Chapter 118 Chapter 120 Secret Map
The colorful clouds at the entrance of the Cloud Secret Realm seem to be a lot thinner than before. Unlike the bustling scene before, this place is now sparsely populated.
There was only a team of soldiers standing guard at their respective posts in an orderly manner.
"There haven't been any new people entering the secret realm for more than a month!" one soldier said lazily to another.
"The last time someone came in was forty-two days ago," another soldier replied nonchalantly.
"I don't know how many people are still alive inside. We haven't seen anyone come out yet." said the soldier who spoke earlier.
"The group of people who went in before were all sent by the research institute. They all carried the institute's newly developed positioning devices and wired communication phones. It is said that they are all second-level practitioners. I thought that some of them should be able to come out, but in the end... Alas," the soldier sighed softly.
In the beginning, some people volunteered to explore the secret realm, and later the army sent soldiers to explore it. Now, from the official to the private sector, no one mentions the exploration of the secret realm. Only the army and the research institute send people to stand guard to see if they can receive any news.
Inside the mysterious realm of clouds and mist, towering trees rise into the clouds and cast swaying shadows, covering the entire sky and earth, as if forming a world of their own.
Below the giant tree there are dense forests, deserts, dangerous peaks and deep pools. The topography does not follow the laws of nature at all, as if it was randomly pieced together by someone.
When Ning Qingyun stepped into the secret realm, he had not yet reacted and his realm, which had been stuck at the top of the Chongmai Realm, was impacted by the rich spiritual energy of the secret realm. His realm loosened and the spiritual energy surged, and he was forced to upgrade.
The upgrade process went smoothly, but unfortunately he was attacked by a one-horned six-legged lizard beast because he was not prepared. Yunshan was injured while protecting him, and Ning Qingyun owed Yunshan a favor.
In the days that followed, Ning Qingyun was extremely grateful that he had upgraded as soon as he first entered the secret realm.
The closer you are to the entrance to the secret realm, the lower the concentration of spiritual energy and the lower the level of the exotic beasts.
The one-horned, six-legged lizard beast they encountered at first was only the lowest level of alien beast. Its only advantage was its relatively high defense. In fact, it was very easy to deal with. It had short and thick limbs, a heavy body, and poor flexibility.
The strange beasts they encountered later were more difficult to deal with than the other. If Ning Qingyun had not been promoted to a higher realm and his strength increased greatly, it is estimated that the two of them would not have survived the first day.
Ning Qingyun had just escaped from the territory of the Wind Wolf. His originally clean training suit was now stained with blood. His lips were pale and his steps were staggering. It was obvious that he had suffered internal injuries.
While searching for the key, he was surrounded by a pack of wolves and was accidentally injured in the arm by a wind blade shot by the leader of the wolves. The wind blade was extremely powerful, and although he was protected by soft armor, he still felt as if some bones were broken and the wound was extremely painful.
Ning Qingyun had no time to pay attention to the pain in the wound on his arm at this moment. He hurriedly meditated and adjusted his breathing to sort out the disordered spiritual energy in his body. The disordered spiritual energy was running around in his body, wantonly destroying his broken meridians. Ning Qingyun sorted out the disordered spiritual energy in his body, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. Although the purple flame in his dantian was still a little listless, it was better than its previous dying state.
He took out a tough and sturdy map that looked like brown paper and had an ancient style and color from the backpack behind him, and made a green mark on the place where a wolf's head was drawn on the map.
When Ning Qingyun first entered the secret realm, he stumbled around like a headless fly for more than a month, was seriously injured several times, and was nearly disabled. He struggled to his death, with countless wounds of varying sizes all over his body, until he found this map of the secret realm in the nest of a giant bird on a dead tree.
I have been in the secret realm for nearly three months. There is no sun, moon, or stars in the secret realm. I have never seen any natural weather such as rain, thunder, lightning, wind, and frost. I don't know where the light comes from during the day, and why the sky becomes dark at night.
It was like one of those large constant-temperature indoor amusement parks that were artificially built before the end of the world, the difference was that here there were towering trees, overlapping mountains, and vast forests that stretched as far as the eye could see.
Ever since he got the map of the secret realm, Ning Qingyun had a general understanding of how big the secret realm was. The scope of his exploration over the previous month was just the tip of the iceberg of the secret realm. It was really a miracle of luck that he got the map of the secret realm by accident.
The place where Ning Qingyun is now is exactly the territory of the dead wood bird. The dead wood bird is a large strange beast shaped like a dead tree, with slender legs, strong feet, a pair of huge and hard wings, and strong defense. Although the dead wood bird cannot fly high because of its huge body, it can rely on its wings to glide and use its legs to assist in running, and its movements are very flexible.
The strength of the withered wood bird was at the peak of level three. At that time, it killed a team of soldiers who broke into its territory, but was also injured by the heavy artillery carried by the soldiers. Ning Qingyun happened to happen and took advantage of the opportunity. Only then did he discover the map and found a relatively safe place to stay.
"Gurgle..." Ning Qingyun had only eaten a few wild fruits in the morning and had just experienced a tough battle, so his stomach couldn't help but sing the empty city plan.
He took out a lighter and a piece of bloody hind leg meat from the backpack on his back. Ning Qingyun started a fire with dead branches and prepared to grill the meat.
As soon as Ning Qingyun put the meat on the fire, he smelled the tempting aroma of barbecue and the fragrant smell of rice. Ning Qingyun frowned and a trace of disgust appeared on his face.
"Boss, this is grilled meat of a young spotted deer. I seasoned it with red salt, sugar, cumin, minced garlic, chili powder, pepper oil, sesame oil, and fish sauce. It's not greasy or dry, and the meat is delicate, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. It's fresh and delicious. Come and try it." Yunshan walked out of a cave covered by dead vines, dragging a stainless steel tray in his hand. On the tray were dozens of skewers of fragrant and attractive grilled meat, a bowl of white rice, a few strings of green peppers, a few strings of mushrooms, and a few strings of lush green vegetables.
Ning Qingyun seemed not to have heard anything. He continued to roast the wolf meat in his hand with his eyes fixed straight ahead. The burnt smell in the air became stronger and stronger, and it was clearly distinguishable from the tempting aroma of the roasted meat on the tray in Yunshan's hand, gradually becoming a rival to the others.
Yunshan looked at the large piece of wolf meat in Ning Qingyun's hand, which had turned into a large piece of charcoal. He couldn't bear to look at it and wanted to say something several times but stopped himself. He watched Ning Qingyun use a knife to scrape off the charred layer on the outside, and then scrape off the roasted layer on the inside. He chewed it a few times and swallowed it, then put the large piece of meat on the fire to roast again.
"Boss, is wolf meat delicious?" Yunshan couldn't help but ask.
Ning Qingyun glanced at him indifferently.
"I heard that wolf meat is sour and tough. This Gale Wolf should also be a kind of wolf, right? You can obviously have delicious venison, so you'd better not make things difficult for yourself." Yunshan couldn't help but persuade him when he saw him slice off another layer of burnt wolf meat and was about to eat the roasted layer inside.
(End of this chapter)
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