Chapter 164

The next day, before daybreak, Cheng Yu had already left the city. The reason was because Cheng Yu didn't wish to be noticed by others.

When cultivators ventured out for training, they had to worry not only about beasts. In fact, they had to be on guard against humans. Especially in this kind of place where cultivators gathered.

Every day, there would be a lot of people entering the Death Forest for training. However, all of them were in groups. Naturally, they wouldn't have to worry about people having ideas on them.

However, Cheng Yu was different. He was going in alone. Naturally, it would attract the attention of others. Encountering this kind of cultivator, a lot of people would want to reap benefits from him!

Therefore, Cheng Yu had no choice but to be on guard. It would be better for him to leave alone and not attract the attention of others.

Luminous City wasn't far from the Death Forest. It was about 200 kilometers away. Cheng Yu used his flying sword and quickly arrived at the periphery of the Death Forest.

However, Cheng Yu didn't stop and flew over. Previously, when Cheng Yu was in the inn in Luminous City, he had already studied the map that he had bought.

The whole Death Forest was very big. It was roughly divided into unexplored region and explored region. The explored region was Death Swamp, Death Bone Tomb, and Death Fantasy Ocean, three important regions.

It was rumored that within the Death Forest, there was a Death Shrine. It was once the ruins of a very mysterious sect. Once, this sect had occupied the whole Death Forest. Their shrine possessed more than half of the resources in the Death Forest.

It was also because of this legend that a lot of cultivators would frequently come and go to the Death Forest to train. Basically, they were all aiming for this shrine.

In the past, there were a lot of almighty cultivators who came to investigate this place. Other than the mysteriousness of the forest, there were also a lot of formidable demonic beasts in the depths of the Death Forest. Even the strongest cultivators in the Cultivation World didn't dare to barge in recklessly.

Even so, they had investigated a very big region, but they still couldn't find this shrine. Other than hunting demonic beasts and some pill refining materials, there was basically no other special treasures.

Therefore, there weren't a lot of experts that appeared here. Some of the Golden Core Realm experts were already very powerful. Some of them were alchemists and blacksmiths that came here to search for materials.

According to the map, Death Swamp, Death Bone Tomb, and Death Fantasy Ocean were all in a circle shape. Because the entrance to Death Forest wasn't only limited to Luminous City. The reason why Cheng Yu entered from here was because it was the closest to Cheng Yu.

And these cultivators, regardless of which entrance they entered from, they would encounter these three regions. From this, it could be seen that these three regions should be in a circle shape, surrounding the center of the forest.

According to this situation, if the Death Shrine truly existed, then it was most likely to be in the center of the forest. However, what caused everyone to be puzzled was that even those Cultivation World experts were unable to reach that place. They truly couldn't understand who else in the Cultivation World would be able to reach that place. Could it be immortal cultivation? But in the Cultivation World, there wasn't any immortal existence.

But even so, none of them had given up on exploring Death Forest. With their Foundation Establishment cultivations, there weren't many better places for them to train, so they might as well try their luck here.

The Cultivation World emphasized on luck. Perhaps, it was just a matter of opportunity. Once the opportunity arrived, they might even be able to find the Death Shrine. Everyone harbored this thought as they came to Death Forest to train.

Cheng Yu stood on the flying sword and flew for more than a hundred kilometers. After that, he no longer dared to fly anymore because the map had recorded that this region already had Foundation Establishment Realm flying demonic beasts. Once he attracted their attention, it would be very hard for him to escape. Because these flying demonic beasts were social creatures.

During the few days he was rushing towards Death Forest, Cheng Yu had been studying the blacksmithing jade strip that the old man had given him. It was because Death Forest was a good place to gather blacksmithing and pill refining materials.

Cheng Yu was already very familiar with pill refining materials. However, Cheng Yu knew nothing about blacksmithing materials. Therefore, Cheng Yu had memorized all the pill refining materials recorded in the jade strip. This was a rare opportunity, and he didn't want to miss any good material.

Cheng Yu paid attention to the demonic beasts along the way as he searched for the materials that he knew of. Therefore, his overall progress was somewhat slow. However, Cheng Yu was not in a hurry. In any case, it was not a matter of a day or two.

If it was possible, Cheng Yu might even stay here for two months. With Cheng Yu's current situation, only by constantly putting himself in danger would he be able to break through to the Golden Core Realm.

Cheng Yu had no idea what Kunlun's current situation was. He also had no idea what kind of experts they had sent to deal with him. However, since he was in Death Forest, he should not have to worry about Kunlun's people anymore.

When he recalled Kunlun's people, it caused Cheng Yu to recall the mysterious black-clothed man he saw yesterday. In terms of familiarity, the people Cheng Yu was most familiar with were Kunlun's people. However, no matter how he looked at it, that person did not seem to be from Kunlun. Cheng Yu had no idea where this sense of familiarity came from. It was truly puzzling.

The sky had already brightened up. Inside the Death Forest, the vegetation was lush. A large amount of sunlight shone into the forest. The cries of insects and birds could be heard coming from everywhere. This kind of scenery was not as sinister as its name, Death Forest. Instead, it gave off a kind of tranquil and harmonious feeling.

However, Cheng Yu did not let his guard down because of this. On the contrary, he became even more vigilant because he knew that there was a reason why this place was called Death Forest. Furthermore, behind the tranquility, there would always be an unpredictable storm.

Every day, there would be so many people entering the Death Forest. However, the vegetation here did not seem to have any traces of being stepped on. It was sufficient to show the regenerative ability of the vegetation here.

"Zhenyuan Grass!" Suddenly, Cheng Yu was pleasantly surprised when he saw a stalk of herb growing under a big tree.

Zhenyuan Grass was the main ingredient to concoct the high-grade Zhenyuan Pill. The Zhenyuan Pill belonged to the cultivation growth category. What did cultivators pursue? Wasn't it cultivation? With this kind of pill, it was like a heavenly melody to cultivators. Pill grades were divided into primary, middle, high, spiritual, immortal, saint and god grade. However, in the current world, pills that were above spiritual grade basically didn't exist.

Therefore, high-grade pills were already the most precious pills in this world. However, pills were also divided into grades. Low-grade Zhenyuan Pill was able to increase a person's cultivation by 10 years. Middle-grade Zhenyuan Pill was able to increase a person's cultivation by 20 years. High-grade Zhenyuan Pill was able to increase a person's cultivation by 30 years. If it was a supreme-grade Zhenyuan Pill, it would be able to increase a person's cultivation by 50 years.

Cheng Yu didn't expect that after entering the Death Forest for a few hundred kilometers, he would be able to see such a supreme-grade herb. If he were to continue searching like this for two months, he would no longer have to worry about not being able to form his core.

So what if he was unable to find the legendary Death Shrine? Just by relying on these herbs, he would be able to increase his cultivation by leaps and bounds.

"What a pity. This Zhenyuan Grass is not even 10 years old. Even if I were to pluck it myself, I would only be able to refine two high-grade True Essence Pills." Cheng Yu walked forward to take a look. When he saw that this Zhenyuan Grass was still a seedling, it was not even 10 years old. Immediately, he was somewhat disappointed.

If the herb's age was not enough, its medicinal strength would be very limited. Even if Cheng Yu had the Six Phoenix Spiritual Flame, he would only be able to refine it into a high-grade pill.

"Sigh. It's better than nothing. Two high-grade True Essence Pills are also not bad." Although he was disappointed, it was still a good start. This was still the border of the Death Forest. Presumably, there would be a lot of alchemists searching for herbs here. To be able to find a herb that was of sufficient age was impossible. To be able to find a seedling was already not bad.

"Howl!" Just when Cheng Yu was preparing to pluck the Zhenyuan Grass seedling, a huge blazing lion leaped out from behind the tree, roaring at Cheng Yu.

"Dark Flame Wild Lion?" Cheng Yu looked at the blazing lion that was glaring at him in astonishment. The blazing lion was a kind of fire attribute demonic beast. The fur on its body was as dazzling as flames. Its temperament was also as berserk as fire. Most importantly, it was able to execute fire attribute techniques. The flame that it could spurt out was the Samadhi True Fire, extremely tyrannical. Fortunately, this lion was only in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment Realm. Otherwise, Cheng Yu would be in a difficult situation.

"Howl! Howl!" Perhaps, it had also noticed that Cheng Yu's cultivation was higher than it, so it did not dare to attack recklessly. The Dark Flame Wild Lion roared twice, attempting to use its roar to warn Cheng Yu, asking him to retreat.

However, how could Cheng Yu be frightened so easily? Besides, there was still a True Essence Grass here. Even though it was only a seedling, two high-grade True Essence Pills was enough for Cheng Yu to treat it seriously.

"Big guy, don't think that you can scare me just because you are bigger than me. Today, if you are tactful, you better move aside. Otherwise, I will pluck out all the red fur on your body," Cheng Yu stared at the Dark Flame Wild Lion and said.

"Howl!" The Dark Flame Wild Lion seemed to understand Cheng Yu's words. Immediately, it raised its head and roared. After that, a red fireball was spat out from the lion's mouth.

"Boom!" Cheng Yu dodged the fireball. The fireball hit a thousand-year-old tree behind Cheng Yu, causing a loud sound to ring out. The tree actually fell down from the middle.

"What the f * ck! This thing is really violent. If this thing were to hit my body, I'm afraid the Qi armor on my body would be destroyed!" When he saw the might of the Dark Flame Wild Lion, Cheng Yu was also shocked.

His own Qi armor was able to withstand an all-out attack from a Foundation Establishment Realm late stage cultivator. However, when he saw the explosive power of the fireball, Cheng Yu felt that his Qi armor would not be able to withstand it.

Cheng Yu did not dare to think too much. He quickly took out the low-grade treasured tool that he had bought in Qiongyu Brothel. After that, a few sword Qi flew towards the wild lion.

"Clang!" "What? Qi armor?! "A strange thing happened again. Although the Dark Flame Wild Lion dodged a few of the sword Qi, there were still two that landed on its body. However, the strange thing was that this lion was actually able to cast out a red Qi armor to block the sword Qi.

According to what Cheng Yu knew, demonic beasts' abilities and attributes were innate. It did not have the ability to use Qi, or it could be said that it did not even have Qi. The reason why it was able to shoot out fireballs was because of a special innate ability and the unceasing devouring of energy.