After leaving the ruins of Shrek, Tang San and his group did not waste much time on the road. They raced all the way and soon arrived at the edge of Sunset Forest outside Heaven Dou City.
It was completely different from the vibrant, thriving scene of ten thousand years ago.
Now, even standing at the outermost edge of Sunset Forest, one could smell a nauseating stench permeating the air.
It was the foul reek of animal carcasses rotting for years, mixed with Jade Phosphorous Serpent venom.
As far as the eye could see, vast stretches of vegetation had turned an eerie withered yellow, while a thick toxic miasma that would not disperse blanketed the sky above.
"Is this... the Sunset Forest recorded in the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, where the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well is located?"
Seeing the devastation ahead, Tang Ya covered her nose and mouth with her sleeve and spoke in disbelief.
"What?" Tang San frowned and turned to look at her.
"Wasn't the original site of your Tang Sect located beside Heaven Dou City?
It is barely a stone's throw from Sunset Forest. Don't tell me that in all these ten thousand years, no one from the Tang Sect ever came here?"
Tang San was genuinely puzzled by this.
Hearing Tang San's question, Tang Ya confirmed his suspicion.
"Sect Master, it was not that we did not want to come. Whether it was the upper echelons of our Tang Sect throughout the generations or the other top powers of the continent, they all knew that the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, an unparalleled treasure ground, lay hidden deep within Sunset Forest.
But..." Tang Ya paused, a trace of lingering fear flashing through her eyes.
"Whenever someone tried to venture deep into Sunset Forest to investigate,