The final piece of the puzzle had fallen into place, and Liu Zhi was now 99 percent certain he knew where Daris was.
But Liu Zhi didn't stop moving.
He couldn't act too strangely.
After all, his actions had already attracted the attention of some Mythical beings. If he didn't want them to learn what he was after, it was best to keep up appearances.
In any case, he now knew the time and place with reasonable certainty.
From then on, he didn't need to rush around as he had before, afraid he might miss some important information.
As the days passed, Liu Zhi slowly made his way into a forest in this region.
The forest was both bustling and quiet. It lay at the center of three relatively large cities, and most of the traffic between them passed through it.
Yet it was also deserted. Even though it was July, hardly any merchant caravans traveled through the forest.
According to a resident of a nearby city, something was wrong with the trees there.
In July, the trees in the forest bloomed with purple flowers.
Under the sunlight, these purple flowers gave off a nauseating stench.
The smell made you feel as though you were soaking in a sewage pit. It didn't do much harm, but it was deeply humiliating.
More importantly, once the stench got on you, it could take three to five days to wash off.
It wasn't such a big deal if it only got on people, but the goods transported through the forest picked up the smell too, and no one would buy them after that.
Most merchants avoided the area during that month. Even if they chose to take a detour, their money wasn't falling from the sky; they needed capital to do business.
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