Only by truly venturing deep into this mountain forest did Chen Shouyi realize that the environment here was far more complex and dangerous than that of the Barbarian Island in Dongning.
He held his breath and carefully skirted around a pile of dung that was more than a meter high, like a small hill, with flies buzzing around it, emitting a foul stench.
The presence of such dung suggested the existence of a giant beast nearby.
Chen Shouyi had no intention of disturbing it. Guided by the Shell Lady, he cautiously bypassed this area.
...
Soon after, Chen Shouyi crouched behind a clump of bushes, gazing into the distance at a cliff covered in vines.
A gentle breeze stirred the vines slightly, revealing a dimly visible, pitch-black cave entrance intermittently.
The entrance, with a diameter of about three meters, was spacious enough for Chen Shouyi.
But he did not act rashly.
"O-o-one!" whispered the Shell Lady in his ear.
