Chapter 57: Ancient History
After Feng Shiyi left, Jade Peony walked over.
She had her hands behind her back, her steps light. She had removed her veil, revealing her devastatingly beautiful face.
Jade Peony always wore a smile, making it easy for people to develop a good impression of her. Compared to Gu Hanshuang, Mingyan was genuinely more willing to be friends with her, even though he knew this woman was definitely not as simple as she appeared.
“Did Young Master Ming get the answers you wanted?” Jade Peony’s hair danced lightly as she walked into the flower field, following the small path within it.
She was a flower demon. Standing in the flower field, she outshone all the flowers, making the others seem dim in comparison.
Jade Peony was too beautiful, different from the other women he had known. Her features carried a natural elegance and nobility. Those unique cherry-red eyes were impressive and hard to forget.
She strolled through the flower field, her posture elegant, walking towards him. He couldn’t deny that his heart had involuntarily quickened a few beats.
But he was, after all, a man of experience. He quickly suppressed the ripples in his heart. “Celestial Yu also knows, right?”
“Yes, but the identity of Miss Feng Shiyi cannot be spoken by my lips,” Jade Peony’s face showed a faint apology. “For this, I am willing to apologize to fellow Daoist Mingyan.”
Her voice was gentle, making one feel like they were bathing in a spring breeze. In this regard, she was somewhat similar to the Queen Mother of the West of Yaochi, Ning Mengru.
“Celestial Yu has her own difficulties. There is no need to apologize,” he shook his head. “The Empress must have personally descended here, right?”
“Yes, I was fortunate enough to see the Empress once,” Jade Peony walked out of the flower field, untouched by the leaves, her body carrying the rich fragrance of peonies, which was intoxicating. “The Empress and my master discussed some matters, but I don’t know the details. Even if I did, I couldn’t say.”
He nodded. “Celestial Yu, I would like to ask you about some things regarding the sacred mountain. I am a bit curious about Li Jing Sacred Mountain.”
“Is that so?” She walked to his side, invited him to walk with her, and then began to tell him about the sacred mountain.
The origin of the Demon Clan’s sacred mountain, Li Jing Mountain, was extremely ancient. Even the records of the Demon Clan could not find its roots.
The first demon descended from the top of this mountain. For tens of thousands of years afterward, demons continued to come down from the mountain. Later, these demons multiplied here, and as the Demon Clan gradually grew stronger, no more demons came down.
The Yao Guang star was not the homeland of the Demon Clan. They should have come from somewhere else.
This made Mingyan think of the legend of Yaochi’s Jade Mountain. It was said to be one of the origins of the human race, where some human ancestors were born…
The so-called birth, was it that humans appeared out of thin air, or did they complete some kind of evolution here? If it was the former, did they, like the Demon Clan, come from other places?
Jade Peony revealed a few pieces of information. In the records of the Demon Clan, they appeared in this place before the human race.
When the Demon Clan took root, the human race had not yet appeared.
But after that, there was a rather vague period of history. The records of that time were very blurry, and not many related records have been passed down.
When there were records again, the human race had already appeared and had unified the laws of cultivation, which was the early form of the current cultivation laws.
Mingyan’s heart stirred. This was his “mother,” right? His mother had appeared in this era.
Was his “mother” the first Human King Physique?
The Demon Clan and the human race had never had any major conflicts. When the human race was in trouble, the Demon Clan would even help, but they had always been rather arrogant, even helping with a condescending attitude.
For these words to come from the mouth of Jade Peony, a member of the Demon Clan, was a bit subtle. Could it be that she was also dissatisfied with this?
The human race had, of course, also helped the Demon Clan. It was said that the human cultivator who had unified the cultivation system had also solved some problems for the Demon Clan, allowing them to cultivate smoothly.
But she didn’t say much about the Demon Clan and the human race. After all, he wanted to know about the sacred mountain.
Many years later, some demons naturally wanted to follow in their ancestors’ footsteps and find their origins. So, during some periods, they conducted some investigations on the sacred mountain.
But every time, halfway through, they would encounter various things that prevented the investigation from continuing. Moreover, those who had participated in the investigation would always encounter some ominous things in their later years. There were many legends about this in the Demon Clan, the kind that could scare children to tears at night.
So, over time, no one tried to investigate the sacred mountain and the origin of the Demon Clan anymore.
Until the Demon Clan gave birth to its first Demon Emperor.
Who was a Great Emperor?
They had already reached the pinnacle of the path of cultivation and were the most powerful beings of their time. With such strength, how could the Demon Clan give up the opportunity to seek their past?
That Demon Emperor naturally began to investigate the sacred mountain.
He seemed to have found something, but he did not speak of those things.
According to the ancient records of the Demon Clan, the first Demon Emperor entered the sacred mountain and then disappeared for several hundred years. When he reappeared, he issued a warning.
“All demons are forbidden to seek the origin of the Demon Clan and the secrets of the sacred mountain.”
This sentence was erected at the foot of the sacred mountain, just behind Bai Ze’s palace, which was the only entrance to the sacred mountain.
The mountain was large, but the entrance was unique. Other places were covered by the Demon Emperor’s formation and could not be entered.
And this Demon Emperor, in his later years, also encountered some ominous things. But he later left Yao Guang and went to another planet. The first Demon Emperor of the Demon Clan was thus lost, and it is unknown where he is buried.
Since then, the Demon Clan would let the most powerful and most respected person in the clan guard this place.
This generation, it was Bai Ze.
There were obviously some secrets buried under the sacred mountain, and the true origin of the Demon Clan was unknown. These truths could even cause a generation of Demon Emperors to encounter ominous things.
The entire sacred mountain had only one path, which led to the top. The entrance was behind Bai Ze’s palace. Very few within the Demon Clan had the qualification to ascend this mountain. For outsiders to ascend, they had to gain the approval of the Demon Clan.
Besides that special crystal, there was also a stone tablet on the top, said to be left by the first demon to arrive on Yao Guang. Besides these, there was nothing else, so very few people ascended. It was more of a symbol.
When an outsider gained the right to ascend, it meant they had gained the approval of the Demon Clan, and the entire Demon Clan would respect this person.
“Since ancient times, there have been dozens of humans who have obtained this right. Most of them have helped the Demon Clan. Although many in the Demon Clan look down on the human race, we still remember these humans who have helped us,” Jade Peony said with a smile. “Perhaps one day, Young Master Ming will also be able to ascend the sacred mountain?”
