Prehistoric: The female saint Shiji, brilliant and talented

"Young man, you have misunderstood what I said. If an immortal built a cave here, it would be the immortal's private property. We have no right to touch it unless we get the immortal's permission." The village chief explained.

"Is there such a saying?" Li Mu was slightly stunned.

“However, the fairy tree is only effective against warriors in the mortal world and the divine world. It has no effect on our fairyland.” The village chief continued.

Li Mu suddenly realized that it was no wonder that the fairy tree was coveted by people, but no one dared to seize it.

"The fairy tree is a divine object, and the fairy fruit on it is even more precious. It should be of great use to you." The village chief added.

"How long will it take us to dig the tunnel?" Houyi asked.

"It will take at least three years because the fairy tree is too big. If we rely on ourselves, it may take us more than ten years." The village chief replied.

"Ten years?" Houyi frowned.

He felt that the time was too long and now he was eager to leave.

"Senior, let's do it as soon as possible, otherwise there will be more trouble than expected." Li Mu suggested.

"Well, I have made all the arrangements here, you can take action at any time." After saying this, the village chief hurried away.

"You stay here and guard it, I will go into the mountains to find digging tools." Houyi instructed, and then went into the mountains alone.

"Let's go and help too." Xuanyuan said.

"Okay, let's go." The others nodded and followed Xuanyuan into the forest.

"Houyi, what do you think the village chief meant by what he just said?" Xuanyuan couldn't help but ask on the way, "Could it be that the Fairy Spirit Tree has some other secrets?"

"I don't know either." Houyi shook his head.

"It seems that this incident is definitely not simple. We must be careful and cautious." Xuanyuan said in a deep voice.

Everyone tacitly agreed that this incident might not be as simple as it seemed.

"Hou Yi, have you noticed that the strength of these monsters seems to have weakened a lot." Li Mu whispered suddenly.

"Indeed, since entering the village, the aura of these monsters has weakened a lot, much weaker than before." Houyi also felt this abnormality and was secretly surprised.

Although these monsters are extremely numerous, their aura is not particularly strong. Some are even weaker than ordinary wild beasts, which makes them look extremely strange.

"Is there something affecting the environment here?" Houyi guessed.

Everyone nodded in agreement, this was not impossible.

The further you go in, the more depressing the atmosphere becomes, and the air is freezing cold, as if you are in the dead of winter.

"Houyi, did you hear any sound?" Li Mu asked with a serious expression.

"What's that sound?" Houyi became alert.

At this moment, the mountains in the distance suddenly trembled, as if some huge monster was crawling out of the abyss.

The noise was deafening and the whole world was shaking, as if the end of the world was coming.

"Who dares to trespass into my demon clan's territory?" Suddenly, an angry shout came from deep in the mountains.

Immediately afterwards, the earth shook, rumbling sounds resounded through the sky, the mountains trembled violently, rocks rolled down, and smoke and dust rose into the sky.

Everyone looked up, all with shocked expressions.

I saw the mountains collapsing and countless monsters pouring out from the bottom of the abyss, covering the sky and the earth.

Looking around, there were tens of thousands of monsters, blocking the view and making one's scalp tingle.

They are brutal and cruel, full of murderous intent.

"With so many monsters, what are these guys planning?" Li Mu was stunned.

"Such a powerful blood fluctuation. These guys have all entered the dragon transformation realm and are very powerful." Houyi exclaimed.

They were just ordinary people at the peak of the Spirit Transformation stage. Facing tens of thousands of dragon-transformation-level monsters, they had no power to resist.

"Run away, it's too dangerous here." Li Mu shouted in panic.

"It's too late, we have been exposed." Houyi said with a wry smile, they have been surrounded.

Deafening roars resounded through the sky, and those monsters had already pounced on the crowd with great momentum.

Each of these monsters exudes a monstrous evil aura, and is bloodthirsty and violent, making people shudder.

"Don't run around, gather around me." Houyi sternly warned everyone, then flew into the air to fight those monsters.

The four of them joined forces and were so powerful that they were invincible and repelled many monsters.

But they were outnumbered and were quickly defeated.

"No, if we continue fighting, we will all die here." Li Mu said anxiously.

"Brother Li Mu, let's break through separately and try to hold on until Xuanyuan comes to rescue us." Xuanyuan said in a deep voice.

Hearing this, everyone nodded.

Then Xuanyuan and Li Mu chose to break out. They both wanted to survive, so they went their separate ways and fled in different directions.

"Hmph, where are you going?" The monsters were furious and chased madly.

A moment later, Hou Yi was covered in blood. He was entangled by three monsters in the dragon stage and had no time to care about other people.

"Houyi, I'm here to help you." At this moment, Xuanyuan appeared beside Houyi.

"Thank you." Hou Yi breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, someone came to support him, which made him feel a lot more relaxed.

The two sides fought fiercely. Houyi and Xuanyuan worked together to kill two monsters, successfully broke free from the encirclement and escaped from the monsters.

Houyi was breathing heavily, his chest heaving violently. He almost died here just now.

"Xuanyuan, thanks to you, otherwise we would have been defeated here today." Houyi patted his chest thankfully.

"Houyi, we can't stay here any longer, let's leave quickly to avoid any complications." Xuanyuan said in a deep voice.

"Yeah." Houyi wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and the two prepared to evacuate.

At this moment, bursts of shrill screams were heard from the forest, which made people's heart frightened.

Houyi and the other man stopped and stared into the distance in amazement.

"Could it be that Xuanyuan and the others are in danger?" Houyi was puzzled and vaguely worried.

"Let's go and take a look." Xuanyuan pulled Houyi and rushed over quickly.

Houyi nodded, and the two of them quickened their pace.

Not long after, the two finally arrived at their destination, and what caught their eyes was an extremely tragic scene.

The ground was littered with corpses, a horrifying sight; blood flowed like a river, dyeing large tracts of land red.

"How could this be?"

"Xuanyuan, where is Li Mu?"

"Will they not be murdered by these beasts?"

Houyi and Xuanyuan were stunned, with many thoughts flashing through their minds.

"No matter what, we must leave immediately to avoid getting into trouble," said Houyi.

Xuanyuan nodded slightly, and immediately retreated with Houyi, not daring to stay for long.

Just as the two were about to leave, a horrifying roar suddenly erupted from deep in the forest, deafening and captivating.

"Oh no, another more terrifying monster has awakened." Houyi was horrified and his face suddenly changed.

"Let's go," Xuanyuan urged, and quickly used the sword-controlling technique to fly away. Houyi did not dare to neglect it either, and burst out with all his strength, flying at full speed.

A deafening roar rang out from deep in the forest, shaking in all directions and echoing through the void.

Houyi and his companions did not dare to stay and fled desperately until they were out of the forest and mountains, only then did they stop.

Houyi was gasping for breath, his face was pale and bloodless, and his forehead was covered with sweat. He was really scared just now.

If Xuanyuan had not come to his aid at the critical moment, he would have been killed by the monster.

"Xuanyuan, what exactly is that monster? I feel that it is much more powerful than the Black Dragon King." Houyi asked with lingering fear.

“I don’t know what it is, but it should be related to the Nine Nether Bird, or the Nether Phoenix.” Xuanyuan shook his head.

"Underworld Phoenix?" Hou Yi's face was filled with shock. "Doesn't that mean that those monsters are all from the underworld?"

"Yeah." Xuanyuan nodded affirmatively.

The Netherworld is the oldest race in the world of gods and demons. It was once extremely glorious and ruled over all the worlds.

But later a catastrophe occurred, causing the Netherworld to weaken and almost collapse, and it fell into the mortal world.

If these monsters really came from the underworld, they would be absolutely terrifying.

"Brother Houyi, what should we do now?" Li Mu asked.

“Let’s find a quiet place to hide and wait for the arrival of the strong man from the Tianwu Realm, otherwise we will all die here.” Houyi said.

"We have been in the forest for half an hour. I guess the others have been devoured."

"I hope they won't be as unlucky as us."

"Come on, let's continue on our way."

Hou Yi calmed down and changed direction with Li Mu.

Several other geniuses also left the forest and looked for a safe hiding place.

And soon after they left, a large number of monsters emerged from the forest, covering the sky and the earth, so ferocious and terrifying that it made people tremble with fear.

Their guess was correct, these monsters did indeed descend from the underworld.

However, they are not the Nine Nether Bird or the Nether Phoenix, but the descendants of the Nine Nether Bird.

These descendants of the Nine Nether Bird all used the blood of the Nine Nether Bird to condense their spiritual intelligence and transform into human form.

They are aliens from the Netherworld and possess some of the memories of the Nine Nether Birds.

In the forest, there were constant eerie cries, which made people shudder.

Suddenly, a deafening roar came from the distance, and the whole mountain was shaking, as if it was about to collapse.

"There seems to be something happening over there." Houyi frowned slightly and looked in the direction where the roar came from.

"Houyi, let's go over and take a look." Xuanyuan suggested.

"Okay, but be careful." Houyi nodded in agreement.

The two men sped up and sped away.

The place Houyi and his companions were rushing to was the nest of the Nine Nether Bird. The surrounding area was filled with strong resentment and was extremely evil.

A deafening roar was heard from the Nine Nether Bird's Nest, and a terrifying wave swept out, suffocating people.

The pressure was no less powerful than that of the golden-winged Roc before, and was even more terrifying.

"Who broke into my territory? Are you looking for death?" At this moment, an angry roar came from the nest.

Immediately afterwards, hundreds of Nine Nether Birds broke out of their nests, staring at Houyi and the other two with ferocious and bloodthirsty eyes, emitting ice-cold murderous intent.

Houyi gasped and couldn't help shivering.

"Nine Nether Birds, they are all Nine Nether Birds, so scary." Li Mu was so scared that his face turned pale and his whole body was shaking.

"Roar, roar, roar." The Nine Nether Bird roared continuously and pounced forward madly. Its momentum was overwhelming and its destructive power spread out.

"Run!" Houyi exclaimed, and ran away without caring about the treasure.

In the blink of an eye, the Nine Nether Bird caught up with them, and its terrifying power blasted the two of them away, leaving them severely injured and vomiting blood.

Xuanyuan's situation was better. After all, he was an immortal alchemist with a strong body, and he was able to block the attack of the Nine Nether Bird.

"Go." Xuanyuan gritted his teeth and growled, then he used the sword-controlling technique to escape at an astonishing speed.

"Want to run? Dream on." Upon seeing this, the Nine Nether Bird roared fiercely.

The Nine-Nether Birds flapped their wings and swooped down swiftly. Hundreds of them swooped down at the same time, creating a spectacular scene. It was just like a swarm of locusts passing through a land, so dense that they blocked out the sunlight.

"Damn it, what should I do?" Houyi's face changed drastically when he saw this horrible scene.

"Xuanyuan, think of a solution quickly." Houyi said anxiously.

"Brother Houyi, don't panic, I have a way." Xuanyuan said with a faint smile.

"What can you do?" Houyi asked puzzledly. He didn't see Xuanyuan using anything at all.

Xuanyuan took out two talismans and said with a smile: "This is my life-saving trump card, called the Qiankun Moving Talisman."

"The spell to move heaven and earth?" Upon hearing this, Houyi's eyes widened suddenly.

He was well aware of the preciousness of the Qiankun Shifting Talisman, which was no less precious than immortal weapons, and might even be more precious than them.

"Let's activate it quickly. We shouldn't be in danger this time." Houyi said hurriedly.

Before he finished speaking, the two Qiankun moving talismans began to shake violently, and the dazzling light illuminated the dark night sky.

In an instant, the two Qiankun moving talismans disappeared from the spot.

"Is it successful already?" Hou Yi murmured dully, completely bewildered.

"Brother Houyi, this Qiankun moving talisman is enough for the two of us to escape the crisis tonight. It won't be too late to set off tomorrow morning." Xuanyuan said with a relaxed smile.

"Haha, that was a close call, that was a close call." Houyi patted his chest and laughed with relief. The hanging stone was finally put down.

"Brother Houyi, didn't you say there was a way?" Li Mu asked impatiently, obviously worried about encountering a crisis.

Xuanyuan smiled and said, "Have you forgotten about the Nine Nether Bird? We might as well use the power of the Nine Nether Bird to help us resist danger."

"Oh, that's right." Li Mu suddenly realized.

Although the Nine Nether Bird is powerful, it is afraid of fire and lightning, and the Qiankun Shifting Talisman can restrain them.

Hou Yi nodded in agreement and said, "Brother Xuanyuan, your idea is brilliant. Let's set off now and try to avoid a collision with the Nine Nether Birds. We hope they can help us resist the crisis."

After saying that, the two of them immediately ran towards the Nine Nether Bird's nest.

Hou Yi and his companions were lucky. The Nine Nether Bird had just been disturbed and was now dormant, and had not yet awakened.

Hou Yi and Li Mu stopped when they came near the Nine Nether Bird's nest.

"Should we go in and take a look?" Houyi asked.

"That's possible." Xuanyuan nodded with a smile, and the two of them sneaked into the Nine Netherworld Bird's Nest quietly.

It was pitch black inside the Nine Netherworld Bird's Nest, and you couldn't see your hand in front of you. Only the occasional cold wind blew, which made people feel uneasy.

"Brother Houyi, how long do you think these Nine Nether Birds will sleep before they wake up?" Xuanyuan asked.

Hou Yi pondered and said, "Logically, they should wake up soon, but now three incense sticks of time have passed and there is still no response."

"It seems that they have fallen into a deep sleep. We must take them out before they wake up." Xuanyuan said. (End of this chapter)