The sun rose and the temperature gradually rose. Even with the shade of the trees, the air still became hot.

However, although it was only morning today, the temperature had already become higher than the usual noon.

A Scaled Demon that was sleeping in a wooden nest could not stand it anymore. It crawled out of the nest and planned to go outside to take a breather or swim in the water to replenish its body's moisture.

Hiss, hiss, hiss! (So fragrant!)

Hiss! Hiss! (Eh? What are you doing here?)

The Scaled Demon's body was slightly hunched and its muscles were weak. The human girl-like appearance was no longer attractive. It was clearly very old.

After emerging from the nest, it saw an old Scaled Demon standing motionless in front of it.

Furthermore, there was a burnt smell on its body.

Following the smell, it noticed that a crimson sword was extending from the chest of the Scaled Demon in front of it.

This old Scaled Demon was not standing in front of it, but rather hanging on the sword!

Hiss.

It tried to hiss an alarm, but the sword cut through its throat.

Sizzle!

The terrifying sound of burning iron touching flesh sounded in its body. Thick smoke instantly poured out of its windpipe and filled its nose.

So fragrant!

This was the Scaled Demon's final thought.

Jiang Li's clone was at the Foundation Establishment realm. How could he fail when dealing with a group of Scaled Demons who were only slightly stronger than wild beasts?

He stood on the tree branch and did not move. He only formed hand seals and controlled the flying sword to move around the Scaled Demon Tribe, easily killing all the creatures inside.

In the end, they died completely. This group of Scaled Demons who were acting as sacrifices on the water did not even have the chance to scream. Not even a drop of blood flowed out.

Next, his target was the group inside the water.

Jiang Li thought for a moment and still did not rely on his flying sword to attack forcefully.

He took out a dozen unidentifiable talismans that could be bought from any place. This was a small help that his main body could give him without exposing himself.

He first used the talisman paper to seal the other underwater caves, then he flew into the water and swam into the last cave.

This cave was just like what Jiang Li had detected with his hearing earlier. It was cleverly dug out into a U-shaped design. The outer part of the cave was completely covered in water, but inside, it formed a dry pipe space.

His clone did not have the ability to breathe underwater. Furthermore, under the water, not only was the power of the fire flying sword greatly reduced, forcefully activating it might even cause damage. This situation was just right.

Behind him, after using the talisman paper to form a simple Five Elements Formation to seal the exit, Jiang Li entered through the passageway.

The tunnel dug by the Scaled Demons was not wide. Ordinary people had to bend down or crawl forward.

However, his clone did not have to do this. Jiang Li controlled him to lie on the flying sword and let the flying sword carry him forward. This way, he did not have to dirty his clothes and his movements were even faster.

The deeper he went, the stronger the stench became.

Although this Scaled Demon Tunnel did not extend in all directions, it was still rather complicated. Jiang Li was not a reincarnated groundhog, so he was a little clueless about this three-dimensional maze.

He tried to follow using the smell, but all that did was torture his nose.

However, hard work would always yield results. Under Jiang Li's repeated trial and error, he crawled deeper and deeper into the cave using the flying sword.

Soon, after passing through another corner, dense hissing sounds resounded in the passage.

Jiang Li was invigorated. He was not good at sniffing things, but spy… hearing was his forte.

Following the direction of the voice, he did not take any more detours. The passageway also became wider and wider.

Finally, the hissing sound became louder and louder. At the end of the passage, Jiang Li saw a space that suddenly expanded with a flash of light.

"What are they doing?"

Jiang Li walked to the end of this passage and stuck his head out to look around.

Hundreds of Scaled Demons crawled in front of something, constantly emitting rhythmic sounds. It sounds like the chanting of a prayer.

One had to know that in terms of appearance, the Scaled Demons were all cute looking human girls, and they were even naked.

At first glance, it looked like a scene of a hundred people moving together. If one did not know their true colors, their blood would rush somewhere.

This group of Scaled Demons… were they offering sacrifices? Or were they worshiping a totem?

The intelligent races that had their own language in the tribal era were smart enough to generate theology.

Jiang Li controlled his clone to sneak out. He covered the last Scaled Demon's mouth and snapped its neck.

Then, he carried the Scaled Demon as a shield and got closer to observe the situation in the underground cave.

"Gasp… what is… that?"

The clone instinctively gasped in shock, but the stench of air that was sucked in made him use great willpower to barely hold back from exhaling.

At the front of the hundreds of Scaled Demons, there was a very strange statue. It was obviously the target of worship for all the Scaled Demons.

But a statue was a statue. Why was it strange to him?

This was because the statue was not like the normal statue. The head was facing the bottom.

The statue was attached to the ceiling of the cave with its head facing down. It was as if gravity acted in the opposite direction on it.

Jiang Li still wanted to see it more clearly, but from this distance, he could not decipher more details.

At this moment, at the front of the Scaled Demons, an obviously much taller Scaled Demon roared. The cave immediately fell silent.

Even Jiang Li's clone who was hiding behind the Scaled Demon's corpse revealed a slightly surprised expression.

That Scaled Demon actually had a cultivation base!?

Furthermore, sensing that aura, the Scaled Demon's cultivation was even at the Foundation Establishment realm.

Wait a moment. It was fine if he did not pay attention. However, once he did, he realized that there were more than ten Scaled Demons standing at the front of this group. They were either strong or weak but all had spiritual qi fluctuations.

They did not hide it at all. Instead, they worked hard to stir their spiritual qi to reveal themselves to the Scaled Demon above.

Jiang Li was shocked.

Although Scaled Demons were called demons, in the cultivation world, they were generally treated as beasts with slight intelligence.

This was because although the Scaled Demon had some talent, it was actually unable to absorb spiritual qi to cultivate like spiritual root cultivators and demon beasts.

However, not only could that Scaled Demon cultivate, it had even reached the Foundation Establishment realm?

Could this be the effect of the spiritual root seed?

The spiritual root seed could allow ordinary mortals to obtain spiritual roots, so it was not strange for the Scaled Demon to obtain the talent to cultivate.

But what did the spiritual root seed have to do with the inverted statue that the Scaled Demons were worshiping?

Just as Jiang Li was filled with thoughts, two Scaled Demons stood up from the Scaled Demons.

A look of honor appeared on their human-like faces. They walked forward and knelt in front of the tall Scaled Demon.

Two wooden bowls were placed in front of them.

After that, it was a familiar scene that Jiang Li had seen before.

The black hair of the two Scaled Demons turned white from the end and quickly spread to the roots.

The aura on their bodies also began to weaken rapidly. The spiritual qi fluctuation that could still be vaguely sensed quickly disappeared.

Without spending much effort, their black hair turned snow-white, and two spiritual root seeds were spat out from their mouths and landed in their wooden bowls.