Chapter 308: Chapter 231: The Human Emperor Goes to Sea_3
"Is there any place like a stone cave or ground hole at Jishan, preferably connected to the earth vein or underground river, and the outside of the cave is open or has tall trees?"
"Yes, let me check."
The Spiritual Snake Qinghe floated around Li Yueqi, accompanied by those silver magical artifacts swirling around.
Nowadays, the Spiritual Snake Qinghe has completely adapted to these magical artifacts and feels uneasy without them for a single day, whereas Hei Qu, being a stubborn dog (wolf), is a traditionalist who believes immortal cultivation should rely on oneself. Thus, it has no Thousand Mechanism Magical Artifacts around it, and at this moment, it was squatting on the ground with a large sword in its mouth.
Since Hei Qu could transform its shadow into a hand, it has become difficult for Qinghe to bully Hei Qu. However, with the help of Thousand Mechanism Magical Artifacts, it now has new ways to play with the wolf.
This is progress in technology.
But today is not for teasing the wolf, as there is important business to attend to.
Following Qinghe’s operation, a map of Jishan appeared before it. Rising up on a cloud of azure, it compared it with the map in its mind.
After observing, Qinghe descended and perched on Li Yueqi’s shoulder, saying.
"There is only one such place, a ground cavity on the southern slope of Jishan, where the lush forest is nourished by an underground river within the cavity."
Capturing demon beasts is different from fighting; caution and care are needed first and foremost. Li Yueqi didn’t fly straight to the cave but rather used Hei Qu’s Shadow Concealment Technique to silently and stealthily make her way there.
Communication with Zhang Ze and the others was also changed to a more covert sound transmission through divine sense using a magical artifact.
In theory, this should be effective, but in practice, it’s a bit annoying.
Mainly because Zhang Ze and Lily kept murmuring in her mind.
"Hey, do you think it might be hidden beneath that stone? Lily, pass me that fruit."
"Here, I don’t think so. Based on the cloak’s description, the creature is definitely not small. I guess it might be lying on the mountain or disguised as a tree."
"Senior brother, this doesn’t taste good, here you go. By the way, where did you get all this information from?"
"Uh, the Hundred Demons Sect. All this information is coming from there; they’re the ones causing trouble."
"What do you think they’re up to?"
"Who knows, probably stirring up some nonsense again, but our Sect Leader is watching over there, so there should be no problem."
"True, my dad is the best."
"Hey, boss Xiaoqin, look, isn’t that the place?"
This is the first time Li Yueqi realized that the three of them together could be so noisy.
’So annoying, I’ll have to ask Dan Dan to improve this magical artifact when we return, at least to uh... what was the phrase? Oh, right, mute it.’
Emerging from the shadows, Li Yueqi concealed her cultivation and aura, carefully observing her surroundings.
It was just past noon, the sunlight was warm and pleasantly shining, and it was quiet around, with no unusual signs.
On the cliffs around the cave, there was no redundant living entity. Hei Qu transformed into a shadow with a sword in its mouth and patrolled the cliff but found nothing.
Qinghe softly released sleep-inducing poison mist, using its Thousand Mechanism Magical Artifact to illuminate the surroundings, seeking Zhang Ze and the others’ opinions.
Li Yueqi placed her hand on the nearby tree trunk, expanding her divine sense, but found nothing. There were no signs of any living creatures in the vicinity.
However, in the next moment, her hand brushing against the bark paused. She had detected something unusual.
Li Yueqi felt two identical indentations on the tree bark with her touch.
Yet, before she could think it over, Zhang Ze’s voice suddenly echoed in her mind.
"Overlord Body!"
Overlord Body, a body cultivation technique of the Beast Taming Sect, capable of exorcising evil and breaking slaughter, grants a golden body.
The spiritual qi around Li Yueqi suddenly condensed and then was instantly released, and in the next moment, she vanished from where she was and appeared atop the cliff.
And above where she had been standing, a ’cloak’ was gently falling, silently.
This ’cloak’ emitted no discernable aura. If one closed their eyes and scanned with their divine sense alone, it couldn’t be detected at all.
The pressure generated during the use of the Overlord Body had no impact on this thing.
This ’cloak’ was not clothing.
Upon close inspection, a group of tiny creatures with grey-brown bodies, roughly thumb-sized, with crocodile heads and horse tails were interlocking with each other, claws intertwined, forming a grey ’cloak.’
If she had been a step slower, this ’cloak’ would have enveloped her.