Chen Zhou remained in place, continuously absorbing the surrounding shadows. These shadows were generally not very intelligent, and they did not retreat even as their companions disappeared one by one, but continued to attack Chen Zhou relentlessly.

This puts Chen Zhou in a favorable position. If he can absorb all the shadowy figures, then all the sonic attacks will disappear, allowing him to escape this predicament.

Chen Zhou's biggest wish right now is to get out of this predicament.

"The true energy that the shadowy figure transformed into is actually no different from my own true energy," Chen Zhou exclaimed in amazement.

"You wouldn't believe it, would you? If the roots of this poisonous tree were truly exposed to the world, they would probably make it onto the so-called list of strange roots," Elder Ren exclaimed in admiration.

I had no choice but to resort to this tactic of letting Chen Zhou absorb the shadow, but I didn't expect it to backfire and allow Chen Zhou to completely absorb the shadow and turn it into true energy.

Chen Zhou's dantian was not very full to begin with, but after absorbing the true energy transformed from these black shadows, it immediately became full. Chen Zhou felt his whole body was full of power, his condition returned to its peak, and his strength even improved slightly.

Improving his skills might not be a bad thing for Chen Zhou now, because it has taken up a lot of time.

It was nearly noon, and Chen Zhou, who had arrived at the Black Mist Swamp early in the morning, had already been there for half a day.

Even after staying here for so long, Chen Zhou still doesn't fully understand this swamp.

The only thing I understand now is those dark shadows.

After absorbing the last dark shadow, the irritating sound waves finally disappeared.

Chen Zhou now felt the surroundings had become completely quiet.

I wonder where Ji Lanying went.

Chen Zhou slowly stood up, stretched his limbs, and then prepared to look around, wondering if Ji Lanying had left him any clues.

This would also make it easier for Chen Zhou to find her.

"What's that?" Chen Zhou had just walked ahead when he saw something shimmering in the swamp.

That was none other than the Foundation Establishment Pill.

This Foundation Establishment Pill was the largest of all the Foundation Establishment Pills Chen Zhou had ever seen.

What Chen Zhou found even more unbelievable was that the Foundation Establishment Pill was able to float on the swamp without sinking.

"Could there be something strange about this Foundation Establishment Pill?" Chen Zhou wondered to himself, and immediately extended a wisp of true energy to envelop the Foundation Establishment Pill and draw it into his hand.

Holding the Foundation Establishment Pill, Chen Zhou could immediately feel the immense true energy contained within it.

"This is an enhanced version of the Foundation Establishment Pill," Elder Ren immediately said.

An enhanced version of the Foundation Building Pill?

Chen Zhou was taken aback. The enhanced version was just a little bigger and had a little more true energy?

"Don't underestimate this enhanced Foundation Establishment Pill. This Foundation Establishment Pill can restore your dantian at the Foundation Establishment stage in an instant," Elder Ren said slowly, stroking his beard.

Upon hearing this, Chen Zhou looked skeptical.

This little Foundation Establishment Pill?

Could it completely fill Chen Zhou's dantian?

"Does this Foundation Establishment Pill really have such power?" Chen Zhou asked incredulously.

Ren Lao nodded, but did not reply further.

"Such a precious thing, Ji Lanying actually used it as a road sign? And why can it float on the swamp?" Chen Zhou asked one after another.

"I don't know the answer to the first question; you'll have to ask her. As for the second question, I've already mentioned it. It contains the true energy from the dantian of someone at the Foundation Establishment stage. The amount of true energy is enormous, which is why it can float on this swamp."

Ren Lao explained.

"I see," Chen Zhou said slowly. That meant that if he wanted to walk on this swamp, he would have to use almost all of his true energy to walk safely on the swamp.

This is obviously impossible. Chen Zhou would have chosen to leap between tree branches, and it's highly unlikely that he would choose to expend so much true energy walking on the swamp.

"This enhanced Foundation Establishment Pill is just thrown around like that. It seems that the sect behind this girl is very powerful..." Elder Ren couldn't help but exclaim.

Sects that possess this enhanced version of the Foundation Establishment Pill are generally among the top sects on the Tianyun Continent.

Now it seems that Ji Lanying's casual throwing away of this enhanced Foundation Establishment Pill clearly indicates the strength of her sect.

That makes sense. From their conversation and the relationship between them, Chen Zhou could easily guess that they were from a sect that dealt with formations. How could a sect that was almost entirely composed of formation masters not be wealthy?

Chen Zhou picked up the enhanced Foundation Establishment Pills along the way. He roughly calculated that there was one enhanced Foundation Establishment Pill every fifty meters until he landed in front of a lake.

We didn't see the enhanced version of the Foundation Building Pill.

Rather than a lake, it was more like a small swamp. A layer of dark green suspended matter floated on the surface of the pool, which looked extremely viscous. Most eerie of all, Chen Zhou seemed to be able to see green mist rising from the swamp.

"Is this fog poisonous?" That was Chen Zhou's first reaction upon seeing the green fog.

Since acquiring the root of the poisonous tree, Chen Zhou has been able to clearly sense the poisonous gas contained within the mist.

“You have the roots of the poisonous tree, so this poisonous gas has no effect on you. Just walk past it,” Elder Ren said at this moment.

Chen Zhou did not respond to Elder Ren, not because he did not want to go, but because he could no longer see the mark of the enhanced Foundation Establishment Pill left by Ji Lanying.

The last enhanced Foundation Establishment Pill disappeared in this vicinity.

However, Chen Zhou did not see Ji Lanying as he had hoped.

Chen Zhou originally thought that once he found all the enhanced Foundation Establishment Pills, he would be able to find Ji Lanying. It seems that the Black Mist Swamp is far more complicated than that.

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