The Purgatory Calamity-Chapter 47 - 37 Insect Valley_1
Chapter 47: Chapter 37 Insect Valley_1
Chapter 47 -37 Insect Valley_1
Pang Jian once again became the team’s guide, responsible for arranging the upcoming itinerary.
Luo Hongyan’s behavior thereafter not only took Pang Jian by surprise but also left both the Su and He families incredulous.
She entrusted all the details of the subsequent exploration and itinerary to Pang Jian, providing unwavering support regardless of which direction he took.
She informed Su Yuntian and He Rong that the territories they originally intended to explore were active with the hunters of Dark Ghost.
She openly shared that Pang Jian had saved many lives, being well-acquainted with the terrain of the mountain range and its many dangers.
Due to her strong recommendation, both the Su and He families agreed to let Pang Jian act as their guide.
And so, under Pang Jian’s lead, this team continued to push northward toward the deepest parts of the Solitude Mountain Range.
Along the way, she stuck close to Pang Jian, making small talk with him whenever she found an excuse.
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Another deep night descended.
Full of seething anger, He Rong watched with a stern face from afar as the two whispered together by a distant campfire.
Every now and then, Luo Hongyan’s giggles would ring out, filling He Rong with immense irritation.
“They look like a couple.”
Su Meng quietly added fuel to the fire in a low voice.
He Rong, infuriated, suddenly rose to his feet, but Su Yuntian grabbed and pushed him back down, asking bizarrely, “What in the world are you so angry about?”
“You must remember that Ziren is already dead, and those two aren’t married. That girl is not a daughter-in-law of the He family!”
He Rong roared lowly, “Seeing her like this, thinking of how Ziren was infatuated with her to the point where he might not even have any bones left, that’s what makes me angry!”
“People can’t be brought back from the dead, there’s no need for this,” Su Yuntian advised gently, urging He Rong not to act impulsively and not to stir up trouble at this time.
Su Yuntian also found it strange that Miss Ning, who was always cold to others, behaved exceptionally proactive toward Pang Jian, sticking to his side whenever he wasn’t cultivating.
Who knew what they were talking about, but occasionally her laughter like silver bells would suggest she was in a good mood.
The death of Ning Yuanshan and several servants of the Ning family seemed to have no effect on her.
Could it be, she simply didn’t care?
Rubbing his chin, Su Yuntian watched Luo Hongyan, who had become extremely passionate in Pang Jian’s company, filled with doubts of his own.
“Miss Ning, disregarding public opinion and not choosing Brother Ziren, but taking a fancy to this mountain hunter—I find that quite admirable!” Su Meng said softly.
Her words only worsened the look on He Rong’s face nearby.
“Dad, you are not allowed to meddle in my future marriage!”
Su Meng declared preemptively.
Su Yuntian glared at her fiercely, speaking with a headache, “With your talent, the Su Family doesn’t have the right to interfere.”
“When you go to the Raging Sun Sect, there will be a master who claims you, and your marital affairs will be arranged by your master, without the family having a say.”
“Then I’ll have to choose a good master!” Su Meng warned vigilantly.
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“Hiss hiss!”
Stirring the firewood in the campfire, causing sparks to scatter, Pang Jian observed the woman opposite him.
Whenever he wasn’t cultivating, she would initiate conversations with him about the world of Cultivators.
Sometimes, she would even share some of the wonders and strange tales of the Sects in the Third Realm.
Through casual chats, Pang Jian learned that the Dong Family and Su Family from the seven major families had deep connections with the Raging Sun Sect in the Upper Realm.
The girl named Su Meng was specifically scouted by the Raging Sun Sect.
The Zhou Family had roots with Red Mountain in the Upper Realm, while the Ning and He families maintained closer relations with the Star River Alliance.
The Shangguan and Ouyang Families were seen as vassals of the Blood Moon in the Lower Realm, and talented youths from both families would go to great lengths to cultivate at Blood Moon.
Above the Third Realm, amidst countless floating island-like fragments, were two continents named Qian Tian and Xuan You.
The most powerful Cultivator forces were based on these two continents, namely Raging Sun Sect, Red Mountain, Blood Moon, Yin Spirit Temple, and Star River Alliance.
Where the Raging Sun Sect and Red Mountain were located on the Qian Tian Continent, the Blood Moon, Star River Alliance, and Yin Spirit Temple were situated on the Xuan You Continent.
Miss Ning had long been recognized by the Star River Alliance and would cultivate with the Star River Alliance in the Third Realm in the future, with her current goal to hone her realm and cultivation in the Lower Realm.
After the life-and-death ordeal at Black Water Pool, the once aloof young woman seemed to have suddenly changed her temperament.
Following her sincere apology in the tree hollow, she no longer put on airs of superiority, and everything she did subsequently left Pang Jian with no complaints.
When he sought a quiet place to cultivate with the Spirit Stones in his bamboo basket, the young woman would tactfully leave.
And when he felt like talking, the young woman would proactively find him, sharing in-depth knowledge about the cultivation world, giving him a new understanding of this universe.
The girl also obtained enough food and clean water from the Su and He families and persuaded them to follow him.
Her recent behavior had been pleasing to Pang Jian at every turn, denying him any chance to express his irritation.
Sometimes, Pang Jian wondered if the Miss Ning who had nearly drowned in the Black Water Pool had something wrong with her brain.
“What are you thinking about?”
Seeing his absent-mindedness, Luo Hongyan stopped her descriptions of the marvels of the Third Realm and asked him with a smile.
“There are three forbidden zones in the Solitude Mountain Range that I never used to go to. Black Water Pool is one, another is called Insect Valley, and the third is a small island in Wulan Lake.”
Pang Jian gathered his scattered thoughts and looked into the distance, saying, “We are almost at Insect Valley, I plan to check it out.”
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Luo Hongyan’s eyebrows twitched subtly, and her luminous lips parted in surprise, asking curiously, “Who told you about these three forbidden zones?”
In the memories of the real Ning Yao inside him and in the numerous recollections of the “Spirit Evil,” there was no mention of these so-called three forbidden zones.
“Some old hunters told me,” Pang Jian lied naturally, because these three forbidden zones were simply areas his father had instructed him never to enter.
“Oh, alright, then Insect Valley…”
With her suspicions, Luo Hongyan tactfully didn’t probe further and asked cheerfully, “I will listen to whatever you say anyway, wherever you say we should go, I will follow.”
Pang Jian was momentarily stunned, looking at her with a strange expression.
“Everyone get ready, once we have eaten, we will head for Insect Valley.”
Luo Hongyan, rising to her feet, moved towards the Su and He families, but didn’t actually approach them too closely, instead she spoke indifferently, “Pang Jian said that Insect Valley is a bit dangerous, so all of you should be careful.”
After giving her instructions, she returned to Pang Jian’s side with a graceful twist of her waist, completely oblivious to the anger in He Rong’s eyes.
In her heart, He Rong and Su Yuntian were nothing more than higher-level “Spirit Evils.”
She kept them alive simply because she needed these people to exist, so she could better maintain the identity of Ning Yao.
“Let’s continue.”
Pang Jian slowly stood up, holding the Dragon Pattern Spear and carrying a bamboo basket on his back as he moved forward through the night.
In the silent darkness, the group huddled close together, not daring to spread out too much.
After Luo Hongyan informed the Su and He families, she immediately drew close to Pang Jian, almost sticking to him.
Pang Jian, now accustomed to this, could smell the pleasant scent radiating from her, and occasionally, impure thoughts would arise in his heart.
An hour later.
Under the dark night sky, Pang Jian arrived at Insect Valley—an area he had passed several times before but never ventured deeply into.
Because it was too dark, he could not see anything on his way there and had not noticed another Phoenix Bone stabbed into the ground of Insect Valley.
After arriving at Insect Valley and being followed by the people from the Su and He families, who lit up their lanterns, he then noticed something unusual.
A Phoenix Bone was thrust into a massive bee hive, piercing through the hive, with the sharp end penetrating deep into the ground, surrounded by numerous skeletons.
Seeing a bee hive of such size for the first time, Pang Jian had no idea how many Bee Insects could have lived inside it.
Recalling the giant snake at the bottom of the Black Water Pool, Pang Jian guessed that this massive bee hive was the source of the terror in the forbidden zone of Insect Valley.
Like the giant snake, the bee hive had been targeted by a falling Phoenix Bone, impaling it.
Countless Bee Insects must have died in Insect Valley, drained of their essence blood by the Phoenix Bone, turning into another drop of Phoenix Marrow.
“Clothes from the Ouyang Family!”
Wielding a torch, Su Yuntian moved closer to examine and exclaimed, “Ning Yao, they are from a team of the Ouyang Family!”
“You’ve said you encountered Ouyang Duanhai, who was no longer human nor ghost and ultimately got killed by the Dark Ghost in the Black Water Pool. This must be the place where Ouyang Duanhai met his end!”
“A humanoid monster, Ouyang Duanhai, killed by a Dark Ghost?” Pang Jian was astonished.
He gave Luo Hongyan a meaningful look and knew immediately that she had not told the Su and He families the truth, that the creature called Ouyang Duanhai had been eaten from the inside by a blood-colored phoenix bird, which also ended up entering the copper plate inside his body.
“There’s nothing of value here anymore.”
Now that Luo Hongyan knew that the Phoenix Marrow had already formed and been seized by Ouyang Duanhai, she found the place somewhat boring and said, “Pang Jian, no matter what wonders this place might have had, it won’t have them anymore.”
Pang Jian saw it too.
With the fall of the Phoenix Bone, the bee hive pinned to the ground, and the creation of Phoenix Marrow, the place indeed had lost its value.
“We’ll rest here for the night. Before dawn tomorrow, we’ll head to Wulan Lake to see if the island in the middle has another Phoenix Bone stuck in it.”
He had a strong intuition.
If the two places listed as forbidden by his father, Black Water Pool and Insect Valley, had been chosen by the Phoenix Bone, then it’s highly likely that there existed a fourth Phoenix Bone on the small island in Wulan Lake.
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