Ye Tian did not take the merchant's words too seriously and simply headed out of the city on his own. Along the way, people occasionally extended olive branches to him.
"Friend, are you planning to travel with the three of us? We have two Heavenly Saint Realm cultivators and one Moxu Realm cultivator. We guarantee you'll cross the Ancient Beast Forest with ease."
"Friend, the Ancient Beast Forest is no joke. If you travel alone, you'll most likely die without a complete corpse. You should know that among the ancient beasts, there are some especially terrifying existences..."
"Hey, Fellow Daoist, we have three Demon Puppet Realm cultivators. We'll make sure you cross the Ancient Beast Forest. You only need to... offer a little compensation."
Ye Tian turned a blind eye to these olive branches and walked straight ahead. This, however, earned him quite a bit of hostility.
Not far beyond Ancient Beast City lay the Ancient Beast Forest. Before he even entered, Ye Tian caught whiffs of blood in the air.
Looking around, he saw human flesh and blood scattered across the ground and branches, already rotted beyond recognition.
Ye Tian strolled along quite leisurely, paying no heed to these things. Behind him followed batch after batch of fellow travelers.
Most of them were fully armed, carefully surveying their surroundings, terrified that the slightest mistake might occur.
Yet all along the way, let alone danger, they had not even seen half an ancient beast.
"I heard from my elders that the Ancient Beast Forest is fraught with danger. From the very first step, one stands at the threshold of death. But we've been walking for ages now and haven't seen even half an ancient beast?"
"Perhaps something has gone wrong in the Ancient Beast Forest... Normally, a scene like this