The road is vague

Chapter 281 Building trees and breaking branches
Li Mo and Zuo Lan stopped in a quiet, deserted place.

This place is covered with ferns, and the ground is covered with giant flowers that are not found in the mountains and seas. They are spotted purple and emit a strange smell, which attracts some parasitic organisms.

"Master Zuo Lan, how did you manage to provoke these members of the Hidden Dragon Organization?"

Zuo Lan stood on the treetop, a helpless expression on her face.

"I was exploring the secret realm on my own when three people suddenly appeared and took me there without saying a word. They asked me to cooperate with them to complete a ritual, but fortunately they seemed to be quite wary of my background as a member of the Xuanyuan clan, so they didn't make things too difficult for me afterwards."

Because Li Mo had participated in the Zhongshan Kingdom Exchange Conference, he had some understanding of the Xuanyuan Ancestor of the Qiancheng Sect.

He suddenly understood after hearing this.

"In any case, it would be best to remove the Gu worms from your body as soon as possible. In addition, I am quite fascinated by the Qiancheng Sect's craftsmanship in building flying boats. I plan to go to Chewu Kingdom after this conference. I wonder if you could introduce me to them?"

Learning the craft of crafting flying boats was a pretense; he planned to use Zuo Lan's identity to leave the territory of the State of Lu.

"no problem!"

Zuo Lan agreed and they arranged a meeting place.

Upon hearing this, Li Mo took out the money-stealing rat from his sleeve.

Because the Foolish Old Man is born without a physical form, outsiders cannot see him without spiritual eyes. Moreover, at this moment, the Foolish Old Man's true form is in the Thief Realm, and he has only created a phantom that Li Mo can see through the Life Lock.

"what?"

Upon seeing the money-stealing rat, Zuo Lan immediately recognized its extraordinary nature.

Following Li Mo's instructions, she lay down on a boulder, letting the money-stealing rats run back and forth on her lower abdomen.

Just a moment later.

The money-stealing rat returned to Li Mo's sleeve. Li Mo smiled slightly and took out a few beans.

"The Gu worm in your body is dead, but it contains toxins. It's best to expel it from your body as soon as possible. This is croton oil, which will help you excrete it. In addition, I plan to explore the secret realm further, so I won't stay here any longer."

Upon hearing this, Zuo Lan blushed slightly and accepted the croton oil.

"See you in two days."

"See you in two days."

After the two clasped their fists together, Li Mo quickly flew towards the direction in which the Nine Nether Soul Stones had been shot.

He was almost certain that these Nine Nether Soul Stones had flown towards the Jianmu tree.

This gave him the feeling that these Nine Nether Soul Stones were deliberately left behind by ancient cultivators, who seemed to want to convey some information to future generations of cultivators.

These are thousands of Netherworld Soul Stones!

Judging from the number of souls required to refine the Nine Nether Soul Stones, these thousands of Nine Nether Soul Stones would require wiping out the population of a medium-sized country to achieve this.

"The legendary Jianmu tree is a bridge connecting heaven, earth, and spirits. It is a divine tree with spatial properties. According to the 'Great Zhou Dream Interpretation,' besides the Misty, Asura, Underworld, Primordial Spirit, and Seven Star Worlds, there are countless worlds in the more distant void. However, the weaker the creature, the more difficult it is to cross the world passage; the stronger the creature, the more difficult it is to penetrate the world barrier. Only the Refining Void stage is the easiest to cross worlds. Higher-level cultivators who want to cross worlds must be mentally prepared for the unknown worlds. The terror of some absurd, unreasonable, and bizarre worlds is almost comparable to a nightmare..."

A few hours later.

Even though Li Mo was somewhat prepared, he was still shocked by the scene when he arrived at the area where the Jianmu Divine Tree was located.

The earth was covered by an endless expanse of black ash, with exaggerated craters and ravines everywhere.

At the heart of these ashes, craters, and ravines stands a towering tree, its form hazy, chaotic, and indistinct. Though immensely large, it is difficult to discern clearly, as if nothing can be seen beyond its reach.

In the weak area formed by the Jianmu tree, only a dozen or so Nine Nether Soul Stones remained, continuously emitting a faint glow.

A terrifying creature from an unknown world is struggling to enter the Realm of Stealing Heaven.

As it struggled, a suffocating oppression permeated the surrounding air, and the Nine Nether Soul Stones, one after another, exhausted their spiritual power and became dim and lifeless.

Each time it tries to struggle, it causes a violent distortion of space.

Compared to this degree of spatial distortion, the forbidden power formed by the Six Ding Six Jia Void Array is almost negligible. The fluctuations emanating from its astonishing divine soul power easily resonated with the emotions of all nearby creatures.

"I've stumbled upon such a wonderful thing that happens only once every few centuries! I'm so lucky!"

The distorted space was as thin as a cicada's wing, and a hideous head could be vaguely seen struggling desperately.

The ability to trigger the suppression of the world barrier indicates that one's realm has at least surpassed the Void Refining stage, and one's true body has already merged with the original body.

"This foolish and arrogant world has actually deliberately spread the weaknesses of the world barrier in the void. I wonder how many greedy guys it will attract this time. I hope I haven't missed this feast. Hehehehe, hehehehehehe."

It emitted an excited, eerie laugh as it continued to try to penetrate the barrier.

This seems to be a barrier between different worlds, where neither side knew anything about the other beforehand.

Li Mo watched from a distance of several miles as the colossal creature struggled to enter the Heavenly Realm.

Its figure was enormous, appearing as a blurry phantom within the Jianmu tree. Although it was still in another world, the aura it exuded was enough to make Li Mo tremble uncontrollably.

The order of heaven and earth in all directions seemed to be violently distorted, disturbed by that undisguised mad malice. He finally understood how the devastation around here had been formed. This monster was not the first alien to break into the Heavenly Realm.

Li Mo felt incredibly insignificant.

It was as if an evil spirit from outer space at dusk had suddenly descended into reality.

He would gradually descend into madness just by seeing the other person, and this terrifying creature gave him the same feeling of madness.

suddenly!

As the creature struggled, it finally broke free of the blurry membrane. Its massive, bat-like upper body emerged from the barrier, wielding a pure white, lightning-infused greatsword that radiated a violent aura, and it excitedly surveyed this unknown world.

"The third feast, here I come, hehehehe... ga?"

The monster looked around, surveying the desolate and ravaged land, and suddenly froze.

This is quite different from the two grand feasts it had previously participated in.

Then it suddenly looked up at the sky, as if it saw something, and immediately let out a terrified scream, desperately trying to retreat back to the world that belonged to its lower body.

"You monster, get out of my way!"

As it struggled, it swung its raging thunderous greatsword, slashing across the heavens and earth and easily carving a ravine hundreds of feet long into the ground, as if an earthquake had struck.

However, this did not change its situation at all.

Panic spread. Instead of escaping back to the other world, the monster was forcibly dragged into the Heavenly Realm by something unseen, pulled towards the dark sky, and gradually engulfed by the tangible aura of darkness.

"No! Let me go! You little devil... Waaah, Mommy, save me... I'll never run away again..."

After a brief, piercing scream echoed through the darkness, silence gradually returned.

Li Mo stared blankly upwards into the distance.

Although he couldn't see anything, cold sweat poured down his forehead, and even the money-stealing rat trembled inside his sleeves.

"I understand."

At this moment, the old man spoke words that seemed to be deep in thought.

"The ancient cultivators once planned to join forces with otherworldly creatures to deal with those two things. The ancient Haotian Emperor once said that even the strongest cultivator would always encounter stronger beings when facing the endless world. Therefore, theoretically, even those two things, as long as there is enough time and space, the endless world will always find a way to digest them. Unfortunately, the time left for the ancient cultivators was too short. They obviously did not gather enough Nine Nether Soul Stones to realize this theory."

Li Mo took a deep breath and gradually came to his senses.

"You mean the cultivators of the Great Zhou Dynasty originally planned to attract endless alien creatures to kill them by sacrificing a massive amount of Nine Nether Soul Stones?"

"exactly."

During their conversation, the last few Nine Nether Soul Stones in the Jianmu Tree also exhausted their spiritual power and completely dimmed.

Everything around returned to calm.

Li Mo suddenly noticed a stone mountain that looked like a giant hand, still retaining some warmth, which had baked the surrounding earth into flowing lava.

On this rocky mountain, there is a broken branch of the Jianmu tree.

Li Mo's eyes lit up immediately.

After confirming that the Nine Nether Soul Stones in the Jianmu Tree had been completely exhausted and that no more strange and terrifying alien creatures would appear, he immediately flew quickly toward the broken piece of wood.

That's when.

Another figure leaped down from the Jianmu Divine Tree and flew towards the broken branch as well, letting out a triumphant laugh.

"Hahaha! This broken branch from the Jianmu tree is mine!"

"kindness?"

Li Mo then noticed that there were more than twenty cultivators standing on the Jianmu tree, some of whom had trapped a spirit bird with an array.

This is clearly the Rainbow Bird mentioned in the intelligence report.

Needless to say, those people were all true disciples of various sects in the State of Lu.

Because the spatial fluctuations of the Jianmu Tree were so intense, and the distance was too great, he hadn't noticed the presence of these people at all.

These people seemed completely unaffected by what had just happened.

"They have forgotten."

The thought suddenly popped into Li Mo's mind, and just then, Old Master Dai sighed.

"Memory is the root of pain, but ignorance and weakness are also a kind of happiness."

Li Mo was closer; he appeared first above the lava hill, releasing a burst of spiritual light that swept up the so-called broken branch of the Jianmu tree.

The broken branch was somewhat blurry, filled with an unreal feeling, and seemed to have no weight at all, easily lifted up by the spiritual light.

Even though it's just an inconspicuous branch on the Jianmu tree, the Jianmu divine tree is so tall that compared to ordinary giant trees, this severed branch can be considered a giant tree.

"Who goes there! Put it down!"

The man was still three miles away when he noticed that Li Mo had come from the other side and arrived first at the broken branch of the Jianmu tree. He immediately roared in anger.

Li Mo ignored the person.

He first tried to put the giant tree into his spatial ring, but found that it was too big to fit.

"Young man, quickly let the stinky rat eat it!"

Upon hearing this, Li Mo quickly released the money-stealing rat from his sleeve.

The money-stealing rat opened its mouth, its body resembling a bottomless abyss, and began to swallow the giant log bit by bit, seemingly with great difficulty.

It was unclear whether it was due to limited internal space or the spatial power contained within the broken branch of the Jianmu tree that made it difficult for it to swallow.

(End of this chapter)