Yuan Ming stood still, his eyes looking at the swamp and the purple maple forest, his eyebrows twitching.

The environment is so complex and changeable, and the topography and vegetation of each area are completely different, if it is said that it is naturally formed, it is too much of a coincidence.

"It seems that someone did it on purpose, could it be that Master Darkwood?"

Master Kuroki's remains were on this island, and with this man's abilities, he was indeed capable of doing such a thing, and according to the records in that codex, this man was indeed a man of wild thinking.

Thinking about it a little deeper, those fierce beasts on this island are probably also captured by Master Blackwood, no wonder they are so rare.

Yuan Ming quickly shook his head and stepped forward.

Whether it was Master Kuroki or anyone else doing it, it had nothing to do with him, he just wanted to catch a suitable spirit beast.

After walking in the swamp for a while, Yuan Ming felt very muddy and difficult to walk, took out the skin of the toad, performed the draping technique, and turned into the form of a toad.

These days, he had figured out the origin of the toad's skin, an aquatic beast called the black-striped poisonous toad, which was more suitable for operating in this damp and muddy environment than the white ape's transformation.

Since the consummation of the first layer of the Dark Moon Technique, the resistance to the Drape Technique has increased greatly, and there is no need to be as cautious as before, and the evil qi caused by the transformation of the black toad is far inferior to the skin of the white ape.

After incarnating into the form of a black toad, Yuan Ming moved a lot more freely, those muddy feet were no longer contaminated, and he could easily get through some puddles.

Satisfied, he quickened his pace.

At this moment, some green plants with wide leaves appeared in the foreground, and in the middle bloomed a few pink potted flowers, which looked like lotus flowers, and sent a faint fragrance in the breeze.

Yuan Ming was about to take a closer look, when his head suddenly dizzy, and his legs were a little weak.

"The scent of flowers is poisonous!"

He was distracted and immediately retreated.

A green shadow shot out from under the green lotus leaf and bit down on his calf, but it was a flat-headed green snake.

Yuan Ming forced his body to leap back, barely dodging the attack of the green snake, and pinched the trick with his right hand.

The nearby flowers and plants shone with a hint of green light, and the grass stems suddenly came to life and pounced on the green snake.

The green snake was also startled, and hurriedly dodged left and right, those grass stalks surrounded it from all sides, and the green snake could not avoid it at all, and was soon entangled.

The stalks of grass are intertwined with each other, forming a grass cage in the blink of an eye, imprisoning the green snake inside.

The green snake has spiritual power fluctuations on its body, and its strength is not weak, and these grass stems are at most finger thick, and it stands to reason that they will break as soon as they break it, but no matter how the green snake twists its body, it can't break free, but it is wrapped tighter and tighter, and finally it can't move at all.

Yuan Ming retreated for a long distance, completely away from those pink lotuses before stopping, sitting cross-legged and running the Nine Yuan Technique, trying to dissolve the toxin.

After advancing to the sixth layer of qi refining, his mana was a little thicker, and he was already able to penetrate into the five internal organs, and with the operation of the mana, the feeling of dizziness and soreness quickly subsided, and he quickly recovered.

Yuan Ming got up and looked at the green snake that couldn't move, his eyes flickering slightly.

This grass cage is the wooden prison technique, and it is the first time he has performed it in actual combat.

Unlike the Wood Thorn, the Wood Prison relies on nearby plants to imprison enemies, so the power of this spell depends in part on what kind of plant is used to cast the spell.

These grass stems are fragile in texture, and the cage formed by them can actually trap this green snake, and if other tough trees are used to perform the wood prison technique, the ability to imprison it must be even greater.

Yuan Ming raised his hand and made a move, and several wooden thorns emerged from near the pink lotus, smashing several flowers, and the faint fragrance in the air quickly and completely dissipated.

He waited in place for a while, then walked over, grabbed the green snake's head, and muttered something in his mouth.

Wisps of black gas poured out from his palm, more and more, gradually flooding the green snake's head.

At the same time, some faint silver lines began to appear at the center of Yuan Ming's eyebrows, which quickly spread towards his arm and soon arrived.

With a soft "poof", the black qi in his palm danced wildly, turning into black tentacles and drilling towards the green snake's head.

The green snake suddenly looked pained and struggled.

However, Yuan Ming's hand was like an iron hoop, firmly grasping the green snake, and the black in his hand became more and more intense, and it drilled into the green snake's head faster.

The green snake's color of pain was even heavier, and a hoarse cry came out of its mouth.

Time passed, and there was a sudden thud in the green snake's head, as if something had burst open, and the snake's body became soft and breathless.

Yuan Ming's expression froze, and he let go of his hand.

"The beast control technique is really difficult, I have been as careful as possible, and I still ruined the soul of this snake." He sighed.

These days, he has been practicing secretly, and he thinks that he has mastered the practice of beast control, but he didn't expect to find out that it was not the case at all when he actually tried to use it.

The key to beast control is to suppress the consciousness of the fierce beast, but the soul is already fragile, and if you are not careful, you will be killed directly.

"It seems that more practice is needed." Yuan Ming said secretly in his heart and continued to move forward.

Half a day later, the swamp was a place with abundant water and grass.

Yuan Ming used the wooden prison technique to imprison a half-human-tall gray fox beast, and pressed his palm on the gray fox's head, and streams of black qi swarmed into it.

The gray fox screamed in pain, and his body trembled.

Yuan Ming ignored it, his mouth was full of words, and he continued to cast spells.

This was his fifth attempt to subdue the beast, and the first four times failed, and all of them burst into flames and died.

However, every time he failed, Yuan Ming would sum up his experience, and he became more and more proficient in the use of beast control techniques, and he felt that he was getting closer and closer to success.

A quarter of an hour passed quickly, and the gray fox was still struggling in pain, but his spirit did not burst.

The fierce light in its eyes grew weaker and weaker, and after a while, it finally let out a low whistle and the thought of submission came.

"It's finally done!" Yuan Ming's eyes were full of joy, but he suddenly stopped casting the spell, withdrew his palm, and the wooden cage that imprisoned the gray fox also dispersed.

The gray fox regained his freedom, stunned for a moment before reacting, turned and fled into the distance, disappearing into the depths of the swamp in the blink of an eye.

Yuan Ming watched the gray fox flee without making any moves.

According to the bone slip given to him by the Lord of the Three Caves, using the beast control technique to control the spirit beast involved the power of the divine soul, and the divine soul of the Qi refining period cultivator was too weak, so he could only subdue and control one spirit beast.

This gray fox was only a first-level mid-level fierce beast, and it had no special abilities, so Yuan Ming naturally wouldn't choose it as his spirit beast.

He continued on his way, searching for the beast of his choice.

This swamp is so wide, far above the previous purple maple forest and black pine forest, there are many fierce beasts living in the swamp, but unfortunately the strength is very average, they are all low-level, middle-level level, far from being compared with the four-eyed golden ape, black giant crow, and earthly demon that they encountered last time, and they have no value as spirit beasts.

Until dark, Yuan Ming couldn't find a suitable object.

He was not in a hurry, nor did he leave the place, took out a tent, and camped in a place where the ground was still dry.

Because of the unfamiliar environment, Yuan Ming didn't sleep that night, he kept meditating with his eyes closed, but there was no accident.

The next day, Yuan Ming continued to set off.

There are fewer and fewer puddles in the swamp ahead, and dry areas begin to increase.

"It's finally time to get out of this area." Yuan Ming's face was relieved, and he quickened his pace slightly.

This swamp is full of mud, rotten and the environment is quite harsh, and he is quite happy to leave this place.

Walking forward, Yuan Ming suddenly stopped.

A turquoise lotus leaf appeared in front of it, dotted with large pink flowers in the middle, which was the highly poisonous lotus flower that I had encountered before.

Different from the previous few blue lotus, the area of the lotus bush here is unusually large, occupying all the areas in front of it, and Yuan Ming's eyesight cannot see the end, and the pink lotus leaves stand among them, rippling in the wind, I don't know how many thousands.

Yuan Ming saw those pink lotus flowers from a distance and stopped.

With so many lotus flowers gathered, the concentration of pollen poison must not be comparable to before, and it will be troublesome if you get hit.

Yuan Ming walked to the side, intending to bypass this lotus bush.

At this moment, the sound of "snorting" came from the flowers, and then one after another green poisonous snakes swam out densely, it was the green snake before, there were as many as forty or fifty, and they all pounced towards Yuan Ming.

Yuan Ming's face changed slightly, but he didn't pay much attention to it, turned around and flew back into the distance.

With such an open distance, it was impossible for the green snake to catch up with him.

Sure enough, the green snakes chased for a distance and stopped, screaming at Yuan Ming for a while, and all of them returned to the flowers.

Yuan Ming's eyebrows moved, and the cries of those green snakes just now, with a threatening meaning, seemed to warn him not to approach.

"I was quite far away from the flowers just now, so it stands to reason that I shouldn't have walked into the attack range of those green snakes, but they are so vigilant, could it be that there is something in the flowers?" A hint of curiosity welled up in his heart.

After thinking about it for a moment, Yuan Ming shook his head and gave up the idea of exploring.

The flowers were full of flower poison, and there were those green snakes and poisonous snakes, and he had no means to deal with these dangers, so it was better not to do too much.

Yuan Ming walked along the edge of the flower bush and walked forward.

Quack Quack ......

A shrill cry came from the swamp behind, sounding like some kind of birdsong, sharp and long, apparently of considerable size.

"Birds and beasts!" Yuan Ming's brows furrowed, and he hurriedly hid in a dense grass nearby.

In the 100,000 mountains, any movement can not be underestimated, maybe there will be a powerful beast, in addition to the incense burner in his hand, he can fly away at any time, and he does not care about ordinary land beasts, but he is quite afraid of birds and beasts.

As soon as Yuan Ming hid, a huge white shadow flew out from the depths of the swamp, and happened to fly over his head.

Yuan Ming saw the true body of the white shadow, it was a large eagle several feet long, with eyes like copper bells, black claws, snow-white feathers, and the size of the body was not under the previous black giant crow, and at a glance he knew that it was some kind of bird of prey.

The white eagle's pale yellow eyes glanced at the grass where Yuan Ming was hiding, ignored it, and went straight to the center of the flowers, disappearing in an instant.

Yuan Ming stood up from the grass and looked into the air.

"That white eagle doesn't seem to be weak, and its eyesight is also very strong, and it can find me through the fog, it seems to be a good spirit beast, but it's a pity that its speed is too fast, and it is impossible to catch up with the incense burner, let alone surrender it."

(End of chapter)