Who said I practiced the exercises incorrectly?

Chapter 73: You never expected it? My neck can still turn like this!

The sun was dim, the fields were windless, and there was no one in the desert.

Walking in the bushes that were more than half a person's height, Ning Yan felt a tingling sensation all over his body. Sometimes, even though the thorns on the bushes did not poke his body, he still felt his skin itchy.

Duan Canghai, who was leading the way, seemed to have gotten used to this kind of environment. He did not even scratch himself while walking, and his steps did not deviate from the slightest. Each step was steady and firm, as if it had been measured. At the same time, his voice kept coming out:

"...Our destination this time is the Rotten Bone Forest. Before Qingyun Village appeared, there was a group of bandits entrenched there. As a result, a disaster happened unexpectedly. Overnight, hundreds of people in the entire village turned into skeletons. Their skin, flesh and internal organs were completely removed, leaving no trace. There was not even a trace of blood on the ground. It was as if a gust of bone-chilling cold wind blew away all the flesh and blood on their bodies.

Later, that place became a paradise for woodlice, who would often dig up bones there and even drag the corpses of warriors from other places. Over time, it became a spooky place that was difficult for living people to approach.

Of course, with our strength, it is no problem for us to enter, and we can even take this opportunity to capture a few woodlice to refine our Yin Fire."

As they were talking, the two of them had already passed through the dense bushes and entered an increasingly gloomy forest.

Looking around, tall trees stretched out their branches and embraced each other, blocking out the boundless sky. Only a small amount of skylight was left, swaying in the wind into tiny spots of light, which spread across the ground, making the surrounding environment even more eerie and terrifying.

Ning Yan looked around and his gaze suddenly stopped on a corpse not far away.

The corpse was half hanging on the tree, with the appearance of a pale scholar. Sharp branches pierced through the back and pierced the chest. A group of crows were perched on it and kept pecking at it, occasionally dragging out black blood sausage and eating it with relish.

As if because of their arrival, the crows were startled and flew up in a flutter, causing the branches to shake. As they shook, the corpse fell down, leaving only the ghost of a scholar on the tree, scratching his belly and howling miserably:

"It's so itchy! It's so itchy!"

"My tummy is itchy!"

"Peck me again! Peck me again!"

"Peck you, peck you!"

Ning Yan broke off a branch and smashed it over.

The thick and long branch pierced through the ghost's mouth, instantly causing it to dissipate like mist.

Ning Yan reached out and touched the goose bumps on his arm, his expression twisted.

Not scared.

But it was disgusting.

Duan Canghai smiled and said:
"This is a place full of evil spirits and ghosts. The closer you get, the more common such scenes become. Once you see them many times, you'll get used to them."

Ning Yan put down his hands and asked:

"Are there many places like this outside the boundaries?"

"It's not too much, but it's not too little either."

Duan Canghai said as he walked:
“Evil spirits that gather together generally follow certain rules. As long as you can grasp these rules and stay away from them, you can often survive safely. This is also the way of survival for many warriors from outside the realm.

The most dangerous ones are the evil spirits that roam around wantonly. You have no control over their movements, so you can only pray to God for better luck and try not to run into them, otherwise it will inevitably be a disaster."

"If you encounter these wandering evil spirits, what should you do to protect yourself?"

Ning Yan asked humbly.

"You can only rely on experience. For example, if you encounter a Xin Mang, you can't defeat it no matter what you do. It follows you around like a shadow. The longer you are in contact with it, the more you will be infected with the Xin Mang poison and gradually become a Xin Mang.

The only way to avoid this fate is to find Xin Mang's liver and swallow it, but there are two problems here. Finding the liver means you have to get close to Xin Mang, and the closer you are, the stronger the toxin will be. In addition, Xin Mang will go completely crazy after his liver is taken away, and you may not be able to withstand his attack. "

Ning Yan keenly noticed something was wrong:

"What if this Xin Mang's liver has been eaten by someone else?"

"Then wait patiently for death."

Ning Yan's footsteps suddenly stopped.

Duan Canghai's body also froze.

The person who just spoke was not either of them.

But it was a more unfamiliar voice.

But this voice is neither unfamiliar nor strange.

Because to Ning Yan, this was Duan Canghai's voice.

To Duan Canghai, it was Ning Yan's voice. However, both of them noticed something was wrong through other details.

"What the hell?!"

Ning Yan turned his head suddenly, and there was nothing behind him.

There was no sign of a human being in the dense forest, but cheerful footsteps could be heard behind him.

He turned around again, still didn't see the monster, but instead heard a burst of laughter in his ears. The breath so close to him even made the hairs on his neck stand up.

"Old, Lao Hai, do you see what's behind me?"

Duan Canghai shook his head and said in a hoarse voice:
"Do you see what's behind me?"

Ning Yan also shook his head.

The two fell into an awkward silence.

Only bursts of laughter continued to come from all around.

Getting closer!

Duan Canghai seemed to remember something, his face suddenly changed, and he said in a hurry:
"This is boot chewing! Run away!!"

Before he finished speaking, Ning Yan's head suddenly turned 180 degrees and slammed hard on some invisible object. With a "bang", a sneaky creature the size of a baby with a swollen face and a bruised body was smashed out.

"You never thought that my neck could turn like this!"

Ning Yan grinned grimly and grabbed the baby's head.

The baby screamed and his body suddenly exploded, leaving only a palm-sized red tiger-head shoe.

"Hurry! Take off your shoes!"

Duan Canghai had no time to be shocked. He took off his shoes while urging others to help.

Ning Yan didn't understand what was going on, but he still took off his shoes as instructed.

Then he followed Duan Canghai barefoot and ran wildly.

Thanks to the synthesis of the "Four Symbols True Skill", his skin and flesh are unusually tough, otherwise there would at least be some wounds on the soles of his feet.

It was not until he ran to a big tree and stopped that he heard Duan Canghai gasping for breath and saying:
"That's boot gnawing. Once it spots you, it will tentatively approach you, and eventually gnaw along your shoe from the heel upwards until it has eaten your entire body."

“But I broke it all up.”

"It's useless. It's not just one, but a group of them. If one of them is dispersed, the other nearby gnawing boots will just assume that it is ownerless food and swarm around. Don't say that you are just gathering Qi now. Even if you break through the violent Qi, you still can't stop it."

Duan Canghai said this with a lingering fear on his face.

Ning Yan also felt sympathetic.

He never expected this damn thing to be so outrageous.

"Sure enough, my strength is not strong enough."

"How else could I lose to this kind of thing?!"

Ning Yan felt unwilling.

"Just keep going."

After resting for a while, Duan Canghai spoke.

The two of them continued forward.

It was not until half a day later that the two men, covered in tatters, finally arrived at their destination, the Rotten Bone Forest.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Duan Canghai was in disbelief:

"How could this be?"