Lizardmen

"It seems the Nether Poison Flame has truly left long ago," Xiao Ming said, his brows furrowed.

In his perception, although there were many Strange Flames in the canyon, the Aura of those flames was very weak, and none of them could be considered as Heavenly Flames.

Although he already knew this outcome, Xiao Ming still felt somewhat helpless.

"So what should we do next? Search for the Heavenly Flames? If so, let's split up and search separately? That way, we'll be more efficient," Zi Yan suggested.

"Should we split up and search separately?" After pondering for a moment, Xiao Ming shook his head and rejected the idea.

"We're now deep in the Netherworld Marsh, an extremely dangerous place, fraught with danger at every turn. I'm not comfortable leaving us separated."

"Furthermore, the Nether Poison Flame is extremely potent; encountering it alone could be dangerous. Let's act together."

Both Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian knew that Xiao Ming was right, so they had no objections.

Xiao Ming glanced into the misty canyon, seemingly having discovered something, and suddenly said, "However, before leaving here, I have something to do. Please wait here for a moment."

Without waiting for Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan's response, he leaped into the canyon.

Upon entering the canyon, Xiao Ming felt as if the surrounding mist possessed a mind of its own, desperately trying to penetrate his body. Even though he had taken the Heart Purifying Pill, his body was still affected. Xiao Ming knew this was a sign that the toxins were extremely concentrated.

Immediately, a thought struck him, and an invisible flame erupted from his body, blocking the surrounding toxins.

Without the effects of the toxins, Xiao Ming was able to concentrate on his journey. The conditions inside the canyon were even worse than what he had seen from the outside; it was almost pitch black.

Fortunately, Xiao Ming's Spiritual Power was strong enough that he could easily find the path he wanted to take.

During their journey, strange traces of giant snakes and unusual footprints appeared in the canyon.

These footprints have a rough texture and are clearly not human footprints.

"To think I'd found traces of human activity here. It seems this canyon has been visited by quite a few people," Xiao Ming thought, frowning.

The canyon's environment is extremely harsh, Aura of any life. The fact that people enter means that something here is attracting them.

Xiao Ming came in for this reason; places where Heavenly Flames is generated usually have special characteristics.

Special locations are also where certain medicinal herbs grow.

That's why Xiao Ming came in. Now that he's seen signs of other people's activity, Xiao Ming sighed softly, "Hopefully, there's still a lot of that stuff left."

After speaking, Xiao Ming increased his speed even further.

Following the trail, Xiao Ming finally arrived at an open space a quarter of an hour later.

Unlike other places, this place has a clearing thirty meters in diameter that is free of any Hei Du. In the center of the clearing is a small, umbrella-shaped tree about the height of a person, with a few purplish- Green Fruit hanging scattered on it.

"This is the Heavenly Poison Fruit." As he approached the fruit tree, Xiao Ming noticed some special patterns on the purple fruit and immediately pronounced the name of the fruit.

"The Heavenly Poison Fruit is the main ingredient in the Grade 8 Pill, the Heavenly Heart Poison Refining Pill. It is green when unripe and turns purple when ripe. Its pit contains a Poisonous Sap that can instantly kill Dou Zong (a high-level martial arts master). However, this herb is surprisingly unguarded by any Magical Beasts, and there are only a handful of fruits on the tree..."

"As expected, someone beat me to it. The one with this ability must be from the Mysterious Tribe nearby." Xiao Ming thought of the Mysterious Tribe marked on the map. In the Netherworld Marsh, they were the most suspicious.

"These Snake People Race are not to be trifled with. I hope we don't run into them."

These tribes typically have a very strong sense of territory and are extremely xenophobic, in order to avoid trouble.

Even though the location of the tribe was marked on the map, Xiao Ming had been avoiding them these past few days.

Shaking his head, Xiao Ming stopped thinking about these things and took out the jade box to collect the purple fruits from the sapling, leaving the unripe ones untouched.

After finishing his act and glancing around briefly, Xiao Ming left and returned along the same route.

A moment later, when Xiao Ming emerged from the valley, he found Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian confronting a green-skinned Lizardmen.

Xiao Ming's appearance startled the Lizardmen, who turned around and, upon discovering another human, immediately opened his mouth, revealing a mouthful of Black Teeth, and began babbling in a language that Xiao Ming couldn't understand.

After saying that, the Lizardmen immediately plunged into the mud pit not far away and disappeared, leaving Xiao Ming completely dumbfounded.

Arriving before Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan, Xiao Ming began to understand what had just happened.

After Xiao Yi Xian's explanation, Xiao Ming understood what had happened.

Actually, it was just Xiao Yi Xian and her Xiao Yi Xian waiting for Xiao Ming there as usual, and then this Lizardmen happened to pass by.

"Just passing by?" Xiao Ming glanced at the spot where the Lizardmen had just stood and noticed that the footprints he left were exactly the same as the special footprints in the canyon. He then realized that the Lizardmen was probably not just passing by.

It probably wanted to enter the canyon, but Zi Yan and the others just happened to block its way.

However, I have no idea what it was mumbling just now.

Xiao Ming knows a lot of things, but that definitely doesn't include the Lizardmen's Fang Yan.

"Sigh, indeed, Fang Yan from all over the world sound like gibberish." Xiao Ming suddenly recalled his past life and sighed inwardly. He then immediately said to Xiao Yi Xian and the others, "We should go."

Regardless of what the Lizardmen said, Xiao Ming felt it wasn't a good thing; otherwise, why would it run so fast?

Let's leave quickly to avoid causing trouble and wasting his precious time.

Half an hour after Xiao Ming left, several Aura and aged Lizardmen suddenly appeared outside the canyon.

Among the aged Lizardmen, the one Xiao Ming and his Lizardmen had seen earlier was indeed among them.

As soon as they appeared, the Lizardmen chatted incessantly for a while. One of Lizardmen went into the canyon and then excitedly ran out a moment later.

After another, even more heated exchange, the Lizardmen finally disappeared from the spot.

Several more days passed, and Xiao Ming and Xiao Yi Xian had been wandering in the forest for quite some time.

They still hadn't found the Nether Poison Flame. During this time, Xiao Ming also participated in Life Simulation.

Although it mentions that the Nether Poison Flame was found, it doesn't specify the exact location.

This caused Xiao Ming immense pain.

However, this Simulator is such a pain; otherwise, Xiao Ming wouldn't be looking for the Nether Poison Flame now, but rather for the Wind Fury Dragon Flame.

Fortunately, the Simulator wasn't entirely useless. At least, based on Simulator, Xiao Ming learned that the Lizardmen in the Gloomy Marsh had their eyes on them.