Why Are All the Fairies Trying To Make Me Fall

Chapter 21

The other two demonic beasts were so shocked by Lin Que’s methods that they retreated several feet, not daring to be distracted by the life or death of the purple-maned fierce lion.

They were scared.

The beasts’ instincts made them fear the young man before them, and they wanted to flee.

Once the thought of fleeing arose, the outcome was already decided.

A quarter of an hour later.

Lin Que held three blood-soaked demon cores in his hand. After confirming their grade, he stored them along with the fur, bones, and flesh in his storage ring.

These were all valuable items. The demon cores could be used as alchemy materials, the fur could be sewn into coats, and the bones could be refined into weapons and magical artifacts.

As for the demon beast meat… the meat of these carnivorous demon beasts was too poor in quality to cook for himself, but it could still be sold.

Although the meat of demon beasts was of poor quality, it still contained abundant spiritual energy due to their Nascent Soul cultivation. There were always people willing to buy it to enhance their cultivation.

He was truly a frugal and resourceful man, never wasting anything.

After dealing with the three demon beasts, Lin Que still hadn’t found the demon beast at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage. It probably sensed something was wrong from the beginning, released its subordinates to block the attack, and fled itself.

“Knowing that human cultivators hold grudges, it still took the risk of being surrounded and attacked. What was it after?”

In fact, there was a reason why demon beasts said humans held grudges.

The high-level demon beasts in the forest didn’t originally reside in the heart of the forest; they once roamed the outskirts and even took pleasure in hunting humans.

Gaining intelligence didn’t mean they became completely rational; it could make them even more cruel and violent.

According to Teacher An Xiaoyao, hundreds of years ago, a great demon beast wreaked havoc here, committing all sorts of atrocities. The entire forest was littered with human bones and mutilated flesh.

Later, naturally, it attracted the attention and displeasure of righteous cultivators. Several sects joined forces and wiped out more than three-quarters of the demon beasts in the forest in one fell swoop. The forest was more than half destroyed and took nearly a hundred years to recover.

It could be said that many of the high-level demon beasts in the forest today were survivors from that time, deeply aware of the terror of humans. They hid in the depths of the forest not because they were docile, but because they were scared.

However,

These demon beasts, who usually didn’t dare to provoke human cultivators, actually left the heart of the forest and even ambushed Qin Wanyuan and her companions. This spoke volumes.

It might be related to that unknown crisis.

“What did that guy say about something in the depths of the forest…”

Lin Que’s intuition told him that if he continued deeper into the demon beast forest, he would find what the little devil mentioned, as well as the demon beast at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage that injured Qin Wanyuan and Jiang Moqing.

Riding his sword, Lin Que didn’t fly high in the sky this time but flew at a low altitude, simultaneously spreading his divine sense to explore the forest’s aura.

The little devil had mentioned before leaving that there was a peculiar aura in the demon beast forest. Using this as a clue, he should be able to find something.

Sure enough, less than ten miles into the heart of the demon beast forest, Lin Que sensed the spiritual energy around him becoming slightly agitated, and even his mouth and tongue felt faintly dry.

“Fire spirit? And it’s deliberately hidden.”

Lin Que closed his eyes and expanded the range of his divine sense. He quickly locked onto the center of the spiritual energy agitation.

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Flying in that direction on his sword, the night wind howled past his ears, and the trees below swayed as if experiencing a hurricane.

Suddenly, a chill surged behind Lin Que. Without turning his head, he shifted his body to the side.

Almost simultaneously, a sharp claw narrowly missed Lin Que, ultimately striking empty air.

If Lin Que hadn’t dodged in time, he would have been pierced through by now.

With a swift movement, Lin Que distanced himself several zhang from the assailant, calmly observing the beast that had just attacked him.

The beast was not as tall and mighty as the lion-tiger-like beasts he had encountered before. Its physique was more akin to that of a human, though it still retained some animalistic traits.

The beast’s body was hunched, its fur dull and lifeless, giving it an aged and decrepit appearance. It wore a Taoist robe, likely stolen from somewhere, with bloodstains that had not been cleaned, now turned black.

In its hand, it held a somewhat tattered formation flag, clearly obtained through murder and robbery.

“How did you discover this place?” the old beast questioned.

Beasts were proficient in physical strength but not in the soul aspect. They did not understand what divine sense was, nor its wondrous uses.

“….”

Lin Que, of course, did not explain. He simply retrieved the sword wrapped in chains from his storage ring, and without a word, stepped forward and slashed.

The old beast’s eyebrows twitched wildly. It had thought that even if the opponent saw through its ambush, they would exchange some harsh words or explain their reasons for being here.

It did not expect this young man to skip the pre-battle banter entirely, unlike the human cultivators it had encountered before who loved long speeches before a fight.

Caught off guard, the old beast was forced to retreat several hundred zhang before it could stabilize itself.

It never imagined that as a dignified Nascent Soul stage beast, it would one day be beaten into such a sorry state by a human cultivator who seemed to be only at the Golden Core stage.

As soon as it regained some distance, the old beast quickly pulled out a few talismans and a blue orb from its sleeve, forming a sword seal with its hands and chanting incantations.

A beast using human talismans and magical treasures.

But,

It was of no use.

Lin Que’s speed suddenly increased, and before the old beast could react, he was already in front of it.

With a twist of his wrist, the rough and dull sword sheath emitted an unstoppable sharpness, directly severing the old beast’s hand that was forming the seal.

The next strike landed heavily on the old beast’s heart, cutting off all its vitality.

A Golden Core stage against a Nascent Soul stage, this cross-realm battle ended in just a few breaths without any suspense.

If this were to be spread, no one would believe it.

Lin Que remained indifferent, as if it were a common occurrence.

The old beast fell powerlessly to the ground, its eyes fixed on the direction it had come from until its last breath.

“My… immortality.”

Leaving these words, it moved no more.

“Immortality?”

Lin Que blinked, not sparing the old beast’s spoils of war, he looted everything clean, then took the formation flag the old beast had been holding and headed towards the source of the spiritual energy disturbance.

At the foot of an unremarkable mountain, Lin Que waved the tattered formation flag, injecting spiritual energy into it. Suddenly, a cave appeared at the seemingly solid mountain base.

Entering it, the air grew increasingly hot, and the dryness in his mouth and throat intensified, as if the moisture in his body was being rapidly evaporated.

Reaching the deepest part of the cave, Lin Que saw a refining formation, and at its center, a giant egg.