The Witcher: Elemental Lords

Beneath the renowned Mount Mingyang, a small adventure team approached the base of the mountain.

A short figure darted out from the mountain, landing silently and gracefully in front of another young man.

"Big Brother, the path ahead is clear. That person didn't lie to us."

The young man nodded and glanced back at his brothers.

Including him, there were five in total, all students of Ellengard Academy. Unlike the genius students, they were all commoner students, and the best among them.

"The information should be correct, but we still can't let our guard down. If we can capture the Three-Tailed Fox this time, we can have some peace for a while when we return," the young man sighed.

The four others agreed.

Just then, the young man turned his head and glanced at the South Bay Swamp, suddenly stunned.

In the distant swamp, a young figure floated lightly across the water, very elegantly. His destination seemed to be Mount Mingyang as well. They saw that the person was wearing a magic robe—a wizard?

He dares to come here alone?

The five of them simultaneously had the same thought: this person is truly brave.

Since the South Bay Swamp was conquered by the empire, large magical beasts have been driven into the mountains. The entire South Bay Swamp has become a backyard for humans. This has its advantages, such as the expansion of human territory and a greater range of activity. However, the disadvantages are also obvious: adventure teams are forced to extend their reach outward to the more distant Mount Mingyang, which is more dangerous than the South Bay Swamp, greatly increasing the risk factor.

Therefore, recently, the number of adventure teams in Mount Mingyang has greatly increased. However, because the relationship between humans and magical beasts is inherently antagonistic, and with the South Bay Swamp incident, the battles on the mountain have been intense, with casualties every day. Almost no one dares to enter the mountain alone.

The young man glanced at the short figure and said, "Go ask him if he's willing to team up and what his goal is."

The short figure nodded and quickly melted into the darkness, heading into the distance.

He was the scout of the team, the fastest and strongest.

Dore crossed the South Bay Swamp and soon arrived at the foot of Mount Mingyang. He carefully compared the location, afraid of going to the wrong place.

There are actually quite a few pagoda trees in Mount Mingyang, but pagoda trees with tree hearts are one in ten thousand, not to mention those with thousand-year tree hearts, which are even rarer. Moreover, without exploration, you wouldn't know if a pagoda tree has a tree heart. Therefore, he would have to waste a lot of time here.

He also saw the five-person adventure team. Seeing the short figure coming towards him, he shook his head.

These were students from his own Ellengard Academy, and he didn't want to refuse them harshly.

Just arriving at the foot of the mountain, he sensed the short figure jumping out of the shadows, standing far away, and bowing to him, saying, "Wizard brother, are you alone?"

Dore nodded and said, "You are all students of Ellengard Academy, right?"

The short figure was stunned and said, "Yes, if you are alone, would you like to team up with us? We are going to Silent Valley."

Now it was Dore's turn to be stunned. His destination was also Silent Valley.

It seemed he was on the right path. He thought for a moment and said, "There might be Yin creatures entrenched in Silent Valley. You dare to go?"

The short figure immediately smiled, "We have naturally made preparations!"

Dore shook his head and said, "I might have to stay in the mountains for a while, which doesn't match your goals."

The short figure didn't quite believe it. People who came here were basically going to Silent Valley, and recently, it was said that there were many warm jade mines inside. Most people were going to find warm jade. This person clearly didn't want to team up with them.

He didn't ask too much, bowed slightly, and said, "Then we'll meet again if fate allows."

Dore returned the bow.

The short figure jumped backward.

Not long after, he returned to the team and said to the young man, "This wizard gives me a familiar feeling. It seems like he's also a student from the academy. He said he has to stay in the mountains for a long time, which doesn't match our goals."

The young man nodded and said, "Forget it then, Goth. Let's go. Recently, Silent Valley has been turned upside down several times, and many people have died. We have to get there as soon as possible to occupy a good spot."

Goth, the short figure, nodded.

The group of five quickly entered the mountain.

Dore, in the distance, watched the five people, a slight smile appearing on the corner of his mouth.

He didn't know the specific location of Silent Valley, but these five people would be his guides. That was great.

He used a little trick to leave a mark on the short figure, so he only needed to hang far behind them.

Mount Mingyang is a more vast mountain range than Cameron, with high and steep mountains and extremely long valleys. No passage has been opened by humans in this mountain. It is a true world of magical beasts. Except for the edges, the inside is unknown to everyone.

Silent Valley is actually deep in the mountains. After entering the mountain, you have to walk a distance further. It is a very quiet valley, surrounded by towering mountains, and most of the trees are ancient pagoda trees.

Such a place easily attracts ghosts and Yin creatures. In addition, it also attracts some human wizards who practice dark, death, and necromantic magic. There are very few living creatures here, and it is usually very quiet, so it is called Silent Valley.

However, in order to prevent this from happening, the Glory Wizard Alliance periodically comes over with a magic tower, so there are almost no high-level evil wizards in this area.

Following the team, from noon to night, Dore finally saw the existence of this pagoda tree mountain area.

He felt a little strange because the closer he got to this mountain area, the more he felt his spirit was active. There seemed to be a strange energy permeating the air, slowly nourishing his soul.

Mental power belongs to Yin, and pagoda trees also belong to Yin. He seemed to understand something. If he cultivated in such a place, wouldn't it be twice the result with half the effort?

But the problem was, such a place must be full of various Yin-attribute evil spirits and ghosts, which was inherently unsafe. If he was invaded by evil or ghostly energy during cultivation, that would be a real disaster.

Dore only thought about it and then dismissed the idea.

He gave up tracking the young team, then turned his gaze and looked around, looking for landmarks to determine his position, carefully comparing the location of the thousand-year pagoda tree heart that Mage Lamb had mentioned.

As he walked and looked, he soon found the landmark, a large rock with some words written on it.

Dore had lived in the jungle for a while. He knew that in the mountains, the most troublesome thing was not finding the road, but finding the direction. In the dense forest, it was difficult to see the sun, and the surrounding areas were all the same mountains, making it normal to not be able to distinguish the direction.

Taking out a compass, Dore quickly went deep into the mountains and walked towards the designated location.

The deeper he went into Silent Valley, the more he felt the surrounding coldness. This coldness was extremely harmful to the body, feeling somewhat icy and piercing, but it was very beneficial to the soul. The more excited his spirit was, the more it was affected by the surrounding environment.

If he only cared about the spirit and not the physical body, he would probably easily suffer some damage here.

Slowly walking in the dense forest, he saw almost no insects of any kind here. The surroundings were frighteningly clean.