This World Is Too Dangerous
Unrestrained were the years of youth, wild and proud was a life lived without bounds. A boy named Evergreen, from the depths of his heart, let out a long, soaring cry to the heavens. If fate is as che
The ethereal sect was situated at the southernmost tip of the Windsoul Continent, encircled by mountains, famed for its sheer cliffs and precipitous ridges where even long-armed apes found it impossible to climb. Towering ancient trees clustered densely, and at midnight the air was pierced by unending howls, chilling to the bone. Save for the occasional desperate hunter or physician in urgent need of a rare medicinal herb, few ever set foot in these haunted wilds.
Yet within this realm, invisible to mortal eyes, countless pavilions and towers nestled in the mountains, immortal figures flitted about—a true paradise hidden from the world.
“Old Five, how is your grandson’s injury?” someone inquired.
“It’s still the same. Three years have passed, yet he remains unconscious, with less than a tenth of his vitality left. I truly don’t know how much longer he can hold on,” was the weary reply from Gu Zaizuo, the master of the Fifth Peak. His face grew even paler, his whole demeanor drained of strength.
“And his father? Didn’t he set out long ago to seek Divine Healer Lu? Still no news?” pressed the other peak masters.
Gu Zaizuo could only sigh, more powerless than before.
In a modest room at the rear of the Fifth Peak’s main hall, there were no extravagant decorations—just a table, a chair, a bed. Upon the bed lay a boy of fourteen or fifteen, his brows tightly furrowed, his forehead and body drenched in cold sweat. Dozens of top-grade Warm Sun Jades were arrayed around the bed, yet they seemed to have no effect at all. His face, utterly devoi