Zhang Wei briefly explained the general situation in the mountains to Ye Bufan. The teleportation array here had been constantly sending various types of demonic beasts to this world. Although they could clear them out each time, the beasts would reappear after a while, in large numbers, which was very troublesome.
Ye Bufan took a map from Zhang Wei, which marked the locations where demonic beasts had appeared recently. If Ye Bufan wanted to practice fighting demonic beasts, he could go to places where they appeared more frequently.
After thanking Zhang Wei, Ye Bufan entered the forest and began his search for demonic beasts.
Ye Bufan flew rapidly towards the areas with high frequencies of demonic beast appearances. Freed from the constraints of the city, he flew unhindered in the forest.
However, for some reason, Ye Bufan always felt uncomfortable upon entering the forest, as if someone was watching him.
"Could it be a demonic beast?"
Ye Bufan shook his head. If it were a demonic beast, his spiritual power would surely have detected it. But now, as he flew on his sword, his spiritual power scanned every area he passed, clearly perceiving even the flowers and grasses below.
"Pfft—"
Ye Bufan leaped down, landing at the first location where demonic beasts frequently appeared.
According to the principles of Qi Men Dun Jia, this should be the 'Life Gate' position, so demonic beasts appearing here was considered normal. But what puzzled Ye Bufan was that Qu Fei, the Supreme Elder of the Ba Dao Sect, who was at the Core Formation stage, couldn't find the location of the teleportation array.
"There must be a reason for this abnormality," Ye Bufan mused for a moment, feeling that this matter was somewhat unusual.
However, considering that the limitations of Blue Star were about to disappear, and many unknown things might emerge into public view, Ye Bufan, with a mindset of broadening his horizons and even a sense of curiosity, searched the forest.
Ye Bufan unleashed his spiritual power. After reaching the peak of the middle Core Formation stage, his spiritual power had essentially reached the cultivation level of the late Core Formation stage. Within a range of one kilometer, he could basically scan everything without escape.
After scanning the vicinity, Ye Bufan found nothing and decided to head to the next location to continue searching for traces of demonic beasts.
But strangely, after visiting several places, the result was the same: not a single trace of any demonic beast could be found.
Ye Bufan frowned, a strong sense of unease causing his heart to beat involuntarily.
"What is going on? Why do I have this feeling? Is danger approaching?" Ye Bufan stood in place, muttering to himself.
Having found no trace of demonic beasts in several consecutive locations, Ye Bufan found a spot and sat down cross-legged to cultivate.
He took out a spirit ore from his Taiyi Ring and absorbed its spiritual energy, entering a state of cultivation.
Time ticked by, and Ye Bufan slowly entered a state of deep meditation. One kilometer away, a pair of eyes were fixated on Ye Bufan's location.
"As expected, the inheritance of the Taiyi Divine Sect is in your hands," the person sneered, a plan slowly unfolding in their mind.
The next morning, with a long roar, Ye Bufan opened his eyes from his cultivation.
"Demonic beast?" Ye Bufan opened his eyes from his cultivation, appearing somewhat excited.
Ye Bufan unleashed his spiritual power, immediately locking onto the demonic beast's position, and rushed towards it rapidly.
"A peak Foundation Establishment stage Spirit Horned Rhinoceros. Not bad, not bad. I'll use you to practice first," Ye Bufan smiled slightly, the Broken Sword appearing silently behind him.
Upon seeing Ye Bufan, the Spirit Horned Rhinoceros immediately sensed danger and turned to flee, but it was already too late.
The Broken Sword flew out and headed for the Spirit Horned Rhinoceros's neck, a fatal strike.
A second later, the Spirit Horned Rhinoceros's head fell to the ground. Ye Bufan smiled slightly, very pleased. He recalled that facing the Silver Hook Wolf King before had been quite challenging, but now, facing a demonic beast of that level felt effortless and extremely easy.
"Something's wrong," Ye Bufan suddenly realized that Spirit Horned Rhinoceroses were also gregarious demonic beasts; they shouldn't be appearing alone here.
"Hmm?" Ye Bufan smelled a hint of danger.
"Not good!"
In the next second, Ye Bufan instantly vanished from his spot. Simultaneously, a barrier rose from the ground around him, preventing Ye Bufan from leaving as he wished.
"Who?" Ye Bufan's spiritual power expanded again. This time, he detected a familiar figure—Living Yama.
"Living Yama!" Ye Bufan narrowed his eyes, looking at Living Yama as the latter slowly descended from the sky.
"Ye Bufan, I didn't expect you to have actually obtained the inheritance of the Taiyi Divine Sect," Living Yama said, his eyes fixed on the ring on Ye Bufan's finger.
"Why are you here?" Ye Bufan asked.
Living Yama laughed heartily, "I had people keeping an eye on you when you were in the capital. However, due to the underground forces' influence in the capital, I couldn't make a move. I finally waited until you left the capital and came here to practice against demonic beasts, giving me the chance to truly confirm whether the inheritance was on you."
Ye Bufan was secretly alarmed, not expecting Living Yama to have been secretly observing him for so long.
"When you guys spread the news to Sakura Island that the inheritance was with you, I doubted the authenticity of the matter," Living Yama said. "At the time, I was also very curious how you could reveal it so openly. I almost believed that you hadn't obtained the inheritance but were setting a trap for Sakura Island. However, perseverance pays off."
Ye Bufan remained calm. If it were in the past, he would indeed be wary of Living Yama, but now, his cultivation had already reached the peak of the middle Core Formation stage, and he was no longer afraid of facing Living Yama.
"So what? Do you think you can take the inheritance from me?" Ye Bufan challenged.
Following that, Ye Bufan fully released his cultivation. Seeing this, Living Yama's mouth twitched slightly as he said, "I didn't expect you to have gained so much cultivation after obtaining the inheritance. Then I must keep you here; this inheritance will surely become mine."
"It's time for your dream to end," Ye Bufan unleashed his Sword Domain, instantly engulfing Living Yama.
"You've come at the right time. I was just looking for a demonic beast to practice and break through. Now... it's you." Ye Bufan made the first move.
"Such speed!" Living Yama couldn't believe how fast Ye Bufan was. He couldn't afford to be careless and instantly summoned his armor, covering his entire body.
"Clang!"
The Broken Sword scraped across the armor, leaving a deep scratch and drawing a shallow mark on Living Yama's skin.