Logically speaking, neither poison nor sound wave attacks could enter the beast sack and storage bangle. Miao Yi was puzzled.
However, now wasn't the time to be thinking about this. His consciousness was already showing signs of falling into a trance, and was quickly sinking. If he hadn't been warned beforehand, he probably wouldn't even know what was going on. Miao Yi quickly released the Heart Flame to protect his body.
As soon as the water-colored flames enveloped his body, the chaotic voices in his mind immediately receded like the tide. His consciousness returned to normal. Mantis and Charcoal were also quickly calmed down and regained their composure. After confirming that the Heart Flame's defense was effective, Miao Yi let out a long sigh.
"Liu Han's forbidden area is up ahead. It's dangerous. We can't go any further!"
Zhongli Kuai rushed to the edge of the forbidden area to see Huangfujun? Y wanted to continue forward, so he immediately warned.
Both of them hovered in the air. But Huangfujun? Y pointed at Miao Yi, who was looking around in the distance. "Look at him. He doesn't look like he's in trouble. I'm afraid that Liu Han is just exaggerating."
Zhongli Kuai said, "He probably won't do it for no reason. It's best to be careful."
Huangfujun? Y asked in return, "If Miao Yi can go there, why can't we? That guy is acting suspiciously. There must be something wrong with this place. I'll go take a look. "As soon as he finished speaking, he quickly left.
Zhongli Kuai thought it was reasonable. If Miao Yi could go there, there shouldn't be any problems, so he chased after him.
As for Miao Yi, he saw the two of them stopping at the periphery. He thought they didn't dare to come closer, but when he looked back, he saw Zhongli Kuai and Huangfujun. Y rushed over and was instantly shocked. He quickly waved at the two of them, signaling them to retreat.
But it was too late. The two of them rushed too far in. When they realized something was wrong and turned around to fly back, their figures were already swaying in the air. In the blink of an eye, they were like birds with broken wings, swaying unsteadily. Fluctuating up and down, the two of them fell head first to the ground in a daze.
Whoosh! Miao Yi rushed over like an arrow released from a bow. As the two of them fell into the sea of clouds, he picked them up with each arm. He pulled them to a nearby mountain peak and quickly expanded the Heart Flame to envelop them.
Miao Yi watched as the two of them slowly calmed down. Their dazed eyes also gradually regained their clarity. Suddenly, Miao Yi sealed their cultivation, preventing them from moving. He then carried the two of them and flew out of this area, throwing them on top of a mountain.
The situation in that area was a little too strange. There was no need to take the two of them with him and risk their lives. If something happened to Miao Yi and he couldn't make it back, the three of them would definitely come looking for him in this direction after not seeing each other for a long time in the Traversing Celestial Palace. When that time came, he would naturally be able to rescue the two of them.
After settling the two of them down, Miao Yi once again used the Heart Flame to protect his body. He flew diagonally towards the sky above the danger zone, surveying his surroundings as he hovered in the air. Based on the surrounding mountain peaks, he roughly located the center of the danger zone. Only then did he brazenly charge into the sea of clouds.
Passing through the clouds, Miao Yi landed on the ground with a 'swoosh'. A crisp sound could be heard beneath his feet. Looking down, he realized that he was standing on a pile of dried bones. Looking around, he saw that there were dried bones everywhere as far as his eyes could see. Most of them belonged to birds and beasts. It wasn't that there weren't any human bones, but there were very few of them.
Not all of them were bones. There were also rotting corpses of birds and beasts, as well as fresh ones.
Stepping on the dried bones, Miao Yi stopped beside the carcass of a deer that had died not too long ago. He picked up a red crystal sword and held it in his hand. With a single slash, he cut open the deer's skin. Looking at the color of the flesh inside, he couldn't help but frown. The flesh was fresh and tender, and the blood was bright red. It didn't seem like it had been poisoned.
However, nothing was too strange in this world. Perhaps it was impossible to determine whether or not the deer had been poisoned just by looking at its appearance. Miao Yi actually turned the sword back to himself and licked the deer's blood on the blade. Leaning on the sword, he carefully tasted the deer's blood and frowned again. He realized that it wasn't poisoned at all. In other words, this deer hadn't died from poison.
Previously, when Liu Han mentioned that there was a strange poison in this place, Miao Yi began to think in that direction. After experiencing the sudden change, he began to suspect that it wasn't poison. Now, the physical evidence had undoubtedly confirmed his suspicions.
If it wasn't poison, then what was it? After pondering for a while, Miao Yi felt that there was no need for him to care about the abnormalities in this place. Finding what he was looking for was more important. Invoking his transcendence energy, he scanned his surroundings. It was quiet, and there didn't seem to be anything hidden here. Instead, he discovered a lake not far away. With a thought, he flashed over.
Landing by the lake, Miao Yi's expression was a little solemn. The lake was covered in mist, and he could vaguely see scattered bones in the shallow waters. It was different from what he had seen before; the bones in the water were all human bones.
At this moment, Miao Yi suddenly turned his head and looked not far away. Unexpectedly, a person walked out of the mist. It was a beautiful woman dressed in grey, but with a single glance, Miao Yi could tell that she wasn't a member of the Traversing Celestial Palace. Miao Yi's gaze fell on her hand. He saw that she was holding a spiritual ginseng.
The spiritual ginseng on the Immortal Planet were the private property of the Traversing Celestial Palace. Outsiders were not allowed to harvest them without permission. If it was someone familiar from the Traversing Celestial Palace who really needed the spiritual ginseng, the Traversing Celestial Palace would naturally give it to them. There was no need for them to come here to harvest it. The intention of harvesting it in private was very obvious.
Miao Yi guessed that this person was most likely here to steal the spiritual ginseng. However, to be able to avoid the eyes and ears of the Traversing Celestial Palace proved that she was quite capable. But then again, the Immortal Planet was so big. As long as he didn't get discovered, he could hide in the clouds and move around, and the Traversing Celestial Palace wouldn't be able to find him. It was just that he would be easily discovered when entering or leaving the Immortal Planet.
Miao Yi was wondering why this woman wasn't affected by the abnormality of this place, and why she didn't notice him at all. At such a close distance, he could see her, so he didn't believe that she couldn't see him. Suddenly, he saw a silly smile on the woman's face. Looking at the lake in front of her, it was as if she had seen heaven. Miao Yi immediately felt that something was wrong. He saw a Third Grade Golden Lotus appear on the woman's forehead, and she had already floated up to the surface of the lake under the protection of her transcendence energy shield.
Miao Yi was startled, but he quickly followed her and dove into the lake as well. He followed behind the woman, and the two of them dove into the depths of the lake together, as if she was wrapped in a bubble.
The two of them had only dove about a hundred feet deep when Miao Yi's pupils suddenly shrank. He saw a black cloud suddenly surge up from the bottom of the lake, swirling and rushing towards the two of them.
How could there be black clouds in the water? Taking a closer look with his transcendence vision, he realized that it was a dense swarm of black bugs the size of sesame seeds. They were small and ferocious.
The woman who was diving in front was instantly caught in the crossfire. She struggled violently in the water, and Miao Yi felt his scalp go numb. Those bugs were actually able to penetrate the woman's transcendence energy shield, and in an instant, she was submerged in the water. The swarm of bugs swarmed around her.
It was obvious that the woman was already delirious. All she had left was some instinctive control over her arts. She didn't know how to fight back, and she didn't know how to break through the water to escape. She continued to dive deeper. Miao Yi quickly rushed over, wanting to save her. Unexpectedly, those bugs didn't just attack the woman; some of them were also swarming towards him.
Miao Yi immediately stopped and looked around vigilantly. He didn't know if his heart flame could hold off these densely packed bugs. If anything went wrong, he would immediately break through the water and escape.
Fortunately, the heart flame didn't disappoint him. Under the might of the heart flame, the moment those bugs collided with the heart flame's net of fire, they immediately crackled in the water. Like beans being fried, they swelled up before exploding. No matter how many came, they would all die. Those bugs were smart. Seeing that they had suffered heavy losses and couldn't do anything to Miao Yi, they immediately fled.
Without the dense swarm of bugs blocking his vision, Miao Yi's transcendence vision immediately searched for the woman. He wouldn't have known if he didn't look, but as soon as he did, his hairs stood on end. In the blink of an eye, the woman who had been surrounded by bugs had turned into a skeleton. The bugs continued to surround her as she sank to the bottom of the lake.
The bottom of the lake was pitch-black. Miao Yi didn't know what was down there, nor did he know if the treasure was hidden down there. However, the woman's decision to dive down even if she had to die made him want to go down and take a look, even if it was for the sake of treasure hunting.
Miao Yi dove to the bottom of the lake in one breath. He discovered that the bottom of the lake was littered with white bones, and almost all of them were human bones. As he dove down, many of the white bones at the bottom of the lake moved. One after another, swarms of black bugs burrowed out from the tubes of the white bones. It seemed like these bugs' habitat was within the bones.
Thousands of black plumes of smoke rose from the bottom of the lake and swept towards Miao Yi. As they collided with Miao Yi's protective heart flame, the sound of popping beans rang out incessantly. The result was the same as before. After suffering heavy losses, the swarm of bugs retreated in defeat. They left as quickly as they came, burrowing back into the piles of white bones one after another.
The bottom of the lake regained its tranquility. The terrain at the bottom of the lake was like a mountain, abruptly rising and falling. As he swam, Miao Yi invoked his transcendence arts to investigate his surroundings. Soon, he discovered a cave on a stone wall covered by dense aquatic plants. Floating over, Miao Yi invoked his transcendence arts to push aside the aquatic plants, and saw the cave entrance that seemed to be man-made. Invoking his transcendence arts to probe inside, he discovered a passageway. With an idea in mind, he lifted his sword and dived in. He remained vigilant of his surroundings as he advanced stealthily.
After advancing a few dozen zhang underwater, a man-made staircase appeared in front of him. Miao Yi poked his head out of the water and looked at the cave behind the staircase. He then floated out of the water and slowly walked in. After walking up for a distance, he discovered that there was a flickering light at the end of the passageway. When he walked out, he saw a huge stone chamber in front of him.
A luminous pearl was embedded in the ceiling of the stone chamber, emitting a gentle radiance that illuminated the stone chamber. The flickering light didn't come from the luminous pearl, but from a giant clam that resembled a river clam. It was Miao Yi's first time seeing a river clam grow so big.
Most shockingly, there were electric arcs constantly flickering on the shell of the river clam. The source of the flickering light was none other than this.
But just like the Yao cultivators that Miao Yi had encountered during his treasure hunt, they didn't have a good ending.
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