Wujuan Forest is located to the west of Shengwu Mountain, below everyone's residence. The outside is actually a series of gourd-shaped valleys. After passing through the valley, a jungle shrouded in gray mist appears in front of you.
With eyesight, it is impossible to see through the scene inside.
The mountain patrol warrior who led the way came forward, negotiated with the mountain patrol warriors waiting outside, and then came over with a medicine basket and ordered: "Each person has twenty plants of Sanxuan Snail Grass. If you don't collect enough, you know what will happen."
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Sima Ying took the initiative to take the medicine basket and carried it on his back. He was the weakest among the three, and he still expected Wu Yuanyuan and Zhuo Mufeng to help. Of course, he had to be more attentive to these small things.
Zhuo Mufeng originally wanted to inquire more, but the other party left after saying this, while the patrolling warrior responsible for guarding was urging him not far away.
In desperation, Zhuo Mufeng and the other three had no choice but to walk quickly. Seeing that the other party had closed his eyes and showed no intention of talking. Zhuo Mufeng secretly bared his teeth and could only bite the bullet and enter the gray mist.
In Wujuan Forest, the line of sight is not as turbid as imagined, but very dark. Even the ground and trees are gray and black. The surroundings are shrouded in boundless gray fog, giving people an unusually depressing feeling.
The most frightening thing is that these mist are turning into wisps and getting into the pores of Zhuo Mufeng and the three of them. In an instant, Zhuo Mufeng feels dizzy, just like the reaction when he is drunk.
He quickly circulated the Lihuo Xuanbing Qi, and the incoming fog was immediately eliminated, and he regained consciousness.
He turned to look at Wu Yuanyuan and Sima Ying, both of whom also had frightened expressions on their faces. Sima Ying, in particular, reacted slowly and opened his eyes after a while.
"Good guy, this is the outermost point." Sima Ying gritted his teeth, took out a pill from his body and took it. It should be the medicine prepared for him by Feijian Island.
"Look where there are herbs and pick them as soon as possible."
Zhuo Mufeng looked around and could see some unusual soil texture, easily identifying it as medicinal soil. However, the medicinal soil here was far less magical than the medicinal soil of the Quanwu Third Sect.
From the turning of the medicinal soil, it can be seen that all the three-dimensional snails on the top have been picked. Sure enough, the further back in the order, the more disadvantageous it will be.
The entire Wujuan Forest is distributed in an elongated shape, with a width of about tens of meters, and is surrounded by stone walls on both sides. Zhuo Mufeng and the others must go deep if they want to pick the three black snails.
Zhuo Mufeng and Sima Ying walked slowly, checking left and right from time to time, cautiously. Wu Yuanyuan, on the other hand, looked fearless, walking quickly in front, as if she was not afraid of the gray fog.
Zhuo Mufeng couldn't help shouting: "Hey, walk slower, what if something happens?"
Wu Yuanyuan didn't look back: "There's no need for you to worry, just take care of yourself!" These words made Zhuo Mufeng's teeth hurt, and she thought to herself that if you weren't Wu Guanting's daughter, I really wouldn't want to take care of you.
Fortunately, as she went deeper, Wu Yuanyuan seemed to realize the power of the gray fog, and her pace began to slow down.
Zhuo Mufeng and Sima Ying were constantly using their internal energy. After going tens of meters deep, Sima Ying had to increase their internal energy to 80%, and Zhuo Mufeng also increased it to 50%.
However, the more they use their energy to resist, the faster and fiercer the gray mist pours in, and the more they need to use their energy to resist, thus forming a vicious cycle.
After advancing nearly a hundred meters, Sima Ying turned pale and was sweating profusely. She stopped where she was and said in a trembling voice: "Mu Feng, my head is a little dizzy."
His internal strength had increased to 100%, and he could barely maintain a balance with the gray fog. But the fog in front was thicker and darker, and he could only see things a few meters away, like the huge mouth of a monster, which made people feel frightened.
The strange thing is that the insects and beasts that pop up from time to time in the forest seem to be undisturbed. Among the rustling fallen leaves, a poisonous snake suddenly hangs down and opens its mouth, less than one meter away from Wu Yuanyuan's face.
"ah……"
Women seemed to be naturally afraid of this kind of reptiles. Beauty Wu screamed in fright, but she was not slow in taking action. She pointed her finger and the venomous snake flew away and exploded into several pieces in mid-air.
Zhuo Mufeng and Sima Ying also took action, blasting out their fists and killing several venomous snakes crawling towards them nearby. Just as the forest returned to silence, several more birds fluttered and flew up, and the branches swayed.
One after another, young black insects fell down.
In this kind of ghost place, no one knows whether the black insects are poisonous or not. Before Zhuo Mufeng and Sima Ying took action, Wu Yuanyuan had already released her internal power in advance and shattered all the black insects.
Immediately he started to take steps, and another person walked in front.
Looking at the other party's graceful and charming back, Zhuo Mufeng was thoughtful, a complicated look flashed across his face, and he said to Sima Ying: "Let's go too."
Sima Ying nodded with difficulty.
Along the way, they didn’t encounter any more insect beasts, but the steaming gray mist was too scary. After walking more than ten meters, Sima Ying covered her forehead with her hands, couldn’t help but lean against a tree and pant, her whole body seemed to have lost all strength.
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At this moment, Sima Ying could no longer stop the invasion of gray mist. His flesh and blood were filled with gray mist, and then it penetrated into his mind, making his consciousness begin to blur.
"Mufeng, I feel like I'm about to die."
Sima Ying finally understood the feelings of Chu Liuyu and others. He had just entered Wujuan Forest, but he no longer had the energy to speak. It seemed that if he spoke any more, his thoughts would be wasted and the gray mist would take advantage of him.
Sima Ying felt a sense of despair at the thought of staying in such a ghostly place for a whole day. What frightened him even more was that each person had the task of picking twenty three-horned snail grass, and he would definitely not be able to complete it.
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Zhuo Mufeng saw that the other party was helpless, so he said: "Brother Ying, please go back the way you came and rest outside."
Sima Ying laughed miserably, untied the medicine basket and handed it to Zhuo Mufeng, and then rushed out without looking back. The speed could only be described as fast.
Carrying the medicine basket on his back, Zhuo Mufeng stepped forward.
In fact, his condition was not much better. Every few meters he advanced, his internal strength had to increase. But so far, he had not seen a single plant of Trichosanthes snail. He doubted whether he could complete the task.
Wu Yuanyuan stopped in front, noticed the footsteps behind her, and immediately pretended to look around, as if she was observing her surroundings instead of deliberately waiting for anyone.
Zhuo Mufeng's eyes flashed and he said: "Don't go too fast, and don't go too deep. Let's walk around and pick things up."
Along the way, the horizontal area of Wujuan Forest is obviously increasing, and many places have not been explored.
"No need for you to remind me."
Beauty Wu said coldly, but did not go any further and turned to the left. Seeing this, Zhuo Mufeng had no choice but to touch his nose and follow.
Dark, crooked trees lay across the road, with thick canes entangled with each other, and many venomous snakes crawling on them. Wu Yuanyuan drew her sword with a five-color sword light, cutting through thorns and thorns all the way.
Zhuo Mufeng saved a lot of energy and followed suit.
In front of the tree, the canopy was as tall as an umbrella. Two thick pythons crawled out, and under the cover of the dense forest, they were gathering momentum above Wu Yuanyuan. Wu Yuanyuan had already seen it, but deliberately pretended not to know and walked over as if nothing had happened.
Whizzing!
The two pythons flew down and pounced on Wu Yuanyuan with astonishing momentum. Due to the short distance between the two sides, in less than a blink of an eye, the pythons were almost close to Wu Yuanyuan, and a strong orangutan wind hit her nostrils.
Wu Yuanyuan felt cold in her heart. Seeing the snake head approaching, Zhuo Mufeng had no intention of helping her. She was about to take action when she heard a loud shout from behind: "Be careful!"
Before the two words were spoken, a fierce sword energy chopped the two pythons into several pieces.
A big hand wrapped around Wu Yuanyuan's slender waist in advance and took her aside to prevent her from being splashed by the venomous snake's blood.
The lower half of her body was leaning on the man's generous arms. Wu Yuanyuan's masculine energy was about to surround her, causing her pretty face to suddenly turn red. She raised her head angrily, pushed Zhuo Mufeng away, and shouted: "What are you doing? You want to do this on purpose?"
Take advantage of me? Get away!"
Zhuo Mufeng said speechlessly: "I didn't take advantage of you, I just wanted to help you." He pointed at some snake bodies on the ground.
Wu Yuanyuan didn't even look at it, and said coldly: "It's just two snakes, can't I deal with them with my martial arts? My surname is Zhuo, your excuse is too bad."
This girl is quite naughty. If she didn't say it originally, Zhuo Mufeng would be suspicious afterwards. But when she admitted it proactively, Zhuo Mufeng thought that she was just about to take action and that he had forcibly disrupted her rhythm.
Thinking of the soft and delicate fragrance of the physical contact just now, Zhuo Mufeng felt very confused. He smiled bitterly and said, "I forgot about it in a moment of impatience. I won't do it next time."
Wu Yuanyuan's eyes flashed slightly and she hummed: "Why are you so anxious? There's no need to be so hypocritical! I won't go to my father to report you. You hate me so much, you'd rather see me bitten to death by a snake."
Zhuo Mufeng froze suddenly and didn't speak for a while. Seeing this, Wu Yuanyuan gritted her teeth secretly, turned around and walked forward, her face turning a little pale.
Although Zhuo Mufeng was not prepared to get involved with this woman, but on second thought, he had to explain clearly what should be explained, otherwise misunderstandings would easily arise.
He quickly said: "You and I are not enemies. On the contrary, my adoptive father has been very kind to me. How could I hate you? Believe it or not, I have never thought of doing anything bad to you. I have also reflected on what happened that day.
, I am indeed a little impulsive. From your point of view, it is already good if you can help Miao Xiangyu."
Wu Yuanyuan stopped but did not turn around: "I don't like people who say what they say and mean what they mean. Since you think I am not wrong, what is your recent attitude? Did I provoke you?"
Zhuo Mufeng didn't expect that this woman would get to the bottom of it. He really didn't want to tell the reason behind it. There was no need. But if he didn't tell her, his previous explanation would be in vain and she would think he was hypocritical.
"Why, I can't tell you. When you want to make up a lie in the future, it's best to think it through before telling it, so as not to be exposed by others."
Wu Yuanyuan strode forward, her tone colder than before.
Zhuo Mufeng said helplessly: "When Miao Xiangyu insulted me, you didn't speak for me. You only stopped him in the end."
Stopping in her tracks, Wu Yuanyuan began to recall what happened at that time, and she quickly remembered it. She suddenly felt dumbfounded. Isn't this man so petty that he clings to such small details?
Wu Damei didn't want to show too much urgency, so she said in a tone of disdain for explanation: "I was dumbfounded at the time. I didn't expect Miao Xiangyu to say that, and I forgot to stop it for a moment. But it doesn't matter, everything is over.
, you can misunderstand me as much as you like. I just want you to know that I, Wu Yuanyuan, am not an ungrateful person. I hope you will not smear me everywhere."