The jungle was busier than he expected.
As we walked deeper, we could see traces of monks in the forest clearings from time to time.
There were groups of three or four people hunting for Demon Beast, some were squatting alone on the edge of the ruins using short shovels to dig for spiritual minerals, and there were also two groups of people who got angry and fought over a fragment of Law Artifact dug out of the soil of the ancient battlefield.
Although this forest is dangerous, it is indeed rich in resources.
The outside of Pure Land Chan Temple has been untouched for thousands of years, plus the Law Artifact fragments, spiritual ores, spiritual grass and spiritual trees left over from the monk war, just picking up a few and taking them out is enough for an ordinary Rogue Cultivator to practice for just half a year.
Not everyone is as short of resources as inner disciple from the Supreme Splendor Academy and Thousand Mechanisms Array Sect. Many Star Selection contestants can't even afford one thousand Spirit Stone. In addition to competing for ranking, the bigger purpose of participating in Secret Realm Trial is to collect as many resources as possible to exchange for Spirit Stone.
Qin Tiexin bypassed these conflicts and went straight to the direction pointed by the broken arm
The area covered by his Spirit Material Sense is large enough. Wherever there are spiritual ores, where there are fragments of Law Artifact, and where there are monks holding Law Artifact fighting, they are all clearly marked in his consciousness.
Pick them up easily if they are within two feet of the route, and let them go if they deviate too far. Now is the time to be in a hurry, not the time to look for resources.
Qin Tiexin I want to avoid trouble, but sometimes trouble comes to my door.
It was a lone monk, wearing gray-brown robes and two short knives hanging from his waist, who rushed out of a bush while crawling.
Behind him was a Foundation Establishment Peak Stage Demon Beast, which was covered with dark red scales, had thick limbs, and had outward-turned fangs, and was chasing him. As soon as the monk saw Qin Tiexin, a ruthless look flashed in his eyes, and he suddenly changed direction and rushed straight towards Qin Tiexin.
Disaster is diverted to the east.
This trick is not new in the jungle, but when used on him, he hit the wrong person.
Qin Tiexin did not hide, he stood there, and when the monk came within about three feet of him, Qin Tiexin had already seen his fierce eyes and steps that were about to change.
The next moment, as long as that person flashes to the side, Demon Beast will rush straight towards Qin Tiexin under the action of inertia, and that person can escape, and maybe he can watch the battle and pick up some bargains.
At this moment, Qin Tiexin and Burst Step stepped forward, closing the distance to the man to within one foot, and waved Edgeless with his left hand lightly.
Not even Heavy Mountain Saber Technique is used, just a simple horizontal slash.
Before the monk could react to what happened, his body had lost its balance. His lower body ran forward two steps, and his upper body fell to the ground. He twitched twice and stopped moving.
The Demon Beast who was chasing him rushed forward and suddenly stopped.
Its nostrils twitched twice, smelling the Qi and Blood smell in the air that was so strong that it almost solidified into substance, and stared straight at the short-haired strong man standing in front of it, as well as the big knife that was still dripping blood.
Demon Beast's intuition is much more sensitive than humans. It didn't hesitate, turned around and got into the bushes nearby, and disappeared without a trace after a few ups and downs.
Qin Tiexin took the knife back, put it on his shoulder, and glanced at the corpse on the ground. The man wanted to harm him, so he killed that man, and that was the end of the matter.
He continued walking deeper.
After walking a little further, my feet suddenly felt tight.
A dark green vine as thick as a thumb slipped out silently from under the dead leaves, wrapped around his right ankle and pulled hard back.
The surface of the vine was densely covered with fine needle-like barbs, which penetrated into the fabric of the suit but did not pierce his skin.
Qin Tiexin glanced down, Edgeless pushed down with his backhand, and the vine was broken into two parts. Dark green viscous juice oozed from the fracture, giving off a pungent grassy smell.
The vine wrapped around the ankle was still twitching. Qin Tiexin pulled it off and took a look at the cross section. The fibers were fine and tough, and it was a top-quality spiritual wood material.
He put the broken vines into the storage ring and looked up at the source of the vines. Not far ahead, an ancient tree with a crooked neck was frantically retracting its branches. Several vines that had not yet been retracted were dragging deep marks on the ground. The tree body changed color at a speed visible to the naked eye, from dark green with bloodshot eyes to the grayish brown of an ordinary old locust tree.
As if he were an ordinary tree.
Qin Tiexin chuckled. It seemed that this tree had already gained preliminary intelligence and knew that it had provoked the wrong people.
He did not continue to pursue, he just glanced at the tree, put Edgeless on his shoulders again, swaggered under the tree, and continued on his way.
The further you go deeper into the jungle, the weirder the environment becomes.
He walked through a bamboo forest. The bamboo poles swayed slightly in the windless air, and the friction of the bamboo leaves made a rustling sound that came and went. Occasionally, there were one or two shrill baby cries. Spirit Material Sense told him that there were several Law Artifact fragments with hidden spiritual light buried under the bamboo forest. They were all of high quality, but they might be dangerous inside, so he avoided them directly.
When passing the ruins of a leaning pagoda, the pagoda body was broken at the waist, and the fracture was densely covered with rusted parts. It looked like the structure was the remains of some kind of large-scale defense Law Artifact.
Three monks squatted next to the ruins, using daggers to pry materials from the stone crevices of the tower body. When they saw him approaching from a distance, they stood up warily, with their hands on Law Artifact. Qin Tiexin walked straight past the side of the ruins without looking at them.
Qin Tiexin drove Killing Intent Perception all the way, and there were the smells of the Golden Core Realm Demon Beast in many directions deep in the jungle. Some were sleeping, and some were moving slowly.
He took the initiative to avoid the coverage area of Demon Beast along the way, preferring to walk a little longer than provoking those things' territorial boundaries.
It's only once, there's no way around it.
An open swamp lay across the road, with towering stone walls on both sides. The detour would take at least an hour.
In the middle of the swamp lies a Iron-Toothed Crocodile with the aura of Foundation Establishment Peak Stage. Judging from the aura, it is estimated that it will soon be formed with demon pills. It is three feet long and its back is covered with dark green scales. It is basking in the sun with its mouth open. Each of the iron teeth in its mouth is as long as a dagger, glowing coldly under the dark red sky.
Iron-Toothed Crocodile also discovered him. It closed its mouth, propped up its huge body on its four stubby legs, and slowly crawled over from the edge of the swamp. Every step made a deep pit in the mud.
Qin Tiexin didn't stop, he flipped Edgeless from his shoulder to his hand, kicked off his right foot, and rushed straight towards Iron-Toothed Crocodile.
The crocodile opened its mouth and bit him on the waist. Qin Tiexin stepped sideways, Edgeless shot horizontally from left to right, and hit the side of the crocodile's jaw with the blade.
Iron-Toothed Crocodile's head was smashed to the right by a huge force. Its four short legs slipped on the muddy ground, and its entire upper body lost its balance. Before it could readjust its posture, Qin Tiexin stepped on its lower jaw with its left foot to lend a hand. Lifting into the air, Edgeless flipped over in mid-air, with the blade facing down. With the help of Gravity, the whole person fell from the air, and the tip of the knife penetrated straight through the gap in the scales on the back of Iron-Toothed Crocodile's neck.
The tip of the knife pierced through the scales, muscles, and spine, and emerged from the lower jaw. Iron-Toothed Crocodile let out a very low roar, and the huge body fell to the muddy ground, and his limbs twitched twice and then stopped moving.
Qin Tiexin pulled out Edgeless from the back of the crocodile's neck. The blade was covered in dark green crocodile blood.
He wiped the blade of the knife on the crocodile's scales and glanced at the swamp behind him. After Iron-Toothed Crocodile fell to the ground, the water surface at the edge of the swamp returned to calm, and no other Demon Beast emerged.
He put the knife back on his shoulder, put Iron-Toothed Crocodile into Storage Bag, and took out a Qi Recovery Pill from Storage Bag and put it into his mouth.
After a short rest, he picked up Edgeless again and continued walking in the direction guided by the broken arm.
He didn't know that less than half an hour after he left, five figures would step onto the path he came in from.
On Liu Suifeng's formation disk, those extremely pale golden light spots were extending deep into the jungle along the route he had taken.