My beast can't be a demon.

After listening to Zhou Lu's story, Wu Xiaoqing was silent for a while.

"No, I'm worried about you investigating this kind of thing alone." Wu Xiaoqing said affirmatively, "I don't know if that guy can be contacted. He has a lot of connections in Xinyue and can definitely help you."

That guy...

Zhou Lu immediately understood that Wu Xiaoqing was talking about her senior brother Ouyang Xiao.

"And the matter of Sister Qingyu." Zhou Lu also added.

Wu Xiaoqing nodded in agreement: "Yes, yes, yes, if your girlfriend is being targeted, it would be too unreasonable if you don't show up."

As he said that, Wu Xiaoqing took out his mobile phone.

He should be trying to contact Ouyang Xiao.

In the end, I don't know if he succeeded.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Zhou Lu stood up and said goodbye to Wu Xiaoqing.

Relying on the protection of outsiders would not last long after all, and he still had to improve his strength as soon as possible.

This time, the secret realm Zhou Lu chose was the Shanchuan Secret Realm he had been to before.

Shanchuan Secret Realm, as the name suggests, is the world of mountains.

Mountains, canyons, caves...

Battery lakes, waterfalls, underwater caves...

There are so many hidden places here.

Many caves have been uninhabited for a long time. Only the pioneers entered them, and few people have set foot in them since then.

There are a large number of rare spirit beasts in the mountains and rivers and caves.

Every year, scholars discover new species in the secret realm of mountains and rivers.

However, truly powerful spirit beasts will not limit their habitats to a small cave.

But as long as they are spirit beasts, they always have extraordinary powers.

Even if they are not strong, they may be killed by the first encounter because they are not understood.

For this reason, Zhou Lu also made as much preparation as possible.

In fact, as long as Benben is there, Zhou Lu basically does not need to worry about things like first encounter killing.

No matter what kind of spirit beast attacked them, as long as they have the desire to attack Zhou Lu and his party, the attack is destined to fall on Benben.

Since they have to choose to go to a place with few people, they naturally cannot go to the safe zone.

Zhou Lu teleported to the selected transmission node according to the plan.

Then he was confused.

Looking at the vast mountains in front of him, Zhou Lu blinked in confusion, then looked down at the map.

Damn!

The mountains here all look similar, and there is no strict east, south, west, and north in the secret realm. Where am I going?

Zhou Lu squatted near the node and looked at the map for a long time.

During this process, some beast masters came to this transmission node one after another.

Everyone's performance was surprisingly consistent.

First confused, then squatted down to look at the map.

Zhou Lu followed his guess and climbed down from this mountain.

As a result, not long after, he lost his way in this vast mountain again.

After Zhou Lu found that he was lost again, he decisively gave up struggling.

Anyway, his goal was to find a secret place for Hua Huo to evolve, and it didn't have to be the cave he chose.

As long as he walked far enough away from the transmission node, it would be fine.

Although Zhou Lu was lost, it was actually no problem to return to the transmission node.

Since teaching Hua Huo for the first time, Hua Huo would use her own branches, leaves and vines to mark the way along the way every time she came to a strange place.

When she needed to go back, she could quickly find the way back by following her own breath.

But soon, Zhou Lu came to another problem:

This mountain road was too difficult to walk.

In a short distance, he had already climbed over five hills.

The surrounding environment had gradually and completely lost all traces of human activities.

If it weren't for Zhou Lu's physique being permanently strengthened by the [Dragon Talisman] by his unremitting efforts to brush attributes every day, he would have probably collapsed from exhaustion.

Sure enough, it was impossible not to get a mount.

Zhou Lu sat on a big rock to rest, raised his head and set his sights on the towering cliff not far away.

Secret realms like the Moon Mountain Ruins are okay, because the area is not large, so it is easy to explore without a mount.

But in super-large secret realms like the Mountain and River Secret Realm, it would be really difficult to walk without a mount.

Zhou Lu was not sure how big the movement of Hua Huo's evolution would be.

So in order to stay away from human habitation as much as possible, let's go further.

On the cliff, between the clouds, Zhou Lu could vaguely see the shadows of several tits.

Judging from their size, they should be able to be used as a means of transportation.

"Hua Huo." Zhou Lu said to Hua Huo, "Let's get a mount."

"Yo~!" Hua Huo patted the leaves happily.

The process of catching a mount was simpler than Zhou Lu imagined.

It was still the fishing method that Hua Huo was most familiar with.

However, this time Hua Huo did not let Benben be the bait. In the eyes of these birds, its flying branches are obviously more attractive.

After successfully luring a tit down, Hua Huo's dagger was revealed.

The poisonous vines shot out from the flying branches and directly poisoned the greedy tit.

Then, just like last time, Zhou Lu used the ability of the beastmaster to sign a temporary beast contract with the tit.

This tit is the second-level form of the little tit.

Although it was much bigger than the little tit, it was still a little difficult to ride.

Fortunately, it could still hold Zhou Lu and fly in the sky, and its speed was not slow.

In addition to its gentle personality, Zhou Lu was actually very satisfied.

After feeding the tit with red leaf buds and a bottle of healing potion, Zhou Lu rested for a while.

During the rest time, Xiao Caocao seemed to have some wonderful ideas and wove something with her vines.

When they were ready to leave, Zhou Lu could see the general idea.

This is a basket woven with vines.

It is very big and can fit Zhou Lu.

Hua Huo probably wove such a basket because she was worried that she would be hurt if she was caught by the tit all the time.

Xiao Caocao let the tit fly in the air with the basket, and used the vines to lead Zhou Lu into the basket.

Hua Huo did not sit in it with Zhou Lu, but climbed on the tit.

After using the [Lilliput] skill to shrink herself, Hua Huo was indeed able to ride on the tit.

This is also good, Hua Huo has a wider perspective and can avoid some dangers in advance.

With Zhou Lu's order, the tit flapped its wings and took off.

Hua Huo's hat was blown up by the wind, and she had to use vines to hold it down.

"Woo! Woo! Woo!"

Facing the mountain wind, Hua Huo made strange sounds with the leaf phonograph on her chest.

Although it was strange, it was light and free.

The titmouse seemed to be infected by Hua Huo's voice and also called a few times.

Hua Huo heard the titmouse's call and thought it was hungry, so she took out some food from the moon mountain tripod on her tail and handed it to the titmouse.

The titmouse was a little confused, but she happily accepted the food in front of her.

The group flew happily towards the mountains.

Flying to a destination that even Zhou Lu didn't know where it was.