In the territory of evil cultivators, Xiao Fei and Zhu Yu dared not confront the Golden Core stage expert from the White Bone Sect head-on, and could only keep fleeing.
However, their luck seemed to be poor. While escaping, another Golden Core stage evil cultivator appeared ahead, flying towards them.
"Fellow Daoist ahead, please lend a hand to capture the spy from Lu Country. The White Bone Sect will offer generous rewards."
Although evil cultivators had never received any patriotic education, the two in front of them were not powerful. Intercepting and killing them would also yield some benefits, so why not?
Now, with a formidable enemy in front and pursuers behind!
As the saying goes, when paths cross, the brave prevails. This was impossible!
If they fought with sheer courage, even if they could hold on for a while without dying, they would attract more evil cultivators. Then, they would surely die even if they survived the initial encounter!
Evil cultivators were like a pack of wolves. They wouldn't act without benefits. Even if there was a spy from Lu Country in front of them, they had no grand sentiments like collective honor.
If there was profit to be made, evil cultivators would swarm forward, tearing the prey apart, devouring it bone and flesh.
Xiao Fei was quite familiar with the geography of Eagle Mountain Country. After identifying their location, he immediately changed direction and turned left, with Zhu Yu closely following.
The two Golden Core stage evil cultivators also changed direction and pursued them relentlessly.
The Flying Fish under Xiao Fei's feet was only at the Foundation Establishment stage. It could only achieve the level of a Golden Core cultivator at its fastest speed, but its demonic power was being consumed rapidly.
Xiao Fei could only keep pouring spirit wine into its mouth, a jar after jar.
This Flying Fish was indeed a glutton and digested exceptionally fast. The spirit wine poured into its stomach was immediately refined into demonic power.
At the same time, Xiao Fei secretly resolved that once he survived this crisis, he would definitely cultivate this fish well.
He had heard from Patriarch Peng that this fish possessed the bloodline of a Kun, and its growth potential was immense. It was possible that even if he died, this fish would not.
Seeing the two Golden Core stage experts from behind getting closer, Xiao Fei quickly released a swarm of Iron Fire Ants behind him.
Upon appearing, the Iron Fire Ants immediately split into several small teams and charged fearlessly towards the two Golden Core cultivators.
Under the full obstruction of the Iron Fire Ants, the speed of the two Golden Core cultivators slowed down considerably, and the distance between them widened again.
However, the breathing room bought by the Iron Fire Ants with their lives could not be maintained for long. Soon, the two evil cultivators broke free from the Iron Fire Ants and closed in on them twice.
Xiao Fei, riding on the Flying Fish, gave Zhu Yu a look, signaling, "It's your turn!"
Zhu Yu did not hesitate. He drew a dung-yellow talisman from his embrace, activated it, and it transformed into a shower of arrow shadows, enveloping the two behind them.
The distance between them was once again widened.
Fortunately, on their escape route, they did not encounter any other evil cultivators.
Finally, Xiao Fei, with Zhu Yu, flew to the canyon that had once trapped him for decades.
As they stood above the canyon, Zhu Yu couldn't help but send a divine sense message, asking, "What is this place?"
"This is a绝地 (Jué Dì - a place of absolute peril)! Do you have the guts to explore it with me?"
Xiao Fei said calmly.
"If even you dare to go, why should I, your Uncle-Master, not dare!"
At this moment, the two evil cultivators were about to catch up. Seeing this, they shouted loudly.
"Kid, is that a绝地 ahead? No one who has entered has ever come out alive!"
The two evil cultivators were more anxious than Xiao Fei, the person involved. If they jumped in after chasing for so long, their efforts would be in vain.
Regarding this绝地, the entire Eagle Mountain Country had not yet figured out what was going on inside.
In any case, no cultivator who entered had ever been seen alive, not even their corpses.
Now, no one in the entire Eagle Mountain Country dared to explore this place.
Even these two Golden Core stage evil cultivators dared not venture deep into this绝地.
However, at this moment, the two ahead, without any hesitation, leaped directly into the canyon.
As Zhu Yu flew downwards, after reaching a certain height, he suddenly felt a powerful suction force from below, slamming him hard onto the ground.
"Boom!"
With a loud crash, Zhu Yu fell on his backside, in a dog-piling posture.
"Pfft!"
Zhu Yu spat out the mud and sand from his mouth and struggled to climb out of the pit.
It was then that he saw Xiao Fei slowly and leisurely flying down from above the canyon on his Flying Fish, with a carefree demeanor.
"Why are you unharmed?"
"Why should I be harmed? People cannot be compared. Just because you look like a vase, you think you are the protagonist of this world!"
Xiao Fei seized the opportunity to mock him, without any mercy.
Zhu Yu tried to get up a few times but found that he had lost the ability to move.
Even if he jumped a little higher, he would be pulled down by a force. What was even more terrifying was that no spiritual energy could be absorbed into the body within the canyon.
In such a cursed place, one would eventually be worn down and die.
However, Xiao Fei was not in a hurry at all. He acted as if he had returned home, found his original cave dwelling, cleaned it thoroughly, and seemed to intend to stay for a long time.
Zhu Yu had no choice but to find a place to stay temporarily.
After settling down, Xiao Fei acted as if nothing had happened, living a leisurely life.
He often entered his spatial realm, where a new batch of Iron Fire Ants was being cultivated.
The Heavenly Mulberry Wood and Glazed Crimson Light Ganoderma he had just obtained from the White Bone Sect had both been successfully planted.
The Glazed Crimson Light Ganoderma was a material for refining the Primordial Golden Elixir, but unfortunately, there was only one plant, and its age was insufficient. He could only cultivate it for a period before using it for alchemy.
However, the Nine Bends Golden Lotus he had obtained from Patriarch Shangguan earlier had now produced a small branch. Once this branch grew, it would become another Nine Bends Golden Lotus.
The Nine Bends Golden Lotus could be used to refine a substitute puppet, a treasure he had always longed for.
However, he did not immediately refine a substitute puppet. Instead, he kept sifting through materials, preparing to refine artifacts.
In the past two years on the battlefield, he had collected many materials from ghost cultivators, intending to refine magical artifacts to help his second sister overcome her tribulation.
Now, his second sister's cultivation had reached the verge of a breakthrough. Every time she extended her head from the Soul Nurturing Wood, dark clouds would immediately gather in the sky, and tribulation lightning would descend at any moment!
As a result, his second sister had not dared to show herself in recent years.
Ghost cultivator lightning tribulations were extremely perilous. Many renowned ghost cultivators, who had not died at the hands of enemies, ultimately perished under tribulation lightning.
Therefore, Xiao Fei had to make thorough preparations.
The White Bone Shield obtained from the White Bone Sect cultivator they had jointly killed last time should be useful for his second sister.
However, he planned to refine several more ghost cultivator spirit artifacts as a precaution.
In the following period, Xiao Fei spent his days refining artifacts in his spatial realm, successively crafting over ten ghost cultivator spirit artifacts until all the materials were exhausted, and then he stopped.
One day, Xiao Fei walked to the center of the canyon and took out a human effigy made of Soul Nurturing Wood from his embrace.
"Second Sister! You can begin!"
A dense black smoke flew out from the wooden effigy, quickly condensing into a human form.
As soon as Xiao Lan appeared, dark clouds immediately gathered in the sky above the canyon, and then a bolt of lightning struck down from the sky.
The second sister quickly summoned a spirit artifact shield.
"Crackling... Boom!"
The spirit artifact shield instantly shattered, and the lightning continued to descend. The second sister, having been prepared, presented a second shield.
The first tribulation lightning broke through three shields consecutively, leaving only a thin strand of lightning, as thick as a chopstick, to fall upon Xiao Lan.
Xiao Lan trembled all over, her form becoming more ethereal.
As soon as the first tribulation lightning ended, the second one immediately appeared. This one was even stronger than the previous one. Xiao Lan only managed to summon three shields to block it, and a strand as thick as a thumb still landed on her.
Xiao Lan's form was split in half by the lightning. However, her body turned into black mist and re-condensed, though her form became even more ethereal.
Ghost cultivators had to endure three tribulation lightning bolts to advance to the Golden Core stage. When the third tribulation lightning formed, it possessed a world-destroying power. Even Zhu Yu and Xiao Fei, watching from afar, were suppressed and dared not move.
Xiao Lan summoned the White Bone Shield that Xiao Fei had given her. This was a magical treasure, which a Foundation Establishment cultivator could not drive.
She simply shrank her body into a ball and hid behind the White Bone Shield, relying entirely on the material of the magical treasure itself to resist the tribulation lightning.
"Boom!"
A beam of light flashed, illuminating the entire canyon.
The tribulation lightning fiercely struck the White Bone Shield. The shield instantly shattered into pieces, and the broken bones were scorched by the tribulation lightning, turning directly into ashes.
"Second Sister!"
Xiao Fei anxiously ran towards the large pit blasted by the tribulation lightning.
Just then, in the center of the pit, a faint wisp of black mist gathered together, forming a translucent, ethereal human figure.