Book 3: Clear River in Turmoil - Chapter 43: West River Forest 1 (1/2)
Chapter 43: West River Forest (1)
“Ahead of you is Dragonfish Gorge West River Forest is just past Dragonfish Gorge, and West Forest Town is just past that,” the owner of the boat said, sitting at the prow of the boat as he pointed in front of them
“West River Forest? Is that the forest that has been here ever since ancient tiredients, but because it’s cursed, outsiders can’t go in easily?” Su Chen asked, also standing on the prow
After nearly half a day on the boat, they had left Clear River City far behind Su Chen had finished consolidating his Knowledge Sea, and his consciousness had returned to reality
“That’s right!” The boat owner nodded “That place is really deo in and search for resources, but not many people return alive”
“But very little means that souest, don’t think like that! The risk is too great People have returned from West River Forest alive before, but the people who returned never went very far into the forest Even so, many people returned with the curse on theic fate upon his whole fahed, “That curse can be passed on?”
“Isn’t that so? That’s why it’s so frightening”
“But I heard that there are people who can survive in West River Forest?” the young scholar asked
“Those are the natives, a bunch of savages Those people can live deep in the forest but aren’t affected However, they can’t leave the forest either; apparently, they will also die if they leave the forest for too long This really is a place where the people inside can’t get out and the people outside can’t get in It’s like a large cage,” the boat owner said as he shook his head
“No wonder I heard that the resources are completely under the control of the Ten Bloodline nobility Clans even though the production of West River Forest is good,” Su Chen e e quantities of those rare ingredients from these locals at low prices, then sell theinal price,” Iron Cliff said from the side “I heard that City Lord An and the Ten Bloodline nobility Clans are at odds largely because of this City Lord An wanted to collect taxes on this, but those Bloodline nobility Clans kept trying to shi+rk their responsibilities and never reported their true profits The profits from the West River Forest number in the tens of le tael of gold out of it How could he not becoitated?”
Su Chen harrumphed, “So those Bloodline nobility Clans only kno to drain others dry and never contribute anything They really deserve to die”
The Bloodline nobility Clans had quite a bit of local clout When the guests heard what Su Chen said, they all juer dared to hold a conversation with hied inally, Su Chen was planning on hunting Vicious Beasts near the West Mountain Range further away, but he decided instead to take care of it here
When the boatmaster heard that Su Chen wanted to disembark near West River Forest, he quickly tried to convince him otherwise However, Su Chen just wouldn’t listen, and the boatmaster could only relent
The boat traveled for another half a day before it finally passed Dragonfish Gorge and arrived at West River Forest
Su Chen and Iron Cliff disembarked once the boat stopped and stepped onto the shore
As he watched the two people disappear into the forest, the boat themselves to their deaths”
In his eyes, the two of the the riverbank, the two of them set off for the depths of the forest
The forest was deep and secluded The further in they went, the quieter and darker it grew
When they were deep inside, they found that the trees were taller and taller, but the roots protruded round was covered with roots intertwined with each other Looking off in the distance, it was as if the ground was covered with snakes
Vines also hung down fro in wait, suddenly exploding into motion when a person walked by
Whoosh!+
Su Chen raised his hand, grabbing the snake by the head with two fingers Then, he tilted his head to the side as a streak of poisonous liquid shot past his ear