amaotonovel Chapter 303 The Eternal Forest
Chapter 303 The Eternal Forest
Chapter 303 The Eternal Forest
Gu Yun's humanity has been stripped away too much by his demonic body. This humanity is not the same as that humanity. It's not that Gu Yun has no emotions or desires, but the gap between beings in the upper and lower realms has brought too much indifference to his perspective.
As his demonic body continued to improve, he gradually became indifferent to the encounters and entanglements between beings in the lower realms.
Just as you wouldn't feel the urge to avenge or sympathize with animals that are bitten and injured when you see lions and tigers hunting smaller animals on TV, you wouldn't feel the urge to help them.
Gu Yun would not have any more of this kind of empathy for Xiang Ling.
pity?
Sorry, no such case was found.
At the same time, this kind of emotion is the same for Gu Yun, who has not been completely demonized and whose first half of life was human, and is also directed at the beings in the upper realm.
Therefore, Gu Yun, who is now half-human and half-demon, actually has an indifferent attitude towards the beings in both the upper and lower realms.
He entrusted almost all of his remaining humanity to Yunyin, followed by a necessary but self-serving "friendship".
Therefore, he couldn't imagine what kind of person or demon he would become if something happened to Yunyin.
Gu Yun waved his hand gently, and a golden stream of light shot out instantly, which then gently landed in Gu Yun's palm after a short while, carrying a small clump of lake water.
Gu Yun carefully felt the clear, mirror-like lake water in his palm and then spoke.
"Are these all the water of life?"
Xiangling leaned closer to sniff, thought for a moment, and then immediately remembered something.
“That’s right, these are all the water of life.”
"These planets in the root layer are actually there to produce the water of life, through the breathing and catalysis of the World Tree's roots."
“Look at this lake directly beneath the roots of the World Tree; it is where the water of life is most concentrated.”
"And the farther away, the thinner it becomes."
He shook his hand, and in an instant, the life-giving water that countless people thirsted for fell like a drizzle onto the huge tree root beneath his feet.
After being sprinkled with the water of life, the surrounding air seemed to become much fresher and full of vitality.
Gu Yun didn't feel any regret. After seeing the magnificent scene below, he suddenly felt little about the little bit of life-giving water.
If every root layer of a tree is such a vast gathering place of life-giving water, then this is an immense and incomparable treasure.
Because he noticed that there were as many as six planets in the root layer.
How many star coins is that? He couldn't count them.
However, the concentration of the life water purchased on Crimson Flame Star last time was not low. Although it was slightly lower than the concentration of the life water in the lake directly below, it was not much different.
"And what about the essence of life?"
"Is it extracted from the water of life?"
Xiangling shook her head.
"I'm not very clear about how the Essence of Life comes about. I only know that it is so precious that it is almost never sold to outsiders, no matter how much money is offered. Only some races that have been on good terms with the Elven race for generations will have a certain amount available for exchange each year."
Gu Yun chuckled, dismissing the idea of scavenging some Water of Life. He felt it was a bit too low-class; someone of his status should at least be scavenging the essence of life.
After taking one last look at the scene before him, he called out to Xiangling with some regret.
"It seems that Yunyin is not here. This place should just be a planet that produces the water of life."
"All I can sense are high-ranking guards."
"There is no other special aura."
Xiangling consciously stepped into the shadow beneath Gu Yun's feet and said.
"I feel the same way. I felt like something was missing just now."
"Now I remember, it's the density of vegetation. Although that planet also has lakes, the density of vegetation there is far greater than that of this planet. Moreover, at night, the lakes there even glow, indirectly making the entire forest glow as well."
"Very conspicuous."
“We can enter directly from the shadowed side of the planet. The lake should be quite extensive, so it should be easy to spot at a glance.”
Gu Yun recalled Yunyin's "dream" from the beginning and agreed.
"Good, a reasonable suggestion."
"Is the one you're talking about the Eternal Forest?"
"Eh?"
Xiangling was somewhat surprised that a word she barely recognized was being spoken by a stranger.
"That seems to be her name, before..."
Realizing she wanted to ask Gu Yun something again, Xiang Ling immediately shut her mouth.
Although the man in front of me didn't appear to be a member of the Elven royal family, he seemed to know a lot about the Elven royal family in certain aspects.
Without saying a word, Gu Yun took Xiang Ling and rushed into the void. The two of them began to circle silently along the dark curtain of the void space.
Upon landing on the fourth planet, Gu Yun took a deep breath and let out a long sigh of relief.
He slightly parted his lips, revealing a rare smile, and his eyes began to sparkle.
These points of light are projections of the fluorescence of the Eternal Night Forest.
"Finally... I saw it."
"sound…"
"It's exactly as you described."
"It's so beautiful."
"I have finally... finally arrived at the Eternal Forest you spoke of, this place that is like an ordinary fairyland."
Xiangling gazed at the shimmering fluorescent light below, as if a dazzling Milky Way had been poured over the dark green forest, and she was momentarily lost in thought.
Gradually, as the two slowly descended, the current scenery of the Eternal Forest began to overlap and intertwine with the old scenery in Xiangling's memory.
Finally, Xiangling pointed to a secluded forest path and said to Gu Yun.
"Senior, over here, I remember this place. These blue and red dotted mushrooms are called blue poison mushrooms. Because they are poisonous, almost no one eats them. My parents emphasized this to me repeatedly."
"That's why no elf would pick these inedible and useless blue poison mushrooms, which is why they have survived to this day. If you keep going forward from here, you will see a glowing lake."
“There is a small palace on the other side of the lake.”
"That is the place where the woman you mentioned before, senior, is sleeping."
Gu Yun nodded. In fact, Xiang Ling's role in finding Yun Yin had ended at this point, and going forward would likely only have side effects.
Although Xiangling may not have put in much effort, Gu Yun could not have found the Eternal Forest so quickly without her guidance and advice.
After all, in his subconscious, he could believe that Yunyin was among those four planets in the canopy layer.
Upholding the spirit of the contract and the unwritten secret afterward, Gu Yun led Xiang Ling into the forest path.
Xiangling herself was unaware that she was actually on the verge of death at many moments.