Dashing Student-Chapter 1303: Poisonous Miasma Jungle

Chen Nan and his party were following the trail forward. This jungle gave Chen Nan a strange illusion, as if it was hiding countless dangers.

After taking just a few steps, Chen Nan suddenly reached out his hand to the right. He moved so quickly that only a shadow was visible. When he withdrew his hand, everyone noticed that a small snake had appeared in his grip.

The snake was only as thick as a finger, yet it was actually a First-Layer Golden Core Realm demon beast!

A random little snake having cultivation at the Golden Core Realm made Chen Nan’s expression quickly become serious; this place might be more dangerous than he imagined.

Before long, they heard the sounds of battle ahead, and even the ground trembled slightly. As they approached, they discovered several Ming River Sect disciples dealing with a demon beast.

The demon beast was resembling a buffalo with two sharp horns, its skin tough and flesh thick. Although it was only at the Third Layer of Golden Core Realm, it still posed significant trouble for the Ming River Sect disciples.

Behind the demon beast was a Spirit Grass emitting a faint glow, a Seventh Grade Spiritual Medicine Source Light Grass, which appeared to be thousands of years old.

This kind of spiritual medicine could be used to refine Sixth Grade Elixir Pills, clearly why the Ming River Sect disciples stayed for the Source Light Grass.

Chen Nan glanced at it and then prepared to lead people around the side, but to his surprise, the Ming River Sect disciples’ eyes lit up upon seeing them.

"Where do you think you’re going? Get over here and deal with this demon beast!"

As disciples of the Ming River Sect, they often burned, killed, and plundered arrogantly, with an air of superiority, seemingly not considering Chen Nan and his group at all.

After all, just the name Ming River Sect was enough to frighten many people away.

Some sects may have Nascent Soul Cultivators in charge, but most Nascent Soul Cultivators rarely act, unlike the Ming River Sect, which has no such qualms.

Offend the Ming River Sect, and tomorrow the Minghe Ancestor might bring a Flying Boat to your doorstep!

Thus, few people were willing to offend members of the Ming River Sect, but unfortunately for them, this time they met Chen Nan.

"Not interested."

Chen Nan coldly replied with two words and prepared to leave, but some of the Ming River Sect disciples weren’t willing to let them go and quickly came forward to block them.

"Do you even know who we are? We’re from the Ming River Sect. If you offend us, you’d better be careful not to see tomorrow’s sun!"

One person pointed a finger at Chen Nan’s nose, arrogantly shouting.

Chen Nan frowned slightly: "It seems the existence of Minghe Ancestor has made your brains not work well. Let me help clear that up!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly reached out and grabbed the finger pointing at him, applying a slight force, and with a "snap," that finger was broken.

"Ah! You dare to hurt me? I’ll report to the sect, and you won’t get away with this!" The Ming River Sect disciple screamed while still threatening.

Chen Nan, looking annoyed, directly summoned the Sword Chenyuan and sliced out, turning the Ming River Sect disciple before him into two halves.

Ning Yu, Deng Yunhe, and the other four quickly rushed forward, and within moments, killed several Ming River Sect disciples.

Deng Yunhe spat disdainfully, "What do you think you are? Nothing but bullies with backing!"

With an unchanged expression, Chen Nan turned to the demon beast not far away and immediately charged forward with his sword.

Soon, he returned with the Source Light Grass, which although not very useful to him, could certainly be sold for some Spirit Stones.

The group continued forward, encountering numerous demon beasts along the way, which they dealt with easily, though they encountered more and more Ming River Sect disciples.

Some Ming River Sect disciples ignored them, but others insisted on causing trouble, hence Chen Nan and his group took care of them, without running into overly strong opponents.

After advancing for a long time, Chen Nan suddenly stopped.

"What’s wrong?" Ning Yu asked curiously.

"We can’t continue. It seems we’ve been going in circles." Chen Nan said with a serious expression.

"Going in circles?"

Everyone exclaimed in surprise and turned around to see a demon beast’s corpse not far away, with two horns on its head, clearly the same demon beast Chen Nan had handled earlier.

They had been moving in a circle and had returned to their starting point.

While everyone was puzzled, two people who had been following them, Wen Ling and Jiang Han, suddenly had trouble too. Their faces turned bluish-purple, and they fainted directly to the ground.

Chen Nan hurriedly moved forward to examine the situation, discovering both had been poisoned.

"How did this happen? How could they suddenly be poisoned?" Ning Yu wondered, as along the way they had been looking after Wen Ling and Jiang Han and had confirmed they hadn’t been bitten by any poisonous creatures.

Chen Nan looked around and noticed a faint green mist in the distance, instantly understanding, "It must be miasma toxin."

He checked Ning Yu and the others’ bodies and confirmed his suspicion because they too had been poisoned.

But since they were Golden-Core Realm Great Cultivators, the toxin hadn’t affected them, while Wen Ling and Jiang Han, at Foundation Establishment Realm, had succumbed to it.

"It seems the danger here isn’t just the demon beasts but also the ubiquitous miasma." Deng Yunhe frowned and turned to Daoist Cui: "Old man, can you calculate where the exit might be?"

Daoist Cui shook his head gravely, "The mysteries here seem to be shrouded; I can’t calculate anything."

Their hearts became heavy, unable to find an exit or a way out, while constantly enduring the miasma toxin.

If this carries on, won’t everyone be trapped here to die?

"Don’t panic; there’ll be a way." Chen Nan reassured them briefly before awakening the King of Ten Thousand Gu to detoxify Wen Ling and Jiang Han.

After regaining consciousness, the two looked slightly dazed, realizing a moment later that Chen Nan had saved them again.

"Thank you, senior."

Chen Nan merely waved his hand, "No need to thank me, but if you feel anything strange next time, inform us immediately. If there’s a next time, we might not be able to detoxify you in time."

Wen Ling and Jiang Han nodded somewhat apologetically, realizing they had felt uncomfortable earlier but hadn’t wanted to bother Chen Nan, bearing it until the poison took effect.

If they had spoken up earlier, this incident wouldn’t have happened and would have helped Chen Nan realize the jungle’s oddity sooner.

Chen Nan used the same method to detoxify Ning Yu and the others, then scratched his head, pondering how to find an exit as he too was clueless.

"By the way, little snake, can you sense Minghe Ancestor’s aura?"

After a moment, Chen Nan held up the little snake to his eyes, hoping expectantly to ask.

The little snake extended its tongue and nodded after a while, as Minghe Ancestor’s aura was powerful and easy to identify.

"Great, Minghe Ancestor can surely find an exit; we just need to follow him."