When the Nascent Soul Fruit ripened, the strange phenomenon it produced would likely soon alert other cultivators. Lu Xiaotian's gaze flickered. After turning the matter over in his mind, he decided to give up for now. Although he had the boundary within his body, and could send the Nascent Soul Fruit inside to further ripen even before it had fully matured, those Golden-Backed Demon Apes were indeed far from ordinary. For the time being, Lu Xiaotian had no intention of taking on so many enemies alone. The chances of success were too slim.
Eh? A strange expression suddenly appeared on Lu Xiaotian's face. He had not expected someone to lose patience so quickly. Yet the method was indeed exceedingly brilliant; even while watching with his own eyes, Lu Xiaotian could not sense the slightest trace of that person's aura.
At a glance, there was no sign of any cultivator moving about. Yet Lu Xiaotian clearly noticed that beneath a tree within his line of sight, an inconspicuous stone had appeared out of nowhere. Neither too large nor too small, it was roughly the size of an ordinary person squatting down.
The group of Golden-Backed Demon Apes near the Nascent Soul Fruit had not detected anything unusual either, and still frolicked and played among themselves. If Lu Xiaotian had not had a good memory, he would have nearly overlooked that stone as well.
Lu Xiaotian remained nearby for several hours. That extra stone had not moved so much as an inch. Only after the Golden-Backed Demon Apes shifted their attention elsewhere did the stone beneath the tree quietly move less than an inch.
At this speed, to reach beneath the Nascent Soul Fruit without alerting the Golden-Backed Demon Apes, it would take several days at best, over ten days at worst—perhaps