C268 Dark Forest

The Dark Forest was located in the southern region of the Erde. The climate was unique, with dense forests that covered an area of over a hundred hectares. It was not inferior to a small city, and in a country filled with grasslands, it was extremely rare.

Huo Wu insisted on going, and the rest of them also chose not to go. Chang Jing thought for a moment, then resolutely decided to lead the group.

Of course, this was already seven days ago, and the few of them had already arrived outside the Dark Forest, in the only inn on the forest road.

"Everyone says that the Dark Forest is extremely dangerous, the home of fierce beasts and demons," Yin Man, who was determined to accompany them, looked at the dense forest and said worriedly, "You all have to be extra careful!"

Huo Wu was also drinking water and staring at the forest. She became even more excited as she looked at the forest. She repeatedly assured Huo Wu, "Don't worry. With us here, nothing will happen!"

"Is there really no problem?"

Yin Man turned her head towards the commissioner that was sent here, her eyes full of questions.

When the commissioner saw the several people eating comfortably beside him, he calmed himself down, "It's fine! Since they were all chosen to attend the worship hall, they were naturally not afraid of such a small forest! "Don't worry, if anything happens, we will also send people to reinforce them!"

When Yin Man heard him, she felt a little relieved. She suddenly realized that her current self was extremely funny, as if she was sending off a soldier's son before his departure. Her heart was filled with a sense of pride, but she was also worried that something might happen to him.

"Have I reached menopause?" She touched her smooth and delicate face and muttered, "Her face is so young, I don't think it would be possible?"

While she was still thinking about this silly question, Chang Jingye and the rest were already beginning to discuss their plans after entering the forest.

This time, they were loaded with food and daily necessities. The bulging bags on their back looked like they were for camping!

"You brought everything you should have, right?" Chang Jing laughed and asked the few of them, and pointed at the martial arts teenager who had brought a lot of things with him, "How about you, how were your preparations?"

Seeing Chang Jing calling out to ask him, the young man's tender face immediately flushed red, and she nodded her head to show that she had brought them all together.

"Hehe, I think you're really looking forward to moving your entire family here!" Chang Jing joked, causing everyone to laugh out loud, the youth's face also became even redder.

"We are about to enter the forest," seeing that they had laughed enough, Chang Jing's tone turned serious and instructed them, "Everyone must remember, we do not know the situation inside, so when the time comes it would be better to meet in one place and not fight alone together! Do you understand?! "

His tone was firm, giving off the aura of a great general!

Everyone immediately nodded in agreement. Even the naughty Huo Wu seriously replied, "Understood!"

Who knew that such a serious atmosphere would be destroyed by Chang Jing's uncontrollable laughter. When he saw the group of people looking as if they were about to die, he laughed and said, "Now that's obedient!"

Before everyone could react to what was happening, Chang Jing had already ran to the other side of the hotel to sit with the Commissioner.

He looked at the commissioner with an unflinching expression. "Have you not given the order for what we are going to do in the end?"

"According to the arrangements, there should have been news before you entered the forest, but …" The Commissioner's face was also anxious, but it was soon replaced by a look of exhilaration and delight as he saw a hawk flying straight at him. "It's coming!"

He quickly ran to the entrance of the hotel, took out a whistle made of some unknown material, and blew it lightly. The whistle sounded, and the eagle obediently landed on his shoulder.

After feeding it a bit of eagle food, the commissioner removed a sealed bamboo tube from the eagle's right leg and crushed the beeswax before taking out a piece of paper.

This was actually a messenger eagle! Chang Jing's interest towards the Erde grew. He knew that eagles were already hard to tame, not to mention letting them obediently deliver a letter to him. Eagles had many advantages over carrier pigeons, such as flying higher, faster, and farther away. They could even capture enemy carrier pigeons under certain conditions!

The Commissioner's words pulled Chang Jing back to reality from her reverie.

"The orders from the higher ups have arrived!" "A few days ago, all the villagers in the southern part of Dark Forest were slaughtered. The weirdest thing was that all the corpses were reduced to bones in one night, not even the clothes and flesh remained!"

Chang Jing was shocked. She could faintly feel that this was definitely not a simple matter.

"So the Her Majesty sent a few ace spies over to investigate. But after a few days, not to mention spies sending back some information, even their traces have disappeared! What is even more puzzling is that ever since the last time dozens of villages south of Dark Forest were massacred, nothing like this has ever happened, with the forest as the dividing line! "

In fact, the so-called "dozens of villages were massacred" was just the result of the Commissioner exaggerating things further. In fact, there were only three villages in Erde that had been massacred.

"Could it be that the purpose of our group of people who have yet to officially join the Guardian Hall is to investigate this matter?"

Chang Jing asked, meaning was that there were a lot of official members in the shrine, why would they look for them.

The commissioner was not a fool, so he naturally heard his subtext. He replied awkwardly, "Yes, your job is to find out what the clues are. You also know that the 'Hall of Honor' emphasizes on quality and quantity, and the people selected are all elites. Once they are selected, it will signify a rise in status, and it is unknown how many people have their heads squeezed out of their minds wanting to enter the hall.

But how could such a requirement be strict? It was simply harsh!

"The way I see it, the higher ups are unwilling to let those people from the Hall of Reverence lose their lives in vain, that's why they called us!" Chang Jing replied coldly, but then changed the topic, "But since you are already here, we can't ignore you, leave this matter to us!"

"Brother Ye is indeed bold!" The commissioner patted Chang Jing on the shoulder and praised him, "However, let's put it bluntly first, although this mission is not simple, there is a time limit, if you guys are still not out of the forest after half a month, or have not gathered any substantial information, then consider this mission as a failure!"

"No problem!"

The commissioner nodded, stood up, and said respectfully, "Then we will wait here for the good news!"

In the end, he did not forget to instruct her, "This is a very important matter, you should keep it a secret for now!"

These words made Chang Jing feel extremely depressed. She thought in her heart, I already said that there isn't even a shadow of the Dark Forest, if I want to leak it, I can find someone to leak it out!

Chang Jing nodded her head and led the other eight people to head towards Dark Forest. She did not even say goodbye to Yin Man because he felt like she had been betrayed, and was very unhappy!

As expected of the words "Dark", the moment they walked in, they felt like everything went black. The bright sunlight outside turned into a dim light which was even weaker than starlight, and what was even more strange was that most of the trees inside were also black, black like iron.

However, upon entering, Chang Jing felt a sense of déjà vu, the dark power in her body started to flow excitedly through her various meridian channels.

Huo Wu's curiosity swelled as she saw the strange tree color. She couldn't help but want to hit the tree with her hand. But as soon as her hand touched the hard tree bark, a numbing electric shock hit her, forcing her to step back!

My god, a person with a cultivation level as high as a fire dance would have such a reaction. If it was an ordinary person, wouldn't they be electrocuted to death?!

"Everyone, don't touch the things here," Chang Jing hurriedly ordered. "Before you all understand the situation here, don't act recklessly, especially you!"

He pointed his finger at Huo Wu, who was still standing beside the tree thinking about how to play with it so that it wouldn't get electrocuted again. Huo Wu felt wronged and paused before returning to his side.

Chang Jing happily took out a Magic Crystal used for lighting. After she slightly probed into the magic, it immediately gave off a bright light, illuminating the faces of the nine people clearly. Chang Jing and his four students had calm expressions, obviously not too worried about this place, but the expressions of the other four were different.

Seeing these four expressions, Chang Jing was disgusted. He first comforted them until her heart was at peace, then told them about the mission this time.

Who knew that it would be better if he did not say anything. However, the moment he said something about these people, his expression changed even more.

Huo Wu and Yin Feng's faces instantly flushed red with excitement, as if they were hoping that something would happen and that they couldn't wait any longer. When the four tensed up people heard this, they became even more nervous, and their flushed face that had been "heated" by Chang Jing suddenly paled, turning even paler than before!

Seeing this, Chang Jing was secretly regretting her decision. She thought about how she had already told them everything that had happened, thinking about how he should calm down their tensed state again, but unexpectedly, Huo Wu spoke first.

"Coward!" She snorted disdainfully and said, "Isn't it just that the entire village has been massacred? We can just avenge them, why are you so nervous!?" As a girl, I'm not afraid of you guys! "