I planted the spiritual roots for my people, and they bestowed upon me a body inscribed with incense

Feeling the mysterious golden gas, like wisps of smoke, surrounding the golden part of the three-colored bead, Li Yuan was immediately struck by its wonder.

Li Yuan then tried to manipulate the three-colored bead with his consciousness. He discovered that although he couldn't manipulate the bead itself, he could manipulate the twenty-four wisps of mysterious gas surrounding it.

Seeing this, Li Yuan controlled a wisp of mysterious gas and brought it to his hand. Looking at the sharp gas in front of him, Li Yuan immediately felt a desire to explore it.

As Li Yuan was carefully observing the mysterious gas, Li Daqiang's words startled him, and the mysterious gas flew into the machete beside him in shock.

Li Daqiang seemed oblivious to the mysterious gas in Li Yuan's hand. Looking at Li Yuan, who was staring blankly at his hand, he spoke:

"Stop daydreaming, finish your breakfast and hurry on your way..." He then tossed a pancake to Li Yuan.

Li Yuan snapped out of his daze, ignoring Li Daqiang's words, put the pancake aside, and said to Li Daqiang:

"Father, didn't you see I have something in my hand?"

As Li Yuan spoke, he walked toward the machete.

Seeing Li Yuan's appearance, Li Daqiang stepped forward and tapped Li Yuan on the head, then said:

"What have you been doing so early in the morning? Hurry up and finish eating, pack up, and we're on our way..."

Realizing that Li Daqiang couldn't see the mysterious gas, Li Yuan picked up his machete, then grabbed the bundle from the ground and said to Li Daqiang:

"Let's go, Father. Let's eat as we go, that way we can get there sooner."

After saying that, Li Yuan took the lead and stepped out of the temple.

"This kid was so slow just now, how come he's so eager now?" After saying that, Li Daqiang followed him out of the temple.

At this moment, Li Yuan's heart was in turmoil. Looking at the machete in his hand, he was certain that what had just happened was real; the mysterious gas he hadn't found had definitely been incorporated into this machete.

Furthermore, ever since the mysterious gas was incorporated into the machete, Li Yuan felt that the machete was much lighter than before.

With this in mind, Li Yuan prepared to test whether the cleaver had changed in any other way besides becoming lighter.

Immediately, Li Yuan held the machete horizontally in his hand and lightly chopped at a large tree to the side. The machete then passed directly through the tree as if it had encountered no obstruction.

With a loud crash, the tree struck by the cleaver fell in half. Li Yuan stared wide-eyed at the perfectly clean cut.

The loud crash of the falling tree was impossible for Li Daqiang to ignore. He turned around and was startled by what he saw.

Seeing Li Yuan's actions, Li Daqiang instantly realized that Li Yuan was behind it all.

Immediately, Li Daqiang flashed to Li Yuan's side, glanced at the machete in Li Yuan's hand, and then glanced at Li Yuan again.

"Yuan'er, do you know martial arts?"

"Who taught you that?"

These two questions brought Li Yuan back to his senses. He then pointed to the machete in his hand and handed it to Li Daqiang.

Li Daqiang understood Li Yuan's meaning, then took the machete in his hand and walked to a thicker tree to the side.

With a light wave of his hand, Li Daqiang didn't even need to exert much force, but the tree, which was thicker than Li Daqiang, crashed down, the sound startling the birds in the forest into scattering in all directions.

Li Daqiang glanced uncertainly at the long sword in his hand, then took the sword and walked to Li Yuan's side.

"This, this...this knife is from our Li family?"

Li Yuan knew he couldn't tell Li Daqiang about this openly, but making up a lie was no problem for him.

Father, I forgot to tell you, last night after I fell asleep in the temple, I dreamed that an old immortal passed by here. After I told him that we were going to Daheng Mountain to hunt, the old immortal said he would help us.

Then the old sage pointed at the long sword we had brought, and then left the temple. When I opened my eyes again, it was already dawn.

Upon hearing this, Li Daqiang immediately spoke up:

"You little brat, why didn't you say something so important sooner?"

After speaking of Li Yuan, Li Daqiang picked up his machete and prepared to return to the temple to kowtow to the statues of the gods.

Seeing this, Li Yuan quickly pulled Li Daqiang aside and then said:

"Father, no... The immortal told me not to disturb him; he was just passing by this temple."

Upon hearing this, Li Daqiang glanced uncertainly at Li Yuan before speaking:

Are you sure?

After saying that, Li Daqiang glanced at Li Yuan, and seeing that Li Yuan's face was neither red nor his heart skipped a beat, Li Daqiang continued:

"In that case, let's go up the mountain first... With this blade, there's nowhere in this Great Heng Mountain we can't venture into..."

After saying that, Li Daqiang took the machete in his hand and stroked it as if he were stroking a newborn baby.

Seeing that Li Daqiang was not going back, Li Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. He had managed to get through this ordeal. It wasn't that Li Yuan didn't want to tell Li Daqiang about this, but the three-colored bead really couldn't be exposed.

Afterwards, Li Yuan continued to follow Li Daqiang toward Hengshan. Since acquiring the machete, Li Daqiang's pace had quickened considerably, as if he couldn't wait to use the knife.

Meanwhile, Li Yuan was already pondering the origin of this mysterious golden gas and whether it could be used for other purposes.

Li Yuan has to find an opportunity to try all of this again. It's not that he doesn't trust the Li family. Having been with the Li family for so long, Li Yuan has figured out their character.

However, since there are immortals in this world, Li Yuan dared not easily reveal his own opportunity. The reason why immortals are immortals is because their methods are beyond the comprehension of mortals.

If the secret is leaked, it would be a devastating blow to the Li family.

With this in mind, Li Yuan had already decided to remain silent about the three-colored bead in his body and the mysterious golden gas.

Just as Li Yuan was lost in thought, Li Daqiang suddenly stopped, then crouched down and turned back to Li Yuan, gesturing for him to be quiet.

Seeing this, Li Yuan imitated Li Daqiang, crouching down and quietly approaching him.

As Li Yuan approached Li Daqiang and pushed aside the weeds obstructing his view, he was still deeply shocked.

There were more than twenty corpses lying haphazardly in front of them, each one dressed in the same black night clothes, indicating that they had not been dead for long.

Seeing this, Li Yuan quickly withdrew his hand, then covered his mouth, almost vomiting up yesterday's food.

Seeing this scene before him, Li Yuan was momentarily overwhelmed. However, having transmigrated, he quickly prepared himself mentally and recovered in less than half a day.

Seeing that Li Yuan had recovered, Li Daqiang nodded in satisfaction, then said to Li Yuan:

"There must have been a battle here yesterday; it would be better if we went around it."

After saying that, Li Daqiang led Li Yuan toward the dense forest on the right, intending to bypass this mountain of corpses. Upon seeing this, Li Yuan quickly followed Li Daqiang's steps.

If the two continued along the main road, it would only take a little over an hour to reach Daheng Mountain. However, judging from the situation ahead, they were likely to run into trouble, so they had no choice but to take a detour via a side path.

Soon, Li Daqiang led Li Yuan to the boundary of a dense forest. Li Daqiang pointed to the obviously thick and lush trees ahead and said to Li Yuan:

"See that? Once we cross this slope, we'll officially enter the Great Hengshan Mountain, a place teeming with miasma and poisonous insects."