168: The terrifying willow branches: the homeowner's speculation

The thatched cottage was not large and was not far away, but the fluctuations emanating from it were too terrifying.

Even from Di Jiang or Laozi, he had never felt such terrifying fluctuations.

This also meant that the cultivation of the person living inside this thatched cottage was definitely superior to Di Jiang and Laozi, and was very likely an existence above the Late-stage Quasi-Saint or Perfected Quasi-Saint levels.

If he didn't know that Hongjun's Dao arena was Yujing Mountain, Li Yun would even suspect whether this place was Hongjun's residence before he attained the Dao.

At this moment, Li Yun felt a bit of regret.

If he had come forward to investigate immediately before, he would have definitely looted the resources of the entire immortal island directly.

Now it's done; the deed is done, and he discovered the owner of this immortal island is actually so powerful. What should he do?

Escape?

That was basically impossible.

After all, the power of this immortal island's master was right there; even with the Void Law to flee, it would be difficult to escape the other's Divine Sense lock.

Besides, this immortal island was after all in the space outside the Great Desolation. If the other party really took action, Li Yun truly didn't have much confidence in surviving.

"Damn it!"

"In the future, before going out, I must leave the Red Lotus Clone with the Wu Clan or in some other safe area!"

"With both the Clone and the Main Body together like this, if something really happens, there won't even be a possibility of resurrection!"

Muttering to himself, Li Yun took a deep breath, suppressed his inner anxiety, and sped toward the thatched cottage.

The deed was done; if he was to be beaten, he had to take it standing up.

Now he had no possibility of bargaining; even his future fate depended on the other party's mood.

Thinking of this, Li Yun arrived at the area outside the thatched cottage, bowed, and said, "Junior Li Yun pays respects to Senior!"

"I did not know previously that the things within the immortal island belonged to Senior. This Junior has disturbed you and collected the resources within; I hope Senior can forgive me!"

"If Senior can forgive me, I am willing to return everything collected within the immortal island, and even what I obtained on Penglai Immortal Island can be given to Senior!"

After speaking, Li Yun said no more and just stood there in a bowing posture, waiting for the other party's reply.

But fifteen minutes, half an hour, even two hours passed, and unexpectedly, no sound came from within the thatched cottage, nor was there any sign of acknowledging him.

At this moment, Li Yun was a bit dumbfounded.

Was this a continued test, or was there no one inside the thatched cottage?

But if there was no one, how was this heart-trembling aura being emitted?

For a time, Li Yun stood there feeling as if every second was a year, yet he didn't dare to act rashly.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, a month had passed.

On this day, Li Yun suddenly looked up at the thatched cottage, a flash of anger and determination in his eyes.

For a whole month, he had maintained this posture.

But the other party showed no intention of replying at all. Even a clay man has a bit of temper, let alone Li Yun?

At worst, it would be death, and his Void Law was not just for show. How could Li Yun continue to endure such humiliation?

"I'll risk it; at worst, it's just death!"

Muttering to himself, Li Yun made up his mind, stood up directly, and walked straight toward the thatched cottage.

He wanted to see exactly who was inside. If he couldn't win, could he really not even escape?

Even if he couldn't escape and the other party wanted to kill him, he wouldn't just sit and wait for death or surrender without a fight.

*Creak—*

The door of the thatched cottage was pushed open by Li Yun, and with one step, his figure entered the interior.

The next second, Li Yun's pupils constricted, and he blurted out, "No one?"

"How is that possible!"

Opening his Purple Gold Divine Pupils to look around, although there were many Restrictions within the thatched cottage, there was no trace of any Cultivator.

Not only that, after checking around, Li Yun was stunned to discover something.

That heart-trembling fluctuation of aura was not emitted by a Cultivator, but came from a branch inside a potted plant in the room.

"A willow branch!"

"A willow twig?"

Raising an eyebrow, a hint of shock appeared in Li Yun's eyes. He stepped forward and reached out to grab the branch, wanting to investigate.

However, an accident occurred at that very moment.

The willow branch suddenly swayed, and then Li Yun felt a crisis of death approaching as a terrifying spatial blade struck directly toward him.

"Holy crap~"

His expression changed, and Li Yun instinctively dodged to the side.

With a slash, the spatial blade cut a huge spatial rift in the area where Li Yun had been standing. The raging terrifying power made Li Yun's scalp tingle.

But that power seemed to be very well controlled; even though the space inside the room was torn apart, it did not affect the thatched cottage itself.

Just then, Li Yun seemed to think of something. His body shook as he stared intently at the willow branch and said, "The hollow willow!"

"This is a branch of the hollow willow, which means the owner of this thatched cottage is Yang Mei!"

"*Hiss*, I actually came to Yang Mei' home to loot things, this..."

For a moment, Li Yun felt a chill all over his body and felt an instinctive sense of unease.

Yang Mei!

There are very few records of this person in the Great Desolation, but he is a living legend.

It is said that he himself is a Reincarnated Space Demon God, who achieved Shapeshifting by manifesting from the hollow willow, which originally belonged to the ten great innate spiritual roots.

Because he used the hollow willow as his foundation for Shapeshifting, it resulted in one less of the ten great innate spiritual roots, with the banana tree taking its place later.

But even so, the grade and power of the hollow willow itself are beyond doubt.

And Yang Mei is an even more ruthless character. As a Reincarnated Space Demon God, he Cultivates the Law of Space and achieved Dao Proving through the Law of Space; his combat power even surpassed Hongjun.

According to records, after Hongjun attained the Dao, he went deep into Chaos to establish the Zixiao Palace, but he encountered an attack from Yang Mei.

A great battle ensued between the two. Hongjun used numerous methods, even controlling the pangu banner, taiji diagram, qiankun cauldron, and other innate supreme treasures to attack him, but they were all easily seized by Yang Mei, leading to a crushing defeat.

After that, Yang Mei vanished into the depths of Chaos, but Hongjun was deeply provoked and shaken. After establishing the Zixiao Palace, he couldn't wait to preach to the Great Desolation, even enslaving the Primordial Beings of the Great Desolation to seek immense Luck to improve himself, and after the third sermon, he directly merged with the Dao to become a pseudo-Heavenly Dao level combatant.

Now he had actually appeared at Yang Mei' residence. Even a single willow branch left behind by the other party was so terrifying; if Yang Mei himself were to return, then...