Chapter 318 Crossing the Boundary
Jiang Xi nodded, expressing her gratitude, and didn't ask any further questions.
The tenth entrance/exit...
It was the entrance she used to enter the Giant Tree Forest.
These orcs didn't mention the Holy Deer Guard. Does that mean there wasn't a Holy Deer Guard to stop them?
Once a being like the Holy Deer Guard appears at the boundary, they will talk incessantly without her even asking.
If it wasn't said, then it means it didn't happen.
Jiang Xi stroked her chin thoughtfully.
Lu Liufeng lowered his eyes and asked, "Mistress, which entrance should we take?"
They are already in the Stone Forest. After leaving the Stone Forest, they will soon reach the boundary and need to choose an entrance or exit.
Jiang Xi blinked.
"What would happen if we didn't go through the entrance/exit and instead went through other locations?"
Lu Liufeng was stunned for a moment.
Upon hearing this, Tolkien immediately exclaimed, "No!"
"The boundary line contains the power of the entire giant forest. If you cross it without permission, you will be driven away by all the creatures in the forest."
Jiang Xi looked at him, "Any examples?"
"A case?" Tolkien was taken aback. "What is a case?"
Jiang Xi: "It's about someone illegally crossing over and then something happened."
Tolkien was even more stunned, shaking his head and nodding at the same time.
But when asked to explain why, he couldn't.
Jiang Xi made her decision immediately.
Let's go take a look!
However, she also promptly addressed the orcs of the Starsea Plains.
"Of course, you can go directly through the tenth exit, and we'll go take a look over there."
“It’s half a day to a day’s journey outside the border. There’s a relatively large tribe called Chunlai. You can wait for us there.”
Although the two groups traveled together, they were essentially two separate groups.
Xi Liu pursed her lips.
"Since we agreed to go together, how could we abandon you?"
Yi Yuexi: "..."
"Hey, don't talk like we need you to get out of here."
Such a weak orc team would not only fail to provide assistance in case of trouble, but would also only drag them down.
The only one among them, the fourth-tier one, was sickly. Although he could heal, his healing abilities were far weaker than those of the female master.
Xi Liu's smile remained unchanged.
"It's alright. We're new here and not familiar with the Giant Tree Forest either. We can learn a lot from you."
Since the people from Xinghai Plain wouldn't leave, Jiang Xi had no choice but to take them with her to smuggle themselves across the border.
To be honest, she wasn't sure either.
However, let's take it one step at a time.
We've reached the boundary, both horizontally and vertically.
After another day of travel, as the sun began to set, the group arrived at the boundary line.
On the boundary line, there is a hazy membrane that is not visible unless you look closely.
As Jiang Xi was observing, Mu Ling suddenly appeared, carrying an unconscious orc.
He threw the orc on the ground and clapped his hands.
"Nearby beast guards."
They knocked him unconscious to prevent him from alerting them.
Jiang Xi glanced at it casually, then looked away and continued to observe the boundary line in front of her.
For some reason, she felt that the boundary was very... very familiar?
She had only ever seen a similar boundary in the Cursed Lands, but this wasn't a light barrier either.
Suddenly, Jiang Xi caught a glimpse of the hem of her dress out of the corner of her eye. She froze, her eyes widening.
She raised her hand, unfolded her sleeve, looked at her clothes, and then at the almost invisible membrane in front of her.
"The Tree God Tribe must have been involved in establishing this boundary, right?"
Lu Liufeng immediately understood her meaning, and his eyes brightened slightly.
"What does the female master mean?"
Jiang Xi laughed, tentatively wrapped her hand in her sleeve, and stretched it towards the boundary line, passing right through it.
She took a step forward and stepped directly across.
Sure enough, the method of making the divine robe she was wearing, which belonged to the Tree God Tribe, was probably closely related to the boundary.
Seeing that the female master had passed through, Mu Ling quickly followed.
Just as Lu Liufeng was about to call out to him, he saw him crash into the invisible membrane of the boundary and bounce back.
Then, thin lines of light spread outwards from this point.
Tolkien frowned.
"Oh no! We've crossed the boundary! The beast guards will be here soon!"
Seeing that they couldn't get through, Jiang Xi tried to go over again.
But as she lifted her leg, she saw Lu Liufeng and Yi Yuexi inside widen their eyes, as if they had seen something terrifying.
Jiang Xi's heart skipped a beat as she sensed the presence behind her.
She didn't dare turn around at all and rushed inside.
But as soon as he lunged forward, his waist was grabbed and he was pulled back.
Jiang Xi was suspended in mid-air, struggling and thrashing about, but after struggling for a while she still couldn't get down, so she could only try to look up.
Then, she froze.
"Haizu?"
What are you doing here, sir?
Cecilia lowered her blue eyes, watching her struggling, flushed face.
He loosened his arm around her slender waist, put her down, and without answering her "old lady" question, spoke with some impatience.
"Tell them to hurry up and come over. They've been waiting for you in the Chunlai tribe all day. You're moving way too slowly."
Jiang Xi: "Huh?"
"ah?"
She made two "ah" sounds in a row, then her eyes flashed slyly.
She tilted her little face up, blinked her dark, bright eyes, and looked on with a pitiful expression, seeking help from the old man, Hai Zu.
"But they can't get here."
"Lord Haizu, could you please have mercy and help them get here?"
Cecilia laughed in exasperation.
"If they need my help, it's because they're Lord Haizu. When they arrive, will they start calling me Old Man Haizu?"
"Haha." Jiang Xi laughed awkwardly twice. "Isn't this a respectful way to address you?"
Mu Ling kept tapping the boundary line from the other side, trying to get over, but all she could do was increase the amount of light spreading outwards.
Cecilia didn't want to waste any more time here, so she spoke directly.
"Your two Serpent Clan beastmen, aren't they capable of merging? What are they standing there for?"
"This boundary can only stop those below the Earth Rank. Let them break through and come straight over."
Jiang Xi: "Huh?"
She was genuinely surprised this time.
It turns out that after all this time of thinking, the solution was right in front of them.
Having learned the method, she stopped trying to please Haizu, quickly walked to the boundary line, pointed at Nafiel and Nakan, and made a gesture of joining together.
The boundary blocked out the sound, so Lu Liufeng and the others couldn't hear it, but they could still understand the female master's gestures.
They all turned to look at Nafiel and Nakan.
The two exchanged a glance.
Nafel: "You all step back."
The beastmen of the Starsea Plain were completely bewildered, but they obediently retreated.
Then, Nafiel and Nakan joined hands, and a blinding light emanated from their point of connection, instantly enveloping them both.
The oppressive aura gradually intensified, and finally, within the halo, the terrifying aura of the Earth Rank suddenly erupted, enveloping the entire area.
As the halo faded, a handsome snake-beastman with heterochromatic golden and blue eyes appeared in the forest. His thick snake tail, interwoven with red and silver scales, swung backward into the thicket. Strands of red hair cascaded down his snow-white hair, partially obscuring the giant python tattoo on his body.
Xi Liu's ever-smiling face finally cracked.
"A... a Serpent Clan!?"
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