655: Chapter 208_6 655: Chapter 208_6 “That small thousand world is strange, but, Master said, so far, they haven’t found any danger in that small thousand world.
I believe, Master and the others will definitely be able to come back.”
“We also believe that Peak Master Cao will return, after all, Peak Master Cao is a reincarnated being of great ability, but we suddenly fell asleep ahead of time, what I’m afraid of is, that the other party will make their move before Peak Master Cao and the others can return.
After all, Peak Master Cao and the others have said, there are even Golden Core Stage existences in Ten Thousand Horse City.
And afterwards, when we went to Ten Thousand Horse City, we didn’t find that the three Golden Core Stage cultivators were gone, they couldn’t have seen nothing.
They should also know, that Peak Master Cao and the others are gone, if they take action against our Hundred Peaks Sect at this time, I’m afraid, our Hundred Peaks Sect will suffer heavy losses.”
Small thousand world.
Since crossing that Sword River, Cao Zhen had been unable to feel his spiritual energy, and his body’s strength maintained only slightly stronger than an ordinary person’s.
The next day, after they continued on, they encountered an even more troubling problem.
They felt hungry, not just hungry, but also thirsty.
With their cultivation base, not to mention not eating for a day, even if they didn’t drink a drop of water for a month, there wouldn’t be any effect.
Yet now, just one day later, when they woke up the next day, they felt hunger and thirst.
Fortunately, whether it was intentionally arranged by Heaven Illusion Sword Monarch or not, they quickly found a water source, but the hunger was unsolvable.
It was not until noon that the people, after arriving in this small thousand world, finally saw animals other than themselves.
Herds of wild rabbits appeared in their line of sight.
However, with their current bodies, they simply could not catch up with the wild rabbits.
Luckily, Cao Zhen built some tools and traps from the knowledge he inherited from Mozi’s archives, and barely managed to catch a few rabbits.
Struggling to make fire by drilling wood, it took quite some time before they could light a torch, and then they roasted the rabbits.
Beichen Ying, while eating the roasted rabbit meat, lamented, “I never thought that I, Beichen Ying, having reached half-step to Earth Immortal, would experience such a mundane life again.
I started immortal cultivation at a very young age, and so many years have passed that I had even forgotten what the life of a mortal is like.
Or perhaps, I never really knew how a mortal lives.”
With that, he looked around at everyone and sighed, “I also don’t know why Heaven Illusion Sword Monarch would give us this kind of experience and test.”
After a brief pause, he continued, “And before, do you all remember what Heaven Illusion Sword Monarch said?
The first person to arrive can take all his rewards.
Have you thought about the possibility that, like us, there are several people who entered this place together?
Only one person can obtain the treasure.
Tell me, do you think they would fight within themselves, would they turn on each other for the sake of the treasure?”
“So, Heaven Illusion Sword Monarch, he must have said that on purpose, possibly as a kind of test.”
Everyone thought of the possibility Beichen Ying mentioned, but they did not worry that anyone would turn on them.
After all, Ling Xi, Xiang Ziyu, Bei Yan, and Yi Sheng were all disciples of Cao Zhen, and Beichen Ying and Li Lingwei always referred to Cao Zhen as Little Sixth Son.
In others’ eyes, Li Ke was even considered Cao Zhen’s dao companion.
And the tradition of their Hundred Peaks Sect, the disciples of the Hundred Peaks Sect are truly righteous people and would not harm their fellow sect members.
No one was worried that someone would take action.
But what about other people?
After they turn into mortals, while on such a journey, would they resort to conflict during their travels?
Or even, because Cao Zhen can make traps, they were able to catch a few rabbits.
But what if Cao Zhen couldn’t make traps?
If they had no food, could something even more terrible happen?
After everyone had replenished their supplies and rested for a while, they continued on their way.
Yesterday, people would still talk to each other as they walked.
But today, even the usually lively Little Beiyan was just walking silently, not saying another word.
They were truly tired.
Walking this way without knowing when it would end, they were not only physically exhausted—their hearts were even more fatigued.
Plus, now that they had started to see animals, what other kinds of creatures might they encounter next?
This time they saw rabbits, but what if they encountered fierce beasts later?
They were no different from ordinary people now.
As they walked, a forest appeared within everyone’s sight.
This was their first glimpse of a forest since setting out across the grasslands.
Cao Zhen immediately stopped and, pointing at the forest, said, “Don’t go any further.
There are enough branches here for everyone to help me gather some, and I’ll make bows and arrows that we can use.”
He had been worried about encountering beasts like jackals, wolves, tigers, or leopards on the road.
Even though he possessed Divine Weapons and they lacked mana to fully unleash their power, those swords and spears were still sharp, and their weight was similar to ordinary weapons.
They could still use them as ordinary weapons.
But after all, they were now almost like ordinary people.
Even with weapons, should they fight fierce lions and tigers?
If they really encountered a tiger, even with weapons, and even if they could kill it, who knew how many of them would be in danger or even die under its claws?
What if they encountered a pack of wolves?
Therefore, they needed to make some ranged weapons as well.
So everyone stopped, and under Cao Zhen’s direction, they began to cut down trees and helped him make bows and arrows.
Unknowingly, the sky had slowly darkened.
Cao Zhen looked at the few large trees not far away and urgently motioned to everyone, “Let’s climb the trees and sleep there tonight.”
“In the trees?” Little Beiyan looked at the tall trees in front of him with a troubled expression, “Master, aren’t these trees too high?
How do we get up there?
And even if we climb up, how do we sleep?
Even if we really fall asleep, what happens if we fall down?
We don’t have any cultivation base right now; if we fall, won’t we be severely injured?
If we break a bone, how will we continue our journey?”
“For climbing trees, I can make some tools for you that will ensure you get up there.
As for sleeping at night, you can choose a spot where there are plenty of branches, and if you’re really afraid of rolling off, I can tie you up.
Given our current situation, if we don’t sleep in the trees and encounter wild beasts like a pack of wolves, we might all be wiped out… Never mind, you don’t know what ‘wiped out’ means.
Anyway, let’s get up the trees first.”