Snatching the Flower from the Serpent's Mouth

Target: Four thousand meters to the right of the Old Poplar Tree is a Cold Pool. In the Cold Pool is a Lotus Flower. Safely obtain the Lotus Flower and return.

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"Path One: The Cold Pool is guarded by a Giant Python. The Giant Python likes to eat Bamboo Rats. Arrive at the bamboo forest in four hours, hunt three Bamboo Rats. Five hours later, place the Bamboo Rats within three hundred meters to the right of the Cold Pool. Use the Bamboo Rats as bait. You have fifteen breaths of time. Within fifteen breaths, pluck the Lotus Flower, then head towards the inner part of the deep forest. Run seven hundred steps, turn left, then two hundred steps, turn right, then another three hundred steps. There is a deep pit. Jump down. Three hours later, quickly climb out, continue forward two thousand steps, then turn right and walk two thousand steps to return to the village."

The text appeared. This time, there was only one option.

Moreover, this option was the most complex path currently available.

It practically included his every step.

Clearly, with his current strength, the difficulty of obtaining this Lotus Flower was unimaginably great.

So much so that the system had to arrange such detailed steps. Only with such detailed steps could he safely obtain the item and return.

Taking a deep breath, Chen Xuan looked again, then got up and headed towards the Back Mountain.

The jungle became increasingly silent.

Following his memory, Chen Xuan quickly arrived at the Old Poplar Tree, then followed the Conceptual Ability's instructions and headed to the right.

A distance of four thousand meters was about eight li. Walking in the mountains would take about three to four hours.

However, Chen Xuan did not arrive at the Cold Pool first, but instead came to the place from yesterday.

The moment he arrived, he immediately felt his scalp tingle, because a huge pit appeared before him.

Its diameter even exceeded four or five meters in width.

It had collapsed down to three or four meters.

"Giant Python!"

A soft whisper sounded. Chen Xuan couldn't help but recall the description in the Conceptual Ability.

Such a large hole, and it was where the Bamboo Rats were, only about a thousand meters from the Cold Pool. The only explanation was that Giant Python.

And a Giant Python capable of causing such a large commotion, even without seeing it, Chen Xuan could feel its terror, and even felt a chill in his heart.

However, having reached this point, there was no turning back.

His figure quickly left this place and found another bamboo forest a few hundred meters away.

The Bamboo Rats here seemed unaffected at the moment.

The scene from yesterday reappeared.

Without hesitation, his figure quickly drew his bow and shot an arrow.

"Whoosh!"

The arrow pierced the air, and a Bamboo Rat was directly pinned to the ground.

Then the surrounding Bamboo Rats began to panic.

Chen Xuan didn't hesitate at all and quickly drew his bow and shot another arrow.

"Whoosh!"

Another bamboo rat fell.

This time, he had actually successfully hunted two.

Without any hesitation, Chen Xuan quickly moved to another spot and hunted one more.

By this point, he had finished hunting three bamboo rats.

Chen Xuan didn't hesitate at all and quickly took the three bamboo rats towards his target.

Half an hour later, his figure spotted the not-so-small Cold Pool in the distance.

Compared to his current position, the Cold Pool was located at a relatively lower elevation.

It was precisely because of this that it was easy for Chen Xuan to distinguish where the right side of the Cold Pool was.

Having determined the right side, his figure quickly headed towards the target with the bamboo rats. After about a quarter of an hour, his figure arrived at the destination.

Due to the cover of the jungle, the distance of three hundred meters didn't allow him to clearly see the location of the Cold Pool.

Looking around, Chen Xuan immediately found a large tree and hung the three bamboo rats there.

After hanging them, his figure quickly headed towards the left.

It wasn't until he had walked several hundred meters away that he continued towards the location of the Cold Pool.

As his figure approached the Cold Pool, a wave of cold air immediately permeated the area. Chen Xuan also noticed the Lotus Flower at the location of the Cold Pool, which was as large as a bowl.

The snow-white Lotus Flower, enveloped in the cold air, seemed to possess a breathtaking beauty. A faint fragrance permeated his nostrils, causing Chen Xuan to subconsciously lick his lips.

But before he could dwell on it for long.

The next moment.

"Boom!"

The water surface instantly exploded, and a massive black shadow suddenly rushed out of the Cold Pool. A scent so bloody it was almost nauseating spread throughout the surroundings.

Its enormous body almost blotted out the sky, and its massive head was as thick as a city wall.

Looking at this massive black shadow, Chen Xuan's heart couldn't help but stop beating, and he subconsciously held his breath.

"Hiss!"

On the massive head, a scarlet tongue flicked out. As if sensing something, it subconsciously looked towards the location where Chen Xuan had placed the bamboo rats.

Then it looked back at the Lotus Flower behind it.

After a slight pause, the massive black shadow headed directly towards the bamboo rats.

Boom.

Rumble.

A massive roaring sound rose. Along the way, ancient trees were directly snapped in half. The Giant Python was like a rapidly moving truck, quickly disappearing from view.

"Now!"

Chen Xuan's figure instantly rose, and the next moment he plunged headfirst into the Cold Pool.

A bone-chilling coldness from the pool immediately struck him, causing his body to shiver uncontrollably.

But at this moment, he couldn't afford to worry about that.

His figure quickly swam towards the center of the Cold Pool.

Fortunately, his body had been trained during this period, and his swimming skills, both in his previous life and this one, were quite good. The twenty-meter distance was covered in just a few breaths.

Without time to look or do anything else, Chen Xuan's right hand directly grabbed the Lotus Flower.

The Lotus Flower snapped instantly. In a flash, a warm sensation spread throughout his body. The icy coldness around him receded instantly, and at the same time, a surge of power began to spread through his limbs and bones.

Chen Xuan's eyes lit up, and his return speed instantly increased.

In just ten breaths, he had already completed the return trip.

Without the slightest hesitation.

As soon as Chen Xuan got ashore, he immediately headed towards the depths of the jungle as indicated by the path, even though there were greater dangers in the depths of the jungle, and theoretically running back would be the safest.

But he was very clear about the ability of his Conceptual Ability.

Since the Conceptual Ability had described it, this was his only way out.

In fact, it was true.

Just as Chen Xuan had sprinted less than a hundred meters away, a huge commotion suddenly came from the direction of the Cold Pool behind him.

"Hiss!"

The huge crimson pupils were filled with anger. At the Cold Pool, the Giant Python constantly flicked its tongue. Soon, its pupils focused on Chen Xuan's departing figure.

"Splash!"

The water exploded. Its massive body, over forty to fifty meters long, directly charged towards where Chen Xuan had run off to.

As the huge figure crashed through, trees fell one after another.