Chapter 1432: Crossing the Forest Sea

The imperial capital is now in an uproar.

The Lone Star Auction House, right under the empire's nose, has been wiped out.

Xie Tianqi felt embarrassed, and the empire also felt humiliated, so they raised the bounty on Ye Liuyun again.

But this time, few martial cultivators were tempted anymore.

Now most of them know how formidable Ye Liuyun is, and dare not provoke him lightly.

Moreover, Ye Liuyun hasn't attacked the Lone Star Auction House again; they want to find him but don't know where to look.

Ye Liuyun and the others encountered no obstacles along the way and arrived at the empire's border.

"We have two routes; which do you choose?" Meng Zhangxing asked.

One route requires passing through the war zone between two empires; the other requires passing through the Forest Sea.

The so-called Forest Sea is a vast, boundless dense forest, fraught with danger everywhere.

Several people didn't want to kill more innocents, so, in the spirit of adventure, they chose the Forest Sea.

"You better think it through! Most people choose to cross the war zone, because the Forest Sea harbors Tianzun-realm ferocious beasts—few can make it through! Hence it's also called the Death Forest Sea!"

But those few are full of vigor; they wouldn't fear danger.

"Well then, let's just consider this a warm‑up!" Meng Zhangxing also wanted to choose the Forest Sea.

Without adventure and excitement, he would feel bored.

Thus, under Meng Zhangxing's leadership, they arrived before a towering Forest Sea.

Ye Liuyun released his Divine Sense fully, yet could not see the end of the Forest Sea.

He did detect some ferocious beasts, the highest of which were at the Di Zun First Rank.

"Doesn't look dangerous at all?" After scouting, Luo Yun asked Meng Zhangxing doubtfully.

Her Soul Power wasn't as strong as Ye Liuyun's; she didn't even see the Di Zun-realm ferocious beasts.

"No danger?" Meng Zhangxing laughed: "Your detection range is less than ten percent!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Liuyun and the others clicked their tongues in amazement, yet they were still eagerly anticipating the adventure's thrill.

"Let's go!" Meng Zhangxing had Guo Da put away the Flying Boat, and they switched to traveling on foot.

Only when they reached the edge of the Forest Sea did they discover that each giant tree here could not be embraced by ten people.

"This tree is huge!" Luo Yun and Guo Da were seeing such a massive tree for the first time.

Ye Liuyun wasn't curious; he had seen even larger trees in the barbaric-type Secret Realm.

"What's this?" Meng Zhangxing began to boast: "The trees at the heart of the Forest Sea are even bigger!"

"Have you previously passed through this Forest Sea?" Luo Yun asked.

"I've been there once myself! But after only ten‑odd days I couldn't go further and had to turn back!" Meng Zhangxing sighed.

"About how far did ten‑odd days get you?" Ye Liuyun asked.

Meng Zhangxing thought, then estimated: "In terms of distance, it should be less than thirty percent!"

"Less than thirty percent?" Luo Yun, hearing this, grew somewhat worried.

"It seems this place is indeed dangerous!" Ye Liuyun also thought to himself: "Even Meng Zhangxing couldn't cover thirty percent of the distance!"

Their expressions shifted from excitement to caution.

"Let's give it a try; if we can't make it, we'll turn back!" Meng Zhangxing said.

"Good!" Everyone else also unanimously agreed.

They had come for adventure after all—how could they not give it a try?

"What dangers did you encounter last time? Tell us!" Luo Yun asked Meng Zhangxing.

Several people also entered the Forest Sea.

At first the light was plentiful, but not long after walking, the lofty canopy blocked the sunlight, making the dense forest very dim.

The air was filled with the damp, rotting‑grass scent throughout the Forest Sea.

Ye Liuyun took out the Red‑spotted Green Snake, shrank it, and coiled it around his arm to help ward off danger.

"A Tianzun‑realm venomous snake? You really have the goods!" Meng Zhangxing praised upon seeing it.

Guo Da also held a sphere in his hand. This sphere is a treasure that emits light when a living creature approaches.

Luo Yun scattered medicinal powder on everyone's bodies so that ferocious beasts couldn't smell them.

"Haha, with you all here, we'll definitely go farther this time!" Meng Zhangxing, seeing the various defenses, also became happy.

They hadn't gone far when Guo Da's light sphere lit up.

The Red‑spotted Green Snake also indicated the beast's location and could roughly tell it was a tiger‑type ferocious beast.

Ye Liuyun and Luo Yun's Divine Sense had already detected that it was a Steel Kirin Tiger approaching them.

Although the Steel Kirin Tiger's body was large, its cultivation was only at the Zao Hua Third Realm, which they didn't mind.

"Later, give me the Steel Kirin Tiger's hide; I want to refine pills using its scale armor!" Luo Yun said.

"Can scale armor be used to refine pills?" Ye Liuyun became curious.

"To refine an explosive pill; adding some Steel Kirin debris can increase its lethality!" Luo Yun said.

Upon hearing this, Ye Liuyun took out the Exotic Scale Armor and asked, "Do you think this can be used?"

"Huh? What kind of scale armor is this? The texture is pretty good!" Luo Yun, upon seeing it, asked curiously.

"Exotic Scale Armor?" Meng Zhangxing, upon seeing it, confirmed with Ye Liuyun.

"Not bad, it is indeed Exotic Scale Armor!" Ye Liuyun confirmed.

"Won't that be a bit wasteful?" Luo Yun said, yet still took it over.

"No problem, I still have more!" Ye Liuyun laughed.

"Where did you get this stuff? There really are Alien Evil Artifacts?" Everyone was curious.

"I haven't encountered this here, but there are many elsewhere!" Ye Liuyun explained to them.

Next, everyone started talking about the Foreign Tribe again. Ye Liuyun told them all the information he knew.

Several people completely disregarded the Steel Qilin Tiger.

When it approached, Ye Liuyun directly released the Red-spotted Green Snake.

The Red-spotted Green Snake swiftly sprang out, enlarged its body, coiled around the Steel Qilin Tiger's neck, and strangled it to death!

Afterwards, Ye Liuyun directly peeled off the scale armor and gave it to Luo Yun; the meat was stored as food for several people, and the core pellet was given to the Red-spotted Green Snake as its reward.

Before encountering the ferocious beasts of the Earth Sovereign realm, none of them lifted a hand; it was always the Red-spotted Green Snake hunting for them. They strolled along, chatting casually.

When they encountered the ferocious beasts of the Earth Sovereign realm, they let Luo Yun go first to practice, with Meng Zhangxing and Guo Da assisting, while Ye Liuyun stood guard.

Unbeknownst to them, they had already walked for seven or eight days, and everything went smoothly.

They also roasted meat once more to eat. Everyone praised Ye Liuyun's grilling skills without cease.

"Your seasoning is really special!" Luo Yun praised while eating.

Among them were several medicinal herbs that Luo Yun had never thought could be used as seasoning.