Chapter 147 Jade Forest-8 ( The Garden )
" Wait, I-I don't think we should go any further, there might be- " Mo Peng shouted from behind.
Jayden has been ignoring him from the beginning, but he just won't shut up, so Jayden launched a mental attack towards Peng, who immediately fell unconscious after getting hit by the invisible attack.
Leaving him at the entrance of the cave, Jayden and Xiao walked deeper. Looking back she asked: " Is it fine to leave him there? "
Loosening his grip around her hand, Jayden spoke: " If you're that worried about him, just stay behind with him, I can go ahead alone. "
" NO " she reflexively tightened her fingers around Jayden's palm and spoke: " You're injured, I can't leave you alone, it doesn't mean anything else. "
"..." Jayden didn't reply and just walked forward.
They both observed their surroundings carefully, they travelled for 20 minutes in the narrow cave, it was impossible for such a big cave to be present in a tree, so Jayden concluded that it was a different space inside the cave.
" Wha-? Why is there a sky inside the tree? " Xiao asked in confusion.
As they walked out of the cave, both of them were greeted by a green land that went as far as they could see. The ground was covered with green grass, and there was nothing else, not even a tree.
' Anna, where should I go? ' Jayden asked since his Void skill was suppressed in this strange world.
" Walk forward, don't trust your senses, especially your eyes everything seems like an illusion here. " Anna warned.
Jayden nodded, his expression turned solemn, he looked at Xiao Rong and spoke: " Close your eyes and just follow my lead. "
Xiao wanted to refuse at first thinking that he just wants to kiss her again, but after seeing the seriousness on his face, she nodded and closed her eyes. Jayden slowly began to move forward, his eyes constantly scanning the area around them.
Slowly the scene began to change, the green scenery turned into a big graveyard, the ground turned black, the sky became dark and countless graves appeared on the ground.
*BUZZZZZZZZZZ* *BUZZZZZZZZZZ*
*BUZZZZZZZZZZ* *BUZZZZZZZZZZ*
All the graves began to vibrate at the same time, their lids began to slid and smoke came out from inside engulfing the surrounding completely. Jayden stopped moving and observed everything in silence.
" What's happening? " Xiao Rong asked, hearing the strange noise and feeling strong gusts of wind.
" It's nothing, just keep your eyes shut. " Jayden said.
One rotten hand came out of one of the graves, as it slowly dragged its body outside. Then one by one, all corpses began to come out of their graves, and soon hundreds of thousands of corpses were crawling all around them creating horrifying sounds.
Jayden narrowed his eyes and looked above, with a smile he spoke:
" It's a nice illusion, but it isn't strong enough to fool me. "
For a few seconds nothing changed, Jayden didn't even glance at the corpses and stared at a single point. Then all the corpses disappeared and an image of an old man's face appeared in the sky. It looked at Jayden with interest and asked:
" Kid, how were you able to break my formation? "
" Why should I tell you? " Jayden said with a grin.
" Haa, you're one greedy kid, alright if you answer me I'll tell you about this land and about me. What do you think? " the old face asked.
" Hmmm, that sounds good, then I'll go first. " Jayden said and then he began to explain.
" There's nothing wrong with your formation, it was perfect and even almost fooled me. But you were the one who made the mistake. "
Hearing his words, a frown appeared on the face and it asked: " What kind of mistake did I make? "
" Since you wanted to hide your presence, the space around you was devoid of any kind of energy, creating a vacuum of energy and then I just made a wild guess. " Jayden replied.
" Hahahahahaha " the face laughed loudly, as the surroundings returned back to normal. " You're good, I guess it's my turn to answer. "
Then it began to explain:
" My name is Zhen, I am from the outside world and came in this Kingdom since I was heavily injured back then. I wandered off in this land and accidentally stumbled upon this tree one day. " he paused, then with a dark expression he spoke.
" At that time I didn't think that this tree would actually become my resting place for eternity. After I passed through this space, everything has changed, within an hour of entering into that space, I died. " the face said in a heavy tone.
" What is there behind that barrier? " Jayden asked, looking at the space forward.
" I can't tell you that, since that piece of my memory is missing, but I have one advice for you. " the face stared into Jayden's eyes.
" Are you gonna say that I should go back and forget about this place? " Jayden asked.
" Well, that'd have been the best case, but I know you won't listen to those words, so I advise you to first enter that garden, in there you can find some treasures," it said while pointing towards a garden in the distance.
Jayden turned his gaze towards the garden, which appeared out of nowhere, from afar he saw a lot of herbs growing in it. He looked back at the face and thanked him, before walking towards the garden with Xiao along with him.
" Can I open my eyes now? " she asked.
" Yes, you can. " Jayden replied.
Xiao Rong's eye lashes fluttered as she slowly opened her eyes, her gaze was met with the beautiful land of the garden. She looked around with wide eyes and asked: " Where are we? What kind of place is this? "
" Inside the tree and it's a garden. "
Both of them walked into the garden, their fingers interlocked together. There was a strong scent in the air, although Jayden wasn't affected by it, but it seemed to have an effect on Xiao Rong.
Her eyes became bright, and a big smile formed on her lips, she looked around in delight then jerking off Jayden's hand, she ran towards the herb. Xiao pulled one of the herbs that contained Yin energy and devoured it.
She ate several more herbs, Jayden looked at her but didn't stop since she wasn't in any kind of danger. He wondered if it was because of the garden or if she was just too excited.
After eating a couple more herbs, she turned towards an altar, at the top of which, sitting was a silver coloured cup. Jayden sensed a large amount of energy from it, and he knew that if she were to drink whatever was inside the cup, her body would explode immediately.
" Xiao Rong " Jayden called but it seemed as if she can't listen.
Xiao Rong ran towards the altar, a bright light glowing in her eyes, she was just a dozen metres away from it. Jayden frowned and began to follow her, as he tried to run, he felt the air pushing him back decreasing his speed by more than 90 %. Within few seconds, Xiao Rong stood in front of the altar, her hands reaching towards it.
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