Crossing the Cultivation Realm: Two Souls Coexist

The unique smell of rotten wood emitted by the dried sap of the stone apricot tree was like a smokescreen in the dark night in this vibrant forest with fresh air, providing Hu Qing with the clearest guidance.

He and the shrunken Xiao Zi moved silently through the woods and soon caught up with the bearded little man Connor, who was cursing and scrubbing himself desperately.

They hid behind the dense aerial roots of a giant tree and watched Connor soaking in a shallow creek with clear water.

He was rubbing his leaf clothes and skin vigorously, his face full of disgust.

"Tree God! Who the hell planted the stone apricot tree in a place like that?!"

Connor retched and cursed indignantly, "It stinks! It's even worse than a giant swamp toad's fart! How am I going to go back to see Ella now... She hates this smell the most!"

He was so focused on cleaning himself that he had no idea that two pairs of eyes were watching his every move with interest not far away.

Xiao Zi covered her mouth with her paws, her shoulders shrugged, and she was obviously trying hard to hold back her laughter.

This stupid guy didn't even suspect that it was the "big guy" who did something, and thought he had accidentally bumped into it in the grass.

A faint smile appeared on Hu Qing's lips, but his eyes remained calm as he observed carefully.

After finally washing off the stench on his body, Connor climbed up the shore wet and wrung the water out of his clothes.

He looked around, then put two fingers into his mouth, puffed up his cheeks, and blew out an unusually loud whistle with a special rhythm.

The whistle echoed in the woods.

Hu Qing and Xiao Zi waited intently, not knowing what was going on.

A moment later, a low and powerful "buzzing" sound came from the sky.

A giant cicada, with a huge body, emerald green body, and wings as transparent as glass, landed next to Connor accurately like a tamed carrier pigeon.

There was still some green, undried sap at the tip of its slender mouthparts, as if it had just been eating.

The giant cicada looked incredibly docile, even lowering its head and rubbing Connor's wet hand with its smooth head, its compound eyes revealing intimacy and dependence.

Connor patted the giant cicada's cold shell, and clumsily climbed onto its broad back using his hands and feet, tightly grasping the protrusions of the chitinous shell at its neck.

"Go home, old man!" Connor blew his whistle again, this time a short one.

The giant cicada's powerful wings suddenly vibrated, making a loud buzzing sound, and slowly lifted Connor into the air, then flew towards a fixed direction deep in the forest.

"Follow me." Hu Qing whispered, his figure leaping and moving among the branches like a ghost.

Xiao Zi transformed into a more flexible purple shadow and followed closely.

Fortunately, this primeval forest is extremely dense, and the layers of tree canopies form a natural barrier.

The giant cicada cannot fly at high speed and can only move nimbly through it.

This gave Hu Qing and Xiao Zi perfect tracking conditions.

They were like two silent shadows, leaping between the tall trees, always keeping the giant green cicada carrying Connor in their sight.

After flying for about half an hour, the giant cicada in front began to lower its altitude and finally landed slowly on the edge of a forest that looked unusually "tidy".

It is said to be neat because the trees here are not grown naturally in a staggered manner, but seem to have been carefully arranged by humans.

The extremely tall and sturdy trees are almost equidistant from each other, their branches intertwined and entwined overhead.

It forms a huge, almost closed green dome, like a natural fortress.

Outside the fortress, there is still a chaotic primitive jungle, while inside the fortress, it is completely blocked by leaves as dense as a wall, and no internal scene can be seen clearly.

Connor jumped off the giant cicada's back and patted its head affectionately. The giant cicada buzzed, flapped its wings, and flew high, quickly disappearing into the air.

Connor looked around cautiously, then walked to the "green wall".

He skillfully pulled aside an extremely dense, curtain-like cluster of aerial roots and vines, and with a flash of his figure, he slipped in and disappeared.

Hu Qing and Xiao Zi approached this strange "tree wall fortress" quietly.

When you get closer, you will find that the leaves, vines and aerial roots that make up the "wall" are stacked layer upon layer and are incredibly thick. It is impossible to know what is behind it without pushing them aside with your own hands.

Hu Qing did not rush in.

He stretched out his hand, gathering a trace of imperceptible spiritual power at his fingertips, and carefully touched and sensed the leaves and vines.

Check carefully to see if there are any defensive runes, warning formations or triggered trap restrictions engraved on it.

However, the result of the examination made him look strange - no.

Nothing at all.

These are just the most ordinary tree branches and leaves. Apart from the natural patterns and dew, there are no artificial energy traces or traps added on them.

The reason why they form such neat barriers is more like the result of natural growth after careful guidance and pruning.

"Strange..." Hu Qing murmured to himself, "Is this their defense? Aren't they afraid of powerful monsters or enemies breaking in directly?"

This was far from the level of defense he had expected for a settlement of an intelligent race that tamed giant cicadas and used special paralyzing arrow technology.

Since there were no restrictions, the difficulty of infiltrating was greatly reduced.

Hu Qing winked at Xiao Zi, signaling it to be alert, and then took a deep breath.

He reached out and carefully pushed aside the thick vines and branches that were like a green curtain.

A breath of air completely different from the outside world, with a rich fragrance of flowers and the sweet scent of grass and trees, hits my face.

A strange and exquisite world hidden under the huge tree canopy dome slowly appeared before him and Xiao Zi, who curiously leaned over.