Chapter 810
The Mist
Chapter 810 The Mist
"What kind of hell is this place?"
In a misty forest, Chen Mu looked left and right, his face full of doubt.
He had been here for three days and had not seen a single living creature except for the forest and the ever-present, chilly fog.
"This fog is strange too. Besides being chillingly cold, it can also block the ability to hear divine sounds." Chen Mu frowned.
Previously, the Di Ting could easily detect sounds within a radius of over thirty li, but now it can only detect sounds within a radius of five or six li.
The Zhu Yu magic sword, which acts as the eyes, is also severely affected. Once it exceeds ten miles, its ability to sense the binding talisman within the magic sword will rapidly diminish, making the magic sword extremely difficult to control.
Previously, he could easily perceive a radius of a hundred miles from where he stood still, but now he can only see a radius of ten miles.
"If I had known, I wouldn't have been so greedy for that little bit of demonic energy."
"If I had caught up with that group of Qi cultivators earlier, I wouldn't have inexplicably fallen into this strange forest," Chen Mu said, quite annoyed.
After several days of exploration, he was certain that the misty forest before him was not an illusion within a dreamlike realm.
He wasn't even sure if this place was still the Misty Heaven.
"There are no monsters, no demonic aura, and the sky above is always gray and hazy, so you can't see the sun, moon, or stars, unlike the Misty Heaven."
"On the contrary... it's more like the underworld!"
Chen Mu seemed to be deep in thought.
After several days of exploration, he discovered that not only had the recovery speed of his Yin Spirit divine power increased significantly, but the seven flames of delusions swirling around the Yin Spirit divine embryo within his brow chakra had also become three times more active than before.
However, it wouldn't be accurate to say that this is the underworld.
Chen Mu silently recited a mantra.
But after a long while, there was still no response.
"It really isn't the underworld."
The incantation he just recited was the Dew-Gathering Incantation, the most basic incantation in the underworld. Every spirit can cast it, and it can be used to collect spirit dew.
The Yin Spirit Jade Dew contains vital essence and is the best food for Yin spirits. Now that the Dew-Gathering Spell has failed, it is clear that this misty forest is most likely not the Underworld.
Chen Mu used the Yin Wind Escape technique, floating in mid-air and looking around.
All that could be seen was white mist and shadowy mountains and forests.
Further away, the increasingly thick white fog obscured the view, making it impossible to see clearly.
Just as they were about to land and continue exploring into the distance, a fiery red suddenly appeared in the corner of their eye.
Chen Mu's heart tightened, and he turned his head sharply, only to find that a colossal tree that seemed to reach the sky had appeared on the horizon at some unknown time.
The tree trunk is thick and towering, and what is most eye-catching is the fiery red crown that appears and disappears in the white mist, like a ball of flame.
"A burdock tree? Such a big burdock tree..."
"Is this Misty Forest really some kind of underworld?"
Chen Mu's heart skipped a beat.
The Moon Burdock Tree is a unique plant of the Underworld, with palm-sized, fiery red leaves. It produces Moon Burdock Pearls, which can be used to store Yin Spirit Dew.
But the burdock trees in the Netherworld are at most seven or eight meters tall. This burdock tree, which looks like a pillar reaching the sky, is something he has never heard of before!
and……
Why was this giant tree not discovered in the previous three days?
Chen Mu quietly activated the Nine Cups Calculation Sutra.
"Hmm, it seems there's no danger."
"We need to go and see what's going on."
……
Somewhere in the misty forest, under a burdock tree, sat two people, one tall and one short.
The tall one had one eye bigger than the other, and looked somewhat dazed.
The short man's head was bald on top, with only a few sparse strands of hair hanging on the sides, which were yellow and dry.
At this moment, there was a fist-sized bronze incense burner in front of the two of them, with a red incense stick burning inside.
Wisps of smoke rose and then coalesced at a height of five or six meters. The smoke then spread and fell in all directions, forming a smoke cloud that resembled an inverted bowl.
The white mist had nowhere to be placed in the forest, but it was all blocked out by this smoke hood.
boom!
A cloud of black smoke suddenly burst out from the mist and crashed into the smoke hood. The entire smoke hood shook violently, and ripples spread across its surface.
The two people, one tall and one short, standing under the tree were startled by the impact and trembled all over.
"Brother, is the guardian incense you bought this time genuine?" the tall, thin man asked tremblingly.
"Of course it's true!" The short man's voice trembled.
"You said the same thing last time, but you ended up trying to fool me with fakes." The tall, thin man retorted in a low voice, "The money we pooled together to buy incense was all spent by you on drinking and carousing at Fanlou."
“This time it’s definitely real. Didn’t you see it keeping the Black Wind Demon out?” The short man glared at his underling, but beads of sweat were uncontrollably forming on his forehead.
It is indeed genuine, but it is a genuine product that has been exposed to moisture and is nearing its expiration date and is being sold at a discount.
Ordinary Black Wind Demons are fine, but what if you encounter the Great Black Wind Demon...
You absolutely mustn't let it break!
The short man stared at the bronze incense burner with a pleading look on his face.
Bang bang bang... Outside the smoke hood, the black wind resembled a giant black snake, constantly circling around the smoke hood.
They would gather and dissipate intermittently, occasionally bumping against the smoke screen. The impact caused ripples on the smoke screen, which terrified the short man.
"Don't panic, even though it crashed hard, it's useless." The shorter man pretended to be calm.
"If it really had that ability, it would have crashed in on its first try."
"If they can't get in, we'll remain safe!"
Upon hearing this, the tall, thin man stared at the black smoke outside and realized that it was indeed impossible for them to break in.
Moreover, the black smoke cloud collided several times in succession, as if it were frightened, and suddenly dispersed into wisps of black smoke, disappearing into the white mist.
"Big brother, look! The guardian incense has scared away the Black Wind Demon."
"No wonder this incense is so expensive, it's really amazing." The tall, thin man grinned.
Turning around, he found his older brother's face was pale, as if he had seen a ghost.
"Big brother, what's wrong?"
"The protective incense can only block the Black Wind Demon at most, but it can't scare it away."
"That one outside..."
"The only thing that can scare away the Black Wind Demon is the even fiercer and more ruthless Black Wind Demon!" the short man said, his teeth chattering uncontrollably.
Before the two could react, a gentle voice suddenly rang in their ears.
"Young men, where is this place...?"
The two turned their heads abruptly and found that a man in gray had appeared beside them at some point.
The other person had crescent-shaped eyes, upturned lips, and a broad smile.
It's like... it's like a cat watching a mouse and preparing to play with it!
"Run!"
Like startled rabbits, the two darted up from under the tree and disappeared into the mist in a flash.
In the blink of an eye, the two figures disappeared.
Chen Mu, trying her best to put on a friendly smile: "..."
No... Am I that scary?
……
After a while.
Two people, one tall and one short, knelt respectfully before the bronze incense burner.
Chen Mu sat leaning against a big tree, squinting as he stared at the two of them.
With just a quick glance, he noticed something was off about the two.
Both of them only had one ear, one had a left ear, and the other had a right ear. The opposite side, which was symmetrical, had smooth, empty skin. There were no scars, no ear canal; they were truly born with only one ear.
The eyes were different too; deep within the pupil, there seemed to be a faint red light flickering.
Human pupils don't emit light.
Upon closer sensing of the two individuals' auras, Chen Mu couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.
To put it simply, these two are less like human beings and more like spirits!
Is this place really the underworld?
"Can you understand what I'm saying?" Chen Mu asked.
Upon hearing this, the two spirits, one tall and one short, looked at Chen Mu blankly.
The shorter man tentatively spoke.
A strange sound came from the other person's mouth, the sound was heavy and overlapping, like a whisper in the dark.
Surprisingly, Chen Mu was able to understand the content of the other person's words.
"Do not……"
"It's not that I understand, but that the Yin Spirit Embryo can understand!"
Chen Mu looked inward at the secret point between his eyebrows and saw the round bead of divine embryo slowly rotating. He immediately realized what was happening.
The Yin Spirit Embryo acted like a translator, allowing him to easily understand the two people's strange language.
Not only that...
Chen Mu pondered for a moment, tried to speak, and then... then he let out a whisper.
The spirit embryo allowed him to understand another language without any hindrance!
"What's your name?" He suppressed his surprise and looked at the two people in front of him without showing any emotion.
"I'm very wealthy," the shorter man said honestly.
"Duobao," the tall, thin man followed closely behind.
Chen Mu looked at the oddly shaped man in front of him, one bald and the other with one eye bigger than the other, and his lips twitched.
Tsk!
What a great name!