressions of astonishment, but only Lin Yang, upon seeing the woman stepping through the air, stood frozen in place like a statue.

Because the woman in the sky, like a banished Fairy, was Li Shiya.

Even with her face veiled and her form hidden by white clothes, that unique, serene demeanor was something that could not be imitated under any circumstances.

Lin Yang was surprised, standing stunned in place, gazing fixedly at the white-clothed Fairy in the sky.

He had imagined ten thousand possibilities for their reunion, but he never expected to see Li Shiya again in such circumstances.

Five hundred years had passed.

Li Shiya’s grace remained, her three thousand strands of dark hair shining like a waterfall, cascading down her snow-white neck. Her slender eyebrows were like distant mountains, and her spiritual eyes contained a sea of stars.

Even with a light veil covering her face, she possessed a peerless, transcendent beauty.

Seeing her again, a natural sense of peculiarity arose in Lin Yang’s heart.

Their first encounter in his previous life was filled with a myriad of charms and endless romance.

At the time of his death… never mind, let’s not talk about it.

Now, meeting again, observing her from such a close distance.

Seeing her bright eyes, which held the clarity of autumn waters, he could already mentally sketch the snow-jade countenance hidden by the veil, as if even her breathing could be recreated, naturally evoking a different set of emotions.

At the same time, Li Shiya also felt something and immediately looked back at Lin Yang below.

A moment later, Li Shiya showed a peculiar expression.

She was somewhat puzzled. She had clearly never seen this handsome young man before, yet why did a trace of an inexplicable ripple surge in her heart the first time she looked at him?

“I admit, I am at my Peak, peerlessly graceful, and heroically unmatched, but does Fairy really need to stare at me like this?”

Seeing Li Shiya’s beautiful eyes appraising him, Lin Yang couldn’t help but tease her.

Li Shiya was surprised, her delicate eyebrows slightly raised.

The young Prodigies she had seen before, in her presence, were either at a loss, or they desperately tried to express their various extraordinary qualities, striving to attract her attention.

Yet this person in front of her was openly teasing her?

“Fellow Daoist misunderstands. I merely happened to glimpse in you a certain resemblance to an old acquaintance, which is why I couldn’t help but look twice. Please forgive my impoliteness.”

Her red lips beneath the light veil moved, emitting a melodious sound like dewdrops on bamboo leaves.

“What a beautiful voice!”

Everyone present, hearing the heavenly sound, had their eyes light up.

“So that’s it. I wonder which old acquaintance Fairy was reminded of when she saw me? Could you tell me? Perhaps I might know them too,” Lin Yang said with a smile.

However, this time, Li Shiya did not respond.

After taking another deep look at Lin Yang, Li Shiya, like a Fairy treading on waves, turned and rode the wind away.

Leaving only a graceful silhouette that left everyone with lingering thoughts.

Watching Li Shiya, who turned and left without a word, Lin Yang helplessly pouted. He wanted to go forward and reveal himself, but he also felt a bit hesitant.

“Such a beautiful voice! Beneath that veil, there must be a peerless jade-like face!”

No sooner had Li Shiya departed than many male Martial Artists on the ground began to discuss amongst themselves.

“It would be such a pity if a Fairy like that were to accidentally perish within the Forbidden Zone!”

“Heh heh, that’s not necessarily true. Body Tempering Ninth Heaven, even if she perishes, she’ll probably leave a complete corpse. If I were to find it… heh heh…”

A long-haired youth with a somewhat dark complexion looked at Li Shiya’s departing back and let out a strange, lewd laugh.

Thump!

Just as he was chuckling eerily, a heavy punch suddenly came from the side, accurately landing on his nose.

“Bastard! Why did you suddenly hit me?”

The long-haired youth clutched his profusely bleeding nose, glaring fiercely at the young man who had just spoken with the light-veiled Fairy.

It was Lin Yang.

“We Cultivators should be upright and honorable. A despicable person like you, who dares to fantasize about others in broad daylight, shouldn’t you be hit?”

Lin Yang glared fiercely, speaking righteously.

“Are you sick? Whether I’m despicable or not, what does it have to do with you? Besides, I was just thinking about it, and you just attacked me. Is there no reasoning anymore?”

The long-haired youth’s nose twisted in anger upon hearing this, and his nosebleed immediately flowed even faster.

“Reasoning? I’ve Cultivated for so many years; if I still have to reason, then I’ve Cultivated in vain.”

“Bang!”

Lin Yang immediately gave the other party another punch.