Fairy, help me cultivate.

Chen Yao woke up from her dream.

The giant deer lowered its neck and slid him off its head onto the snow.

Chen Yao landed steadily, looking at the single horizontal eye on its forehead: "Why did you bring me here?"

As soon as he opened his eyes, he felt a heavy aura of malevolence around him, which was completely incompatible with the light and gentle spiritual energy on the giant deer.

The giant deer lowered its head and rubbed its lips against him, as if trying to nudge him.

Chen Yao looked in the direction the giant deer was trying to push him towards, which was a huge ice and snow cave.

"You want me to go inside?"

The giant deer called out softly a few times, tilted its head back towards the cave, and nervously pawed at the snow with its hooves, seemingly hesitant to enter the cave.

A warm breeze was blowing out of the cave.

That familiar scent became even stronger.

Chen Yao held the immortal sword upside down and strode towards the cave.

Upon getting closer, he discovered that there were many traces of blood on the ice surface at the edge of the cave.

The giant deer had no wounds, and the bloodstains looked like they were left by humans.

Battles have taken place here.

Chen Yao paused slightly before entering the cave where a strong, warm breeze blew.

The inside of the cave and the snow-covered landscape outside were like two different worlds. After passing through the cave entrance for about a mile, we squeezed into a crevice in the rock.

Vast expanses of lush greenery rushed into view.

The wind here is as warm as the midday sun in midsummer.

Chen Yao brushed past the flowers and grass at his feet, his fingertips stained with a few drops of blood.

The battle has continued here?

There were no corpses in the cave outside.

He emerged from a dense forest and found himself in a high mountain.

Upon reaching the cliff, a dazzling red ribbon of fire, as bright as the sun, immediately caught his eye.

It was a ribbon of fiery light, like a celestial river cascading down to earth, illuminating the entire green space like the sun.

Every so often, a strong gust of wind will surge out from the light band in a fixed direction, which is the source of the warm wind that blows out from time to time.

Several strange birds with human heads and white wings flew past the cliff edge, screeching, without avoiding Chen Yao.

A sharp whistling sound suddenly pierced through the clouds below, striking the wing of a strange bird.

The strange bird screeched, struggled and fluttered a few times in the clouds, and landed at Chen Yao's feet.

He heard rough laughter coming from below the cliff; it wasn't just one person.

Picking up the strange bird and pulling out the arrow, Chen Yao examined it and found that the shaft and fletching were made of materials from this place, while the arrowhead was a shiny and smooth obsidian.

Judging from this technique, it seems to have been made by someone who has lived for a long time.

The fact that there are still people in the Primordial Cave is itself a very strange thing, as both Yu Yun and Bai Piao have said.

Chen Yao, carrying the bird, flew down the cliff.

Five or six burly men dressed in animal skins were gathered together discussing something.

Two people rode on a sleek, black leopard, while the rest of the people stood around it.

The two large leopards were the first to sense Chen Yao's landing. They lowered their heads, arched their backs, bared their teeth, and growled as they stared at him.

The men also looked over and gasped in surprise.

Chen Yao waved the bird in his hand at them: "Who shot it down?"

The men exchanged glances, and after a long while, one of them, who was riding a black panther, slid off the saddle and walked over.

"I shot it down. Are you here to see her?"

"she?"

"A woman in red."

"where is it?"

“In the temple of the sorcerer,” the man said, a look of horror on his face, “I have never seen anyone so badly injured still alive.”

"take me."

The man took the large bird, somewhat hesitant.

"how?"

The man handed the large bird in his hand to the man walking behind him, then clasped his hands together and covered his lower abdomen.

Chen Yao guessed that this was their customary etiquette.

“My name is Qin Dahan, and I am the son of the chief of the Tiemu tribe. He is Si Mu Da, and he is the son of the chief of the Gangfeng tribe. Our seven tribes are holding our annual hunt to determine who will become the chief this year, so we cannot take you with us for the time being.”

"Then point me in the right direction, and I'll go myself."

Qin Dahan shook his head: "Without someone from our own tribe to lead you, I can't tell you the direction. However, if I shoot down one more rookie, we'll win. Then, I'll take you there, okay?"

Chen Yao glanced at the lush greenery in the distance, feeling an instinctive wariness towards what lay beyond it.

Therefore, he did not rush to find out who the woman in red was, and agreed to Qin Dahan's request.

Qin Dahan smiled amicably, mounted the black panther, and roared, "It won't be long before I win!"

They roared and rode their black panthers into the mountains.

Chen Yao followed on his sword, which drew another round of exclamations.

Chapter 312 The White Deer, the Grand Ceremony, and the Witch

"Is Your Excellency also an immortal from outer space?"

As Chen Yao followed Qin Dahan, who was riding a black panther, Qin Dahan finally couldn't help but ask a question.

Chen Yao thought for a moment and asked, "Also?"

"The high priest said that the red-clad fairy in the temple was an immortal who descended from heaven. But can immortals also be injured?"

Qin Dahan glanced at Chen Yao, his eyes flashing with a fighting spirit.

"When did she fall from the sky? Was she injured as soon as she landed?" Chen Yao asked.

Qin Dahan shook his head: "I'm not quite sure either. She came out of the source of divine light at night. I didn't see it with my own eyes, so I don't know how she was injured."

Chen Yao realized he couldn't get any information from these people: "When will you finish?"

"It'll be soon." As soon as Qin Dahan finished speaking, a resonant animal roar echoed from the dense forest on the hillside ahead.

Four-Eyed Da immediately became excited: "A divine beast has appeared! Qin Dahan, if I can hunt down a divine beast, then no matter how many noobs you hunt, it won't matter, hahaha!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the four-eyed leopard charged forward, and his followers shouted and followed.

Qin Dahan cursed, "Even a newbie like you is no match for me, how could I possibly let a divine beast like you win?"

He bowed slightly to Chen Yao in apology, then rode his black panther and chased after them.

Then came another long cry, which sounded like it contained deep pain.

Chen Yao followed on his sword and soon entered the dense forest on the hillside.

There used to be a gentle slope of several acres in the dense forest. Now, many men dressed in animal skins are gathered on the slope, each carrying a bow and spear, charging forward.

In the middle of the gentle slope, lay a giant white deer, its small antlers emitting a pale blue halo.

From here, the white deer appears to be about the size of a low palace, but it looks much smaller compared to the giant deer on the snow-capped peaks outside.

Chen Yao recalled that the giant deer had led him into this cave, which must be related to this "little" deer.

The white deer, surrounded by the men, was covered in blood, but it just lay there calling out and did not fight back.

Chen Yaofei is near.

Many people who had never seen him before looked up and exclaimed in surprise.

"That one is also an immortal who descended from the heavens, and I brought him here!" The voice of the young Qin Dahan boasted to those around him.

Chen Yao flew to the white deer, who nuzzled its bloodied mouth towards him, clearly asking for help.

Upon getting closer, Chen Yao discovered that the white deer was surrounded by several strands of almost transparent pale red silk netting, and was already bound and unable to move.

His arrival did not change the crowd's attitude of shooting arrows with spears; on the contrary, it inspired their desire to perform.

Many people even began to crawl into the white deer's belly, attempting to cut open its stomach.

The white deer screamed in agony, and the blood beneath it spread out.

Chen Yao made his move, summoning wind. A wall of wind immediately rose around the white deer, knocking those people to the ground.

Everyone was bewildered, not understanding why Chen Yao would obstruct the hunting ceremony, and their gazes towards him changed from awe to anger.

Qin Dahan didn't understand either.

"Did it hurt you?" Chen Yao asked.

"No."

"Did it resist?"

"Never."

"Then why did you slaughter it?"

"The great wizard said that the world is undergoing a change, and a new king will be born. Only the one that captures the most spoils in the hunt will become the new king. The divine beast is the largest, so killing it will naturally result in the greatest spoils."

The white deer seemed to understand human speech. Hearing what the people below were saying, it cried out even more pitifully, sticking out its mouth and gently nudging Chen Yao's clothes, as if pleading for help.

"Since it's a divine beast, has it helped you a lot in the past?" Chen Yao asked.

The crowd below fell silent for a moment, then Qin Dahan said loudly, "Ancient legend says that the Source of Light was created by a mother and child of divine beasts; otherwise, we would not be able to survive here."

He thought for a moment, then suddenly stood in front of the wind wall Chen Yao had created, facing the others: "Yes, how could you harm divine beasts? Without them, where would we be?"