Chapter 283

The Wanshan are not so easy to travel through. Even with the original road a hundred zhang away as a reference, Liu Xiaolou still almost lost his way several times.

Once entering the dense forest, the directions that looked easy to judge immediately became inaccurate, always missing a little bit.

So Liu Xiaolou had to actively approach the original road he came from frequently. Once he was close, the error wouldn't be so big.

But in this way, the possibility of being discovered by the Miaofeng Mountain people increased greatly. It wasn't just Peak Master He searching, all the thief cultivators of the Second Peak were also out in full force. Several times, he even saw people from the Zhu family on the main peak joining the search.

The most dangerous time, several searching Miaofeng Mountain thief crowd were only a few zhang away from him. He had to hide in a tree hole nearby for a night, and it wasn't until he attracted hundreds of large centipedes as long as arms that he hastily abandoned this hiding point and continued to look for the next one.

Besides worrying about losing his way, he also had to deal with all kinds of insects, snakes, birds, beasts, strange flowers, and demon grasses. While dealing with them, he couldn't make too much noise to avoid attracting the Miaofeng Mountain thief crowd. This journey truly exhausted his heart and strength.

After walking for five days like this, he only escaped more than sixty li. That night, he was confronting a huge demon toad by the pond, and just when he was exhausted, a huge vibration gradually came from afar, and the rumbling sound followed.

He immediately remembered the scene he experienced three years ago, but the calls that came were different from the tiger and wolf roars at that time, appearing more muffled.

The giant toad no longer paid attention to Liu Xiaolou and drilled into the pond, no longer bubbling. A group of wild boars rushed past him, rushing wildly into the depths of the dense forest ahead, followed by tigers, leopards, wolves, bears, deer, sheep, rats, and rabbits...

Liu Xiaolou leaped onto a tree branch and looked toward the source of the movement. He saw a giant ape standing on a mountain peak, roaring at the sky. After roaring for a moment, it suddenly jumped down the mountain, broke a big tree with each palm, like holding two sticks, smashing and hitting everywhere.

This giant ape went crazy, and didn't see a clear direction of travel. It walked a few steps east, jumped a few times west, smashing until chaotic stones shot and broken wood flew. But overall, it was coming toward his direction, and because its body was huge, like a mountain, it didn't look fast, but every jump was dozens of zhang away. He didn't know when it would affect him.

After a slight judgment, Liu Xiaolou found that the instincts of the wild beasts in these Wanshan were the most accurate. The direction they fled was indeed the best direction at the moment.

There was no need to hesitate anymore. If it was later, maybe he would become meat paste under the giant ape's soles. Liu Xiaolou immediately fled and joined the ranks of the wild beasts fleeing.

That's fine. In such a situation, the Miaofeng Mountain thief crowd would have no energy to take care of him. The old guy surnamed He should also find a place to hide, right?

After running for half the night like this, he got further and further away from the giant ape. He slowly separated from the beast herd, approached the original road in his memory again, identified the direction again, and then found a mountain top to rest.

From here, he could see the movement of that giant ape ten li away, so it was more appropriate to rest here.

Resting until dawn, that giant ape like a mountain moved away in another direction. Liu Xiaolou couldn't help but sigh repeatedly—such a demon beast, he didn't know what strength it had, what innate supernatural powers it had, and what level he needed to cultivate to be able to compete with it?

Looking from the peak, Liu Xiaolou finally saw a rushing torrent, which was the river he crossed when he came. Following it upstream, he would be able to return to the demon tree in two days.

On the way back, there were indeed no more Miaofeng Mountain people. The disaster passed, and this part of the road was walked particularly safely, without any more waves. When he saw that huge, single-tree-forming Ghost Banyan from afar, he almost burst into tears.

Compared to the Wan couple, the Zhu family father and son, and the He family uncle and nephew, this Ghost Banyan could truly be considered friendly to him!

He circled the outer perimeter of the Ghost Banyan. The place where he buried the Universe Bag, the few withered branches were still in their original positions. After half a year, the only change here was that two skeletons were hung under the vines, one big and one small. For a moment, he couldn't identify what kind of wild beast they were.

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To retrieve the Universe Bag, the method he could think of was the same as the Wan couple at the time: hunt a large number of animals and put them in, so that the Ghost Banyan would have no energy to take care of other things.

After more than half a year, within the range of the mountain forest around the Ghost Banyan, many birds and beasts had gathered again, and there was no lack of spiritual objects. Liu Xiaolou made several large wooden cages and locked all the birds and beasts he caught in the cages.

After being busy for many days, he caught nearly two hundred birds and beasts, and there were more than ten with spiritual essence, filling four large wooden cages.

After making preparations, he brought the four wooden cages to the edge of the Ghost Banyan vine range, threw all the wooden cages in, and at the same time clapped his palms in the air, opening the four wooden cages, and nearly two hundred birds and beasts immediately scattered and fled.

Countless vines shot out, grabbing at these fleeing birds and beasts.

Liu Xiaolou took the opportunity to enter, brushed past the edge, the Xuanzhen Rope pulled the few withered branches, and pulled them violently outward. The Universe Bag followed and flew into his palm.

Two vines chased from behind, sweeping across Liu Xiaolou's back, but they didn't catch him after all, letting him escape far away.

His spiritual sense probed into the Universe Bag. The Glazed Shield, Bone Flute, Three Mystical Swords, Lin Yuan Xuan Stone Array Plate, etc., were all intact, and the three Sect Master's tokens were all there, which made him overjoyed.

Looking back at the three years of going south, he couldn't help but sigh a lot, and bowed deeply to the Ghost Banyan: "You trapped me for two years, and also helped me cultivate for two years. The grudge is cut off, let's part ways here!"

The rest was to return along the path he followed He Taichang into the mountain. Because the time had passed for a long time, he didn't remember it very clearly, and he took many wrong turns in between.

But walking back from the Three Wanshan, passing the Two Wanshan and the First Ten Thousand Mountain, the dangers were getting less and less. After walking for three months, he finally walked out smoothly.

Traveling north all the way, entering Bazhong, and after a few days, he arrived at Liu Family Village.

When he saw Liu Xiaolou, Liu Daoran almost burst into tears: "Xiaolou, three years, why did you come back? I have been asking about your whereabouts, but I have always gained nothing. We all thought that after you entered the Wanshan, you encountered an accident..."

Liu Xiaolou also smiled: "It was indeed an accident, but finally I came back alive."

Liu Daoran nodded repeatedly: "It's good to be back, it's good to be back!"

Liu Xiaolou asked: "What about Xiaofang?"

Liu Daoran sighed: "Waited for you for two years. Last year, his cultivation reached the sixth level, and he left, saying he was going to travel the world..."

That night, the two got drunk. Liu Xiaolou rested well for a few days and decided to bid farewell.

Liu Daoran asked him where he was going. Liu Xiaolou couldn't say for a moment, just said: "I want to find a place with good feng shui and build a home. What about Brother Daoran?"

Liu Daoran replied: "I have already reached perfection and am preparing for Foundation Establishment. I see that Xiaolou is also the same. I wish you and me, brothers, success in Foundation Establishment!"

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