Although Shi Xuan's Divine Sense had sensed something flying towards him, he did not know whether to laugh or cry. This was because the thing that was flying towards him was a fruit core. The flesh on it had been eaten clean, and there was no sign of it being a threat at all.
With a wave of his hand, Shenxiao's Heavenly Thunder Essential Qi turned the fruit core into ashes. Shi Xuan looked up at the direction where the fruit core had flown from and saw that the mysterious brown-yellow monkey was standing on a big tree with its hands on its hips, looking at him. The monkey raised its head to the sky and made squeaking sounds, as if it was laughing wantonly.
Seeing that Shi Xuan had destroyed the fruit core that it had thrown at him, the monkey was not angry. It swung its tail to the tree beside it and disappeared into the dense forest on all fours.
Shi Xuan was now even more certain that this monkey was not an ordinary monkey. Even if it was not the Primordial Spirit of a spiritual treasure, it must have an extraordinary origin. Otherwise, even Jindan Grandmaster would not be able to catch up with him if he used the Greater Teleportation Technique to travel more than five thousand miles in the air.
While pondering what this monkey was trying to do, Shi Xuan followed the information he had obtained and searched for the sword mark left behind by the Old Sword Elder's Boundless Sword Qi in the depths of the forest. From there, he set off and searched the surroundings to see if he could find any traces of the Old Sword Elder.
In the forest, the trees were tall and the leaves were lush. After millions of years, the fallen leaves had deposited on the ground and slowly rotted, turning into swamps and miasma.
Of course, for a cultivator of Shi Xuan's level, this was not a big problem. As he lowered the Enchanting Banner to absorb the miasma that had accumulated for millions of years, he turned into a breeze and passed through the dense forest. In addition, the monsters here had all been killed by the Heavenly Devil, so he did not encounter any obstacles along the way.
The only thing that gave him a headache was that the monkey seemed to be pestering him. From time to time, it would jump out and throw some fruit cores and peels at him. No matter how fast he was, he could not get rid of it. Every time he threw it, the monkey would be very happy and would laugh loudly. Thinking back to what had happened in the hall, Shi Xuan felt that the monkey might have been playing hide-and-seek with him …
The deeper he went into the forest, the more careful Shi Xuan became. There was a tunnel in the forest. If he was discovered by the Extraterrestrial Demons, he would have no choice but to run. If he was discovered by the Moonlight Beast or the Solar Beast King, they might send out their Golden Core leaders. That would be extremely dangerous.
Along the way, Shi Xuan was very careful. Not mentioning the many dangers, he finally found the small lake where he had found the sword mark. Although it was small, it wasn't actually small. It had a circumference of at least a few miles. At the bottom of a cliff, the ripples were clear and crystalline, reflecting a faint light — it was emitted by a kind of spiritual wood.
On the side of the cliff that faced the lake, there was a deep sword mark. The sword mark was surrounded by small radial cracks. This was the characteristic of Old Sword Elder's Infinite Sword Qi.
Before Shi Xuan could start investigating, a blue pillar of water suddenly flew out from the small lake toward Shi Xuan.
The Heaven Thunder Demon Sword turned into a green lightning and went to meet the water pillar. After the two collided, the water pillar collapsed, and every splash of water had lightning flashing on it.
At the same time, Shi Xuan threw the Yin Yang Twin Qi Bottle, which turned into a huge jade bottle in the air. It released two thick black and white gas that went toward the small lake.
The lake water rushed into the sky and kept rushing toward the Yin Yang Twin Qi Bottle. The Heavenly Demons hiding inside revealed themselves. They were transparent jellyfish-like creatures. They were the Shadowless Filthy Demons. They were good at hiding themselves. No wonder Shi Xuan didn't find anything strange when he used his divine sense to investigate.
This also reminded Shi Xuan that there was a flaw in his probing that didn't match his own strength. He could only rely on his divine sense to sense things. But, there were many magic arts, Dao techniques, and cultivation methods that could hide from divine sense. When he was at Red Maple Mountain, he had been attacked by those three Divine Soul realm cultivators. He had only discovered them the moment they attacked him.
The Blazing Flame Golden Pupil of Penglai's Daoist technique had a miraculous effect on scouting. Unfortunately, Shi Xuan gave up on this Daoist technique in order to learn the Purple Lightning Pupil when he was in the Golden Core Stage. Of course, the Purple Lightning Pupil was definitely better in scouting.
Those Shadowless Filthy Demons were only at the early Divine Soul Stage. Under the Yin Yang Twin Qi Bottle's absorption, they didn't last long before they were thrown in. Shi Xuan activated a forbidden technique and turned them into dirty blood.
The reason why Shi Xuan used the Yin Yang Twin Qi Bottle was to absorb all the lake water and see if there was anything strange at the bottom of the lake. Since he was going to investigate, he had to be very careful. He couldn't miss anything.
There were only weird-looking rocks and mud in the dried up lake. Nothing unusual could be seen. Shi Xuan had no choice but to pour the lake water back into the lake. He began to examine the deep sword mark on the broken wall.
The sword mark and the surroundings of the small lake were very normal. Shi Xuan didn't see anything wrong for the time being.
"Then all that's left is to look in other directions and see if there are any clues. The Fan of Five Flames and Seven Birds has been restored these past few days. If there is any danger, I can escape immediately." As Shi Xuan was thinking this, he heard the monkey squeak again. He looked up and saw it sitting on a thick branch. It was leisurely peeling a banana in its hand and stuffing it into its mouth. As for the banana skin, it threw it to Shi Xuan without exception.
Shi Xuan couldn't catch up with the monkey, and he couldn't hit it either. He could only ignore it. After identifying a direction, he headed in that direction and prepared to search the area within a few hundred miles.
Following this direction, Shi Xuan walked for a while. However, along the way, his Divine Sense didn't get any useful information. In the distance, there was a towering tree. It was dozens of feet tall, and the trunk was so wide that it would take dozens of people to encircle it. Its roots were lush and its leaves were luxuriant. Even in this forest, it could be ranked at the top.
"Could it be that this tree has become a spirit?" Shi Xuan thought to himself. Although there was no sunlight for more than a million years, the spiritual trees that could survive were all extraordinary in nature. Some of them had gained sentience and became tree demons. It was normal. Perhaps this tree demon had gained sentience for more than ten thousand years.
Should he go up and ask? If this tree had gained sentience, it would definitely have left an impression on Elder Sword. After all, the number of cultivators that had come here over the past few thousand years could be counted on one hand. The only thing that worried Shi Xuan was that he didn't know how strong the tree was. If its cultivation level was higher than his and it liked to eat flesh, wouldn't he be sending himself to his death if he went looking for it?
Therefore, Shi Xuan closed his eyes and fully released his Divine Sense. He wanted to sense whether this tree had gained sentience or not and how strong it was. However, just as his Divine Sense touched the tree, an old voice sounded in his mind, "Fellow Daoist, why are you spying on me for no reason?"
As soon as it spoke, Shi Shuan heaved a sigh of relief because his Divine Sense had already sensed that its strength was still at the Divine Soul Stage. However, it was true that he had peeped at it for no reason first, so he could only apologize. "Sir, this humble Daoist was just curious for a moment and wanted to see if you had awakened your spiritual wisdom.
The old voice laughed and said, "It's fine. This old man hasn't seen a living person for many years, so I can only chat with those old guys. Now that a guest has come, I'm happy." It seemed that there was more than one tree demon in this forest.
As if knowing Shi Xuan's worries, a yellow figure appeared in front of Shi Xuan. He was wearing a yellow robe, had a protruding forehead, and a white beard that reached his waist. "One must always be on guard against others. This old man knows that. I just don't know what you're looking for. I've seen that you've been looking for a while."
"It's like this …" Since the tree demon mentioned it himself, Shi Xuan didn't mince words and told him what had happened. Of course, he didn't mention that this relic was an opportunity for him to reach the Gold Core Stage. He only said that he was looking for the swordsmanship experience left by a senior.
The old tree demon carefully recalled and said, "In the past tens of thousands of years, there have not been more than ten cultivators who have come here. I do have some impression of the one who left a sword mark on the cliff. At that time, I don't know why, but he slashed the cliff with his sword for no reason. Then, I was just in a trance, and I couldn't see his figure anymore. He never appeared again."
Shi Xuan said thoughtfully, "Could it be that he left a sword mark on the cliff to leave some kind of message? It's just that your cultivation level is so high that you didn't see where he went."
"Oh, you must be joking. I've developed my spiritual wisdom for tens of thousands of years, but I'm only at the Soul Stage now. If I had condensed the Monster Core and transformed into a human, I would have left a long time ago. Why would I be afraid here?" The old tree demon sighed. It was difficult for the Vegetation Clan to develop spiritual wisdom, and cultivation was equally difficult. Moreover, to transform into a human, one had to be at least at the Gold Core Stage. Of course, there were disadvantages and advantages. After the Vegetation Clan developed spiritual wisdom, their lifespan was calculated in tens of thousands of years.
"What do you mean by that, old man?" Shi Xuan asked in order to get more information from the old tree demon.
The Old Tree Demon had a bitter expression on his face. "There are often Void Heavenly Demons coming and going here. If we accidentally discover them, we can only wait for death. After all, there have been a few Void Heavenly Demons with Golden Core strength here." He did not know that there had been Heavenly Demons with Yin God strength in other places.
"How many kinds of Void Demons with Gold Core Stage strength are there? When will they come into the forest? "Shi Xuan only knew that people had encountered the Spiritual Tiger and the Demonic Ape, two kinds of Gold Core Stage Demons here.
The old tree demon shook his head and said, "They can appear at any time, but I haven't seen those Void Demons with Gold Core Stage strength for decades. As for the species, there are only four tribes with Gold Core Stage strength on the other side of the space passage: the Spiritual Tiger, the Demonic Ape, the Moonlight Beast, and the Sunlight King Beast. "
Not expecting to see Moonlight Beast and Sunlight King Beast with Gold Core Stage strength here, Shi Xuan couldn't help but restrain his aura and be more careful. At the same time, he had almost gotten the information he wanted, so Shi Xuan cupped his hands and said goodbye. "I still have to continue searching, so I won't bother you anymore, old man."
The old tree demon smiled and said, "I won't bother you anymore, but the fruit I have on me has just ripened, so you should taste it. It can prolong your life." As he spoke, he took out three small yellow fruits with some golden spots on them and emitted a delicate fragrance.
He didn't know if the old tree demon was really generous or if he had ulterior motives, but in any case, Shi Xuan didn't dare to eat it now. After all, he had just met a stranger, and he was already giving him a fruit that could prolong his life without asking for anything in return. No matter how he thought about it, it didn't feel right. Either this old man had been here for tens of thousands of years, and only a few people came here, and no one taught him. Apart from the Void Demons, he only had a few tree demons who shared the same fate as him, so he was still too immature in terms of strategy, or the old tree demon was really kind and generous.
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