CHAPTER 352: CHAPTER 352: THE FOREST

The group walked for nearly three hours without seeing any different scene. They had even started to get impatient and began to complain and wonder whether they had simply entered a barren land that couldn’t have any spoils.

"This place seems so empty. However, I must commend the density of the spiritual energy here. No wonder people in those times could become immortals.

With such spiritual energy, I bet even the most mediocre cultivator can become an immortal." Li Kian commented while looking around.

The soldier instincts in his blood didn’t allow him to relax his guard, especially in a new environment.

"That’s true. I can’t imagine a time where the streets were filled with gods and immortals.

That must have been a spectacle. But I am sure that they must also have had their own problems. After all, didn’t most of them die from the war between them and demons?

So, no matter whether the world is inhabited by immortals or just mortal humans, challenges never end.

It is most likely human nature to have challenges, joy, pain, and other experiences. I guess that is what makes life worth living " Qi Long, ever so wise and thoughtful added.

"Brother Long is right. I am guessing that even this apocalypse that is threatening to wipe out humanity is the same.

Just like how the immortals faced demons as their enemies, ours happen to be zombies. It is quite funny since these enemies used to be our own kind.

But since such a dangerous war between the immortals and demons ended and humans still won, then it’s a sign that we can always make a comeback.

So, this crisis will pass as well." Murong Yi wasn’t very talkative, but he always made a point when he opened his mouth.

The others nodded in agreement. Indeed, it was also the same with how the world faced world war one and world war two and was still standing today.

As the group chatted away, they found themselves standing in front of a dense forest.

There were trees reaching to the heavens and sunlight could barely penetrate through spaces between leaves.

It looked both eerie and divine. Moreover, they could not hear any signs of life in the forest. So, they had no idea whether the things in there were too powerful for them to detect, or whether there wasn’t any life left in this battlefield.

Chu Miao, having been to various secret realms, knew that they had to be careful. A place like that either held endless opportunities or endless danger.

However, she was also aware that without danger, a cultivator could never grow and any good opportunities couldn’t be found.

Therefore, she made the decision to enter the forest. As long as any danger they faced wasn’t life-threatening, they would fight. Otherwise, she could just teleport them all out of there.

After making such a decision, she told everyone to start moving.

"Let’s enter the forest. It may look dangerous, but opportunities lay where danger and risk are involved.

If we can’t even take the slightest risk, then we might not be able to improve at all."

"Mmm .... let’s go." Ye Xuan immediately agreed with his girlfriend and held his hand, pulling her as they walked briskly into the forest.

When the others saw how fearless they were, they followed behind them hurriedly.

Upon stepping into the forest, one could feel that the atmosphere had changed. For some unknown reason, the spiritual energy was denser there but the pressure that had been pressing them down and they had already gotten used to in the past few hours increased as well.

They had no choice but to sit down and meditate to get used to the pressure again. If they had been hit by this type of pressure as soon as they stepped into the secret realm, none of them would have survived.

That pressure would have crashed them to death in an instant. Luckily for them, they weren’t transported to some random locations but just appeared near the entrance.

The pressure in the forest was so much that they had to meditate for almost four days before getting used to it.

Once their bodies were accustomed to the pressure, they stood up and started walking forward.

It was still not easy to walk with what felt like a thousand tonne mountain pressing down on them but for the sake of getting stronger, they endured.

"Master, there are so many rare herbs here. Moreover, because no one has picked them for thousands of years, they are very mature and their medicinal value is unpredictable." Little White who was running in front of the group jumped around like a monkey.

The little tiger had managed to find quite a few rare herbs that if taken outside, even in the ancient times, would have caused an uproar.

Chu Miao had not expected to find such a windfall here. But was happy and wouldn’t complain about it.

Thus, Chu Miao became a teacher and started to teach her companions about the herbs they found in the forest, their uses, and how to recognize and harvest them.

As a result, the few people who had heard about all the herbs they found for the first time, were astonished.

Especially when they heard about how rare they were and what miracles they could perform.

They few like Qi Long, and the Li family siblings who had just been introduced to the cultivation world found most of the things unbelievable.

How can eating a herb or simply bathing with one turn the body into a spiritual energy absorbing magnet? Also, some herbs could actually literally bring a person from the grave and bring them back to life.

This was the most absurd thing they had heard, but they didn’t doubt it.

They had never thought something like that existed but they were compelled to believe it since many bizarre things had happened anyway.

Thus, after learning what herbs to harvest and what to avoid, everyone joined the fun.