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Gensokyo, Magic Forest...
As he stepped on the ground with rhythmic crunching sounds beneath his feet, Wu Yan walked through the humid, tropical-rainforest-like woods thick with trees and fallen branches and leaves, then took a deep breath.
In truth, that was a very unwise thing to do.
Pretty much everyone in Gensokyo knew that the air in the Magic Forest was filled with spores and miasma released by mushroom youkai that could make people hallucinate. If ordinary humans inhaled them, they would not only suffer hallucinations; in severe cases, they might even lose their minds forever.
Was taking deep breaths in the Magic Forest, where the air was full of spores and miasma that could make people hallucinate, really such a wise move?...
If it happened too many times, then let alone ordinary humans, even regular youkai, fairies, and spirits could fall into hallucinations and be unable to pull themselves out.
Of course, Wu Yan was neither an ordinary human nor an ordinary youkai.
Whether it was strength, level, or bloodline, Wu Yan stood among the best. Even in Gensokyo, a place blessed by the gods, he would never fall into hallucinations over mere spores and miasma.
But Patchouli had indeed been right.
Although the spores and miasma in the Magic Forest that could cause hallucinations had no effect on Wu Yan and could not make him hallucinate, they were like some kind of chemical agent that calmed the Seven Deadly Sins stirring within him.
Still, calling it calm was not quite accurate. Even as he stood in the Magic Forest and breathed deeply, his desire for the