Chen Ye looked in the direction it pointed, vaguely catching a hint of green.
He put away his relaxed expression and nodded: "Wood Element Tao Stele... Beneath vitality lies hidden danger, I understand. Zhiwei, stay close to me, don’t stray more than three steps away."
"Okay, don’t worry, Master."
Zhiwei responded, her small hand nervously clutching Chen Ye’s coat, while holding the little white fox more securely.
The little white fox found a comfortable position in Zhiwei’s arms, sneaking a glance at Chen Ye’s side face as he carefully observed the path ahead, pondering silently:
Idiot human, you’d better have real skills... Don’t drag me and Zhiwei into becoming ash or fertilizer on a tree root...
Alas, originally seeing the Earth Element Tao Stele was not dangerous, I specifically brought Zhiwei here.
Who would’ve thought this human is as greedy as a snake trying to swallow an elephant!
...
Five Elements Monoliths, Wood Domain.
The closer he got, the more Chen Ye could feel the overwhelming, almost tangible vitality of this place.
Unlike the desolate barrenness of the Earth Domain, here was simply a paradise for plants.
The firm black soil underfoot was replaced by thick, soft moss, and the surrounding stone tablets were all entwined by ancient vines, with luminous mushrooms growing on them, illuminating the place like an ethereal realm.
"Chirp chirp..."
From the little white fox’s incessant chirping, Chen Ye became increasingly aware of the current state of Songyang Cave Heaven.
Outside the stone tablet forest, there wasn’t just one place, Wuyandang.
It’s just that the entrance discovered this time happened to be at Wuyandang.
Wuyandang is near the Earth Element Domain, and near the Wood Element Domain is Gusen Crossing.
"However, I have the little white fox as the local guide. Others might not know there are Five Elements Tao Steles inside this stone tablet forest... Like that Earth Element Tao Stele seems ordinary on the outside, with no visible Cultivator tracks around."
Along the way, Chen Ye also inquired about the little white fox’s origins.
After he achieves Great Success in fox language, he can attempt to communicate with it.
Unfortunately, the little white fox was dazed, knowing nothing when asked.
It could only say that these memories came from its bloodline legacy, and it used to live inside the Tao Stele of Unification.
There were many white foxes there, living happily every day.
But one day, after the world of the grotto heaven turned upside down, a Cultivator broke into the Tao Stele of Unification, started a massacre, and captured many white foxes!
It took away its mother along with it...
Later, it seemed its mother and many white foxes found a way to save it.
When it woke up, it had already been captured by Qing Jun.
"Strange..."
Chen Ye listened, feeling an increasing sense of doubt.
There was already a Cultivator who entered the Tao Stele of Unification for a massacre?
Even the nearby hegemon, Lingyin Sect, had only just begun exploring the stone tablet forest...
Moreover, so many white foxes were captured from the Tao Stele of Unification, why wasn’t there any news outside?
Thinking of this, Chen Ye recalled that he had bought a fox tail from a Loose Cultivator.
The Loose Cultivator claimed it was recently obtained from the Three Thousand Great Mountains.
But that fox tail was deliberately crafted using antiquing techniques... Chen Ye saw through the deception in one glance.
However, at that time, he wanted to tease the little white fox, so he bought it at a low price.
Later, he thought using the fox tail to tease the little white fox was too much.
Therefore, he ultimately abandoned the idea.
Thinking of this, Chen Ye looked at the little white fox quietly shedding tears, and gently said: "Little White, once we’re out, I will help you find your mother and clan..."
"Whimper whimper—"
With tear-filled eyes, the little white fox lifted its head, using its paw to wipe away tears, but the more it wiped, the more they fell.
It’s been so long, mother might... might have been turned into fur...
Although their branch of the white fox race is different from other less skilled white fox races.
They live in the domain surrounded by Five Elements Tao Steles, moreover, the Unification Domain is even more extraordinary than the Five Elements Tao Steles.
In a blessed place, each member of the clan possesses extraordinary cultivation talent.
Yet despite this, they were still no match for the Human Race!
As the saying goes, heed danger when living in peace. They lived in the Unification Domain with no external threats, no dangers.
Moreover, being the white fox race... lacking the concept of cultivation, not skilled in magical battles.
After the Human Race broke in, they killed indiscriminately, even killing the white fox chief despite crossing levels...
It couldn’t imagine the fate of its fellow clan members now!
Ending up in the hands of this evil human counts as a good fate!
"Master, I didn’t expect Little White’s origins to be so tragic..."
Zhiwei was slightly moved, though she was naturally indifferent, at least she hadn’t lost her humanity at this moment.
Naturally, she felt sympathy for Little White.
"Hmm... But if what Little White said is true, this happened only recently. When we enter the Unification Domain, perhaps we might find some surviving clan members of the White Fox Race."
Chen Ye thought, but he was a bit worried that the Cultivator who massacred the white fox race might still be in the Tao Stele of Unification, the Unification Domain.
According to the little white fox’s account, this person killed the white fox chief despite crossing levels...
Although the little white fox was young, hadn’t cultivated, and didn’t know the chief’s cultivation level.
Yet even in the moaning depths of Songyang Cave Heaven’s outskirts, the weakest demon beasts are in the Late Period of Qi Cultivation.
Logically, the white fox chief in the Unification Domain should have a cultivation level of at least Foundation Establishment or even... Golden Core.
Thinking like this, Chen Ye couldn’t help but feel apprehensive about that Cultivator.
A thought crossed his mind; perhaps that Cultivator was the Demon Cultivator chasing Bai Susu, so he asked:
"Little White, have you seen a blonde girl? Or, did only that Cultivator enter the Unification Domain?"
"Whimper whimper..." The little white fox shook its head.
Indicating it hadn’t seen anyone else, only that Cultivator.
That Cultivator wielded an Immortal Sword, and with one strike, he split its father, the next white fox chief, in two.
Thinking of its grandfather, father, and father dying by the hands of the same person, the little white fox cried even harder.