Stepping on the ground covered with layers of fallen leaves in the bamboo forest, Xue Huan looked around.

Xiao Hanchuan walked towards her, "Xiao Jian asked me to take care of you, let's add the jade slip communication."

Xue Huan was surprised and warm-hearted. She didn't expect that she just came here for a retreat, but both Teacher Wei and Xiao Jian actually asked people to take good care of her.

She took out a jade slip. In the spiritual world, jade slips are like mobile phones, and cultivators all carry them with them.

Xiao Hanchuan took it and left his spiritual mark on the jade slip, so that if she wanted to communicate with him in the future, she just had to find his spiritual mark.

It’s just like in modern times, if you want to call someone, you just need to find that person’s number.

Xiao Hanchuan handed the jade slip back to her and said briefly, "Come to me if you have any problems." Then he turned and walked towards a place in the bamboo forest, looking very familiar with the place.

From the Yellow Class to now, he has won the first place in the grade every year, so this is not his first time here, but he has come here several times.

Zhou Mier followed him, "Senior Brother Xiao, wait for me..."

Xiao Hanchuan did not stop and his figure quickly disappeared into the bamboo forest.

Only Xue Huan and Wei Shuning were left there.

Wei Shuning told Xue Huan, "This is the outer edge of the bamboo forest. There's basically no danger here. The further you go in, the richer the spiritual energy becomes, but conversely, the greater the gravity becomes, and the more dangers there are. Since this is your first time here, it's best to stay on the outskirts and not rush in."

Xue Huan really didn't know this. "Thank you for letting me know."

The two of them added each other via jade slips, and Wei Shuning went inside.

Her cultivation was at the middle stage of foundation building, and the concentration of spiritual energy in the surrounding area could no longer meet her needs.

Xue Huan tried to walk inside, but after walking for a distance, her body suddenly sank and it became difficult for her to move forward.

It was like a sandbag weighing several kilograms was suddenly tied to my legs. Although I could lift my feet, it was a bit difficult.

It was exactly the same feeling she had when she climbed the ladder to heaven before.

I think there is a gravity field in this bamboo forest, and the gravity becomes stronger the deeper you go.

However, since she was able to overcome the gravity on the ladder and find the rhythm of climbing before, the gravity in the bamboo forest now is naturally nothing to her.

The Lotus Sutra in her body began to operate at full power, and the pressure from the outside was completely transformed by her into the source of power to become stronger.

The greater the external pressure, the smoother the Lotus Sutra operated. This was a technique that became stronger when faced with stronger opponents. While the technique was operating, a large amount of spiritual power was grabbed and integrated into her body, flesh, blood, bones and meridians, strengthening every cell of hers.

The Lotus Sutra is a body-refining exercise. The spiritual power absorbed naturally acts on her body, making her body continuously stronger.

The body becomes stronger and can withstand external pressure better.

Therefore, although she walked slowly but steadily in the gravity field where she had difficulty moving at first, it became easier and easier.

Because she has adapted to this gravity.

Once she got used to it, the gravity seemed to no longer exist for her. She felt like a fish in water and walked very fast.

But after walking for a distance, gravity will increase again, her speed will slow down again, and then the process from slow to fast will be repeated.

This cycle repeated itself over and over again, and at the end of the day, Xue Huan had already reached the middle of the bamboo forest.

We encountered many dangers along the way, such as the poisonous snakes lurking in the bamboo forest. The snakes were emerald green in appearance, the same color as the bamboo, and coiled around the bamboo branches, making them difficult to see. When they suddenly bit us, it was difficult for ordinary people to deal with them.

Because you are in a gravitational field, your reaction will be several times slower than usual, making it difficult to avoid.

But Xue Huan didn't even think about hiding, nor did she need to. The star stone necklace on her neck was not just a decoration. Not to mention a small poisonous snake, even if a cultivator in the Spirit Transformation Stage came, he wouldn't be able to break through her defense.

Whenever danger approaches, the star stone necklace will automatically form a protective shield around her.

Those emerald green poisonous snakes all hit the protective cover. They didn't bite anyone but almost broke their teeth.

Xue Huan even felt a little pity for them.

In addition to the emerald green poisonous snake, there is another kind of insect, the soul-eating insect. As the name suggests, this insect can devour spiritual power.

Each of them is about the same size as a bee, but they are too numerous to withstand a large swarm of them. If you are trapped in their encirclement, the spiritual energy in your body will be devoured in minutes.

Once a cultivator loses his spiritual power, it is like a tiger without teeth; his combat effectiveness is instantly greatly reduced.

The most troublesome thing is that spell attacks are completely useless against soul-eating insects, because no matter what spell it is, it is essentially made up of spiritual energy, and soul-eating insects can devour spiritual energy, so attacking them with spells is no different from delivering food.

Magical weapons are useless because they also require the input of spiritual energy when used.

It can be said that this soul-eating insect is simply the nemesis of monks.

Xue Huan encountered a wave of them before. Her method was to use her own true fire - Nirvana Divine Flame to burn them. Nirvana Divine Flame was a divine fire. Although it was also driven by the spiritual power in her body, the divine fire was too powerful. Those soul-eating insects were burned to ashes before they had time to devour the spiritual energy, and fell to the ground.

Of course, this is only her. If it were someone else, ordinary fire would not be able to kill the soul-eating insect. This insect feeds on spiritual energy. After consuming spiritual energy for a long time, its body has been tempered to be as hard as diamond.

Even if it is a strange fire, it will take some effort to burn them to death.

In addition to the dangers, Xue Huan also encountered a lot of good things. There are many treasures in the bamboo forest.

Not to mention the bamboo shoots, they were so fresh and tender. She picked a lot of them and put them into the space, thinking of making a dish of pickled pork with preserved vegetables later.

There are also bamboo rats. The bamboo rats here are all fat and juicy.

There are also various fresh mushrooms.

There are layers of bamboo leaves piled up in the bamboo forest. Over the years, the leaves underneath have rotted and become the best nutrients for wild mushrooms.

In the past, people who came here were probably busy practicing every minute. When they were hungry, they would use fasting pills to satisfy their hunger. They didn't pay attention to the food here at all.

But for someone like Xue Huan who loves delicious food and cooking, this bamboo forest is simply a huge treasure!

Xue Huan walked all the way inside, exercising while picking up various delicious ingredients. She was so happy.

There is also day and night in the bamboo forest. At night, Xue Huan set up a tripod between three thick bamboos and then built a simple hut on it.

Although there was a ready-made bed in the space, since she was here, she wanted to take the opportunity to experience life in the wild.

After the hut for resting at night was built, Xue Huan made some simple arrangements, then went downstairs, gathered a pile of bamboo leaves, lit a bonfire, and started to cook dinner to reward herself.