Chapter 45: Ch 45- Silverpine Forest
After understanding the current situation in Dong Hai Base, Mo Yuan turned his attention to the other piece of information.
The location of the Phantom Fox.
"So they live in a forest called Silverpine Forest."
Mo Yuan continued reading.
Silverpine Forest was a large forest located about sixty kilometers away from Dong Hai Base. It was covered with tall silver-colored trees, their trunks were pale grey, while their leaves had a faint silver color, especially under the moonlight. From a distance, the entire forest looked like it was covered in silver.
However, despite its beautiful appearance, Silverpine Forest was not a peaceful place.
There were many beasts living inside the forest. The deeper one went, the stronger the beasts became.
According to the information, Phantom Foxes usually lived deep inside Silverpine Forest. They were extremely difficult to find because of their speed and cautious nature.
Mo Yuan nodded.
"Sixty kilometers isn’t too far."
But then he suddenly remembered something.
"Wait."
His expression changed slightly.
"Don’t I have to pass through the wilderness area where the academy held the competition?"
Mo Yuan immediately remembered that place.
When he had still been an Origin Seed Realm cultivator, he had participated in the Academy trial there. It was also during that time that he had discovered that mysterious cave and that mysterious voice.
At that time, due to time limitation he wasn’t able to explore it.
Mo Yuan had always suspected that there might be something hidden deeper inside but he eventually forgot about it and never went back.
"Should I take a look?"
Mo Yuan thought for a moment.
"Well, since it’s on the way, I might as well check it out."
Who knew what kind of treasure could be hidden behind those rocks? It would be a waste not to check. After making his decision, Mo Yuan prepared to leave.
He said goodbye to his sister and gave her a simple excuse.
"I’ll be going out for some hunting."
Mo Ran nodded without asking too many questions.
She still believed that her brother was only at the Origin Vessel Realm because Mo Yuan had never told her about his current cultivation level.
There was no need to tell her, the fewer people who knew about his true strength, the better it would be. After leaving home, Mo Yuan quickly headed toward the wilderness area where the competition had been held.
The wilderness area had already become much quieter compared to before.
There were only some feral beasts wandering around, and none of them were strong enough to attract Mo Yuan’s attention.
Soon, he arrived at the location where he had previously discovered the cave
Mo Yuan looked around before his eyes stopped on a certain rock wall.
"It should be this wall."
He walked closer.
"There must be something behind this."
Mo Yuan raised his fist and gathered his strength.
Then he punched the wall.
Boom!
The entire cave shook slightly.
However, the wall did not even crack.
Mo Yuan was stunned. Considering his current strength, this wall should have been destroyed by that punch.
He tried again.
Boom!
Still nothing.
He attacked the wall several more times, but the result remained the same.
The wall did not move at all.
Mo Yuan frowned.
"This is very strange."
He had already used his maximum strength, yet he could not damage the wall even slightly.
"Hello, is anyone here?"
After trying for some time, he finally gave up.
"Forget it."
He looked at the wall one last time.
"I’ll come back here after reaching the Origin Sea Realm."
There was clearly something unusual about this place. Since he could not break through it now, there was no point wasting more time here.
Mo Yuan turned around and left the cave.
Five days later.
Mo Yuan stopped and looked at the map. He had already covered half of the distance between Dong Hai Base and Silverpine Forest.
"At this speed, it should take another five days to reach Silverpine Forest."
Mo Yuan looked at the sky, it was already getting dark.
"It’s already night time, i should rest now."
He found a suitable place and made a simple campfire and ate a Rabbit that he had hunted. After eating dinner, Mo Yuan did not waste any time. He sat cross-legged and began cultivating.
He had hunted some advance level beasts during way, as all stash of his cultivation resources was empty, so he had to rely on hunting.
Cultivation was something he never slacked off on. Even while traveling, he would always find time to cultivate.
At this moment, his physical strength had already reached 64,000 jin.
With his Peak Grade Strength Talent activated, his strength could increase by ten times.
On top of that, with the two times boost from Primordial Qi, his strength could reach a terrifying 1,280,000 jin.
This was an extremely frightening level of strength for a Origin Core Realm Cultivator and his physical strength was not his only advantage.
Mo Yuan had already cultivated his Saber Momentum to the peak level.
He also possessed the Phantom Slash technique and with Shadow Talent, he could attack from the shadows without giving his opponent much time to react.
On top of that, he possessed an Ultimate Grade Healing Talent. Even if he was injured, his recovery speed was astonishing.
With all these abilities combined, Mo Yuan was confident that he was almost invincible among mid level Origin Sea Realm cultivators.
Of course, he knew that there could always be stronger people in the world.
There might be some powerful Origin Sea Realm cultivators who also possessed special talents just like him or terrifying techniques that could boost their strength.
So Mo Yuan did not become arrogant just because of his current strength.
After cultivating for several hours, Mo Yuan slowly opened his eyes. The sun was beginning to rise, he stood up and extinguished the campfire.
"Time to move."
Mo Yuan did not waste any more time.
He continued moving towards Silverpine Forest.