A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 421: Ghostly Light
Fan Hongjiao and the others just stared at Duan Rong blankly, not saying anything for a long time.

Duan Rong suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

Wasn't he just a little late? Was it necessary for everyone to look at him so coldly?

He admitted that it took him some time to adapt when he first jumped down, but after that he was falling with all his strength. In fact, in the last part, he held his breath and fell directly to the ground. In his opinion, he had already used up all his strength.

Duan Rong wanted to say something to ease the awkward atmosphere, but just as he was about to speak, Fan Hongjiao hugged his shoulders and said with a smile, "Junior brother, you are still a manly man!"

Fan Hongjiao's red lips and white teeth were almost right next to Duan Rong's ear, and she didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but the side of a certain part of her body was pressing tightly against Duan Rong's other shoulder.

Duan Rong's face turned slightly red.

Fan Hongjiao looked at Wang Yue with a smile and said, "Wang Yue, you are the most sissy one!"

Duan Rong looked down and saw Fan Hongjiao pressed against a certain part of his shoulder. He thought: Shouldn't you be the most feminine one?

Wang Yue heard this and yelled madly, "Senior Sister, I just became a senior brother today. Don't always belittle my great image in front of my junior brother."

"You look tall and majestic?" Fan Hongjiao said, "Wang Yue! I think you should be my junior brother in the future! You are short and timid. Look at Junior Brother Duan, who is so vigorous and energetic. When he stands next to you, who looks more like a junior brother?"

Fan Hongjiao said as she pushed Duan Rong and Wang Yue together. Wang Yue was short to begin with, and compared to Duan Rong, he looked even shorter than a winter melon.

Duan Rong said: "Senior sister, please don't joke. There is a hierarchy in this matter. Senior Brother Wang Yue entered first, so he is the senior brother."

Wang Yue smiled and said, "Little Junior Brother, you're right! Respect the order of seniority! Be polite! Be polite!"

Wu Shidao said: "Senior Sister, since everyone is here, shall we enter the Dark Forest now?"

Among these people, Wu Shidao was the one who disliked joking the most, and he was also a deep-minded person, so the others were all a little cold towards him.

Fan Hongjiao said: "Okay, let's go!"

Only then did a few people leave the cliff and walk in a certain direction.

It was only at this moment that Duan Rong began to look around. He saw that the area around the cliff was actually a large area of ​​glowing grass.

He soon discovered that the faint light was actually emitted by the grass leaves under his feet.

Duan Rong was curious, so he bent down as he walked and pulled out a blade of grass from the ground.

He stared at the grass leaf in his hand, only to see that it was emitting a faint fluorescent light.

Wang Yue saw that Duan Rong was very concerned about the grass, so he smiled and explained, "Junior brother, this is called Qingguang grass! There is a patch of grass like this near every cliff. The faint light emitted by this Qingguang grass can blind the eyes of Yuan beasts. But once this grass leaves the ground, it will soon wither and die."

Sure enough, as soon as Wang Yue finished speaking, the grass leaf in Duan Rong's hand lost its glow and withered and died.

The field of clear grass where they were was about half the size of a football field, while the periphery of this field of dim grass was shrouded in thick darkness.

Duan Rong looked into the darkness. He knew that there was the real dark forest.

Before long, they reached the edge of the dim grass meadow, where there was a group of dense trees.

Just as they reached the edge, Duan Rong suddenly felt several spiritual senses suddenly released, and all of them were around him. Then Fan Hongjiao took the lead and passed through the dense forest in front of them.

Duan Rong also followed their figures and passed through.

As soon as he passed through the dense forest, Duan Rong felt that his vision suddenly went dark.

In the pitch-black environment, he could only vaguely see a few blurry figures moving around him.

In this environment, he actually wanted to activate his spiritual sense to cover the area, but he knew that once he activated it, it would definitely alarm the people around him. After all, except Wang Yue, the people around him had already released their spiritual sense.

Because the distance was very close, Duan Rong could even sense the strength of the three spiritual senses more clearly.

Three spiritual consciousnesses of varying strengths were cross-detecting each other. They came from Fan Hongjiao, Wu Shidao and Lu Geng respectively.

Lu Geng's spiritual consciousness was the weakest, and Duan Rong felt that he had just achieved the second level of the Taizang Sutra.

The most powerful spiritual consciousness came from Fan Hongjiao, who was walking in the front of the team. Duan Rong estimated that he had achieved the fifth level of the Taizang Sutra.

Lu Geng had been on Yunfu Peak for seven years. Fan Hongjiao was not very clear, but it had been at least ten years. He had only achieved the fifth level of the Taizang Sutra. If it was like this, he would have to wait until the sect taught him the Taizang Sutra after the twelfth level. Who knows how long it would take?
After walking for a while, Duan Rong had already adapted to the darkness here.

He found that there was actually light in the dark forest, but the light was very dim. He had just stepped into the forest from the dim light, so he felt it was as dark as ink.

Several people advanced in a long line in the forest. Fan Hongjiao walked in the front, Wu Shidao was at the back, and Duan Rong was in the middle.

It was not until this time that Duan Rong saw the weapons of his senior brothers.

Wu Shidao held an iron ruler, which shone with a faint light even in the dark. Wang Yue, who was walking in front of Duan Rong, used a set of butterfly swords. Lu Geng held a melon hammer. Fan Hongjiao, who was walking in front, held a rolled-up python whip.

As they were walking, they suddenly saw a very strange tree not far ahead.

The trunk of the tree was dark and crooked, but the drooping branches were fine and soft, and emitted a faint silver fluorescence. The silver-white branches of the tree drooped down like a galaxy in the darkness, standing quietly in this endless dark forest, which was really breathtakingly beautiful.

The moment Duan Rong saw the tree, he felt cold all over.

Fan Hongjiao, who was walking in the front, suddenly said, "Junior brother, do you see that tree? Don't go near that kind of tree! In the Dark Forest, many plants are far more dangerous than Yuan Beasts. And the more beautiful the plant, the more dangerous it is!"

Duan Rong raised his eyes and looked at the back of Fan Hongjiao who was in the front. He murmured and repeated Fan Hongjiao's words: "Many plants are far more dangerous than Yuan Beasts..."

At this moment, three black shadows suddenly flashed in the dark grass next to them and attacked them.

The black shadow was long and slender. Duan Rong did not release his spiritual consciousness and only scanned with his eyes, so he thought it was three flying knives.

The moment Duan Rong saw it, Wu Shidao at the end of the team had already flashed over, and with a swing of his iron bar, he knocked down the first two of the three shadows at Duan Rong's feet. The last shadow suddenly turned around and shot sideways.

Duan Rong was shocked when he saw the last black shadow suddenly change direction strangely! He knew that thing was definitely not a flying knife. No flying knife could suddenly change direction in mid-air, and its speed seemed not only not slower, but even faster.

The shadow turned and shot towards the strange tree not far away with branches shrouded in silvery light. Under the silvery light, Duan Rong finally saw clearly what the three shadows that shot out from the bushes were.

It turned out to be a red-scaled snake with two pairs of wings. At this moment, its wings were seen flashing at a very fast speed.

But the red-scaled snake with its wings flickering, surprised by Wu Shidao's iron ruler, suddenly turned around and flew towards this side. Now it was not far from the strange tree with branches hanging with silver-white light. The red-scaled snake seemed to know that the strange tree was dangerous. Just as it was about to turn around to avoid it, it suddenly saw a branch of the strange tree, like a long whip, suddenly swung out, and with a flash of the whip, it had already wrapped around the red-scaled snake.

Once it was rolled up, it was pulled to the dense branches. Those branches were like maggots, wrapping the red-scaled snake and wriggling. But in a moment, when those wrapped branches dispersed, the red-scaled snake had disappeared without a trace, as if it had never existed. Fan Hongjiao and the others seemed to be used to this kind of scene, but Duan Rong felt cold all over. But in the blink of an eye, the red snake had disappeared without a trace.

At this time, Wang Yue squatted at Duan Rong's feet, picked up the two red-scaled snakes, and said with a smile: "This thing is a good thing!"

"Junior brother, these two red snakes will be given to each of us. Am I being generous, brother?"

Duan Rong said: "Thank you, Senior Brother!"

Wang Yue seemed very happy and put the two red snakes into the pocket he carried with him.

The few of them walked forward for a while, and after they had walked for a while, there was suddenly a flash of light under Duan Rong's feet, which startled him and he jumped and immediately moved aside.

Duan Rong held the Frost Patterned Phosphorus Crystal Knife in his hand, his eyes filled with astonishment, he saw that the ground he had just stepped on was actually lit up with a milky white light, the light flickered, just like small mushrooms.

Lu Geng patted Duan Rong on the shoulder and said, "Don't be nervous, Junior Brother, it's just a Youyue mushroom, it won't hurt anyone!"

Duan Rong heaved a sigh of relief when he heard Lu Geng say this.

Because Fan Hongjiao just said that the more beautiful a plant is, the more dangerous it is usually. This Youyue Mushroom emits a milky white fluorescence and is very charming. Duan Rong became very alert, thinking that something unusual might happen.

Fan Hongjiao glanced at Duan Rong and said, "Junior brother, your reaction is correct. It is better to be safe than sorry. This dark forest is full of dangers. You have neither experience nor spiritual sense to explore the way, so you must be on guard."

Duan Rong nodded and said, "Thank you for your teachings, Senior Sister!"

Fan Hongjiao nodded and continued to lead the team forward. After walking a few more steps, Fan Hongjiao also stepped on a patch of Youyue Mushroom. A faint milky white halo enveloped her feet, just like a faint moon shadow.

Fan Hongjiao frowned slightly and asked, "When did so many Youyue mushrooms grow on this road? Master Wu, look at the geomancy map. Did we take the wrong road?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Shidao stabbed the iron ruler in his hand into the ground at his feet with a thud, and then took out the animal skin map from the brocade bag at his waist.

The map was stretched out in his hand, and he looked at it intently.

Duan Rong was curious and also looked over. He saw that the animal skin map was emitting a faint light, which made Wu Shidao's face look dark and gloomy, like a devil from hell.

The animal skin map was obviously painted with some kind of glowing pigment. It seemed that when Wu Shidao drew this map, he had already thought of being able to check it at any time in the dark forest. This person was indeed thoughtful.

Wu Shidao looked for a while, raised his head and said, "This is the right road. We are not wrong. This Youyue mushroom should be newly grown."

"is it?"

Fan Hongjiao muttered something, stopped talking, and continued walking forward.

The group continued to move forward, and encountered sneak attacks from some small Yuan beasts, but they were easily killed by Fan Hongjiao and Wu Shidao. And all these small Yuan beasts were happily restrained by Wang Yue.

As they walked forward, they seemed to be going deeper and deeper into the dark forest. Fan Hongjiao's voice came slowly from the front.

"Junior brother, the deeper you go into the Dark Forest, the more dangerous it is. We are only active in the outer area, so it is relatively safe. The deepest part of the real Dark Forest is a terrifying place even for powerful people. In the history of Taiyi Sect, there have been more than one cases where powerful people in the Cave and Nether Realm have perished in the depths of the Dark Forest."

Duan Rong was shocked when he heard this.

"A strong man from the Cavern Netherworld Realm...died?"

The strong ones in the Dongming Realm have mastered the power of laws.

What kind of terrifying place is the depths of the dark forest that could cause the fall of such a powerful person?
Duan Rong was thinking like this, and when he raised his head, he saw patches of cold light shining through the gaps in the dense forest in front of him.

"We're here!" Fan Hongjiao's voice came from the front.

"Come, let's wait on the tree beside the stream. When a weaker Yuan Beast comes to drink water by the stream, we will kill it." Fan Hongjiao said, turning his head to look at Duan Rong and said, "Junior brother, come with me!"

As soon as Fan Hongjiao finished speaking, he flashed to the side of Duan Rong without saying anything, grabbed Duan Rong's shoulders, and leaped up and down, grabbing Duan Rong together, and jumped into the dense crown of a dark tree by the stream.

Wu Shidao, Lu Geng, and Wang Yue watched the two figures shake and then disappear into the dark treetops.

Wang Yue said: "I have a feeling that my junior brother will be defiled by my senior sister sooner or later!"

Lu Geng said: "Why do I feel like you are jealous?"

Wang Yue said, "What nonsense are you talking about? I was clearly speaking up for my junior brother!"

Lu Geng said, "It's because of your short stature that Senior Sister didn't bully you. Just be happy about it! Besides, what's there to be dissatisfied about as a junior brother? What's wrong with Senior Sister? She has a good figure and a pretty face. She's so mature!"

"He is mature, but too mature. I'm afraid my junior brother can't bear it!" Wang Yue pretended to sigh. As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Geng glanced at him, and the two of them smiled at each other with ill intentions.

"Alright!" Wu Shidao said, "Each of you find a place to hide."

After Wu Shidao finished speaking, he leaped into the crown of a tree next to the big tree where Fan Hongjiao and Duan Rong were hiding. Lu Geng and Wang Yue also leaped into the crown of another tree next to them.

Fan Hongjiao and Duan Rong hid in the dense crown of a big tree. Through the gaps between the branches and leaves, they could see the situation on the bank of the nearby stream very clearly.

In the darkness, Fan Hongjiao deliberately moved her face closer to him. Her breath was as fragrant as orchids, blowing on Duan Rong's ears and eyes, making them tingle unbearably...

Duan Rong suddenly felt a sense of heat rising in his lower abdomen.

Duan Rong closed his eyes tightly, secretly reminding himself that he was a family man and must remain a virgin.

He muttered for a while, and when he opened his eyes again, the throbbing in his heart had calmed down a lot. Duan Rong took a deep breath, ignored Fan Hongjiao beside him, and just looked at the stream under the tree through the gaps between the branches and leaves.

He saw the surface of the stream emitting a faint green light in the dark night. He soon discovered that it was not emitted by the water, but by a type of phytoplankton in the water.

The dim light, dots and spots, slowly floated up and down with the flow of water...

After some teasing, Fan Hongjiao saw that Duan Rong was like a stone statue, unmoved, and immediately lost interest. She thought to herself: What a guy who doesn't understand romance! I have wasted my heart.

Duan Rong saw that Fan Hongjiao was no longer breathing into his ears, so he asked softly, "Senior Sister?"

"What's the matter?" Fan Hongjiao's tone was obviously unhappy.

Duan Rong asked, "What are the phytoplankton that glow in the water called?"

"That's called water white grass!" Fan Hongjiao's heart moved. Duan Rong's observation ability was still good. After a while, he discovered that the faint light in the stream was emitted by those phytoplankton.

(End of this chapter)