107: Birdman

"Who are you?" Wei Xun turned to look at the bird-man behind him.

"I was also captured by that Spider Demon!"

The bird-man pursed his lips helplessly.

"Aren't you stating the obvious?" Wei Xun rolled his eyes at the bird-man.

Wrapped in spiderwebs like this, if he wasn't captured, was he here as a guest?

"I'm a demon from Lingtao Mountain!"

The bird-man seemed to feel his previous answer was a bit perfunctory, so he immediately introduced himself.

Upon hearing the name Lingtao Mountain, Wei Xun's eyes suddenly lit up!

Isn't that the place he needed to go?

"Pleased to meet you, pleased to meet you!" Wei Xun immediately smiled and greeted him.

"Brother, I have a plan to escape, are you willing to cooperate?" The bird-man immediately said.

"Oh, really?" Hearing that the bird-man had a way to escape, Wei Xun immediately became interested.

"Yes!" The bird-man nodded, then said, "But I need your cooperation."

"What's the plan!" Wei Xun immediately asked, "As long as I can do it, I'll follow through."

"Just now, I saw that you, brother, can spit fire!" The bird-man said with a smile, "We're not far from each other. You spit fire at me here, help me burn off the spiderweb, and once I'm free, I'll come back and help you."

....

Upon hearing the bird-man's plan, Wei Xun looked speechless.

If he could escape by simply burning off the spiderweb, he would have escaped long ago.

"This plan won't work!" Wei Xun shook his head, "As soon as this spiderweb burns, that Spider Old Woman will immediately sense it."

The bird-man listened thoughtfully, "So that's how it is!"

"So you don't know anything, right!" Wei Xun suddenly felt a bit helpless with this bird-man.

"Aside from not knowing how to escape, I know quite a lot of other things!" Seeing that his plan wouldn't work, the bird-man had no choice but to talk about other matters.

"Oh, really?" Wei Xun was a bit skeptical.

"Of course!" The bird-man nodded and said, "I've been captured for over half a month, so I've probably learned everything there is to know."

"Then tell me what you know?"

Wei Xun said casually, not holding out much hope.

"I know this Forest is called Bai Meng Forest!" The bird-man said, "The Spider Demon in the Forest is a powerful demon in the Pure Yang Realm, second level, very strong."

"Anything else?"

Wei Xun asked again; this information wasn't very valuable.

"Also, this Spider Demon doesn't eat people!" The bird-man explained, "She captures us only to absorb the Spiritual Qi from our bodies to Cultivate!"

"Oh?" Hearing this, Wei Xun finally showed some interest.

"It's true!" The bird-man nodded and said, "Because I suffer from severe insomnia, her Blissful Dream Cultivation Technique doesn't work well on me, and I woke up very early."

"That's possible?"

Wei Xun was a bit surprised.

"In the past ten-plus days since I woke up, I've been pretending to sleep every day. During this time, I haven't seen that Spider Demon eat any of the captured demons."

After saying this, the bird-man looked around, and only after confirming that the Spider Demon was not nearby did he dare to continue speaking.

"You were captured three days ago! But you woke up very quickly, you woke up soon after being tied up!"

"What?"

Hearing the bird-man's words, Wei Xun was somewhat surprised.

The first time in the dream, he indeed woke up very quickly.

However, after being dragged into the dream by the Spider Demon the second time, he stayed in the dream for at least eight or nine days.

But in reality, only three days had passed?

Most importantly, his Cultivation progress value from the dream still existed after he woke up.

If the time flow in the dream was so much slower than in reality, that would be quite interesting.

"Although this Spider Demon doesn't eat us!" The bird-man continued, "But from what I've observed, once we demons are wrapped up here for more than a month, all our Spiritual Qi will be drained, and then we'll die."

"How do you know?" Wei Xun asked.

This bird-man had been imprisoned for half a month, how could he know something about a month later.

"When I was first imprisoned, there was a demon next to me who had been imprisoned for twenty days and woke up. Then, about ten days later, he died."

"And I've been trapped here for so long, I already feel the Spiritual Qi in my body becoming increasingly scarce. Maybe I'll also be drained of Spiritual Qi and die before a month passes."

The bird-man slowly explained.

"You just said you're from Lingtao Mountain?" Wei Xun suddenly asked at this moment.

The bird-man nodded.

"I heard your King is a great demon in the Scattered Core Realm. Does this Spider Demon dare to provoke you?" Wei Xun asked.

"Alas!"

The bird-man sighed helplessly after hearing this.

"Although I am a demon from Lingtao Mountain, I am just a small demon soldier. There are three or four hundred demons in the mountain, who would care if one of us goes missing!"

Wei Xun comforted him, "Don't be too sad. Just hold on for a few more days. Once I Breakthrough to the Pure Yang Realm, I should be able to escape and then rescue you."

The bird-man looked a bit confused.

"Breakthrough to Pure Yang?"

"Yes!" Wei Xun nodded.

Although he could indeed feel the spider silk wrapping him drawing his Spiritual Qi.

However, the drawing speed was not fast and did not affect his Cultivation.

"Big brother, don't joke around!" The bird-man didn't believe him, "Who, when bound by these spiderwebs, still has the strength to Cultivate?"

"Don't worry about that!" Wei Xun said, "Anyway, after I rescue you, you can take me to Lingtao Mountain as a reward!"

"You want to go to our Lingtao Mountain?" The bird-man asked.

"Yes!" Wei Xun nodded.

"Why do you want to go to our Lingtao Mountain?" The bird-man asked, "Are you coming to seek refuge?"

"Don't you have Lingtao peaches on Lingtao Mountain?" Wei Xun smiled slightly.

"You're after the Lingtao peaches?" The bird-man was a bit surprised to hear that.

"Is that not allowed?"

Wei Xun looked at the bird-man's expression and realized that things were not that simple.

"The Lingtao Tree in the mountain is about to wither!" The bird-man slowly explained, "It only bears two fruits at most per year, and they are incredibly precious. Even the King doesn't have enough to eat, how could he possibly give them to you!"

"I see!" Wei Xun didn't panic after hearing this.

As long as he could get to Lingtao Mountain, he could figure out a way then.

"You should still spit fire at me!" The bird-man stealthily scanned his surroundings again. After not finding the Spider Demon, he turned his head back to look at Wei Xun.

"This method won't work!" Wei Xun shook his head, "Just honestly wait for me to Breakthrough, then I'll save you!"

"Alas!" The bird-man looked helpless, "It seems my little life is going to be lost here."

"Don't lose heart!" Wei Xun comforted him, "You're very lucky to have met me. Your life should be safe!"

"Really?" The bird-man looked up at Wei Xun again.

When he saw Wei Xun's confident demeanor, he suddenly seemed to see a glimmer of hope.

"What's your name?" The bird-man asked curiously.

"Wang Tian... My name is Wei Xun!" Wei Xun smiled and then asked in return, "And you?"

"My name is Jiji!"

"Huh?"