"Master should be disappointed in me. If it were anyone else, they would be disappointed in me."
Yue Ziheng smiled bitterly. Master had nurtured him with all his heart, but this was how he repaid Master.
He hoped that Master wouldn't expel him from the sect after he returned from this experience.
After returning from this experience, he would cultivate properly and not be disturbed by these mortal matters.
He would wait until he was strong enough to investigate the culprit and take revenge.
Once he was strong enough … he might not even be able to see Yaxian's back.
He didn't know what Yaxian's cultivation level was now, but it must be very high.
Sigh …
"Let's go find something to eat first."
Yue Ziheng came down from the tree and looked around vigilantly while looking for food and animals.
He always told himself that he had to cultivate properly and catch up with Yaxian as soon as possible, but he was always easily disturbed by all kinds of things that he shouldn't be worried about.
Before he left his family, he didn't think he was such a person.
After he arrived at Yiyang School, the dark thoughts in his heart burst out.
Don't think about it, don't think about it. The most important thing now was to cultivate properly.
Yue Ziheng walked for about the time it took to drink a cup of tea before he found something edible.
He saw a rabbit eating grass not far away from him. He planned to catch this rabbit and roast it to eat.
He quietly approached the rabbit. Just as he was about to reach out and grab the rabbit …
Suddenly …
A flower opened its bloody mouth and swallowed the rabbit whole in an instant.
It was a flower with extremely gorgeous petals. When it opened its bloody mouth, it was no different from a man-eating flower. Its branches were long and extended. Kacha kacha, the sound of bones breaking could be heard from within the flower. It made one's hair stand on end.
Yue Ziheng saw this sudden scene and was stunned for a few seconds.
He was very close, only about ten centimeters away. He could clearly see the flower's bloody mouth and the sharp teeth in its bloody mouth. He could clearly see the flower swallowing the rabbit.
It was like a slow-motion replay.
He could also smell a fishy stench that made him nauseous.
By the time Yue Ziheng reacted, the flower had already eaten the entire rabbit and was attacking him.
He was so shocked that he hurriedly turned his back to the flower and ran away. The things in his hands all fell to the ground.
He ran as fast as he could while looking back. His face was full of fear.
This flower was a plant that could walk freely, and its roots were also its feet.
His roots could leave the soil and walk on the ground like a human's feet. His speed was very fast.
His branches could stretch very, very long, and could stretch out a few meters.
When the flower was chasing after Yue Ziheng, it stretched out its long branches in an attempt to bite Yue Ziheng.
When Yue Ziheng saw the flower coming at him, he hurriedly rolled to the side and dodged it.
He hurriedly got up and continued running.
This was the Thousand Layer Flower. He had read about this flower in the Yiyang School's book collection.
The Thousand Layer Flower was usually the same size as a rose. It had many petals, as if it had a thousand layers. That was why it was called the Thousand Layer Flower. It usually looked very beautiful and harmless.
It was also because of its harmless appearance that many spirit beasts and cultivators lost their lives to it.
If it wasn't for the rabbit, he might have become the Thousand Layer Flower's food.
Once the Thousand Layer Flower found its prey, it would open up several times in an instant and swallow the prey. Its saliva was highly poisonous.
The Thousand Layer Flower kept attacking Yue Ziheng with its mouth. Yue Ziheng dodged left and right, jumping left and right. He was so flustered and panicked that he forgot that he was a cultivator.
At this time, Yue Ziheng was only concerned about running away and not losing his life. He forgot about other things.
His face was pale, and he couldn't help but feel terrified. He was afraid that he would become the Thousand Layer Flower's food.
Seeing a big tree in front of him, Yue Ziheng didn't care about anything else. He climbed up the tree like a monkey and stood on a branch at the top of the tree. He hugged the trunk and shivered.
It was too scary. He actually encountered the Thousand Layer Flower.
He looked down at the Thousand Layer Flower standing under the tree and unconsciously tightened his arms around the trunk.
If Yaxian was in danger, what would she do?
Yue Ziheng was standing on a towering tree. It was hundreds of years old and had many branches. The tree was about ten meters tall.
The Thousand Layer Flower stood under the tree and kept extending its branches, trying to reach Yue Ziheng.
However, because Yue Ziheng was standing too high, it couldn't reach him. It kept circling around the tree, unwilling to leave just like that.
Yue Ziheng saw that the danger was temporarily over and heaved a sigh of relief. His tense nerves slowly relaxed.
Only now did he remember what he had just done, and he blushed with shame.
If Yaxian was facing the Thousand Layer Flower, she definitely wouldn't run away. She would face it head-on.
However, he ran away in a panic and forgot that he was a cultivator.
He should have tried to fight the Thousand Layer Flower and run away if he couldn't win.
However, he didn't have the courage to fight the Thousand Layer Flower. He was afraid that he would become its food.
The scene of the Thousand Layer Flower swallowing the rabbit kept replaying in his mind. It was like a curse that tightly imprisoned him. He couldn't muster up the courage to fight the Thousand Layer Flower.
Just now, he had clearly seen everything in the Thousand-layer Flower's mouth when it opened its bloody mouth.
Thinking of this, Yue Ziheng retched a few times. His already pale face turned even paler.
It was too disgusting!
The Thousand Layer Flower didn't want to leave just like that. It simply planted itself next to the tree and waited for Yue Ziheng to come down.
The Thousand Layer Flower could go without food for a long time. It just ate a rabbit, so it had enough patience.
Seeing that the Thousand Layer Flower didn't leave, Yue Ziheng knew what it was planning.
He was anxious. If the Thousand Layer Flower didn't leave, he couldn't leave.
With his current cultivation and his fear of the Thousand Layer Flower, he was no match for it at all.
Once he went down, he would become its food.
He had to think of a foolproof plan.
Yue Ziheng sat on the tree branch and thought hard for a solution.
No one could help him now. He could only rely on himself.
The Thousand Layer Flower's goal was clear. It wanted to eat him.
What should he do …
Azure Country, Palace, Imperial Garden.
An Zong had his hands behind his back and walked in front with a frown. Eunuch Li walked three steps behind him. The other servants were more than a meter behind him.
"The Qing and Mu families still haven't done anything?"