Sovereign to Immortality

This was a will formed with the complete will of a powerful cultivator when he was about to die. It was a formation genie that was used to maintain the formation and achieve a certain purpose in front of him.    

Before a cultivator dies, he will use a formation to set up a test. Only those who have passed the test will be able to obtain the inheritance of the cultivator, and some powerful formation spirits will even be able to leave behind an image to force the cultivator to make a vow to fulfill the wishes of the cultivator before death, etc.    

When Yang Junshan saw the figure sitting cross-legged beside the Warm Spring Pond at the source of the stream in the valley, he suddenly realized something was wrong. Although this figure was faintly discernible in the mist, Yang Junshan was still able to tell at a glance that this figure was not human, and had already been dead for a long time without making any sound.    

Although this figure was dressed in human clothes, it had a monkey's head and was covered in earthen yellow fur. There was also a three foot long tail on its back. Clearly, it was a huge monkey wearing clothes.    

Although the monkey-demon had been dead for a long time, its fleshly body was not rotted. From this, it could be seen that it had been working its way up to its peak, and although there was not a single trace of life on its body, the corpse of this giant monkey gave Yang Junshan a cold and inviolable feeling.    

What surprised Yang Junshan was that from the looks of this demon's corpse, this demon cultivator had perished for at least a few decades, or maybe even longer. And several decades ago, the great change of the world had not happened, and the alien cultivators had not descended, yet, and the demon cultivator had appeared in this cultivation world. Where did this demon monkey come from?    

However, Yang Junshan soon thought of the demon beast that appeared on the Hundred Sparrow Mountain, the Great King Taize of the Nanxuan Swamp, the barbarian cultivators that he saw at the southern border, as well as Wu Shuo and Jiu Li.    

When speaking of the alien cultivators' arrival, people would often think of the great change in the world and how the alien cultivators had descended from the sky like meteors. However, the truth was that the alien cultivators had already started infiltrating this world before this, but this kind of infiltration was either as secretive as the Great Swamp King, or as powerful as Wu Shuo's or Jiu Li's cultivation.    

Meanwhile, this monkey demon cultivator was clearly an alien cultivator who had already hidden himself within this cultivation world. However, it was clear that he had died before waiting for the world to change.    

Yang Junshan thought for a while, cupped his hands towards the dead body of the monkey demon, and then began to examine it carefully. He soon found out the real reason of the monkey demon's death, but because of this, Yang Junshan's face was full of astonishment.    

The seal of Heaven! The monkey demon's fatal injury is actually the seal of Heaven!    

Yang Junshan immediately guessed where this monkey-demon cultivator came from. He must have entered this world from the Hidden Sky Ruins, and when he entered this world, he was met with an attack from a Heaven Shaking Sect cultivator, barely escaping into the Coldjade mountain range after being heavily injured. Before he died, he laid a large formation protecting this huge monkey tribe in this valley, and used his willpower to form a spirit formation to protect this valley.    

When he thought back to Old Yang's previous experiences in the Hidden Sky Ruins, he realized that the inheritance of the Heaven Shaking Sect came from a cultivator who died in the Hidden Sky Ruins. He could not help but wonder, could it be that the Heaven Shaking Sect's cultivators fought with the monkey demon and ended up both of them lost, and the Heaven Shaking Sect's cultivators fell in the Hidden Sky Ruins?    

Yang Junshan found it funny, but he didn't know that although this guess wasn't accurate, it was close. Unfortunately, the person in question had died long ago, so what was the situation now? It had become an unsolved case.    

Ignoring the death of the monkey demon, Yang Junshan's expression turned more serious as he recalled the information he had gotten from Daoist Master Sunset's photo inheritance bead regarding the Sacrificial Array.    

There were usually only two ways to break through a formation like this. The first method was naturally to rely on one's tyrannical strength to forcefully break it open, but this also meant that the secrets to the array would disappear along with the formation's destruction. The second method was to obtain the approval of the formation's guardian spirit and dissolve the will of the person who set up the formation; this way, one would be able to reduce the danger and at the same time, obtain the inheritance and secrets left behind by the person who set up the formation.    

Yang Junshan thought for a while and tried to take a few steps forward. However, an imposing aura was like a dark cloud with thunder, floating above Yang Junshan's head, as if warning him that if he took one more step forward, he would be annihilated!    

As a quasi-grandmaster level array master, Yang Junshan could naturally sense that this danger was real. However, taking a few steps forward allowed Yang Junshan to achieve his goal. Although his Spiritual Awareness was suppressed by the array and his vision was covered by the mist, he could still faintly see a stone tablet behind the corpse of the monkey.    

Yang Junshan was almost certain that what was recorded on the stone tablet was the legacy of a demon monkey. Unfortunately, no matter how good the inheritance was, it could only be applied to demon cultivators, and to Yang Junshan, it didn't have any benefits.    

However, the formation laid down by the monkey demon was not simple at all. Yang Junshan was quite interested in this kind of formation that could unconsciously conceal a cultivator's spiritual awareness. If he could obtain this formation's inheritance map, then this trip would be worth it.    

Yang Junshan seemed to lose his interest and shifted his attention away from the hot spring. Instead, he looked at a stone cellar beside the stream at the bottom of the hot spring. The strong aroma of alcohol came from here.    

Thinking about the great strength and tyrannical bodies of those monkeys, Yang Junshan couldn't help but look forward to opening the stone cellar.    

The irregular potholes in the stone pit were obviously the work of the Giants. The strong aroma of the wine in the stone cellar didn't arouse Yang Junshan's interest at this moment, but his attention was focused on the several fruits and mosaics soaked in the wine.    

"Bone Strengthening Grass is classified as a low-grade precious rank spirit grass because it possesses extremely strong Bone Forging abilities. Rootless Fruit, medium-grade treasure spirit fruit, the main ingredient to refine a healing panacea. Crimson Primordial Flower, high-grade treasure spirit grass, the main ingredient of the Body Tempering Holy Elixir Marrow Forging Elixir."    

This kind of high grade spiritual herb could be considered a treasure of heaven and earth. Normally, it was an extremely rare treasure in the cultivation world, but one that would cause a small commotion and struggle, it was not surprising for a cultivator to have a falling out and fight over it.    

However, there were actually three of them in this valley. What made Yang Junshan even more mad was that these three treasures were actually used by a group of monkeys to drink!    

No wonder they all looked so strong. Not to mention a group of monkeys, even if a group of pigs ate the wine soaked in these things, they would still be able to knock over a tiger.    

However, the key point was that with such rare treasures, where did this group of monkeys obtain them?    

Just when Yang Junshan was about to retreat from the source of the pool without alerting the array to counterattack, the distant mountain beams and branches started to sway. The group of monkeys that were chasing after Yang Junshan had returned.    

The return of this group of young monkeys immediately broke the silence of the valley. Immediately, an old monkey went up to greet them, but he only saw a huge monkey in the middle of the group, carrying a huge monkey as it sadly returned.    

However, when they heard the old monkey's loud yells and found out that someone had broken into the valley, the monkeys exploded again. They carried the giant monkey that was knocked out by Yang Junshan and quickly rushed into the depths of the valley, coincidentally meeting Yang Junshan who was about to leave.    

The one who broke into their dwelling place was Yang Junshan, who was chasing after them earlier. The group of monkeys were extremely angry, as countless stones and fruits were thrown towards Yang Junshan.    

Yang Junshan humphed angrily, his aura started to surge, and just when he was about to teach those monkeys a lesson, he suddenly felt the pressure like thunder from behind him reappear. Yang Junshan was stunned, the power that was about to attack suddenly changed into the Mountain Guardsman Spell around him.    

For no reason, the furious monkeys suddenly calmed down. All of the huge monkeys retracted their arms. Some of the huge monkeys even had fear on their faces as they hid behind their peers.    

Yang Junshan was sighing more and more about the intelligence of these huge monkeys. The intelligence they displayed was something that even some of the demonic cultivators at the Spirit Demon level couldn't compare to, but these huge monkeys didn't have any demonic aura.    

At this time, Yang Junshan saw that unconscious giant monkey being carried by several of the strongest monkeys. Surprisingly, the surrounding giant monkeys still had a mournful look on their faces. Yang Junshan's heart skipped a beat, pointed at the unconscious giant monkey, and sent a beam of spiritual light towards it.    

The monkeys were suddenly in an uproar. There were even some monkeys blocking the way to protect the dead body, but Yang Junshan was so fast and nimble that before they could do anything, the spiritual light had already entered the dead monkey's body.    

Just when the monkeys were at a loss about what to do, the unconscious giant monkey suddenly became clear-headed. It then jumped up from the ground and looked around in confusion at its own kind.    

The monkeys were shocked once again, but this time, they knew the reason. The dozens of monkeys immediately kneeled down towards Yang Junshan, leaving the one that had just woken up to start drawing. The moment he saw Yang Junshan, he jumped and pointed at him, but was immediately slapped to the ground by an even stronger monkey beside him.    

The scene in front of his eyes was out of Yang Junshan's expectation. After being stunned for a while, Yang Junshan suddenly felt the sense of danger from before disappear again. He was suddenly enlightened and asked the group of monkeys, "Why do you have to kneel to me?"    

The huge monkey group was stirred slightly, and some of the huge monkeys had a look of confusion on their faces. However, the strong giant monkey that knocked the giant monkey down suddenly stood up, pointed first towards the hot spring pool, then pointed at Yang Junshan, and gulped as if it wanted to express something.    

Yang Junshan thought for a while and said, "Are you trying to say that the fallen man beside the Warm Spring Water Pool is just as powerful as me?"