章 22: The pie that fell from the sky Part1

The northern snake clan resided in the swampy shores of the boundless Kare Ocean.

They are juxtaposed by two humongous mountain ranges on both sides cleanly marking their territory.

Just below these swampy lands, the Eldorian establishment of the northern elven clan prevailed.

Though there were patches of forests in between these two territories, these lands were highly explored and nothing dangerous resided in these areas.

With the snake clan in its northern borders, the elven establishment is further surrounded by the orcs in their west and ravenous mountain ranges in their east.

Under the command of the crown prince, the elven units were now slowly expanding their establishment into the unexplored areas of the far east.

But, unfortunately for them, the orcs were expanding into the far west at a much faster pace.

They had a clear advantage when it comes to military power because of the ridiculously fast and efficient reproductive abilities of the orcs.

If not for the superior mana usage by the elves, the delicate and fragile balance which existed between these races would have crumbled long ago.

Tang Yue's current mission was situated in the unexplored forests of the far east.

Under the vastness of the forest, the small snake beast wiggled its way through the thorny and rough grounds.

Trees arched over her small being, forming a canopy of leaves, with the brilliant sunshine hardly visible except for luminescent thin pillars dancing here and there.

Tang Yue silently slithered across the boundless greenery, darting her eyes here and there for any signs of herbs or other unique plant growth.

She cursed herself for not being more familiar with the different herbs and their physical properties.

In her current state, she could at most recognize only ten to fifteen herbs that she was familiar with.

After a few hours of futile search, Tang Yue finally crossed the outskirts of the dense forest.

The further she ventured inside, the more the sense of restlessness and uneasiness enveloped her beating heart.

After a few more yards in, Tang Yue stopped in her tracks. The silent trees were now brimming with various signs of wildlife.

With all her senses on full alert, Tang Yue quietly slithered up a nearby tree and now proceeded to travel inwards by navigating through a series of tangled tree branches.

Her slender deep blue body curved around the thin branches and skillfully camouflaged her existence by using the cover of darkness.

As she carefully maneuvered in the thin air, several common grade beasts snarled in the vicious grounds below.

Bristle wolves, wild salamanders, quagmire creepers, and a few more shadows filled the forest grounds.

These common grade beasts were not that dangerous to cultivators.

In fact, for almost all mortal realm cultivators, these were no different than chickens and pigs and were usually slaughtered easily for their meat and hide.

However, for a cripple like Tang Yue, even these common grade beasts posed a significant threat.

Along with these dangerous entities, surprisingly, what she was looking for also showed up.

A few yards in front of her, a dark green salamander was casually munching on a cluster of Neiria leaves.

Neiria is a small spiny herb, that had yellowish-orange leaves and was typically used in healing potions and other rejuvenating recipes.

And more importantly, the herb had a strong lightning elemental affinity.

Tang Yue cursed the animal that was happily chewing on her bounty and was about to leave when suddenly a bristle wolf leaped out of nowhere.

The wild animal barred its canines and pounced on the oblivious salamander.

Tang Yue raised her small head in surprise. Since when did wolves start eating salamanders??

But before she could even finish her thought, the young wolf tossed away the ragged salamander, seemingly regretting its decision to take a bite out of the stupid animal.

The next instant, the wolf suddenly looked faint and dropped dead on the ground.

And thus, in a matter of seconds, two common grade wild beasts lay curled in front of her, both incapacitated and both heavily injured, along with a few remaining Neiria herbs.

Salamanders had a thick fatty skin that was very difficult to penetrate. On top of that, the animal's skin was highly poisonous.

Because of these two features, salamanders, though being weak little animals, were avoided like the plague by the other wild beasts.

This was common knowledge.

But luckily for Tang Yue, the young and inexperienced wolf cub ended up attacking the juicy looking animal out of sheer hunger.

Sometimes life can be too good!

Tang Yue chuckled and waited for a couple of seconds to make sure that they were not spotted by anyone else.

She then quickly slid down and collected all the free loot into her space pouch, before silently hurrying back to the tree branches.