The magic willow that pierced through the sky and the earth finally fell down.
Elder Ning from the Lingnan Immortal Sect used his magical power of clones, and the clone turned into a giant several thousand meters tall. He pierced through the tens of millions of chains of order of the Devouring Demon Willow, got close to the trunk of the Devouring Demon Willow, and then cast a spell to transform it into a giant sword that was nearly a thousand meters long, and cut the Devouring Demon Willow in half with one sword!
The upper half of the Devouring Demon Willow fell down and fell towards Qin Ran. The half of the trunk was in the air, and the branches passed through the air. There was a whimpering sound, which sounded like crying... The Devouring Demon Willow was crying.
Its trunk broke through the fog and slammed to the ground, shaking the earth and mountains for a moment. The fog rose, leaving a long gully.
The branches at the top of the Devouring Demon Willow fell right before his eyes, very close to him. The huge airflow it created made Qin Ran's clothes flutter, and he almost couldn't stand steadily.
He looked at the trunk of the Devouring Demon Willow that was covered by the rolled-back fog, and felt as if he was filling a grave. For some reason, he suddenly felt a little sad.
Obviously, this tree devoured the entire Hengduan Mountains and caused countless disasters in order to be in harmony with the Tao... Describing it as a demon would make it seem unqualified.
But it was this killing tree, devil willow, and devil that made Qin Ran feel sad.
If you raise your perspective high enough, to the level of nature, to the level of the way of heaven, you will find that the Devouring Demon Willow devouring living beings is just a normal law of this world.
Just like wolves eat sheep, tigers eat cows, and eagles catch rabbits, we can never say that there is anything wrong with wolves, tigers, and eagles.
This is why the heavenly tribulation of the Devouring Demon Willow is normal. Because from the perspective of the Heavenly Dao, what the Devouring Demon Willow did is reasonable... But from the perspective of humanity, the Devouring Demon Willow is extremely evil.
However, no matter how many evil things the Devouring Demon Willow did, no matter how strong it became, even if it was strong enough to merge with the Dao, it was still just a chess piece in the chess game, just a chess piece used by the Lingnan Immortal Sect to cultivate the Dao Fruit.
No matter how hard he struggled, he could not escape from the Lingnan Immortal Sect's grasp.
It is to the Lingnan Immortal Sect what a banana tree is to a farmer. When it is time to pick the fruit, the tree is simply chopped down.
“Alas!” Qin Ran sighed, lowered his body, went into the mist, and said to Li Shiyin and the other two, “Stay still here, I’ll be back soon.”
Entering the fog, Qin Ran found the trunk of the Devouring Demon Willow. He stood in front of it like an ant. He took out his sword and cut off a willow branch and put it into his Qiankun bag as a souvenir.
This is another terrifying aspect of the world of cultivating immortals. No matter how high one’s cultivation level is, one must be vigilant as to whether or not he is a pawn in the plans of higher-level cultivators.
Qin Ran had just put away the willow branch and had not yet taken the next step when someone rushed towards him from the depths of the fog.
Four people came out of the fog, a man and a woman, three of them carrying
Both of them were holding swords and stopped at the tip of the Devouring Demon Willow branch, looking down at Qin Ran under the tree.
The one who was not carrying a sword was a young man in a black robe. He shouted to Qin Ran, “Who are you?”
"Daojianmen Qin Ran..."
Although this young man looks young, his cultivation aura is far superior to Qin Ran. He is probably a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage. If calculated based on the Nascent Soul stage, then he is an old monster who is hundreds or thousands of years old.
Facing this kind of person, Qin Ran kept a low profile and replied honestly, “I happened to be outside the mist and saw the Devouring Devil Willow lying here. I was curious and came to take a look.”
"Daojian Sect?" The black-robed young man sneered and shouted, "How can you youngsters look at the Devouring Demon Willow? You have no self-awareness!
"Tell me, did you pick up the Dao fruit?!"
The strength in this person's words came out of nowhere. Qin Ran frowned, and suddenly noticed that the other three people, one woman and two men, all had long swords on their backs. His heart sank involuntarily.
"Boundless Sword Sect!"
As he seldom went out, he only realized the identities of these four people at this moment.
Only the people from the Wuyin Sword Sect would target the people from the Daojian Sect for no reason.
Because these two sects are both located in the Hengduan Mountains and have similar natures, conflicts often occur between them.
“How could this junior pick up something like Dao Fruit?” Qin Ran immediately began to think about a plan for escape. There were four Yuanying stage cultivators on the opposite side, and he really couldn’t defeat them.
"You said you didn't pick it up, so you didn't pick it up?" The black-robed young man shouted, "Come here and let me search you. Only a body search can prove your innocence."
Seeing that this person was getting more and more aggressive and not leaving any room for maneuver, Qin Ran knew that today would not end well.
He suddenly laughed and said, "If I said I didn't pick it up, then I didn't pick it up."
Qin Ran's attitude suddenly changed, becoming less humble, which made the black-robed young man very unhappy. He cursed, "How dare a little Jindan cultivator be so arrogant in front of me?"
He raised his hand and a short flying sword flew out of his body, as fast as lightning, flying towards Qin Ran.
The flying sword was very fast, but not faster than Su Changqing's sword energy. Qin Ran seized the opportunity accurately, and his figure appeared and disappeared, allowing the flying sword to pass through his body without any harm.
"Is this the level of Wuyin Sword Sect's Nascent Soul?" He seized the opportunity to laugh, and then said, "Don't say that I didn't pick up the Dao Fruit. Even if I did, it belongs to Lingnan Xianzong. Even if Lingnan Xianzong doesn't want it, it's still mine. What does it have to do with you old immortals?"
His verbal attack annoyed the others. The female monk in pink pulled out the sword from her back and said to Qin Ran, “The Daojian Sect’s people may not have much ability, but they have a big mouth.”
"I just thought of a question. Could it be that you seniors want to secretly swallow the Lingnan Immortal Sect's Dao Fruit?" Qin Ran said with a smile, "It just so happens that I know the people of Lingnan Immortal Sect, so I can talk to them in detail."
The expressions of the four people from the Infinite Sword Sect suddenly darkened, and the colors in their eyes flickered.
Finally, thinking of the half-dead Elder Ning, the four of them looked at each other and got the answer.
The black-robed young man laughed and took a step forward. The flying sword flew back to his fingertips and spun around. He said to Qin Ran:
"What an idiot! I just wanted to tease you, not to hurt your life. I didn't expect you to be so ungrateful and insist on leaving your life here!"
Qin Ran was not panicked or annoyed at all. He smiled politely and asked the four people, "Are you qualified to kill me?"
“Arrogant!” The woman in pink held the sword forward a little, and a pink mist-like sword energy stabbed towards Qin Ran.
As the sword flew away, the boy from Daojianmen was frightened and dared not move. He was stabbed directly by the sword...
"That's all?" the woman in pink said disdainfully.
Then the silly boy from Jianmen flashed and turned into a pool of water falling to the ground.
"I've told you guys you're not worthy!"
Qin Ran's voice suddenly came back from the mist in the distance. The four people from the Wuyin Sword Sect were shocked. When did he replace his clone? They looked over carefully, but they couldn't see Qin Ran either.
Got fooled!
The black-robed youth realized this and threw the flying sword in his hand into the air. It suddenly turned into a giant sword about ten feet long. He was about to fly towards the place where Qin Ran’s voice came from...
“You’re not that stupid, are you? Where the sound is is where the real body is?” Qin Ran’s mocking voice came from another direction. He kindly reminded, “Rather than me, you should pay attention to what’s behind you! There’s a surprise…”
A dignified Nascent Soul cultivator was teased by a mere Golden Core cultivator several times. The black-robed youth was so angry that his lungs were about to explode. He ignored everything and slashed the flying sword straight in the direction where Qin Ran's voice came from.
His flying sword flew out, but before any message came back, the pink-dressed woman beside him suddenly called out, "Senior Brother Zhang..."
The man in black robe turned around, glanced at the woman in pink, and then followed her line of sight to look behind her...
Behind them, in the thick fog in the distance, they saw a number of high-level monsters coming towards them along the trunk of the Devouring Demon Willow.
There were no monsters lower than level five, such as the five-tailed demon fox, the golden clouded leopard, the silver-backed demon ape, and the seven-colored sky-swallowing python...
The five-tailed demon fox asked them, "Where did you hide the Tao fruit?"