Chapter 226 Clearing the Danger
The two's proposal was unanimously approved by everyone. Since they wanted to use this place as a base, they also wanted to clean up the surrounding area.
"Then let's clean up from the area near the big tree toward the outside. Let's divide into groups and make a cleaning plan." Ning Xuan said to the others.
"Lan Xin's Water Mirror Technique can be used as the main means of exploration in the first round of cleaning." Yun Han said first.
"Then let Lan Xin explore the surroundings first. If any abnormal area is found, we will go in groups of two to investigate." Ning Xuan made the decision.
Lan Xin had no objection, and the others also agreed. Lan Xin's fingertips gently outlined in the void, and a water curtain with a faint blue light slowly unfolded in front of everyone. Fine water droplets flowed on the mirror, reflecting the scene within a radius of 100 meters.
There is a dense forest within dozens of miles around this big tree. Trees of different species are densely packed, and leaves of different colors and shapes are interwoven into an ocean.
"There are abnormal energy fluctuations about three kilometers to the southeast." Lan Xin felt it calmly and suddenly stopped moving. Ripples suddenly appeared on the mirror surface, reflecting a dark purple low jungle.
The plants were squirming, and a sticky black liquid was oozing out of their surface. When the water mirror lens magnified the area, it was certain that the black liquid was covered with small insects.
Qinghe put his hand on the long sword at his waist, and the cloud pattern on the scabbard glowed faintly: "This should be a plant that can prey on insects, not a spider nest of red-eyed spiders."
"Write it down first and continue looking for other abnormalities." Yun Han carefully examined the black liquid and nodded in approval.
Afterwards, Lan Xin sensed three or four areas of abnormal energy fluctuations. After careful inspection with the water mirror, she found a big tree full of red fruits, a tree ape's cave, and a completely black, smooth tree without branches or leaves.
In addition to these abnormal energy fluctuations, they discovered all kinds of creatures in the water mirror, including giant wild boars, furry koalas, weird-looking monkeys, big-tailed squirrels, and large birds with colorful feathers. They were running or jumping among the branches and leaves in the forest, and they could see them very clearly.
However, no red-eyed spider was found.
"Master, the spider's nest was not found." Lan Xin reported to Ning Xuan.
"There must be blind spots in the water mirror's observation range. Since we have already cleared it once, we will form groups of two and clear it again. Now, divide into four groups and check the place where the abnormal energy fluctuations were just discovered."
"I'll go take a look at that black wood." Ning Xuan felt that the wood looked a bit like the lightning-struck wood inside the tree hole. Di Youlin stood beside Ning Xuan, making it clear that he wanted to act with her.
"I'm going to explore the tree monkey's cave." Qinghe said, and Jiuwei moved with him.
"I'll go pick some of those red fruits." Lin Mo and Chen Nan acted together.
Tang Xue and Min Wu went to explore the plant that could secrete mucus.
Everyone took their own actions, and the rest of the people and Lan Xin waited nearby.
Lan Xin looked up at the huge tree behind her that blocked out the sun. Part of its gnarled roots were exposed on the ground like a giant dragon. An emerald halo flowed between the leaves, showing its vigorous vitality.
Looking from the outside, it is impossible to imagine that there is a huge space inside this tree.
Well, there are countless big trees in this forest. Could other trees also have tree holes? Could the elusive red-eyed spiders also be hiding inside the big trees?
Thinking of this, Lan Xin continued to search in the water mirror, focusing on the thicker trees.
Di Youlin carried Ning Xuan and quickly flew to the black tree. After Ning Xuan reached out and touched the wood, a stream of lightning energy was transmitted from the tree to his palm. "This is really a lightning-struck wood."
Ning Xuan said happily.
"What is lightning-struck wood and what is its use?" Emperor Youlin couldn't help but ask when he saw Ning Xuan so happy.
Ning Xuan then remembered that when she was auditing the Equipment Refining Department, she had studied various materials commonly used in equipment refining, as well as various precious materials, and there did not seem to be such a material as lightning-struck wood among them.
The refining materials used in the Federal Galaxy are all various types of ores, natural plants, materials obtained from exotic beasts, and high-tech products. Materials such as lightning-struck wood, which have been tempered by special natural energy by chance, are not used in the Federal Galaxy's refining system.
"The wood that has been tempered by heavenly thunder is very useful. I'll tell you about it later. Now help me cut it down." Ning Xuan said to Di Youlin.
Ning Xuan not only found the lightning-struck wood in this area, but also found a tree about three meters high in the back. The tree looked ordinary, but the dark red resin secreted by the tree was slowly seeping out along the trunk. This thing is called Xuejie, a medicinal material that can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. When Xuejie encounters wind, it will condense and flow with agate-like brilliance. It is an extremely high-quality medicinal material.
When Ning Xuan and the others finished their exploration and returned to the big tree, Lan Xin had just made a new discovery.
Therefore, Ning Xuan and the others formed groups of two again to explore the area marked by Lan Xin.
This time, both Yun Han's group and Ning Xuan's group discovered red-eyed spiders.
During the exploration, Chen Nan was accidentally stuck in the web of a red-eyed spider. Even though Yun Han rescued him in time, Chen Nan was still poisoned.
Seeing that Chen Nan was unconscious, Yun Han had no time to kill the spider and immediately sent him to Ning Xuan. Ning Xuan circulated her blood energy, and emerald-colored lines appeared in her pupils. The moment her palm rested on Chen Nan's chest, countless vines pierced into Chen Nan's body.
After the vines entered Chen Nan's body, they drew out the toxins in his body bit by bit. The vines absorbed the black toxins, and Chen Nan quickly woke up. After making sure that the poison in Chen Nan's body had been eliminated, Ning Xuan took back the vines.
Although Chen Nan made some minor mistakes, they were generally safe. They successfully completed the cleaning of the spider's nest and found two large spider webs with a diameter of about three meters hidden between the trees.
They have already seen the toxicity of this spider web. In addition to its toxicity, the web is also extremely sticky. Once you get stuck, it is very difficult to get rid of it.
They took the two webs back to the tree hole base and hung them outside the tree hole. With these two spider webs, they no longer had to worry about birds, beasts, or poisonous insects sneaking into the tree hole in the middle of the night.
It took about two days to completely complete the cleaning of the surrounding area, and they also found many useful things during the cleaning task.
For example, there is the rare lightning-struck wood, the top-grade medicinal herb Sanguisorba officinalis in terms of texture and purity, and the red spiritual fruit picked by Lin Mo and Chen Nan, etc.
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