Chapter 83: Chaotic Stone Forest, Devil Fruit
When they arrived near the "Cold Forest Demon Land", Duan De and others looked at the sky in front of them, which was shrouded in gray mist. It was not dense and they could see far away. It was a completely different area from the surrounding grass and dense forests. There was no grass growing in this area, and there were no trees. I know where the so-called Mo Yuan Fruit grows. Occasionally, I can see the figure of a monk passing by among them. It should be for the same purpose as them.
They flew over in a straight line, and there were no traces of human gathering at the regional junction. Places like this will usually form countless small towns. If the resources are abundant, cities will be formed. Putting away the yacht, Duan De said: "Okay, let's Here we are, remember everything I said to you. Any monk here may be your enemy. If you encounter someone with bad intentions, don’t hesitate to do it directly. Now group up, Wu Tong, take your silly girl with you. Huang Puyuan, Bei Gonglin, Han Xiu, Fatty, Yao Man, and Zhao Lei are in a group. You are the main one. Don’t be careless and don’t go too far. It’s limited to three months. Let’s gather here and go.”
Looking at their disappearing figures, Duan De also raised his heart and hoped that the bad luck would be over. "The cow is running behind, I am in front, let's go."
Taking the lead to enter the area of demonic energy, the slight stinging sensation of needles came, and it felt like a stone was pressing on my heart. I had experienced this kind of aura in Hongye City, and it was much stronger than there. It especially suppressed spiritual consciousness. With Duan De Nowadays, the spiritual consciousness that can cover almost five miles can only spread about fifty feet here. For Jindan monks, this distance is quite dangerous. It is really not a kind place. In this kind of environment, the combat power of monks will at least be reduced. About 20%. I heard that the further you go in, the more severe the suppression becomes.
This place is not suitable for flying and fast movement. The purpose is to find things, and to always be wary of dangers that may arise at any time. Everyone is very careful, and they also have spiritual weapons in their hands. Tong Xinran has changed since that encounter. He was somewhat silent. Duan De did not take the initiative to look for her, and she did not take the initiative to look for Duan De. After sleeping, Duan De's negative emotions could no longer affect his mood, and he no longer blamed them.
The main combat force was assigned to that group. Their side was a little thin. The team of six people walked slowly on the barren land. Two days had passed and no plants were seen. The monks did see some from a distance. They were very alert and saw that there were many of them, but they had no intention of getting close. They would wait and see for a while and then turn around and leave.
The demonic energy has become a little stronger than before. In front of it is a forest of rocks. The weird stone pillars are no less than a few tens of feet high and more than ten feet thick. There are even more pillars that are more than ten feet thick and more than ten feet high. They are the same gray-brown color as the surrounding soil. It glowed dark green. Duan De waved his hand and stopped: "This is the maze of rocks? Li Da went to the left and Xiao went to the right to explore."
This place is very famous in the Cold Forest Demonic Land. Many cultivators fell in it and never came out. It was originally a dangerous place for the Cold Forest Sect, used for training by disciples. Part of it was destroyed in the war, and the formation was also damaged. The route was changed and turned into a different situation. Zeng Jin, the disciple who escaped from the Hanlin Sect, also came here, but got stuck and couldn't get out.
"Brother, do you plan to enter inside? This place is very dangerous. It was originally a trap, but it seems that demons are infested, and this place has become a forbidden area in the cold forest demon land." Gongsun Yu said softly. "Boss's formation skills are not low, don't worry. Well, this is the only place in the periphery where you can find the Demonic Yuan Fruit." Niu Ben still believed in Duan De as always.
Xiao Jin came back first: "Boss, there is also a group of people wandering outside on the right, nine monks who don't know the depth. It doesn't look like they are going in, three are in the open, and the rest are hiding themselves."
"Oh, wait and see? Leave them alone. We will go in when Li Da comes over. We must be careful. If you Xinran is like this and you don't belong to me, I will hang you on that pillar!" Everyone also noticed that she was abnormal along the way.
But Duan De didn't say anything, so they naturally wouldn't ask.
Gongsun Yu asked, but said nothing. Li Da didn't find anything when he came back. Duan De led a few people straight into the stone forest. There was nothing abnormal outside the stone forest. Duan De checked the stone pillars along the way and found no traces of formations left in them.
, but the road here is rugged, with gravel all over the ground, and the level is uneven. The demonic energy is quite strong, but not to the extent that it affects the line of sight. The place itself cannot be seen very far, and the scattered stone pillars surround it like a maze.
Several people searched carefully and moved forward: "Brother, it seems to be foggy." "Well, it was not there just now, it seems to have suddenly appeared." Duan De flew up and checked on the stone pillars beside him, but still found no traces of the formation.
Flying higher and standing on the top of the tallest pillar in the surrounding area, looking around is like looking at the surroundings in the night sky. There is no trace of the wilderness where you came from. This phenomenon occurs before it gets dark.
Something was obviously wrong. The mist between the stone pillars below slowly filled the gaps like running water and did not come up.
Duan De frowned. This place should be a natural formation, so there was no trace at all, but where did this mist come from? It didn't come up, it just flowed at the bottom of the stone pillar. He had no worries about being trapped.
Even if it is a natural formation, the most likely thing is to break it with a formation. Duan De jumped off the stone pillar, and the range of his spiritual consciousness was reduced by about ten feet. There is really something wrong with this mist.
"Brother, come here and see if this thing is Mo Yuan Guo?" Tong Xinran, who had been walking in front at some point, squatted at the bottom of a stone pillar and waved to him. Duan De and a few others ducked over, only to see a man-head-wide tree.
In the crack, there is a purple grape-like fruit growing on the top of a gray-black three-inch grass. This grass has no leaves and a single stem. There are white hairs half a finger long on the stem, and a sun-like reddish flower disc on the top.
Holding the fruit.
Everyone took a closer look and saw that there were a lot of these things growing in the bottomless four-foot-long crack. Some of them had no fruit yet, and the tops were twisted into a ball. Some of the fruits were only the size of rice grains, light black and transparent. There was evil energy in the cracks.
It's very rich, with traces of it coming out: "It's the Mo Yuan fruit. I'm afraid there are at least ten ripe fruits here. When you pick the mature ones, be careful not to damage the growth environment of these things."
Xiao Jinzhenyuan was not suitable for picking this thing, so he handed it over to Tong Xinran. She picked it up and put it into the jade box she prepared. The sect mission is long-term, and two pieces are worth one contribution point. It can be said that the reward is relatively high among the collection missions.
After harvesting, Duan De waved his hand to block the cracks with larger stones from the surrounding areas, and made a mark on the stone pillar: "Let's go, pay attention to places with strong demonic energy. This thing grows by absorbing demonic energy."
At the stall where they set off again, Wu Tong and others were fighting with some monks in the other direction of the stone forest. Moreover, they suffered the loss and fled to the stone forest while fighting. Everyone was injured, among them Yao Man was already unconscious.
Being held in the arms of the fat man, a bloody hole on the fat man's chest and abdomen was still oozing with blood, and beads of sweat on his forehead were flowing on his pale cheeks. Zhao Lei's long ax turned into a golden eagle to guard the retreating people, and there were no less than four swords piercing his body.
Chapter completed!