Killing Dao Fruit
Chapter 575 - 533: Determining Rank and Deciding Life or Death

Chapter 575: Chapter 533: Determining Rank and Deciding Life or Death

Swathes of colorful fog enveloped the entire mountain ridge, reducing visibility within it to a mere nine feet.

A slight inattention could easily lead to one becoming lost in the dense mountain forest.

The mountain paths, trodden by woodcutters and hunters over many years, were already rough and difficult to navigate.

Now, they seemed to have turned into live intestines—the paths just traveled upon would become completely different when one turned their head.

The men climbing along these trails, as if moving through the writhing guts, were entering the belly of a colossal beast...

As time passed, more and more forks appeared on the mountain path, and the number of men who had started the climb dwindled.

No one had any idea where they had gone.

"What’s going on? I come to the mountain to chop wood every day, having entered and memorized all the trail routes in these mountains countless times.

Why does it look completely different today?!"

"Same here, I suspect this isn’t Colorful Cloud Ridge at all, but rather an unfamiliar mountain we’ve never visited.

It’s obviously much taller and larger than the original Colorful Cloud Ridge!"

"This must be the Immortal Law of the Seven Fairies altering and moving mountains!

If we become incumbent sons-in-law, I wonder if we will have a chance to learn this earth-shattering skill?"

"..."

They were initially scared, but soon their fears gave way to eager anticipation for the Fairies, and they quickened their pace, chasing each other with enthusiasm.

Wang Yuan followed behind the main group, watching as silhouettes walked onto suddenly appearing paths and were swallowed by the colored fog, unconcerned.

Hearing the men’s conversation, he shook his head imperceptibly:

"Of course, this place isn’t Colorful Cloud Ridge, but rather the ’Inner Scene Heaven and Earth’ of one of the Seven Fairies, or the collective concept of the ’Weaving Fairy.’

It would be more accurate to say that we’re not climbing a mountain, but climbing... Silk Cave!"

With the help of this ’Inner Scene Heaven and Earth,’ a portion of the suppression from ’Mystical Origin, Leveling Heaven’ was shielded.

Wang Yuan’s ’Eyes like Deep Indigo’ also regained a bit of their power.

In his eyes, the crisscrossing mountain paths underneath were clearly thick strands of spider silk.

The moment they set foot on this mountain, they had fallen onto a large web woven by the Spider Demons.

Those who carelessly walked into forks and vanished suddenly,

aside from a few who took different paths up the mountain, most were scooped up by spider silk that descended from the sky and were dragged deep into the ’Silk Cave’ in an instant.

The victims of this fate were all men with rather ordinary or below-average appearances.

Their outcomes were all too easy to guess.

This unbreakable rule of the competition indeed made them deeply feel the profound malice of this superficial world!

He noticed his Senior Brother Song Qian, shuffling fearfully in front, suddenly became bewildered and was about to inexplicably turn onto another path.

After a brief moment of hesitation, Wang Yuan reached out and beckoned, drawing the two ghosts into his sleeve.

"The Evil God has already caught up, and it’s time to show our hand.

These twin dragons and phoenixes in their nest would be a waste dying so easily here; after a wash, they should still be reusable."

Despite having been through three Dream Realms, the two now looked as if they had been scared witless, on the verge of being utterly ruined by others.

But a single serving each of Meng Po Soup to wash away those unpleasant memories, and they would be two bold... ignorantly brave men once more.

Walking along, he suddenly turned his head to look in the direction of the deep fog.

There a crimson-robed official, a bird-headed general, and a pair of short twins were speeding along.

Wang Yuan himself couldn’t help but quicken his pace.

Of the Evil God faction, the only ones who made it here safely in the end were these three Green Seals.

——The ’Wenqu Sun Killer,’ the ’Heavenly Red Bird,’ and the ’Two Thieves of Heaven and Earth.’

The other dozen or so Evil Gods they had brought with them had already become sacrifices for Yellow Millet Village, fattening up a wave of Spirit Official affiliates existing in several Dream Realms.

However, Wang Yuan and the Great Fate were wary of waking the slumbering ’Hundred-Eyed Spirit Official.’ The ’Wenqu Sun Killer’ and his party were even more afraid.

They had been grandstanding when they suddenly appeared at the Colorful Cloud Shop.

Scouring the would-be son-in-law contingent of over two hundred men, trying to find Great Fate’s people.

Unfortunately, after failing to do so and also not daring to violate the rules of the Colorful Cloud Shop by starting a fight a killing off all the competitors in advance,

They left a harsh threat and were the first to rush into the fog.

Wang Yuan was of a similar mind.

If they truly fought, allying with the avatar of ’Great Fate’ should be enough to defeat the three Evil Gods, but they were also cautious about collateral damage.

They could only follow the first trial’s rule, much like the original Cowherd, by stealing the clothes they left at the Washing Spring.

As for Old Master Wang, who made his way in the world through ’stealing,’ even when facing the ’Two Thieves of Heaven and Earth,’ descendant thieves, he was not the least bit frightened.

He moved swiftly, surpassing everyone else, and when he found himself alone with only the thickening fog around,

he muttered under his breath:

"All things are prepared within me, Heavenly Vision and Earthly Hearing! Imperial Decree!"

In an instant, his senses pierced through the fog, turning every blade of grass, every wood, every flower, every stone, even the heavens and the earth, into his eyes and ears.

The clear sound of running water then reached him from a certain direction.

...

In the mountains.

The range was so vast, comparable to a small lake, the Washing Spring buzzed with the sounds of water and laughter.

Shedding buttons, untying silk sash knots. Elbows surpassed cinnabar, fragrant shoulders rivaled pasted powder...

Clothes, undergarments, and socks in primary colors of red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple were scattered in seven directions around the entire Washing Spring.

Like treasures, they awaited the search of those preparing to become "incumbent sons-in-law."

In the midst of the fog-shrouded spring, a giant water mirror rose, revealing every corner of the mountain area without omission.

A stunning beauty in green, with cyan earrings dangling from her earlobes, licked the corners of her moist lips with impatience as she gazed at the handsome young monk in the mirror.

Unable to help herself, she extended six slender jade hands, ceaselessly caressing herself, while her long, straight legs rubbed against each other.

She barely managed to suppress her urge to cry out.

After a long while, she let out a suppressed sigh,

"This ’No-Life Dao’ young monk didn’t attend the Dragon Flower Dharma Meeting in ’Residence of Good Law Hall Heaven,’ the first tier of heaven, but instead, he came to our fourth tier ’Mystical Womb Breeding Heaven’ in Yellow Millet Village.

Indeed, it’s as if he’s fated to be our spouse.

I can’t wait any longer, I want him so badly, I’m eager to... devour him!"

The fairy in red, with red earrings, wrapped her arms around the slender waist of the lady in green from behind, teasingly tickling her soft ribs as she chuckled,

"Giggle giggle, you sure have an appetite, Sister Four; how would you ’eat’ him, exactly?"

"Of course, it’s head first, and then the main course. You know full well, Sister, you’re really asking for a beating!"

"You really are greedy, Sister. It’s been so many years since we’ve had such a fine specimen, and you want to hog him all to yourself? If anyone deserves a beating, it’s you!"

They took a playful and teasing stance towards the "Golden Cicada" who appeared to have a mere Yellow Seal Realm but had various covers.

But they were on high alert when it came to the other direction where three Evil Gods loomed.

They cast an involuntary glance at the equally gorgeous, yet somewhat vacant-faced lady in purple, the youngest seventh sister.

"The Evil Gods must be here for Little Seven. We must quickly find a way to deal with them according to the rules and eliminate them; that is the just course of action!

An attractive young monk, even if he were to be enjoyed by us, the No-Life Buddha wouldn’t say much.

But our plans, long schemed by the Heavenly Officials and Venerable Gods, rest on my shoulders. Should they fail, our deaths would not suffice to atone for it!"

Both sides, those with malicious intent and this group of Spider Demons, were very clear that the most powerful force in ’Mystical Womb Breeding Heaven’ was its "rules."

[Hundred-Eyed Spirit Official]’s ultimate goal had always been the [Weaver of Destiny] within the river of Fate.

If they were to break their own rules, it would be tantamount to denying their own path.

Then, not only would they likely fail to sneak through the [Heavenly Gate], they would probably be gravely injured first.

Falling from their station was not out of the question.

Even though the seven fairies realized the malicious intent of the three Evil Gods, the recruitment contest, once started, couldn’t possibly be stopped.

But under the rules that favored the Spirit Official Affiliates, they had contingency plans capable of flattening any intruder!

They were both the athletes and the referees; if they lost under these conditions, then they truly deserved this calamity.

Having said that, the eldest fairy in red brought out an exquisite looking [Deceit Object].

It appeared to be an instrument made of brass.

The main body consisted of several layers of rings that could rotate independently, with the outermost layer measuring approximately fourteen feet six inches in circumference.

Each layer was engraved with inner and outer limits, north and south poles, the twenty-four solar terms, the twenty-eight lunar mansions, the Yellow Path Ring, the Meridian Ring, Hexagram instrument, the White Path Ring, the Red Meridian Ring...

As well as "inner" and "outer" celestial bodies, sun, moon, five latitudes, and other heavenly phenomena.

On both sides of the instrument were Jade Qius, with one on each side, spewing water into pots, the left representing night, and the right, day.

Atop the pots stood a Golden Bronze Immortal and Xu Tu, each holding arrows in their left hands and pointing with their right, differentiating the early and late heavenly times.

This was the premium Green Seal Deceit Object — [Huntian Instrument]!

Transformed by the Wood Saint Zhang Pingzi 1600 years ago, it was one of the highest-ranked Deceit Objects in the world.

Claimed to be: "Mastering Yin Yang, embodying the precision of Xuanji!"

Besides significantly enhancing Fate-related Daoist Skills and provoking various disasters, it even had the capacity to influence Heavenly Destiny to some extent.

This [Deceit Object] was also the carrier of the [Key of the Gate]!

The fairies’ eyes gleamed with cruelty as they jointly manipulated the [Huntian Instrument].

As the celestial bodies turned, the entire mountain range darkened at once.

Woosh! Woosh!...

Every participant, including Wang Yuan and the two sides of the Evil Gods, had a strand of their vital energy forcibly extracted.

The Evil Gods entered the night pot on the [Huntian Instrument], while everyone else went into the day pot.

[Hidden Rule: Three trials of son-in-law recruitment, determining both rank and life or death!]

As the weight of the copper pots became imbalanced, tipping up and down, the sharp arrow in the Golden Bronze Immortal’s hand also followed, pointing incessantly at the lower side.

Once the first trial of son-in-law recruitment concludes, they would not hesitate to shoot the sharp arrow in their hands.

This mirrored the clever workings of the [Old Almanac] which had pitted fighters against each other previously.

However, the last time the target was Wang Yuan, but this time, it was the three Evil Gods.

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