What happened next was truly out of Du Feng's expectations. The wood spirit girl's request wasn't to leave the Dark Forest, but to leave the Land of the Buried Dragon. One had to know that the Land of the Buried Dragon was an independent secret realm. It was a completely different world from the outside world.
The wood spirit girl had always known that there would be explorers entering the Land of the Buried Dragon and that they would leave after a period of time. She had even interacted with explorers a few times and learned from them that the outside world was vast and filled with all sorts of strange things. She also discovered that the men from the outside world were more pleasing to the eye, unlike the disgusting half-human half-beast like the Scorpion Man.
The first of the explorers to enter the Dark Forest was Du Feng, and he was quite handsome. Thus, the wood spirit had been secretly observing him from the very beginning. However, she hadn't expected to encounter the Scorpion Man's plot and be poisoned by that embarrassing poison. She had even almost been …
"Alright, alright. As long as there's a way to pass through the spatial rift, I will definitely bring you out."
Seeing the wood spirit girl's large, watery eyes, Du Feng patted his chest and promised her. Even so, he still wasn't confident. After all, he had never heard of people from the secret realm being able to leave. If people from the outside world entered the Land of the Buried Dragon, it would affect this place. On the other hand, if the people from the Land of the Buried Dragon went outside, would they cause earth-shattering changes? Who cares, I'll deal with whatever comes. Since I've promised the girl, I'll do my best to fulfill it.
"You want to go to the Spring of Life? I can lead the way."
Originally, Du Feng had wanted to have the wood spirit girl wait here while he went to the Spring of Life to retrieve the First Essence Heavy Water before coming back to find her. But when the wood spirit girl heard this, she insisted on accompanying him. She even swore that she was the most familiar with the Spring of Life. Without her leading the way, Du Feng really wouldn't be able to find the place.
"Alright then. I'll have to trouble you to lead the way."
Du Feng spoke in a genteel manner, completely different from the natives of the Land of the Buried Dragon. The wood spirit girl's heart thumped wildly as she listened. Why was this man from the outside so charming? She couldn't help but want to look at him a few more times and listen to his words.
"Can we go now?"
Seeing that the wood spirit was still in a daze, he softly reminded it. He didn't expect that this little girl would be startled, causing Du Feng to become nervous as well. He thought that something dangerous was about to happen.
"Oh, that's fine."
The wood spirit girl's face turned slightly red as she jumped onto the tree branch. She did not seem to like walking on wet ground, preferring to leap from tree to tree. Looking at the enchanting curves on her back, Du Feng leaped lightly onto a tree branch and followed closely behind the wood spirit, scuttling between the branches.
It turned out that the view from this height was different. The Dark Forest that had been almost completely dark now had a little bit of light. Although it wasn't bright, there were some colors in front of his eyes. Upon closer inspection, one would discover that the black tree branches were actually dark green in color. More interestingly, on the thicker branches, there were some small stalks of grass and flowers.
Life was really amazing. Because the ground did not have the conditions to grow, these small plants actually grew on the branches of the trees. The fertilizer they needed to grow was just the dust that accumulated over the years and the occasional feces from the birds.
"Swoosh swoosh swoosh …"
The wood spirit's movements were very agile. Her strength was stronger than Du Feng had thought. Perhaps it was because she had been carelessly poisoned that she seemed weaker. After jumping on the tree for a while, her body became even more agile. As expected of the wood spirit, she would become stronger after coming into contact with trees.
As the two continued deeper into the forest, the atmosphere became a little quiet. The wood spirit girl was busy leading the way and did not speak. Du Feng did not know what to say.
"No one has died in this period of time. I wonder if that demon has died."
"Yeah, the difficulty of this mission has increased, the rewards should be correspondingly higher."
The elders of the Snow Mountain Sect were also gathered in the conference hall. Previously, five people from the Snow Mountain Sect had died, and then they saw people from the major families die one after another. This had scared them quite a bit. At this rate, the explorers entering the Land of the Buried Dragon would soon be completely annihilated.
Du Feng still did not know that he had been called a demon. He did not want to kill anyone, he was just passively retaliating.
"Coo coo …"
What was that sound? After hearing the strange sound, the wood spirit stopped and looked behind her in alarm. If she did not hear wrong, that strange sound came from behind, and it was very close to her.
"Aiya!"
Du Feng did not expect the wood spirit girl to suddenly stop. The two had been advancing very quickly and had been following closely. When the wood spirit girl stopped, he just happened to jump out from a branch behind them. He had wanted to use Soaring Spell to control himself in midair, but he found that this was a no-fly zone. Unless it was a bird that could naturally fly with wings, any other flying spell would not work. He could only continue forward and stop on the same branch as the wood spirit girl. The two were very close to each other, making him a little embarrassed.
"I …"
"Can you hear the strange sound?"
Du Feng wanted to explain that he did not mean to stick close to her, but the wood spirit girl did not care at all. Instead, she asked him if he heard the strange sound. What strange sound, was it a monster? He did not hear it. That was not possible. Du Feng was very confident in his hearing.
"Coo coo …"
At this time, the strange sound came again. It was very close to Fat Sausage, scaring the wood spirit girl into thinking that she was about to be attacked by a monster. She immediately jumped onto the opposite tree. She looked in Du Feng's direction in fear, because the strange sound came from there.
"Sorry, my stomach is hungry."
Du Feng finally figured out what was going on. What kind of strange sound was that? It was because he was hungry. This sound was very normal to normal people, they would not think that it was a monster. However, the wood spirit girl had a fairy body. Since birth, she did not need to eat. She only needed to absorb spiritual energy from the trees. Therefore, she did not know that it was the sound of a hungry stomach and thought it was some strange sound.
"That sound just now, was it from your stomach?"
After hearing this explanation, the wood spirit girl still did not seem to believe it. She gently moved back to the original branch and put her ear on Du Feng's stomach, trying to listen carefully.
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