The moon shone brightly and the stars were sparse. In the deepest part of the Star Dou Great Forest, in the Lake of Life, a huge bull's head emerged from the water, and its sky-blue scales shimmered with a mysterious luster.
As its body swam, it slowly approached the shore. The bull lowered its head and moved closer to the beautiful woman in pink who stood by the shore.
"Aunt Rou, Big Brother Xiaowu will experience 100,000 years of heavenly tribulation."
The woman stroked the head of the Sky Blue Male Python with a gentle expression. How could she not be worried about Xiaowu's heavenly tribulation? After all, they were just soft-boned rabbits.
"Daming, how about letting Xiaowu turn into a human and start cultivating again when the time comes?"
"Aunt Rou, you should know that human life is short. Becoming a god is just an unattainable dream."
Yes, how could she not know that it was just a dream? However, when she saw her daughter playing and fighting with Erming in the distance, she felt worried.
Having lived for tens of thousands of years, Xiao Wu was still so innocent. She was still protected by Da Ming and Er Ming in the Star Dou Great Forest.
After he transformed into a human and rebuilt himself, he could only progress by interacting with humans. Was she really able to protect herself back then?
The women who had struggled to reach maturity in human society knew the horrors of the human heart. These hundred-thousand-year-old soul beasts that have cultivated can fall into the abyss if they are not careful, and become food for human advancement.
The pink rabbit standing on Titan Ape's shoulder in the distance seemed to feel the mother's gaze, and instantly teleported to the woman's arms, rubbing her cheeks affectionately.
Suddenly a rumbling sound from afar broke this warm atmosphere. The woman's face changed, she put her daughter down, and her figure disappeared. When she reappeared, she was already a hundred meters away.
She had to go and see what was going on and must not let anyone threaten Xiao Wu.
The Blue Bull Python in the lake wrapped its tail around the pink rabbit that was about to follow it, and signaled to the Titan Ape next to it with its eyes, asking it to follow and see, just in case Aunt Rou was injured.
After Xu Mingxi and his companions entered the Xingdou Great Forest, they searched all the way according to the route information provided by the mercenary group until they entered the core area, where they barely found a few traces of Yang Yanwu.
The sect leader stroked the scorched earth on the ground. Although he didn't know which soul beast caused it, he had a greater chance of finding Yang Yanwu by following the scorched earth rather than searching blindly.
Unfortunately, as they ran on the scorched earth, what they ended up seeing was a 70,000-year-old fire wolf. After the sect leader's aura scared him away, they no longer knew where to look.
Just when everyone was confused, a shrill cry resounded through the sky, followed by a weak wolf-like howl.
The clan leader signaled with his eyes, and the team immediately moved in that direction. Although not Yang Yanwu, it was still better than Bi Gan standing here.
The goddess of fortune again favored Xu Mingxi. The soul beast fighting the Fire Wolf, or rather, the soul beast hunting the Fire Wolf, was none other than the Yang Yanwu he was thinking about.
The clan leader raised his hand to ask everyone to stop, his eyes twinkling with stars, and he could clearly see Yang Yanwu's appearance.
Her tail feathers numbered seven instead of six, and the seventh tail feather was much shorter than the other six, clearly newly grown.
"Mingxi, the information is wrong. This Yang Yan crow is over 70,000 years old. Are you sure?"
The best age for the seventh soul ring was around 50,000 years old. This Yang Yan Crow not only had a strong bloodline, but was also nearly 20,000 years old. The sect leader was truly afraid that this momentary greed would destroy the future of the sect.
But only Xu Mingxi knew that his body had been nurtured by the sect's resources since he was a child, tempered by the essence of moonlight, and finally strengthened by fairy grass and whale glue. His physical strength was not something that an ordinary soul master could match.
After all, if you want your martial soul to undergo a benign mutation, it is impossible to do so without a hard struggle. The older Yang Yanwu got, the more beneficial it was to Xu Mingxi.
Sensing Xu Mingxi's determination, the sect leader stopped persuading him and focused on the two soul beasts in front of him.
Yang Yanwu's body was even smaller than the Fire Wolf's, but he was more flexible. Most importantly, his flames were incomparable to those of the Fire Wolf.
His entire body burned with bright golden flames. It charged straight from the Fire Wolf's orange-red flames and grabbed its eyes with one claw.
The Fire Wolf wanted to flee, but how could it outrun the faster, more agile, sky-flying Yangyan Crow?
With a desperate wolf howl, the Fire Wolf fell completely flat, and the black soul ring was lifted up. It didn't even inflict any effective damage on Yangyanwu, but only consumed some of his physical strength.
Yang Yanwu tore off the Fire Wolf's skull with one claw and savored the delicious, energy-rich wolf brain.
Although it was unethical to attack others while they were eating, this was indeed the best opportunity.
Not caring that it was still daytime, the sect master instantly activated his original martial soul form, and a huge star-crowned phantom appeared on his body.
Star Attraction, Shining Star Charm, Star Lock, under the mighty power of the sect master, Yang Yanwu was unable to move at all.
When everyone thought things would end like this, an accident happened.
There was a brilliant golden light shining in Yangyanwu's eyes, and a golden shadow seemed to appear behind his black body.
As she cried out loudly to the sky, the sun in the sky seemed to receive her call and emitted golden light.
The starlight was scattered, and the star lock was shattered into pieces, and all the control that the sect master had given him was gone.
Flames soared into the sky as Yang Yanwu broke through the blockade and shot into the sky, flying further and further into the Star Dou Great Forest.
"Pursuing."
The sect leader's face was not so kind as he failed to let Yang Yanwu escape. Led by him, everyone rushed through the Star Dou Great Forest. Yang Yanwu's plague was finally over, and night was soon falling, and that was when the territory would become the Xingguan Sect's domain.
Dugu Bo set up several poison arrays along the way as he moved forward. They were not afraid of Yang Yanwu, but they were afraid of being surrounded by many powerful soul beasts.
The commotion earlier was quite loud, and more powerful soul beasts might arrive at any time. This poison formation might be able to help a little as they retreated.
The moment Yang Yanwu exploded, his speed was beyond the reach of the attacking and controlling spirit masters present.
Fortunately, the head soul bone once absorbed by the sect master gives him a special soul skill, Star Disciple, which can greatly increase his observation range and dynamic vision, and it consumes very little soul power and can be maintained for a long time.
Relying on this spirit skill, although not everyone can catch up, they are able to cling to it. As Yang Yanwu's speed gradually decreased, he fell from the sky and disappeared in the vast sea of trees.
Even the sect leader's star disciple was unable to penetrate the sea of trees, so everyone increased their speed as quickly as possible and rushed to the place where Yang Yanwu disappeared. There must be traces there that could help them find him.