36 Self exploration in the poisonous fores (1/2)

Pulling down her sleeves, Xue'er put the bottle into her bag. It didn't work on her, but it will be useful for something, just like those oyster shell coins sitting back at the cottage.

Perhaps there would be a day when she would see the effects of that powder on some living and breathing flesh. As of now, that would have to wait.

She continued to explore the poisonous forest. Within, the trees were tall with dense leaves that prevented sunlight or moonlight from penetrating its shield, it seemed that there were no seasons in here, night and day did not exist either.

As Xue'er continued to walk, she realizes something strange. None of the snakes or insects came to bother her, it was as if she was one of them. Just like a zombie walking among other zombies.

Sure, the insects all had their own habitats, but they also had their sources of food. The insects ate the plants. The spiders ate the insects. The snakes ate the mice. That was the strange food chain, but if they were not hungry, they would not bother each other.

Xue'er observed them, with her head slightly tilted to the side. Until a random idea popped into her head.

She put her hand down in front of a tri-color venomous toad to see if it would ignore her, bite her, or become friendly with her. The toad had big round obsidian orbs as eyes, and Xue'er could even see a reflection of the forest within those orbs.

The tri-color venomous toad first, sniffed her hand, Xue'er could feel a slight tickling sensation in her hand from some of the slime it left on her palm, of course, there was a large possibility that it was the effects of the venom that was making her feel ticklish, but it still almost made her laugh.

After it sniffed for a while, it hopped away in the other direction. At that moment, Xue'er felt an urge to kidnap that adorable tri-color venomous toad and keep it with her as a pet, but she couldn't bear the thought of taking it away from its natural habitat.

She could only follow it around to see more of it.

She silently followed it to a small pond, where it hopped around the edges of the pond, not even touching the water, before getting to the other side.

At this point, Xue'er stood rooted in her place, she didn't follow behind the toad, instead, her attention turned to the pond of water.

The pond was not very large, about the size of a small house, but it was entirely clear. The strange thing was that there was not a single fish in the pond, there was not a single living thing in the water, or even close to the outskirts of the pond.

Xue'er felt that this was strange, it must be due to the water that they do not dare enter it and resorted to going around the pond.

[But what is it?]

Xue'er bent down and took a look at the water, she scooped a handful of water and brought it to her nose to take a sniff, it smelled like normal water, she then gave it a lick, thoroughly tasting the water.

[Not bad.]