After leaving the Demon God Pool, Lu Feng changed his aura to that of a Blood Fiend Sect disciple and sped southwest. Although he saw outposts of the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect several times along the way, he no longer had any desire for revenge.
What he saw was not necessarily the truth. An absence of danger now did not mean it would remain safe once he attacked. Last time, a Plague Miasma Patriarch had appeared out of nowhere. Who could guarantee that a Poison Patriarch would not appear next time?
The Abyss was far too dangerous. It was better to leave first.
As he traveled southwest, he still encountered no particularly powerful cultivators. With him deliberately concealing himself, no one could detect anything amiss about Lu Feng.
Within half a month, something strange appeared in his sight, something Lu Feng had seen before. An odd pillar towered in the southwest. He could not tell how far away it was, only that it was indescribably tall, piercing the clouds.
Unable to determine what it was, Lu Feng felt rather like someone who, once bitten by a snake, feared a straw rope for ten years. He kept wondering whether it might be the dwelling of yet another extraordinary figure and instinctively wanted to avoid it.
But after carefully checking his bearings again, he reluctantly discovered that if he wanted to reach the Kunlun Immortal Realm as quickly as possible, he had no choice but to head toward that pillar.
The pillar exuded an eerie air, deepening Lu Feng's unease. He could actually take a detour, heading south into the territory ruled by the Qilin Clan, then circling through Phoenix Ridge, ruled by the Phoenix Clan, to enter the Kunlun Immortal Realm.
But that would mean crossing territories ruled by two branches