Spirit Beast Mountain is steep, as high as a thousand zhang, but most of the mountains around it are relatively short, as if they exist specifically to set off its tallness.

In the valleys below these peaks, many tall and dense trees grow in them, and people walk in them without seeing the light of day. After Li Mu's figure entered the woods, he obviously felt that there were many fewer eyes paying attention to him. Even with the keen gaze of the demon beast, it could not penetrate the obscuration of these trees.

The clouded leopard is not a unique demon beast of the Spirit Beast Mountain, it is widely distributed in the 100,000 mountains, it seems that the demon beasts of this race do not care about the living environment, as long as there are many wild beasts, you can see the clouded leopard.

However, this kind of demon beast likes to live alone, and generally does not appear in pairs, and its territorial awareness is not strong, and its whereabouts are erratic, which is also the main reason why Li Mu feels a headache.

However, since the clouded leopard mentioned by the Mission Pavilion is in the Tribulation Period, the place where it exists must be very hidden. After all, the newborn Yuan Demon Body is very attractive to low-level demon beasts.

The vicinity of Spirit Beast Mountain is not all like the woods where Li Mu is now, all of them are full of huge trees, and there is a place on its east side, but it can almost be said that there is no grass and is very desolate.

It was a strangely arranged stone forest, and the temperature was extremely high, and there were no wild beasts or monsters. Legend has it that the stone forest was the location of the Great Array of Spirit Beast Mountain 10,000 years ago, that is, the formation that suppressed volcanic magma.

After this destruction, this stone forest has not been destroyed, but it is filled with extremely high temperatures, and today, although the remaining temperature is still not low, ordinary demon beasts can already enter it. The fire aura inside it is very strong, which is very helpful for some demon beasts to cultivate when they are hungry.

It's just that this stone forest is very weird, but any demon beast that enters it, unless it is cultivated into a Yuan Demon, it will not be able to come out at all. This matter is clearly recorded in the classics of the sect, and many years ago, the Beiquan Mountain clan also had high-end demon cultivators to explore, but to no avail.

Later, after the Xuanming faction settled in the 100,000 mountains, they also sent senior array mages to investigate here, but they all failed, leaving only a sentence of "natural maze" on the classics. Moreover, this array did not show any peculiarities other than that, so the Xuanming faction did not pay much attention.

It was only after Li Mu entered this dense forest that he remembered that there was such a place, and he immediately thought, would the clouded leopard venture into it to survive the tribulation?

After all, although there will be no beasts or low-level demon beasts in that stone forest, there may be a primordial demon hidden in it, if it is found in the tribulation, waiting for its end, I am afraid that it will really be dead and lifeless.

But correspondingly, it is indeed a rare place to survive the catastrophe. Li Mu didn't think that this clouded leopard would leave the Spirit Beast Mountain and go to other places to spend the tribulation, but the jade tube of the Mission Pavilion made it very clear, directly stating that this clouded leopard would not leave the Spirit Beast Mountain, and asked Li Mu to look for its traces near the Spirit Beast Mountain.

Although the Stone Forest Maze is weird, it seems that it is only for demon beasts, and there is nothing unusual for humans to enter it. It's just that the high temperature in it also eliminates the possibility of low-level monks entering it, and only true cultivators above the mortal stage can enter it safely and unharmed under the protection of magic or magic weapons.

Li Mu's figure shuttled through the dense forest, and it didn't take long to come to the outside of the stone forest.

This stone forest is not big or small, almost several miles in a radius, and there are red stone pillars erected in it. These stone pillars are of different shapes and sizes, and they are arranged in a neat and chaotic manner.

Standing outside the stone forest, Li Mu could feel bursts of heat rushing towards him, and within a range of dozens of zhang away from this stone forest, there was no grass on the ground.

The area around the stone forest is very quiet, and it seems a little out of place in the midst of the vibrant mountains.

There was a bit of strangeness in Li Mu's eyes, after approaching this stone forest, he seemed to feel a strange sense of familiarity, and in his body, the figure of the Xuan Demon Heart in the second dantian also seemed to pause slightly for a moment.

His senses had always been keen, which made him puzzled but also somewhat clear. After all, this place was once a place of demon cultivation, and it was reasonable for the heart of the demon to react.

Li Mu's footsteps did not stop, and in the process of moving forward, he quietly stimulated the power of the Yuan Demon in his body, and the pure Demon Yuan spread all over his body, protecting his body. At the same time, a faint blue shield of light appeared around his body, slightly reducing the heat of the outside world - although his physical strength was not afraid of such temperatures at all, the clothes and shoes on his body were not necessarily the same.

This stone forest is not big, but it is not small, and the places that can be provided for the clouded leopard to hide are very limited, and Li Mu plans to explore it all in one go.

After stepping into the stone forest, Li Mu paid twelve points of attention, and the power of divine consciousness and the perceptual power of his own senses were released without reservation, and he closely investigated every movement around his body.

Demon monks are very sensitive to the breath of humans, and they can often feel the presence of humans from a long distance. After Li Mu cultivated into the body of the Yuan Demon, he also obtained this ability, but compared to the pure demon clan, his perception ability was much weaker.

If there was a primordial demon in this stone forest, I am afraid that his existence would have been discovered before he entered the stone forest.

However, if these primordial demons still have their sanity, they should not take the initiative to attack him. After all, once they are exposed, what awaits them is the endless pursuit and elimination of the Xuanming faction.

Even so, Li Mu did not dare to take it lightly.

There doesn't seem to be anything unusual about the stone forest, except for the extremely high temperature. Li Mu's figure walked in it, and he didn't feel anything unusual.

The stone pillars with different postures pointed straight to the sky, silent. Li Mu shuttled through it without any discoveries.

After a tea time, Li Mu walked out of the stone forest and walked towards the other side of the Spirit Beast Mountain.

After leaving the area of influence of the stone forest, Li Mu noticed that the heart of the Xuan Demon paused again. In addition, there was no abnormality, and Li Mu could only hide the doubts in his heart deeply.

Except for the strange stone forest around Spirit Beast Mountain, the rest of the place is a relatively dense woodland and a small and delicate lake, Li Mu only plans to go through it roughly, if he can't meet the clouded leopard, he will eventually return to the stone forest and wait for the rabbit.

In the mountains and forests surrounded by demon beasts, Li Mu quietly released the demonic energy on his body, and those demon beasts who noticed Li Mu were very puzzled - why did this guy who looked like a human race exude the aura of the same kind in front of him?

This is also a means used by Li Mu to confuse the clouded leopard, after all, if his whereabouts are discovered by him, I am afraid that before he finds it, it will slip away.

The task that Ma Chuyuan assigned to him seemed simple, but it was very troublesome—I am afraid that Ma Chuyuan's purpose was to keep him outside the sect. If he stays in one place for a long time, wouldn't it be convenient for him to start?

Li Mu suddenly thought of this, and then thought of the existence of the stone forest, and he was even more sure of his guess. Could it be that Ma Chuyuan's purpose is to introduce himself into it and then harm himself?

However, it was obviously an excellent opportunity for Fang Fang to enter the stone forest for so long, so why didn't he make a move? It stands to reason that Li Mu had been delayed for so many days, if Ma Chuyuan really wanted to be unfavorable to him, he should have come here in advance to ambush him, could it be that there was something wrong with Ma Chuyuan?

This time, his situation is really unfavorable, the enemy is in the dark, he is in the light, and he really has to work hard to deal with every unknown change. And he didn't know much about Ma Chuyuan, he only knew that this person's cultivation realm was in the late congenital stage, and he majored in fire spells, and his body seemed to have a small disability.

When facing Xue Chucai, he calculated step by step, and found out his personality characteristics, specific strength, and even life experience clearly, and finally accurately grasped Xue Chucai's weaknesses, so as to win with one blow and retreat.

But when facing Ma Chuyuan, whose strength was far stronger than Xue Chucai, Li Mu felt powerless and nervous, and at the same time, he was even more excited in his heart.

This is like a hunt, although Li Mu is the prey, he clearly knows the existence of the hunter, and is ready to bite back at any time and put it to death!

What's more, Li Mu has so many secrets, how much can Ma Chuyuan know? His identity on the surface is just a waste wood who has taken **** luck, is looked at by Lingmu, and has some rune talents.

As for the power of the Jindan Zhenren is unfathomable, just give some pills, and if you want to directly create a mortal into a mortal period, let alone a person who has experienced the essence of the essence?

Li Mu kept thinking in his heart, and his perception of the outside world did not relax, his figure kept moving in this mountain forest, and he passed by some demon beasts several times, and those demon beasts did not show the slightest abnormality, and some even took the initiative to provoke him, as if he was the same kind.

The demonic aura revealed by Li Mu was not strong, and it was still within the range of low-level demon beasts. If he showed his Yuan Demon power, he would certainly make those low-level demon beasts fear him, but he would startle the snakes and gain more than he lost.

For those demon beasts that took the initiative to provoke, as long as they didn't take the initiative to pounce, Li Mu ignored them, and there were those who didn't know whether they were alive or dead, and they all turned into a corpse and were put into a specific storage bag by him.

Spirit Beast Mountain is a hundred miles in radius, and with Li Mu's ability alone, it is almost impossible to explore all of them, and he doesn't have to go through them all. His purpose was just to go through it roughly.

And in the process, he is also waiting for the enemy hidden in the shadows to strike. (To be continued.) )