Chapter 9: A First Exploration of the Lake of the Stars

"Star Lake, it's a little difficult. After Chen Yuan repeatedly confirmed with the old ape, he scratched his head in some distress. It is a forbidden area recognized by the mainland, and if it can be called a forbidden area, it should be dangerous and abnormal. The word forbidden area couldn't help but remind Chen Yuan of the Bermuda Triangle of the earth, where due to the strange magnetic field, any plane and ship would fail when they got there. Can't find the direction, don't know how many planes and ships crashed and sank. Since the origin of the mysterious magnetic field cannot be explained, it is also classified as a forbidden area for humans, and Chen Yuan subconsciously believes that Xingchen Lake is also a deep and dark place like Bermuda.

"So, the fruit you gave me is also from Xingchen Lake?" Chen Yuan looked at the old ape, and suddenly remembered a question, since the old ape knew that there was a red jade vermilion fruit in Xingchen Lake, would the one in his hand come from there. "Squeak," the old ape nodded yes. "What? You are so capable, and you have even entered the forbidden land Star Lake!" Chen Yuan couldn't help but be surprised when he saw the old ape nodding.

At this time, the old ape glanced at the direction of Xingchen Lake with a deep look, and shouted in a heavy tone: "Squeak ······" Chen Yuan listened to the old ape's story, and stood up like a burning buttocks, and even the big ash on the side widened his eyes with a look of disbelief. "You said you came out of the Star Lake, which means that you were originally a spirit beast native to the Star Lake! Then why did you come here again? What does the Star Lake look like? Why is it called a forbidden land? What is there in it?" Chen Yuan's questions were asked one after another. Chen Yuan, the origin of the old ape, has never understood, but he thought that it was the beast king who migrated from the mountains and forests outside, and he never expected the old ape to come from Xingchen Lake.

The sun is sinking in the west, and the bright red burning clouds are covered with a layer of red glow for the north mountain. Chen Yuan and Big Gray walked out of the ape valley together, and the light of the setting sun stretched their shadows very long. Chen Yuan lay on the big gray's broad, sturdy back, and all he thought about was the legend about Xingchen Lake that the old ape had told him. And Big Ash didn't bother him, and he didn't rush back to the village as fast as he could, just walked quietly in the direction of the village, giving Chen Yuan plenty of time to think.

Originally, after knowing the efficacy of the red jade vermilion fruit, Chen Yuan wanted to try to see if he could condense the internal force with the help of external objects like the red jade vermilion fruit. But the family has decided to seal this fruit and wait until Chen Yuan is twelve years old to awaken his talent before giving it to him. Helpless, Chen Yuan had no choice but to ask the old ape who gave him the fruit, and see where the fruit was produced, so that he could get another one to verify his idea. Unexpectedly, this question came out with an astonishing piece of news, and it also gave Chen Yuan a general understanding of Xingchen Lake, which everyone talked about.

The old ape told Chen Yuan that it originally lived in the white-eyed spirit ape group on the periphery of Xingchen Lake, but it was attacked by natural enemies, and it was the only one in the entire group who escaped.

According to the old ape's narrative, the scope of Xingchen Lake is very large, encompassing a land radius of thousands of miles, and it is divided into three parts: periphery, interior and inner circle. A large part of it is vast forests, swampy wetlands, and only the central core is what people call Star Lake.

The reason why Xingchen Lake is called a forbidden land is because there are countless incomparably powerful beasts living in the entire range of Xingchen Lake, not to mention that ordinary people dare not enter it, even cultivators dare not go deeper. The shore of the Star Lake in the inner circle is more like a legend, and even a strong person who has achieved cultivation has never seen it.

Outside the Star Lake, the strength of the old ape is enough to be comparable to the two beast kings of Golden Feather and Big Gray, but according to the description of the old ape, he is only one of the ape king's guards, and his strength is not as strong as the ape king who commands the race. The white-eyed spirit ape clan, a race like the old ape, is one of the weakest races in Xingchen Lake, and is only qualified to stay in the outermost area, and has been slaughtered by natural enemies. Chen Yuan really couldn't imagine how strong those beasts that lived inside and in the inner circle were.

The red jade vermilion fruit dedicated to Chen Yuan was picked by the old ape on a red jade vermilion fruit tree in the outermost part of Xingchen Lake, and it was picked by the way when it tried to return to the location of the tribe to take a look, but unfortunately when it was less than a hundred miles away from the original place of life, the old ape smelled the breath of natural enemies and had to retreat. It's not that the old ape is too cautious and timid, but he has seen that the enemy of that day will eat the ape king who is stronger than him alive in just one round, and the old ape has lost the courage to resist, and he knows that if he doesn't escape, the white-eyed spirit ape clan will be destroyed.

The old ape who returned to Beishan with regret and unwillingness also brought back the red jade vermilion fruit, and this is the scene where the spirit ape offered the fruit. The old ape told Chen Yuan the specific location of the fruit tree, and when he learned that Chen Yuan wanted to pick another red jade vermilion fruit, he did not stop it. It's not that the old ape isn't worried about Chen Yuan's safety, but Chen Yuan has been born with a coercion that makes all beasts surrender, and when he grows up, he has learned the beast language without a teacher, and the natural and close to the beast breath on his body is only available to the beast royal family.

Although the old ape didn't know why such an aura would appear on a human being, the old ape had reason to believe that with such an aura and beast language, Chen Yuan would not encounter much trouble in the Xingchen Lake, which can be called a beast paradise. After all, the fruit tree that Chen Yuan was looking for was only less than a hundred miles away from the Xingchen Lake, and there would be no vicious and powerful beasts, because the red jade vermilion fruit only had an effect on young beasts, and once it became an adult, this fruit would have no effect on beasts at all.

Although he was shocked by the origin of the old ape, the purpose of Chen Yuan's trip was also achieved. After getting the exact location of the fruit tree from the old ape, Chen Yuan began to think about how to get there. According to the location given by the old ape, starting from the village, three hundred miles to the east into the range of Xingchen Lake, nearly eighty miles to the southeast to reach the place where the fruit trees grow, a total of 380 miles to walk, this distance is not short, so how to get there has become the biggest problem.

"Woo woo" Just as Chen Yuan was thinking about how to go, Big Ash called softly a few times. "Do you want to go to the Xingchen Lake area to have a look? No, it's too dangerous, and with the strength of the old ape, you can't get along there. It turned out that Big Ash heard the old ape talk about the situation in Xingchen Lake, and Big Ash yearned for it and wanted to go with Chen Yuan, but Chen Yuan felt that it was too dangerous and hurriedly refused.

"Woo~" Big Ash whimpered aggrievedly and glanced at Chen Yuan, meaning "You are not as good as me, you dare to go, what am I afraid of?" Chen Yuan was suddenly speechless, he was a ten-year-old child, although his body has been strengthened in recent years, but he has not cultivated his internal strength, and his strength is really not necessarily too big gray. "Then say okay, you must listen to my command when the time comes!" Looking at Da Ash's determined eyes, Chen Yuan compromised. Seeing that Chen Yuan agreed, Big Ash hurriedly nodded.

The next morning, as soon as the sky was bright, Chen Yuan packed his bags and prepared to set off. Before going out, Chen Yuan's mother Ah Lian squatted down, straightened Chen Yuan's collar, and said with some anxiety: "Be careful on the road, this time you go out so far alone, you must pay attention to safety" Chen Yuan showed a bright smile to his mother, and said: "Don't worry, mother, I have a big gray with me, safety must be no problem, don't worry, I'll be back when I'm done, soon." "Be careful on the road, go early and return early" Mu Qingfeng couldn't help but settle down. Although he knew that his son had the ability, after all, he was still a ten-year-old child, and he couldn't avoid worrying. "I know, don't worry, Dad, I'm gone. Chen Yuan said yes and walked out of the house, and the big gray had been waiting outside the door for a long time.

This man and wolf, with the momentum of a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, walked towards the forbidden place Xingchen Lake, which everyone is afraid of.