The pine forest is far away from Luoxia Peak and is located in a remote place. Few disciples from the sect come here on weekdays, and Yu Xiao does not need to send pine nuts to the alchemy hall in the near future.

Logically speaking, his cultivation would hardly be disturbed or affected by anything.

But in fact this is not the case. Yu Xiao has been having a headache recently because a troublesome thing has entangled him.

On this day, he was sitting cross-legged in the house, refining the Qi Qi Pill in his body.

Not long after, Yu Xiao suddenly opened his eyes without warning and rushed out of the wooden house.

After walking not far, they came to the southeast corner of the pine forest. On a pine tree, Yu Xiao saw two small rat-shaped beasts the size of wild cats, munching on the purple cloud pine cones on the tree.

Seeing the two beasts, Yu Xiao frowned and said angrily: "It's you two beasts again, looking for death!"

As he spoke, he made a hand gesture with two fingers, and a fire flashed in front of him. A fire snake as thick as an arm appeared, and the temperature around him instantly rose a lot.

Just as he was about to control the fire snake to attack, Yu Xiao seemed to have thought of something and reluctantly stopped the attack, and the fire snake also disappeared.

The two little beasts were obviously very smart. After seeing Yu Xiao's arrival, they stood on the tree feeling confident. They held two pine cones in their mouths very defiantly, jumped down from the tree and burrowed into the hole under the tree.

, disappeared in the blink of an eye, leaving no trace.

Seeing this, Yu Xiao was even more angry. These two beasts appeared out of nowhere. In the past few days, they had been eating Ziyun pine cones. The forbidden barrier outside the pine forest could not prevent them at all.

They were born in the Chiyun Mountains, absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. They are no longer ordinary beasts, but monster beasts that have developed intelligence. They know that there is a forbidden barrier outside the pine forest and cannot get in by ordinary means, so they drill holes in the ground and get in.

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At first, Yu Xiao only used the method of blocking all the holes in the ground, but this obviously did not stop the two little beasts from stealing food, and instead intensified their behavior.

The reason why he didn't take action just now was naturally because he was afraid of the rats. Let's not talk about whether he could kill the two little beasts in one go. If he destroyed the Ziyun Pine, he would have worked in vain for the whole year, and he would not be able to get a single cent of merit.

This is the most troublesome thing about guarding the pine forest. He needs to battle wits and courage with these monster beasts that have just awakened their intelligence.

It's certainly not worth it to continue spending time with those two little beasts now, but if he leaves it alone, then by the time his chores are over, he doesn't know how many pine cones will be left in this pine forest.

"It seems we have to find a way to eliminate them completely."

Yu Xiao already had an idea in her mind while muttering to herself.

Of course, the place to eliminate them cannot be chosen in the pine forest. The two little beasts frequently visit the pine forest and must have built a nest nearby. As long as you find their nest, it is not difficult to catch them all.

After returning to the wooden house, Yu Xiao stopped practicing and immediately devoted himself to the plan to eliminate rats.

Time passed, the moonlit night fell, and the Chiyun Mountains became silent.

In the mountain forest, two strong and thin figures moved quickly among the trees. When the bright moonlight shone down and shone on them through the gaps in the forest, they could be seen to be two little beasts with shiny brown coats.

Near the forbidden boundary of the pine forest, the two little beasts stopped. They looked around very vigilantly, and after confirming that there was no danger nearby, they got into the pine forest from the holes they had dug in advance.

After a while, the two little beasts came out of the pine forest with a full harvest and disappeared into the forest like flying.

However, the two little beasts did not know that there were clearly visible traces of blue-green fluorescence on the path they walked, which was even more conspicuous under the moonlight.

This is the pollen of a common plant in the Chiyun Mountains. They become fluorescent and bright under the moonlight at night.

At the same time, Yu Xiao's figure also appeared outside the pine forest. He looked at the remaining traces on the ground and followed them forward.

After burning the incense, I heard the sound of water hitting my ears. As the woods in front disappeared, Yu Xiao appeared in front of a waterfall, with a small pool in front of him.

The fluorescent traces completely disappeared here, and the two little beasts were nowhere to be found.

There is still some pollen that has not been washed away on the rocks beside the pool, and there are also little fluorescent lights floating in the pool.

"Could it be that those two beasts discovered the pollen on their bodies and washed it away in the water? Are their intelligence already so high?"

Yu Xiao murmured to himself, feeling a little unbelievable. After all, they were two beasts with newly awakened intelligence. How could they realize this?

After searching around the pool, Yu Xiao found nothing.

At this time, his eyes focused on the place where the waterfall fell above, where water splashed everywhere, and the sound of bursting snow-white bubbles echoed in his ears, as if he was on a grassland with thousands of horses galloping.

The next moment, without any hesitation, he jumped into the pool and dived towards the bottom.

With the help of faint light, Yu Xiao discovered a water channel five or six meters deep under the water.

The waterway passes through the mountain where the waterfall falls, looking like an underground river.

Because of the waterfall, the surface of the pool is very confusing and it is impossible to see the situation below, so few people know about this waterway.

"Sure enough, there is another mystery!"

Yu Xiao walked along the waterway, and after a while, he was floated upward by a force of impact, and then he appeared in a low cave.

Although it was already late at night and it was dark outside, here, the water flow refracted the moonlight from the outside, making everything bright.

"Squeak!"

A panicked rattle broke the tranquility in the cave, and Yu Xiao immediately saw the two little beasts building a nest on one side of the cave, stealing pine cones.

They are so smart that they built their nest in such a secret place. If Yu Xiao hadn't been more skilled, I might not have been able to find them for a while.

As Yu Xiao arrived, the two little beasts suddenly panicked. They never thought that this human being could track this place.

The little beast reacted extremely quickly, rushing towards the waterway like flying, trying to follow the current to leave the cave.

However, this time, Yu Xiao had no scruples anymore. He slapped his palm on the storage bag on his waist, and a palm-sized treasure fan appeared in front of him.

This is exactly the low-grade magical weapon he chose when he entered the sect.

The treasure fan swelled in the wind, and with a gentle wave, it shot out several cyan spiritual blades, instantly dividing the two little beasts into corpses without even letting out a scream.

After getting rid of the two little beasts, Yu Xiao didn't even look at them. Instead, he was attracted to a corpse next to the little beasts' lair.

The corpse was wearing a dust-proof suit belonging to a disciple of the Wanri Peak of the Fuguang Sect. It was unknown how many years had passed, but the spiritual power inside the dust-proof suit had become very weak, and it was covered with water stains.

"How could the disciple of Wan Ri Peak die here?" Yu Xiao was greatly puzzled.

Logically speaking, this place should be the territory of the Luoxia Peak lineage. Although other disciples from the Four Peaks often come and go, they will never stay for a long time. The fact that this person died here shows that it was an emergency.

Could it be that he encountered an enemy and was seriously injured after being defeated? Do not enter the cave here, and finally died and disappeared?

There is not much of a flaw in this explanation. The competition among the disciples who enter the family is also very fierce within the sect. If it reaches the point of fighting to the death, there is no need to care about the sect's rules.

In the left hand of the corpse, there is a blood-red diamond-shaped stone clasped tightly, which exudes a weak energy of essence and blood.

Yu Xiao recognized it at a glance. This was the blood essence transformed from the flesh and blood of some powerful monsters after their death. It had the effect of strengthening the body and was also very attractive to ordinary monsters.

I think those two little beasts were attracted by this blood essence energy, so they built nests and burrows here. No wonder they are very intelligent.

In addition, there was a storage bag lying in the arms of the corpse.

After such a long time, the storage bag was still well preserved. Yu Xiao's eyes suddenly lit up and she was overjoyed.
Chapter completed!