Becoming an immortal against the will of heaven

Chen Tian also showed a curious expression, looking towards Cao Fangcun, wanting to hear what good idea he would come up with.

"Alright, since you fellow Daoists think so highly of our Cao family, then we will share the method we have recently researched with you."

Seeing the eager anticipation on everyone's faces, Cao Fangcun smiled strangely and continued, "Everyone should already understand that these Nebula Insects are able to observe us entirely because of the spiritual sense aura we emit. But if we don't use spiritual sense, in this vast sea of trees, we won't be able to find the entrance to the third level. In this way, it becomes quite contradictory."

Hearing this, the gray-robed old man and the middle-aged beautiful woman both nodded slightly, expressing their agreement. Their current situation was indeed somewhat contradictory. Whether or not to use spiritual sense was simply a difficult choice.

However, since Cao Fangcun was able to say this, it also meant that he must already have a solution. So, after thinking about it carefully, everyone looked at him again, as if wanting to hear what brilliant ideas he would come up with next.

At this time, the smile on Cao Fangcun's face became even more eerie, but he himself was unaware of it, and still spoke slowly, "The period of the Seven Stars Illuminating the Sun is only half a month. Once this period is exceeded, the Nebula Insect Demon King in slumber will awaken. And at that time, regardless of whether we use spiritual sense or not, we will ultimately be unable to escape death! Therefore, the time left for us is indeed not much."

After hearing this, Pu Suanzi's heart sank. He already completely understood the current situation. If they couldn't find the entrance to the third level within half a month, then what awaited them would be an extremely dangerous situation.

Thinking of this, Pu Suanzi's face was serious, and he said to Cao Fangcun, "We already know the situation. Then, shouldn't you also tell us what method your Cao family has formulated for this?"

"Senior Pu Suanzi, don't be anxious. I will now tell you the method that our Cao family has researched." Cao Fangcun nodded and said loudly, "Our Cao family believes that although these Nebula Insects have extremely strange characteristics, we can just as well use this characteristic in reverse to create a glimmer of opportunity. This is a plan to ride the current!"

"Hmm? A plan to ride the current?" Pu Suanzi was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then asked with great curiosity, "Young Master Cao, please explain in detail, what is 'riding the current'?"

"Hehe, it's actually very simple." Cao Fangcun smiled and explained to everyone, "Those Nebula Insects become agitated when they encounter spiritual sense, so why don't we use this characteristic to deliberately lure them with spiritual sense?"

"Young Master Cao, are you out of your mind?" Originally, everyone thought that what Cao Fangcun had said before was very reasonable, and they were listening attentively. But when they heard this sentence, they were all greatly shocked. The gray-robed old man even showed a look of horror, saying in disbelief.

He had suffered greatly from these Nebula Insects just now, and knew that once the spiritual sense was released, the countless Nebula Insects here would rush over and devour them completely.

Therefore, he was so surprised by Cao Fangcun's suggestion, because doing so would be tantamount to seeking death!

"Haha, Senior Ning, don't be impatient, and listen to me finish." Cao Fangcun laughed loudly, comforted everyone's emotions, and continued to explain, "Of course, I know what the consequences of doing this are, but think about it, once someone voluntarily releases their spiritual sense to attract all these Nebula Insects, wouldn't the remaining people be able to bypass them very safely and enter the sea of trees? At that time, as long as they quickly find the entrance to the third level, they can escape to heaven."

Cao Fangcun's words were like thunder, exploding one after another in everyone's ears, causing them to be stunned after hearing them, unable to recover for a long time.

Even Chen Tian couldn't help but click his tongue slightly at this time. Looking at Cao Fangcun, there was also a hint of fear and admiration. He really didn't expect that there would be someone in this world who was even more ruthless than him.

The method proposed by Cao Fangcun was actually very simple to put it bluntly. It was to first find someone, let him unleash his spiritual sense, and attract all the Nebula Insects wandering in the sky above the sea of trees. At that time, the remaining people could act quickly, take advantage of this gap, drill into the sea of trees, and search with all their might for the location of the entrance to the third level.

Everyone present was the strongest on the Qianyuan Continent. With their strength to find a cave, it could be said to be extremely easy. As long as they created an opportunity, they could lock onto the entrance in just a breath, and then quickly pass through.

So, after careful consideration, everyone felt that the method proposed by Cao Fangcun could indeed work!

"It's just…"

However, at this moment, the gray-robed old man and the others seemed to have thought of something, and a trace of embarrassment appeared on their faces. They looked at each other, and their eyes flickered with complex expressions.

That's right, the key to this plan was that someone could actively release their spiritual sense to attract those Nebula Insects, thereby creating an opportunity by force.

However, this person would also become everyone's scapegoat.

Everyone knew in their hearts that being attacked and devoured by all the Nebula Insects would definitely result in being eaten until not even bone fragments remained.

So, what made everyone feel embarrassed now was, who should be chosen to be this scapegoat?

Everyone first looked at Cao Fangcun and the two Cao family elders behind him, but after just taking a look, they shook their heads helplessly and moved their gazes away.

After all, these three were connected as one, and no one dared to have designs on them.

Immediately afterwards, the gray-robed old man and the others looked at Chen Tian, who was standing aside and not saying a word. However, just as they met Chen Tian's gaze, the three of them shuddered violently and quickly moved their gazes away in fear.

Don't look at Chen Tian's cultivation being only in the middle stage of the凝海境 (Ninghai Realm), but his true strength was the strongest among everyone. None of them had the courage to have designs on Chen Tian.

And after excluding the Cao family trio and Chen Tian, the remaining choices were only the gray-robed old man, Pu Suanzi, and the middle-aged beautiful woman named Meijiao Niang.

The three of them stood in a tripod formation, looking at each other, and the expressions on their faces gradually became gloomy.

They all understood that I'm afraid the scapegoat candidate would have to be chosen from among the three of them!

At the beginning, these three were allies, confronting the Cao family, but at this time, in a situation involving their own interests, this alliance immediately disintegrated.

Now, these three had already transformed into opponents!