Chapter 11 - Mount New Moon

Zhang Han went back to the hotel and sat alone on his sofa.

Meng Meng’s absence made him feel like he had lost something.

This did not mean that Zhang Han’s character was delicate or anything. If someone was in the same position as Zhang Han, having learned the knowledge of cultivation and all sorts of power for 500 years in the Divine World, of course he would be extremely lonely.

After rebirth and meeting with that adorable daughter of his, the void within Zhang Han’s heart was immediately filled. Furthermore, his parents were still alive so he had the chance to make up for his previous life’s regret. When all of these things caused Zhang Han’s mental state to improve.

Of course, the person who contributed the most to helping his state of mind was the adorable little princess, Meng Meng.

“I should go and investigate those seven mountains, I guess.”

Zhang Han shook his head, then opened up the computer and entered the Baidu map to check the location of the mountains.

[Baidu is the Chinese version of Google.]

The first mountain was a smaller mountain at Moxie Range, which was west of Xiangjiang. The rest of the mountains were to the southeast. The second mountain to the east of Xiangjiang, which was the Xiongya Mountain, and the rest of the mountains were all between Xiongya Mountain and Cresent Mountain which were in the south.

These were the only seven mountains which faced the ocean and had the surface area that Zhang Han needed.

The Causeway Bay which Zhang Han was currently on was in the north of Xiangjiang. Thus, he intended to first go to Moxie Range which was at the west. Then he’d go east and head to Xiongya Mountain, and from Xiongya Mountain, begin to head south.

After finish planning the route for the next day, Zhang Han also began to perfect his plan for the domain.

When the Thunder-Yang Tree was planted, it would erupt with the energy that Zhang Han would need for cultivating and transforming the domain. That energy would allow Zhang Han to rise to the weakest realm, Qi Refining Realm.

Qi Refining Realm was more or less the same as “internal strength” which most people were familiar with. Also, it could also be called qi. Both internal strength and qi were used by people to increase their speed, strength and so on. When Zhang Han reached Qi Refining Realm, he would barely be able to use his Treasure Smelling Nose.

Even though Qi Refining Realm was the weakest realm, do not belittle this Qi Refining Realm. Qi Refining Realm was the beginning of cultivation to immortality. Only by reaching the Xiantian Realm would one then truly become a true cultivator. But which almighty beings did not start their journey from the Qi Refining Realm?

A night without words.

Next morning, at 8am, after Zhang Han quickly finished his breakfast, he checked out of the hotel.

The cost of staying at the hotel for two days was 360k yuan. After the receptionist verified that there was no problem with the room, she gave back Zhang Han 140k yuan. Adding up with the expense during the past two days, there was still 1.6million yuan in Zhang Han’s bank card.

Carrying a simple suitcase, Zhang Han set out on his journey. He did not take the subway and also did not chose to buy a car, but instead very frugally went to a car rental company in the vicinity and spent 28k yuan to rent a blue-purple jeep. The rental of the jeep was for a month.

Driving the jeep, Zhang Han took half an hour to reach his first destination, Mo Xie Range.

After walking for about 20 minutes, Zhang Han reached the peak of the short mountain at Mo Xie Range. Looking at the surroundings and walking path around the mountain, he nodded his head:

“Not bad. Just not sure if this place will be able to impress me or not.”

Zhang Han raised his right hand and took out the Thunder-Yang Tree from his ear.

After taking a deep breath, Zhang Han inserted the Thunder-Yang Tree, which seemed just like a white jade needle, into his vein.

In the past, Zhang Han had refined this Thunder-Yang Tree before. Although right now he had no power at all, there was still a very faint thread of connection between him and the Thunder-Yang Tree.

Zhang Han was used his blood to stimulate the Thunder-Yang Tree, making it transfer its energy to him so that he would be able to use his Treasure Smelling Nose.

The moment the Thunder-Yang Tree entered his veins, Zhang Han felt his blood flowing out and at the same time, he also felt the faint threads of spiritual strength.

“Treasure Smelling Nose, open!”

Zhang Han closed his eyes, and the image of the mountain below his feet appeared within his mind. Exhaling out a deep breath, the faint threads of spiritual strength continuously converged in his nose.

At the next moment, Zhang Han lightly sniffed:

“Hmmm…”

At the same time when he sniffed, there was a change in the image of the mountain within Zhang Han’s mind. From the flowers to the grasses, trees, soil, and rocks, the threads of faint light continuously converged together, and in the end, got sniffed into Zhang Han’s nose.

The fragrance of the grasses and flowers, the sharp smell of the trees, and also the unique smell of the rocks and soil.

Different smells all converged together. But within the smell, the unique smell of a treasure was not there!

“This is not a treasure land.”

Plucking out the Thunder-Yang Tree, Zhang Han placed it back into his ear and lightly shook his head.

Silently walking back to the jeep, he started driving to the second destination, Xiongya Mountain.

Half an hour later, after Zhang Han lost a little bit more of his blood, he stood at the mountaintop and shook his head:

“Not a treasure land.”

Driving towards the south, he investigated mountain after mountain. The results that Zhang Han disappointed him but, at the same time, he wasn’t surprised.

“Not a treasure land either. I expected too much already. How could a treasure land be found that easily?”

Zhang Han’s complexion was slightly pale. He was losing too much blood.

Entering the jeep, Zhang Han headed towards the last location – Crescent Mountain.

“Hope this Crescent Mountain will not disappoint me.”

Crescent Mountain was situated on the east side of Crescent Gulf.

Crescent Gulf was Xiangjiang’s most famous tourist attraction. Leaning against a mountain and facing the sea, the gulf had the shape of a crescent. Crescent Gulf also had the nickname of “Number 1 gulf under the heaven”, with the reputation of being the Hawaii of the East.

The scenery on the Crescent Mountain which Crescent Gulf leaned against in the east was very pleasant. Standing at the top of Crescent Mountain, the entire view of Crescent Gulf could be seen.

This location was the best location amongst the seven mountains.

Standing at the mountaintop of Crescent Mountain and looking at the scenery of Crescent Gulf, Zhang Han exclaimed:

“Pretty good.”

His house was located at Bamboo District which was on the west side of Crescent Gulf. According to the locals of Xiangjiang, Zhang Han’s house, which was 115 square meters big, was already considered a mansion.

In Xiangjiang, a house that was more than a 1000 square feet was considered a mansion. This was because the house price in Xiangjiang was extremely high. Once, a house in Xiangjiang became the highest priced house in the world and became famous throughout the world.

1000 feet was equivalent to 93 square meters and Zhang Han’s house was 115 square meters big. Seven years ago, he spent 15million yuan to buy the house. Including the renovations and furniture, which cost 3million yuan, he spent a total of 18million for the house.

Furthermore, Zhang Han was not really satisfied with the result of the house. Compared to Bamboo District, Crescent Gulf was the place which he wanted to stay at.

However, the house prices in Crescent Gulf was too much even for the Zhang Han back then, who was one of the four young masters in Shangjing.

Land was extremely expensive. Only this sentence best describes the houses in Crescent Gulf.

Especially for the mansions that were in the Crescent Gulf, where a mansion could easily go for more than 1billion yuan. Even the more ordinary houses in Crescent Gulf were also absurdly expensive. Therefore, the Zhang Han back then gave up on the idea of wanting to buy a house in Crescent Gulf.

“If this Crescent Mountain is okay, it would also count as fulfilling a small regret of mine, I guess.”

Zhang Han shook his head and once again took out the Thunder-Yang Tree from his ear. Pricking the Thunder-Yang Tree into his vessel, his blood began to be absorbed by the Thunder-Yang Tree. Deepening the connection with the Thunder-Yang Tree, the Thunder-Yang Tree once again release out a bit of energy to Zhang Han.

“Treasure Smelling Nose, open!”

Zhang Han closed his eyes and lightly sniffed.

Various kinds of smells rushed towards his nose.

Suddenly, an extremely strong and pure fragrance entered into his nose. The smell was just like a hundred-year-old excellent wine.

“The heavens did not turn their back on me! It is actually a pond of spiritual water! Hahaha……”

Zhang Han looked towards the sky and started laughing out loud. While he was laughing, his eyes suddenly rolled as he happily fainted due to excess blood loss.

“Woof, woof……”

Not certain how much time passed, Zhang Han suddenly felt a dog barking beside him, and after the dog barked out two times, it grabbed hold of his clothes and dragged him backward.

Hmmm?

Zhang Han opened his eyes.

Right now, he had the symptoms of someone who had excess blood loss. His complexion and lips were very pale, there was cold sweat on his skin, his hands and legs were cold and lacking in strength, his breathing was rapid, and his pulse was quick and weak.

Sitting up his body with great effort, he immediately saw that at his side, there was indeed a dog.

This was a four-eyed dog which was filthy from top to bottom. This dog was also called as Chinese rural dog and commonly referred as “native dog”.

Looking at his surroundings, Zhang Han discovered that his current position was 20 meters away from the position where he fainted at. Seems like it was this dog who saw Zhang Han faint and wanted to drag him down the mountain.

“Seems like a kind-hearted dog.”

Zhang Han lightly laughed. Looking at the somewhat vigilant native dog who did not dare to come forward, he stretched out his palm towards the dog.

Receiving the friendly signal, the dog then slowly walked towards Zhang Han. Zhang Han also did not mind that the dog was filthy and patted the dog on its head. This caused the dog to wag its tail happily.

At this moment, Zhang Han then discovered that the dog’s right rear leg was broken.

Seems like it was abandoned.

The dog walked around Zhang Han twice. Seeing that Zhang Han was fine, the dog turned around and left.

Zhang Han silently sat still for a few minutes before leaving the mountain. Entering the jeep, Zhang Han squinted his eyes and looked at the Crescent Mountain. While looking, a trace of smile could not help but hang up on the corner of his mouth.

Spiritual water. As the name implies, it was similar with spiritual soil, spiritual grass and so on. It was something which could be used for cultivating.

Within the middle part of Crescent Mountain, there was a cave there, and within the case, there was a pond of spiritual water.

Although it was the most ordinary kind of spiritual water, and there was also not much of it, under the nourishment of the Thunder-Yang Tree, the spiritual water would be able to turn into Pure-Yang Water.

Pure-Yang Water was much more useful compared to spiritual water. It could nourish the Thunder-Yang Tree and start a beneficial cycle for both the Thunder-Yang Tree and itself.

If it was said that the Thunder-Yang Tree was able to nourish the domain, then it could be said that the Pure-Yang Water was able to nourish a living creature. Speaking of capabilities alone, Pure-Yang Water was better, but speaking of essence, Thunder-Yang Tree was still of a much higher rank compared to Pure-Yang Water.

There were countless amount of treasures and powers in the Divine World. Some of those treasures were spiritual treasures too. Spiritual treasures can go from rank 1 all to way up to rank 9. The higher the rank, the better the spiritual treasure. Thunder-Yang Tree was a rank 5 spiritual treasure and Pure-Yang Water was only rank 1. What was the rank of spiritual water then? Spiritual water was not even considered a spiritual treasure.

Spiritual treasure was an all-inclusive general term. All kinds of flower, grass, tree, wood, pill, and weapon and so on could all be counted as spiritual treasure!

Back when Hanyang Immortal Monarch shook the Divine World, this rank 5 spiritual treasure, Thunder-Yang Tree, was nothing to him at all. But right now, it was a necessary item for Zhang Han to step into the entrance of cultivation to immortality!

Although Zhang Han had found a treasure land, he did not intend to immediately occupy the mountain and call himself the king of the mountain.

He was not the Hanyang Immortal Monarch anymore. The current him was not even able to block the bullets of this profane world. Therefore, he had to follow the rules and go back home first and research more about the Crescent Mountain before he decided what to do.

However, before all that, Zhang Han intended to go back to the “mansion” which he hadn’t stayed in for seven years.

The ‘mansion’ was situated in the Bamboo District’s Milan neighborhood.

Zhang Han drove to the property management area. On Zhang Han’s arrival, the property management personnel felt somewhat surprised, but they were still very passionate.

Although many of the property management personnel here have already been changed countless of times, the personnel here knew the information of all the property owners here. Therefore, they also knew Zhang Han was the owner of this special property. Back then, when Zhang Han brought the house, he paid 10 years of property fee upfront. This kind of thing was rarely seen.

“Mr Zhang.” The management personnel passed the house key to Zhang Han’s house and said with a smile, “Every half a month, our property management would send a cleaner to your house to clean the house. Since right now you have returned, we will return the key to you. If there is an issue, you can contact us anytime.”

“Oh.” Zhang Han did not expect that the service would be that good. After nodding his head in response, he left the property management area.