Myth Beyond Heaven

"Big Brother Yun…" The following day, Yun Niu stood at the door and looked at Yun Lintian with a pitiful expression.

Yun Lintian carefully packed necessities into a huge leather bag and turned to smile at her. "Next time, alright? This time is too dangerous. I don't want you to take any risk. Besides, Grandma Xia won't allow you to go anyway."

Today, Yun Lintian was going to leave for the mountain behind the village in order to investigate the abnormality that was occurring recently.

Yun Niu had pestered him since last night, wanting to go with him, but Yun Lintian decisively refused. Yun Niu was too young, and it would be difficult for him to protect her with his current strength.

"Oh…" Yun Niu pouted in disappointment and helped Yun Lintian pack items.

Yun Lintian rubbed her head gently and said. "I will leave Big Sister Xinyao to you."

Yun Niu nodded heavily. "Don't worry, Big Brother Yun. I will take care of Big Sis Xinyao well."

"Thank you." Yun Lintian smiled and put the bag on his back, preparing to leave.

When he walked out of the hut, he saw Yun Xia looking at him with an exquisitely long sword in her hand.

"Take this." Yun Xia handed the sword to Yun Lintian. "It should be useful for you."

Yun Lintian took the sword and looked at it briefly. He was surprised to find that the sword was actually a spirit-level quality.

"Thank you, Grandma." Yun Lintian didn't reject her kindness and carefully hung the sword on his leather belt.

"There's a Spirit-level profound beast on the top of the mountain. However, it is guarding the temple only. As long as you don't do anything excessively, it won't care about you." Yun Xia said. "Good luck."

"Understood." Yun Lintian nodded and bid farewell to Yun Niu before walking to the back of the village.

When he arrived, Yun Hei and twenty men had already waited for him.

"Uncle Hei." Yun Lintian greeted everyone politely.

Yun Hei nodded slightly and glanced at the sword on Yun Lintian's waist in surprise. Obviously, he knew the identity of this sword.

He retracted his gaze and handed a short bow and arrow set to Yun Lintian. "Take this."

​ Yun Lintian took them and said. "Shall we set off right away?"

"Alright. Let's go." Yun Hei nodded and led everyone into the forest in the distance.

When Yun Lintian stepped into the forest, he was immediately attracted by a familiar feeling. This feeling was actually… the Abyssal Energy!

Although it was very faint, Yun Lintian couldn't be mistaken about it. It was definitely Abyssal Energy. And this immediately resolved the problem behind the wild beast's abnormality.

"What's wrong?" Yun Hei noticed the change in Yun Lintian's expression and asked curiously.

Yun Lintian thought for a moment and asked. "Before this incident, has anyone in the village encountered a strange disease? For example, losing their mind and having a hallucination."

Yun Hei and the others glanced at each other and shook their heads. "No. However, there was one time. The wild boar we caught had gone crazy. I don't know if it can be counted as a strange disease."

"Can you tell me more?" Yun Lintian asked.

Yun Hei nodded and recounted the incident. "At that time, a wild boar ran into our fields, and we managed to intercept it halfway. However, when he captured it alive like we used to, it somehow lost its mind and killed itself by running to the tree. We have never seen such crazy behavior from it before."

"How did you deal with its remains afterward?" Yun Lintian asked with a serious expression.

"I felt that it wasn't simple. So we decided to bury it in the deep forest." Yun Hei answered while pointing to the path ahead. "It's around a kilometer from here… Can you tell me what it is all about?"

Yun Lintian said in relief. "You did the right thing, Uncle Hei."

He paused for a moment and explained. "I think I found the reason behind all these abnormal behaviors of the beasts. Let's go to where you buried it first, and I will explain it to you."

Yun Hei frowned slightly and led Yun Lintian to the place.

A while later, they arrived at a relatively open space. Without waiting for Yun Hei to point out, Yun Lintian immediately found a place where the wild boar's remains were buried.

He told everyone to back off and used a wooden stick nearby to dig it. Soon, the wild boar's remains appeared in front of everyone.

Yun Lintian carefully examined the remains by throwing a herb stalk into it. A moment later, the herb gradually turned black, which basically confirmed his conjecture. This wild boar indeed possessed Abyssal Energy.

"This…?" Yun Hei looked at the herb that turned completely black in shock. He suddenly felt that he was lucky back then to avoid being infected by this mysterious poison.

Yun Lintian found some forages nearby and lit them up with fire before throwing them into the hole.

"Everyone, please cooperate with me. Let's build some traps around this place. There should be a lot of beasts coming later." Yun Lintian said.

Yun Hei and the others didn't hesitate. They quickly spread out and put a lot of traps around the place.

"Can you tell us now?" After finishing everything, everyone gathered around Yun Lintian, waiting for his explanation.

Yun Lintian nodded and explained. "I don't know if everyone knows about the profound energy."

Yun Hei replied. "We know it. However, our talent is not enough. We cannot become a profound practitioner."

Yun Lintian explained further. "Then it's easy to explain. We, humans, use profound energy, and so do profound beasts. They are using it as well. However, there is another type of energy. This energy is extremely violent and sinister. People on the outside world called it Abyssal Energy."

"Once you or any beast was infected by it, their mind will start deteriorating and become crazy afterward. Just like this wild boar."

Yun Hei and the others were shocked upon hearing this. Thankfully, they weren't greedy and feasted upon the wild board back then. Otherwise, the consequence would be difficult to imagine.

"So, you are saying that those beasts were affected by this?" Yun Hei recovered his composure and asked.

"Yes." Yun Lintian nodded slowly.