The Demonic Beast Forest Lives Up to Its Name

Xia Wantang was this angry naturally because she was influenced by her demon race bloodline.

The possessor of the Supreme Yin Demonic Physique could almost be considered the king among demonic beasts, and seeing her own people persecuted would naturally make her feel angry.

The other four did not know the hidden story within, and instead thought she was feeling sad and indignant at the thought of her missing friends.

Qu Zhuowen could not help comforting her:

"Fellow Daoist Tang, don't worry. Maybe your friends left Luoshui Town long ago and are still living perfectly well right now."

Xia Wantang calmed her emotions for a bit before saying:

"My friends and I have a bond of life and death, which is why I am like this... Sorry, I startled you."

Tang Wan gained 5 favorability points from Yan Wen, bringing her current favorability to 20, and exchanged them for 50 belief points.

Awesome, Host! You've saved up enough for another two ten-pulls!

Xia Wantang: Oh my, Yan Wen is actually quite sentimental and loyal. He was actually moved by these words and increased my favorability points.

Qu Zhuowen nodded with a look of regret:

"So there was such a past. No wonder. We can understand."

Xia Wantang: Junior sister Zhuowen is fragrant, soft, and considerate! Come quickly into Big Sister's embrace!

However, she really was quite angry right now.

The Heavenly Demon Cult committed all sorts of unmitigated evils, persecuting human cultivators and demonic beasts alike. This time, they were bound to nip the Heavenly Demon Cult in the bud ahead of time.

Right at this moment, Yan Wen also noticed the unusualness within the Demonic Beast Forest:

"This is clearly the Demonic Beast Forest, but we have been here for so long, and Fellow Daoist Tang even made a huge commotion just now, yet no demonic beasts have appeared. It is truly somewhat strange."

Hearing this, the other three finally reacted:

"That's right, isn't this the Demonic Beast Forest? There actually aren't any demonic beasts."

"It seems there really is something weird going on here."

"Could this forest eat humans and demonic beasts?"

Xia Wantang proposed:

"Perhaps it's because this is the outer periphery of the forest. Let's go check out the central region."

The old lair of the Heavenly Demon Cult was right in the center of the Demonic Beast Forest. Wandering blindly in the outer periphery would be somewhat a waste of time.

The remaining four all approved of this proposal and immediately set off to advance toward the center of the forest.

Having just arrived at the central region, a few of them discovered clues.

Qu Shengwen pointed at the charred charcoal on the ground, deep in thought:

"There are traces of human activity here as well."

Ling Xuan also noticed the skeleton of a demonic beast not far away:

"There is a demonic beast skeleton over there. Coupled with the charcoal on the ground, human cultivators should have rested and recuperated in this place previously, and they also resolved a demonic beast."

Qu Zhuowen furrowed her brows:

"If these cultivators who came for experiential training really met with misfortune, there should still be bones remaining. How can it be that neither the people nor their corpses can be found?"

Xia Wantang summarized:

"Therefore, there must be something strange within this Demonic Beast Forest. We really did come to the right place."

Yan Wen noticed that there were still traces of charcoal not far away:

"Those cultivators seem to have headed in the direction of the valley in the middle."

With matters finally making progress, the five of them continued onward, following the traces of charcoal.

Yet who would have thought that the closer they got to the valley, the more obvious the traces of human activity became.

Xia Wantang knew that these traces were actually not left by cultivators who had come for experiential training, but were instead the activity traces of Heavenly Demon Cult members.

At the same time, she was also secretly weighing whether she could eliminate the Heavenly Demon Cult master.

The late-stage cultivation of the Heavenly Demon Cult master was at the Spirit Emperor Realm Peak. Now that the Heavenly Demon Cult had just been established not long ago, his cultivation probably shouldn't have reached the Spirit Sovereign Realm yet, meaning he wouldn't be her match.

Come to think of it, the fact that the four members of Yan Wen failed to track down the Heavenly Demon Cult in the novel might not necessarily be a bad thing for them.

Yan Wen's cultivation was currently only at the Profound Heaven Realm Late-stage, and coupled with the fact that their party only had four people, with the cultivation of the other three being at the Mystic Martial Realm, they might not necessarily be a match for the Heavenly Demon Cult master and numerous cult members.

In case the Heavenly Demon Cult used evil arts or blood-sacrifice formations, the four of them might not necessarily emerge safe and sound.

The elders of Asking Dao Valley were also bold beyond belief, actually daring to let four juniors investigate this matter.

They probably assumed that those outer-disciple disciples had simply met with disaster and perished during their experiential training due to insufficient strength.

"Stranger and stranger, how is it that the further we go toward the center, the more traces of human cultivator activity there are?"

"And we've walked this far, yet we haven't seen a single demonic beast. This Demonic Beast Forest lives up to its name."

Waving his folding fan, Qu Shengwen wore a depressed expression.

However, the moment his voice trailed off, a fluffy head suddenly appeared not far away.

Atop the head was even a pair of red beast ears.

Ling Xuan immediately assumed a combat posture:

"Everyone be careful, there's a demonic beast!"

Xia Wantang naturally noticed the other party as well. It was a three-tailed fire fox, fiery red all over.

A three-tailed fire fox was not any kind of high-tier demonic beast, but this three-tailed fire fox had already cultivated to the Profound Heaven Realm Late-stage, which was not easy; its age was probably not small either.

She could sense that the three-tailed fire fox harbored no malice whatsoever toward them, but was instead wanting to ask for rescue?

"Wait, don't rush to strike first. This demonic beast doesn't seem to have any malice toward us."

"Its cultivation is at the Profound Heaven Realm Late-stage. I have the ability to take action and resolve it at any time."

The moment her voice fell, she saw the three-tailed fire fox sprint over, scaring Qu Zhuowen into taking a step back.

Because of Xia Wantang's words, the others did not take any action.

Growing closer, the three-tailed fire fox stopped in its tracks, shook its head, and rolled its round black eyes to observe the five of them for a moment.

In the end, it stopped in front of Xia Wantang and also emitted a string of strange cries.

Because of the Supreme Yin Demonic Physique and the Spirit Feather Fox Demon Tribe Bloodline, Xia Wantang was actually able to understand the meaning within these cries:

"Great King, Great King! Dozens of human cultivators are hidden in a certain cave in this valley!"

"They captured a lot of my demon race companions and human cultivators, and cruelly killed them."

"Great King, please save us!"

Hearing the three-tailed fox call her Great King, Xia Wantang always had a rather absurd feeling. It was probably because she hadn't gotten used to her demon race identity yet.

However, this fox was quite cute, and what it said was so pitiful.

Her heart softened, and she squatted down to gently stroke the other's head to show comfort.

Tang Wan gained 10 favorability points from Yan Wen, bringing her current favorability to 30, and exchanged them for 100 belief points.

Whoa, Host! A major breakthrough! An unintended action of yours actually increased your favorability points by ten!

Xia Wantang: *???*

Good grief, anyone who didn't know better would think she had just stroked Yan Wen's head.

Increasing favorability points by ten all at once—so this fellow Yan Wen liked getting close to the nature-loving type.

Noticing the expressions of the few people, which were either uncomprehending or astonished, Xia Wantang explained:

"There are almost no demonic beasts or human cultivators in the Demonic Beast Forest. It's too abnormal."

"I have a feeling this fox is asking us for help."