Baishi Commandery, Tea Ridge.
Mountain mist wreathed the lofty peaks and steep ridges, never dispersing all year round.
The ancient tree, over a thousand feet tall, withdrew his gaze from the distance. "Spirit Void Cave probably won't send anyone else."
The ancient tree had not become a spirit through age, nor was he a demon beast. He was a shadow demon born of heaven and earth, also called a heavenly demon.
Of course, those were names used by humans and the Demon Race. They called themselves "holy spirits."
Several months earlier, he had devoured the yang energy of quite a few human Martial Dao cultivators around Tea Ridge, alarming Spirit Void Cave enough that it sent disciples to investigate.
The first four Spirit Void Cave disciples to arrive had left a deep impression on the ancient tree.
The Unborn Cult's formation concealed this place. Unless the ancient tree and the other shadow demons showed themselves, nothing amiss could be detected from outside.
Yet among those four Spirit Void Cave disciples who first found Tea Ridge, there had been one named Qi Guihong whose spiritual perception was exceptionally keen. He had actually managed to locate the formation laid by the Unborn Cult.
Naturally, the ancient tree had been delighted. Martial Dao cultivators had delivered themselves to his door, and young Spirit Void Cave disciples at that. Their yang energy was far richer than that of ordinary people, and he had feasted to his heart's content.
After that, Spirit Void Cave had sent people twice more.
But the later disciples' spiritual perception had fallen far short of that young man named Qi Guihong. They could not find the Unborn Cult's formation at all.
Of course, even if they had found the formation here, the ancient tree would not have feared them.
Although