397: Chapter 319_2 397: Chapter 319_2 At this moment, she no longer harbored any thoughts of returning to the Immortal Sect.
Now longing for her family back home, she somewhat regretted not visiting her relatives the moment she had the chance.
This farewell might very well be the last.
She didn’t have much time to contemplate further because she started to feel something unusual in her body.
This strange sensation made her close her eyes and blush with embarrassment.
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While Fan Dingding and Bi Renchuan were fleeing, several women were following behind them.
After they had run a great distance and could no longer tell which direction they were going, they felt that their pursuer had not followed.
Yet, they didn’t believe that being high in the skies of the Boundless Forest was safe.
The faces of those women gradually turned a shade of blue-purple, entirely sustained by sheer willpower during the escape.
Now that they had stopped for a moment, they nearly fell from the high skies.
“Senior brother, save us…” one of the women whispered weakly, standing on the Flying Artifact with a body that was tottering, just like the others who could no longer hold on!
Fan Dingding and Bi Renchuan turned around and saw a woman whose face was turning green, knowing they were poisoned by the red gas.
“Don’t you have any Detoxification Medicine?”
The girls shook their heads.
One of them said, “We encountered attacks from crows and bats earlier, and we used up all our Detoxification Medicine.
Please, senior brothers, save us.”
Bi Renchuan exchanged a look with Fan Dingding.
Bi Renchuan really disliked the women before him and felt indifferent to the plea, having no fondness for women.
Fan Dingding was somewhat kindhearted, perhaps feeling a bit of sympathy for the fairer sex.
He looked at the women pitifully and said,
“Ah, this red gas.
I don’t know what kind of poison it is, and even if you had Detoxification Medicine, it might not save you.
I’ll give each of you a pill—see if luck is on your side.”
The girls didn’t insist on whether they could be saved or not; as long as they could keep their lives, they hoped to find the antidote after getting out of the Boundless Forest.
Bi Renchuan gave Fan Dingding a scornful glance.
She knew he was meddling, and if it hadn’t been for his meddling before, they wouldn’t have ended up in danger.
They gratefully accepted the pills and swallowed them, showing expressions of joy.
The two men slowly felt a little better, but they also sensed that the poison hadn’t been completely neutralized.
Fan Dingding, unaffected by his companion’s scornful look, rationalized that since he had already acted, he might as well consider it a good deed.
The looks of gratitude from the girls pleased him.
“Let’s leave the Boundless Forest first.
We can’t stay here.
If we encounter that person again, we really won’t be able to escape,” he said.
Fan Dingding finished speaking and Bi Renchuan nodded in agreement.
Surviving was more important; other resources could wait, especially now that they had some extra burdens with them.
The other female cultivators agreed even more so since their poisoning was not yet resolved.
In the Boundless Forest, no amount of money could buy an antidote unless they encountered that person again, and next time, that person might not spare them.
Outside, that individual wouldn’t dare to be so rampant, and once out, they could also seek help, or in the worst case, return to the Sect for assistance.
Fan Dingding and Bi Renchuan initially ventured out for training, but upon hearing about the rich resources of the Boundless Forest, they thought of finding resources to exchange for goods.
They had in mind going to Luo Yaxuan to see if they could trade resources for Pills.
They had long heard that Luo Yaxuan had joined the team of the top Alchemist, Jiang Tang.
Leading the four female cultivators, they continuously tried to find their way through the Boundless Forest, feeling lost because of the previous escape.
They had entered with a map of the Boundless Forest.
After fleeing, they had veered off from the place marked on the map, just as they started to figure out their bearings and look at the map to find a way out of this confusing place.
In theory, it should be easy to find direction in the daytime sky, but in the Boundless Forest during the day, some areas are also covered with thick fog, hiding any distant paths, making it hard to discern east, south, west, or north.
They were unsure of where they had initially entered, and with the map unclear, they had no choice but to stop and examine it.
“Looking at the map now is pointless, isn’t it?
Could we be inside an area of fog?” Bi Renchuan said.
Fan Dingding looked at the map and felt the same way.
When they had come in, they had deliberately avoided this place.
Entering here, it was easy to become enchanted and it could be very dangerous.
However, within danger, there could be more Spirit Grass, and the legendary Immortal Vine was said to be here.
“Shall we go down and have a look?
Is this the place of the Immortal Vine?
We came here for the Immortal Vine, undertaking a mission in the Boundless Forest.”
One of the girls suggested, the other girls didn’t dare to say anything, as they were now poisoned and following these two men, with the two men taking the lead, wherever they went, the girls would go!
They also demanded their help to walk out of the Boundless Forest, maybe encountering some other dangers in the high sky or on the way out, and expected them to save them!
“You all still think about the Immortal Vine, when your lives are nearly gone.
If we go down and encounter danger, don’t say I didn’t save you!”
Bi Renchuan never had a good impression of these troublesome girls, especially hating women who were not only greedy but also troublesome!
“Fellow seniors, we can’t go back empty-handed having come all this way.
We’ve used up so many resources here.
Even if we get out of here penniless, it would be difficult to exchange anything for Detoxification Medicine!”
Another girl said timidly.
“Then let’s go down and take a look, what they say is right, it’s truly not easy for us to have come here.
To leave empty-handed would be too much of a loss!”
Fan Dingding agreed with the girls’ words.
Bi Renchuan gave his companion a disdainful look, for if he said more, he’d be accused of being stingy or fearing death!
Bi Renchuan, casually listening to the girls and getting tired from their troubles, felt quite unwilling and snorted lightly, taking the lead in descending.
Fan Dingding followed behind, as men, charging into battle was their nature.
From high above, they couldn’t see clearly what was below, but now as they descended, the misty areas in the Boundless Forest looked different from before.
Perhaps because the mist was a constant here, it was heavy with moisture, making the ground damp.
The trees were not as verdant as in sunny areas and had a bit of a yellowish, tender look.
Here, they could see a lot of vine whips in bloom, with all the flowers being pink and the vine whips having only flowers without leaves.
This naturally was the legendary Immortal Vine.
These vine whips were in bloom, and while other trees and flowers would take many days from blooming to fruiting, the Immortal Vine was different.
The Immortal Vine would bloom pink in the daytime, and by nightfall, the flowers would bear fruit; by the next day, the seeds of the vine whips would be ready.
It wasn’t the case every day, as there were only so many days a year when they bloomed and bore fruit the next day.
Those who came on missions each year had to pick the right time to find this place, and even a few days later, they might not be able to find any seeds.
They felt incredibly lucky.
Although they had been unfortunate before, they had stumbled upon this place by accident and were able to see the Immortal Vine.
By tomorrow, they could collect the seeds of the vine whips and exchange them for some resources.
The medicinal use of the Immortal Vine was actually not significant in their understanding; these kinds of vine whips were only really useful for those practicing Wood Spells.
When someone using a Wood Spell employed this kind of vine whip, its effects were much greater than that of ordinary vine whips, and it was far more useful than those used in Refining Artifacts Spells.
No matter what Magical Treasure you used to cut, if you were unfortunate enough to be bound by such a vine whip, the Magical Treasure would not cut through the Immortal Vine.
Unless the person casting the Spell released you, allowing the vine whip to loosen.
They were aware of its potency and avoided being bound by the Immortal Vine, moving carefully in places where the vine whips were higher, waiting for night to come.
They didn’t venture further away into the unknown, which could harbor even greater dangers.
It was said that wherever Immortal Vines appeared, fierce Demonic Beasts would also emerge.
It wasn’t just hearsay.
Many people came here on missions each year, and some had fallen victim.
The fact that people could draw maps of the Boundless Forest was proof of their prowess, having explored the entire place.
There were legends of an exploration team a million years ago, whose Cultivation was above the Golden Core.
They had traversed the entire Boundless Forest and even mapped it out.