Li Xuan chose to explore the south, so Zhou Xing had no choice but to go north. However, Zhou Xing was not in a hurry to leave immediately. Instead, his eyes first looked at the direction chosen by the two people from the Blood Demon Sect.
"Axezu, you said Elder Yan lied to us when he said that we can't fight in the secret realm?"
"Yes, because the strength level of the secret realm is different, the space inside can withstand different forces. Although this secret realm is not big, it can withstand the power below the spirit gathering realm without collapsing, so you can fight."
Ax Ancestor revealed this to Zhou Xing, but Zhou Xing was thinking about the abnormal behavior of the two disciples of the Blood Demon Sect. Maybe others did not pay attention at the time, but Zhou Xing saw the flash in his eyes when the two disciples left.
of surprise.
"Let's go, I'll go to the north first to see what's in this secret realm, and then..."
One day later, Zhou Xing looked at the various second-grade spiritual materials in his backpack and felt helpless: "Why are they all second-grade spiritual materials! Besides, this secret realm can't even see a single monster except for the spiritual materials. It's too boring!"
"Monster beasts can only live in medium-sized and large secret realms. The aura of small secret realms is simply not enough to support their life and cultivation, otherwise the secret realm would have ceased to exist." Ax Ancestor explained softly.
"Oh, it seems that there is nothing to find in this secret realm. I'd better go find those two Blood Demon Sect disciples and see what they are up to?"
Just as Zhou Xing was preparing to find the disciples of the Blood Demon Sect, a purple signal flare suddenly rose into the sky in the east, lighting up half of the sky in the secret realm.
"Are they in danger?"
Seeing the signal flare light up in the sky, Zhou Xing was stunned. Is there any danger in this secret realm? Although Zhou Xing was confused, he immediately rushed towards the location of the signal flare with all his strength.
Fortunately, this secret realm was not big, so Zhou Xing rushed as hard as he could and arrived at the place where the Zi Ling sisters sent out the flares in just over an hour.
"Strange, there are no signs of fighting here! Why can't we see them?" Zhou Xing observed for a while and found that this was a relatively ordinary forest. Except for the tall trees, it didn't look dangerous.
"Phew!" Suddenly a sound broke through the air. Zhou Xing took a closer look and saw that it was Li Xuan who had also arrived at this time.
"Brother Zhou, where are they? Did you find anything?"
"No, I just arrived a while ago, and I didn't see any of them, nor did I see anything strange here."
"That's strange..."
After Zhou Xing finished speaking, Li Xuan was also stunned. Could there be some mystery here that they didn't know about?
"Boy, you are still too young, don't you think there is any difference in the trees here?" Axzu suddenly couldn't help but said.
"Um?"
After Zhou Xing heard Ax Zu's prompt, he began to carefully observe the trees here.
"Brother Li, look at how the trees here are so tall, and the branches are shaped like human palms."
Zhou Xing suddenly discovered these problems. After Li Xuan heard this, he also observed the trees carefully. At this time, Zhou Xing walked to the strongest tree, took out a dagger, and was about to strike an ax on the big tree.
"call out!"
"Brother Zhou, be careful!"
Just when Zhou Xing was about to cut down with his dagger, a thick branch swept towards him in an instant. Li Xuan, who was watching this scene, could only remind Zhou Xing loudly.
"boom!"
Fortunately, Zhou Xing had experienced it in the Black Forest Mountains, and his reaction speed had basically become his instinct. He raised his other hand to block the branch, and Li Xuan hurried over to help.
"咻咻咻..."
Suddenly, the branches of this big tree and nearby big branches began to dance, and they began to attack Zhou Xing and Li Xuan intensively.
Zhou Xing used his dagger to continuously cut at the branches, and the broken branches continued to emit cyan liquid like blood. The chopped branches were quickly retracted, as if they could feel the pain.
As for Li Xuan, the situation is not good, because he has no weapons and can only block the attacks of these branches with his hands.
"Brother Li, here you go, let's wait a while to find out what kind of monsters these are?"
"Thank you Brother Zhou!"
Upon seeing this, Zhou Xing quickly threw the captured black snake dagger to Li Xuan. After Li Xuan used it, the situation became a little better.
"Axezu, what kind of monster is this?" Zhou Xing asked Axezu.
"This is a kind of plant monster, their name is Evergreen..."
"Monster? Evergreen tree?"
"Yes, evergreen trees are a kind of plant monster. They have very strong vitality and a very high survival rate. However, they like to devour the lives of other monsters or humans, but this devouring is very slow, as if they are absorbing
The nourishment is the same.”
Zhou Xing listened to Ax Ancestor's explanation and sighed at the rarity of this species: "Ax Ancestor, do you mean that the Zi Ling sisters have been devoured?"
"No, they devour living bodies very slowly. Those two girls should have just been imprisoned in their bodies. You just need to find the tree where they are imprisoned and cut off their foundation."
"This kind of tree will form a tree heart after fifty years. This kind of tree heart is very effective for wood attribute cultivators. And you know why this kind of evergreen tree can sometimes capture only first-level monsters.
A cultivator above the Spirit Gathering Realm?"
Ax Ancestor kept talking about the nature of the evergreen tree. Zhou Xing listened to Ax Ancestor's introduction while resisting the attack of the evergreen tree. This evergreen tree is indeed a first-level monster, because they have weapons.
There seems to be no way.
"Why? Is it because of Shuxin?"
"Yes, the heart of the tree can release a fragrance through the trunk. This fragrance can make people in a relaxed state enter a sweet dream, and then they will be imprisoned in the body of the evergreen tree and their vitality will be slowly extracted, until finally it is completely turned into nutrients!
"
Ax Ancestor explained the various characteristics of the evergreen tree in detail, and Zhou Xing also fully understood that this kind of tree has low attack power and will not hit people as long as they are on guard.
"Brother Li, take cover. Their weak point is the tree roots. Wait until I defeat them completely."
"Okay! Brother Zhou, just go ahead and do whatever you want, and leave the rest to me!"
After Zhou Xing finished speaking, he put away the dagger. He stared at the roots of the largest tree and slowly touched the obsidian behind him with his right hand.
"Man, today is your first battle, don't let me down!"
Zhou Xing murmured to himself, then he exerted force with his feet and shot towards the largest evergreen tree. Then he exerted force with his right hand, and the obsidian was instantly unsheathed.
The largest evergreen tree seemed to know Zhou Xing's thoughts. Its branches danced faster, and even the branches of some surrounding evergreen trees attacked Zhou Xing.
"kill!"
With an angry shout, the obsidian pulled out by Zhou Xing slashed towards the roots of the tree with inertia and Zhou Xing's force. The branches in front of Zhou Xing turned into pieces and scattered in all directions the moment they came into contact with the obsidian.
.
Next to him, Li Xuan felt Zhou Xing's sudden burst of momentum, which gave his teammates a strong sense of oppression. Now he finally saw the ax behind Zhou Xing unsheathed.
When the obsidian fell, cracks appeared in the space it passed through, and a breath of death continued to emit from the cracks.
"Bang! Squeak..."
The obsidian hit the roots of the tree, causing an explosion and sap flying. Zhou Xing and the two seemed to hear the wail of the evergreen tree.
After the roots were destroyed, the big tree seemed to have lost its life, and the dancing branches stopped.
However, the branches of other evergreen trees danced more crazily, but these had no effect in front of the obsidian waving by Zhou Xing. The roots of each evergreen tree were destroyed by him, the branches flew up, and hundreds of trees wailed.
"Is this Brother Zhou's true strength? Even those who have just entered the Spirit Gathering Realm may not be able to withstand this kind of attack intensity!" Li Xuan became a spectator at this time, and he could only watch blankly.
Zhou Xing showed great power.
Not long after, this evergreen forest was beaten to pieces by Zhou Xing. There were broken branches and leaves on the ground, as well as green evergreen sap. Zhou Xing and Obsidian were also splashed with green branches.
"Huh..." Zhou Xing took a long breath, wiped the obsidian clean with a black cloth, and then inserted the obsidian into the ax sheath with his backhand.
"Brother Zhou, you are really awesome!" Li Xuan couldn't help but give Zhou Xing a thumbs up, and Zhou Xing smiled modestly.
"Click... click..."
A shattering sound sounded, and Zhou Xing and Li Xuan looked over cautiously. They saw that the largest evergreen tree suddenly cracked, and then the thicker evergreen trees began to crack one by one.
.
After the largest evergreen tree split open, a girl in a purple skirt appeared in front of them. It was Zi Ling. A girl in a floral skirt also appeared not far away. She was Ziyun.
Not far above their heads, a green tree heart like a swollen heart was exposed. It was as green as ever, and it was the heart of an evergreen tree. The heart of the split evergreen trees here all appeared, and the largest evergreen tree had its heart.
The center of the tree is also the largest, and the others are smaller.
Seeing Li Xuan's expression full of doubts, Zhou Xing immediately explained to him while he and Li Xuan went to check on the situation of the Zi Ling sisters.
"They were just lured into hibernation by the heart of the evergreen tree. They will naturally wake up later."
After Zhou Xing checked, he found that the Zi Ling sisters were fine. Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, the Zi Ling sisters woke up one after another.
"Well...we...where are we..."
"Junior sister Zi Ling, are you okay? I'm Zhou Xing!"
Zhou Xing gently shook Zi Ling's shoulders. Zi Ling slowly regained consciousness after opening her eyes. She suddenly remembered something and grabbed Zhou Xing: "Brother Zhou Xing, please save my sister quickly. I saw her being killed by a tree."
Eat it in. Hurry..."
"Okay, Junior Sister Zi Ling, you are all right now. We have dealt with those tree demons."
Zhou Xing quickly comforted Zi Ling, and Li Xuan next to him also began to explain to Ziyun. Only then did the two sisters discover the broken branches and leaves on the ground, as well as the green heart of the tree.
"Oh my God! These are actually evergreen trees, and there are so many evergreen tree hearts!" Zi Ling suddenly exclaimed, and Ziyun also stood up excitedly.
"Junior Sister Zi Ling knows Evergreen Tree?" Zhou Xing couldn't help but ask after looking at their performances.
"Yes! Our Baihua Valley is basically wood-type, and we still know a lot about plants." Zi Ling had not yet spoken, but Ziyun started to show off from the side.
"Then how did you get caught by Evergreen Tree?" Li Xuan also asked in confusion.
"This...actually we wanted to find more resources. Finally we got a little tired so we rested here. There were no monsters here, so we didn't observe the surrounding environment at that time, so..."
Zhou Xing and Li Xuan looked at the Zi Ling sisters who were explaining awkwardly and were speechless. These two girls were not vigilant at all outside!
"By the way, Senior Brother Zhou Xing, isn't it possible to fight in this secret realm? How did you destroy these evergreen trees?" Zi Ling suddenly asked in confusion, and Zi Yun was also puzzled.
"This secret realm can withstand battles below the Spirit Gathering Realm. Elder Yan just wanted to warn the two Blood Demon Sect disciples." Zhou Xing explained softly.
The Zi Ling sisters nodded, and they began to feel a little excited again when they looked at the evergreen trees on the ground.
"Um...Senior Brother Zhou Xing, you know that the evergreen tree heart is very suitable for wood attribute cultivators. We would like to buy part of the evergreen tree heart here. Do you think it is okay?" Zi Ling suddenly asked a little embarrassed.
"Hahaha... You discovered these, and you naturally have a share. Why not divide these into four parts, one for each of us. Brother Li, do you have any objections?"
"Haha... Of course I have no objection."
Although this evergreen tree was killed by Zhou Xing, Zhou Xing would not bully two girls here. The Zi Ling sisters were very excited when they heard this.
"Thank you two senior brothers!"
Next, the four people divided the evergreen tree hearts equally. The biggest one was naturally Zhou Xing's. The other three refused to accept anything they said, so Zhou Xing did not refuse.
"What are you going to do next?" Zhou Xing asked the Zi Ling sisters.
Zi Ling thought for a while and then said: "We have found some second-grade spiritual materials and these evergreen tree hearts. We have already gained a lot. Next, we want to follow the two senior brothers, but we will not use the subsequent resources.
wanted."
"In that case, let's go together!" Li Xuan nodded at the side, but Zhou Xing had his own considerations.
"Then you should follow Brother Li first, I want to take a look around again."
Li Xuan and the other three were a little surprised, but they did not question Zhou Xing. After all, everyone has their own secrets.
So the four of them parted ways again, but this time only Zhou Xing acted alone.
The next day, Zhou Xing followed the direction in which the two Blood Demon Sect disciples left. He found that the spiritual materials along the way were still there, which proved that there was something more important than these spiritual materials that was attracting them.
.
After two hours of searching, Zhou Xing finally found the traces of the two of them on a mountain ridge. He saw the two of them sitting cross-legged on the ground. In front of them was a small three-foot tree with a red fruit on it.
It is hanging beautifully.
"Brother Zhao Ming, this Fire Spirit Fruit is about to mature. After we take it off, we can go find those people. By then, all their harvests will be ours." said the handsome young man from the Blood Demon Sect.
Said proudly.
The more steady-looking young man next to him said with a somewhat unhappy expression: "Zhou Nan, things are not as simple as you think. What I am thinking about is that if we deal with them, the vampire elder will face Yan Song of Xi Youmen after we go out.
With the anger of the elder in Baihua Valley, can he still protect us?"