Deep in the Rainforest
As they looked at the newly cleared path through the jungle, the fragrant scent of plants and trees quickly spread through the air.
Shi Boxue: "..."
Zhao Ziwu: "..."
The Wizards: "..."
The few people who had taken turns clearing the way earlier lowered their heads and looked at the machetes at their waists, starting to question their lives. What the hell had they even been doing before?!
Could they swear?
No!
Then there was nothing to say.
After a long moment, Shi Boxue cleared his throat and said as if nothing had happened, "Move out!"
He seemed to sense resentment rising in the air. They might as well use that time to cover more ground. The sooner they found the people from Academy Under Heaven, the sooner they could spare themselves another day of hardship in this boundless rainforest.
It was hot and humid, the ground was hard to traverse, and ferocious beasts roamed the area. There were an astonishing number of insects, and danger lurked everywhere, often catching people off guard. If most of them hadn't been Wizards with plenty of outdoor experience who knew how dangerous the rainforest was, ordinary people probably wouldn't last even a day. One careless mistake, and they could be devoured without a bone left behind.
Even the Indigenous people who had grown up here wouldn't dare claim they had fully grasped the dangers of this primeval jungle.
They had ventured deep into the Amazon rainforest to search for the Nine Provinces Xuan Association defectors and retrieve all the supplies and technology they had secretly taken. They weren't here to sightsee, and no one wanted to linger in this rugged, inhospitable place.
"Mm-haw!~"
The big black donkey, unaware of what was going on, let out a bray as if