"Yes, the river is moving."
Di Tian nodded and glanced at the place where the black river used to be. It seemed to have turned into an old forest.
After Wutan and the others woke up from their shock, they also turned their eyes away, feeling extremely unbelievable.
Because this means that the Black River is alive!
They had all heard that weapons and plants had spirits, but this was the first time they had ever heard of rivers having spirits. To them, it was simply a fairy tale, something that could never happen.
"Bird Saint, when you first came here, was the scene you saw different from what we just saw?"
Wutan asked, his subconscious mind still couldn't believe what Di Tian said.
After a moment of silence, Bird Saint said, "Originally I didn't notice anything wrong, but after Di Tian said this, I thought about it carefully and felt that there seemed to be some difference."
Wu Tian said: "What's the difference?"
Bird Saint said: "When I first rescued Huo Qilin and the others, I didn't pay much attention to the surrounding environment, but I remember that there was a shadow of a bridge deep in the Black River."
Han Tian asked in surprise: "The shadow of the bridge, do you mean there is a bridge on the Black River?"
The Bird Saint nodded and said, "But I have looked for it before, and I didn't find any shadow of a bridge at all."
Di Tian said: "Could it be because the direction is wrong?"
Bird Saint thought for a moment and said, "It's possible. After all, when I saw the message from Wu Tian, I was very anxious. Plus, the bridge was just a phantom, so I didn't pay special attention to the direction, nor did I check if there were any signs nearby."
Wu Tian raised his eyebrows and said, "Han Tian, you all go to the Star Realm first. Bird Saint, Di Tian and I will go to meet that strange black river."
"good."
Han Tian nodded, knowing that it would be a bit difficult for Bird Saint to take care of everyone.
However, both he and Ye Tian were people who didn't like to use their brains, so staying would not help much. The same went for the three Fire Kirins. So instead of staying and becoming a burden, it would be better for them to go to the Star Realm and have some free time.
Wu Tian waved his hand and sent the two people and three beasts into the Star Realm, and then instructed: "Bird Saint, you stay behind. If you find that Di Tian and I have lost consciousness, wake us up immediately."
Bird Saint said: "I understand."
Wutan and Ditian took a step forward at the same time, their eyes staring ahead.
But the Black River did not appear in sight.
The two looked at each other, took another step forward, and the distance of this step was a full twenty feet!
They were prepared to lose consciousness, but Heihe still didn't appear.
Wu Tian was quite surprised by this situation, and whispered: "Di Tian, it seems that your guess is correct, the Black River is indeed full of mysteries."
But Di Tian did not respond, as if he was thinking about something.
Wu Tian tugged at his sleeve and asked, "What are you thinking about?"
Di Tian came back to his senses, turned his head and glanced at him, frowned slightly, and said: "I was wondering if Heihe had any connection with the mysterious person who stole the inheritance of Little Peacock."
“I’m afraid no one knows the answer to this question.”
Wu Tian shook his head, as if he suddenly thought of something, and asked, "Have you found other people or other species of life in the forest?"
Emperor Tian said: "No, but I feel that the spiritual essence does not seem to be ownerless."
Wu Tian looked at him suspiciously and asked, "What do you mean?"
Emperor Tian said: "When I was picking spiritual essences before, I found that within a ten-mile radius of each spiritual essence, there was not a single piece of debris, such as weeds, vines, shrubs, etc."
"Is there such a thing?"
Wutan was extremely surprised. Although the spiritual essence could autonomously absorb the elemental energy and essence from its surroundings, it would not leave a single blade of grass growing within a ten-mile radius.
There is something weird, absolutely something weird!
"Let's go to our previous location."
After Wutan finished speaking, the two of them took steps at the same time and came to the place where they were awakened by the Bird Saint before, but Heihe still did not appear.
The two men stared at the place thirty feet ahead, with some hesitation between their brows.
Because this place is exactly where the Black River appeared before. If they walk over there and the Black River suddenly appears, won’t it swallow them up directly
Wu Tian gritted his teeth and said, "I have a heaven-defying domain. I can't say that I can stop the erosion of the river, but I should be able to do it if I hesitate for a while. I will go and check the situation first."
"OK?"
Di Tian's brows were tightly knitted together.
"Don't worry, I still have the Star Realm. If there's any danger, we can just escape into it."
Having said that, when Wutan opened the heaven-defying realm, he did not rush forward rashly. Instead, he walked forward step by step as if he was walking on thin ice. Moreover, the distance between each step was almost the same as that of an ordinary person. He was unprecedentedly cautious!
Seeing this, Di Tian hurriedly said, "Bird Saint, come here."
Bird Saint flew to Emperor Tian's side and asked in confusion, "What are you doing?"
Di Tian said seriously: "Now is not the time to joke. If something unexpected happens, we must take action immediately."
Bird Saint said: "Don't worry, I still know the limits."
Then, the man and the beast stared at Wutan and paid attention to every move around them.
step…
Five steps...
Ten steps...
When Wutan had walked twenty steps, his whole body was already wet with sweat, and beads of sweat as big as beans were clearly visible on his forehead, which was enough to show that he was very nervous.
He clenched his hands, looked around, and walked forward silently.
After a dozen breaths, he suddenly stopped and looked down at the ground.
If he remembered correctly, the place where he was standing now seemed to be the very edge of the Black River bank.
In other words, just take one more step and you will enter the Black River.
After a moment of silence, Wutan took a deep breath to relieve the pressure in his heart.
Then, he took a step forward without hesitation!
As a result, down to earth!
In other words, the place where your feet step is indeed mud.
But it also means that the Black River has disappeared.
Seeing this scene, Wutan’s heart, which had been hanging in the air for a long time, finally relaxed, but at the same time, he became confused again. It was basically confirmed that there was a spirit in the Black River, but why didn’t it appear now
What kind of mysterious thing is it doing
Or, what conspiracy is brewing
Seeing that Wutan was safe and sound, Ditian and Niaosheng breathed a sigh of relief and came to Wutan's side one after another.
Bird Saint asked: "What should we do now?"
"Since Black River appeared before, it will definitely appear again. Maybe..."
Wu Tian stopped talking halfway, lowered his head, and frowned into a line.
Di Tian was puzzled and asked: "What did you think of?"
Wu Tian said: "You said, the reason why it didn't show up is because it found that it couldn't do anything to us?"
Bird Saint said first: "Don't say it, it's really possible."
Di Tian nodded thoughtfully and said, "Should we continue searching or should we first understand the situation of the Holy Battlefield?"
Before coming to the Holy Battlefield, neither Thunder God nor the Demon King had explained the situation of the Holy Battlefield, so they still knew nothing about the Holy Battlefield.
Wu Tian said in a deep voice: "The Black River is mysterious and unpredictable. It would be best if we can avoid it. However, the source of all evil and the dead spirits are still alive and dead. I cannot leave without finding them."
Emperor Tian said: "Hasn't the source of all evil already signed a slave contract with you? Can't you use this relationship to sense his current location?"
"Look at me. I forgot something so important in my haste."
Wutan patted his forehead, then stopped talking nonsense, closed his eyes, and used the slave contract to sense the whereabouts of the source of all evil.
After three breaths, he raised his eyebrows slightly, opened his eyes, and revealed a strange look.
Di Tian asked: "How is it?"
Wu Tian said: "I can sense that he is still alive, but I can't sense his exact location. It feels like he is moving at high speed."
"Moving at high speed?"
A trace of suspicion flashed across Di Tian's eyes, and his expression suddenly changed. He asked in surprise: "Could it be that he is facing some kind of crisis now?"
Wu Tian shook his head, having no idea.
"By the way, aren't the undead together with the source of all evil? There is a very special relationship between the undead and the living. If we let the living come out, perhaps we can sense their current location." said the Bird Saint.
Hearing this, their eyes lit up.
Wutan immediately secretly instructed Xiao Wuhao to call the creature out of the stone chamber of the Fountain of Life.
Before five breaths had passed, a porcelain doll wearing a small bellyband with a bird on its face appeared out of thin air in front of Yu Wutan.
He is the being who has been meditating.
The Bird Saint looked the creature up and down, his eyes widened, and he said in shock: "Oh my god, this little fellow's cultivation has actually reached the Great Perfection!"
"Great Perfection?"
Upon hearing this, Wutan and Ditian immediately tried to sense the breath of the living being carefully, but they found that it was like an unfathomable ocean and they could not see through it at all.
The two were shocked.
You know, when the Life and Death Demon Spirit was just born, its cultivation was only at the Great Sage Stage, which was inferior to them. However, in just a few years, it has soared to the Great Perfection. It's really true that comparing yourself to others will make you feel depressed!
The creature glanced at the two men and the beast with disdain, and said, "Tell me about Xiaosi's situation quickly."
After calming down, Wutan told all the living beings everything he knew.
"that's it?"
After hearing this, the creature raised his eyebrows immediately.
At this moment, he seemed like a different person, losing his immaturity and childishness and appearing exceptionally calm and sophisticated.
Wu Tian said: "I don't know much, and I just suspect that the source of all evil and the disappearance of the dead are related to the Black River, but I'm not sure."
This is quite true. When we were first asked to collect the essence of this forest, the source of all evil and the undead were the first to leave. They never contacted us again and we didn't meet them.
It can be said that from the moment the two left, it became a mystery.
The living being hesitated for a moment and said, "Xiao Si and I have long been connected in spirit. As long as the connection is not severed by a powerful being, it will not be difficult to find his location. Please wait a moment."
After saying this, he closed his eyes and sensed.
"found it!"
Two breaths later, he suddenly opened his eyes and looked towards the dense forest on the left, and rays of bright light burst out!
Wutan was also very surprised and looked in the direction, but the next moment he was stunned.
All he could see were ancient trees and vines, with no trace of the source of all evil or the undead.
(End of this chapter)