Yuan Ji had now decided on his first target now. And it was Sacred Maiden Xue Qianxue.
Therefore he had decided to go to the Holy Maiden Peaks where the Celestial Orthodox Sect was located and where Sacred Maiden Xue Qianxue was.
After a few days, Yuan Ji was now in the vicinity of the Thousand Cloud Peaks.
All of a sudden he had remembered that he had a friend that was the Manor Lord of the Fluttering Winds Manor.
Therefore he had decided to visit this friend of his in secret.
"This is only for a short while and won't take long."
The Fluttering Winds Manor was one of the dozens of celestial clans that were in the Thousand Cloud Peaks.
It was just a small celestial clan with barely any renown but it had all changed when the Manor Lord Li Yi of the Fluttering Winds Manor was conferred with the honor of one of the four beautiful bearded cultivators.
Overnight, Li Yi had become famous in the Thousand Cloud Peaks and his renown was known throughout the Desolate Celestial Fraternity.
And this was the old friend that Yuan Ji was secretly visiting today.
But of course he was not going to reveal to Li Yi that he was really Ji Yuan. It was because he was just going to take a peek on the sly and to check on his rival's beard.
"It'll be bad if my position as the most beautiful bearded cultivator is overtaken by the other three."
All of a sudden he had noticed there was a veiled maiden in white with a pair of beautiful golden eyes walking down the mountain slope on the other side. She was actually very far away but Yuan Ji's eyes were sharper than an eagle and he could see the details on her quite clearly.
This veil maiden had extremely light steps and that was what had caught his notice was that her forehead had a beautiful blue flower petal. Her eyelids were colored with a faint blue and her fingernails were also painted with a light blue. Even her belt, earrings, hairpins and gloves were a beautiful peacock blue.
Yuan Ji was thinking, "This maiden seems to like blue alot. Even though I can't see her face but this maiden must be an extraordinary beautiful maiden. Since she had come from the direction of the Fluttering Winds Manor then she must be from there. But is she alone in this wilderness? What if there are desolate beasts in the vicinity?"
"She has the moving figure of my Xia Jiajia but unfortunately she is not her. This veil maiden has a pure look that is untainted by her surroundings."
All of a sudden he was gasping because a terrifying fifth rank desolate beast had just ascended from the desolate mists below the mountains and it had suddenly appeared in front of this moving veiled maiden.
The Celestial Realm is just the middle realm between the lower Mortal Realm and the upper Immortal Realm.
The Celestial Realm is unlike the lower Mortal Realm where there are vast oceans and plain lands. The entire Celestial Realm is consisted of endless lofty mountains and it is thousands of times as vast as the lower Mortal Realm.
The many celestial clans and populations are situated high above the mountains. Usually the powerful celestial clans will be situated on mountains that are rich in spiritual veins that are refined by rich deposits of jadeites. That will be the most ideal place for cultivation. Other than spiritual veins and jadeites, mountains that are rich in silver and golden celestiums are also ideal, since silver and golden celestiums are needed in great demand to make precious weapons.
Below the mountains, are thick desolate mists and endless bottomless valleys that are filled with many powerful desolate monsters. The spiritual aura below the desolate mists is poor and unsuitable for cultivation.
Moreover the presence of the desolate aura is too overwhelming and can easily corrupt a cultivator inner core. However because of this very same reason, it is the ideal place for the desolate monsters that feed upon it.
In a way, the desolate mists act as a natural barrier between the desolate beasts below and the divine beasts that dwell high in the mountains.
The desolate aura below the mountains actually come from the same mountain veins as the spiritual veins that the cultivators depend upon. The only difference is that this desolate aura is actually refined into spiritual aura by the rich deposits of jadeites in the mountains and by the purifying aura above the mountains that are continuously cleansed by the divine lightning.
From time to time, there is always a possibility that a powerful desolate monster will emerge from the valley below.
The richer the spiritual auras in the mountains, the weaker the desolate auras that will be at the bottom. Therefore it is not wrong to say that mountains that are rich in spiritual auras usually do not have powerful desolate beasts below the desolate mists.
For such a powerful fifth rank desolate beast to appear in the vicinity can only mean that the spiritual aura presented in the Thousand Cloud Peaks is only so and so.
Now a fifth rank desolate beast is typically beyond the strength of most cultivators to handle and even a superior fifth realm golden celestial like Yuan Ji may find it difficult to handle alone.
Moreover it was a pure and defenseless maiden that he saw. Golden celestial or not, she is going to have a hard time unless she is a seventh realm saintess.
He began to rub his chin as he thought, "As a gentleman of the sword, it is time for me to give her a helping hand. Maybe she would even be madly in love with me afterwards. But this isn't my fault for being too handsome, right?"
Therefore Yuan Ji was panicky for her and just as he was about to step forth from his hiding place, the golden eyes of the veil maiden had turned blue and before he could know what was happening, the terrifying fifth rank desolate beast was kicked down the desolate mist again like a child kicking a pebble.
Yuan Ji was stunned as he blinked his eyes with disbelief. "Seventh realm saintess? What is a saintess doing here?"
The veil maiden appeared to be giggling as she continued her way down the mountains. As she giggled, she was dancing lightly away.
"Luckily, I am too far away for her to notice me. If not, I may be the one that is getting silenced too. The last thing I ever want to encounter is another enemy that is like Xue Qianxue and Ling Feiyue again."
With that he had secretly sneaked away but he was still thinking about the enticing veiled maiden that seemed impossible strong.
"Is it even possible to kick a fifth rank desolate beast that is twice your size and ten times heavier than you in this manner?"
"And what type of profound art is she practicing that can cause her eyes to turn blue?"
"Is she from the unorthodox sects?"
"Is someone in the Fluttering Winds Manor in cahoots with the unorthodox sects?"