After a night's trek, Ling Xian had reached the edge of the barren forest. Ling Xian, who arrived at the barren forest for the first time, was completely shocked, dozens of meters tall trees rose from the ground, straight into the sky, dense branches and leaves intercepted every bit of sunlight in the sky, although it was already daytime, but the forest was dark, the barren forest was like an entrenched beast, with its mouth open and ready to devour all intruders.

Looking at the forest in front of him, Ling Xian was also a little apprehensive, and after hesitating for a moment, he chose to find a vacant place outside the forest to sit on the ground, sorting out the information he knew about the barren forest in his mind.

The Xianyuan Continent is divided into nine states, the sky has nine parts and eight eras, and the earth has nine states and eight pillars. The southeast Shenzhou is said to be the morning soil, the south Angzhou is said to be deep soil, the southwest Rongzhou is said to be Taotu, the west is said to be open soil, the middle Jizhou is said to be white soil, the northwest Zhuzhou is said to be fertile soil, the north Xuanzhou is said to be soil, the northeast Xianzhou is said to be hidden soil, and the east Yangzhou is said to be Xintu. The Lieyan Sect is located in the southern part of Shenzhou, while the Barren Forest is located in the southeastern part of Shenzhou.

The name of the barren forest comes from its unique vitality - barren energy. This kind of desolate energy is different from ordinary vitality, and has a mysterious power to cut off vitality. No one knew where this power came from, and there was no record of it in the cultivator's oldest texts, and the Barren Forest had been like this since ancient times.

However, there is also a legend in the cultivation of this kind, the legend is that the Reckless Forest was the same as other forests at the earliest, and there was no existence of desolate energy, but in ancient times, there was a great war, and countless strong people were killed by a mysterious force, and this mysterious power was rooted in their essence and blood, and sprinkled on this forest, which eventually led to the formation of the current Reckless Forest.

However, most people were dismissive of this legend, it was too unbelievable that such a large forest could be polluted with just a trace of power left in the essence blood, and this kind of powerful power had long exceeded the limit of cultivators. If anyone can do it, I'm afraid that only the immortals who also exist in the legend can.

But no one in the world has ever seen a real immortal, even if it is the highest level of cultivation - the true immortal called in the world is just a good wish, if you can be an immortal, why bother adding the word "true".

Nowadays, people can only look for the figure of the immortal from the auspicious light feathers handed down from ancient times, but just a trace of power revealed in it is enough to make any cultivator despair, it is definitely not a realm that human beings can reach, the more powerful the cultivator, the more they can see the gap between them and the immortal that can never be crossed.

But the more this happens, the more people come to the barren forest in search of that opportunity. They have a dream of a strong (master) (horn) here, looking for fantastical treasures, the remains of caves, and of course, most of them are just food for the beasts in the forest. Even so, it still can't stop people from moving forward and following suit.

Ling Xian came this time not without hole cards, his greatest confidence comes from his extraordinary perception, perhaps because of the two lives, his soul power is much stronger than ordinary people, he can sense the danger earlier and avoid it in time, if he is only searching in the periphery of the barren forest, Ling Xian feels that he is still somewhat sure.

After thinking about it for a long time, Ling Xian decided not to go deep into the forest, but only to look for clues on the periphery of the forest, and Ling Xian, who had made up his mind, would no longer waste time. The iron sword was unsheathed, and the sharp iron sword shone slightly in the sunlight, dispelling some of the fear in Ling Xian's heart. Ling Xian finally no longer hesitated, and walked into the barren forest with firm steps.

Although it was late autumn at this time, there were not many fallen leaves in the barren forest, Ling Xian walked on the soft ground, his hands clenched the long sword in his hand, and the muscles of his whole body were tense, guarding against the danger that might arise at any time. However, after walking for a while, there was no danger, and Ling Xian relaxed slightly, and the sword in his hand also drooped a little.

Suddenly, Ling Xian's heart felt a chill, the hairs on his body stood up in an instant, and an inexplicable sense of danger appeared in front of Ling Xian. Before he had time to defend with the sword in his hand, Ling Xian fell to the ground and a carp rolled around, dodging the fatal blow in some embarrassment.

"Silver Light Mouse!" Seeing the appearance of the strange beast in front of him clearly, Ling Xian couldn't help but exclaim.

The beast in front of him looked like an ordinary mouse, but the color of its fur was an eerie silver-gray color, shimmering like steel in the dim sunlight of the forest. There was a fierce glint in the small dark eyes, and occasionally a hint of confusion flashed, obviously with his intelligence, he did not understand how the weak human in front of him could dodge his mortal blow.

Ling Xian complained a little bitterly in his heart, the silver light mouse is good at concealment, and it is also fast, often people just see a flash of silver light and lose their lives, so the silver light mouse is named. It was precisely because of this that Ling Xian did not perceive its existence in advance.

But what worried Ling Xian even more was another characteristic of the Silver Light Rat—social living. Silver Light Rats tend to appear in groups, although Silver Light Rats are only first-order alien beasts, but when a large group of Silver Light Rats appears, even third-order alien beasts have to avoid their edge.

However, for some reason, only one Silver Light Rat appeared in front of him, and he didn't need to face the threat of the Silver Light Rat Tide for the time being, and Ling Xian's most powerful perception happened to restrain the speed of the Silver Light Mouse. Therefore, at this time, Ling Xian was not completely without the strength to fight in the face of the Silver Light Rat.

Ling Xian raised his perception to the limit, holding the sword in both hands and thinking about a way to defeat the silver light rat in front of him. Maybe it was because being in a desperate situation had stimulated Ling Xian's potential, or maybe it was because he was born with a fighting talent, Ling Xian, who had entered the combat state, did not have the slightest fear, but instead his brain was running at a faster speed than usual.

But before he could come up with any good methods, the silver light rat on the opposite side launched an attack. Ling Xian had already sensed its movements in advance, and the long sword in his hand was on the path it had to fly, only to see a flash of silver light, Ling Xian felt as if the long sword in his hand had been hit by a bullet, the tiger's mouth was numb for a while, and the long sword almost came out of his hand. However, the silver light rat on the opposite side was not comfortable, and there was also a sword mark on the smooth fur, and there was faint blood oozing out.

Although this blow of the Silver Light Mouse was not successful, there was no joy on Ling Xian's face. The speed of the Silver Light Mouse was too fast, and Ling Xian couldn't keep up with its speed at all, so he could only rely on his powerful perception to predict its attack route in advance for defense. However, it is not a way to go on like this, if you keep it for a long time, you will lose, Ling Xian must come up with a way to break through the situation in front of her.

The silver light rat on the other side obviously didn't intend to give Ling Xian time to think, and the sword wound didn't make him flinch, but instead stimulated his ferocity even more. Another flash of silver light flashed, and Ling Xian felt a force greater than just now coming from the iron sword, Ling Xian could barely hold it with both hands, and took a step back to resist this attack.

The Silver Light Mouse didn't give Ling Xian time to breathe at all, and he didn't care about the wounds on his body, as soon as he fell to the ground, he kicked his legs and launched a third attack, this time Ling Xian didn't seem to have recovered from the attack just now, the sword in his hand hadn't had time to adjust the angle, the tip of the sword was not facing the direction of the Silver Light Mouse, but was slightly tilted towards himself.

The Silver Light Mouse burst into Ling Xian's chest faster than just now, and was about to crash into Ling Xian's chest, a Silver Rat pulled out his heart, but Ling Xian suddenly lowered his shoulders, and a clicking bone cracking sound was accompanied by Ling Xian's muffled snort, but it was the Silver Light Mouse that broke Ling Xian's collarbone with a single blow.

However, the silver light rat was not comfortable, after all, Ling Xian was a cultivator, and his body was much stronger than ordinary people, the silver light rat broke the collarbone but did not hit the shoulder blade behind it, but was stuck in it, Ling Xian did not give the silver light mouse a chance to escape again, the iron sword that had been prepared for a long time instantly stabbed back, pierced the shoulder, and nailed the silver light rat to his shoulder blade.

The joy of escaping death filled Ling Xian's chest, and when he relaxed, he didn't even have the strength to pull out his sword, and his legs fell to his knees in the grass as soon as they became weak. After resting for a while, Ling Xian regained some strength and pulled the iron sword out of his shoulder in pain.

"Shhh Although he was mentally prepared, the pain of the moment he pulled out his sword still made Ling Xian can't help but let out a low breath. "Alas, I'm still too weak. The joy of escaping death has gone, leaving behind a bit of worry and helplessness.

"Just a small silver rat has already consumed all my mental strength, and I have even forced me to use my body as bait to kill it, and the silver light rat is only one of the weakest beasts in the barren forest, what should I do next?"

Ling Xian was a little confused, the battle with the Silver Light Rat made him truly realize his weakness, he originally thought that it would not be very dangerous for him to just venture out on the outskirts of the Reckless Forest, but he didn't expect that he would almost die here just by encountering a Silver Light Mouse.

Just as Ling Xian was hesitating whether to continue moving forward, Ling Xian faintly heard a "squeak" sound in the distance, and this sound became clearer and clearer, as if the mountains were approaching this side like a tsunami.

"Silver Light Rats!" Ling Xian's face turned pale all of a sudden, and he didn't care about collecting the essence blood of the Silver Light Rat, and quickly fled in the direction of a place without Silver Light Rats with his sword.