Otherworldly-Cultivator C.608 Illusory Forest

Xiao Shijian could have easily taken them across the Illusory Forest, but Chen Li decided to take the three women there first, especially since Di Xiong told him that the forest was one of the places where powerful beasts lived. Besides, almost all the senior cultivators that he knew said that the forest was filled with mysteries, and Sikong Ye also found the Blood Eater Sword in one of the ruins inside.

Xue Xueyan naturally knew many stories about the Illusory Forest, and her clan chose to live in the snowy area behind the forest because it could protect them from the invasion of many evil cultivators. After all, the pressure from within the forest made it impossible for all cultivators to fly through, forcing them to find the safest route through the forest. "Husband, this forest is really scary, so I don't want to go back."

"Didn't you pass through this forest when you were running away from your clan?" Chen Li asked with an amused smile, especially since Xue Xueyan had always been tough and fearless, but she was acting like this now.

"Yes." Xue Xueyan replied with a strong nod. "Fortunately, in the past, my grandfather often brought me and my big sister to this forest to hunt beasts, and he also showed us the safest route, so I was able to get out of this forest by myself. Even so, I still had to spend a few days in this forest, and I often heard strange sounds at night, but those were definitely not the sounds of beasts."

"What kind of strange noises are you hearing, Xueyan?"

"I'm not sure about the strange noises." Xue Xueyan responded to Di Chen by shaking her head. "However, the public has spread many mystical stories about this forest, and many of them claim that they frequently encounter ghosts."

"Ghosts?" Di Chen shivered while rubbing her own arms.

Xue Xueyan nodded repeatedly to her. "I think those strange noises are from the ghosts."

"Hehe." Xiao Shijian, who was sitting on Chen Li's shoulders, chuckled at that. "There are many cultivators who call themselves ghost cultivators, and they use various abilities related to ghosts, so they often capture ghosts to use as a medium for their techniques."

"What?" Both women screamed after hearing that, especially since there were no ghost cultivators in Seven Moon Realm, so they never knew about it.

Xue Xueyan then asked her. "Big Sis Shijian, won't the spirits of the dead immediately enter the wheel of reincarnation, like my husband?"

"Most of them are like that." Xiao Shijian replied while nodding in agreement. "However, when they died, many of them left behind grudges, and many of them had their souls cursed, so they couldn't enter the wheel of reincarnation. That's why the ghost cultivators captured their souls, turned them into ferocious ghosts, and so on."

"Are those ghost cultivators and their ferocious ghosts very strong, Big Sis Shijian?" It was Di Chen's turn to ask her.

Xiao Shijian responded to his question by shaking his head. "Ghost cultivators are similar to ordinary cultivators, but their ferocious ghosts have their own levels. The higher the soul they use, the higher their level will be. In the past, I encountered a ferocious ghost at the immortal level, crafted from the soul of an immortal who passed away for specific reasons. It retained all the abilities he had mastered during his lifetime, so it was truly powerful."

"Doesn't that mean that those ghost cultivators have existed for a long time?"

"Yes." Xiao Shijian nodded to Xue Xueyan. "Even though the cultivators on the path of righteousness have slaughtered many heretic cultivators like them, they have never been able to completely eliminate them, and their numbers continue to increase."

"They call themselves the Dark Race." Both women turned to Chen Li, who immediately told them again. "The dark race are not only ghost cultivators, but many other cultivators with deviant techniques such as corpse techniques, Gu techniques, and many more."

"So the people from the Dark Moon Sect are people from the dark race?"

"No." Chen Li replied to Di Chen with a head shake. "The dark race will not be interested in the lower realms, especially since the quality of Qi in the lower realms is too low, and the cultivators in the lower realms are also too weak for them to take advantage of, so they only operate in the upper realms and the Five Divine Heavens. People of the Dark Moon Sect do have deviant techniques, but their techniques are only low grade when compared to the techniques of the members of the dark race."

Following that, Chen Li guided them into the Illusory Forest, carefully observing the map, only to discover several areas of the forest that the map had missed. He then used his Divine God Eyes to check everything, but he still couldn't see anything, which confused him, especially since his eyes could always find everything.

Since Chen Li couldn't do it himself, he asked Xiao Shijian, who was the strongest among them, to check those areas. However, it appears that even Xiao Shijian couldn't detect those areas. "There are too many powerful formations covering those areas, and they seem to be ancient formations that are difficult to crack. Even so, I might be able to crack them after I research them for some time, but that's not our goal now, right?"

"Yeah." Chen Li nodded to Xiao Shijian and checked the levels of the beasts in the forest. The majority of them had already reached the Peak Earth Realm. Besides, he also discovered several beasts at the mid-level of the Heaven Realm, but he still couldn't detect the beasts that resided in the areas covered by the ancient formation.

Since they were passing through the forest just to check, Chen Li did not intend to fight the beasts for now, and he asked Xue Xueyan to lead them towards the forest's exit. After walking for quite some time, they finally arrived at the forest's exit, and Di Chen's eyes sparkled as she saw the snow expansion as far as the eye could see. Wasting no time, she ran and played with the snow in the area, and Xue Xueyan accompanied her.

Chen Li was not surprised to see Xue Xueyan behave like that, but he was really amused to see Di Chen act like a child who had never seen snow before, so he did not disturb them and allowed them to have fun first.

"What are your plans next?" Xiao Shijian asked him.

Chen Li thought while rubbing his smooth chin, especially since he already had several plans for him and all his wives, but he also had to take care of his enemies, like Hua Gaoyun. He then told her some of his immediate plans, and Xiao Shijian nodded in understanding before replying to him. "However, it would be better if you got Leng Yueyan and her clone first before entering seclusion again, especially since their Yin Qi is very beneficial for you."

"Yeah, you're right." Chen Li agreed with that and nodded. "I will meet them after we return from this region."

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Li Jingyun was the first to wake up, and he was shocked to find himself naked with Hua Gaoyun by his side. He was even more shocked to see so many hickeys on his body. Besides, he also felt excruciating pain in his lower body, which made his expression filled with shame and fury after he realized the situation, and he immediately used his Qi to relieve the pain before getting down and getting dressed. 'Fuck! This must all be the work of last night's female servant! She must have given us something without our knowing! Damn it! I must keep this incident under wraps, or I will die of shame if other people find out about it!'

After he left the room, Li Jingyun immediately asked the people in the inn for the identity of the female servant who accompanied them last night, but none of them recognized her identity, and he became increasingly convinced that someone had deliberately framed him. 'Damn it! I'm sure the mastermind is the same person who thwarted our plans and killed Gu Tingyun, but who is the real mastermind? Could it be that Yueyan found out about our plan and took revenge on us? However, I remember that she doesn't have such a perfect disguise technique, and I didn't feel her aura on the female servant's body last night.'

Unfortunately, Li Jingyun did not yet know that Ye Xiaoling had already taught Leng Yueyan several things, including a good disguise technique, so he would not be able to recognize her disguise.

Feeling full of anger and shame, Li Jingyun immediately left the inn and returned to the Blue Moon Sect, but he did not realize that two women were watching him from a distance, and they were laughing contentedly at his expression.

"Haha." Yan Qingcheng laughed out loud as she held her stomach. "Hey, what if I spread the news about Li Jingyun and Hua Gaoyun to the other disciples? "I'm sure he will feel even more embarrassed, and he won't dare to leave his room, so he won't bother you."

"Sure, you can do it." Leng Yueyan then grabbed Yan Qingcheng's shoulders. "Let's go; let's meet Long Wang now."