No one knew how the squirrels had managed to sell off all the pinecones in a single night.
Judging by the vividly smug expressions on their faces, though, they had clearly reaped a rich harvest.
"Immortal."
The leading squirrel circled Li Ye once.
Its nose twitched lightly.
"Did you go to that dirty world?"
Li Ye raised a brow, held out his hand for the squirrel to stand on, and asked softly, "Have you been to that world too?"
At the mention of that world,
the squirrel's body trembled involuntarily.
Its voice shook as well. "That world is very, very dirty. I went there several times and nearly got caught by the Snow Fiends."
"Quite a few friends in the forest wanted to eliminate the source of that filth, but they were all contaminated by that world and could never return here."
It described in detail what those spirit beasts and spirit plants had done.
As spirit beasts and spirit plants raised by Martial Uncle Shen Xue, they naturally possessed many wondrous innate abilities. Faced with a world polluted by demonic qi, they had naturally rushed to resolve the matter without a moment's hesitation.
There had even been beings at the Golden Core and Nascent Soul levels among them.
Yet in the end, they had all remained in that world, corroded by demonic qi and unable to return here ever again.
"Even Nascent Souls couldn't resolve it?"
Li Ye truly had not expected there to be such hidden details.
No wonder he had always felt that this snow forest was far too quiet. By rights, a place overflowing with spiritual qi like this should have long been occupied by all manner of spirit beasts and spirit plants.
Especially that Yang Extremity Thousand Year Date tree.
Just as spirit medicines in