Chapter 63: Frightful and Mysterious Forest

  As soon as he saw a figure appearing in the sky, Yang Fan's face changed, and he hastily dropped the food in his hand, quickly entering the dense forest, his body like the wind, bouncing in the dense thicket, the life mist inside him surging into the branches and leaves of the trees, merging with their life force, and immediately, a rebounding force emerged from the branches and leaves, giving him endless power.

  Under such terrain, Yang Fan firmly believed that even if a cultivator in the Condensation stage entered the forest, they would not be able to catch up with him.

  Yang Fan had already sensed the strangeness of this forest and did not dare to enter deeply, only entering from the edge to the periphery, and also bypassing the outer perimeter of the forest, keeping a distance from the river before.

  "Could it be someone from the Yang family of Kyoto? If so, I'm just a small Qi-refining beginner, how could I possibly make them spend such manpower and resources..."

  Yang Fan was baffled, he had been hiding in this deep mountain wilderness for half a month, and by rights, the Yang family of Kyoto should have given up. To go to such great lengths for a mere Qi Refining stage cultivator wasn't worth it.

  ……

  Just as Yang Fan left the riverbank, an old man flew over on his sword, hovering beside the fire that had not yet gone out.

  "Just used 'Lingyan Shu', clearly saw a figure..."

  The old man muttered to himself, wandering along the riverbank and near the forest, his eyes fixed on that bonfire.

  This person is precisely the most deeply cultivated elder of the middle period of condensing the mind in the Kyoto Yang family search and capture operation.

  The old man's eyes gleamed with intensity as he suddenly produced a talisman, pouring his magical energy into it. A colorful light shot up into the sky, visible for dozens of miles around.

  In less than a moment, several people flew in from different directions, including a young man in white clothes, with a face as beautiful as jade, and an air of majesty, who was none other than Yang Wu, the young master of the Yang family of Kyoto.

  "Wu Lao, have you discovered any clues?"

  Yang Yu's voice came from afar, asking aloud.

  "Master, look at the bonfire by the river." said Old Wu.

  Yang Yu and two other cultivators in the Condensation stage also flew over to the fire pit.

  "I just used 'Lingyan Shu' and vaguely saw a figure slipping into this forest. The person is probably a young man, but I didn't see his face clearly. Judging from my estimation, this person is likely the one that Gongzi wants to capture, otherwise he wouldn't have reacted like this and fled immediately."

  Wu Lao smiled and said.

  "In that case, the four of us will search this dense forest."

  Yang Yu's eyes were cold and gloomy, staring at the dense forest.

  It's been half a month and everyone wants to give up except for him.

  No matter what, he had to find out who that person was and interrogate him thoroughly.

  "Wait."

  Wu Lao shook his head.

  "What's your opinion?"

  Yang Yu asked, and for this elderly man in his later years, he was still very respectful.

  "I feel that this forest is a bit strange, can you sense a gloomy atmosphere?"

  Wu Lao Dao

  The other three nodded after a moment of contemplation.

  "This forest is indeed a bit unusual, but since that kid dares to go in, why don't we?"

  One of them was a monk in meditation.

  Yang Yu nodded: "That's right, let's search first, and even consider setting fire to the forest to force that kid out."

  "This forest is quite large, with complex terrain all around. If we set fire to it, the flames will be fierce and the smoke will billow, possibly driving that person deep into the mountains. Let's split up and search separately, so we can get a bird's-eye view of everything and prevent that little scoundrel from slipping away unnoticed."

  Wu Lao said very calmly.

  If the object of pursuit is a large number of enemies, setting fire to the forest may be permissible, but if there is only one enemy, it will undoubtedly increase his chances of escape.

  "Wu Lao's words make sense." Yang Yu nodded and thought to himself: "Ginger is still spicy when it's old."

  After a few people made decisions, they flew in all directions towards the depths of the forest, starting their search from the edge of the forest.

  However, this search work was extremely difficult. The dense branches and leaves of the forest obstructed the "Spirit Eye Technique" greatly.

  A cultivator in the Condensing Divinity stage has a very limited range of divine sense, and even with Old Wu's cultivation at the middle stage of Condensing Divinity, he can only observe an area of several dozen zhang.

  Yang Fan hid in a corner of the secluded forest, exerting his withered wood skill, shrinking his breath to its limit, leaning against a large tree, just like a withered wood, without any sound.

  Gradually, his body surface became icy cold, without a single thread of warmth, and even his heartbeat and breathing seemed to be on the verge of stopping.

  Concealing one's breath was an aspect in which the "Xianhong Decree" excelled.

  At this moment, Yang Fan's "Kumu Gong" was performed to the extreme, without a single breath.

  At the same time, his mind entered "omniscient mode", controlling a radius of two hundred zhang and merging with the surrounding environment.

  Not only that, Yang Fan also performed a hiding technique, making his body completely disappear in broad daylight.

  In short, as far as the eye can see, there is no one here.

  Even with spiritual scanning, it's hard to detect any anomalies unless the other party's spiritual realm is far higher than Yang Fan's.

  Half a time unit later, Yang Fan felt a wisp of divine consciousness sweeping over this area, probably a cultivator in the initial stage of condensing his spirit.

  Yang Fan's perception range was larger and immediately discovered that the person was Yang Yu of the Kyoto Yang family.

  "Why is it... that the Kyoto Yang family won't let me go?"

  Yang Fan is confident that he shouldn't have exposed his identity.

  After thinking for a long time, he suddenly thought of Yunxianzi from Yaoxiang Valley.

  Could it be because of this reason...

  Yang Fan could only think of this one point.

  That day, his own existence had already made Yang Yu suspicious. Later, Yun Yuxi helped him delay time, and he himself killed two guards of the Yang family in Kyoto, mysteriously disappearing.

  Yang Yu flew over the forest, and Yang Fan, in omniscient mode, could still sense his cold and determined face.

  However, Yang Yu, even though he was flying over Yang Fan's head, still did not realize that the person he was looking for was just a short distance below his feet.

  Yang Fan sneered in his heart, like an invisible withered tree leaning against a big tree, as if becoming part of the forest.

  ……

  Two hours later, Yang Yu and three Condensation Period cultivators gathered at the riverbank where they had previously parted ways, gazing out from high above as they began to discuss matters.

  "There was no sign of him; he must have gone deep into the forest or left it altogether."

  A monk in deep contemplation, practicing Tao.

  "With so many of us looking down from above, and no fog to obscure our view, he can't possibly escape silently. It seems that this guy has probably entered the depths of the forest."

  Wu Lao murmured.

  Yang Yu and Wu Lao conferred for a moment, then quickly made a decision: "I'll work with Wu Lao to keep watch from above, while you two split up and head deep into the forest. If that kid can get in, we don't have anything to fear."

  Whoosh!

  Four cultivators in the Condensing God Phase broke through the air and left, Yang Yu and Wu Lao Fei arrived at high altitude to overlook the entire dark forest.

  Two more cultivators in the Condensation stage approached cautiously from the depths of the forest.

  The deeper into this forest, the more intense the eerie and icy atmosphere became.

  Invisibly, as if a pair of terrifying eyes were scrutinizing them.

  Before long, one of the cultivators in the Condensation stage had approached the central area of the forest. He was cautious and opened his divine sense to scan his surroundings.

  Yang Yu and Wu Lao in mid-air also divided a part of their energy to watch the battle.

  The four of them had already searched the outer parts of the forest and only the central area remained unexplored.

  The target person is definitely in this central area.

  Ah!

  In an instant, a gust of dark wind swept in, and the cultivator in the Condensation stage fell into the forest for no reason, letting out a sharp and mournful cry.

  This sudden movement made Yang Yu and others change their faces in shock.

  Yang Fan hid outside the dark forest and also heard a mournful cry that made people's hair stand on end.

  As soon as the cultivator of the Condensing Spirit stage fell into the dark forest, there was no longer a single sound, as if he had vanished into thin air.

  "Come back soon!"

  Wu Lao Gao shouted loudly, reminding another cultivator in the Condensation stage.

  Wow!

  A gust of dark wind descended, and the cultivator in the Condensation stage also had no power to resist, falling into the forest, followed by a miserable cry.

  Yang Fan faintly heard another mournful cry, his heart skipped a beat, and he thought to himself: "What kind of terrifying existence is lurking in this forest?"

  He then thought of the "Nine Yin Manual" which he had unintentionally obtained.

  "Run fast! This forest is terrifying!"

  Witnessing two cultivators in the Condensing God Stage dying instantly, Wu Lao and Yang Yu were frightened out of their wits, their faces deathly pale, they didn't dare to look back, and directly flew away through the air.

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