The inside of the tree hole looked like a closed cone-shaped space, but the air inside did not seem to be suffocating, on the contrary, the air with a touch of earth and wood made Ning Yuan very comfortable.

Although the air outside also has the smell of trees and earth, maybe it's a psychological effect, or maybe it's safe enough here to some extent, so Ning Yuan feels that the air here is reassuring.

Through the dim light of the flame stone, Ning Yuan found that the ground of the tree hole was composed of undulating huge roots and soil, the part of the root system lying on the surface of the ground was like a small bench, and the flat mud between the roots was enough for Ning Yuan to light a fire in the middle and enough open space to lie down and rest.

After carefully confirming the ventilation situation, Ning Yuan was very satisfied with the environment in the tree hole. The space is large enough, the air circulation is good, the ground is flat and dry, the soil is hard, and there is no flammable resin on the wooden cave walls, so it is no wonder that the similar empty bag tree in reality is called a natural dwelling.

Just as Ning Yuan was secretly sighing, a cold wind with heavy moisture blew in along the rock wall in the outer corner through the cracks in the excavated trees.

With the whining sound of the wind blowing the tree hole, Ning Yuan shivered inexplicably. Then I remembered that now is not the time to relax.

Put on your jacket again, and carry the bark, blocks, sawdust, and other things that have been dug up outside, as well as a few dead branches that have been pre-picked up on the road, into the hole to fuel the fire and firewood, and then pile the shrubs that are used to cover the corners of the rock wall as a disguise outside the cracks of the trees.

After confirming that the light of the flame stone would not be detected by the outside, Ning Yuan began to use the most primitive method to light the fire and light the fire to keep warm.

While roasting the fire to dispel the chill on his body, while listening to the whistling wind outside, Ning Yuan put the short gun within reach, and after eating a few wild fruits to replenish his water and strength, he finally slowly relaxed.

"At least for now, it's safe." Ning Yuan muttered.

After discovering this giant tree that accompanied the boulder, Ning Yuan roughly explored the environment within a radius of one mile. As far as the results of the investigation are concerned, at least this is not the main area of activity of the nocturnal monsters, and even if a few nocturnal monsters pass by occasionally, they will not notice the narrow crevice of the trees hidden in the inner corner of the boulder and obscured by the shrubs. And as long as the entrance to the tree crack is not exposed, Ning Yuan, who is hiding in the tree hole, will not be in danger of being attacked by demon beasts.

With a temporary worry-free safety environment, Ning Yuan finally had some confidence in stepping out of the Dragon's Blood Great Forest. Although it will definitely not be easy to find such a safe place in the next few days, since there is one such giant tree, there are definitely other giant trees of the same kind.

And as long as there is hope for a safe rest at night, Ning Yuan has the confidence to continue walking. Even if there is little hope and little confidence, even if it will take more time than expected to get out of the Dragon's Blood Great Forest, Ning Yuan is willing to do his best to give it a try.

It doesn't matter if Ning Yuan is ignorant, impulsive, or likes to gamble on his life, since he has chosen, then there is no way out.

Ning Yuan had regretted it before, and he also felt that it was safer to improve his strength first and then take that opportunity. But after thinking about it for a long time, Ning Yuan gave up his plan to turn back.

He couldn't afford to turn back.

Ning Yuan is a Huangsheng, awakening the dream in Huangsheng, and has the spiritual Huangsheng ability "Sunset". He is able to maintain his realm memories for longer than any other Awakened Being, and can fully recreate any detail of his memories through "Sunset" when needed. And as long as it is not out of the "sunset" state, all memory details can be viewed repeatedly without limit. Although once out of the "sunset", the memories that are viewed will quickly blur or even disappear, but in terms of detailed memories, Ning Yuan has too many advantages over other Huangsheng and those so-called unforgettable creatures.

But how to say it? There are many Huang Shengs in this world, and although there are not many Huang Sheng, the Awakening Huang Sheng is not small.

Although only he knew the opportunity in Ning Yuan's realm line memory, what Ning Yuan had was only a short period of time on the realm line, and no one knew what happened later? Whether that opportunity will be known to other Huangsheng in the later period of time, and even more, no one knows if there will be any Huangsheng who knows about the existence of that opportunity earlier than himself in other realms.

Ning Yuan could choose to fight for the opportunity after making steady preparations, but no one knew if that opportunity would exist after Ning Yuan was well prepared. After all, for Ning Yuan on this boundary line, all the other boundary lines are points of divergence that he did not choose, and the process may be similar, but there will definitely be huge differences in the starting point and details.

Ning Yuan didn't want to bet on the realm line memories of other Huangsheng, and he didn't dare to bet on the choices of other Huangsheng. Then the rest can only gamble on their own choices. success, then cut off a road for other brilliant students. If it doesn't work, he will watch other Huangsheng cut off his own way.

Therefore, even if Ning Yuan knew the series of punishment restrictions that came to him when he entered the game, and knew that there was little hope, he still resolutely chose to gamble, betting on the right choice of his choice, and at the same time, it was also the choice of gambling on the possibility of Huangsheng with the same chance memory. Bet that there may be a certain Huang Sheng or a few Huang Sheng will choose to be safe.

Although Ning Yuan felt regret on the first day of the game, he would not choose to retreat, because he knew that even if he chose again, even if he knew that he would regret it, he would still choose this path. Because he is walking on his own line.

Retreating, he loses not only time, not only the opportunity that may be taken away by others, but also the self. He couldn't afford it.

Ning Yuan, who was sitting on the root system of the giant tree, listened carefully to the movement outside, and looked at the burning flames in a daze.

The weather was getting colder and colder, and even through the hole in the tree, Ning Yuan by the fire could feel the slightest coolness. Suddenly, outside at dusk, in addition to the sound of the wind and the occasional roar and howl from various unknown demon beasts in the distance, there was the sound of crackling rain hitting the rocks.

When the sound of rain sounded, Ning Yuan, whose pupils diverged and looked at the flames in a daze, subconsciously grabbed the short gun, and put the short gun down as his thinking returned.

Ning Yuan, who had completely recovered from the cold and humid air soaked in through the surface of the tree, grabbed the short gun again and carefully walked to the crack of the tree, listening to the crackling rain outside, feeling the coldness of the rain on his face through the gap in the bushes, and muttered to himself with some fear and rejoicing: "Sure enough, it rained." ”

The possibility that it might rain in the forest at night in the Dragon's Blood Great Forest was Ning Yuan's inference based on his knowledge in reality.

I'm not sure how it actually is, but I didn't expect it to come true. And it's bigger and colder than you think.

"If I don't find this place today..." Ning Yuan muttered to himself and imagined that scene, and couldn't help but shudder, his right hand holding the short gun tightened unconsciously, and his left hand tightened the shirt on his chest, and his face was numb.

At that moment, the chill from the tail vertebrae to the top of his head made Ning Yuan subconsciously stop thinking and quickly retreat to the fire in the center of the tree hole.

The heat emitted by the flames made the chilling body feel a little warmer, and Ning Yuan, who gradually got out of his stagnant thinking, found that his back was completely soaked with cold sweat.

"If I don't find this safe place to shelter from the wind and rain, I'm afraid I'll have to lose half my life if I don't die tomorrow." Ning Yuan laughed at himself with some fear.

I already felt that the situation I thought of was terrible enough, it was already a desperate situation, but I didn't think that the actual situation was even worse than I imagined, and where was the desperate situation for five days of sleeping in the open air, it was simply a death situation.

"No, the itinerary has to be changed." Ning Yuan frowned and thought, "Even if you can't walk thirty miles tomorrow, you must find a safe place to hide before sunset." Even if the original five-day trip is delayed to 10 days, you must not sleep in the dense forest. This Great Forest of Dragon's Blood is not at all a place where mortals without cultivation can stay. ”

"It's a pity that it's forbidden to buy initial resources in the system store, otherwise it's good to buy a few basic cultivation exercises before entering the game." Ning Yuan looked at the blank cultivation bar on the character panel and thought with some envy.

Now most of the players who have entered the game step by step have probably already cultivated the first wisp of internal qi and become a novice in cultivation.

It's a pity that Ning Yuan won't be able to become a cultivator in a short period of time.

However, Ning Yuan was not in a hurry.

Although the first wisp of internal qi players can quickly master it with the help of the system, the subsequent cultivation can only rely on their own exploration.

The gap in the player's strength will not open up in a short period of time, as long as Ning Yuan can get that opportunity, he is sure to catch up with and surpass the player's large army in a very short period of time.

Therefore, if it weren't for the fact that the current situation was too unfavorable for mortals who had not cultivated, Ning Yuan would not envy those players who could buy basic cultivation exercises or even city knots in the system store.

The rain in the forest of the Dragon's Blood Great Forest comes and goes quickly, although it is big and urgent, and it can turn the depression into Zeguo in a very short time, but once the rain stops, it is also a matter of an instant for Zeguo to become a depression.

At night, after making sure that no demon beasts would come over this area because of the rain in the forest, Ning Yuan leaned on a short gun and fell asleep early by the fire.

The next morning, Ning Yuan woke up, and after making sure that it was safe, he extinguished the unburned fire. Then, after breakfast of the few wild fruits left over from yesterday, I set off early in the morning mist.

Although it was decided that even if the trip was extended, it would be mainly to find a resting place for the night first, but Ning Yuan still hoped to be able to travel more if he could hurry.

I don't know if it's the system that opened his eyes, Ning Yuan except for the fact that he almost met a wandering demon beast head-on in the morning, and after making a fuss, the next day's itinerary was quite smooth. Not only did he travel ten miles more than yesterday, but he also found a hidden abandoned demon beast lair nearby.

Not only that, but in the abandoned demon beast lair, Ning Yuan also obtained a foreign grass that was quite precious in the memory of the boundary line.

However, Ning Yuan's luck seemed to have come to an end the next day.

White skull grass, also known as white bone grass. It is named because of its white body and resembling white bones. It has the effect of soothing muscles and strengthening bones.

Although the effect of the White Skull Grass is simple and common, it is superior to its strong medicinal power, it has a powerful effect on mortals and human-level cultivators who have not cultivated, and the side effects are short and can be effectively neutralized, and it is also the main material for refining the powerful Bone Forging Pill, so it can be regarded as a precious foreign grass in both reality and on the Nino Continent.

If you want to maximize the effect of the White Skull Grass, refining it into a powerful Bone Forging Pill is undoubtedly the most suitable way to dispose of it.

As far as Ning Yuan knew, the pharmaceutical refining methods in reality mainly relied on various gas refining machines powered by source stones, supplemented by artificial methods, while according to the realm line memory, the Nino Continent mainly relied on alchemists, supplemented by the manual refining of various alchemy tools.

Both methods have their own advantages and disadvantages, but for the current Ning Yuan, both methods are too far, so they can only think about it.

Ning Yuan wasn't sure if the next action would go well, and it would take five days or more to get out of the Dragon's Blood Forest, and then enter the Dragon Head Mountain Range to find the entrance to the opportunity, get the opportunity, and finally return to the player group safely.

The journey was very long, the time it took could not be determined, and the safety during the operation could not be guaranteed, Ning Yuan was not sure that he would be able to hold the White Skull Grass until the day when it was refined into a pill.

Moreover, without a proper preservation method, the medicinal effect of the white skull grass will gradually lose from seven days after harvesting, and after seven days, it will completely dry up and become a useless mustard. Therefore, in the absence of effective means of preservation, even if everything goes well in Ning Yuan, the white skull grass may have become a useless dead grass before it becomes a pill.

So if you want to use it when the White Skull herb is effective enough, Ning Yuan has only one means and two methods to choose from at the moment.

The means is very simple, it is to eat. Take it directly by mouth, bite it and swallow it. The two methods are to find a matching combination of other herbs to neutralize the side effects of White Skull, or ignore the side effects of White Skull and swallow it directly.

Ning Yuan's realm memory did have information about neutralizing medicinal materials, but there were no other medicinal materials that could neutralize them in the abandoned lair that he was obviously hiding. There must be one in the dragon's blood forest outside, and if you meet Ning Yuan, you can definitely tell it. But letting Ning Yuan specifically look for these specific medicinal materials could only be thought about.

Not to mention the dragon's blood forest at night, even if it was the dragon's blood forest during the day, Ning Yuan didn't dare to pay special attention to the medicinal materials that might exist on the roadside during the journey.

This is a Dragon's Blood Forest, not a city-wide park. This is the fifth largest gathering place of fierce beasts in the Longshan Domain, not to mention Ning Yuan, who has not cultivated, even those human-level cultivators alone only dare to wander on the edge, and they have to be cautious when approaching the periphery, there are no more than ten or twenty people, and at least two veterans who have reached the human level will definitely not dare to go deep into Ning Yuan's current position. Although Ning Yuan's current position was very close to the boundary between the periphery and the edge of the Dragon's Blood Great Forest. But this short space of a few dozen miles is the difference between heaven and hell.

It sounds alarmist, Ning Yuan has indeed not encountered any accidents in the two days since his arrival, even if he almost met a wandering demon beast during the day, he avoided the past in time.

But is that really the case?

The sheer size of the stars is unimaginable. In terms of the average quality of the creatures living above the stars, humans are the most mediocre. However, even the most mediocre human beings, ordinary people with below-average quality, can walk 300 miles in a day. And although Ning Yuan's quality has not reached the point where it can be called strong, it is also above average. Then you can imagine how much Ningyuan's normal trip in a day can reach.

It can be said that if you don't calculate the factors of demon beasts, and if you don't count those natural danger factors in the forest, even if you need to confirm the direction of nearly a hundred times a day, Ning Yuan can advance at least about one hundred and fifty miles in a day under the many restrictions of the forest. That is to say, under normal circumstances, Ning Yuan can walk from the place of arrival to Longshou Mountain in a day and a half at most, pay attention to walking, not running.

But what does this look like? Ning Yuan only traveled thirty miles on the first day, and the situation was slightly better on the second day, only thirty-five miles. Thirty miles compared to one hundred and fifty miles, at least one-third of the thirty miles are still in a state of galloping and running, so do you still think that the danger level on the periphery of the Dragon's Blood Great Forest is alarmist?

After two days, Ning Yuan seemed to be unscathed, but in fact, the loss of physical strength and energy was very huge, not that the Dragon's Blood Great Forest was not dangerous, but that Ning Yuan avoided all the dangers that he would encounter with 100,000 points of caution and prudence at the cost of more than five times the normal time and spirit.

Taking the north and south banks of the Luoning River as the mark, three thousand miles north of the Luoning River is the dividing line between the Longshou Mountain Range and the Dragon's Blood Forest, and the hills about forty miles in the middle are the buffer zone between the two, and it is also the marking point in the memory of the Ningyuan boundary line.

The boundary between the outer areas of the Dragon's Blood Great Forest starts from the hilly terrain and the edge of the forest terrain inward for thirty li, and ends about three thousand five hundred li south of the south bank of the Luoning River. That is to say, the entire Luoning River is located in the northern periphery of the Dragon's Blood Forest.

The range of 2,500 li on both sides of the Luoning River is the absolute control range of the Spirit Clan, and it is also the landing point of large and small city-states, and between 2,500 li and 2,800 li, 300 li belongs to the radiation range of this Spirit Clan's forces. That is, the field area that can be selected on the system map and can be self-descending. And the autonomous advent point chosen by Ning Yuan was the edge of the three-hundred-mile radiation range, the closest to Longshou Mountain.

If calculated in a straight line, the distance from the forest lake where Ning Yuan descended to Longzui Mountain in the Longshou Mountain Range is only about two hundred miles, excluding the forty miles of the hilly terrain, the distance of the forest is only about one hundred and sixty miles, it can be said that Ning Yuan is already on the periphery of the periphery of the dragon's blood forest.

However, in this way, the number of demon beasts that Ning Yuan glimpsed in a day was no less than fifty, and the number of each time was basically more than three to five, and there were few demon beasts that acted alone. And Ningyuan's advance route has not exceeded the range of three miles to the left and right. From this, one can imagine the density of the distribution of demon beasts in the dragon's blood forest. To be honest, this level of density has far exceeded the memory of Ning Yuan's realm.

Since there were no auxiliary medicinal materials that could neutralize the White Skull Grass, Ning Yuan's only choice from the beginning was to ignore the side effects of the White Skull Grass and eat it.

The medicinal effect of White Skull is very strong but quite mild in nature, and apart from temporary side effects, it does not cause discomfort to ordinary people in a normal state.

"If it's a long-term or permanent side effect, it's okay, but if it's a mild and short-lived side effect, it's fine. Even if the side effect is blindness for three hours. ”

Ning Yuan's initial good fortune may have been officially exhausted when he got the White Skull Grass. At noon on the third day, Ning Yuan ushered in his first death after entering the game.

Here's how it happened.

Ning Yuan, who woke up in the morning, immediately checked the system records to understand the effect of the White Skull Grass:

"The player has taken the high-grade White Skull Grass.

Due to the effect of the White Skull, the player's Constitution has been enhanced.

Since the player has not yet cultivated and is unable to fully absorb the full medicinal effects of the White Skull, the remaining seven layers of medicinal effects will be hidden in the player's body and gradually dissipate (at the time of one hundred and twenty crowns).

Due to the side effects of White Skull, the player is temporarily blind (at the time of the first crown).

Since the player has not yet practiced and is unable to fully absorb the full effects of the White Skull, the duration of the side effects has been extended (at the time of the second crown). ”

Ning Yuan looked at the two timing discs that appeared below the system record in his mind, the disc was composed of one scale ring, and a small disc without a scale in the middle showed the number of days, and then they were the scale ring representing the four crowns of the day, the scale ring of the twelve earthly branches of the day, the scale ring of the ninety-six quarters of the day, the one hour of one hundred and twenty minutes, and the one minute and sixty seconds. The five hands point to the five scale rings and move counterclockwise.

One of the two chronograph discs has a twenty-nine in the center and the other is not.

Obviously, the disc with no number represents a countdown to the side effects of the White Skull, while the other is a countdown to the dissipation of the medicinal effects of the White Skull.

Since the countdown representing side effects in his mind has not disappeared, it also means that Ning Yuan is still in a state of blindness.

Ning Yuan, who turned his mind, returned his consciousness to his body and found that he was still blind.

Ning Yuan once again focused his consciousness in his mind, looked at the disc representing the side effects and calculated in his mind, and found that five earthly branches and three quarters of an hour had passed since the side effects had taken effect, that was to say, there were still five quarters of an hour, and the side effects would disappear.

Thinking of this, Ning Yuan's nervous mood relaxed slightly.

While waiting for the side effects to disappear, Ning Yuan tried the strengthened body, except for the eyes that looked godless because of blindness, the whole person's face was full of surprise.

Although the effect of white skull grass is only said to be to loosen muscles and strengthen bones, it is obvious that it has a certain strengthening effect on the whole body.

Perhaps because Ning Yuan has not yet cultivated, it seems that the overall improvement effect of the body is more obvious than that of scaring muscles and strengthening bones. At least Ning Yuan couldn't accurately feel the effect of soothing muscles and strengthening bones, on the contrary, the improvement of physical fitness, strength, speed, and dexterity was very obvious, or the degree of surprise that Ning Yuan felt.

As far as Ning Yuan's self-feeling is concerned, his previous self could only bully and bully the wild boar that would only ramp and turn slowly if he was to the beast before, but now he can at least fight against the lone tiger wolf and be undefeated for a short time. Although facing any demon beast is still the end of nine deaths and one life, it has at least strengthened Ning Yuan's confidence in walking out of the Dragon Blood Great Forest.

Perhaps it was from this moment that Ning Yuan's mentality began to slowly relax.

After the side effects were over as scheduled, Ning Yuan started the third day's trip with a mood that had unconsciously relaxed.

Although he was still very careful and cautious, Ning Yuan, who had improved his body, was subconsciously amplified in terms of movements, not as cautious as he was in the previous two days.

Especially after dodging several waves of demon beasts more easily than the previous two days, Ning Yuan's movements had obvious ups and downs, becoming less concealed and slight.

After Ning Yuan confirmed the direction again, he inadvertently stepped on a branch when he got down from the tree, and at this time, a wolf-like demon beast happened to pass by a hundred meters away from the blind corner of Ning Yuan's sight.

Originally, Ning Yuan would never ignore the range of movements that should be paid special attention to when going down the tree and the circular observation of the surrounding environment, but this time he was unconsciously negligent.

What's even worse was that when the wandering wolf demon beast heard the movement and casually glanced over, Ning Yuan didn't stop because of the broken branches, but wanted to get down the tree at a faster speed.

Then when Ning Yuan descended to the treeside, the eyes of the Qingfeng Wolf, who had originally glanced at him casually, instantly glowed blue, and he rushed over without any hesitation.

When Ning Yuan went down to the bottom of the tree and turned around when he heard the movement, he saw a large mouth of blood basin overflowing with sharp teeth passing through his eyes.