Hearing the system notification sound telling him that there was a relic of the Great Leiyin Temple nearby, Lin Feng was first overjoyed.
The side mission he received previously was to search for the lost relics and send them all back to the pagoda forest behind the Great Tempest Monastery for reburial. Although there was no time limit, the difficulty of the mission was quite high, making people feel that it was extremely tricky.
Listening to the system notification, it seemed that as long as there were relics around Lin Feng within a certain range, the system would automatically report.
This reduced the difficulty of searching for relics by a lot. Although it was still difficult, at least there wouldn't be any regrets of passing by.
But after the surprise, Lin Feng couldn't help but be puzzled. In such a desolate and almost barren medium-class world, why would the lost relics of the Great Tempest Monastery appear?
Did it accidentally fall into the hands of Qiongqi, or did it belong to someone else?
Lin Feng pondered in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. He looked at Yan Mingyue and the others and said, "Keep in touch with each other, let's split up and explore this place."
Yan Mingyue looked at the cloud forest tree in front of her and said Slowly, "This place can perhaps be called the Cloudy Forest World."
Lin Feng and the others nodded indifferently. They didn't mind Yan Mingyue naming this medium-class world. The ownership of this place could still be debated in the future.
The most important thing now was undoubtedly to find out if the Qiongqi Demon Race was hiding here.
Lin Feng, Yan Mingyue, Sword Lord Guan Chong, Shi Zongyue and Xing Dou Dao Lord, the five of them split up and approached the tall cloud forest tree from different directions.
"Let's not talk about the Cloud Forest Immortal Fruit first, the trunk and leaves are all top-notch materials that can be used to refine magic treasures and artifacts." Lin Feng chose to approach a Cloud Forest Tree from below, first flying in front of the trunk.
The trunk in front of him was extremely thick. When Lin Feng approached it, it was as if he was facing a city wall. The surface of the trunk was jet-black, and under the black color, there was a mysterious brilliance flowing. The bark was not rough, but as smooth as a pitch-black mirror.
Lin Feng didn't touch it directly. He raised his head and looked up. The black tree trunk stood tall and straight like a heavenly pillar supporting the sky.
Above his head was a vast expanse of green shade. Lin Feng walked all the way up and soon arrived in front of the shade. He saw the dense branches and leaves extending in all directions.
The thick branches formed an impenetrable jungle. Deep within the branches and leaves, it was dark and tranquil.
Lin Feng did not venture deep. Instead, he landed on a thick branch and Silently sensed the changes in the flow of Spirit Qi inside the Cloud Forest Tree.
"The Spirit Qi of these ten-odd Cloudforest Trees actually linked together through the contact between the branches and leaves?" Lin Feng was a little surprised, because he could vaguely sense that he had only landed on one Cloud Forest Tree, but he seemed to be surrounded by the auras of over a dozen Cloud Forest Trees.
The Spirit Qi was so abundant that even the sky couldn't describe its vastness, and the sea couldn't describe its vastness.
Lin Feng felt like he seemed to be facing the entire Cloudforest World, facing a medium-sized world.
It was also at this time that Lin Feng's brows suddenly furrowed, "Strange, why can't I sense the self-awareness of these Cloudforest Trees?"
A medium-sized world did not have void lightning tribulation. Hence, no matter how powerful a species, absorbing and breathing spiritual energy to cultivate, they could only cultivate to the peak of the Golden Elixir Period too.
Even if these enormous Cloudforest Trees absorbed vast amounts of heaven and earth spiritual energy and stored it in their bodies, without experiencing lightning tribulation, they were unable to form a demonic nascent soul and achieve the position of demon king.
But they would definitely be the strongest Demon Commanders. In terms of total demonic strength, even demon kings could not compare to them. Even many demon kings might not be their match.
Disregarding other things, just in terms of total demonic strength, if these Cloudforest Trees became demons, it would be sufficient to rival demon race Great Sages who cultivated an indestructible demon soul.
But here came the problem. Lin Feng completely could not sense the self-awareness of these Cloudforest Trees. He could only sense pure plant instincts.
In other words, these Cloudforest Trees were the same as the Salo Iron Tree sapling that Lin Feng obtained back then. They could not be considered demons yet. They were just wondrous trees with spiritual beauty.
But when Lin Feng just saw the Salo Iron Tree back then, that was just a sapling. While the Cloudforest Trees in front of him were already towering ancient trees that had grown for god knows how many years.
Lin Feng was vigilant in his heart, "Such tremendous spiritual energy, the foundation is also an incomparably thick spiritual seed. Even if it can't compare to Ginseng Fruit Trees and Salo Iron Trees, it won't be too far off. After ten million years of accumulation, it's impossible for them not to become demons."
Right now, there was only one explanation for the situation. That was that someone refined these Cloudforest Trees and obliterated the tree demon divine soul, causing them to lose their self-awareness once again, becoming pure spiritual plants.
And now, the spiritual energy undulations of these Cloudforest Trees were connected as one. Perhaps it was also the other party's means.
This made Lin Feng have no choice but to be careful. The spiritual energy accumulated by more than ten Cloudforest Trees was already extraordinary to begin with. Now that they were connected as one, it was as if they had transformed into a world. This made one even more vigilant. When faced with the suppression of a world, even Essence Soul experts would feel apprehensive.
However, Lin Feng had the system to conceal himself. If it wasn't for direct vision, even if he stood on the branches of the Cloudforest Trees, it would be very difficult for the other party to discover his existence.
Being able to reach the Essence Soul Realm meant that they were all outstanding. Yan Mingyue and the others also quickly discovered the problem. Each of them displayed their own means to first conceal their tracks. Then, they continued to probe deeper into the depths of the Cloudforest Trees, searching for traces of the Qiongqi Demonic Race that was hiding here.
"Speaking of which, where is the sarira?" Lin Feng wasn't in a hurry to move forward. The system's notification just now rang out again.
This time, the notification was more accurate. It told Lin Feng that the sarira was currently moving in his direction.
Lin Feng hid himself and simply didn't move, waiting for the hare to come to him.
A moment later, a golden light suddenly flew out from the depths of the giant tree's branches. The golden light didn't fly very fast, but it had a heavy and solemn aura. It was the Dharmic power of Buddhism. However, it was different from the peaceful Dharmic power. This golden light contained a fierce and vicious aura.
Lin Feng's eyes narrowed slightly. With his eyesight, he could see that it was a middle-aged man who was flying while riding on a Buddhist light.
He was stepping on a pure gold alms bowl. The alms bowl turned into a golden light and lifted him up.
This middle-aged man wasn't wearing a monk's robe. Instead, he was wearing a very ordinary gray robe. His expression was solemn and he had a buzz cut. His hair was not longer than one centimeter. Among his sparse black hair, nine dots could be clearly seen.
Although he was dressed like a layman, he was a Buddhist monk through and through. Moreover, he was an eminent Buddhist monk who had reached the Yuanying Realm.
Only right now, his entire body was filled with a vicious aura and it even contained killing intent. His expression was bitter and his eyes flashed with a vicious light.
No matter how he looked at it, he looked more like a butcher than an eminent Buddhist monk.
Lin Feng looked at this monk and vaguely felt that he was a bit familiar. His mind spun and a figure instantly appeared.
In the past, when Lin Feng entered the Black Cloud Underground Palace and wanted to take Zhu Yi as his disciple, he once encountered a monk who escaped from the Great Thunder Monastery after it was destroyed. His Buddhist name was Hui Ku.
In order to take revenge on the Buddhist Extermination Coalition Army, in order to increase his own strength, Hui Ku refined the twenty four sarira of his sect's elders that he brought out of the monastery into magic items.
The Dharmic power that this Hui Ku cultivated was the Art of Acala of the Great Thunder Monastery. However, it lacked the introduction. After seeing the Art of Acala that Xiao Yan cultivated, he had evil thoughts and wanted to steal it. In the end, he was killed by Lin Feng in the Black Cloud Underground Palace.
Looking at this monk in front of him, Lin Feng thought of the Hui Ku of the past.
Although Hui Ku was only at the Foundation Establishment stage and this monk in front of him was at the Yuanying Realm, their temperaments were extremely similar.
Lin Feng looked at the pure gold alms bowl under his feet and then felt his attainments in the Dharmic power. He instantly had an idea: "Direct disciple of the Great Thunder Monastery. This person was also one of the monks of the Great Thunder Monastery in the past. After the monastery was destroyed, he escaped the net."
Looking at this person's face and aura, one could tell that his hands were covered in blood. The number of lives that he had killed was probably uncountable.
This was also a Buddhist cultivator whose life path was completely changed due to the destruction of the Great Thunder Monastery. The Dharmic power that he cultivated in the past had already completely turned into hatred and anger, drowning his soul.
When Buddhist disciples cultivate, their willpower is incomparably strong. They can see their hearts clearly and discern their true self. They won't easily be swayed.
But once they step onto the wrong path, they tend to be even more stubborn and extreme.
Hui Ku was like that in the past, and this monk in front of him was also like that. Although he didn't know how many relics he had, Lin Feng guessed that this darn baldy in front of him would probably refine the relics into Dharma artifacts without hesitation and use them to fight against enemies.
As long as he could increase his strength and take revenge for the Great Thunder Monastery in the past, he was willing to do anything.
"Even if you have to join forces with the Demon race?" Lin Feng muttered to himself. This person could freely move between the cloud trees, so he was clearly in cahoots with the Demon race that occupied this place.
It was very likely that he had been bribed by Qiong Qi like Ancestral Master Kun Yue to run errands for Qiong Qi in the human world's Divine Land.
However, Ancestral Master Kun Yue obeyed Qiong Qi for benefits, while this person was very likely to do it for revenge.
"Although your firm belief in taking revenge for your sect is worthy of recognition, your method is terrible." Lin Feng looked at the person's departing back with a cold gaze. "Qiong Qi used the Nine Glory Sky Shattering Formation to wreak havoc in the Divine Land, and the damage caused is simply immeasurable. Not only the cultivation world, but even the mortal world will suffer."
Just as Lin Feng was about to stop this person, he suddenly felt the cloud forest tree under his feet shake.
Lin Feng slightly furrowed his brows. He endured it and did not move. Then he saw two huge beasts appear in the dense forest.
These two beasts had wings on their backs and were covered in the fur of a hedgehog. They looked like a cow and a tiger, but their cries sounded like dogs barking.
"Qiong Qi, it really is Qiong Qi!" Lin Feng took a deep breath. It was only at this moment that it was completely confirmed that the Demon Race hiding in the Cloudy Forest World was the Qiongqi Clan that had wreaked havoc in the North Wind Sea and almost caused the collapse of the Ancient Desolate Sea World.
The two Qiong Qi in front of him were both Demon Kings, and they also looked in the direction that the monk had left in.
One of the Qiong Qi said in a deep voice, "I hope that human can lure his Uncle-Master here."
On the other side, Qiong Qi chuckled and said, "He definitely will. When his Uncle-Master sees his juniors refining their sect's sariras into mystic artifacts like the enemies who destroyed their sect, he will definitely not be able to hold himself back."
The first Qiong Qi also laughed strangely. "When the human comes, the number will be gathered!"
Lin Feng listened to their conversation, and his brows furrowed even tighter. "The number is gathered? What number? "
"Why does it sound like the direction of the wind isn't right?"
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