"What's so strange about that place? What would happen if I stayed there too long?" Shui Xiwei couldn't help asking.
Yu Mingxiao chuckled. "You'd burst."
"Forget it, then. I'm not going." Shui Xiwei jumped in fright. "How long will you be inside?"
"A few days," Yu Mingxiao said. "If you get bored, you can visit Heaven Dou City. We'll go into the city for supplies after we come out."
"All right... Just leave me behind and go in, then." Shui Xiwei sighed wistfully, a hint of grievance in her voice.
Yu Mingxiao laughed. "What nonsense. Who's abandoning you? Wait here for me. I'll be back soon."
With that, he signaled Bi Ji to set off.
The two of them entered Sunset Forest together.
Following his memory, Yu Mingxiao reached the edge of the poisonous miasma.
The green miasma was as chilling as ever. Over the past two years, a few more skeletons of Soul Beasts that hadn't known better had appeared on the ground.
"Is the place you're going inside the miasma?" Bi Ji asked.
Yu Mingxiao nodded. Ignoring the poison, he walked straight in.
He had once consumed the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, forging a body impervious to fire and water and resistant to all poisons.
The miasma released by the Jade Phosphorous Seven Absolute Flowers could not harm him.
Bi Ji wrapped herself in dense life force and followed close behind.
Together, they climbed the hill.
Bi Ji looked down. Below them lay an inverted cone-shaped valley. The hilltop where they stood formed part of its rim, and thick waves of heat kept rising from within.
"There's a hot spring down there?"
Yu Mingxiao smiled faintly. "There's more than a hot spring. Let's go down."
With that, he jumped.
A pair of illusory wings