450: The chosen one is not omnipotent.

Players gathered at the Qingling Sect to study.

Disciple-Grandson Xiao Jingbo and the other Qingling Sect natives nearly ground their teeth to dust.

However, compelled by the Old Ancestor's requirements, they had no choice but to transform into teaching NPCs one by one, honestly imparting the Legacy.

As expected, the Golden Core Players who initially participated in the siege were granted the highest priority for learning, and they could even learn directly from the Qing Ling Sect Ancestor.

After about three months of study, they couldn't exactly say they had mastered everything, but they had at least fully inherited two Nascent Soul Methods; the rest would just be a matter of time and refinement.

Most other players had to learn through Disciple-Grandson Xiao Jingbo and the others, which was much slower, forcing them to stay at the Qingling Sect.

Consequently, more and more players gathered at the Qingling Sect, to the point of overcrowding, necessitating expansion outward.

Thus, Disciple-Grandson Xiao Jingbo and the others could only watch with strange, complex expressions as the Qingling Sect's territory grew ever larger.

By the time some meddlesome players announced that the entire North Mountain was now incorporated into the Qingling Sect's territory, Disciple-Grandson Xiao Jingbo and the others were at a loss for words.

Such large-scale expansion could not be hidden from the Yuyao Kingdom, but considering the deterrent power of the Qing Ling Sect Ancestor, the Yuyao Kingdom actually took the initiative to withdraw from North Mountain.

Unsurprisingly, North Mountain would become the residence of the Qingling Sect.

Most players were delighted by this.

Only one player was very unhappy.

That was Ma Dun.

"Wait, what do you mean the Qingling Sect has occupied the entire North Mountain?"

Ma Dun felt as if the sky had collapsed.

He had brought Yan Xiao to North Mountain and the Yuyao Kingdom precisely to wipe out the influence of the Yuyao Kingdom on North Mountain, so that the Yao Race Players could reoccupy it.

And he, in turn, would become the King of North Mountain.

Now, the first part had indeed succeeded; through some inexplicable chain reaction, the Yuyao Kingdom had withdrawn from North Mountain.

But...

I haven't even gotten on board yet!

Ma Dun was practically crying without tears.

When the entire Qingling Sect raid happened, he had been in the territory of the Demon Race Outside the Wall, accepting the hospitality of the Yao Race with Yan Xiao and getting dead drunk.

By the time the banquet ended and Yan Xiao was ready to go to Sacred Emperor Mountain, everything at the Qingling Sect had already been settled.

Ma Dun howled at the sky and shed tears, but there was nothing he could do.

He certainly wouldn't dare bring Yan Xiao to cause trouble at North Mountain again.

After all, the affairs of the Qingling Sect were related to the Nascent Soul Method of the players, which could be considered the common interest of all players; he would have to be insane to interfere.

With no other choice, Ma Dun had to follow Yan Xiao to Sacred Emperor Mountain, hoping to find some Opportunity within.

But...

Something bizarre happened.

Ma Dun had long known about Yan Xiao's peculiarity; this child of destiny would always trigger a series of chain reactions, no matter where he went.

He could even be struck by a grotto-heaven full of spiritual resources while on the road.

So when Yan Xiao stepped into Sacred Emperor Mountain, Ma Dun already had a premonition that they would be fully rewarded this time, perhaps even obtaining the best Legacy of Sacred Emperor Mountain.

But...

Yan Xiao had only just stepped inside when his expression changed drastically, his whole body subjected to extremely terrifying pressure.

It was almost like the pressure directed at Feng Chuan, perhaps even higher.

In the end, Yan Xiao erupted with power and barely managed to escape, looking at Sacred Emperor Mountain with suspicion and uncertainty.

There was no way around it; he couldn't get in.

Ma Dun felt this was simply unbelievable.

This was Yan Xiao!

The child of destiny!

How could he be stopped by Sacred Emperor Mountain and unable to enter?

How was this possible?

He simply asked Yan Xiao this question directly, wanting to hear his opinion.

Yan Xiao, however, said magnanimously:

"child of destiny? That is merely a high opinion of me; I do not believe I am any different from others."

Seeing Ma Dun's confusion, Yan Xiao continued:

"Throughout the history of the cultivation world, how many Prodigies and Outstanding Talents have there been? And among them, how many were children of destiny?"

Ma Dun was shaken, then said: "But, they eventually died, and you are a living child of destiny."

Yan Xiao shook his head and said: "Even if they die, the means they leave behind are powerful enough. The creator of this Sacred Emperor Mountain was likely a Prodigy of that time; he was not an ordinary person and cannot be judged by conventional logic."

"If you believe I am a child of destiny, then back in the day, many people likely believed this Sacred Emperor was a child of destiny as well."

"Perhaps after the erosion of time, the Sacred Emperor's Divine Soul has dissipated, but the means he left behind remain strong..."

Yan Xiao looked toward Sacred Emperor Mountain and revealed a bitter smile: "I can only ask you to help me enter the mountain and check Helian Meng's message; I will wait outside for this period."

Ma Dun didn't dare enter Sacred Emperor Mountain himself, only saying: "It just so happens that some of our players are inside; I will contact them and see if there is anything else besides the first stone tablet with inscriptions."

The first person Ma Dun contacted was Wan Lin.

Because a special earthquake had previously caused an upward passage to appear in Sacred Emperor Mountain, Wan Lin had successfully reached the second layer, the Living Flesh Layer.

The characteristic of the Living Flesh Layer was that there were many wriggling pieces of flesh.

These pieces of flesh were no longer stuck to the rock walls like in the Dead Flesh Layer, but were constantly moving.

The outermost ones probably used their muscles to rub against the rock walls to squirm, and the further in one went, the more bizarre the shapes of the flesh pieces became, gradually developing tentacles, allowing them to move slowly.

By the time Wan Lin reached the deepest part, the flesh pieces had grown hands and feet; they had no fingers and no heads, but they could stand and walk, which was quite horrifying.

What was even more horrifying was that these flesh pieces would continuously pounce on Wan Lin with various deformed movements, attempting to pin him to the ground.

Wan Lin struggled desperately, smashing many flesh pieces with his fists, and then set up a small stronghold with rocks, becoming temporarily safe.

His mind was now full of questions, not knowing how to obtain the Legacy of the Living Flesh Layer.

According to the experience from the Dead Flesh Layer, the Sacred Emperor's Legacy should be passed down through these pieces of flesh for thousands and ten thousands of years, so what he needed to do was obtain the Legacy from the flesh pieces.

And this acquisition required the fusion of life with life.

Wan Lin could still tolerate it in the Dead Flesh Layer, but now, seeing so many disgusting, twisted things in the Living Flesh Layer, he truly could not accept it.

But he had spent so much time, and it had been so hard to get a chance to reach the Living Flesh Layer; how could he give up so easily?

Wan Lin had also considered that he could practice the Shanlan Dao Lineage of the Qingling Sect, which was a Dao Lineage that could lead directly to the fourth rank and was the best Dao Lineage currently mastered by the players.

And there was no need to rack his brains to obtain the Legacy; there was someone to teach him hand-in-hand, so the difficulty wasn't actually that high.

But...

Wan Lin always felt that the Immortal Foundation Golden Core Dao Lineage did not suit him.

This method of cultivating Divine Abilities and resonating with the Five Elements of heaven and earth seemed to him a bit like seeking help from external forces rather than truly cultivating oneself.

He had even heard that an Immortal Foundation could be pulled out and "eaten," that a Golden Core could be shattered by someone directly, and even a Nascent Soul could be forcibly ripped out of the Physical Body.

He felt there was a problem with this cultivation method; it was not secure.