Chapter 259: Red Trees at the Bottom of the Cave

Mo Juren entered the central area of ​​the forbidden area from the bronze gate on the east side, and sure enough, there were no more monks staying here.

Arriving at the foot of the crater, Mo Juren took out the map markings given to him by Xiang Zhili. After finding his position, he discovered that there was a resource point a few miles to his right.

Although the first floor of this central area had already been developed several times by the monks who came in before, and there was definitely nothing left, Mo Juren still rushed there with the idea of ​​seeing and verifying it.

In front of me was a secluded valley surrounded by green shade, with a clear spring flowing out of the valley, forming a small stream.

When Mo Juren found the spring, there were traces of magical bombardment and fierce fighting everywhere, broken branches, torn clothes, and even scorched earth left after burning corpses, whether they belonged to monsters or monks.

It seems that there must have been a battle here, and the spiritual object they are fighting for should be a small bunch of vines growing next to the spring, but now they have been pulled out completely, leaving only some roots.

Mo Juren pulled them out and smelled them gently. A strong medicinal smell hit his nose. It was obviously a magical object from heaven and earth with extremely strong medicinal properties.

However, such a destructive picking method made him, a man who was well versed in medicine, feel extremely regretful. If he could get the complete root, maybe he could make it regenerate.

Mo Juren looked around and left after finding nothing else.

Next, I looked at two nearby marked points, and they were the same, they had been looted and nothing was left.

At this point, there was no need to look at the first level of the forbidden area's central area anymore, so Mo Juren looked up at the crater, found a relatively flat location, and climbed up to the second level.

There are not only a large number of spiritual herbs and secret places on the crater, but also many monsters that have lived here for many years.

After years of evolution, these monsters can walk freely in the fog, but cultivators cannot.

This is also the reason why when the fog has not been dispelled and shrouds the crater, few people dare to step directly in.

When the fog faded, a large number of monks rushed up the crater and killed or drove away the monsters. Only in the depths of the mountains did monsters occasionally appear.

After exploring the first level, Mo Juren figured it out. If he went up the mountain to explore step by step and followed other cultivators, he would always be left behind.

If you want to make a breakthrough, you must be one step ahead of others and find the innermost marking point directly to have a chance.

So after checking the map, I chose a marked point that looked good. It was quite far away from the marked points on both sides and was a semi-isolated point. I guess there wouldn't be many monks who came here specifically.

Mo Juren climbed straight up the mountainside, went around a small valley, and then went deeper into the valley along the bottom.

It turned out that his guess was correct. The whole road was a wasteland with no signs of anyone having been there.

Just as he saw the cave at the marked point and was about to rush there, he suddenly felt a murderous aura coming from the dense grass on the ground.

Mo Juren stopped suddenly, and the Xuan Guang sword took the lead and struck directly at the ground. With a bang, a snake tail emerged from the dense grass and directly knocked Mo Juren's sword away.

The snake's tail was like a meat ball, and it made a strange sound while swinging, which made people feel dizzy and uneasy. Mo Juren also felt uncomfortable for a moment, and quickly used his right hand to poke the tiger's mouth acupuncture point on his left hand, which kept him awake. Then he immediately turned sideways and barely avoided a snake head that was biting at him from the bushes.

This lurking demon snake has a dark green triangular head. When it opens its mouth, it is as big as a large bowl. Its pair of backward-pointing fangs are covered with venom.

Without waiting for it to attack again, Mo Juren simply lay on the ground and quickly grabbed the snake's tail. Then he rushed up, swung the whole snake to half its height, and used it as a whip, hitting it madly.

After a while, the snake demon was knocked unconscious and no longer had any life left.

Mo Juren threw it to the ground, pointed the Xuan Guang sword, and pierced through the seven inches of the snake's back, killing it to the point where it could not die any more. Only then did he feel relieved.

Mo Juren recalled the atlas of all beasts he had read, and recognized that it was a monster called the rattling-tailed poisonous anaconda. Because it had the ability to interfere with the consciousness of cultivators with its rattling tail, and it was highly poisonous, it was considered a top-level monster among the first-level monsters.

After putting the rattlesnake-like monster corpse into the storage bag, Mo Juren went into the cave at the marked point.

The cave is dark, damp and gloomy. There is an obvious smooth path at the entrance. It is possible that monsters often appear here.

Therefore, Mo Juren walked very carefully and gradually came to the bottom of the cave.

Mo Juren was surprised to see a burst of light coming from the bottom of the cave. He walked in quickly and found that it was actually a huge space cave.

The top of the big hole is hollow, and there is a large hole that lets light in, and you can see the light shining directly down.

And below the hole, there was actually a small lake. In the middle of the lake was a mound of earth, and on top of the mound grew a small tree.

The small tree is not tall, and its roots are firmly rooted in the soil. Some of them are exposed, as if it is trying its best to absorb nutrients in this small space.

The most amazing thing is that all its leaves are red, which looks so bright and eye-catching in this gray cave.

In comparison, the few small white jade fruits hanging under the leaves do not seem so eye-catching.

Mo Juren knew at a glance that this mangrove should be the spiritual object marked here. He wanted to cross the lake and jump into the pile of earth in the lake, but after looking carefully, he felt that it was not appropriate.

Any spiritual creature in the world must be protected by something, otherwise it will be taken away by various creatures that covet it before it matures.

Just as he was carefully observing the area around the lake, he heard the voices of other monks coming from outside the cave.

Mo Juren looked around, but there was nowhere to hide in the cave. He made up his mind, took out the Xuan Guang Sword, and prepared for battle.

After a while, a monk in black slowly walked out of the cave that Mo Juren came in from. The huge sword on his back clearly revealed his origin. He was a disciple of the Giant Sword Sect.

This man was less than 30 years old and had a rather sturdy appearance, but at the moment he had a sinister look on his face, staring closely at Mo Juren...

(End of this chapter)