The golden elixir monster that was let go by Zhongli Tingzhou quickly returned to the foot of the cliff and continued to guard the Seven-Bright Nine-Light Ganoderma.
Seeing that only this golden elixir monster came back, everyone mistakenly thought that it was the final winner, and became even more annoyed with Gao Li of the Youmo Palace.
Now there is only this Jindan monster left. Whoever makes a move first will be the first to annoy this monster. You must know that monsters always hold grudges, especially the stronger they are.
There were two Jindan monsters there before, and they could have taken the opportunity to muddy the waters even more, but no matter how dissatisfied they were, they could only suppress it temporarily.
Yuan Ran, who knew the inside story, returned to the team as if nothing had happened. He did not tell others about the Nascent Soul Monster, for fear that they would not be able to guard this secret realm and reveal any clues that would be discovered by the people of the Fairy Sect, especially Chang Xiaoxiao. If he could keep the secret, even a sow would climb a tree.
When He Yuyan came back, the first thing she did was give him a puzzled look.
"I still haven't seen them." Yuan Ran shook his head and lied seriously.
He Yuyan didn't say anything, but she sneered in her heart. She didn't believe that Yuanran really didn't see the two people. Seeing that Yuanran didn't explain anything, she secretly communicated with Junior Sister Kong.
"Junior Sister Kong, do you believe what he said?"
"It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not. In the upcoming chaotic battle, two more or two less people will not have any impact on the battle situation, no matter what the Zixiao Sect is planning." Kong Fengjun said calmly.
"That's right. There are probably quite a few people who have the same idea as Zixiao Sect. Everyone is secretly hiding their means. The fight on the cliff will definitely not be as intense as the one below." He Yuyan didn't think much about it.
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The cliff where the Qiming Jiuguangzhi grows is more than 300 meters high. Looking up, it is blocked by clouds and fog. The Qiming Jiuguangzhi grows just under the clouds.
Apart from the people from the God and Demon Sect who accidentally discovered a new piece of land above, no other forces have yet explored it.
Gao Han and Zhongli Tingzhou went up from another place and passed through the thick clouds. Behind them lived a group of monsters. Once they found the traces of other creatures, they rushed over to attack them.
The two men killed their way up, and after the birds and beasts died, their bodies fell below the clouds and crashed straight into the deep grass.
There are very few human monks or demons active outside now, most of them are concentrated under the cliff. The two are not worried that they will discover the corpses of these monsters.
Further up was the end of the cliff, which was higher than they had expected, at least a thousand meters including the sky above the clouds.
After the two landed, they looked around and saw an endless stretch of mountains that were even larger than the area below the cliff. There were magical herbs and medicines everywhere, and the age of these herbs and medicines was even better than those below.
"It seems that this is where the real 'treasure' of the Shuangdong Secret Realm is located." Gao Han said softly.
However, it also means that the danger here is greater. There may be more than one Nascent Soul stage monster. No wonder Chen Fei told them the news without hesitation, because they would not lose anything by telling them.
"This mountain range is very dangerous. The Jindan-stage monsters are likely to be at the bottom of the list here." Zhongli Tingzhou put away his nonchalant mentality and said with a serious face.
"But if we practice here, we should be able to break through soon." Gao Han looked at the spiritual herbs and herbs scattered all over the ground. If they were not refined into pills, they could be eaten raw. "Let's go over and take a look. The stronger the monster, the more aware of its territory. It is very likely that there is only this Nascent Soul stage monster nearby."
Since they were not familiar with the area, the two men did not dare to fly over there openly, but just sped up and sneaked over there.
There is only half a day left for the Qiming Jiuguangzhi to mature, and they must find out the truth during this time.
In less than half a quarter of an hour, they arrived at the cave where the Nascent Soul stage monster was suspected to be living.
The demon beasts in the Yuanying stage will leave their own scent, such as urine, near their territory to scare off other demon beasts that trespass into their territory. Therefore, there are almost no other demon beasts around. The two walked along as if they were in an empty place, until they found a cave hidden by vines.
There were frequent footprints of monsters in the cave, but to their surprise, the Nascent Soul monster was not in its own cave.
"Where will this monster run to at this time?" Gao Han and Zhongli Tingzhou looked at each other.
Generally speaking, after a monster beast discovers a treasure, it will stay near it until the treasure can be picked or used, and the surrounding area will become their territory.
"Did we guess wrong?" Gao Han said doubtfully.
Zhongli Tingzhou looked towards the monster's cave and said, "When we came up, we were a little bit above the cliff of Qiming Jiuguangzhi."
Gao Han understood what he meant, "The Qiming Jiuguangzhi is about to mature. Will this Yuanying stage monster go to guard the edge of the cliff?"
"Do you want to go and take a look? Just to confirm." Zhongli Tingzhou suggested.
Gao Han's eyes swept around the monster's cave like a laser for a moment, "We don't have much time left. Let's go into the cave and take a look. Maybe we can find something."
Zhongli Tingzhou asked: "What did you find out?"
Gao Han said: "It's hard to say, I'm not sure yet, I'll know after I go in and take a look."
The two men walked into the cave. The monster seemed very confident in its territory and no monsters were sent to guard the cave, so the two men went straight in.
Once we entered, we found that this cave was unusually large. Dozens of meters inside the cave were all moist soil, and there was nothing else on the ground except footprints.
Would a monster dig such a deep cave just for a place to live? The answer is obviously no.
They went nearly a thousand meters deep inside and finally saw the end, a valley so high that the top was almost invisible. A beam of sunlight shone straight down from the top of the valley and fell on a big tree in the middle of the valley.
When Gao Han saw the tree for the first time, his pupils shrank involuntarily, and he blurted out, "Sun Tree!"
He immediately walked over quickly, wanting to confirm something, but was stopped by Zhongli Tingzhou.
"What are you doing? What if there is danger?" Zhongli Tingzhou said seriously.
Gao Han slowly calmed down, "Do you know what the Sun Tree is? Now I finally understand why this Nascent Soul stage monster didn't immediately snatch the Seven Bright Nine Lights Ganoderma. The Sun Tree is indeed more important."
Zhongli Tingzhou had a blank expression on his face and said without any emotion: "No matter how important it is, it is not as important as your life."
Gao Han sighed, "Are you trying to cover up your ignorance with this?"
Zhongli Tingzhou's eyes flickered, with a serious expression that said 'I don't understand what you are saying'.
Gao Han explained resignedly, "The Sun Tree is full of treasures. If there is a ranking of treasures in Lingtian Continent, I believe it can be ranked in the top 100, or even the top 20, because its growth conditions are very harsh. It only receives one beam of sunlight at noon every day. Look at the terrain of this deep valley. Obviously, only the sunlight at noon can shine in. Even the moonlight at night has a hard time coming in. Once the Sun Tree receives other light, it will become an ordinary tree. The most direct evidence is the green fruit on this Sun Tree. Only Sun Trees that grow in this harsh environment will bear fruit."
Zhongli Tingzhou raised his eyebrows and said, "It is clear that the green fruit of this sun tree is still a long way from being ripe."
"Yes, it takes at least ten years for the fruit of the Sun Tree to mature. I don't know how long this Sun Tree has been producing fruit, but it should still be some time before it matures. Unripe fruit has no effect."
"So that's why that Yuanying stage monster dared to leave the Sun Tree?"
"Well, in addition to the fruit of the Sun Tree being particularly effective for cultivators with fire spiritual roots, the Sun Tree itself can also be used as a material for refining weapons. However, humans are rarely willing to destroy the entire Sun Tree, unless they only want to obtain a portion of the Sun Tree's branches."
Gao Han walked around the sun tree. The sun tree was not particularly big and was obviously not very old. Behind the sun tree, he found a flaming stone among a pile of crystal clear glass stones.
The stone lay quietly on the ground, with the red roots of the sun tree exposed on the ground. Like fresh blood, a slight pulsation could be vaguely seen under the skin.
Seeing this, he finally smiled with satisfaction.
"What is this?" Zhongli Tingzhou began to show his ignorance again to highlight Gao Han's perfection.
"Sunstone, if the probability of the sun tree growing is one in millions, then the probability of the sunstone appearing is one in hundreds of millions." Gao Han's usually cold and handsome face was now full of smiles.
Zhongli Tingzhou stared at his face and only glanced at the sunstone he mentioned.
"Didn't you help me find a sourceless fire before? There is a kind of fire called Sun Fire, and this fire is in the sunstone." Gao Han didn't expect that by accident, they would find a sourceless fire, and it was the top-ranked Sun Fire.
"The sun tree absorbs the midday sun every day, stores this energy and hides it in its roots. If there happens to be glass stone nearby, over time, the surface of the glass stone will turn red, and the center will breed the sun fire, turning it into the so-called sun stone."
"What do you think the probability is of natural generation?" Zhongli Tingzhou suddenly asked.
Gao Han thought for a moment, "Not high, there is obviously no glass stone mine under this cave. The placement of these glass stones seems to have been scattered here by someone. Perhaps someone did this on purpose before the Eastern Continent, the predecessor of the Monster Battlefield, was forced into the alien space. When I came in, I observed the terrain near the cave. The other mountains are naturally formed, but this one has softer stone walls than other places, and there is no water source nearby."
"You suspect it's man-made?"
"The cave is, and this deep valley might be too, but it's too old to tell."
Zhongli Tingzhou shifted his gaze to the Sun Stone and said like a robber, "Since we have found the things, let's take them away, including this Sun Tree."