At night, deep in the mountains of the southwestern border.
Shen Qi has been searching here for more than an hour, but has not found any trees made of that special material.
When Shen Qi came here more than two hundred years ago, that special tree was already rare. Now, more than two hundred years have passed, and even if it has not become extinct, there are not many left. It is indeed not easy to find such trees in the deep mountains.
But Shen Qi would not give up easily. He had already prepared to waste time here.
Now it was night, and Shen Qi didn't plan to continue searching. He wanted to find a place to stay first. After some searching, he actually found a wooden house in the mountains. When he got closer, he found that there was even candlelight inside!
There are actually people living in the deep mountains?
Shen Qi suddenly became curious, so he went down directly and sent out his spiritual sense to sense it. He found that a man in his fifties lived here. He had dark skin and a strong build. It was obvious that he had experienced long periods of wind and sun, and was self-reliant in the mountains.
There was nothing entertaining in the deep mountains, so the man prepared to rest when it began to darken. When he heard some movement outside the cabin, he hurriedly got up, grabbed the hatchet beside him, and carefully walked to the door to listen to the movement outside.
This is a deep mountain area. Although it is sparsely populated, it is inevitable to encounter wild animals. If you don't deal with them well, you may lose your life.
But soon he heard footsteps, and then Shen Qi's voice came.
"Hello, excuse me for disturbing you."
The man was surprised. He usually didn't see anyone during the day, so how come he met someone at night?
However, the man still opened the door, because he had lived here alone for a long time and lacked anyone to communicate with, so he was actually a little excited to see someone coming.
Shen Qi took a look at the man and confirmed that he was just an ordinary person without any cultivation skills. He then asked, "Have you always lived here alone?"
The man nodded, looking a little embarrassed.
"Yes, I left the village and lived here in my twenties. Now, if you count it, it's been almost thirty years. What brought you here, deep in the mountains? Is there something wrong?"
Shen Qi took out the bracelet and said, "I want to find a tree with the same material as this bracelet. Have you seen it?"
The man took the bracelet from Shen Qi, looked at it, and then began to scratch his head.
"I think I've seen this material before. About twenty years ago, a group of people went up the mountain to cut trees. They were looking for this kind of wood. At that time, this kind of wood could still be found in the mountains, but after they came, this kind of wood became rare. I guess it's gone now."
Shen Qi asked again: "Do you remember where these trees grew twenty years ago?"
The man thought for a moment, then pointed to the right and said, "It should be in that direction, at least ten miles from here. I heard the sound of those people chopping trees, so I sneaked over to take a look."
Shen Qi nodded, took out a backpack from behind and handed it to the man.
In the backpack were some food and fresh water that he had prepared when he came out this time. They were of no use to him, so he might as well give them to the man as a thank you for the information he provided.
After leaving the wooden house, Shen Qi flew to the right.
Since the trees that Shen Qi was looking for were there twenty years ago, maybe Wu Li's lair was nearby.
Although it was already night and only scattered moonlight shone on the ground, Shen Qi could still see the situation below clearly by emitting his spiritual sense.
After flying seven or eight kilometers, Shen Qi suddenly stopped because he found a cave. The entrance of the cave was very hidden. More importantly, there were faint fluctuations of aura at the entrance.
According to Shen Qi's experience, this not very obvious breath fluctuation is mainly used to guard against wild beasts, because wild beasts are more sensitive to danger, and they can sense breath fluctuations that humans cannot feel, so they will leave after discovering the breath fluctuations and will not rush in rashly.
Those who can arrange this kind of aura fluctuations are generally cultivators!
So Shen Qi immediately went down, found the entrance and walked in. Only then did he discover that the cave was extremely spacious and there were signs of human habitation everywhere.
As Shen Qi continued to go deeper, he finally found a room at the end of the cave. There was obvious remnant of Wu Li's aura in the room, proving that this was indeed Wu Li's lair.
There were two bookshelves in the room, filled with all kinds of books, but what really attracted Shen Qi was a crudely made thread-bound book with three words written on the cover: Wusha Zhen.
Shen Qi opened the book and found that it was actually a diagram of the Wusha Formation. It recorded in detail how to arrange the Wusha Formation, and there were very detailed annotations on each page. From these annotations, it can be seen that Wu Li really took great pains to master the Wusha Formation.
Although the Wusha Formation is a demonic formation, Shen Qi does not intend to destroy it directly, because no matter whether it is a righteous formation or a demonic formation, they are connected in the way of formation. The Wusha Formation is powerful and must have its extraordinary features, so Shen Qi also wants to study it, take its essence and remove its dross, so as to enrich his experience.
There are a lot of medicinal herbs and an alchemy furnace under the bookshelf. Judging from the remaining residue in the alchemy furnace, Wu Li had refined pills before leaving here. Based on the performance of Wu Li, Cha Ke and those demon cultivators, it is not difficult to guess that the pills refined by Wu Li are poisons for those demon cultivators to swallow.
Apart from bookshelves, medicinal herbs and alchemy furnace, there are only some simple daily necessities left in the room. It can be seen that Wu Li's pursuit of material things is really very low. It's a pity that he is a demon cultivator. If he is a righteous cultivator, the achievements he can achieve in the future will definitely be extraordinary.
Shen Qi did not touch anything else except taking away the diagram of the Wusha Formation. He located the map here and sent it to Old Wu, asking him to send someone to investigate and see if he could find more clues.
When Mr. Wu received the news from Shen Qi, he didn't care that it was night time. He immediately asked Xiao Zhou to arrange people to go there and conduct a comprehensive inspection of Wu Li's lair as soon as possible. It would be even better if they could find evidence of Wu Li's crime.
After Mr. Wu's men came over, Shen Qi left.
Originally, he just wanted to help Mr. Wu to subdue some practitioners so that Mr. Wu could establish a training base. He didn't expect that things would develop step by step and become like this.
Now that the person behind Wu Li has not been found, there is no need for Shen Qi to stay here all the time. His focus is still on the Shen family.
After Wu Li and Cha Ke were captured, Shen Qi asked Shen Hong to contact Shen Qiu and Shen Yu so that they could come back.
When they returned to the Shen family, Shen Qiu and Shen Yu had almost walked in. Shen Qi thought about it and called Shen Hong, Shen Qiu and Shen Yu over, intending to teach them some basic cultivation methods.
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