After traveling through time, my blood became a panacea

Manager Niu acted quickly, and Xu Feng soon replaced Qi Lin and joined this year's pioneering team. He was still in the position originally assigned to him, and was responsible for exploring the way forward in the team.

Although the three major families explore the Blood Mist Forest every year and go deeper and deeper, eliminating all dangers encountered along the way, poisonous insects and strange beasts are still active.

After a year of silence, the safe routes that had been opened up may become dangerous again.

Because the blood mist only takes a limited time to fade away, after entering the Blood Mist Forest, the pioneering team must advance as quickly as possible along the established route to the deepest point explored last year (the resources along this section of the route have been largely searched out, so it is not advisable to waste time), and then continue to explore inside and search for resources.

The monks who are responsible for the path-finding mission use themselves as bait to eliminate or expose dangers in advance for the large group behind them, thereby reducing losses.

Manager Niu also knew that Xu Feng had helped a lot this time, so he sorted out all the relevant information about the Sikong family's land reclamation team in the past ten years and gave it to Xu Feng. For example, the number of land reclamation teams each year, who led the team, the level of the team members' cultivation, the final harvest, the casualty rate, the highest cause of death, etc.

Xu Feng naturally accepted it with pleasure and studied it patiently.

……

Two months passed in a flash, and the Sikong family's new land reclamation team began to gather outside the mansion. This time there were more than 80 people, which was indeed a little less than the previous scale of more than 100 people.

"Oh, isn't this our Rouge Guard? How strange! She never did any mission in the past and never dared to participate in the competition. But this time she has the courage to go to the Blood Mist Forest. What's wrong? Is she stimulated?" A cultivator of the third level of Yuan Realm was surprised to see Xu Feng appear here and could not help but make sarcastic remarks, which caused seven or eight people around him to laugh.

Xu Feng was a little famous in the family. He had close contacts with the maids and servants in the inner house. He spent all day making things for women to put on their faces and wipe their hands. He was not manly at all, and many people disliked him. They gave him the nickname Rouge Guard.

"I heard that he prepared a lot of auxiliary items for his last breakthrough in seclusion, but he still failed miserably. I guess he has come to his senses. How can you be so timid and want to make further progress on the road of cultivation? I'm afraid you haven't woken up yet?

But what kind of place is the Blood Mist Forest? If you are not careful, you will die. Could it be that he only sees the benefits and does not consider the risks of this trip at all?"

"I think it's very likely!"

"Hahaha……"

The group of people burst into laughter again. Those who were afraid of their lack of strength would be uneasy about joining the pioneering team, but they saw the arrogant and confident monks as an opportunity for their own rise and were not afraid of them. The so-called casualty rate could not scare them at all.

Xu Feng frowned and endured the ridicule of outsiders. Without saying a word, he walked to the corner of the team, not wanting to pay any attention.

Seeing that Xu Feng remained calm and unresponsive in the face of their ridicule, they gradually became bored and stopped talking. They only occasionally glanced at Xu Feng with disdain and contempt.

A moment later, Sikong Hongyu, the fourth daughter of the Sikong family and the leader of this team, finally appeared.

The woman was tall, and her black outfit outlined her exquisite figure. Her long hair was tied up high, dancing in the wind. Her delicate face was as cold as ice, and her eyes were shining sharply like cold stars. She had a dark red belt tied around her waist, and a simple jade pendant hung on it, adding a bit of mystery to her.

Powerful, cold, noble, and majestic! Sikong Hongyu's powerful aura made everyone present silent, and all the noise disappeared instantly.

Beside her were four confidants who were like Dharma protectors, all of them were young and handsome men who were at or above the middle fifth level of the Human Yuan Realm.

These people were spotted by Sikong Hongyu when they first showed their potential before they rose to prominence and were recruited under his command. They were trained and became his followers and capable assistants.

"Is everyone here?" Sikong Hongyu's cold questioning voice reached everyone's ears.

"Miss Fourth, the number of people has been counted and everyone is here." A steward of the Sikong family replied respectfully.

Sikong Hongyu looked at everyone and said in a cold voice: "I will lead the team this year. I have only one request: everyone should do their job and obey orders. Anyone who disobeys will be killed on the spot!"

After saying this, he continued without waiting for these people to react.

"Organize your formation immediately and set off!"

……

Two days later, the group came to the market outside the Blood Mist Forest. Although it was called a market, there was usually no one there. Only when the blood mist in the Blood Mist Forest faded and the three major families led the monks into the forest to explore, would some small vendors gather here.

Basically, there are people selling weapons, elixirs, and talismans. After the pioneering team comes out of the Blood Mist Forest, there will also be vendors buying spiritual herbs and flowers, as well as the flesh and blood of exotic animals, as well as their horns, tendons, and skins.

Everyone had already prepared what they needed to prepare, so few people were rushing to buy anything at the last minute. Soon, the pioneering teams of the other two major families in Chiyun City, the Tuoba family and the Kong family, also arrived. There was not much difference in the number of people among the three families, except that the leader of the Tuoba family was not a young generation, but a middle-aged man.

The leader of the Kong family was a young man with a smile on his face, who looked quite elegant. The similarity was that the leaders of the three families were all below the seventh level of the human Yuan realm, and no one knew why.

The three major families competed with each other but also cooperated to some extent. They simply met each other, exchanged a few polite words, and then dispersed, each occupying a piece of territory, waiting for the blood mist in the blood mist forest to completely dissipate.

Another day passed, and the blood-colored fog in the Blood Mist Forest dissipated at a speed visible to the naked eye, like melting snow in spring. The three pioneering teams saw that the time had come and without further delay, they filed in.

It is worth mentioning that the Blood Mist Forest is endless, and the three major families are exploring in three different directions, so they can avoid fighting each other for resources.

This was something that the top leaders of the three families had decided a long time ago. The Blood Mist Forest was full of dangers, and if the three families' monks continued to fight among themselves, no one would be able to escape unscathed. Anyway, the three routes all led to the unknown, so there was no need to fight for them.

When you step into the forest, you will see damp and rotten leaves under your feet, and every step you take will make a heart-pounding sound. The ancient trees are towering into the sky, with twisted and coiled trunks like tentacles of hideous monsters. Their branches and leaves are so dense that they almost block out light, forming a gloomy dome that makes people feel deeply depressed.

Among the pioneering team of more than 80 people, more than 20 of them are responsible for the exploration mission. The blood mist in the Blood Mist Forest will only dissipate in about half a month. According to the plan, they need to reach the deepest point explored last time within three days.

At the front of the team were the pathfinders, followed by a team of fighters, then Sikong Hongyu and his entourage, and some herbalists responsible for collecting rare medicinal herbs (there are many types of medicinal herbs in the Blood Mist Forest, and some special spiritual plants require experienced professionals to collect them in their entirety and preserve them properly so that their medicinal properties will not be lost), and then another team of fighters were responsible for the rear.

This year's land reclamation mission has officially begun.