Mortal Mirror

The Human King, hearing everyone's questions, immediately told them, "This bird is called the Azure Phoenix. It possesses a trace of the Phoenix's bloodline. These giant birds have good temperaments and won't easily harm humans, provided humans don't harm them.

Seeing the Azure Phoenix indicates that we are not far from the Mountain Sea Fortress. Many giant birds from beyond the pass sometimes cross the barriers. As long as they don't indiscriminately slaughter living beings, we allow them to pass.

This Azure Phoenix is one of the giant birds permitted to cross the Mountain Sea Fortress."

Hearing the Human King's explanation, everyone felt relieved.

The further they went, giant birds appeared in the sky from time to time. Everyone felt as if they had arrived in an ancient world, filled with both excitement and awe, mixed with trepidation.

After another day, they saw a massive city wall in the distance, resembling a great mountain.

The ancient bricks were covered with mottled marks, and all the stones were a dark red color. The Human King said that it was the color formed by the blood of countless years of battles.

Li Muzhen was the most moved at this moment because he had stayed at Tianjian Pass for several years. At that time, he thought Tianjian Pass was the most magnificent pass in the world, but compared to this, it was nothing to look at.

A small wizard seeing a great one was just like this.

Soon, he learned that the entire Mountain Sea Pass's city wall was three hundred zhang high and a hundred zhang wide, all built with the hardest cyan stone.

There was no gate on the city wall, only a staircase leading to the top.

It was because of this tall city wall that they could prevent the entry of the demon and alien armies from the outside. This huge pass had been situated here for countless years.

Legend has it that when the human race first drove the demon race outside the Mountain Sea Fortress, they began to build this city wall, which took countless manpower and hundreds of years to complete.

During this period, the demon race would send great demons to cause trouble from time to time to prevent the human race from building this city wall. To build this city wall, no one knows how many people died. Legend has it that under this city wall, there are countless bones, as wide as several miles.

On top of the city wall, on a blue boulder of a different color, were three incredibly ancient and simple characters written: Mountain Sea Fortress.

The divine characters possessed a spirit. Seeing these two characters, everyone seemed to feel an ancient and vicissitudinous aura rushing towards them, as if an eternally unopened door was now opened for them.

It would be a lie to say that Li Ergou wasn't excited. From far away, he felt a huge divine sense sweeping across the air.

The power of the divine sense only swept over him, but his heart suddenly twitched, as if a great terror had struck.

Although he didn't know how powerful the owner of this divine sense was, he knew that this person must be terrifyingly strong.

At this moment, he saw a person with wings flying towards them. Getting closer, Li Ergou realized that the wings were actually a kind of magical artifact. This object was very simple in shape, like two large wooden boards, but it was extremely fast.

In the blink of an eye, he arrived in front of the warship.

This person was wearing bronze armor and holding a golden token in his hand. He shouted, "I am the gatekeeper of the Mountain Sea Fortress. Who are you? What is your purpose?"

The Human King, Lu Yun, and the others, hearing the question, immediately walked out from the ship's tower. Seeing this person, the Human King immediately said, "I am Human King Yan Jiuxuan, under the Emperor's decree, to allow the cultivators of the World's First Martial Arts Tournament to undergo the final trial."

As he spoke, he flicked his wrist, and a scroll appeared in his hand. He threw it up, and the scroll unfolded in mid-air, immediately emitting golden light, and rows of golden characters appeared in the air.

It was written on it: I hereby decree that all the scholars of the world enter the Mountain Sea Fortress for trials. May the Great High Priest grant them passage.

With the imperial decree issued, Li Ergou and the others realized that there was an existence beyond imperial power on this Mountain Sea Fortress, and that was the Great High Priest.

More precisely, the Mountain Sea Fortress was a place that imperial power could not touch. It seemed like an independent world. The people on the fortress only focused on the world outside the fortress, and they would not care about the affairs inside the fortress.

It was as if the change of imperial power had nothing to do with them.

And all the people on the Mountain Sea Fortress were gathered from several forces: the Taoist sect, the Buddhist sect, the Confucian school, the imperial court, the demonic sect, great demons, ghost cultivators, forbidden areas, etc.

Therefore, on the Mountain Sea Fortress, there was no distinction between races or genders. As long as you came to guard the Mountain Sea Fortress, you would be welcomed by the fortress. Most importantly,

As long as you stayed on the Mountain Sea Fortress for a year or completed some special tasks, you would receive a Xuanling Pill as a reward. One pill could increase a cultivator's power by ten years, so the Mountain Sea Fortress never lacked guardians who came for it.

At this time, Li Ergou truly knew that outside the Mountain Sea Fortress was the legendary Northern Sea. The Northern Sea was not a sea, but a huge lake. Legend has it that it was the holy land of the demon race and the birthplace of the demon ancestor.

As soon as the imperial decree came out, a golden light rose from the Mountain Sea Fortress, and then a cold voice said, "So it's the little fellows from the Martial Arts Tournament. Time flies so fast. In the blink of an eye, thirty years have passed. I wonder if there are any powerful people among this year's little fellows.

I'm looking forward to it. Let them enter the fortress."

The big ship continued to move forward and then landed on the huge city wall. Li Ergou saw many guardians in armor looking over at the city wall, as if they were very interested in them.

Before he got off the ship, an old Taoist priest wearing a tattered Taoist robe, with a wine-soaked nose, and carrying a red gourd on his back, swayed towards them, saying as he walked, "Oh, another group of youngsters has come. I hope these little fellows are not as weak as the group from thirty years ago.

If that's the case, they can leave now."

The old Taoist swayed, looking like he couldn't stand still, but the guards seemed to be used to this person, and not only did no one reprimand him, but everyone's eyes were full of respect.

At this moment, the Human King, along with Lu Yun, Yuanguang, and Zhou Xuantong, stood on the bow of the ship. Seeing the old man, they immediately flew down. After the few people landed, they came to the old man and said very respectfully, "We have met Senior."

Everyone on the ship looked surprised, not expecting this sloppy Taoist to have such a high status.

Later, Li Ergou learned that this Taoist was not simple. He was known as the Drunken Immortal, and his cultivation was even more astonishing, at the ninth realm, and even the peak of the ninth realm, a proper half-step to the celestial realm.

Without time to think about it, the soldiers on the ship began to let everyone disembark.

When Li Ergou's foot landed on the giant fortress, his heart trembled inexplicably, as if he could feel the ancient city wall carrying untold time and years.

Looking up, at this moment, another grand voice resounded.