Starting as an infant, with parents who are blond-haired delinquents?

The purpose is most likely those valuable items.

Furthermore, Huang Feng and the others observed that almost all the valuable items were related to the crystal cores of demonic beasts.

I basically didn't have any supplementary or recovery potions, nor any martial arts training resources.

In other words, what he stole were all precious items that were connected to the cores of demonic beasts.

Under their questioning, Liu Feng gave them new clues.

"I don't know why, but what always makes me want to steal are these armors, monster cores, and these spirit weapons..."

Those spirit weapons were made with one half inlaid with the crystal cores of demonic beasts, and the other half were even purer, using some high-grade, hard demonic beast crystal cores as the weapon's body.

The armor itself is primarily powered by the crystal core of a demon beast. Its exquisite appearance and special metal make it rather unremarkable within the demon beast crystal core.

"Back then, I stole everything from that shop that was related to crystal cores. In the end, the only thing that aroused my desire to steal was this suit of armor."

Dear investigators, I really wouldn't have been able to figure this out if you hadn't told me. Please believe me!

The crystal core of a demon beast…

They have now obtained another important clue.

The target of the other party is the monster's crystal core.

After it was recorded, although Liu Feng did not show anything suspicious while speaking, it cannot be guaranteed that Liu Feng was not lying.

Therefore, all the investigators had a yardstick in their hearts to measure the truth and falsehood, and would strike at Liu Feng at any time.

Next, they began to ask Liu Feng about all the routes he had taken on his last trip to Jushan!

The immense pressure caused Liu Feng's body to hunch over, and his mouth began to tremble.

At the same time, Huang Feng gave Zhang Chaoqiang a special look.

"It's your turn to perform again, Comrade Zhang Chaoqiang."

Zhang Chaoqiang understood immediately.

They naturally understood what they meant.

However, given the sheer size of this mountain range, his [diffusion], though unique, was able to spread the scent and energy fluctuations beyond the envelope of the photinia spirit flower.

However, with such a large area, it's really like finding a needle in a haystack.

First, we need to spread out the spiritual energy fluctuations and scent emanating from Liu Feng's body, and then work with the investigators to find all the traces and clues left by Liu Feng on Jushan Mountain.

This is certainly a very large workload.

Even so, Zhang Chaoqiang was still willing to give it a try at this moment, because they were not blindly following orders.

There's no need to search high and low for Liu Feng's past traces; all we need to do is verify whether Liu Feng's words are true or false.

The investigator's main intention was to have Zhang Chaoqiang secretly spread his scent and spiritual energy fluctuations.

Then, using information gleaned from Liu Feng about the areas he passed through on his first trip to Jushan, we can examine the routes he described taking back then…

Whether it possesses the information that existed at that time, that is, the so-called spiritual energy fluctuations and the residual scent.

Scent and spiritual energy fluctuations, according to common sense

Basically, within a few days or half a month, it will dissipate as the climate of heaven and earth returns to the flow of spiritual energy.

Fortunately, these traces were all enveloped by the scent of the photinia flower.

Because the oil molecules of the photinia flower, which are the source of its scent, tightly envelop the martial artist's body odor and spiritual energy fluctuations.

This is the only way to prevent these factors from being leaked and achieve the effect of hiding and concealing them.

It works on the same principle as a thermos, tightly wrapping the contents inside to minimize leakage.

Therefore, Huang Feng, Bai Lu, and the group of investigators finally understood Zhang Chaoqiang's importance at this moment.

Having the [Diffusion] skill, a truly brilliant unique mechanic, proved incredibly useful here, given the residual spiritual energy fluctuations and scents of creatures within the Jushan area…

Although it cannot be detected or sensed, it is also very well preserved, and Zhang Chaoqiang's ability diffusion can take advantage of this characteristic.

This was exactly what the photinia spirit flower wanted.

Liu Feng recounted the places he had visited last time, and then he took the lead, with the other investigators following behind.

Zhang Chaoqiang was surrounded by them, and Liu Feng, who was walking in front, kept glancing back at him.

Thinking to himself, that young man looked to be no more than a teenager and didn't seem like an investigator either. What did he have that made him qualified to participate in the investigator's mission?

I can't figure it out, I really can't figure it out...

We gradually moved forward from the outer perimeter of Jushan Mountain.

After all, Liu Feng was a fifth-level martial artist, and such rugged mountain roads were nothing to a martial artist with nearly 10,000 spiritual power.

Step by step, we tread firmly on the stone path.

What puzzled Zhang Chaoqiang was that the mud became less and less as they approached Jushan Mountain.

Instead, the ground beneath his feet was covered in loose stones. As the towering Jushan Mountain came into full view, Zhang Chaoqiang's clear eyes reflected its entirety.

Unlike typical mountain ranges, Jushan does not have countless lush forests, but rather resembles an elderly person in their twilight years.

All that remained on his head were a few strands of white hair that could be blown away by the wind.

The same is true of Jushan Mountain; it is visibly sparsely covered with vegetation.

Most of the terrain is barren.

That's how it is.

Huang Feng explained.

The severe soil erosion here has resulted in a lack of green vegetation and barren conditions.

The plants lacked the conditions for survival, so they continued to adapt and survive.

Every plant that can be seen on Jushan Mountain possesses a strong vitality, and it is not afraid of collapsing even when blown by wind and rain.

Even animals, on their way here, mostly encounter things on the outskirts.

Because the surrounding area has abundant vegetation, good water resources, and habitats for birds and animals.

Who could imagine that a perfectly intact ecosystem could exist on the very outer edge of a mountain range…

Although Jushan is barren, even with the naked eye and a telescope magnified hundreds of times, it is not always possible to see everything inside.

After all, there were no plants to block the view, but there were also many huge rocks and clods of mud.

These conditions are, to some extent, even more severe than those in the jungle.

There's not much obstruction to the view anymore, but there's another serious issue: the gray color formed by the stones and mud has blended into the environment.

They blended perfectly with people, further restricting their ability to observe.

"How about it?"

Among the survey team, Liu Feng, who was leading the way, was closely watched by Bai Lu, while Huang Feng and Zhang Chaoqiang's group were in the middle of the team.

At the same time, Huang Feng asked Zhang Chaoqiang whether Liu Feng's companions along the way had any spiritual energy fluctuations or scents he once possessed.

Because Liu Feng was in front, Huang Feng and the others did not want Zhang Chaoqiang to spread the scent and fluctuations too obviously, otherwise Liu Feng would obviously know that they had the ability to break the Photinia Spirit Flower.

It's hard to say whether Liu Feng is a human or a ghost. Who knows what really influenced him, or whether he planned this all along?

Therefore, Huang Feng instructed Zhang Chaoqiang to only control the diffusion within his own senses to avoid Liu Feng finding out.

Zhang Chaoqiang nodded to him.

Before Liu Feng could even get close, Zhang Chaoqiang had already used the [Diffusion] technique in the direction Liu Feng indicated, and the information he found matched Liu Feng's spiritual energy fluctuations a week or so ago.

Because of this layer of spiritual energy fluctuations, even under the tightest wrapping of the photinia flower, it will continue to work and consume energy.

Although the energy expenditure was not high, Zhang Chaoqiang could sense a difference and level between himself and his opponent.

In the following situation, we followed in Liu Feng's footsteps.

Starting from the outer perimeter of Jushan Mountain, the ascent gradually begins from the foot of the mountain...

Boom!

Suddenly, an investigator shouted, "Something's up..."

boom…

He then smashed a huge rock in the vicinity with a single punch. By the time the rock fell back down, it had turned into tiny pebbles the size of fingernails, posing little threat to the martial artist.

"It's nothing, just a simple landslide..."

Liu Feng was startled when he saw this…

There is always a very large gap between fifth-tier and sixth-tier martial artists.

This chasm represents a difference of two times in spiritual energy intensity between them.

Starting from the fifth rank, the intensity of spiritual power needs to increase at least several times in order to meet the requirements for breaking through to the next rank of martial artist.

I walked about 100 kilometers, which took more than an hour.

Zhang Chaoqiang has used the mental supplement more than twenty times. Through long-term use, he discovered that this miraculous mental supplement not only has no side effects…

Furthermore, it can also increase one's spiritual cultivation level.

He gradually realized that this was the truly good thing.

He also learned that this effect only applies to martial artists at a low mental level, but it still brought Zhang Chaoqiang a great deal of surprise.

The journey was relatively smooth, and they did not encounter anyone other than the eighteen investigators and the group of twenty people including Zhang Chaoqiang and Liu Feng on Jushan Mountain.

"Five. According to statistics, when we arrived at Jushan, five martial artists who entered the mountain had not come out."

And we never encountered them along the way…”

"Don't be in such a hurry. We're still far from where we started. We haven't even set foot in one-fifth of the entire Jushan region yet..."

Huang Feng comforted him.

The mountainside alone is several hundred kilometers in diameter, so the road ahead is still very long.

The group resembled an ancient caravan escorting goods. Midway through the journey, Bai Lu, who was walking in front, grabbed Liu Feng, and then waved his other hand at the investigators and others behind him.

"Let's rest here for a bit!"