Although Tomie had returned to the independent world within Zhang Chen's body, she had in fact transformed into a wisp of blood flowing through his body, residing in his right chest. She had once served as Zhang Chen's secondary soul for a time, so this place was quite familiar to her.
Zhang Chen had told Tomie to return to his body beforehand. There would be an unexpected move when the time came.
"Squelch!"
Zhang Chen stepped onto the forest floor, overflowing with corpse oil, and even he found it somewhat disgusting. The damp trees around him looked like they had ordinary trunks, but when squeezed, they felt soft and crumbly, shattering at the slightest touch. Zhang Chen would rather walk on the corpse-oil-covered ground.
Holding the bamboo scroll and leading Zhang Chen onward, Yue Xi kept stopping and starting along the way, looking extremely frightened.
"Master, according to the records on the bamboo scroll, it should be in the center of this swamp, but it doesn't say what the object is. Shouldn't you investigate the situation here before going any deeper?" Yue Xi sounded very concerned for Zhang Chen.
"No need. Take me straight to the center. I want to see what exactly is here."
"Alright."
Yue Xi carefully made her way through the area. At times, cracks would open in the rotten trunks around them, revealing creatures similar to the Ghoul Corpse Eaters Zhang Chen had encountered earlier on the road. However, before they could do anything, Zhang Chen killed them outright.
After an hour of travel, Zhang Chen protected Yue Xi along the way and arrived at the central region.
"So much corpse oil."
There were no decaying plants in the clearing ahead. Instead, there was a bottomless pool of foul-smelling corpse oil, its surface bubbling constantly. Clearly,