Chapter 28: The Revolving Dense Forest

  "Hsss!" Guo Fei's hand rose, and his sword flashed out a bright light as it left his hand and slid into the scabbard beside him. After the sword left his hand, Guo Fei felt that there was still a thread of sword intent connecting him to it. This feeling was exceptionally mysterious.

  "Out!" Guo Fei's mind stirred, and with a wave of his hand, the sword flew out of its scabbard from five meters away and into his own hand.

  "Hiss!" Guo Fei drew his sword, and on the hard black stone three meters away, a deep mark was left. The sword aura was even more overbearing than that of the corpse soldiers. Guo Fei suppressed the wild joy in his heart and pondered the way of refining equipment.

  "Where have these two gone!" Guo Fei was forging iron and gave the two a bag of water and roasted flour, letting them go ahead to scout out the road. The two were originally unwilling for Guo Fei to waste time on forging iron, but seeing the food and water he provided, as well as his expression that didn't allow for discussion, they very naturally slipped away to scout out the road.

  They also gradually understood Guo Fei's temper, don't look at the usual joking and smiling, once Guo Fei made a decision, they could only obey, otherwise, it would be looking for trouble. Guo Fei wouldn't be polite to them because of their identity, even Zhao Xue was no exception. At present, the two people who were dependent on others did not dare to have any thoughts of resistance.

  So the two of them obediently ate some food and left Guo Fei, who was hammering away at the iron, to find their way along the middle cliff wall of the mountain.

  As for whether the two will find a way out and leave secretly, Guo Fei is not worried because he still has the Flame Dragon Symbol in his hands. If they go out, they will be surrounded by undead creatures and are sure to die without the symbol. Even if this tunnel leads outside the Desert of Sunset, Guo Fei is not worried as they have no food and will likely starve halfway through their journey.

  Looking at the iron tools in front of him, Guo Fei's heart moved. He didn't know if such heavy things could be stored in the space of the military symbol. After putting on the lid of the furnace, he surprisingly didn't feel any scorching heat. Using his hands to move it around, a surge of heat flowed through his body, and with one swift motion, he lifted it up.

  "Received!" Guo Fei picked them up, one by one, and stored the iron-forging tools into the space of his military emblem. Suddenly, he felt a slight dizziness in his mind, as if there was a wave of vertigo, but it disappeared in an instant. It seemed that moving such heavy objects had exhausted his soul power.

  After sitting cross-legged for a while, I felt a clarity in my mind, just like after exercising the body. After exercising and resting, my physical strength had increased significantly.

  "It turns out that soul power can also be tempered like this!" Guo Fei thought to himself. From the knowledge he gained from Zhao Xue, he knew that the strength of the soul body directly affected the strength of one's spiritual thoughts, and the human soul was also known as the mortal soul. The cultivation of the mortal soul mainly relied on the robustness of the physical body, which in turn drove the seven spirits to become stronger and assist in strengthening the mortal soul.

  But on the mainland, there are also direct cultivation methods for the seven souls and the soul of fate, but they are very rare. They mainly rely on frequent practice. The soul power of a practitioner is generally stronger than that of a martial artist because practicing magic consumes a lot of brainpower, which strengthens their soul power when cultivating the soul of fate.

  The direct benefit of having a strong soul force is that it can avoid being controlled by the ghost tribe's soul repairman. In those years, the ghost tribe used the method of seizing the body to control many human tribes during the war between the ghost tribe and the human tribe, and then turned around to deal with the human tribe, forming a nightmare of mutual killing among the human tribe.

  Later, human mages developed many pure Yang protective talismans to counter the ghost tribe and turned the tide on the battlefield.

  For so many days, Guo Fei had been probing and inquiring about such knowledge from all sides.

  "Hiss!" Just as Guo Fei was exploring how to increase his soul power, a faint blue light flashed in the distance.

  "We've found a way out!" This was the pre-arranged signal, and as soon as it was given, it meant that a passage had been found. The three of them understood in their hearts that since someone had entered here before, there must be a passage.

  The tunnel is three kilometers away from the stone house, and there are many caves along the way in this dark cave. The two of them estimated that they had to search one by one before finding this exit.

  Guo Fei knew that the two were searching so hard mainly because of their desire to survive, and secondly, they wanted to try their luck to see if they could find any treasures. However, Guo Fei thought it was unlikely that there would be precious treasures, so he let them search freely, as all the valuable things had already been stored in his Symbol Space.

  Guo Fei's conjecture was probably true, and from the eyes of the two people, Guo Fei discovered a hint of loss. Although replaced by the joy of finding a way out, it was still lurking in the eyes, and occasionally flashing, was discovered by Guo Fei.

  The exit passage has become much wider, and three people can move forward shoulder to shoulder.

  Walked ten kilometers of inclined tunnel slope, and then walked two or three kilometers of winding tunnel, out of the cave entrance, in front of still is withered wood forest.

  Finally turned back! However, the thing that made Guo Fei most worried happened. That is getting lost, in this dark area, can't see far, no sun, moon, stars, all shrouded in a dim blackness, if you don't find direction, recklessly rushing around, it's easy to go astray and fall into the sea of death.

  If that's the case, it's a dead end, not just the attack of the undead, but the death mist can also disperse people's vitality. In order to break through smoothly, Guo Fei took out the water bag and food bag, and the three of them ate their fill, rested for a moment, and then set off quickly.

  Guo Fei did not rush forward, but instead used his Xuan Tie sword to cut off a few withered trees, carefully examined the tree rings, and then pondered for a moment before heading in one direction.

  "Are you sure about the direction you're heading? I feel like this way is going north!" Zhao Ba looked up at the dark sky and said in a low voice.

  "I'm also uncertain in my heart, but compared to you who knows nothing and makes wild guesses, I have a bit of a clue. If you don't want to follow us, then let's go our separate ways!" Guo Fei said bluntly.

  "Hmph!" Zhao Ba snorted, not daring to argue with Guo Fei, nor did he dare to leave alone. The Flame Dragon Symbol was in Guo Fei's hands, and if they encountered a large number of undead, this was their only hope for survival.

  Actually, Guo Fei was also uncertain in his heart. He made judgments based on his knowledge of the earth. According to his previous life's knowledge, in the north, the annual rings on the cross-section of tree trunks are generally wider on the south side and narrower on the north side. He had learned this from his middle school geography textbook.

  So, Guo Fei made a judgment based on this. Guo Fei was a cautious person, thinking carefully before acting, and from casual conversations in the military camp, he knew that this place was Beiyuan, which was the northern part of the mainland, with a geographical location similar to the Earth's North, and the climate of the mainland was also similar to that of the Earth. The sky had only one sun, hot in the south and cold in the north, and should have the same judgment standard.

  Zhao Xue followed closely behind Guo Fei, her heart praying that Guo Fei was right and that they wouldn't be discovered by the vengeful spirits ahead of time.

  However, things often go against one's wishes. A sudden rapid noise came from the withered wood forest on the right side. Three dead spirits jumped from the withered tree branches and attacked the three people.

  Guo Fei, without slowing down in the slightest, raised his palm, and the Xuan Tie sword on his back was instantly unsheathed, grasped in his hand. The sword shadow surged with heat inside his body, and he leapt up, the Xuan Tie sword flashing out eight strokes under the hazy night sky amidst electric sparks and flashes of fire.

  The sword returned to its scabbard, and the three skulls of the dead spirits flew off, their bodies slowly crashing down, turning into swirling clouds of gray gas, leaving only a skeleton behind. Guo Fei bent down to pick up the soul crystal and put it in his bag, continuing to rush forward.

  The sword intent sprouted, and Guo Fei felt his swordsmanship power increase several times. This feeling was exceptionally mysterious, as before it was the person wielding the sword with force, but now the sword was actively cooperating, following its master's heart and striking fiercely.

  The sword's body contains a sword shadow heat flow, which becomes the driving force of the sword when the host actively cooperates, launching a fierce attack.

  The two complemented each other, and Guo Fei's swordsmanship reached the level of "intention to sword arrival". This set of swordsmanship had been practiced by Guo Fei thousands of times, and it seemed that the sword itself had also grasped the swordsmanship, perfectly executing it. The essence of this set of swordsmanship was fully displayed with a sharp and fierce momentum.

  Guo Fei felt that as he upgraded, the pure and unadulterated sword energy would continue to flow, making his swordsmanship even more powerful.

  Zhao Xue and Zhao Ba's eyes flashed, revealing a look of shock. In the black night sky, the two only saw Guo Fei's sword light flash, and three dead spirits had their heads chopped off. It seemed that Guo Fei's cultivation had increased by a lot again, leaving the two in shock.

  "Go!" Guo Fei saw that the two were a bit dazed and called out, then rushed off quickly.

  You must walk a little further before the discovery of three people in the dead spirit group. According to Guo Fei's observation, these dead spirits do not rely on their eyes to discover them, but are attracted by flesh and blood. Within a range of one kilometer, they can clearly sense the position of the three people, and slightly farther away, they can roughly judge the range where the three people are located.

  The Zhao state had an army of about 200,000 pursuing and attacking, all of whom died in this endless withered forest, showing how vast the group of dead spirits inside was. These low-intelligent dead spirits seemed to have also formed gangs, living together like beasts.

  Guo Fei understands that it is the survival of the fittest, and the strong desire for evolution forces them to live together in order to gain greater benefits.