Li Xuan chose to explore the south, so Zhou Xing had to go north, but Zhou Xing did not rush to leave immediately. His eyes first looked at the direction chosen by the two men of the Blood Evil Sect.

"Axe Ancestor, do you think Elder Yan's words that cannot fight in the secret realm are you lying to us?"

"Yes, because the strength levels of the secret realm are different, the power that the space inside can bear is also different. Although this secret realm is not large, it can also bear the power below the spiritual gathering realm without collapse, so you can fight."

Axe Ancestor revealed this to Zhou Xing, but Zhou Xing was thinking about the abnormal behavior of the two disciples of the Blood Evil Sect. Maybe the others didn't pay attention at that time, but Zhou Xing saw the surprise flashing in his eyes when the two left.

"Let's go, I'll go to the north first to see what's in this secret realm, and then..."

A day later, Zhou Xing looked at the various second-grade spiritual materials in his backpack and felt helpless: "Why are all second-grade spiritual materials? Besides, in this secret realm, it's too boring to see a monster except for the spiritual materials, it's not too much fun!"

"Monster beasts can only live in medium and large secret realms. The spiritual energy of small secret realms is not enough to support their life and practice, otherwise the secret realm would not exist long ago." Axe Zu explained softly.

"Oh, then it seems that there is nothing to be found in this secret realm. I'll go find the two disciples of the Blood Evil Sect to see what they are going to do?"

Just as Zhou Xing was about to find a disciple of the Blood Evil Sect, a purple signal flare suddenly rose up in the east, illuminating the sky in half of the secret realm.

"They are in danger?"

Seeing the signal flare light up in the air, Zhou Xing was stunned. Is there any danger in this secret realm? Although Zhou Xing was very confused, he immediately rushed to the place where the signal flare was full of strength.

Fortunately, this secret realm was not big. Zhou Xing rushed to the place where the Zi Ling sisters sent the signal flare after only more than an hour.

"Strange, there are no signs of fighting here! Why don't you see them?" Zhou Xing observed for a while and found that this place was a relatively ordinary forest. Apart from the tall trees, it did not seem to be dangerous.

"Swish!" Suddenly, a sound of breaking through the air came. Zhou Xing looked at it and found that it was Li Xuan who was also here at this time.

"Brother Zhou, where are they? Have you found anything?"

"No, I just arrived for a while and saw neither their figure nor any strange places here."

"That's strange..."

After Zhou Xing said that, Li Xuan was also stunned. Could there be any mystery here that they didn't know?

"Boy, you are still too young. Wouldn't you see the differences between the trees here?" Axe Ancestor suddenly couldn't help but speak.

"Um?"

After hearing the Axe Ancestor's prompt, Zhou Xing began to carefully observe the trees here.

"Brother Li, look at the trees here so tall, and the shape of the branches is like a human palm."

Zhou Xing suddenly discovered these problems, and Li Xuan also carefully observed the trees when he heard this. At this time, Zhou Xing walked to the thickest tree, took out a dagger, and was about to draw an axe on the big tree.

"call out!"

"Brother Zhou, be careful!"

Just as Zhou Xing's dagger was about to be cut down, a thick branch swept towards him instantly. Li Xuan next to him could only remind Zhou Xing loudly as he looked at this scene.

"Bang!"

Fortunately, Zhou Xing had experienced it in the Heilin Mountains, and this reaction speed had basically become his instinct. He raised his hand with his other hand to block the branch. Li Xuan also came to help at this time.

"Swish swish swish swish..."

Suddenly, the branches of the big tree and the nearby branches began to dance, and they began to attack Zhou Xing and Li Xuan in a dense manner.

Zhou Xing used the dagger to cut it on the branches, and the broken branches kept coming out with blood-like green liquid. The cut branches quickly retracted back, as if they could feel pain.

As for Li Xuan's situation, it was not very good, because he had no weapons and could only use his hands to block the attacks of these branches.

"Brother Li, let's drag it out first and figure out what kind of monsters these are?"

"Thank you, Brother Zhou!"

Seeing this, Zhou Xing quickly threw the black snake dagger he had seized to Li Xuan. Li Xuan's situation was a little better after using it.

"Axe Ancestor, what kind of monster is this?" Zhou Xing asked Axe Ancestor.

"This is a plant-like monster, their name is Evergreen Tree..."

"Monster Beast? Eternal Tree?"

"Yes, Evergreen is a plant-like monster. They have very strong vitality and a very high survival rate. However, they like to devour other monsters or humans' lives. However, this kind of devouring is very slow, just like they are absorbing nutrients."

Zhou Xing listened to Axe Ancestor's explanation and lamented the strangeness of this species: "Axe Ancestor, what do you mean is that the Zi Ling sisters have been swallowed up?"

"No, they devour life bodies very slowly. The two girls should have just been imprisoned by them. You just need to find the tree that imprisoned them and break their foundation."

"A tree will form a tree heart after fifty years. This tree heart is very effective for wood-attribute practitioners. And do you know why this evergreen tree is just a first-level monster, but sometimes it can capture cultivators above the Spirit Gathering Realm?"

Axe Ancestor kept telling the nature of the evergreen tree. Zhou Xing listened to Axe Ancestor's introduction while resisting the attack of the evergreen tree. This eternal tree is indeed a first-level monster, because Zhou Xing and the other two seemed to have no choice but to do so, as they had weapons.

"Why? Is it because of the heart of the tree?"

"Yes, the heart of the tree can release a fragrance through the trunk. This fragrance can allow people in a relaxed state to enter a dream, and then they will be imprisoned by the evergreen tree and slowly extract their vitality until they are completely transformed into nutrients!"

Axe Ancestor explained the various characteristics of the evergreen tree in detail. Zhou Xing also completely understood that this tree had low attack power and would not be able to tell the truth as long as people were on guard.

"Brother Li, please cover up. Their weakness is the roots of the tree. Wait until I completely defeat them."

"Okay! Brother Zhou, please let go of the power, and leave the rest to me!"

After Zhou Xing finished speaking, he put away his dagger. He stared at the root of the largest tree, and slowly touched the obsidian behind him with his right hand.

"My man, today is your first battle, don't let me down!"

Zhou Xing murmured to himself, then Zhou Xing exerted force under his feet and shot towards the largest evergreen tree. Then he exerted force with his right hand, and Obsidian was instantly unsheathed.

The largest evergreen tree seemed to know Zhou Xing’s idea. Its branches danced faster, and even the branches of some eternal trees around it attacked Zhou Xing.

"kill!"

With an angry shout, Zhou Xing pulled out the Obsidian with inertia and Zhou Xing's force slashed towards the roots of the tree. The branches blocking Zhou Xing's face turned into broken branches and flew everywhere when they contacted the Obsidian.

Li Xuan next to him only felt Zhou Xing's momentum suddenly burst out, which made him, his teammate feel a strong sense of oppression. Now he finally saw the axe behind Zhou Xing unsheathed.

As Obsidian fell, cracks appeared in the space it passed through, and a breath of death continued to emanate from the cracks.

"Bang! Scream..."

Obsidian hit the roots of the tree, and a sound of explosion, the saps flying everywhere. Zhou Xing and the others seemed to feel the whine of the evergreen tree.

After the roots were destroyed, the big tree seemed to have lost its life, and the dancing branches stopped.

However, the branches of other evergreen trees danced even more crazily, but these had no effect in front of the obsidians waving by Zhou Xing. The roots of the evergreen trees were destroyed by him, the branches were flying, and hundreds of trees were wailing.

"Is this the real strength of Brother Zhou? I guess even those who have just entered the Spirit Gathering Realm can withstand this kind of attack intensity!" Li Xuan became a spectator at this time, and he could only stare at Zhou Xing with great power.

Not long after, the evergreen forest was broken by Zhou Xing. The remaining branches and leaves on the ground were broken and green sap. Zhou Xing and Hei Yu's body was also splashed with green branches.

"Hu..." President Zhou let out a long sigh, wiped Obsidian clean with black cloth, and then inserted Obsidian into the axe sheath with his back hand.

"Brother Zhou, you are so awesome!" Li Xuan couldn't help but give Zhou Xing a thumbs up, and Zhou Xing smiled modestly.

"Click...Click..."

A broken sound rang out, Zhou Xing and Li Xuan looked over with caution, and the two saw that the largest evergreen tree suddenly cracked, and then the thicker evergreen trees began to crack one by one.

After the largest evergreen tree cracked, a girl in a purple skirt appeared in front of the two of them. It was Zi Ling, and a girl in a flower skirt appeared not far away. She was Zi Yun.

Not far from their heads, a green tree heart that seemed to be swollen was revealed, green and green, it was the heart of the evergreen tree. The cracked trees here all had tree hearts, and the heart of the largest evergreen tree was also the largest, while the others were smaller.

Seeing that Li Xuan's expression was full of doubt, Zhou Xing immediately explained to him while going to investigate the situation of the Zi Ling sisters.

"They were just tempted by the evergreen heart and entered dormant. They will naturally wake up later."

After checking, Zhou Xing found that the Zi Ling sisters were not seriously injured. Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, the Zi Ling sisters woke up one after another.

"Well... where are we...?"

"Junior Sister Zi Ling, are you all okay? I am Zhou Xing!"

Zhou Xing gently shook Zi Ling's shoulders. After Zi Ling opened her eyes, she slowly recovered. She suddenly remembered something and grabbed Zhou Xing: "Senior Brother Zhou Xing, hurry up and save my sister. I saw her being eaten by a tree. Quick..."

"Okay, Junior Sister Zi Ling, you are fine, we have all dealt with those tree demons."

Zhou Xing quickly comforted Zi Ling, and Li Xuan next to him also began to explain to Zi Yun. Only then did the two sisters discover the broken branches and leaves on the ground and the green hearts of trees.

"Oh my God! These are actually eternal trees, and there are so many eternal trees in their hearts!" Zi Ling suddenly exclaimed, and Zi Yun stood up excitedly.

"Junior Sister Zi Ling knows Evergreen Tree?" Zhou Xing couldn't help but ask as they looked at the two of them.

"Yes! Our Baihua Valley is basically wood-based, and we still have a lot of knowledge about plants." Before Zi Ling could speak, Zi Yun began to show off from the side.

"Then why were you caught by the evergreen tree?" Li Xuan asked in confusion.

"This... Actually, we wanted to find more resources. In the end, we were a little tired and we rested here. There were no monsters here, so we didn't observe the surrounding environment at that time, so..."

Zhou Xing and Li Xuan were speechless when they looked at the Zi Ling sisters who were explaining awkwardly. These two girls were not vigilant at all!

"By the way, Senior Brother Zhou Xing, can't we fight in this secret realm? How did you destroy these evergreen trees?" Zi Ling suddenly asked in confusion, Zi Yun was also puzzled.

"This secret realm can withstand battles below the spiritual gathering realm. Elder Yan just wanted to warn the two disciples of the Blood Evil Sect." Zhou Xing explained softly.

The Zi Ling sisters nodded, and their hearts became a little excited again when they looked at the evergreen trees all over the ground.

"That... Brother Zhou Xing, do you know that the eternal tree heart is very suitable for wood-attribute practitioners. We want to buy a part of the eternal tree heart here. Do you think it's okay?" Zi Ling suddenly asked a little embarrassedly.

"Hahaha... these are all discovered by you, so you naturally have a share. Why not divide these into four parts, each of us will have a share. Do you have any objection?"

"Haha... I naturally have no objection."
To be continued...