Chapter 353 Wasteland and Green Land
Who told them to actually want to give up on the heir of the Marquis of Wu'an?
That was someone they couldn't afford to offend.
Moreover, it's not just that they can't afford to offend them, but it seems that Yu Zhiyi is also someone they can't afford to offend.
After all, Yu Zhiyi was a third-rank official, while the father of the Marquis of Wu'an's heir was a second-rank marquis.
Yu Zhiyi ignored their thoughts and had Jiang Liuyi take everyone back, while she herself entered the wilderness alone.
The wasteland was truly desolate, with yellow stretching as far as the eye could see.
But it's not all yellow sand. The land here is dry and solid. With such solid ground, even the most tenacious wild grass can't crawl out from underground.
The surrounding area is completely bare, with no landmarks whatsoever. People with a poor sense of direction would quickly get lost.
Yu Zhiyi thought she had a good sense of direction, but she lost her way as she walked.
She looked around and saw only desolation. The sky and the ground were the same, and the azure sky was without a single cloud.
The sky is a pure blue, and the earth is a pure yellow.
The scenery in all directions is almost identical.
As she walked, Yu Zhiyi felt thirsty.
There was water in the spatial talisman, but she didn't take it out immediately; instead, she walked around for a while longer.
Then I felt hungry.
A voice was desperately screaming in my mind: I'm so thirsty, I'm so hungry.
Yu Zhiyi still had no intention of opening the spatial talisman, but instead took out a compass.
With the help of the compass, finding directions is no longer a problem.
She traveled north at a rapid pace for an hour, finally reaching the northernmost edge of the wasteland.
Then she saw a patch of green.
There were bright red fruits in the green woods, and further in, there seemed to be the sound of flowing water.
Yu Zhiyi licked her dry lips and stepped out.
She seemed to have forgotten why she had come to this place in the first place; at this moment, she had only one thought in mind—to find food and drink.
And there is food and drink here.
She stepped onto the green grass.
The bright red fruit is right in front of us, enough to satisfy both hunger and thirst.
She reached out her hand and slowly approached the fruit.
Not far away, a pair of eyes were fixed on her hands.
As she drew closer, his eyes grew increasingly excited.
Suddenly, Yu Zhiyi stopped.
Annoyance immediately flashed in his eyes.
Seeing that the slender, white hand was about to withdraw, it narrowed its eyes, suddenly transformed into a blur and flew out, trying to crash into the hand so that she could grasp the fruit.
"Got you."
Yu Zhiyi looked at the thing that was constantly flapping in her hand, her eyes full of curiosity.
It was something that looked like a snake.
Why does it only resemble it and not "be it"? Because it has two horns on its head and four legs on its belly.
From a distance, it looks a bit like a lizard, but while a lizard's skin is pitted and uneven, this thing's surface is very smooth. If you don't look at its feet and horns, it really looks like a snake.
The thing struggled desperately, held firmly in Yu Zhiyi's hand, and even tried to bite her.
Yu Zhiyi swiftly and decisively pinched its mouth shut.
Jin Lin: "?"
Yu Zhiyi looked curiously into its furious eyes and asked, "What exactly are you?"
Jin Lin: "..."
Do I look like someone who can answer you?
Yu Zhiyi knew that it was foolish to ask a small animal a question and expect it to answer, so she didn't expect it to answer. She rummaged through her spatial storage and quickly found a rope.
This rope was something she had previously obtained from a female evil cultivator; it faintly emitted spiritual energy fluctuations, unlike anything ordinary.
She had tried it; once she was tied up with the rope, even she found it difficult to break free.
Moreover, the rope is very user-friendly; it can change shape according to the size of the prey being bound.
For example, right now, when Yu Zhiyi wanted to tie the little thing's mouth shut, the rope became as thin as a hair.
The little creature struggled desperately, but it couldn't break free from the rope's restraints.
Yu Zhiyi then released her grip and asked, "You should have gained sentience by now, right?"
Although it was a question, she used a tone of certainty.
Jin Lin ignored her.
Yu Zhiyi didn't care and said calmly, "You don't have to answer me, but I don't like disobedient prisoners. If I get rough with you later, please forgive me."
As she spoke, she strolled leisurely through the green space.
The environment here is very nice, with mountains and water, and there are quite a few things in the forest that look edible.
Someone who has traversed a seemingly endless wasteland would surely think they have stumbled into a fairyland upon seeing such a beautiful scene.
Tormented by hunger and thirst, most people would be unable to resist the temptation to pick the fruit once they saw it, even if they had a slight doubt in their hearts.
Yu Zhiyi didn't know what the consequences would be after picking the fruit, but she was certain that it wouldn't be a good one.
She walked around the entire green space and found that it wasn't very big; at her pace, she could walk around it in just half an hour.
For an average person, it would probably only take one day.
Jin Lin watched her movements closely. Seeing that her attention was focused on the surrounding scenery and that she seemed to have no time to care about him, he immediately seized an opportunity and ran away in a flash.
Yu Zhiyi didn't mind and started her second search.
Before long, she stood in front of the waterfall and released the birds.
She cast a protective shield of spiritual energy around the bird to prevent it from getting wet from the waterfall, and then controlled it to fly down to the bottom of the waterfall.
Jin Lin didn't actually run away; instead, he hid in a secluded place and observed from the shadows.
Seeing Yu Zhiyi's actions, a hint of anxiety flashed in its golden-black eyes.
After a long while, it stomped its foot in a rather human-like manner and suddenly darted out from the shadows, making quite a commotion.
Yu Zhiyi turned her head and saw the strange little thing dart past like a blur.
The paper crane had already flown downstream of the waterfall, a crucial moment in the search. Although she was very interested in the little creature, she didn't want to be distracted.
Just in case, she activated all her defensive mechanisms.
Seeing that she didn't chase after him, Jin Lin stomped his foot in anger, then transformed into a blur and slipped past her again.
Yu Zhiyi: "..."
I understand, there must be something good down there.
She paid even less attention to the little thing that was deliberately making noise.
Before long, the bird sent back a message that it had found a place with spiritual energy fluctuations.
However, it lacks intelligence and can only determine that something is unusual, but cannot figure out exactly what makes it unusual.
With a flick of her wrist, Yu Zhiyi produced several Heavenly Thunder Talismans, and with a light touch of her toes, she jumped off the hundred-meter-high waterfall.
Jin Lin: "!!!"
She actually found out?
Forget about pretending to be a ghost, the golden figure quickly swept past and jumped down into the waterfall.
Yu Zhiyi landed lightly on a rock. The water around her was rushing, and this rock was her only foothold.
Three sides of the mountain are covered by flowing water, and the other side is the direction in which the water flows.
The source of the spiritual energy fluctuations was one of the mountain walls.
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