At first, apart from the slightly pungent scent, there were no other discomforts when Chu Chen inhaled the black fog.
However, as the black fog grew thicker, a faint sense of danger and pressure felt clearer to him, sending a shiver down Chu Chen's spine.
It seemed that the magical fog of Black Fog Valley still had some effects on his eaglet clone. If the concentration of the fog was lower, he would not feel uncomfortable. However, when the concentration of the fog in the air reached a certain point, it would still be fatal for his clone!
After all, this clone was still a youngling, too tender. Its ability to resist the black fog had a limit.
Since that was the case, then he should rush hurry the valley as quickly as he could, then immediately come rushing out after grabbing onto some spiritual herbs in order to minimize the black fog's damage on his clone!
Chu Chen made up his mind, then took a few more glances at Black Fog Valley. He was unable to see through the black fog. 'Nevermind, just rush it!'
Just as Chu Chen was about to go for it, he suddenly felt his body being lifted. A fair and slender hand was holding him!
"Little fella, you mustn't enter this place! Do you want to die?"
A cold but familiar voice could be heard. Chu Chen raised his eyes, just to see a familiar beautiful face. Her face was fair as snow, cold, and stunning.
'It's the witch from the evil faction!'
'T-t-this…'
When he saw that person's looks clearly, Chu Chen felt as though he wanted to vomit blood! He had struggled for over two hours and almost made it into Black Fog Valley! Who would have expected this sudden encounter that stopped him from going in? 'You must be kidding me!'
The young woman before him was still dressed in black, cold, and mysterious.
However, on that attractive face of hers was a bumpy mask. Within the mask, a special sachet was giving off a weird alcohol scent.
"I've made a herbal sachet from drunk dragon grass. It can filter some of the magical fog, but it can only allow me to stay here at the entrance. If I go further into the valley, this herbal sachet won't hold up against the magical fog...is there really no other way to go in?"
The witch in black frowned, plagued by concerns. She then looked at Chu Chen reprimandingly, as though angry at him for misbehaving.
The next moment, the witch did something that Chu Chen never expected. With a wave of her sleeves, she made a leap and flew in the air, swiftly sending Chu Chen back to the nest on the withered tree above the tomb!
"The next time you run around, I don't think I'll be able to save you again."
The woman in black stared at Chu Chen for a moment, then shook her head. With another leap, she once again went back to the entrance of Black Fog Valley.
Chu Chen was left in shock, staring blankly at the scene.
He finally understood what it was like to be too heartbroken for tears. After all that struggle, everything was back to square one.
If he could vomit blood, Chu Chen would be spraying a fountain into the sky.
After resting for a moment in the nest, Chu Chen's resentful gaze focused on the witch in black, hoping to jump down again after she leaves. It would at most take a few hours. As long as he could get into Black Fog Valley to collect spiritual herbs, that would be enough for him.
However, a scene that drove him insane happened the very next moment! The witch in black hesitated for a moment, and then sat down on a weirdly shaped stone at the entrance of Black Fog Valley!
She sat there calmly, then shot a look at Chu Chen who was still in the nest. Her gaze seemed to be warning him that as long as she was there, he would never be allowed to seek death by rushing into the valley.
'Dear lady, you're a witch. Can you not be so kindhearted? I'm just an eaglet. Please don't take me so seriously.'
"This won't do. If I continue waiting like this, who knows how much time I'll have to waste!"
Chu Chen was anxious, but he understood that he could not just wait on like that. He straight away went back to sleep in the nest, then extended his spiritual sense, sending his consciousness back to his original body.
Since waiting was not viable, then he might as well go to Black Fog Valley with his original body. That way it would make it easier to cooperate with his clone to obtain spiritual herbs!
Whoosh!
In an instant, Chu Chen, whose spiritual consciousness just returned to him, ran at full speed through the woods. In the past few days, he had experienced great changes. He once again shuffled through the woods that he was familiar with. From deep within his dantian, the vast roiling spiritual energy made him feel as though he was not of this world.
Dragon's Tomb. He once again entered the tomb's perimeters. To the disciples of Crystal Spring Sect, that was definitely a forbidden area.
When Chu Chen who was covered in sweat once again arrived at the top of Black Fog Valley, a weird sensation welled up from within him.
'I got into trouble here, and I've also gained new life here as well. To be exact, I've obtained a clone.'
Chu Chen lamented, then subconsciously looked at the entrance to Black Fog Valley, just to be surprised.
He could see that near the entrance to Black Fog Valley, the somewhat calm region had since had over a dozen men in black robes vaguely forming a mysterious tactical formation, surrounding the witch in black.
They had red belts around them and a feathered crown on their heads. On the chest region of their robes was embroidered with a mysterious pattern of primal chaos with golden threads. With one look, he was able to tell that these people were disciples of famous sects. Their bodies also emitted a scary aura.
It seemed these disciples were at least at the early stages of Spiritual Droplets Stage.
"Demon girl! Now that you've met the senior disciples of our Secret Sky Sect, you should give up and accept your death!" The leader of those black-robed men was a bearded handsome hunk, holding onto a brightly colored halberd.
His roar rolled like thunder, neverending. It seemed that he had used some high-grade technique.
"I've only borrowed your fog dispelling orb, and I've also returned it to you after realizing that it was useless. There's no need to keep chasing after me now is there?" The young woman replied coldly.
"Borrowing and returning it? If not for us chasing you all this way, would you have thrown that spoiled orb back to us?"
"I've returned it, didn't I?" she gave an icy reply.
"No need to waste our words with this evil demon girl! She betrayed her sect and killed several hundreds of her Black Abyss Sect members, sparing none! Now there's only her master Withering Heart Daoist left, but she's still not giving up, trying to find a way to hunt down Withering Heart Daoist." said one of the disciples. It was unclear if it was due to fear or excitement, his face was flushed and his body trembled as he made the statement.
"Kill!"
Secret Sky Sect's disciples roared at the same time with great anger. In their roar, it carried a sense of justice and righteousness. It vaguely seemed as though some ancient god was passing judgment to the guilty, magnificent, and righteous.