Sister, I don't want to be a furnace anymore. I'm about to become an immortal.

Chapter 17: Outskirts of the Swamp

A day later, Xiao Yichen, holding a map in his hand, walked slowly in the quiet and deep woods.

He lied to Yunmei, claiming that he had been in the sect for more than a year and now missed his family and wanted to go home to visit them.

After hearing this, Yun Mei did not hesitate too much and agreed to his request very readily. She only told him that male disciples had to go through certain procedures if they wanted to leave the sect. Of course, Xiao Yichen knew about this so-called procedure, after all, he was still poisoned.

At this moment, Xiao Yichen was walking in the forest, only a few dozen miles away from the mysterious misty swamp. He planned to find a suitable place to rest nearby tonight, and then set off again early tomorrow morning after recuperating.

When he arrived at a relatively open place, he took out the dry food he had prepared in advance from the space ring. This space ring was specially given to him by Yunmei because she was worried that he would have difficulty moving around carrying too many things.

After a simple meal, the sun gradually set and soon the sky darkened.

"I have to say, the air outside is much fresher than in the sect." Xiao Yichen lay leisurely on the tree branch. The long-lost freedom made him feel particularly comfortable.

He could have just left and never returned to the sect, but when he thought about how Yun Mei had risked her life to break through for his sake and was now seriously injured and bedridden, he decided to at least wait until Yun Mei fully recovered before finding a chance to leave. After all, he now had many ways to escape from the sect, and the poisons used by the sect to restrict male disciples would have no effect on him at all.

He moved his butt, found a comfortable position, closed his eyes and prepared to rest. However, not long after he closed his eyes, he heard a slight "rustling" sound coming from not far away, as if something was approaching. He frowned slightly, but did not open his eyes to see immediately. Instead, he secretly mobilized the mysterious energy in his body, ready to take action at any time.

The sound was getting closer and closer, and Xiao Yichen clearly felt that something was gradually approaching him. Just when that thing was about to touch him, he suddenly opened his eyes, and the energy in his body blasted along his palms towards the direction he had sensed before.

With a loud "bang", the tree trunk was shattered instantly. Xiao Yichen followed the falling branches to the ground, but when he wanted to see what kind of monster he had just sensed, there was nothing in front of him. There was nothing around except the shattered tree.

He turned around a few times in confusion, but still didn't find anything unusual. Just when he thought he was hallucinating because he was too nervous, the rustling sound sounded behind him again. He turned his head hurriedly, only to see a swaying leaf in that direction. He immediately took a fighting stance. Now he was sure that there must be something nearby, and it was not a friendly thing.

Suddenly, his feet felt empty and he fell down instantly.

"Oh no, it's underground..." When he fell into the trap, his thighs were immediately tightly wrapped by something. The force was very strong, but the light in the cave was too dim and he couldn't see what the thing looked like at all.

He quickly spread the energy in his body to the surroundings, and the strength of the Body Tempering Realm immediately burst out. He tried to catch the monster with his hands, but the monster was covered with mucus and was extremely disgusting, and there was no way to catch it.

He stopped trying, and with bursts of white light flashing on his hands, he smashed hard into the guy's body.

"If I can't catch it, then forget it. I'll use my brute force to make a miracle happen." He punched it down, and unexpectedly, this trick was really effective. The monster swung violently in pain, trying to escape. At this time, Xiao Yichen took out a long sword from the space ring and stabbed it hard at the monster.

A few minutes later, Xiao Yichen slowly crawled out of the cave. There was a monster like an earthworm on the sword in his hand, but this earthworm was thicker than an adult's thigh. He threw the monster to the ground. At this time, the huge earthworm was completely lifeless.

"Damn, what is this thing? It's so disgusting." Looking at the mouthparts on the monster's head, which were densely covered with barbs, he was bitten when he was fighting with this guy underground just now. If he didn't have thick skin and flesh, a piece of flesh would have been torn off.

"This kind of monster has appeared before we even enter the swamp. No wonder there are so many uninhabited areas nearby. Even three adults together may not be able to subdue this monster." He kicked the monster's corpse on the ground again and decided not to rest. He continued to move towards the misty swamp. After all, he didn't know how many similar monsters there were underground nearby. If a few of them popped out from time to time, there would be no point in resting.

As he continued to go deeper, there were more and more trees around him, and the leaves blocked the sunlight tightly. The whole forest seemed to become darker and gloomier. There was a smell of decay in the air, and the fallen leaves piled on the ground almost covered his ankles. Along the way, he also encountered some other monsters, but most of them posed no threat to him.

However, what surprised him was that these monsters did not belong to the category of Warcraft, but were more like some animals that had mutated.

Just as he was still immersed in thought, he suddenly stumbled, his right foot accidentally stepped on empty air and sank into the mud. He hurriedly pulled his foot out and looked down, only to find that his feet were covered in mud.

"Looks like we're almost there." He condensed a tiny beam of energy in his hand and threw it towards the ground not far away.

A slight roar was heard, and the explosion blew away the leaves near the ground, and the swamp that was originally covered by the leaves appeared before his eyes.

The explosion also attracted the attention of the surrounding monsters hiding in the shadows. A short distance to his right, a spider larger than an adult's head leaped toward him menacingly. Without turning back, Xiao Yichen thrust his sword to the right. The spider, unable to change direction in mid-air, collided directly with the sword, piercing its core. After all, Xiao Yichen was a cultivator who had just entered the realm of immortality, so dealing with these monsters was relatively easy.

He put away his sword, picked up a large stone from the ground, and threw it towards the center of the swamp. He didn't think that there were no other monsters under the swamp. Sure enough, not long after the stone fell, a giant snake jumped out from under the swamp. Seeing the other party appear, Xiao Yichen rushed over with a long sword in his hand.

The sword pierced into the opponent's body. The giant snake felt great pain and swung its tail violently, knocking him away and hitting a big tree nearby.

"Good guy, you dare to fight back." He wiped the mud off his face. The previous attack did not cause him any harm. He transferred the energy in his body into the long sword in his hand, and the long sword began to emit bursts of light. Then, Xiao Yichen threw the long sword directly towards the body of the giant snake. The long sword pierced into the body of the giant snake accurately like a dagger.

Seeing that he had hit the target, he thought about it and the long sword that had already pierced into the opponent's body began to tremble slightly. He had discovered this trick when he was in the sect. The energy in his body could attach to many things to control them, but these things had to be dead objects, without any signs of life, just like the long sword that was now continuously penetrating into the giant snake's body.

It didn't last long. After the long sword was completely inserted into its body, Xiao Yichen controlled it to stir wildly in its stomach. Even if the giant snake had a strong vitality, it could not withstand such torture.

He retracted the sword, which was covered in blood and flesh. Just as he was about to wipe it off, the ground around him suddenly shook violently.

He quickly jumped onto a big tree behind him, and then, in his horror, he saw one giant snake after another constantly emerging from the swamp. They were so dense that it made his scalp tingle.

"Hiss... So many? Did we run into a snake den?"