The second small step was finally completed. What was left was to visualize and manifest 987 special runes on the shell of the golden egg.
There were 987 surging points and 987 special runes in his body. Zhang Tie knew that there must be a mysterious connection between them. However, he didn't know the reason behind it.
Generally, if he couldn't figure it out, he didn't need to think about it. This was Zhang Tie's attitude. Some things were like why the moon was round. Although it seemed to be a problem, he didn't need to pay attention to it at all. Existence was the greatest truth. Just let it be. Therefore, Zhang Tie didn't worry about such a problem.
Compared to these illusory problems, the problems that he needed to face and those that could influence the fates of himself and those around him were the most important.
After one night's rest, Zhang Tie had completely recovered his spiritual energy and battle qi; especially after drinking a few mouthfuls of all-purpose medicament after cultivation like drinking water.
If it was not necessary, Zhang Tie would not display the special ability of Castle of Black Iron in such a shocking way. Therefore, Zhang Tie didn't know what to do. Therefore, even if he could put the glider in Castle of Black Iron, it would be more convenient for him to take it out when he wanted. However, compared to the possible exposure of the secret of Castle of Black Iron, it was really not worth mentioning.
At this moment, Zhang Tie could only treat Castle of Black Iron as a portable wallet or kettle and take out some small items from Castle of Black Iron or "carry" two mouthfuls of spring water and all-purpose medicament into his mouth from Castle of Black Iron once in a while. It was already his upper limit. If it was not absolutely necessary, he would never pretend to be a God in Ice and Snow Wilderness. He would not do it anymore.
After one night's heavy rain, some pits on the stones outside the entrance of the mountain cave were filled with rainwater. Zhang Tie found two water willows outside the entrance of the mountain cave and broke off two water willow twigs. After taking out some salt, Zhang Tie finished washing his face and rinsing his mouth with the rainwater in the pit.
After that, he ate two pieces of dried rations and put on a camouflage raincoat. After that, he removed all the traces in the mountain cave. After that, Zhang Tie left there.
It started to be sunny today. Soon after Zhang Tie left the mountain cave, a fiery sun had risen up.
Zhang Tie rapidly traveled in the woods and searched for those suspicious areas marked on the map.
...
At noon, Zhang Tie stopped at a riverside, which passed through the Misty Moon Woods. Due to the heavy rain yesterday, the water level of the river surged a lot. The water level of the river rose sharply, and the murky water flowed southward. Squatting on the riverside, Zhang Tie watched a corpse being washed onto the stones on the riverside with a solemn look.
The corpse was that of a man, and he was dressed in ragged clothes. Judging from the skin of the corpse, he hadn't been in the water for a long time. His skin wasn't swollen yet, but the corpse was a little scary because half of his head and neck were gone, as if he had been bitten by something. The exposed wound was soaked in water, so it didn't look very comfortable.
As the weather started to get better, the smell of corpses started to become more unpleasant.
Zhang Tie tried his best not to feel disgusted as he started to check those wounds on the corpse carefully.
Besides wild beasts, demonized puppets could also bite and devour humans. However, demonized puppets' teeth were different than those of wild beasts. Therefore, the wounds caused by demonized puppets' teeth were different. The wounds caused by humans' teeth were more cut and abraded; however, the wounds caused by wild beasts' sharp teeth were more penetrating and pulling marks.
After observing it carefully for a while, Zhang Tie reached a conclusion that the wound was caused by demonized puppets instead of wild beasts.
This conclusion made Zhang Tie spirited. After looking at the upstream of the river, Zhang Tie ran upstream along the riverside. On the way, he saw rugged, odd-shaped rocks and towering trees everywhere. There were many cliffs which commoners could barely pass. Thankfully, Zhang Tie was agile. Therefore, he walked all the way here along the riverside.
2 hours later, Zhang Tie had already walked over 70 km upstream. However, he didn't find anything on the way. Therefore, Zhang Tie frowned, 'If the corps of hundreds of thousands of demonized puppets is here, it's impossible for them to leave no trace.'
When Zhang Tie was thinking about whether there was something wrong, he heard a sound of "Tut... tut...". He raised his head and found a woodpecker was knocking the trunk of a big tree on his side.
At the sight of this bird, a lightbulb flashed across Zhang Tie's mind as he forcefully patted his forehead, 'Stupid, have you forgotten that you're a powerful animal controller? We're in the forest. How could you be baffled by such a small problem?'
Watching that woodpecker, Zhang Tie connected his spiritual energy with that All-spirits Pagoda in his mind sea and sent a message to that woodpecker. Hearing that, the woodpecker stopped at once as it turned around and watched Zhang Tie under the tree.
Zhang Tie stretched out his hand. Closely after that, the woodpecker flapped its wings and flew off the tree. After that, it lightly landed on Zhang Tie's hand and croaked as if it was very curious about how Zhang Tie could communicate with it.
Woodpecker was a common LV 0 living being. Coincidentally, there was a Great Wilderness Seal on the first floor of All-spirits Pagoda which could work on LV 0 living beings. It was a "Rest" seal that Zhang Tie had formed. Given the ability to control living beings, this "Rest" seal was not as powerful as that of the "Control" seal. Its main function was not to control, but to protect and disperse. However, the "Rest" seal also had a benefit. After this seal was inserted into a living being's body, this living being would not be harmed by living beings of the same level in a long period. Additionally, it could enable the animal controller to control that living being in a short period.
The "Rest" seal could only last 12 hours. Although it was not as powerful as that of the "Control" seal which could make living beings loyal to you for the rest of their lives, it was enough for Zhang Tie.
Additionally, it was a waste for him to use the Great Wilderness Seal on the first floor of All-spirits Pagoda. Being able to put it to good use at this time could be considered as making the best use of it.
A whim occurred to Zhang Tie as he touched the woodpecker's head and inserted the "Rest" seal into the woodpecker's body. Closely after that, Zhang Tie felt that his spiritual energy had established a close connection with this woodpecker.
"Take me to the place where you saw the most people!" Zhang Tie sent an order to the woodpecker as he raised his hand. After raising his hand, the woodpecker flew off. After hovering over Zhang Tie's head for a short while, it flew towards a direction.
Zhang Tie hurriedly caught up with it. The woodpecker controlled its speed as it flew. After flying for a short distance, it would stop on a twig and look back at Zhang Tie. When Zhang Tie caught up to it, it would fly forward.
Woodpecker with the title of forest doctor had a very large activity range in the woods. If this woodpecker really saw a lot of people in its activity range, Zhang Tie believed that this woodpecker could take him somewhere. Zhang Tie believed that this woodpecker could take him somewhere.
After 1 hour, Zhang Tie and Zhang Tie passed by the dense woods. The woodpecker flew to the top of a misty valley. After arriving here, the woodpecker didn't want to fly down anymore. From this woodpecker, Zhang Tie knew that it had seen a lot of people here. Additionally, it seemed that something terrifying was hiding here.
"Go ahead, you're free..." Zhang Tie sent an order to the woodpecker. Closely after that, the woodpecker flapped its wings and flew towards another direction.
Zhang Tie silently crouched behind a huge rock and a bush on the top of the valley as he stealthily observed the situation in the valley.
Even though there was no rain today, this valley was still covered with dense white mist. Additionally, there were some tall trees on both sides of the hillside, whose branches and leaves were very luxuriant, which covered many things in the valley.
Zhang Tie took out the map and started to observe it carefully. This place happened to be in the suspicious region of Misty Moon Woods that he marked on the map. A few days ago, he had reconnoitred this place by glider; however, he didn't see anything valuable in the sky at all.
Even though he was on the ground, the thick fog reduced his visibility to within a hundred meters. Everything beyond a hundred meters was hidden in the fog.
'Is the demonized puppets corps hiding here? '
The moment this question occurred to Zhang Tie's mind, he had changed his face. A gust of wind blew over, causing the mist in the valley to roll. When the gust of wind arrived in front of Zhang Tie, Zhang Tie smelt a faint bloody smell.
Zhang Tie then took out the two javelins from his back and stealthily moved towards the direction of the bloody smell.
In a hidden place at the foot of the valley, there was a huge cave leading to the hinterland of the mountain. The bloody smell drifted from that cave. At the entrance of the cave, Zhang Tie saw a team of patrolling demonized puppets...
'Found it! ' Zhang Tie became thrilled inside. However, at the same time, he had another question, 'Why are those demonized puppets hiding here? What are they doing here...'
Lying 100 m away from that cave, Zhang Tie was thinking about this question as he observed the cave.
All of a sudden, a commotion drifted from the entrance of the cave. With wails and cries, some people were taken out of there. Closely after that, Zhang Tie heard a sneer, "Don't you want to escape? Do you think that you can escape?"
"Ah, please, we dare not do that anymore. Let us go!"
"Now that you don't want to work honestly, just be the food of the sacred worms. Eat them..." That voice sounded grim.
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