325: The Devil's Trouble

The Purple Bamboo Forest is in the core area.

It's still some distance from here.

Aside from his initial full-speed advance, Mu Feng relied on the Gale Boat for slow flight afterward.

This place is extremely dangerous.

Constantly traveling at high speed would consume too much magical power, and encountering dangers could lead to trouble.

Sure enough.

Mu Feng had just piloted the Gale Boat for a short distance.

When trouble came knocking.

This was a small team composed of Middle Stage and Nascent Soul Late Stage Cultivators.

Originally, the few of them were not traveling together.

But after discovering that Mu Feng was just a lone Middle Stage Golden Core Cultivator.

They immediately blocked him.

"Fellow Daoist, please stop!"

"This place is very dangerous."

"I see that Your Excellency's Realm isn't particularly high, why don't we team up to explore?"

"That way, everyone will be safer."

After stopping Mu Feng.

A refined man walked out from the crowd and invited Mu Feng to team up and explore.

"I'm sorry, I'm not interested in teaming up."

Mu Feng's expression was normal.

He didn't show any change in expression due to the other party's numerical superiority.

For him.

It would be fine if these people didn't make a Move.

If they did.

He wouldn't mind letting his Lifebound Flying Sword, Soul Devourer, upgrade.

"I'm kindly inviting Your Excellency, why must you keep me at arm's length?"

"After all, teaming up benefits everyone."

"The Trial Tournament is extremely dangerous; high-grade Yao Beasts are everywhere here. It would be dangerous if you encountered one!"

Seeing Mu Feng disagree.

The man still didn't give up and stepped forward again to invite him.

"I said, I'm not interested."

"Your Excellency should find others to team up with."

"Of course, if Your Excellency wants to cause trouble, I'll be happy to oblige!"

Having his path blocked, Mu Feng was very displeased.

His tone was naturally not so polite either.

Stung by Mu Feng's words, the refined man's face turned somewhat ugly.

Just as he was about to say something.

His body suddenly trembled.

The strong tone he had intended to use instantly became polite.

"Since Fellow Daoist... Senior, doesn't wish to team up, then so be it."

"Everyone, Move aside, don't block others' paths."

Having said that.

He voluntarily made way for Mu Feng to pass.

The other party's actions surprised both Mu Feng and his companions.

Mu Feng gave him a half-smile.

Only then did he pilot the Gale Boat to pass quickly.

Watching Mu Feng disappear into the sky, his teammates behind him were very confused.

"You must be very curious why I let him go so easily, right?"

The refined man sighed.

Then he spoke some surprising words.

"Actually, it wasn't us who let him go, but him who let us go."

"As you all know, the Gu worm I Cultivate within me is very sensitive to treasure light."

"At first, the other party concealed himself very well, and I didn't detect anything, thinking he was just an ordinary Middle Stage Golden Core Cultivator."

"But when he said 'happy to oblige', there were traces of him mobilizing a Magic Treasure."

"It was at that moment that the Gu worm in my body immediately sensed the number of Magic Treasures he could mobilize within him!"

"How many do you think there were?"

Speaking of this.

The man suddenly paused.

Letting the others guess the number of Magic Treasures within Mu Feng.

Seeing this, his teammates.

Their curiosity was also piqued, and they all speculated:

"The other party is only at the Middle Stage Golden Core level, at most three, right?"

"Since boss said it, it definitely can't be guessed by a normal Middle Stage Golden Core Cultivator. I estimate ten!"

"Ten? That's too many, isn't it? Even a normal Nascent Soul Late Stage Cultivator might not have that many?!"

"I don't think it's too many. It might be more than ten Magic Treasures, otherwise, the boss wouldn't be so serious!"

"Boss, stop keeping us in suspense, tell us how many there are!"

...

The refined man saw everyone looking impatient.

He immediately stopped keeping them in suspense.

Then he once again spoke words that shocked everyone present.

"More than ten?"

"Wrong! When the other party was displeased and about to make a Move, I detected that he could mobilize a full seventy-two Magic Treasures within him!"

The man's words were astonishing.

Listening, they were even more disbelieving.

"Seventy... seventy-two? Captain, are you sure the Gu worm in your body isn't malfunctioning?"

"Holy crap, that's too exaggerated, isn't it? The other party is just a Middle Stage Golden Core Cultivator!"

"How many? Seventy-two?!"

....

"Foolish! Who said he was a Middle Stage Golden Core Cultivator?"

"To control so many Magic Treasures simultaneously, his Divine Sense must have reached an astonishing level!"

"It's simply impossible for a Middle Stage Golden Core Cultivator; only a Nascent Soul Old Monster... Senior could possibly control so many Magic Treasures at once. And only the cream of the crop among Nascent Soul Cultivators at that!"

"That's also why I called him Senior when I detected his Magic Treasures."

"The other party obviously saw through something, and he gave me a meaningful look before leaving."

"It's a good thing we weren't impolite in our previous words, otherwise, we would all have been left here!"

The refined man looked terrified.

The more he thought about it, the more dangerous he felt it was.

Fortunately, their original intention was not to rob, otherwise, they would definitely already be corpses.

"Nascent... Nascent Soul Senior?!"

"Hiss!"

"I knew why the other party dared to travel alone in such a place. It turns out to be a Nascent Soul powerhouse!"

The man's words made everyone gasp.

"That's not right, isn't this Trial Tournament not allowing Nascent Soul Cultivators to enter? How could a Nascent Soul powerhouse get in?"

Just as everyone was shocked, someone suddenly raised an objection.

As soon as these words came out.

Everyone looked at the refined man, waiting for his answer.

"Foolish!"

"Who said Nascent Soul powerhouses can't enter this tournament?"

"There are many ways to enter here."

"However, it's true that these Nascent Soul powerhouses can't get on the ranking board, and they must suppress their Realm. Generally, they display as Nascent Soul Late Stage. That's why even though the other party was clearly so strong, we could only see him as a Middle Stage Golden Core level."

"Actually, these pieces of information aren't secrets. As long as you try to investigate, you can still find out."

"That's also why I'm always polite when I recruit people."

The man looked smug.

Constantly showing off his knowledge to his teammates.

Seeing this, the others also followed suit, buttering him up.

"So that's how it is!"

"Boss is brilliant!"

......

"Sure enough, quite a few Nascent Soul Old Monsters have snuck in."

Although Mu Feng had already left.

His Divine Sense had always been on the few of them.

Listening to the other party confidently and eloquently claiming to be a Nascent Soul Old Monster, Mu Feng found it quite amusing.

He was merely stronger in Divine Sense.

But then again.

The other party's Gu worm for identifying Magic Treasures was truly interesting.

It was a pity he was already too far away.

Otherwise, he could have inquired about the other party's cultivation method and cultivated one himself.

In the future, when he wanted to rob, he could use it to screen, and only act against those with many Magic Treasures. That should be good too.

But he seemed to have a System.

He could already detect other people's information.

Even if he had this Gu worm, it seemed to be redundant.

Thinking this.

Mu Feng no longer felt it was a pity.

Withdrawing his Divine Sense, Mu Feng continued towards the Purple Bamboo Forest.

After hearing that a large number of Nascent Soul Old Monsters had entered, Mu Feng felt his pressure increase.

However, there was also good news.

That was, those Nascent Soul Old Monsters couldn't get on the leaderboard.

In other words, he only needed to compete with those Nascent Soul Late Stage Cultivators.

Otherwise, whether he could make it into the top ten would be hard to say.

Speaking of the points leaderboard, the System had just informed him that he had fallen from seven or eight hundredth place to over a thousandth.

Among them, Wen Ze, in first place, was leading the entire field with over four hundred thousand points.

He was a full eighty thousand points ahead of the second place.

Extremely terrifying.

The comment section was full of discussions about this.

"Six six six, Big Shot Wen Ze is too strong. He got over four hundred thousand in half a day. I don't know how he did it."

"Indeed, he's amazing, too far ahead of the second place."

"Actually, Big Shot Hu Zhentian is already very impressive, but Big Shot Wen Ze is too exaggerated."

"By the way, where did that Mu Feng go? I remember he once rushed to the top two, but now he's not even in the top ten."

"Top ten? Not even top hundred!"

"Top hundred? Not even top thousand. I said from the beginning, he was just lucky. Look, his points haven't moved since then."

"Mu Feng's fans? Speak up!"

"His points really haven't moved for a long time. He might have already died, but it's normal. How strong can a Middle Stage Golden Core Cultivator be? Only inexperienced kids would think a Middle Stage Golden Core Cultivator is amazing!"

....

"Uh..."

Mu Feng didn't expect to be gossiped about himself while gossiping.

He couldn't help but awkwardly touch his nose.

The reason his points weren't increasing was simple.

It was merely because he didn't care for the fifth and sixth-grade Yao Beasts along the way.

After all, although he was currently a Middle Stage Golden Core Cultivator, he already had Nascent Soul combat power.

Naturally, he had to act like a distinguished person.

Bullying the weak was not his style.

Closing the comment section.

Mu Feng curiously opened the chat channel to see if there was any other useful information.

After all, there was still some time until the Purple Bamboo Forest.

He might as well pass the time.

Watching everyone chat, he might just catch some useful information and avoid detours.

"Holy crap, brothers, something big happened! A Devil Head seems to have appeared in Shenshou Valley, constantly ambushing passersby. Many Fellow Daoists have already fallen into his hands. It is said that this fiend specifically eats Golden Cores. Later, when some Fellow Daoists went to investigate, they found that the Golden Cores of the deceased Fellow Daoists were all gone."

"Ah? What's going on?"

"Shenshou Valley? Where is that? Aren't all the Demon Race members in the Trial Tournament in the Demon Abyss Sea? Could it be that some people did something shady and then claimed it was a Devil Head's doing? Every time the tournament opens, there are always quite a few people who specifically kill their comrades."

"It wasn't done by Cultivators. It is said that those people died horribly, with expressions of terror, as if they had seen something terrifying. And besides their Golden Cores being dug out, their Storage Pouches and Storage Rings and other items were all left in place."

"Hiss? Really? I'm right here in Luan Shi Lin (Chaotic Stone Forest), not far from Shenshou Valley."

"Terrifying!"

.....

"A Devil Head has appeared in Shenshou Valley?"

"Could it be released by those people?"

Upon hearing this news.

Mu Feng immediately thought of the Seal Spirit Pillar formation he had detected with his Divine Sense after cultivating the fourth layer of the Divine Origin Skill.

Originally, Mu Feng thought there would be some rare spiritual materials inside, but he didn't expect it to be a peerless Devil Head suppressed within.

Fortunately, he was cautious at the time and didn't go over.

Otherwise, he might have been in big trouble.

From the people in the chat channel, Mu Feng learned that this Devil Head's strength should be at the Nascent Soul level.

And its speed should be particularly fast.

After all, being able to kill a Golden Core team of over ten people simultaneously, without even letting them use their Moves, shows its powerful strength.

"Beep beep beep!"

Mu Feng was about to continue gossiping.

Suddenly, his friends list vibrated.

It was from Li Chenxi.

Li Chenxi: "Big Shot, did you see the message in the chat channel? They said a Devil Head appeared in Shenshou Valley? I wonder if it's true?"

Li Chenxi: "Fortunately, we ran fast back then, otherwise we might have suffered."

Li Chenxi: "Oh, by the way, Big Shot, do you still need High-Grade Spirit Stones? I was just in seclusion refining Magic Treasures and Cultivation Techniques and didn't notice your message."

Li Chenxi's messages flashed quickly.

It was clear.

She was still quite shocked by this news.

After all, Mu Feng had sensed the danger at that time.

Just thinking that she might have been targeted by a Nascent Soul Devil Head made Li Chenxi's scalp tingle.

Mu Feng: "Mm, I just saw the message too."

Mu Feng: "It should be true, but it's not the same one as when we were previously spied upon."

Mu Feng: "That Devil Head should have been released by them later."

Mu Feng: "As for High-Grade Spirit Stones, I've already borrowed some from someone, so I don't need them."

Mu Feng quickly replied to her messages.

Li Chenxi: "So that's how it is. But no matter what, we can be considered to have escaped from danger."

Li Chenxi: "Alright, since you've already borrowed some, I won't mail them to you then. I was originally going to send you some."

Mu Feng: "It's fine, you can mail them over too."

Mu Feng said jokingly.

Li Chenxi: "Hehe, next time for sure!"

Mu Feng: "..."

.....

After chatting with the other party for a few sentences.

Mu Feng returned to the chat channel to continue gossiping.

Most of the people there were discussing the Devil Head.

It was clear that this Devil Head had everyone in a state of panic.

Some even proposed forming a 'Devil Extermination Squad' to go and kill the Devil Head.

Mu Feng, however, felt it was alright.

Firstly, the tournament was so vast, and he was already far from Shenshou Valley, so he probably wouldn't encounter it.

Secondly, no matter what trouble this Devil Head caused, there would be someone stronger to deal with it.

Anyway, there were so many Nascent Soul Cultivators in this tournament.

It wasn't his turn as a Middle Stage Golden Core Cultivator to worry.

He just wanted to get to the Purple Bamboo Forest quickly and upgrade his Lifebound Treasure to a high-grade level as soon as possible.

Especially after knowing that Nascent Soul Old Monsters were participating in the tournament.

And the news of the Devil Head's emergence.

He still felt a lot of pressure.

Thinking this.

Mu Feng increased his speed.

He wanted to arrive before dark.

Now that his cultivation level was higher, darkness shouldn't affect his movements.

....

Time flew by.

Three hours later, Mu Feng piloted the Gale Boat to a Purple Bamboo Forest that stretched as far as the eye could see.