"Sorry, Human Race, I don't know what creature is hidden within the dark clouds."

Jia Rong Grass responded to Yang Qingqing's question: "I have never seen its appearance, I only know that it truly exists."

Yang Qingqing nodded silently, picked up a small Jia Rong Fruit at hand, and handed it to Du Yu.

"Thank you, Master Qing."

Yang Qingqing: "Feeling better?"

"Yes, I have adjusted my mindset." Du Yu nodded heavily, his tone not seeming false.

In just a few dozen seconds, Du Yu understood a lot.

At worst, they could return to the Sea Realm and try to communicate with the Sea-devouring Dragon Turtle.

Little Fen Yang might be able to speak, clearing up the misunderstanding between them and enlisting the Sea-devouring Dragon Turtle's help in locating the Sea Abyss.

At an even worse stage...

They could stay here with Master Qing for cultivation.

Being trapped for a year or two was bearable, even ten or eight years was not an issue.

After all, he was all alone, and Master Qing was the closest person to him.

With her around, regardless of life or death, or slowly aging in time, it was a worthwhile journey of life.

In any case, she was always by his side...

"Eat." Yang Qingqing, though not knowing what her disciple was thinking, smiled and nodded upon seeing his serious demeanor.

Ultimately, Du Yu was just a young man who had just turned 18, awakened for less than a year, and not from the military background.

Faced with the never-experienced Mountain and Sea Realm, trapped in such a terrifying prison, being flustered was understandable.

Yang Qingqing placed a small fruit in Du Yu's palm, then picked another Jia Rong Fruit and put it in her mouth.

Du Yu watched Master Qing for a solid 5 or 6 seconds, yet did not see her face contort in any way.

Yang Qingqing, being clever and sharp, anticipated what her disciple was waiting for.

She smiled and gave Du Yu a glance: "Eat, it's not like ordinary Demon Plant Fruit."

"Oh, oh." Du Yu responded awkwardly, tossing the Jia Rong Fruit into his mouth.

As his tongue and upper teeth pressed open the fruit's skin, the sour and sweet flesh moistened Du Yu's taste buds.

Bitter.

But with moderate sweetness and sourness, it was very suitable for the Human Race to eat.

Due to Du Yu secretly raising a Little Golden Crow, he was always a big consumer of Demon Fruit.

In the past year, he ate fruits counted by the "baskets," and those Demon Plant Fruits, without exception, were not meant for humans to enjoy... wait!

Du Yu suddenly thought of the Twin Tree Fruit.

Among all the demon fruits he ate, only the Divine Tree's fruit was sweet and delicious.

Could it be that Jia Rong Grass was also specially prepared for the Human Race?

"Tsk." Du Yu smacked his lips, not tasting a hint of Spiritual Qi, only Earth Demon Breath and Fire Demon Breath filled his mouth.

What a magical Demon Plant Fruit!

Unlike those seductive little fruits in the outside world~

"Meow?" The Desolate Silver Lynx gave a soft questioning sound, as she was "turned off" since arriving at the mountain peak.

There was no way, Jia Rong Grass was just too tall.

Lord Baojun couldn't see anything, so all attention was on the owner.

Receiving the owner's instruction, the Desolate Silver Lynx also tried taking a bite of the fruit.

Upon confirming it had an Earth Attribute, the Desolate Silver Lynx suddenly opened her huge mouth and directly plucked several strings...

"So, we don't need to worry about the Thunder anymore?" Yang Qingqing asked softly.

Jia Rong Grass: "Yes, centuries ago, the Human Race living here would regularly come to pick the fruit."

Du Yu was somewhat curious: "You're willing to help those Deviants?"

"No, Human Race, they are not Deviants." Jia Rong Grass's words subtly hinted at a trace of nostalgia, "They are the owner's family, friends."

Upon hearing this, Du Yu and Yang Qingqing exchanged a glance.

Yang Qingqing asked: "This is the prison of the Deviants and Demon Beast tribes. The environment is so harsh and dangerous.

Why would Mr. Yan Jiang imprison his family here?"

Jia Rong Grass: "The owner is protecting his tribe, the outside world has already been engulfed by war. Here, people have a chance to survive."

Yang Qingqing: "Where are they? Are they still alive now?"

Jia Rong Grass spoke with a heavy tone, its voice increasingly ancient: "They continued for several generations, striving to survive.

However, even I have forgotten how many years it's been since they last came to pick the fruit.

I don't know whether they are well at home, or if there are any descendants."

Yang Qingqing sighed slightly in her heart, coming from the Sea Realm, she naturally believed that the Mountain Realm was also a prison for all things.

This place was indeed a prison, but she never expected that Yan Jiang would bring the Human Race here.

Why?

Because the Divine Tree withered, and the Human Race had no power to reverse heaven, did Yan Jiang see the trend and want to preserve the spark of the Human Race?

Du Yu suddenly spoke: "The Last Tribe!"

Yang Qingqing turned to Du Yu: "What?"

Du Yu: "The Mountain and Sea Bell Spirit was drawn out by that song 'The Last Tribe'!"

Yang Qingqing slightly raised an eyebrow, recalling the melody Fu Jianzhou played on the flute.

Even if she originally didn't know the name of the song, the emotions conveyed by the flute clearly indicated it was so.

Du Yu looked at Yang Qingqing: "I always wondered why the Mountain and Sea Bell banished us here.

I even guessed that the Mountain and Sea Bell was annoyed by us and thus enveloped us.

Now it seems, the Mountain and Sea Bell wants us to help it find the descendants of the Yan Family?"

Yang Qingqing hesitated slightly, her slender jade finger twisting the deep red petal: "Since it's the Artifact Spirit of the Mountain and Sea Bell, it should be able to sense everything within it?"

Jia Rong Grass: "The Mountain and Sea Realm, isolated from the world. The Mountain and Sea Bell is the Celestial Gate, and merely the Celestial Gate."

So, is the Mountain and Sea Bell just a teleportation gate?

The Mountain and Sea Bell is not the world itself and naturally cannot sense all living things within the Mountain and Sea Realm.

That explains everything!

Except for one thing, Du Yu couldn't figure it out at all.

He couldn't help but ask, "Why did Mr. Yan Jiang put his people here? Compared to the Mountain Realm, isn't the Sea Realm below safer?"

Jia Rong Grass: "Perhaps the region is small and resources are scarce. Master must have his reasons for doing this."

Yang Qingqing: "Where is the home of the Yan tribe descendants? Let's go help the Mountain and Sea Bell find its descendants now."

The tall Jia Rong Grass leaves all pointed in unison to the right hand side of the woman: "A hundred miles away, at the bottom of the canyon."

Yang Qingqing placed her hand on the deer antlers, gently adjusting them: "Let's go!"

"Yes!" Du Yu squeezed his legs around Lord Baojun, and dashed out following Bai Yujing's figure.

Earlier, the master and disciple duo wandered like headless flies, searching from the Sea Realm to the Mountain Realm, just to leave the otherworldly mountains and seas.

But now, they finally understood the purpose of the Mountain and Sea Bell.

If they could find the Yan tribe's descendants, they could leave the mountain and sea realm!

However, the Yan family people have not come to pick fruits for a very long time, are they really still living in this Mountain Realm?

"Take this bunch of fruits, they won't rot for three days." From the sea of red leaves, Jia Rong Grass's voice came.

In the distance ahead, grass leaves rolled up a bunch of fruits, appearing on the path the master and disciple duo must pass.

Du Yu plucked the deep red grass leaves.

The long leaves were used as a necklace and tied around Du Yu's neck, while the bunch of deep red fruits also seemed to have turned into a pendant.

Until the moment the master and disciple duo left the red sea, Jia Rong Grass sent the final words: "Watch the time, the thunder in the Mountain Realm is fierce, nothing can stand against it."

"A hundred miles, it's quick." As the wind howled past his ears, Du Yu shouted back, running all the way down the mountain.

"Crack!"

A thick bolt of lightning struck down!

Winding and twisting, like a giant dragon.

It shattered countless deep red flowers and grass, even blasted out a deep pit.

Du Yu's pupils slightly contracted; this bolt of lightning was just a hundred meters away from him!

Jia Rong Grass once said, this is the peak of all mountains.

Is this place specifically targeted by thunder, the area where lightning strikes the most frequently?

From the moment Du Yu climbed up the mountain peak to the moment he left, in just over ten minutes, three bolts of lightning had already struck around them.

Except for the first time missing the target, the second time grazed past the cliff, and the third time even directly exploded within Jia Rong Grass!

This...

Humans consume Jia Rong Fruit to make thunder retreat, yet Jia Rong Grass itself does not avoid lightning, it's truly unreasonable!

The Desolate Silver Lynx quickly fled, and just as Du Yu looked back, countless Jia Rong Grass surged toward the deep pit, filling in the gap.

Jia Rong Grass, unafraid of the furious thunder, stood tall and proud again, even growing taller than before.

The red flowers and red leaves seem soft, but from its posture, Du Yu read four big characters: indomitable spirit!

As the Desolate Silver Lynx ran downhill, Du Yu's view finally got obstructed, and he plunged into a mountain forest.

At the same time, outside the camp.

Under the gaze of the soldiers, Lin Shiwei rode forward with Li Mengnan to the edge of the deep pit, then dismounted.

"Third sister, I'll go with you!"

"If anything happens, you still need to act as a liaison officer and continue to take notes." Lin Shiwei looked up at Li Mengnan, smiling as she patted her calf, as if offering a bit of comfort.

She directly leaped into the deep pit and strode forward: "It should be fine, don't worry."

Li Mengnan's expression was complicated, watching Lin Shiwei wade through splashes of water, heading straight for the ancient bell in the pit.

Until Lin Shiwei reached the bell, gazing up at the woodcutter sitting atop it, she couldn't help but let out a deep breath, quickly composing her emotions.

A wooden stump quietly appeared, tree vines binding Lin Shiwei, lifting her thirty meters into the air.

"Our people have already gone to look for the Yan family descendants."

Lin Shiwei looked at the silent woodcutter and continued, "In the Sea Realm, there is no sign of Yan people descendants.

Master Qing and Du Yu have arrived in the Mountain Realm and heard of the Yan tribe's home location from Jia Rong Grass.

They have already gone to search."

The girl pressed her lips together, looking at the silent woodcutter: "Whether we find them or not, we've done our best.

By then, can you open the Celestial Gate to let them return?"

Her soft voice received no response.

The woodcutter seemed like a phantom projection without a trace of life.

Lin Shiwei was really bold!

She extended her hand forward, her fingers lightly sinking into the woodcutter's shoulder, directly confronting the artifact spirit!

Lin Shiwei wore a serious expression: "We are willing to help you and are trying to help you as well.

But if you had told us earlier what exactly you wanted, and had informed us about the internal situation of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

My master and comrades wouldn't have gone through such trouble.

We all have people we care about. You care about Yan Jiang and the Yan family descendants, I worry about my master and Du Yu...

Mountain and Sea Bell, you shouldn't do this."

Finally!

Lin Shiwei felt a hint of guilt through the outline of the artifact spirit touched by her fingertips.

Lin Shiwei said in a deep voice: "Speak, any information you can provide will help us assist you better, at least ensure the safe return of our people!"

Listening to the girl's words, the Mountain and Sea Bell deeply bowed its head.

Lin Shiwei was very dissatisfied in her heart!

All living things have temperaments and this is understandable.

But encountering someone who "remains silent no matter what" like this, she really wanted to press the Mountain and Sea Bell against the bell wall and punch it hard!

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