The Unparalleled Sword Emperor Chapter 2977 - 2952: Fire Lotus Mountain

Above the Southern Continent’s earth, seventy-two major clans dominate all tribes on the continent.

But among these seventy-two major clans, only three can truly lead Under Heaven—the Emperor Tribe, the Sword Pavilion Clan, and the Jiuli Tribe.

These three clans claim that unless the Poison God Clan emerges, the three clans will rule as kings and marquises.

And traditionally, in the Monarch’s Birthday Celebration of the Venerable Lord of Thousands Treasures, the martial arts competition’s results almost invariably fall within these three clans, with other clans merely joining for the spectacle.

At this moment, a strong one from the Jiuli Tribe asked, "I wonder if the strong ones from the Sword Pavilion Clan and the Emperor Tribe have arrived? Who are the talents they brought..."

Chen Zhixiao replied, "The Sword Pavilion and the Emperor Tribe arrived at Fire Lotus Mountain half a month ago and have already settled in, and as for the talents they brought..."

"Yan Ji from the Emperor Tribe, Su Tingzong from the Sword Pavilion have all arrived."

Chen Zhixiao said.

Upon hearing this, the strong ones from the Jiuli Tribe had their smiles freeze on their faces, with some displeasure in their expressions, whispering, "Two of the three legendary talents of present-day Southern Continent have indeed arrived."

"Where is Bai Qing? Has Bai Qing not come?"

A strong one from the Jiuli Tribe asked.

Chen Zhixiao said, "Bai Qing walks alone, with unpredictable whereabouts, and no one knows which tribe he is from. Perhaps he is already at Fire Lotus Mountain but without revealing his identity, or maybe he hasn’t come!"

"That remains unknown."

"All right, seniors, let me first guide you to rest!"

Chen Zhixiao waited at the ferry crossing entirely to welcome the strong ones from the Jiuli Tribe.

As for other warriors, they were not worth Chen Zhixiao’s time to welcome at this location for long.

...

Lin Bai, Ye Suxin, and Lin Ye followed the crowd, crossing the ancient path of Fire Lotus Mountain, heading into the distance.

"Look, what is that?"

As everyone walked on the ancient path, suddenly a warrior exclaimed.

Everyone looked up.

Lin Bai also looked up, seeing a massive three-legged cauldron standing atop a fiery mountain in the distance, emitting a terrifying wave of power.

Upon hearing the warrior’s exclamation, a servant of Fire Lotus Mountain said, "No need to panic, this cauldron is named Mountain Cauldron, personally refined by my master, Venerable Lord of Thousands Treasures!"

"Placed here to suppress the Qi Yun and the fire veins of this place!"

"By the way, everyone must remember not to approach the Mountain Cauldron, for it is a King-level Spiritual Artifact. Any casual approach might result in injury by the artifact’s powerful influence!"

The servant said with a cheerful smile.

The surrounding warriors turned pale at his words.

A King-level Spiritual Artifact just placed casually within Fire Lotus Mountain.

Aren’t they afraid of it being stolen?

Other family forces, upon acquiring a King-level Spiritual Artifact, would treat it as a treasure and hide it, even top powers like the Jiuli Tribe, Sword Pavilion Clan, and Emperor Tribe do the same.

King-level Spiritual Artifacts are considered treasures in these three clans, not casually displayed.

Yet the Venerable Lord of Thousands Treasures casually leaves such an artifact here!

"Aren’t they afraid of it being stolen?" a warrior weakly asked.

This warrior’s question resonated with many others.

The servant laughed, "Haha, everyone can rest assured, I fear no warrior under heaven would dare to steal from Fire Lotus Mountain, not even the Central Holy Nation would!"

"Moreover, within Fire Lotus Mountain, my master Venerable Lord of Thousands Treasures’ cultivation is respectable, though not among the top strong ones on the Barbaric Ancient Continent, yet it is the Great Perfection of the Wending Realm!"

"My master has five direct disciples, apart from the Fifth Disciple, others have all broken through the Wending Realm!"

"Additionally, there are tens of thousands of registered disciples like us in Fire Lotus Mountain, with powerful protective Spirit Beasts surrounding it, so I doubt anyone would dare to cause trouble at Fire Lotus Mountain!"

The servant chuckled lightly.

At this point, everyone understood these warriors were registered disciples of the Venerable Lord of Thousands Treasures.

Registered disciples, naturally were not comparable to direct disciples like Chen Zhixiao.

And from the warrior’s words, Lin Bai also learned the Venerable Lord of Thousands Treasures has five direct disciples, with the other four already breaking through the Wending Realm, except for the Fifth Disciple who hasn’t broken through yet.

"Everyone, your residence has arrived!"

At this time, the servant said faintly.

Everyone looked up, this place should be the western side of Fire Lotus Mountain, with numerous rows of houses built, each house with an independent small courtyard.

"Every year during master’s birthday celebration, many warriors come to offer birthday greetings, hence master specifically built many houses around Fire Lotus Mountain for everyone’s accommodation!"

"And around Fire Lotus Mountain, due to the groundswell of Earth Fire, it’s not suitable for warriors to reside, hence master constructed these houses!"

"Everyone can freely choose a room to stay in!"

"But once you check-in, you need to twist the Magic Circle on the door, indicating that someone has occupied the place!"

"You can stay here patiently for a while, my master’s birthday celebration is set for seven days later, in seven days, we will bring you all into the venue!"

"If there are no other issues, we will take our leave."

After finishing, this group of registered disciples clasped their hands in parting thanks and then departed.

Meanwhile, the warriors here entered the continuous mountain range, searching for houses to settle in one after another.

"Let’s go, we should also find a house to stay in!" Lin Bai smiled, leading Ye Suxin and Lin Ye inside.

Lin Bai deliberately chose two rather secluded and quiet houses.

Upon arriving at the door, Lin Bai saw the print "Unoccupied" on the door’s Magic Circle.

Lin Bai smiled, walked up, lifted his hand, and with a flick of spiritual power pressed on the two words, the "Unoccupied" instantly changed to "Guest Residence," indicating someone had settled here.

This is an extremely simple Magic Circle, nearly all warriors can execute it.

Ye Suxin’s room was right next to Lin Bai’s.

While Lin Ye stayed with Lin Bai.

Everyone entered the room, exhausted from travel, and began to rest.

...

After settling the strong ones from Jiuli Tribe, Chen Zhixiao walked back onto Fire Lotus Mountain, into a spacious hall, and walked inside.

Inside, four warriors were still waiting.

These four warriors, two men and two women, the men handsome and the women beautiful.

"Greetings, Senior Brother." Chen Zhixiao clasped his fists and said, "Brothers and Sisters."

"Greetings, Second Senior Brother," the others, one man and two women clasped their fists and said.

But the middle-aged man did not speak, his face cold and stern, looking at Chen Zhixiao he said, "Second Junior Brother, the warriors from the Jiuli Tribe have arrived?"

Chen Zhixiao nodded and said, "They have arrived, Li Can came along."

"But Senior Brother, will it be Li Can?"

This middle-aged man said coldly, "If Fifth Junior Brother guessed correctly, this year at master’s birthday celebration, someone will seek an artifact defying nature, and this artifact will bring master tremendous trouble!"

"As disciples, we naturally cannot stand by and watch master send himself to death!"

"Based on the talents arriving at Fire Lotus Mountain from present-day Southern Continent, Yan Ji from the Emperor Tribe, Su Tingzong from the Sword Pavilion Clan, Li Can from the Jiuli Tribe, along with several other talents, they all could be contenders in this martial arts competition to win!"

"They are all qualified to request master to forge weapons!"

"Thus, we can only act against these few individuals, hoping to thwart master’s impending disaster, breaking this Nine Black Death Crisis!"

The middle-aged man said.

One of the women in a green robe softly said, "But Senior Brother, Fifth Junior Brother also mentioned master appears unafraid, instead seeming hopeful for the arrival of this person! If we act, wouldn’t it displease master?"

The middle-aged man said, "Third Sister, I care little for that, if you all are unwilling to assist, then I won’t blame you, I can do it alone!"

Within the hall, another white-robed woman said, "Senior Brother, we never said we wouldn’t help, Third Senior Sister didn’t mean that, master treats us as his own, naturally we can’t let him step into the Netherworld!"

The middle-aged man said, "Since that’s the case, let’s begin preparations!"

The other four nodded, and Fifth Disciple Hu Qi sighed helplessly, also nodding, and started preparing for Senior Brother’s plan!