Having cultivated myself into an immortal, all I want to do is raise female disciples.

"Even if we are affected by the manifestation of resentment, I don't think our lives will be threatened on the spot."

Ye Yuchan narrowed her eyes, seemingly intrigued by Gu Xingzhuo No. 1's statement: "You mean to say that the most dangerous thing in this Lost Dead Forest is not this incarnation of resentment?"

"Yes."

Gu Xingzhuo No. 1 nodded: "In fact, I also encountered the incarnation of resentment just now... I'm very sorry to say that I was also affected... After all, the other party took the form of Mo'er, and I couldn't just ignore it."

"But even so, apart from a slight tremor in the soul, there were no other abnormalities."

"So... the manifestation of resentment itself isn't much of a threat?" Ning Xuchen asked.

"Yes."

Gu Xingzhuo No. 1 stared coldly at Gu Xingzhuo No. 2 in front of him and said, "So what you said about saving Ruoxue's life... is also nonexistent and cannot be used as evidence."

indeed so.

but--

Ye Yuchan narrowed her eyes, her expression slightly hesitant.

Ye Yuchan wasn't sure if what Gu Xingzhuo No. 1 said was true.

After all, the point that "encountering a vengeful spirit incarnation will not have a significant impact" is only his side of the story. Ye Yuchan has not experienced it, and no one else has refuted it so far, nor do they seem to have had such an experience.

However, this seems to present other problems in its logic.

"If that's the case, then wouldn't this Lost Forest of Death be completely safe?"

Gu Xingzhuo No. 2 gave a cold laugh.

How could he not notice the loopholes in Gu Xingzhuo No. 1's words?

"Anyone could make up a story about encountering an incarnation of resentment without any danger. Is there any evidence to support such a claim?"

"Whether you believe it or not, I'm just stating the facts."

"Then tell me, what exactly makes this Lost Forest of Death so dangerous? If resentment has no effect, then why do so many people never return from this Lost Forest of Death?"

……

Faced with Number Two's questioning.

Gu Xingzhuo No. 1 fell into a brief silence.

This silence, in Number Two's eyes, was clearly a sign of guilt. He immediately turned to Zhang Ruoxue beside him and said, "Junior Sister Zhang, is there any doubt now? It's obviously..."

"The spiritual energy is dissipating."

Gu Xingzhuo No. 1 interrupted No. 2.

The white-haired youth stared intently at the startled "himself" before him, as if victory was assured.

"Although it's not very obvious, given Junior Sister Yu Chan and Junior Sister Zhang's cultivation levels, they must be able to sense it—the spiritual energy within their bodies is slowly dissipating in a way we don't know."

"In this chaotic Lost Forest of Death, what truly torments us is not resentment, which at most only serves to buy time. What will truly kill us is the spiritual energy that is draining from our bodies."

"You should be able to sense it too, right—"

Gu Xingzhuo No. 1 posed a question to the crowd.

The answer we received was—

Everyone nodded in unison, agreeing with his point of view.

That's right.

Although they didn't have such a clear feeling at the beginning, as time went on, Ye Yuchan and the others were able to clearly sense the loss of spiritual energy in their bodies.

It was as if it had been pulled out of its body by an invisible force.

If this continues, after his spiritual energy is completely drained, he will likely have to consume the divine soul, which serves as a substitute for his spiritual energy.

That's what makes the Lost Forest so terrifying.

In the boundless and desolate space, one is falling into an abyss that no one can believe, while the other is being swallowed up by the entire Lost Forest of Death.

"The very question you asked—'Where exactly is the danger in the Lost Forest?'—proved it..."

"You are absolutely the embodiment of resentment."

Gu Xingzhuo No. 1's words were resounding: "Because only the embodiment of resentment will not notice the loss of spiritual energy, and the reason you did not say anything was to delay our realization of this problem as much as possible."

"After all, the job of a personified resentment is to stall for time."

……

Faced with Gu Xingzhuo's words.

Gu Xingzhuo No. 2, standing next to Zhang Ruoxue, did not refute.

He suddenly gave a strange smile, and then wisps of eerie black smoke appeared from his orifices.

Resentment! Resentment!

Upon seeing this, Gu Xingzhuo No. 1 was greatly alarmed and hurriedly called out to Zhang Ruoxue, "Junior Sister Ruoxue, come here quickly!"

Zhang Ruoxue dared not hesitate and immediately dodged away, creating distance between herself and the embodiment of resentment.

At the same time, Ye Yuchan swiftly drew her bow and nocked an arrow, her spiritual energy condensing into a silver-white spiritual arrow.

That black smoke was indeed the embodiment of resentment!

Gu Xingzhuo No. 1's guess was completely correct.

So that means—

Ye Yuchan swiftly drew back the bowstring, and hundreds of sharp spiritual spikes surged within the silver arrow.

Dark smoke was reflected in her dark eyes, and for a moment, a glint of light flashed in them.

The moment the bowstring snapped back, two spirit arrows shot out in two different directions.

Yes.

Two!

call out!call out!

The arrow pierced the sky, tearing through nothingness.

As that piercing sound rang out, what everyone saw before their eyes was an unbelievable scene.

A spiritual arrow was stuck between the eyebrows of Gu Xingzhuo No. 2. No blood flowed from the wound, but instead wisps of black smoke were emitted—that was resentment, pure resentment.

What is shocking is...

Gu Xingzhuo No. 1, who had spoken so forcefully earlier, also had a spiritual arrow stuck between his eyebrows.

Two ancient characters.

Two senior brothers.

At this very moment, Ye Yuchan struck his vital spot between the eyebrows with an arrow!

……

Beneath the dark, gloomy clouds.

The silver-haired girl had a cold expression and showed no surprise whatsoever.

In other words, this was not a mistake. In fact, with her cultivation level of Void Realm, how could she make such a foolish mistake?

"Yu Chan...Junior Sister..."

Gu Xingzhuo stared wide-eyed at the silver-haired girl in disbelief.

He didn't expect Ye Yuchan to make a move against him at this time.

And the head pierced by the arrow... its wound was just like that of number two.

All that flows out is billowing black smoke.

"I knew I was right..."

The silver-haired girl grinned.

With dead fish eyes that looked remarkably similar to someone else's, he gazed with amusement at the stunned Gu Xingzhuo—the same white-haired boy who was also an embodiment of resentment.

"Looks like my brain is still working pretty well after all..."

"At least it's still recognizable..."

"You two are putting on a show..."

"You sang pretty well."

7.Secret code

【Gu Xingzhuo】

The real him never appeared in the public eye from the very beginning.

Whether it's Gu Xingzhuo, who appeared first and chose to act alone, or Gu Xingzhuo, who saved Zhang Ruoxue at the last minute, both of them are embodiments of resentment.

Even their argument was essentially a case of each person stepping on their own.

"how so……?"

Zhang Ruoxue's brain seemed to freeze for a short time; at least, with her current thought process, she couldn't understand what had happened.

Lu Yingqiu and Ning Xuchen were also quite frightened—after all, they had personally witnessed Ye Yuchan draw her bow and shoot an arrow that blew the heads off their two masters.

Although it was fake, the scene was indeed terrifying.

"It's very simple. The two people accuse each other of being fake. As long as one side wins and the other side is verified to be a manifestation of resentment, then the remaining person... will be considered the real person."

Ye Yuchan relaxed her nerves and quickly put away the magic weapon, Black Rain.

She couldn't help but sigh, as if lamenting or grieving: "I never thought that wolves would resort to such tactics as stepping on wolves... Lost in the Dead Forest and all that, it's truly terrifying."

The method to ensure one of the two vengeful spirits survives... If Ye Yuchan hadn't discovered it in time, they probably would have succeeded.

On the other hand, Zhang Ruoxue, although she still hadn't figured things out, found it pointless to investigate the origin of the incident in the face of the facts.

She paused for a moment, then asked the question that everyone present wanted to know the answer to.