Reborn as a Hatrack in the Mystical Land-Chapter 851 - 101: Perils in the Jungle

In Mo Xi’s Sea of Consciousness, Yue Jinghua and Xi Yuan both had lingering fears.

At the last moment, just before crashing into the powerful prohibition set outside the mountains, Yue Jinghua instantaneously moved herself and Xi Yuan into the Star Sea. Even a half-second later, they might have been smashed into pulp.

Xi Yuan didn’t feel anything, but the prohibition set near the mountains was strong, its pressure far exceeding that of any Dark Practitioner on the Canglong Continent Yue Jinghua had ever encountered.

Even surpassing the Silver Giant Dragon Cloud Swamp that Yue Jinghua had encountered, Yue Jinghua couldn’t help but feel suspicious. Who was capable of breaking the Demon Clan’s evil curse and setting up such a powerful prohibition here? Was it the Holy Beast Clan, or perhaps...

Yue Jinghua couldn’t help but be startled by her bold thought; she shook her head, clearing the unnecessary notions from her mind.

She pondered for a moment and decided not to return to the stone house but instead roasted a regular Hot Ostrich egg with Dun Qinglian Fire, and re-entered the Firethorn Shrub.

The night made the entire Divine Ruins eerily silent, with all things withering, few humans around, and even fewer demon beasts appearing.

In such an environment, Yue Jinghua could use the Summoning Technique without fear of being discovered.

Yue Jinghua planned to take this opportunity to contact the absolute master hiding within the ruins’ temple. This master entered the ruins earlier than the team members from Four Symbols City; perhaps he knew more about the Divine Ruins.

With a flip of her palm, a flame as beautiful as a Green Lotus appeared in Yue Jinghua’s grasp.

After securing the hard-earned Blazing Dwarf Ostrich King’s egg, Yue Jinghua took out a regular bird egg and roasted it for a while. The ostrich egg’s shell cracked, releasing an enticing aroma of cooked food through the gaps.

Peeling off the shell, the sweet and smooth taste was much better than eating it raw. Yue Jinghua split the ostrich egg in half and shared it with Xi Yuan.

After eating the roasted egg, the two could walk for another two to three hours in the cold and eerie night of the Divine Ruins.

After leaving the Star Sea, Yue Jinghua and Xi Yuan quickly flew toward the Firethorn Shrub and soon transformed into a streak of white light in the sky.

As Yue Jinghua’s figure melted into the night, two people appeared in a hidden corner.

Shalman was tightly bound and unable to speak, while Lie Sisi had a face full of venomous hatred.

Shalman widened her eyes, watching Yue Jinghua walk further away. She wanted to make some sound, but Lie Sisi had fed her some Elixir Pills, preventing her from speaking. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

"There’s no point in struggling. This mute pill will keep you from speaking for seventy-two hours. Better save your strength to live a few more days in Zhuqiu," Lie Sisi walked to that powerful prohibition, revealing an insidious smile.

Fa Xiaoyi wanted to cooperate with Yue Jinghua, but she wouldn’t let them have their way. She wanted to turn them against each other, with Shalman and Zhuqiu serving as the catalysts for their strife.

Zhuqiu is said to be the most dangerous and mysterious place in the whole Divine Ruins; everyone who approaches this area knows...

When Yue Jinghua arrived at the Green Bat Nest and found Shalman missing, with no trace of her in the Divine Ruins, given Yue Jinghua’s temperament, she would undoubtedly clash with Fa Xiaoyi, and their cooperation would completely break down.

After Fa Xiaoyi tamed the Green Bat King, he also obtained a secret known only to the demon beasts.

This mountain range has a special name, known as Zhuqiu, reportedly the execution ground where the Sky Witch Clan dealt with death row prisoners.

After the Sky Witch Clan went extinct, this mountain range became abandoned.

The spirits of the dead and demon beast corpses executed early within the mountain decomposed into malevolent mist.

To prevent the mist from spreading, prohibitions were established outside Zhuqiu by a Divine Clan general.

But that was nearly ten thousand years ago, and over time, prohibitions can become unstable.

The prohibition enveloping the mysterious mountain range has also changed. Approximately five hundred years ago, around dusk on the fifteenth of each month, the prohibition outside Zhuqiu gradually dissipates, lasting for an hour. This was the only time when entering Zhuqiu was possible.

The Green Bats have lived in the Divine Ruins for generations. Some bats accidentally intruded into Zhuqiu but none ever returned alive.

Demon beasts that had appeared nearby were more or less aware of the area’s terror. Over time, Zhuqiu became known among demon beasts as the Hill of Dead Souls, a place where there’s no chance of survival or escape upon entry.

Lie Sisi unintentionally learned this information from Fa Xiaoyi and then thought of throwing Shalman into Zhuqiu. Whether she lives or dies is unimportant; the key is that once she disappears, Yue Jinghua would inevitably become hostile with Fa Xiaoyi.

The suicidal assaults from numerous Blazing Dwarf Ostriches had somewhat affected the prohibition. After consuming a specially made Red Sun Pill, Lie Sisi waited another half-hour as the prohibition gradually weakened.

Lie Sisi seized the opportunity and pushed Shalman into the mist.

Shalman’s slender form flashed and vanished, with only the sound of beastly snarls echoing from the direction of Zhuqiu, until everything returned to silence.

Lie Sisi then summoned a Green Bat to fly toward the opposite direction Yue Jinghua had left earlier.

An hour passed, and the prohibition returned to its original state.

Yue Jinghua and Xi Yuan had entered the Firethorn Shrub’s entrance.

Unlike during the day, the Firethorn Shrub had turned white at night.

The fire-hot Firethorns condensed into ice crystals, which broke with a cracking sound at the slightest touch.

Inside the shrub, the cold was astounding.

After stepping over a patch of ice-covered grass, Yue Jinghua exhaled, and with her breath, a layer of frost formed instantly on her eyebrows.

"The tenth one," Xi Yuan said, swinging his sword to decapitate an Ice Thorns Beast lurking behind the ice bushes.

At night, demon beasts in the ice bushes were fewer than during the day, but their attack power was even more remarkable. They could spew a chilling breath that turned living beings into ice sculptures or shoot deadly ice arrows. In their snowy white color, they were easy to overlook.

Recalling the direction of the Fire Melt Spring seen earlier from the Chi Jian Wood, Yue Jinghua walked again for nearly an hour through the shrub until hearing the sound of boiling water and the underground ice gradually melting, the temperature slowly rising.

Yue Jinghua was leading, with Xi Yuan behind, both cautiously searching for the boiling spring’s traces.

Suddenly, the ground beneath Xi Yuan cracked, revealing a fissure, and scalding magma erupted.