At this, Pei Ling looked utterly bewildered. Chop down the Jianmu?
A mission?
Fallen Immortals?
Had the Fallen Immortals already descended to the lower realm?
No!
The four of them weren't talking about the one in the Eternal Night Desert. They meant the ancient immortals he'd just encountered!
He'd already been in dire straits fighting three at once. If there were even more...
And if the Human Race wanted to chop down the Jianmu, he had to ascend to immortality before it was felled!
Thinking this, Pei Ling immediately said, "This junior has eight companions, but we've been separated..."
Before he could finish, Lin Shi and the others furrowed their brows. Lin Shi immediately asked, "There are only nine of you?"
Shen shook his head repeatedly. "Nine is far too few! If only nine of you go, you'll be no better than walking to your deaths. You could bleed until your last drop and still never lay eyes on the Jianmu!"
Xu Jie looked at Pei Ling and said solemnly, "Our village is also gathering people to chop down the Jianmu."
"You'd do better to go to the village and wait. Once everyone's gathered, we can act together!"
Bo Yi and the others nodded, all four pairs of eyes turning toward Pei Ling.
Pei Ling's expression stiffened slightly. He was going to climb the Jianmu, not chop it down...
Still, at this point, there really wasn't a difference!
Whether he climbed the Jianmu or chopped it down, first he had to find it...
Seeing Pei Ling fall silent, Lin Shi softened his tone and advised, "There are many Fallen Immortals, and the other races have no shortage of innate divine abilities and natural spells. Nine people really are too few!"
"If you insist on going to chop down the Jianmu