#226 - Xu Xuenuo couldn't figure it out

Walking through the mountain forest of Three Stone Peak, Xu Xuenuo held her long sword, looking left and right, her vigilance at its maximum.

In Xu Xuenuo's view, this mountain peak was not simple; who knows if some magical beast might suddenly jump out.

Moreover, her natal flying sword had only recently gained consciousness and could only express some simple things. As for why it wanted to bring her to this place, Xu Xuenuo had absolutely no idea.

Fortunately, her natal flying sword kept pointing her in the right direction, so at least she wouldn't be wandering around this mountain like a headless fly.

It was just something Xu Xuenuo couldn't figure out.

What exactly could resonate with her natal flying sword?

As she walked, Xu Xuenuo felt a little more relaxed.

Xu Xuenuo realized that this mountain peak didn't seem to have anything particularly special about it; it was no different from an ordinary spiritual mountain.

However, as Xu Xuenuo went deeper and deeper, she began to sense the unusual nature of this mountain peak.

Normally, the distribution of spiritual energy in a mountain peak is relatively even. Even if there are places where the spiritual energy is more concentrated, it would only be in a small area.

But this mountain peak was different.

The distribution of spiritual energy in this mountain peak was layered.

For example, in front of Xu Xuenuo was a tree branch. Taking this tree branch as the boundary, if Xu Xuenuo took one step forward, the spiritual energy would be so thick that it would be somewhat uncomfortable, but one step back, the spiritual energy would be thin.

"Artificial."

These three words appeared in Xu Xuenuo's mind.

Only an artificially arranged formation could cause the spiritual energy to be distributed in this way.

And the purpose of doing so was mostly to contain and nurture something, or to imprison something.

Xu Xuenuo had long known that she had trespassed into a forbidden area of the Tianxuan Sect without permission.

When her sword broke a gap in the formation, Xu Xuenuo knew it.

Otherwise, who would bother setting up a formation on a mountain peak for no reason?

Her behavior was indeed not very good... somewhat impolite.

Not only was it impolite, but it was practically no different from a robber or bandit.

However, Xu Xuenuo didn't care.

Because before coming to the Tianxuan Sect, her master had specifically instructed her that within the Tianxuan Sect, she could go wherever she wanted, without needing anyone's permission or asking anyone.

Xu Xuenuo was initially puzzled as to why her master would say such a thing.

Now it seemed that she had come to such a mountain peak; could it be that her master had foreseen something?

That should be the only explanation.

Ascension Realm cultivators could occasionally glimpse some unspeakable secrets.

Otherwise, her master wouldn't have said those strange words.

Xu Xuenuo continued to move forward, passing through patches of forest, and then descending a slope under the guidance of her natal flying sword, Qingming.

The further she went, the thicker the spiritual energy Xu Xuenuo felt.

Such thick spiritual energy was extremely unusual. Even in the Myriad Sword Sect, places with such thick spiritual energy would only be open to direct disciples for cultivation, and even then, there would be restrictions on time and frequency.

Starting from entering Three Stone Peak, after about an hour, Xu Xuenuo finally stopped.

Xu Xuenuo came to the front of a cave.

A burst of smoke floated out of this cave.

This smoke was none other than spiritual energy!

The spiritual energy was so thick that it had already materialized; this was the first time Xu Xuenuo had seen it.

Xu Xuenuo walked into the cave, surrounding herself with sword energy, and released her divine sense to probe the surrounding things.

However, this thick spiritual energy was already interfering with Xu Xuenuo's divine sense.

After walking in the cave for about half an incense stick's worth of time, Xu Xuenuo's Dao Heart issued a warning, and at the same time, her long sword kept shaking, issuing a warning!

Suddenly, in front of Xu Xuenuo, something opened a pair of scarlet eyes!

"Roar!"

That monster slapped towards Xu Xuenuo with its palm. Xu Xuenuo reacted in time, holding her sword horizontally in front of her.

Xu Xuenuo was slapped out of the cave.

"Roar!"

Before Xu Xuenuo could stand firm, that monster chased after her!

"Something's not right, something's very wrong..."

On the other side, Xu Ming, who was walking on Three Stone Peak, frowned tightly.

Xu Ming had been walking on Three Stone Peak for a long time, and then found that he was lost!

Although he had the stone that Mo Zhu'er had given him at the time.

However, this stone could only warn of some formations, traps, and some poisonous miasma.

Mo Zhu'er asked him to come to Three Stone Peak to investigate, but she didn't give him a map, nor did she tell him to go to any landmark places.

"Could that guy be thinking that I can find the way by wandering around this mountain for four or five days?"

Xu Ming was already a little desperate in his heart.

The most speechless thing was that after entering this mountain peak, he couldn't fly anymore.

This mountain peak actually had a natural no-fly formation.

"Three days!"

Xu Ming decided that it would be for three days.

If he still hadn't gained anything within three days, then he would return home.

Holding the stone in his hand, Xu Ming planned to continue moving forward.

But just at this moment, Xu Ming heard a loud noise.

Xu Ming raised his head and looked towards the direction of the loud noise with his Dao Pattern Eyes.

In the sky in the direction of the loud noise, Xu Ming saw spiritual energy as thick as a dense fog, as well as sharp sword energy!

This sword energy was very similar to what he felt when he was at the foot of Three Stone Peak at that time.

"Could it be that someone forcibly broke into this place? No? How did he do it? Unless the other party broke the entire formation, but the problem is, this formation is fine."

Xu Ming couldn't figure it out.

After hesitating again and again, Xu Ming decided to go to that place and take a look.

Although he didn't know who the other party was, the place where he was must be unusual.

This was always better than continuing to wander around here blindly.

Xu Ming ran towards the direction where the sword energy was.

As a Hsiung Po Realm martial artist, Xu Ming naturally ran very fast. Even a cheetah running at full speed might not be as fast as Xu Ming.

In less than an incense stick's worth of time, Xu Ming approached his destination.

But just as Xu Ming slid down a slope and crossed a patch of bushes as tall as a person, Xu Ming's pupils shrank.

A woman with her back to him was flying backwards and smashed over.

Xu Ming couldn't avoid it. The front of his body was heavily smashed by the woman's back. The two people flew backwards together, breaking seven or eight trees in a row and smashing into a huge rock.