The Dream of High-Speed Rail; Palace Master Yun Was Stumped by Cheng Han, While the Envoy Researched an Extraordinary Mystic Art

"You may pass!"

With that shout from the squad leader, the inspection came to an end.

Several Red Armor Soldiers immediately moved the barriers aside and cleared the road.

Jie Qing, a Three Spirit Leaves-ranked servant, politely offered his thanks before driving the Crystal Energy Car slowly toward the woods ahead.

It was not that he did not want to go faster.

He simply did not dare.

The Living Quarters Palace steward had repeatedly warned him that the Spirit Oak Demons were not mild-tempered creatures. He was to tread as lightly as possible so as not to anger them.

"Whoosh~"

The cold wind swept past.

The Spirit Oak Demons' branches and leaves swayed gently, as though they had fallen asleep.

Yet Jie Qing could not help cursing inwardly, What a damned creepy place!

He could distinctly feel that countless pairs of eyes were staring fixedly at him.

The bizarre sensation made the hairs on his back stand on end. Even his hands gripping the steering wheel trembled uncontrollably.

Still shaken, Jie Qing muttered quietly, "That rumor is probably true."

The "rumor" he referred to was one circulating within the Profound Palace.

More than a month ago, Lord Envoy had used an astonishing method on the Spirit Oak Demon Tree Forest, triggering an earthshaking Spirit Tide.

It was said that the following day, an Intermediate Profound Warrior who had mastered Wood Spirit Arts had wanted to study the Spirit Oak Demons, only to be lured into a trap and captured by them instead.

Many servants did not believe this rumor.

After all, the Spirit Oak Demons were clearly weaker than Mystic Adepts, and an Intermediate Profound Warrior wielding Wood Spirit Arts would certainly be more powerful than the Spirit Oak Demons.

Many people believed another rumor instead: after being cleansed by