Starting My Cultivation With Time Management

Chapter 724: Chapter 58: Green Hell

Persuasion?

There’s no need.

Just lead them deeper in!

Long Long continued with the group, sticking close to the riverbed as they advanced, only to feel the poisonous miasma up ahead growing ever more fierce.

What at first was a faint green had now turned into a thick yellow-green; even the slightest touch caused a dizzying sensation of seeing stars.

“Long Long, brother!” Qin Ye coughed violently, “We can’t get through the area ahead, can we?”

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“If we keep going forward like this, we’re really going to die of poisoning halfway!”

Long Long turned to look at the group, only to see the Qin siblings already staggering on their feet, the little fox still holding on, but her face was ashen.

Tsk, it was a miscalculation on my part.

I had everything calculated clearly, except that my own cultivation strength had far surpassed that of my peers, to the point where you can’t keep up with my pace!

“Since we’ve entered the mire, we definitely can’t go back now,” Long Long thought carefully for a moment before saying, “If someone is blocking the entrance to the mire from Jinjiang, we would be walking right into their trap if we retreated.”

“It’s better for you to first retreat to a place where the poison isn’t so intense, while I continue on the original route to get help.”

“That could work…” Qin Zhou was about to agree when he heard Long Hu say:

“No!”

“It doesn’t make sense for us to rest here while sending you alone to face the danger!”

Her words were uttered with such righteousness that even the Qin siblings were left speechless, and Long Long quickly tried to persuade her with gentle words:

“It’s not about sending me alone to face the danger, but with the ferocity of the miasma ahead, only I am capable of moving forward.”

“If it were not for your inability to endure it, why would I leave you here?”

“I can still hold on,” Long Hu seized the opportunity to speak, “Let me accompany you.”

“It’s not entirely out of the question,” Long Long pondered for a moment before turning to the Qin siblings, “So you will take temporary shelter here?”

Qin Ye was about to say something, but was pulled back by Qin Zhou, who said:

“Long Long, you also be careful. If you can’t hold on, retreat immediately on the same path, and we’ll figure out another plan.”

“Of course,” Long Long replied with a slight smile, and then continued to use the Water Escape along with Long Hu.

Watching the two departing figures, Qin Ye displayed a conflicted expression, not speaking for a long while before finally casting his eyes down glumly.

“Sister, it’s not that I’m trying to criticize you,” Qin Zhou frowned and lectured her, “Is this the time to compete with her? Your body has already been unable to hold on, hasn’t it?”

Qin Ye had no answer, only expressing her sadness:

“I understand the reasoning, but…”

“I… have ultimately lost, brother…”

So Qin Zhou also fell silent.

Long Long, leading Long Hu, continued to forge ahead, finding that the toxicity here was extremely concentrated, almost obscuring their vision.

Really, is this water mixed with poison, or poison diluted with water?

Looking at the little fox beside him, she had already completely failed to support herself, merely slumping against him.

Even though she had already fallen into a semi-conscious state, she still hadn’t suggested leaving… which inexplicably moved Long Long.

“Do you think it makes sense to force yourself to follow me? I’m just scouting the path, not having an affair!”

However, since the fox had fainted, I could use some methods…

With that thought in mind, Long Long secretly formed a hand seal, casting the Five Elements Divine Light of Acquired Nature.

As expected, the Five Elements Divine Light swept across annihilating all, be it Jia Wood Poison or Yimu Poison, all turned into nothing.

The river water also became crystal clear, and as Long Long turned to look around again, he discovered that the river surface was completely obscured by wildly growing water plants.

Isolation leads to no growth, just as Yin without Yang leads to nothing; Jia Wood Energy had reached its peak, resulting in such almost uncontrollable growth.

Once the vitality was stimulated to its limit, it would then rapidly decline and fall to the riverbed, rotting away completely.

At this moment, the scene that unfolded before Long Long and Long Hu was this: a giant green dome woven by countless rapidly growing water plants overhead, with only faint sunlight seeping through.

The riverbed beneath their feet was entirely covered by thick mud, remnants of the countless water plants drained of their life force.

Above was all vitality, below was complete stillness, creating this piece of green Hell, momentarily even bewildering Long Long.

However, he was, after all, a person with an exceptionally strong will, and soon came back to his senses with a reminder from Ah Jing, continuing to lead Long Hu forward.

Gradually, more poisonous vapors permeated with the flowing water, which were then dispelled by Long Long’s Five Elements Divine Light.

Continuing in this manner for more than two hundred miles, they finally had no path to take—the waterway was completely blocked by a mass of water plants, with absolutely no gaps to squeeze through.

However, considering the intensity of this filthy swamp’s poisonous influence which deterred anyone from entering, it was no longer necessary to stay in the water.

So, Long Long picked up Long Hu and walked toward the shore.

The situation on land was even more dramatic than inside the river. Towering trees and endless leaves formed a dense, light-blocking canopy; lower areas were completely taken over by vines and weeds, dense and entangling at the ankles.

Below that were countless layers of soft, rotting leaves that felt as if something was wriggling underfoot when stepped upon, sending chills down one’s spine.

Long Long scanned the ground carefully and found that beneath the leaves was thick mud, and within the mud were countless worms.

These worms were constantly being born, mating, then dying, with the lifespan of each worm not even reaching ten seconds… Obviously affected by the Jia Wood Energy within the poison, they had mutated into a frightening species.

Long Long’s face was without sorrow or joy, completely unfazed by the terrifying sights, and simply walked toward the direction where the poison was most intense.

Eventually, he arrived in front of a valley where trees were twisted and knotted, completely sealing the entrance to the valley, with a mass of roots entrenched on the ground, making it difficult to move an inch.

Long Long’s expression remained unchanged, his finger extended as if he was picking a flower.

Where he pointed, all the trees spontaneously combusted without any wind and soon turned into ashes scattering down, clearing a path.

Carrying Long Hu, Long Long continued forward, as countless vines from beneath the layers of leaves rustled and shot out like snakes trying to entangle his ankles. Yet before they could get close, they were swept by the Five Elements Divine Light and were instantly chopped into pieces.

Finally stepping into the valley, it was odd that despite the many trees outside obstructing the path, there was no greenery inside, just a shallow little lake.

In the lake coiled a giant venomous serpent, vast enough to occupy the entire valley, similar to the earth-root python they had seen underground before, yet its aura was even more formidable—with each breath it took, a large amount of green mist was expelled from its nostrils, spreading out in all directions.

The pervasive poisonous miasma throughout the swamp was the by-product of this serpent’s Cultivation Technique.

After another scan, Long Long noticed that the serpent was of the immortal Rank, but for some reason, it had fallen into a coma, with its Bloodline Cultivation Technique operating solely on instinct.

“Hmm, should I wake it up?”