Yuan Ming stood still outside the woods. While scanning the peach forest several times, he let go of his consciousness to explore the forest, and a look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face.
The moment he released his spiritual consciousness and entered the peach forest, this ray of consciousness quickly dissipated. He then released his spiritual consciousness and tried again in another direction, but it was still the same, and he could not form an effective detection at all.
"This peach forest indeed contains the universe. I have seen many restrictions on the gods, but this is the first time I have encountered such a restriction that can scatter the consciousness." Yuan Ming thought to himself.
While thinking about it, he controlled the first soul in the Heaven Stealing Cauldron, sat cross-legged on the white jade lotus platform, and lowered his consciousness to investigate.
The restrictions in the peach forest naturally cannot stop the first soul's exploration. However, the first soul's soul power is limited, and it can only detect a range of twenty or thirty miles at most, and cannot see the whole peach forest.
While Yuan Ming kept trying, Lei He and Yan Xiang stood not far away with solemn expressions on their faces, apparently aware of the anomaly in the peach forest.
"What a weird Taolin, could it be another test?" Lei He said thoughtfully.
Yan Xiang did not speak, but raised his hand and patted the spirit beast bag on his waist. Immediately, a red light flew out from his waist, landed lightly on the ground, and turned into a bright red fire ferret.
After the little thing landed on the ground, it immediately circled around Yanxiang, and immediately let out a "squeak" sound from its mouth. It was obvious that it liked the environment of Jinkui Fairy Island very much.
"Go." Yan Xiang ordered.
The fire ferret spirit beast immediately dragged its fiery red tail, transformed into a stream of red light, and quickly got into the red peach forest.
"My fire ferret is smarter and more sensitive than ordinary monks. Any danger it can detect will be informed to me through its connection with my mind. With it exploring the way ahead, you can..." Don't worry yet.
As he was about to leave, Yan Xiang's expression suddenly changed, and his unspoken words were also interrupted.
"Fellow Taoist Yanxiang, what's wrong?" Lei He called hesitantly.
After calling twice, Yan Xiang finally reacted and said with a somewhat stiff expression: "The connection between my mind and my heart has been interrupted. I can't sense the fire ferret anymore."
Hearing this, Lei He and Yuan Ming looked at each other.
None of them meant to laugh at Yan Xiang, but there was a trace of solemnity in their eyes.
"It seems that this peach forest is not a kind place. Let's take a detour." Lei He was silent for a while and suggested with a frown.
Yuan Ming thought for a moment and nodded.
Yan Xiang seemed a little reluctant to part with his fire ferret, but after hesitating for a moment, he still chose to take a detour.
The three of them chose a direction and started to take a detour towards the Taolin side.
They walked for nearly an hour, but still could not see the edge of the peach forest.
If he kept going like this, he didn't know when it would end. Yuan Ming pondered for a moment and then flew up in the air, planning to fly directly over.
As a result, a strange scene occurred.
As soon as his body flew away, the peach forest in front of him also became higher. No matter how high he flew, it was firmly blocking the front.
"Hey, it seems that the detour won't work." Yuan Ming fell to the ground and shook his head.
"Why do you say this?" Yan Xiang asked.
Yuan Ming told the two of them what they encountered after flying into the sky.
"Let me try." Lei He raised his hand and patted the spirit beast bag on his waist, and two golden-browed swallows flew out.
He raised his hand and waved, and the two golden-browed swallows immediately fluttered their wings and flew towards the top of the peach forest at an extremely fast speed.
As soon as they flew into the sky above the peach forest, the trees below suddenly extended upward at a speed visible to the naked eye, growing taller very quickly.
A Golden-browed Swallow was caught off guard and was obscured by the rising branches, and soon lost its trace.
The remaining one rushed straight up into the sky.
As it continues to rise, the branches of the peach forest below also continue to extend, with no intention of stopping.
The golden-browed swallow continued to fly high, as if it had been attacked by something. Suddenly it changed direction and flew back in this direction.
It almost fell into Lei He's hand, looking extremely embarrassed.
Yuan Ming and others quickly looked over and saw that Jinmeiyan's back was completely scorched black. It looked like she had been severely burned. If she hadn't turned back in time, she might not have been able to come back.
"It seems that flying too high is not enough. The higher you go, the higher the temperature will be, and the spirit beasts will not be able to resist." Yuan Ming looked at the sky and said with squinted eyes.
"Since you can't fly to the sky, let's hide on the ground." Yan Xiang frowned and said.
"The fire-attribute spiritual power in the ground is more dense than in the air. It is extremely difficult to escape from the ground in this place. Unless you are extremely skilled in escape from the earth, you will only end up being burned to death underground." Yuan Ming shook his head slowly.
He shook his head and said.
"It seems that the only way is through the peach forest." Lei He healed Jin Meiyan's injury, put it away, and sighed.
"That's all we can do. I'm afraid, as Senior Lei He just said, this is another test for us." Yuan Ming said.
The three of them had no choice but to make a summary and walked towards the Taolin.
As soon as they entered the peach forest, the three of them discovered that the reason why the trees here were red when viewed from a distance was not only because the peach blossoms were in full bloom on the trees, but also because the trunks were unique and glowing red.
The fire-attributed spiritual power in the forest was even more abundant, so much so that Yan Xiang couldn't help but let out an exclamation after stepping into it.
"There is some evil in this forest. We'd better not gather together like we did when we crossed the lake. Of course, we shouldn't be too far apart. Just be able to take care of each other." Lei He suggested.
Yuan Ming and Yan Xiang also expressed their agreement with this idea.
So the three of them spread out in a "pin" shape, with Yan Xiang walking at the front, Yuan Ming and Lei He walking behind on the left and right. The three of them were like horns to each other, ready to support each other at any time.
In the first ten or so feet, I didn't notice anything unusual.
But after walking for a while, Yuan Ming suddenly discovered that Yan Xiang, who was walking at the front, suddenly disappeared after walking around a peach tree.
"Stop it first." Yuan Ming shouted loudly.
"What's wrong?" Lei He heard the sound and asked in surprise.
"Yan Xiang is gone." Yuan Ming said immediately.
"Isn't he right here... Hey, where has he gone?" Lei He's voice suddenly rose.
The surroundings couldn't help but fall into silence.
"Who did you say was missing?" However, at this moment, a voice suddenly sounded.
But the moment he heard this voice, the look of surprise in Yuan Ming's eyes became even more intense.
There was no doubt that the voice belonged to Yan Xiang, but the location where he made the voice was behind and to the right of Yuan Ming.
"Yanxiang? Why did you run over there?" Lei He also discovered the problem and asked in surprise.
At this time, Yan Xiang's voice came from behind again: "What's going on with you guys? When did you come in front of me?"
"There is something strange in this peach forest. You two should meet me first." Yuan Ming shouted loudly.
"Okay." The other two voices responded quickly.
When Yuan Ming turned to look at Lei He, he was still within his field of vision.
However, when he walked over, the peach forest in front of Yuan Ming suddenly fluctuated, and then, the thunder crane that could still be seen suddenly disappeared.
"Fellow Taoist Leihe?" Yuan Ming called out.
However, this time, no one responded.
He turned around and looked to the right rear, but he could no longer see Yan Xiang. It was as if he had suddenly disappeared. No matter how he called, no one answered.
There was silence all around, with only the rustle of the breeze blowing by. It was as if he was the only one left in the entire peach forest.
Yuan Ming's heart trembled, and he hurriedly controlled the first soul in the Heaven-Stealing Cauldron to sit on the white jade lotus platform again, and cast down his consciousness, covering the area of twenty to thirty miles nearby.
However, within the range that he could detect, Yan Xiang and Lei He were no longer there.
"In just a few dozen breaths, they must have traveled twenty or thirty miles. Is there a teleportation array or trap that is difficult to distinguish with the naked eye? Or..." Yuan Ming frowned and pondered.
He did not rush to withdraw his consciousness, but quietly observed for a while.
As a result, he actually discovered some clues.
Within the scope of his spiritual exploration, the densely packed peach trees on the ground seemed motionless, but some of them were constantly moving and changing positions out of thin air.
This kind of movement is extremely subtle and silent, and the peach trees are similar to each other. If he didn't have the perspective of the first soul, it would be difficult to detect it.
"There is indeed some kind of teleportation restriction in this peach forest. No wonder Lei He and Yan Xiang disappeared in an instant." Yuan Ming thought secretly.
Now that the secret of Taolin has been discovered, passing through this place seems to have become less difficult.
Yuan Ming raised his head and looked at the three suns hanging in the air, which were located directly above the golden peak. After briefly identifying the direction, he used the ghost escape method and flew towards the golden peak.
As a result, he didn't go very far when his eyes suddenly dimmed and he appeared in a strange peach forest.
"Hey, I was moved too?" Yuan Ming murmured, but didn't pay too much attention.
This peach forest cannot be infinite. No matter where you are teleported, as long as you keep moving forward in the correct direction, you can always get out. According to his estimation, this level should not be difficult.
But when Yuan Ming raised his head, his expression suddenly froze.
The scene in front of him completely subverted his previous guesses, but he saw three suns hanging in the sky on the right hand side, and a giant golden peak appeared on the left hand side.
"How could it be? They were still together just now. Could it be that the sun and the golden peak have also been moved?" Yuan Ming blinked, feeling unbelievable in his heart.
"No, we can't speculate based on common sense. The giant peaks and the sun shouldn't move at will. It's probably because there's something wrong with my eyes. The three-wheeled sun and the golden giant peaks hang somewhere that cannot be reached by spiritual consciousness, but they can be guaranteed to be real.
Rather than an illusion." Yuan Ming quickly calmed down, combined the previous clues and information, and began to organize his thoughts.