The sea area near Qiandu Island is covered with pale white sea fog which lasts all year round and is often accompanied by strong winds.
A beam of green light flew from the distant sky and stopped at the outskirts of Thousand Poison Island. The light dissipated, revealing a misty green flying boat. Shen Tianming and eleven other foundation-building cultivators stood on the green flying boat, their expressions different.
To be honest, if it weren't for the order from the Sea Pavilion, Han Changming would not have wanted to come. Thousand Poison Island is a well-known dangerous place in the Red Algae Sea. Over the years, countless foundation-building cultivators have died on the Thousand Poison Island. It is true that the Purple Crystal Flying Scorpion is a poisonous insect, but it is only a second-grade lower-grade one, equivalent to a cultivator in the early stage of foundation building. It is rumored that there are third-grade demon insects on the Thousand Poison Island, and no one knows whether it is true or not.
Shen Tianming looked at the white sea fog ahead, his face became solemn, and he said, "The Thousand Poison Island is ahead. For the sake of caution, let's split into three groups. Fellow Daoist Han, Fellow Daoist Chen, you will be in one group, and we will be in one group of five."
Acting separately can increase the survival rate. If we act together, it will be easy for the whole army to be wiped out. There are strong winds blowing here from time to time.
Han Changming and Chen Hongming naturally would not refuse. They each used their flying magic weapons to carry their tribesmen forward.
On the way here, Shen Tianming gave a detailed introduction to their mission of this trip. They were to enter Thousand Poison Island to pick Fire Grass. There was a group of Four-Winged Flame Centipedes guarding them, including two second-grade top-grade Four-Winged Flame Centipedes.
The six-winged fire centipede is a social, fire-attributed poisonous insect that is proficient in fire-attributed spells. This poisonous insect usually grows in hot and humid caves.
A group of casual cultivators risked their lives to enter Thousand Poison Island to pick spiritual herbs, and accidentally discovered several hundreds-year-old Fire Grasses. Fire Grasses usually grow in caves with abundant fire spiritual energy. If they are to be cultivated artificially, they must have earth fire spiritual veins. Lu Yang practiced a fire-attributed technique, and the hundreds-year-old Fire Grasses could be refined into pills for consumption, which would be beneficial to his cultivation.
Lu Yang sent his disciples to pick spiritual herbs, naturally he wanted to monopolize these Fire Grass. If he sent a large number of Tinghai Pavilion disciples, a portion of the picked Fire Grass would be handed over to the sect. He sent disciples to do things, and the sect would reward them with certain contribution points. The sect could not give him money. Otherwise, every Jindan cultivator would send a large number of disciples to serve him without giving any benefits to the sect. Instead, the sect would have to give contribution points to the disciples who carried out the tasks. If the disciples suffered casualties, the sect would have to allocate a large sum of compensation. If this was really done, the sect would have fallen apart long ago.
For this reason, Lu Yang wanted to dispatch Han Changming and Chen Hongming to help. If the task was done, he would give them some benefits. If Han Changming and Chen Hongming got into trouble, he would also have to give them some compensation, but it would not be as generous as that given to the sect disciples.
Three flying magic weapons were flying side by side, with Shen Tianming and his four companions in the middle, Han Changming and his three companions on the left, and Chen Hongming and his three companions on the right.
Han Changming controlled the Feihai Boat to fly, Ye Xin sacrificed a defensive magic weapon, releasing a blue light that covered the three of them, and Han Debiao sat cross-legged in the Feihai Boat with his eyes closed.
After passing through a thick white sea fog, a emerald green island can be vaguely seen.
"Everyone, be careful and alert. Don't be careless. At least a dozen foundation-building monks die on Thousand Poison Island every year."
Shen Tianming's face was solemn. If Lu Yang had not personally ordered him, he would not have been willing to take the risk of going to Thousand Poison Island. He heard that Haige had once organized a large number of people to develop Thousand Poison Island, but suffered heavy losses. Since then, Thousand Poison Island has been regarded as the most dangerous place in the Red Algae Sea.
The eleven people flew slowly towards Thousand Poison Island, each of them with a look of vigilance on their face.
A quarter of an hour later, they landed on the beach. In front of them was a long and narrow valley. On both sides of the valley entrance were towering cliffs covered with thick green thorns. Many colorful flowers and plants grew on both sides of the valley.
"Junior Brother Sun, hurry up and use the insect repellent incense to prevent those low-level poisonous insects from appearing and slowing down our progress."
Shen Tianming gave an order to a young man in his early twenties wearing a golden shirt. The young man responded and took out a metal bead as big as a watermelon. The surface of the golden bead was covered with spiritual patterns. He cast a spell on the golden bead, and a mechanical sound was heard. The spiritual patterns on the surface of the golden bead lit up and transformed into a monkey puppet beast that was more than one meter tall. Its whole body was golden, as if it was cast with gold, and runes were flowing.
This is a second-order low-grade puppet beast, equivalent to a cultivator in the early stage of foundation building.
The young man in golden shirt took out a stick of black sandalwood, lit it, and let the monkey puppet beast hold it while he walked in front.
A pungent smell wafted away, and the green thorns on the cliff began to sway. A dozen yellow scorpions could be seen moving towards the distance. A rustling sound came from the flowers and plants, and a number of demon insects could be vaguely seen.
They retreated as if they had encountered something terrible.
A hint of surprise flashed in Han Changming's eyes. If he had insect repellent incense on hand, future adventures would be much more convenient.
Chen Hongming smiled heartily and asked, "Fellow Daoist Shen, this is your sect's unique spiritual incense that repels insects, right? I heard that even second-level poisonous insects will retreat when they smell the scent of the insect-repelling incense."
"That's true in theory, but insect repellent incense doesn't work on all poisonous insects. At least it doesn't work on the Purple Crystal Flying Scorpion in Daoist Friend Han's hand."
"Let's get on the road quickly! Pick the spiritual herbs and leave as soon as possible. This is not a good place. If we stay for another quarter of an hour, it will be more dangerous."
Han Changming urged. He was not interested in discussing these things. He just wanted to complete the task quickly and leave Thousand Poison Island. He would feel uncomfortable if he stayed there any longer.
Shen Tianming nodded, and the young man in golden shirt controlled the monkey puppet beast and walked in front. The eleven of them were divided into three groups. Shen Tianming and his five companions walked in front, Chen Hongming, Chen Yufeng and Chen Yuanhua walked in the middle, and Han Changming and his three companions walked at the end.
They walked slowly forward. Wherever the golden monkey puppet beast passed, poisonous insects retreated as if they had encountered something terrible, let alone attacking Han Changming and others.
Two hours later, they appeared outside the black forest.
This forest has a large number of towering trees, with trees that are dozens of feet high being everywhere. The lush branches and leaves block out the sun, and only a small amount of sunlight can penetrate into the forest. The ground is covered with fallen leaves several feet high, and the air smells of decay.
It was such a large forest, but not a single sound could be heard. It was eerily quiet.
The monkey puppet beast walked into the black forest, its body slowly sank, and its legs slowly sank into the ground.
The man in golden shirt quickly controlled the monkey puppet beast to retreat, and the monkey puppet beast stopped sinking.
Han Changming looked into the distance and saw many puddles of different sizes, some of which were still bubbling, which was very strange.
"According to the map, we have to pass through this dense forest to reach the nest of the four-winged fire centipede. The environment here is very suitable for poisonous insects to hide. For the sake of caution, let's fly over with our flying tools! As long as we are careful, there should be no problem."
Shen Tianming said this while holding a piece of green animal skin in his hand.
Before setting off, Han Zhangxiang asked Han Changming to lead the team. Han Debiao's character was a bit impulsive and he was not suitable to take the lead. Han Daobin and others were mining the spirit stone mine and could not get away. Otherwise, Han Zhangxiang would not have let Han Debiao go with them.
Han Changming and Chen Hongming both had no objection. There must be monster insects in this forest. They were most likely hiding underground. If one passed by the ground, one would definitely be attacked by the monster insects.
Shen Tianming, Han Changming and Chen Hongming all took out their flying magic weapons and flew high into the sky with their companions.