Building a sect from scratch.

While the Jade Emperor was searching for the Bamboo Immortal, Nietzsche and the others were also trying to find the cultivator who claimed to have "possessed" a tree.

Following the instructions on the wooden tablet, everyone headed straight for the very center of the entire cave world. To avoid being swept away by the unknown vines again, Nietzsche led everyone to fly extremely high, making everything on the ground look like miniature models.

This small world wasn't very big. After flying for only a few minutes, the group arrived at a place not far from the intersection of the coordinates in the center of the map. Looking into the distance, however, there were no trees.

It was a barren mountainous area, with no mountains, no water, and no trees.

"Where's the tree!?"

The sea turtle asked blankly.

"I just don't think it's a tree!" Guantangbao argued vehemently. "It's clearly a vine! Where did this tree come from!"

Napier grass added, "And...it looks like it can move, right? It shouldn't just stand still, right?"

Wu Ke, unusually proactive, offered a suggestion: "How about I go down and try to seduce her?"

Nietzsche was somewhat conflicted: "What if it drags you into a different place than before?"

"Then I'll just commit suicide and head back to the city! Besides, who knows, I'm really fast!"

As Wu Ke spoke, he even swung his muscular arm, with its veins bulging, in an attempt to prove his strength.

Nietzsche could only nod: "Then go ahead and try it, but be careful!"

The turtle-like Qi Pure even quipped from the side, "We will remember your selfless dedication!"

"Go! Go! Go!"

Nietzsche waved his hand dismissively at the sea turtle, as if shooing away flies, not even wanting to look at him directly.

This guy is always cheeky, not only with his sharp tongue but also with his penchant for defying the rules of the game. While he doesn't actually commit murder or arson, he's quite adept at things like running around on rooftops, recording himself as cool, randomly grabbing NPCs on their way for a photo, or peeking furtively into other people's gardens out of curiosity. He even once accidentally provoked a cabbage, resulting in the cabbage biting him!

In short, the turtle-like Qi Pure who frequently gets his name red for various reasons is still a regular customer of those few studios that cleanse his public good points. The RMB he spends on cleansing public good points every week is almost equal to his salary from his dungeons! If it weren't for the fact that despite his sassiness, he has an extremely fast reaction speed and can always come up with bizarre but effective tricks in desperate situations, Nietzsche wouldn't have included him in his team!
Of course, another reason is to keep watch nearby, so as to avoid unnecessary trouble.

Wu Ke didn't mind being joked about. Although he was muscular and bald, looking like a convict, he had a very good personality.

After obtaining Nietzsche's consent, he activated his spiritual energy and carefully descended the altitude little by little.

At first, everything was fine; all was calm and peaceful, and not even the shadow of vines could be seen.

As he gradually approached the ground, the flat red soil suddenly cracked open in several places. Wu Ke saw this immediately, his pupils contracted, and as the vines that burst out from the cracks rushed towards him, he was shot straight into the sky like a cannonball.

Perhaps because the vines were prepared in advance, they were much faster than last time. In the blink of an eye, the thickest vine stretched out in front of Wu Ke!

"Ah—" Nietzsche, Guantangbao, and the others exclaimed in surprise upon seeing this scene.

Seeing that the vines were faster than him, Wu Ke turned around, veins throbbing on his forehead, and punched the vines that were about to wrap around him twice. He also kicked away another slightly thinner vine that was following closely behind.

Sea Turtle Qi Chun instinctively shouted out a vulgar curse: "Holy shit!"

The other players were also dumbfounded.

Nobody expected that you could actually choose to fight with plants! And the results were remarkable!
Wu Ke seemed to have found a rhythm, and started yelling as he punched the vines left and right. Each punch knocked the vines away, and the force was so great that even Nietzsche and the others in the sky could hear the loud thud of his fists hitting the vines!

"My God, this is amazing! The special effects are top-notch!"

"As expected of a body cultivator! This is a grand spectacle! A massive production!"

"What does Lao Wu do in real life? He's so awesome!"

Amidst the exclamations of praise in the group chat, Wu Ke gradually lost himself. He had been flying upwards, intending to escape the battle, but accidentally got his ankle wrapped in a vine that appeared out of nowhere.

However, the vine that wrapped around Wu Ke's ankle seemed to have little strength. Although Wu Ke could feel a noticeable pulling force, it was not enough to pull him away. It only made him lose his balance slightly in the air.

The one-sided fight was thus reversed. Wu Ke, whose ankle was being grabbed, had to distract himself from the pulling force, and his blocking movements looked somewhat powerless.

The sea turtle Qi Pure was the first to react, and quickly descended a considerable distance, unleashing a sword aura at the vine.

Nietzsche followed closely behind, throwing two fire talismans at him.

The soup dumplings and king bamboo grass were stunned for a moment before they seemed to wake up from a dream and followed suit, throwing whatever they could find onto the vine.

The first sword strike seemed to have no effect on the vine. It was as if the sword light had struck a piece of extremely tough and hard rubber. There was only a loud "snap" and a shallow, almost invisible scratch appeared on the vine.

The two fire talismans that Nietzsche threw over seemed to have no effect. The moment the fire talismans touched the vine, they turned into two flames and burned the entire vine. However, the vine still held tightly to Wu Ke's ankle and showed no sign of letting go.

However, Wu Ke himself shouted, "It works! Its pulling force on me has decreased!"

Hearing this, everyone's spirits lifted. The turtle-like Qi Pure kept swinging his sword energy at the vines—he was one of the largest sword cultivators in the player base, and he had even spent a fortune to find an NPC weapon crafter to help him forge a precious sword that, although it had no special effects, was made of extremely rare materials. He even gave his treasured sword a name: "Wait a minute."

"Wait" is forged from Kunwu stone from Liuzhou and adorned with jade from Kunlun Qiutai. It not only cuts iron like mud and severs hair with a single blow, but also naturally absorbs spiritual energy to nourish itself. When wielded, it can infuse spiritual energy into its sword aura, causing even greater destructive power. The Sea Turtle Qi Pure has repeatedly injured other players due to the sharpness of "Wait," and throughout its long history as a red-named player, "Wait" has made outstanding contributions.

However, even after the sword slashed at the vines more than a dozen times, it still couldn't cut through them. The Sea Turtle Qi Pure couldn't help but break down: "No way, is this thing fake?! Even if it's made of iron, it should have broken by now!"

(End of this chapter)