"It's too dangerous here, I feel terrified. The Soul Shatter Grass may not only be here, it might be elsewhere, or perhaps in the hands of some powerful forces. There's no need to take such a risk."
Jian Ruyan frowned as she heard Mu Jinyu's words, advising him to stop.
She could sense an extremely terrifying aura emanating from within the Cursed Soul Forest, making her feel as if she was facing Death!
She had seen Hedao Realm experts before, even at the late stage of the Hedao Realm.
But none of them had such a terrifying presence!
No wonder there are rumors that even a Hedao Realm expert entering the Cursed Soul Forest is facing a life-and-death situation!
Given this, how could she feel at ease letting Mu Jinyu go in to investigate?
Wen Rou was also uneasy. Hearing Jian Ruyan's words, she quickly chimed in, "Yes, don't go in. The Soul Shatter Grass might not even be here. Maybe someone wants to harm you, knowing how terrifying it is here, they want you to send yourself to death!"
Upon Wen Rou's words, Mu Jinyu's eyes moved, thinking to himself, that seems a bit likely.
Although Hua Yunfei's life was in his hands, with that person's pride, how could they willingly serve him? Become a slave!
It's possible that after seeing him seek these rare spiritual medicines, that person might have deliberately found an opportunity to lead him to such a deadly place, hoping he'd go in and die.
Moreover, Jian Ruyan's words made sense. He had already obtained five spiritual medicines from the Dragon Elephant Sect. Others might have the Soul Shatter Grass too, so there's no rush to take this huge risk to search now.
He could wait until he collected the other eleven spiritual medicines; if he still couldn't find the Soul Shatter Grass, by then, he might already be at the Hedao Realm and could take the gamble again!
"Alright, let's return for now. We can look for other spiritual medicines first, and if we can't find the Soul Shatter Grass any other way, we can come back and check."
Although Mu Jinyu practiced the My Way State of Mind, he wasn't someone who couldn't listen to others' opinions. After weighing the risks and rewards, he felt they didn't match up, and decided to come back later.
"Alright, let's go back for now. I also want to talk to that kid again." Mu Jinyu nodded.
Seeing Mu Jinyu not insisting on going his own way, both Wen Rou and Jian Ruyan let out a sigh of relief.
"Coo, coo, coo..."
At this time, the featherless bird Phoenix in Jian Ruyan's arms woke up and cooed like a dove.
Seeing this, Jian Ruyan took out a few fire attribute spiritual medicines from her storage bag and handed them to the featherless bird's beak.
"Crunch, crunch!"
The featherless bird Phoenix quickly finished eating the medicines, then started flapping its bare wings, cooing as if saying, I'm still hungry, I want more...
Just as Jian Ruyan was handing the spiritual medicine, the featherless bird Phoenix turned its head, looking all around, and then spotted the Cursed Soul Forest ahead!
Instantly, its featherless body tensed and stiffened.
Just like a dead chicken that had been thrown into hot water and plucked of its feathers.
Its red eyes widened, filled with fear and unease.
"Look, even the little Phoenix is afraid of this place!"
Jian Ruyan handed the spiritual medicine to the featherless bird's beak and saw it remained stiff and motionless, and with one glance, she saw the human-like fear in its eyes, quickly telling Mu Jinyu.
She wanted to completely dissuade Mu Jinyu from going in alone.
"Hmm..."
Mu Jinyu responded, feeling a sense of unease rising in his heart.
Then, he hurried the two women to leave the area with him, while also taking out that Heavenly Palace Token to send a message to Hua Yunfei.
To see if this guy really intended to harm him, using someone else to do the dirty work!
If that's the case, then he would just kill him!
Now that he had joined the Heavenly Palace, and entered as the top of the Hidden Dragon List, boosting the Dragon Vein Qi Luck of the Heavenly Palace, his status was naturally significant, and even if he killed Hua Yunfei, the Heavenly Palace wouldn't pursue him.
At most, there'd be a rift with the Hua Family behind Hua Yunfei.
"Coo, coo, coo..."
At this moment, the featherless bird Phoenix suddenly came to its senses, its eyes no longer showing fear and unease, but rather becoming somewhat excited and thrilled, flapping its bare wings, and struggled out of Jian Ruyan's arms!
Then it flapped its wings, seemingly possessed, wanting to charge into the Cursed Soul Forest.
"Bang!!"
Unfortunately, it couldn't fly, and immediately crashed to the ground, dazed, with its head tilting off, passing out.
The featherless little Phoenix had never been able to fly since it hatched.
It's unclear if it's due to its lack of feathers or something else, but it just couldn't fly.
Now Jian Ruyan felt quite lucky; fortunately, it couldn't fly. Otherwise, it would have rushed into the Cursed Soul Forest just now.
Mu Jinyu glanced at the featherless bird, not paying much attention, and retracted his gaze, continuing to walk out and conversing with Hua Yunfei!
...
Inside an inn room.
A top-class room with the Earth character.
Zhuo Yue was sitting cross-legged on the bed, quietly cultivating.
Spurred by Mu Jinyu, he urgently wanted to break through to the Seventh Layer of the Fanxu Realm, reaching the late stage of the Fanxu Realm, otherwise, as a senior, he wouldn't be able to tolerate being weaker than Mu Jinyu, a junior.
"Bang!"
At this moment, a shattering sound suddenly echoed.
Zhuo Yue opened his eyes to see the door suddenly glowing brilliantly. It was the defensive prohibition engraved on the door, but the brilliance only lasted a moment before vanishing, followed by the door disintegrating!
"Damn!"
Zhuo Yue mentally cursed, fearing his location had been exposed once again, making him a target for the pursuit over the key!
However, he had been constantly on guard. He had a small teleportation talisman prepared under his bed, allowing him to teleport a hundred miles away.
Feeling a great crisis as the door shattered, Zhuo Yue immediately activated the teleportation talisman, sending himself a hundred miles out.
"Phew... Finally got out!"
In the wilderness, floating in mid-air, Zhuo Yue let out a sigh of relief but didn't dare to slow down, quickly preparing to use his movement technique to flee!
"Buzz!!"
But just then, the void in mid-air suddenly rippled, like a calm water surface rippled by a pebble, the ripples spreading instantly.
"Power of Laws?! No... A Hedao Realm expert has arrived!"
Seeing this, Zhuo Yue's soul almost left his body, and he wanted to use the Blood Escape Technique to flee, but suddenly, he felt an overwhelming pressure, like Mount Tai, upon him, immobilizing him.
"Buzz!"
The void ripples vanished, and a shriveled figure appeared before Zhuo Yue.
"You think someone like you could kill my brother? Where's the real culprit?!"
With a shout, a gust of wind hit Zhuo Yue's face, cutting deep bloody marks on his face before he even got a clear look at the newcomer, who grabbed him by the neck, lifting him into the air.
"Elder Ji, the killer isn't him, it's... it's a young man at the Seventh Layer of the Fanxu Realm..."
At that moment, a few trembling voices came from behind.
Zhuo Yue opened his eyes, looking over to see the one gripping his neck was an old man with a corpse-like face, exuding a fierce and sinister aura.
Behind him stood several people.
Zhuo Yue faintly recognized them, recalling they were from the dozen or so people hiding in the shadows at the Secret Realm entrance, afraid to move.
Could it be that they're here to avenge the Peak Ninth Layer of the Fanxu Realm warrior?!
The thought flashed across Zhuo Yue's mind.