Chapter 130 Blue Flowers
"What do you think is ahead?" Jin Tong asked, noticing the eerie chill emanating from the calm water.
The misty lake was too quiet, and he wanted to find something to talk about, worried that Shu Ning might be scared.
“There’s a snake,” Nightmare said.
"Nonsense, how could the Black Serpent Clan not have snakes?" Jin Tong retorted, rolling her eyes at him.
"Given the Black Serpent Clan's style, what else could it be but snakes?" Nightmare said.
"That's true. They'll curse any other orc race they see outside, let alone here in the Nether Swamp."
Upon hearing this, a complex expression flashed in Xuanmo's eyes, and he continued swimming silently.
"There are also insects," Xiao Chong reminded him.
"What's there to be afraid of with bugs?" Jin Tong said dismissively.
"What about the poisonous insects?" Mo Li asked.
"Even poisonous insects... there's nothing to be afraid of."
"What about the poisonous herbs?" Mo Li pressed.
"Isn't this the thing you love most? Oh, I know you're good at it, but if you encounter any poisonous insects or plants later, just don't just focus on studying them," Jin Tong said.
“How could that be?” Mo Li said as she swam. “Do you think I’m like you, unable to move when I see something I like?”
"Who are you saying can't walk?" Jin Tong asked with an air of superiority.
"Don't worry, I will definitely warn you if there are any poisonous insects or plants."
"Hmph, that's more like it." Jin Tong curled his lip.
After a while, trees slowly appeared in front of them.
"We're almost ashore," Mo Li reminded him. Having lived in the water for many years, he could feel that the water was much shallower than before.
“I see it,” Jin Tong said, looking at the trees not far away.
A moment later, they all got ashore.
As soon as Jin Tong came down, he went to take Shu Ning's hand.
The group then entered the forest.
Xuanmo, Shu Ning, and Jintong walked in front.
Xiao Chong, Mo Li, and Yan walked behind.
As soon as they entered the forest, they saw amber-colored insect sacs embedded in the branches of the trees, and the further they went in, the more they saw.
"This place is a bit eerie." Jin Tong noticed that although it was land, there were still quite a few puddles in the misty forest.
Green moss covered the tree bark, vines hung down, and the humidity was so high that tiny water droplets could drip from eyelashes.
But the feeling of adventure excited him.
"Everyone be careful, there might be Gu worms around here," Shu Ning warned.
"Hmm," the others responded, glancing warily around them.
As the group walked further in, they encountered more and more bushes.
"How much longer until Ningning arrives?" Jin Tong asked.
Shu Ning looked up and ahead. She remembered that if she followed this route, there would be a cave ahead.
"Soon," she said.
"Ning, be careful!" Mo Li suddenly grabbed Shu Ning's hand and said.
Shu Ning was pulled along by him and stopped walking, and the others also stopped.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
“There are thorns here,” he said.
"You scared me! I thought it was a poisonous plant," Jin Tong said, looking down at the thorny vines on the ground.
"Although this vine is not poisonous, if you get pricked by it, the wound will itch, so it's best not to touch it." As she spoke, Mo Li picked up Shu Ning and carried her around the thorny vine.
“Okay, I understand,” Jin Tong said.
They then bypassed the thorny vines and continued walking.
After traveling a little further, we arrived at the entrance to the cave.
"This is it." Shu Ning said, looking at the environment around the cave, which was exactly the same as described in the encyclopedia.
"Shall we go in?" Jin Tong asked, frowning as he looked at the damp, dark cave entrance.
The plump insect eggs at the entrance of the hole made him swallow hard.
In their fox tribe, insects are part of their diet.
Looking at the dense clusters of insect eggs on the surrounding trees, Shu Ning couldn't help but get goosebumps and felt an urge to burn them all.
But we can't do that yet. If we burn the mother worm to death, we won't be able to draw out the magic potion from the black snake orc.
Moreover, they might even go insane from the death of the mother Gu.
She was thinking about how to lure out the mother Gu.
"Come in," she said. "Jin Tong and I can go in. You all wait outside."
She planned to have Jin Tong bewitch the mother Gu, and then she would catch it and put it into her space while it was bewitched.
These wild venomous insects, which have not absorbed venom from the Black Serpent Clan, are just like normal insects.
Of course, it will still bite when it encounters danger.
"No," the other beastmen said in unison.
"Ningning, let's not go in," Yan said, pulling her hand. His intuition told him that it was extremely dangerous inside.
“Hmm.” Mo Li nodded in agreement with Yan, and he smelled a familiar, fine powdery scent inside.
He had caught a whiff of this scent before when he was out, and although it was only a faint whiff, it had captivated him for quite some time.
Fortunately, he was carrying a gem from the Jiao Clan, which helped him regain his senses.
"Don't go in, it's dangerous inside," he said seriously.
“But…” Shu Ning looked at them one by one blocking her way, “It’s okay, I will protect myself.”
She looked at Nightmare, "Nightmare, do you remember the first time we met?"
“I remember,” he recalled. “You said you were a goddess, right?” Then he remembered what she had said about the space.
"Mm." Shu Ning nodded.
“That won’t work either,” he said. “Even if there’s space, safety can’t be guaranteed.”
"It's okay." Shu Ning said, then let go of his hand and prepared to go inside.
"Don't go." Xuanmo, who was standing quietly to the side, pulled her back and said in a low voice.
Seeing the worry in their eyes, Shu Ning stopped them, wondering what reason she could use.
At this moment, Xiao Chong suddenly said, "Ningning, go if you want to. Brother Xiao Chong will accompany you."
"Okay," Shu Ning replied, and then the two went inside together.
"Hey, didn't you say you were going to take me with you?" Jin Tong caught up with them.
Then the others went in together.
"Here, everyone take these." After she finished speaking, she took out several mystic crystals from her spatial storage and gave them to them.
"Everyone, please help me find the biggest bug."
Shu Ning looked up at the cave walls, which were covered with honeycomb-like holes and oozing disgusting slime.
Looking down at the ground covered with wriggling fleshy fungi, nourished by the rotting corpses of Gu worms, some of which had already sprouted blue flower buds.
Fortunately, it didn't bloom.
When this plant blooms, the pollen it releases can induce hallucinations if inhaled.
The group continued walking inside. The cave was very quiet, and there were an unusually large number of insect eggs on the rock walls.
Suddenly, a succulent plant behind the place they passed by sensed the movement of the outside air and bloomed prematurely.
Mo Li, who was walking at the back, noticed it and immediately drew her bone knife and cut it in half.
But some odors still wafted out.
"Hold your breath!" he shouted.
But it was too late. Everyone present, except him, had stopped in their tracks, frozen in place, their eyes vacant.
Mo Li stepped forward, frowning as she looked at them. "Wake up, wake up."
He was puzzled, but looking at the mystic crystal in his hand, he suddenly understood why he was the only one who hadn't entered the illusion.
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