Chapter 190 - 190 The Strangeness of the Misty Forest

190 The Strangeness of the Misty Forest

There were too many mountain ranges and demonic beasts’ forests here. The group’s range of activity was generally in the periphery, and very few were in the depths.

Even the locations of the mines were almost the same. Demonic beasts would not take the initiative to attack under normal circumstances, so if there was nothing special, no one would easily step into the depths of the forests.

It could be said that they were minding their own business. After all, their main goal was to mine the spirit stone mines, not these demonic beasts.

Moreover, some of the demonic beasts that had gained spiritual intelligence were vengeful. If they or their kind were injured, it was hard to guarantee that they would cause trouble with the humans. The gains would not make up for the losses.

Ye Xuan’s thoughts were different from Yi Chengrui’s.

“Even if the news reaches Jingdu, it will still take some time for the people there to arrive. Based on the frequency and scale of the demonic beast attacks, this place won’t be able to hold on for long.”

“And who knows what kind of changes will appear in the future? Rather than being passive, it’s better to take the initiative to attack.”

Ye Xuan’s words made sense. Shen Changling was the first to respond, “I’ll listen to Elder Ye.”

The rest of the people from the Sword Sect were the same, they would follow Ye Xuan’s lead. After all, Ye Xuan was able to save everyone in such a dangerous secret realm and that mysterious and unpredictable black mist, so there should be no problem this time.

At this moment, the Sword Sect was similar to the Tai Qing Sect from before. They believed in Ye Xuan unconditionally, as if nothing was impossible as long as he was there.

The people of the Infinity Sect looked at each other and hesitated. “Then let’s go together.”

Yi Chengrui had no choice but to agree. “In that case, I’ll arrange for some people to go with you tomorrow.”

The last ray of the setting sun fell into the clouds, and the night also began. In the middle of the night, everyone heard a few beast roars. It must have been those demonic beasts that came to harass them again, making it almost impossible for them to sleep.

When they finally left, who would have thought that another wave would come in the second half of the night, and they almost didn’t rest for the whole night?

The next morning, everyone was ready to set off.

Ye Xuan and the people of the Sword Sect, as well as Lin Qing and the disciples of the Infinity Sect who were not seriously injured, plus the people sent by Yi Chengrui, there were about fifty people in total.

“Most of the demonic beasts are in their lairs in the morning, so it’s relatively safe.”

Yi Chengrui reminded everyone of some things to pay attention to, “This is a map of part of the forest. I hope it will be useful to you. I have marked the location of the mines.”

He asked the people in the city who were more familiar with the forest to lead the way for Ye Xuan and the others.

“I hope you can return safely.”

Ye Xuan and the others left Changping and headed to the nearest demonic beasts’ forest. This forest was called the ‘Forest of Fog’.

It was because there would often be inexplicable fog in the forest, and the people of Changping didn’t know the reason. It was said that when the fog was thick, it was almost impossible to see one’s fingers when they stepped into the forest, and they would get lost in the forest. Thus, it was how the name of the forest came about.

“We’re lucky today. We didn’t encounter any fog in the forest. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have been able to enter no matter what.”

The leading middle-aged man was called Wu Hai. His cultivation was at sky rank level 5, and he could be considered to be one of the stronger people in the city.

Ye Xuan was a little puzzled. He asked, “Why does this fog appear so often in the forest?”

Wu Hai shook his head.

“It only happens occasionally, it’ll be terrible if it happened often. Then that would mean those mines can’t be mined anymore. After so many years, everyone has figured out the pattern of this fog, but whenever there is fog, they will avoid it and not mine to avoid any accidents.”

“There was once someone who didn’t believe in this and insisted on mining. In the end, the fog somehow came to the vicinity of the mine and everyone in the mine disappeared.”

Shen Changling’s interest was piqued. He commented, “Now that you’ve mentioned it, it seems like the fog has a life of its own.”

“Anyway, we don’t know where the fog came from. Some people wanted to investigate the source, but there was no result. Over time, everyone got used to it. After all, there won’t be any danger as long as we avoid it.”

Ye Xuan and the others were quite lucky along the way and didn’t encounter any demonic beasts.

As they entered the forest, they were surrounded by large trees that blocked out the sky. The light suddenly became dim, as if they had entered another world.

Everyone’s conversation became much softer as if they were afraid of disturbing something.

“According to the map, the mine should be in the southeast direction.”

It was obvious that Wu Hai had been here many times and was very familiar with the path. There were even a few man-made small paths here, which showed that he had walked there many times.

There were ancient trees all around, and vines as thick as buckets wrapped around the treetops. At first glance, it looked a little like some kind of snake-like creature.

The group was quiet. Only the cracking of the dead branches could be heard, and everything around them seemed too quiet.

“That’s not right. There were so many demonic beasts gathered outside the city wall yesterday. Why is there not a single one today?”

Everyone’s mind was in a tense state, afraid that a demonic beast would jump out from any corner, but after walking for a long time, they didn’t even see a shadow.

There must be something wrong with this abnormal situation.

Wu Hai also found it strange. He warned, “Let’s be careful. Something might be wrong.”

They were already prepared to fight. After all, Yi Chengrui had said that it was extremely dangerous, but the calmness at this moment made everyone a little uncomfortable.

They felt that the forest was too calm, they didn’t even hear the buzzing of insects or the chirping of birds.

Ye Xuan asked, “Was it like this when you came the last time?”

Wu Hai shook his head and replied, “The last time I came here, I was attacked by a few demon wolves.”