Luo Xiu calmed his heart and began to get serious. He knew that if he continued to waste time like this, the longer he spent, the more energy reserves in his body would be consumed. At that time, if there was any accident and he needed to fight, his Sky Demon Avatar would not have enough energy to supply it, so it would not have much combat strength.
Therefore, he prepared to search a large area. Over and over again, he did not hesitate to use a lot of energy to control the Heavenly Demon Avatar to search around here. Although at the beginning, he had a lot of motivation, as time passed, his patience was almost worn out. Until one day, he suddenly found that the mountain in the distance seemed to be a little strange.
Luo Xiu could not help but blink, he changed his position and looked at the mountain peak again. Then, he revealed a terrified expression, because from this side, he actually saw an incomparably huge and terrifying human face. It was not appropriate to call it a human face, it should be a humanoid face formed by a huge stone man, it was a huge stone man's face.
The huge face formed from stone had facial features that were almost the same as a human's. If there was any difference, it would be that the stone man's nose was flat, and only two symmetrical caves appeared on his face. When Luo Xiu saw this scene, he subconsciously quickly distanced himself from the strange stone man's area.
At this very moment, Luo Xiu was very decisive. He didn't waste any words and directly retreated far enough away. After that, he focused his eyes and looked over. His entire person was completely shocked by the scene in front of him. The terrifying scene in front of him gave him too great of an impact. It made him deeply understand that it wasn't that there were no living creatures living here. Instead, it was that these weren't the ordinary humans that he knew. These should be mountain spirits or demons and ghosts. However, the situation that Luo Xiu was worried about, where the stone people would attack him, didn't happen.
In the next moment, after carefully observing for a while, Luo Xiu suddenly saw the stone man's mouth slightly open. Then, a stone flower emitting a purple light flew out of the stone man's mouth and slowly suspended in the air. As the purple flower emerged, a terrifying energy gathered towards the flower. Then, under Luo Xiu's shocked gaze, a strange energy vortex appeared. Like a funnel, it crazily sucked in the surrounding Yuan Qi of Heaven and Earth.
Such a terrifying scene also made Luo Xiu deeply realize how unreliable Tianhua Laozu's words were. If the stone man in front of him was his goal, then it would not be easy for him to succeed. Looking at the mystical purple flower in front of him, Luo Xiu really wanted to curse Tianhua Laozu.
But behind this thought, he looked at the purple stone flower in front of him. At the same time, he couldn't help but feel a little moved. He didn't know how Tianhua Laozu knew that there was this thing here, but he knew that this thing was definitely a good thing. He looked at the stone monster with a terrifying aura. Luo Xiu was well aware that if he wanted to obtain this thing from this terrifying stone man, it would be far beyond his imagination. The difficulty would definitely be ten stars.
"Host, you've obviously been fooled by that Tianhua Laozu. That Tianhua Laozu should know the specific situation here. Otherwise, he wouldn't give you such a big benefit. You should also be able to feel how important that Taotie's spine is. Observe carefully. Previously, in the video recorded by this system, you can see that when Tianhua Laozu refined this spine, that kind of painful expression can't be faked. Hehe, now that you've seen it, what are you going to do next?"
Just when Luo Xiu didn't know what to do to safely obtain that purple flower, the system started to gloat in his mind.
Hearing the system's words, Luo Xiu couldn't help but smile bitterly and shake his head. It was very obvious that he had been tricked by Tianhua Laozu. He had really been tricked by this old fellow Tianhua Laozu. He had actually been used by this old fellow without any precautions. However, at this moment, Luo Xiu couldn't help but sigh.
If he had known at that time that the situation would be like this, he definitely wouldn't have agreed to Tianhua Laozu's request. Not to mention other things, just the strange situation here wasn't something that he could deal with at the moment. Luo Xiu didn't know how terrifying this stone giant was. He had never fought with this thing, nor had he seen it attack. He also couldn't feel the energy fluctuations in its body. Therefore, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would have thought that this stone giant was just a mountain.
However, the current scene, especially when the stone giant opened its mouth to spit out this strange purple flower, and the terrifying energy aura that occasionally appeared from the stone giant made Luo Xiu stunned. What would happen if he provoked an expert of this level? He couldn't help but shudder at the thought of the consequences. Needless to say, if he dared to take advantage of this opportunity, when the stone giant was awake and looking after the flower to plunder the essence of the world, what awaited him would definitely be endless trouble.
"System, how come I've never seen a monster like this before?
It's impossible to say that it's a monster. Could this stone mountain have developed spiritual intelligence?
How can this thing be so strange? Also, did you notice that when the purple flower was spat out by the stone giant, the stone giant's behavior was somewhat different from what we had previously guessed? This stone giant didn't seem to be worried that someone would come and seize this treasure of his. It even seemed to be a bit of a fishing expedition! "
Luo Xiu didn't pay attention to the system's ridicule at all. Instead, he looked thoughtfully at the stone giant in front of him, revealing a strange smile as he spoke to the system in a playful manner.
Luo Xiu also suddenly realized this point. After all, he increasingly felt that this stone giant was very strange. After all, if he had such a treasure, he would definitely put it away. Even if this thing needed to replenish the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi from the outside world from time to time, it would not be like this stone giant in front of him. Luo Xiu could not help but have some guesses in his heart. If this stone giant was a monster, it could completely devour the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi on its own and then directly pour it into the flower. There was no need for it to do this at all. This made him feel like this thing was fishing, and also made Luo Xiu feel that this stone giant's intelligence did not seem very high.
"Fishing expedition?
Fishing for what?
'Is there something here that these stone guys need?'
This system can't care about these strange thoughts of you humans, but if you go there now, there's absolutely no good way. Why don't you wait and see what this stone giant's next move is? "
The system was stunned by Luo Xiu's words, but it quickly came back to its senses and said.
In fact, even if the system didn't say it, Luo Xiu himself also had this plan. After all, this stone giant was indeed somewhat strange. Not to mention other things, just its way of doing things was somewhat abnormal. However, Luo Xiu guessed that it might have something to do with this stone giant's low spiritual intelligence.
But soon, Luo Xiu was no longer as insistent as before. This was because, as the whirlpool continued to expand, the ghosts that were originally floating at various heights in this world were now like sharks that smelled blood, frantically converging towards this area. There were so many of them that it was simply beyond Luo Xiu's imagination.
Seeing this scene, Luo Xiu didn't dare to hesitate. He hurriedly flew down and hid at the waist of a small mountain peak. This area was extremely hidden. Everywhere was covered by other mountain peaks. There was only one side that just happened to be able to see the specific situation of the purple stone flower. After Luo Xiu finished doing all this, he was worried and took out the Boundary Compass. He completely separated the space around him. Although it consumed an enormous amount of energy, at this moment, he couldn't care too much about it.
At the location of the whirlpool, there were countless strange ghosts that made Luo Xiu's scalp tingle. As if they were being strangely summoned, they frantically rushed towards the purple flower and were quickly turned into the purest energy by the flower and rapidly swallowed.
At first, Luo Xiu thought that these spirits were gathered here to fight for the ownership of the purple stone flower. However, he quickly gave up on this idea. It turned out that these spirits were not fighting for the ownership of the purple stone flower. Instead, it was the purple flower that was intentionally devouring these spirits, as though it was treating them as food.
At this moment, Luo Xiu suddenly realized that it made sense. If that was the case, then the spirits were easy to explain. The reason why the stone man spat out the treasures in such a big way was that he treated these spirits as food that his stone flower needed to evolve.
Luo Xiu hid in the valley and stared dumbfoundedly at the purple flower above the stone man's head. As if devouring the essence of the world, the purple flower crazily swallowed the ghosts. These ghosts also seemed to have no regard for their lives, advancing dauntlessly one after another. The two sides strangely formed a balance.
Although these ghosts did not have any intelligence and attacked crazily, the purple flower did not reject any that came and swallowed these ghosts. Such a strange scene made Luo Xiu's scalp go numb when he saw it.
At the same time, when he saw this scene, he suddenly had an idea. He got the system to record this scene. When he returned later, he would let Patriarch Tianhua take a look at it. That way, he would have a reason!
It could also be explained clearly that it was not that he did not want to contribute, but that he had no way of obtaining this purple flower. Originally, Luo Xiu did not take it to heart, but the scene in front of him made him deeply realize that if he did not want to die, he should obediently retreat. If he wanted to have any ideas about the purple flower, with his current cultivation level, he would find it too much to send food to the stone man.
Time passed slowly, and soon two hours had passed. Just when Luo Xiu was a little bored, the purple flower suddenly burped as if it had a life of its own. The vortex that swallowed the ghosts disappeared in an instant, and the flower floated up again as if it had eaten its fill.
Of course, Luo Xiu couldn't hear this, but he could feel it. When he saw this scene, he subconsciously thought that the purple flower seemed to have eaten its fill. Then, as if the stone man knew what to do next, he instantly opened his mouth and bit the purple flower. The next moment, the purple flower turned into a bolt of lightning and disappeared into the stone man's mouth.
The stone giant expressionlessly closed its eyes and shut its mouth. Only its two nostrils could be seen, like two caves, standing quietly on the mountainside.
At this moment, Luo Xiu suppressed the throbbing in his heart and shook his head helplessly with a bitter smile. At this moment, he didn't dare to make any moves. He knew that he wouldn't have a chance to make a move this time, and he didn't dare to make a move. He was prepared to fight here for a long time, looking for a chance to make a move. After all, he wanted to take the purple flower for himself. As for Tianhua Laozu, he just needed to show him the images.
Because he wasn't blind, he could clearly see the rarity of the purple flower, especially the strange stone man. In such a strange world, such a strange creature was definitely not a monster or a mountain god. Instead, it was very likely to be a rare race.
But what made Luo Xiu more puzzled was whether the purple flower was born naturally, or cultivated by the stone man like the Primordial Spirit of a human. This was what made him feel puzzled. If it was born naturally, then this thing didn't even have roots. In particular, the way it absorbed the essence of the world and swallowed the strange ghosts was somewhat similar to the way he practiced the Devouring Heaven Demon Skill. But Luo Xiu shook his head again with a bitter smile. Obviously, things weren't that simple. Otherwise, things wouldn't be like this.
In the following days, Luo Xiu hid in the valley. He had no choice. He couldn't wander freely in this world like those ghosts. If he didn't want his whereabouts to be exposed, then he had to hide well. Although the Heavenly Devil Avatar was not afraid of the dangerous environment here, it was good to reduce the energy consumption.
After all, every time the Heavenly Devil Avatar attacked, the energy used came from the System in his mind. The System was also very helpless about this. In the following days, Luo Xiu saw the stone man wake up three times. The interval between each time was not fixed. He didn't know what the pattern was, and he didn't know why it chose to wake up at that time. But every time it woke up, the purple flower in its mouth would fly out of its body and swallow the ghosts and the strange energy between the heaven and the earth.
Previously, Luo Xiu thought he had a chance to get the purple flower. But after seeing the stone man wake up three times, Luo Xiu decided to give up. But he was still a little unwilling to give up. He planned to observe it for a long time. After all, if a small practitioner like him could see that it was not an ordinary thing, then it must have some magical effect. Seeing the stone man so nervous about the purple flower, he knew how important it was to the stone man.