One thousand li east of the snow mountains lay another location marked on the map: Qingmu Yunzhi, which was also a primary medicinal herb required for refining the eighth-grade Ningpo Pill needed for Kun Sang.
When Yu Luo arrived, the sky had turned completely dark. The entire stand of tall Qingmu trees was shrouded in dense Demonic Qi, their sprawling branches casting hazy, dappled shadows that naturally evoked a sense of oppression.
Qingmu trees possessed an extremely fragile texture, their interiors composed of loose, porous structures. Given sufficient sunlight and moisture, they could shoot up several meters overnight, but this also destined them to have short lifespans. Perhaps a hurricane, a passing fat monkey, or a hole dug by a squirrel was enough to cause their massive bodies to come crashing down.
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