Chapter 215 of 900: The Ancient Wilderness
In the dry corner, Zhang Guodong had finished setting up his tent. It was rather small. It could only accommodate… His tent was the smallest among the tents everyone had brought. Placed behind the rocks, it would go unnoticed and seem to disappear into the rubble.
There were no lights, no people, it was just a pile of rocks.
"These people are now addicted to enhancing their physical strength and are taking a second brain bead. Luckily, no one will disturb us here!" Zhang Guodong chuckled self-deprecatingly, crawled into the tent, and instantly, he entered Peach Blossom Spring again.
"Awoo!" As soon as Zhang Guodong entered Peach Blossom Paradise, Dahei and the others wanted to run over and cuddle with him. They had been in Peach Blossom Paradise for a while now. These guys seemed to be getting a little tired of it, and every time he came in, they fawned over him, not wanting to leave.
Zhang Guodong had no choice but to hit them again. They looked so pitiful with their aggrieved eyes.
"I promise, once we get out of here and back to Dujia, I'll make sure you can appear before everyone with a legitimate reason. Uh, Da Sha and his wife are in a bit of a predicament," Zhang Guodong said. But he felt that this was a bit of an overstatement. Da Qing and the others looked like wolfhounds, which could fool people, but Da Sha and his wife looked like bears. If they appeared on the street, they would probably scare a lot of people.
"Pop pop!" Da Sha patted his chest, as if trying to prove himself, which made Zhang Guodong laugh.
"Okay, okay, I'll definitely figure something out!"
They seemed to be able to communicate with each other.
After defeating the giant black monsters, Zhang Guodong entered the hundredfold increase zone. His sensory range had expanded significantly, and the feeling was completely different. Even so, he still couldn't see through the mountain peaks; they were still shrouded in a layer of mist that isolated his power. Like a seal?
After glancing at the mountains and rivers, Zhang Guodong sat down cross-legged on the spot, not caring that the soil was quite wet.
Opening the jade box in his hand, he found nine brain beads—three large and six small—lying quietly inside. If he hadn't witnessed firsthand the strengthening effect of the brain beads on the body after consumption, Zhang Guodong would have thought the beads were useless.
From the outside, no spiritual energy fluctuations could be sensed from the brain bead. Clearly, either the bead was extremely magical, sealing away all spiritual energy fluctuations, or this power was not spiritual energy, but rather strange.
Zhang Guodong picked up a small brain bead, felt its coolness in his hand, glanced at it twice, and then swallowed it.
It was as if he heard a cracking sound. The bead that had entered his body shattered instantly, and a relatively large force instantly pierced through Zhang Guodong's body. It felt as if every cell in his body was about to be torn apart. It was indeed violent! Was this spiritual energy?! No, there was also a trace of power similar to life force. This power was very concentrated and seemed to be of high quality, but it was different from the essence of spiritual energy.
This is forcibly altering the human body!
However, while ordinary people like Xu Ming experienced excruciating pain during their initial transformation, this level of pain was far less intense for Zhang Guodong. After all, his body had already been tempered to a certain degree, rendering this level of transformation largely ineffective. Nevertheless, the addition of that trace of concentrated power still brought Zhang Guodong considerable gains.
Zhang Guodong was slightly disappointed. A small amount of black impurities and toxins appeared on his body surface, but the amount was very small, only equivalent to the amount he had accumulated from several days of boxing practice.
This is still due to that strange life force!
Indeed, without the tempering of higher energy, Zhang Guodong's body could only improve step by step under the tempering of spiritual energy, and these brain beads would not be of much use to him. But then again, this spiritual energy has a very good effect on the transformation of ordinary people.
The pain quickly disappeared; he had absorbed all the spiritual energy, wasting almost nothing.
"It seems that these brain beads are not very useful to me. It would be better to keep them. They would be more useful for modifying ordinary people!" Zhang Guodong regretfully prepared to put away the eight brain beads, which consisted of three large and five small ones.
Perhaps, his parents could use it! Zhang Guodong's eyes lit up as he thought of his parents in the provincial capital. However, the larger brain wouldn't be suitable. The tragic state of his third son flashed through his mind.
He might as well take the three large ones himself. If his physical condition improves, he might be able to survive a little longer in the ancient wilderness!
Zhang Guodong took out three at once and consumed them in succession. However, this time he underestimated the difference in energy between the large and small beads, and this time he truly felt what pain was!
Cold sweat poured down his forehead, and his face turned pale!
It felt like knives were cutting into my body all over. A tremendous force was tearing at me, then another force would repair the wounds, and so on!
Black impurities seeped out from his body surface and quickly covered his entire body. This time, the impurities he expelled were equivalent to four months of his boxing training!
He even felt that he might be about to break through to the nineteenth repetition of the fist technique! This was an extra big surprise! With just one more small breakthrough, he would be even closer to the major qualitative leap of the twentieth repetition, and his abilities would greatly increase to a higher level!
"Haha, not bad! If we could buy the big brain beads they have, maybe we could break through to the nineteenth level of the fist technique?"
This idea really appealed to him.
But then I thought, these people are all from wealthy families, what could they lack? Money? No way. Even if they don't need it, they might not sell it to me anyway.
Never mind, one shouldn't be too greedy.
Zhang Guodong carefully put away the five small beads, got up, and rinsed himself with water, feeling refreshed.
"It's time to go out!"
Outside, the green moon had dipped below the horizon. Time was ticking away, awaiting the arrival of a new day. Zhang Guodong stepped out of the small tent and sat on a round rock, a question lingering in his mind.
Is there no sun in this world, only this green moon?
Now the green moon had fallen below the horizon. The surroundings were utterly dark. There were no stars in the sky; it was deathly still. If it weren't for the powerful vitality emanating from the surrounding trees, and the fact that the spiritual energy here was ten times denser than outside, Zhang Guodong would have thought these realms had been banished.
In fact, some of Zhang Guodong's wild guesses were correct.
This is indeed a sealed world, a world of pure plant cultivators. Originally, it should have existed on the plane of Earth, but ten thousand years ago, these powerful humans, capable of flying, were separated by a mysterious and powerful force, forming their own space.
With the arrival of outsiders like Zhang Guodong, those inside saw hope for this space to reintegrate into the Earth dimension.
The next morning, as people emerged from their tents with red eyes, like rabbits, the space itself welcomed a new day, and a full moon slowly rose.
It's quite amazing; just yesterday it was half a moon, and today it's a full moon.
However, no one paid attention to this. A night was equivalent to a day in the outside world, and the group tormented themselves for half the night. Then they woke up, only to find it still dark, and had to rest again, which was incredibly difficult for the excited group. Finally, when the green full moon rose, they felt...
"Alright everyone, let's go!"
"good luck!"
They are wishing each other well!
After everyone left, Zhang Guodong began to calm down, as if he had been forgotten. Wang Chengzhou and Li Gu were also present, but no one offered to take him along.
Clearly, in their eyes, Zhang Guodong was a complete burden, and he also consumed a small amount of food.
After moving his tent and backpack to Taoyuanli, Zhang Guodong set off lightly.
The wind is blowing, and the vegetation on the wasteland is not as lush as in the jungle, but that's relative.
In some places, jungles hundreds of meters high can appear on the wilderness, covering several square kilometers; the actual area can be quite large.
From the moment Zhang Guodong set foot on this wasteland, he basically walked and stopped frequently, not in a hurry to search for the demon seed. To be honest, every blade of grass and every tree here made Zhang Guodong feel dazed; he could sense a trace of that strange vitality, but it wasn't very strong.
On the third day after setting foot on the wasteland, Zhang Guodong still hadn't encountered a single demonic vine. He could sense any demonic vine with active life force within a radius of two hundred meters.
Reaching a hill with sparse trees, Zhang Guodong planned to pitch his tent there for the night and then figure out how to find the Demon Vine. After all, searching haphazardly like this would be very difficult and dangerous for someone who had never seen a Demon Vine before. But just as he stepped out of his tent, a beast's roar came from nearby.
"Roar!" Another roar. It sounded like an angry roar, as if encountering a powerful enemy?
Zhang Guodong was now certain that the beast's roar was real. It was coming from right here in these hills! But, incredibly, wild beasts had appeared in this ancient wasteland!
This news is absolutely astonishing!
Originally, he thought that this space was only filled with demonic vines, and after walking for more than two days, he hadn't encountered any wild beasts. But here, they had appeared!
One can imagine. If Wang Chengzhou and his group encountered wild beasts, they'd be in deep trouble! Here, we don't even know what the demonic vines look like or how they attack, let alone the wild beasts from these realms appearing again.
Zhang Guodong leaped dozens of meters high and landed on a hill.
Look! I was immediately startled. Thousands of meters away, hundreds of meters long branches were crisscrossing and dancing in the sky. They were densely packed, shimmering with silver light, countless in number—they were clearly enormous creatures!
A demonic curtain! Or perhaps, more than one demonic vine?
Then a much larger, golden-furred beast leaped several meters in a single bound and actually engaged in combat with the dense branches.
A lion? No! It was four or five times larger than a lion! It had a single horn on its forehead! With a swipe of its giant claw, long branches were severed and fell off, scattering green liquid everywhere.
But those thousands of branches were no ordinary thing; if they were to fall onto the giant beast, the beast would roar as if in great pain.
Zhang Guodong gasped in shock. What level of demonic vine was this? One? Multiple? If they were all this powerful, could anyone even get close? If attacked by these demonic vines, a person's body would likely be severely injured instantly!
Even he. If he wanted to kill this demonic vine, it would be a huge challenge. The problem is, there are just too many branches, too long, and they can even bend and attack—this is clearly a monster, not a plant!
Meanwhile, on a snow-covered plain at the northernmost point, a massive ancient city suddenly appeared. This city, called Fengdu, was fifty kilometers long and forty kilometers wide, and housed a population of two hundred thousand. Essentially, it was a major human settlement.
After flying for several days, Xuan Qingban finally arrived here, dragging the five people with him.
Upon landing, they saw a group of ten patrolling guards dressed in ancient attire at the city gate. They immediately stopped, saluted, and greeted her as "Senior Sister!"
Extremely respectful!
He barely looked to the side, as if he hadn't noticed Xu Wenbo and the others.
"Hmm, is Elder Thirteen in the Elder Hall?" Xuan Qing nodded indifferently and asked casually.
"Yes, Senior Sister. The Thirteenth Elder is here today, as are the First Elder, Third Elder, Eighth Elder, and Tenth Elder!" said the captain of the patrol team.
The five people, including Xu Wenbo, behind Xuan Qinghui were stunned. This ancient city was so big! The people here were dressed as if they were in ancient times, with soldiers in armor and women in long dresses. In particular, there were so many people! It was far more than they had expected.
If so many people possess demon seeds, then once they go out...
The consequences were unimaginable. Xiao Tang, Lin Xian, Zheng Laosan, and Li Limin all wore serious expressions. Clearly, they were all intelligent and stunned by what they were seeing, stunned by the potential consequences. They were filled with fear.
"You five, come with me. Five elders want to see you!" Xuan Qinghui nodded to the city gate soldiers and said to the five men whose faces looked grim.
She walked ahead without looking back, while Xu Wenbo and the other four exchanged bitter glances. But now that they were here, they had no choice.
Here. Xuan Qingbo abandoned flying, and in her hand appeared a white and green branch, beautiful as jade. But it was just a branch.
They had been carried by this branch for several days, although they had rested a few times in between.
On the road, many people addressed Xuan Qingban respectfully as Senior Sister, and then looked curiously at Xu Wenbo and his group of five. Their clothes were strange, their hairstyles were strange, and everything about them was strange. The people here knew nothing about the outside world.
"You've been wearing really strange clothes these past few days!"
Whispers filled the air. Soon, many people on the street learned that Xuan Qinghui, the personal disciple of the Grand Elder of the Fengdu City Elder Hall, the number one expert of the younger generation, the owner of a spirit-grade demon seed, and a level 32 plant cultivator, had brought back five outsiders dressed in strange attire.
"Hmph, these people are just ordinary folks. How could Qingzuo associate with ordinary people? He even personally went to pick them up!" In a tavern, one of the five young men serving drinks looked at Xuan Qinghui and his five companions. He also overheard everyone in the tavern discussing this top young expert and those five strangely dressed people. It made him very uncomfortable, and he said coldly.
"Senior Brother Zhao, this is actually an order from the Elders' Hall. In my opinion, why not just send anyone? Why does Senior Sister Xuan have to go personally?" A young man beside him said obsequiously.
"I think so too! To pick up a few people and issue a joint order from the Elders' Hall seems a bit too frivolous, doesn't it? Those five people are just ordinary people!" another young man said angrily.
The other two nodded in agreement.
They knew that Senior Brother Zhao was the Second Elder's eldest disciple, but in Fengdu City he was ranked below Xuan Qingji. He was a level 30 spiritual plant cultivator and the second strongest among the younger generation! Now, he was investigating Xuan Qingban and preventing any man from getting close to her. However, Senior Sister Xuan was indifferent to him, and he was only infatuated with her.
As soon as the group spoke, Zhao's eyes blazed with anger. He stood up abruptly and started walking downstairs.
"Senior Brother Zhao, you..." The group was at a loss for words. They thought they had angered Senior Brother Zhao!
"I'm going to the Elder Hall to see where these five people with three heads and six arms came from!" Senior Brother Zhao said as he left the restaurant. His voice came through clearly.
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