Apart from that, there was no other movement.
The forest was eerily silent, so eerie that it made the heart beat fast.
There were no clear birdsongs, no sounds of insects, and even the rustling of leaves in the wind was barely audible.
It was as if the forest had been silenced, leaving only the faint sound of their clothes fluttering as they flew through the air.
David’s divine sense spread out silently, covering an area several miles around him.
He could clearly feel that countless faint auras were hidden in this forest.
Those auras were ancient and calm, without the slightest hint of evil intent, but also carried a hint of wariness.
They were hidden deep within tree roots, hidden within thick tree trunks, and hidden among the tangled tendrils of plants.
They were like a group of sleeping old people, or like a pair of eyes secretly watching them, watching their every move.
Jiang Xuelan, who was standing beside him, had her brows furrowed ever since they entered this ancient forest, never feeling at ease.
The ice-blue divine light surrounding him was much dimmer than usual, and his expression showed a hint of discomfort.
As the inheritor of the Ice God, her ice-elemental spiritual power had always been domineering and fierce.
However, in this forest, his Ice God power was greatly suppressed.
It wasn’t that it was deliberately suppressed by evil forces, but rather that the wood-elemental spiritual energy in this forest was too concentrated, to the point of almost becoming viscous.
His ice-elemental spiritual power was incompatible with this wood-elemental spiritual energy, like fire meeting ice, they repelled each other.
This made him feel more sluggish when he tried to channel his spiritual energy.
“This forest has been around for a very long time, longer than we can imagine.”
Jiang Xuelan stopped, suspended in the air, her gaze slowly swept across the ancient trees below, and said in a low voice.
There was a hint of seriousness in his voice.
He could feel that every inch of this forest, every blade of grass and tree, contained a powerful life force.
This vitality was ancient and persistent, far beyond anything he had ever seen before.
David nodded, his expression equally serious.
“Not just because they have lived a long time.”
“Every tree, every vine, every clump of moss here has its own consciousness.”
“They do not take physical form, nor do they speak, but they are truly alive.”
“They sensed the presence of outsiders, watching our every move vigilantly, as if they were waiting for something,” David said.
The chaotic power it possesses is extremely sensitive to all forces in the world.
The faint consciousness hidden in the grass and trees looked to him like twinkling stars.
Even though it is dim, it is very clearly visible.
The two did not linger and continued flying north.
An eerie silence enveloped them throughout the journey.
The scent hidden in the grass and trees never disappeared and always followed them.
Not too far, not too close, as if they were monitoring or testing each other.
Jiang Xuelan gradually adapted to the spiritual environment here, and that ice blue divine light became stable again.
However, he still deliberately concealed his aura to avoid too strong a conflict with the wood-elemental spiritual energy of this forest.
David remained alert the entire time, never letting his guard down for the slightest.
Just one small mistake can lead to total destruction.
On the evening of the third day, the last rays of the setting sun penetrated through the gaps in the tree canopy, emitting a red-gold light that enveloped the entire forest with a soft and warm feel.
Just then, a thick fog suddenly appeared ahead.
It was like an invisible barrier, standing in front of them and blocking their way forward.
The mist was not ordinary water vapor, but was formed from the purest wood attribute spiritual energy in the world.
The texture was so thick that it resembled melted paste, and the naked eye could only see a few feet in front of him.
Furthermore, the area was completely shrouded in thick fog, becoming hazy and indistinct.
The mist was also mixed with countless strands of wood-elemental spiritual energy.
The threads are so fine and strong that they are invisible to the naked eye.
They intertwined to form a large and complicated net, enveloping the entire area and emitting a faint sense of oppression.
David’s divine sense penetrated the thick fog, but was instantly entangled by strands of spiritual energy, making the flow of his divine sense slow.
In his heart, he knew that anyone who stepped into this dense fog would trigger the alarm formed by the spiritual energy threads.
Not only would they get lost and fall in the endless labyrinth, but they would also be eroded by the wood-elemental spiritual energy in the thick fog.
Cultivators with weaker cultivation levels might even be trapped and die in the fog, becoming food for the forest.
“We have arrived at the Misty Forest.”
David stopped, staring intently at the thick fog in front of him, his tone full of confidence.
This is the outer barrier of the Eldar and the only way into Eldar territory.
Ordinary cultivators couldn’t even take half a step inside.
FAQ Novel
Q: What significant change occurs in the landscape as David and Jiang Xuelan travel north?
A: As they journey north, the scenery transitions from fertile lands and city walls to increasingly dense forests, steeper mountains, and heightened spiritual energy, with human settlements gradually disappearing.
Q: How do the inhabitants of the Northern Region’s towns differ from those in the Eastern Region?
A: The inhabitants in the Northern Region’s small towns are often sturdy and simple, relying on the mountains for livelihood, and are wary of outsiders like David and Jiang Xuelan.
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