"Fellow Daoist, I came to you intending to cooperate with you, so please don't get angry." Xue Kong had a faint smile on his face and put away the Heavenly Sword.
Although he said this, he suddenly clenched his right fist and punched the attacking tentacle.
The strong body burst out with great strength, and the tentacles were repelled with one punch.
Xue Kong stood in mid-air with a calm expression, his eyes fixed on the pool of water below him. The thing in the dark depths finally emerged.
The two bright lights were its eyes. Its body was huge, half the size of the pool. With its appearance, the mirror-like surface of the pool changed from ripples to waves, and then formed huge waves, surging loudly.
It was a black and brown monster with a head as small as a cow and a body as wide as a whale. However, its feet were covered with dense tentacles. It looked like nothing and had a rather strange appearance.
However, an astonishing aura emanated from this monster.
It is a demon beast in the Nascent Soul stage.
The monster stared at Xue Kong with its eyes containing vertical pupils, but did not attack again.
Xue Kong's eyes immediately showed satisfaction.
When the monsters' cultivation reaches a certain level, their intelligence is no less than that of cultivators. The monsters in the Nascent Soul stage certainly know what they need. Moreover, this monster saw that Xue Kong had no ill intentions and just wanted to negotiate something, so it did not attack again.
What's more, from the brief fight just now, it saw that although Xue Kong's cultivation was also in the early Nascent Soul stage, his strength was not weaker than its at all.
That powerful physical strength is even stronger than its body.
This made it have to be vigilant and unwilling to act rashly, waiting for what Xue Kong wanted to discuss.
After a long time, two figures appeared in the sky.
Xue Kong sat cross-legged on top of the monster and rushed towards a certain direction.
For several days in a row, Xue Kong wandered in this ancient forest.
Seven days later.
In the Suzaku Tower in Taotie Beast City, Grandma Suzaku glared angrily at the monks kneeling and trembling on the ground below. "It's been so many days, and we still haven't figured out where He Gui went. Are you really looking for him seriously?!"
A middle-aged man below trembled and quickly clasped his fists and said, "City Lord, the young master left quietly without telling anyone where he was going."
"This ancient forest is vast and boundless, and there are many monsters. We are short-handed in Taotie Beast City, and it is difficult to search. Even if we send everyone out, I am afraid we will not be able to find a single person in this boundless forest."
Grandma Suzaku's face was filled with fear: "Could it be that there really is no clue at all?"
No one knew better than her how vast and dangerous the ancient forest was. In the past, He Gui would occasionally disappear for a while, but it was only for two or three days, and he would always report his whereabouts. It would never be like now, where he would be gone for several days without returning and there would be no news at all.
This made Grandma Suzaku very worried.
Although she didn't want to think about it, she couldn't help but wonder whether He Gui had encountered a disaster outside.
"That's right!" The middle-aged man immediately thought of something and said respectfully, "There were seven Jindan cultivators traveling with the young master. They left Beast City together and have not returned yet."
Upon hearing this, Grandma Zhuque's expression did not change at all. This was just useless news. He Gui always traveled with others in the past and never walked alone.
But on second thought, with eight Jindan cultivators, such a force, even if they encountered a Yuanying early stage monster, they would probably be able to fight. Even if they could not kill the enemy, they would still have a chance to escape.
How could he never come back without any news from us?
"I cast a secret spell on He Gui. If he's in danger of life or death, I'll be able to sense it. But now, the spiritual mark I placed on him hasn't reacted at all, which means he's probably safe at the moment..."
Because of this, Grandma Suzaku was only angry these days, but she was not panicked, nor did she rashly leave the Taotie Beast City.
There are not many strong people in this city. Without her, no one can maintain the city defense formation, and no one can suppress the mixed crowd of cultivators in the city.
"City Lord, do you still remember the Nascent Soul cultivator who sneaked into the city a few days ago..." the middle-aged man thought for a while and asked.
Grandma Suzaku lowered her eyes and looked at him, disappointment flashing in her clear eyes: "Are you saying that He Gui's disappearance was caused by that Nascent Soul cultivator?"
"I'm just guessing... After all, only Nascent Soul cultivators can make a group of Jindan cultivators disappear, and there are less than five Nascent Soul cultivators in the city. That person has other intentions, so I think it must be..."
Before he could finish his words, he heard Grandma Suzaku snort coldly, "Hmph! That person was attacked by my Suzaku Fire. Even if he survived, he must have been seriously injured, causing his cultivation to decline. How could he be a match for eight Jindan cultivators?"
"Don't blame your incompetence on others!"
"Yes, yes, yes!" The middle-aged man broke out in sweat, not daring to bear Grandma Zhuque's anger. He thought to himself that after leaving, he would mobilize all the manpower in his hands, even at the cost of his life, to search for He Gui's whereabouts.
If he is alive, I want to see him in person; if he is dead, I want to see his body.
Grandma Suzaku looked at the people kneeling below, her eyes showing a coldness. If the city was not short of manpower, she would definitely punish these trash. However, at this moment, she sighed quietly, waved her hand impatiently, and sent everyone away.
The middle-aged man was relieved as if he had been pardoned. Just as he was about to leave, a reckless young man suddenly rushed in from outside. He stumbled and fell to the ground, shouting in surprise, "City Lord, this is bad!!"
"Why are you so panicked?!" Grandma Suzaku said coldly.
"Monsters, a lot of monsters suddenly appeared outside the city, the monsters are attacking the city again!!"
"I thought it was nothing, just a bunch of beasts. With the Suzaku formation here, how could they break in? Let the monks in the city kill the monsters. Isn't this what they love to do the most?" Grandma Suzaku said uninterestedly.
The young man didn't respond, sweat dripping from his forehead, and fear lingered in his eyes. "No monk in the city dares to leave. They are all hiding inside the city..."
"Why is this happening?" Grandma Suzaku felt strange.
"Among the groups of monsters outside the city, there are... there are monsters in the Nascent Soul stage." The young boy said with trembling body.
"Nascent Soul Stage demon beasts?" Grandma Suzaku frowned slightly. "Nascent Soul Stage demon beasts each have their own territory and won't leave easily. Once they enter another demon beast's territory, a fierce battle is inevitable. They're all so proud, how could they attack the city together?"
"Did you see it clearly?"
"Several late Jindan-stage cultivators in the city have confirmed this, and it's true," the young man reaffirmed. "Furthermore, there's more than one Yuanying-stage demon beast, there are six."
"Six!" This time, even Grandma Suzaku was shocked and stood up from her seat. Six Nascent Soul stage monsters were quite difficult to deal with even for her.
The middle-aged man below was already extremely shocked when he heard that a Nascent Soul monster was coming. Now when he heard these words, his heart began to beat faster and his scalp felt numb.
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