Then Ling Zhenfei closed the door and left a strand of Northern Spiritual Energy on it, so the door wouldn't be blown open again.

Back in his seat, Ling Zhenfei immediately entered a state of cultivation, avoiding any distracting thoughts and not allowing the mundane world to disturb him.

He cultivated for a whole night; by the time morning came, Ling Zhenfei had not yet left and saw that Peach Blossom Fairy had already gotten up early, holding the Long-Necked Jade Purifying Bottle with a small basket on her back.

In the thin morning mist, the beautiful Immortal looked so ethereal.

Peach Blossom Fairy was collecting flower dew with the Jade Clean Bottle, and Ling Zhenfei had also recovered enough from his cultivation.

"You're awake. Would you like some tea? You drank so much yesterday, you must be feeling unwell," Peach Blossom Fairy said to Ling Zhenfei with a radiant smile.

Ling Zhenfei replied, "No need, I'm feeling quite alright. What are you planning to do?"

Peach Blossom Fairy said, "I'm going to collect flower dew and, while I'm at it, see if I can gather some mushrooms from afar. We can have mushroom soup tonight."

Ling Zhenfei said, "Aren't there monsters in that distant forest? Please be careful."

Peach Blossom Fairy said, "I won't venture deep inside, just around the edge. I won't attract the monsters' attention."

After advising Peach Blossom Fairy to stay safe, the two parted ways.

Ling Zhenfei suddenly felt a sense of old companionship, like a husband and wife living a simple life, the man going to work, and the woman preparing food, solely reliant on each other.

This time, Ling Zhenfei reached the bottom of the valley as he searched around and eventually arrived by a river.

Ling Zhenfei looked into the river; it wasn't very wide, just a small stream, but Peach Blossom Fairy said there was a water monster here that had eaten quite a few people.

Ling Zhenfei was puzzled. Even if there were monsters, what could they be?

He tried throwing some stones into the water, but no matter how he tested it, the surface remained calm and unchanged.

Looking across the river, there was a very flat piece of land with lush green grass, suggesting that no one had been there for a long time.

Ling Zhenfei pondered for a moment, planning to check the other side for any unusual discoveries.

Thinking of this, Ling Zhenfei used a bit of Northern Spiritual Energy to fly across the river.

For Ling Zhenfei, flying over such a small stream was easy; he just needed to slightly lift himself and use a little Northern Spiritual Energy to cross it instantly.

But as Ling Zhenfei was in mid-air, the once calm surface suddenly churned as if boiling, and a gigantic head emerged from below, lunging at Ling Zhenfei with open jaws.

The mouth was large enough to swallow Ling Zhenfei whole; if he continued using Northern Spiritual Energy to fly forward, he would end up directly in the monster's mouth.

Ling Zhenfei was startled; an average person wouldn't be able to stop in time and would fall right into the monster's maw.

But Ling Zhenfei was different; as a cultivator in the Dawen Realm, his mastery of Northern Spiritual Energy was sufficient to make a quick turn and use it to fly back to his original spot.

The monster then splashed back into the water with a thud.

Ling Zhenfei didn't even get a good look at what the monster looked like.

Ling Zhenfei was perplexed. Why didn't the monster emerge when he threw so many stones earlier, but came out as soon as he tried to cross?

Could it understand his intentions and resist his bait? Ling Zhenfei was somewhat shaken, unsure of what the creature could be and how it had such a gigantic mouth.

But this only piqued Ling Zhenfei's curiosity further, making him eager to see what would happen if he managed to cross the small river, and what lay on the other side.

With this thought, Ling Zhenfei started walking upstream. After about ten minutes, he arrived at a narrower section.

He looked over the river's surface and then leaped across.

This time, Ling Zhenfei jumped very high, fearing the monster might leap again.

Even if the monster could break through the surface, it couldn't possibly reach dozens of meters high, could it?

To his surprise, while in mid-air, countless water arrows shot up from beneath the surface, fast and fierce, heading directly for him.

Startled, Ling Zhenfei had no way to dodge in the air, and could only strike down at the oncoming water arrows with two punches.

These punches were from the Heaven-Splitting Ten Fists technique, and they immediately sent the water arrows back into water droplets on the surface.

Despite the attack's dispersion, Ling Zhenfei was forced back to the riverbank by the water arrows' power.

Ling Zhenfei was shocked. Clearly, he had come to the right place; if this wasn't the case, why would the river's occupant want to prevent him from reaching the other side? What could possibly be over there?

Looking across the river, Ling Zhenfei saw a wide-open grassy expanse; anything on the grassland could be seen clearly.

To find something specific, he didn't need to go over, yet this certainty strengthened Ling Zhenfei's belief that something must be on the other side, perhaps even the Formation Eye lies there.

Feeling a sense of secret joy, Ling Zhenfei felt his hard search was finally paying off. He decided to try crossing the river again, doubting that the river's denizen could truly stop him forever.

Just as Ling Zhenfei prepared to cross the river, a loud roar echoed from afar, clearly audible in the open valley. He even faintly heard a woman's cries.

Alerted, Ling Zhenfei's sharp ears recognized the cries to belong to Peach Blossom Fairy, indicating she was in danger.

With the earlier animal roar accompanying it, it was evident that a forest monster had discovered and pursued Peach Blossom Fairy.

Without hesitation, Ling Zhenfei used his strongest Northern Spiritual Energy, employing the Blooming Step Technique upwards towards the valley.

Ling Zhenfei's swift pace made the usually distant forest and valley path seem within minutes reach for him.

His speed rapidly closing in intensified Peach Blossom Fairy's cries, prompting Ling Zhenfei to push his limits, nearly exhausting his strength.

Finally, upon reaching the forest, Ling Zhenfei tracked the sounds directly to Peach Blossom Fairy's side.

This was when he saw Peach Blossom Fairy standing atop a tree, while a massive monster below was biting towards the tree where she stood.

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