On Ye Chen's side, he had started by searching tree by tree, examining each one several times for fear of missing some detail.
Later, Ye Chen realized that this method simply wasn't going to work in time. There were so many trees here—how could he possibly have enough time to inspect and compare them one by one?
Suddenly, Ye Chen thought of an idea. Could that special tree be a sentient creature? If so, that would make things much easier.
So Ye Chen took out his Spirit Testing Mirror. He wanted to use it to see if any of the trees were sentient.
Then he walked over to a neat row of trees and began scanning them one by one with the mirror. None of them seemed unusual.
Ye Chen assumed that the trees in this row might not include any special species, so he carried the mirror over to another area. After checking there, he found nothing unusual either.
After trying several times, Ye Chen finally suspected that these trees had nothing to do with sentient creatures. They were all ordinary plants, with nothing special about them.
Then Ye Chen thought of his incense. This forest was full of demons. Could that special tree be a little demon? It was possible.
So Ye Chen got to work again. He took out the incense and lit it, then sat nearby to wait, hoping something would happen.
The incense had been burning for about fifteen minutes when the demonic aura around Ye Chen grew watchful again. But the demons all knew he was no ordinary person, so none of them dared approach.
The scent of the incense drifted through the air, seeming to reach the forest to the west. Tomb Spirit caught a familiar whiff and said to Lan Guangxian, "Do