The perception of monsters is always much stronger than that of cultivators. In fact, when the white catkins disaster of the Devouring Demon Willow became more and more serious, the high-level monsters deep in the Hengduan Mountains had already sensed the danger.
Many high-level monsters had already evacuated the Hengduan Mountains at that time.
The representative monster among them is Zhuifeng's mother.
Therefore, it is unclear whether it was the Xuanming Spirit Tiger that was hunting the Yulei Unicorn on that stormy night, or the Yulei Unicorn was following orders to hunt down the Xuanming Spirit Tiger.
Of course, the final result for them was that they fled to Daojianmen, were noticed by high-level human monks, and ultimately both were injured and died.
Zhuifeng's mother was a case of failed escape, but there were many more high-level monsters who escaped successfully.
The representative monster that managed to escape was the five-tailed demon fox that Kieran had met twice.
The fox clan has always been synonymous with cunning, so they naturally knew how powerful we were and ran away early.
The first time the five-tailed fox saw Qin Ran and Li Shiyin wandering in the Hengduan Mountains was when she was on the run; the second time she encountered Qin Ran undergoing a tribulation was when she slipped away to the snow-capped mountains on the edge of the Hengduan Mountains.
She was planning to use the terrain of the snow-capped mountains to observe the changes in the situation in the Hengduan Mountains so that she could make appropriate responses.
This is why there are so many high-level monsters appearing here now.
Therefore, all intelligent creatures are greedy. Greed is not a characteristic of humans.
High-level monsters have very high IQs. They may not be able to speak and do not have a systematic language, but they do have very high IQs.
These high-level monsters knew the danger and knew that the Devouring Demon Willow would devour the entire Hengduan Mountains to achieve the Dao. At the same time, they also knew the opportunity and knew that the Devouring Demon Willow would produce Dao Fruit after achieving the Dao and would become weak after going through the tribulation.
In short, not only human cultivators are thinking of taking advantage of the situation, but also the high-level monsters that have escaped the control of the Devouring Demon Willow are thinking of taking advantage of the situation.
In fact, they are in the position of the oriole who "stalks the cicada while the mantis stalks the cicada". After the human monks have dealt with the Devouring Demon Willow, they are the last to come out and snatch the fruits of victory.
Facing the questioning of the five-tailed fox, the young man named Zhang in black robe felt that it sounded somewhat familiar. It seemed that he had asked the same question to a Jindan cultivator a few seconds ago.
Things change, how come it turns back so quickly
He wanted to laugh a little, and asked the five-tailed demon fox: "You also want the Tao fruit?"
People with high IQs do not necessarily know how to speak human language. Those who have mastered multiple ways of communication, like the five-tailed demon fox, are obviously the spokespersons for this group of demon beasts.
“Don’t answer questions with questions
"I want to ask you..." She smiled. Even though she was a fox, she still looked charming and beautiful. "Where is the fruit?"
However, the young man surnamed Zhang did not give her face and sneered, "A wild beast in the mountains is also qualified to get his hands on the treasures of heaven and earth?"
When humans classify species, they are talking about humans and other creatures, naturally with a sense of arrogance as civilized creatures;
This kind of arrogance is integrated into the human blood. When the monks open their mouths to speak, they refer to monsters, goblins, and monsters, rather than specific fox monsters, monkey monsters, or wolf monsters. It is natural for them to have a proud attitude.
When it comes to humans and other creatures, this kind of arrogant attitude is justified by the word "civilization" alone; but when cultivators face monsters, things like practice and civilization are no longer enough.
To put it more clearly, it is okay for a cultivator to show off in front of ordinary monsters, but in front of legendary mythical beasts and immortal birds, he must be low-key.
This is because human monks are not necessarily as smart as others, and they are not necessarily as good as others in a fight.
Especially when ordinary cultivators face divine beasts and immortal birds, they must be extra careful and low-key.
At least, these four cultivators from the Infinite Sword Sect had no right to be arrogant when facing a five-tailed fox that had the bloodline of the mythical beast Nine-tailed Fox, transformed into a human and cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage.
Seeing the condescending attitude of the man surnamed Zhang, the five-tailed fox was very unhappy and said, "Bite them to death first, and then check them."
The dozen or so high-level monsters behind her rose and fell, and quickly surrounded the four people from the Infinite Sword Sect.
Worried that something might happen to the three silly kids outside the fog, Qin Ran didn't dare to delay after getting rid of the man named Zhang. He went straight out of the fog and found them.
Li Shiyin stopped pretending after Qin Ran entered the fog. She revived with full health and started playing with Zhuifeng.
Now that Qin Ran had seen her, she felt somewhat embarrassed. Thinking of the things she had said and done when she was seriously injured, her face turned red to her ears.
Fortunately, Qin Ran didn't mention it deliberately. When he saw Li Shiyin wake up, he didn't say much, but just asked, "Is everything okay?"
So Li Shiyin felt a little disappointed again and turned her head away without saying anything.
It was Long Qiqi who answered Qin Ran, saying, “No.”
Then he asked him, "What's going on inside?"
"The high-level monsters and the people from the Infinite Sword Sect are fighting each other." Qin Ran said.
"Why?"
"For the sake of Daoguo."
"What is Dao Fruit?"
Qin Ran replied, "It is the fruit of the Tao after the separation of spirit and the fusion of Tao. After the death of the ordinary Tao fruit, it will quickly dissipate in the world like a golden elixir. But the Devouring Demon Willow is a tree that has become a spirit. Its Tao fruit will not dissipate easily and will remain like a fruit. It is an extremely rare treasure of genius."
"Why don't you want the Dao fruit?"
"Those who snatch Dao Fruit are all high-level cultivators and high-level monsters, at least in the Nascent Soul stage. I am not qualified."
"How could someone as calculating as you not be qualified?" Long Qiqi didn't believe it. "Have you ever thought of taking advantage of the situation?"
Qin Ran was silent. In fact, he still had a backup plan. For example, there was a Tribulation Thunder Pill refined by his master and several Earth Flame Pills in the valley; there was also an array pattern stone that had been used once in the fog.
However, these backup plans were not good enough, at least not enough to guarantee the safety of the four of them.
What is a formation stone? A formation stone is a special stone engraved with basic formation patterns. A certain number of formation stones are placed together, and the basic formation patterns are randomly arranged and combined to form various formations.
Qin Ran dropped a total of nine array stones into the fog, which could be used to set up some small arrays, such as the small formless array that activated the Tribulation Thunder Pill.
"The situation is too complicated now. Looking at the reckless actions of the Infinite Sword Sect, I'm afraid it was not easy for Elder Ning to kill the Devouring Demon Willow, and he must have been seriously injured. If the Infinite Sword Sect did this, then the other two sects will definitely do the same."
Qin Ran and Long Qiqi analyzed, “So, including the remaining cultivators of Lingnan Immortal Sect and the united high-level monsters, there are at least five forces in this small fog.”
"The more forces there are, the easier it is to fish in troubled waters." Long Qiqi replied, "You are worried about us."
This was indeed a consideration. Qin Ran nodded and said, "It's too dangerous here. Your cultivation is too low. Let's go back to Daojianmen first."
Long Qiqi didn't want to admit that she had been delayed, so she said, "We can go back by ourselves..."
She paused, then added, "If we stay, we may be able to help."
"Let's go back." Qin Ran shook his head.
Long Qiqi was very generous, but didn't know what to say.
Qin Ran called Li Shiyin and Zhuifeng over, covered the four of them with bubbles, and used them as a flying magic weapon to carry the four of them to Daojianmen.
Not long after the bubble flew, a ball of burning fire flew towards it from the distant sky.
Huang Feiyu brought Tian Wenjin closer and said to Qin Ran, "Uncle Master, wealth and honor are achieved through risk. The game has just begun, why are you going back?"