As a lord, I was forced to farm

Chapter 804 Twilight Swamp
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Although the Frostbow of the Moon Goddess can also be used to perform fire-based mystical arts, it does not have any additional power enhancement. Jiang Ran has many magical artifacts in her hands, and sometimes she should take them out to breathe. She holds the Burning Sky Dragon Bow in her left hand, with an arrow between her fingers, and pulls back the bowstring. The patterns on the bow and arrow seem to be oozing lava.

Jiang Ran channeled her spiritual energy, and the arrow condensed into a crimson crystal arrowhead. As soon as the arrow was released, a bird's cry arose, burning the heavens. Fire spirits from all directions gathered, generating a pure yang fire that extinguished miasma, heading towards the dark swamp forest!

"call out!"

The light was dazzling, and everyone couldn't help but squint. Then, the sound of an arrow shooting out and a phoenix's cry rang out. When everyone opened their eyes again, the black mist in the twilight swamp had been dispersed and disappeared, and the forest, which had been shrouded in darkness for hundreds or thousands of years, finally saw a ray of daylight.

Everyone stared wide-eyed, especially the locals of Yajin Town. Cao Yang and Liu Qi opened their mouths wide, and it took them a while to find their voices. "I've lived here for decades, and this is the first time I've ever seen the Twilight Swamp so bright."

Li Mei said uncertainly, "...What just happened? Your Highness's arrows eliminated the miasma. Has the miasma that has plagued Shijin Town for a hundred years been resolved?"

“It’s not that simple.” Jiang Ran looked at the poisonous miasma in the distance, which was gradually receding again, and lowered her hand. “It’s only temporarily cleared out a clean area. If this poisonous miasma has a fixed source, that’s fine. Solving the source will completely eliminate the miasma here and restore peace to the people. But if the poisonous miasma comes from all directions of the Twilight Swamp…”

Jiang Ran's expression changed slightly.

If possible, then let's just burn this entire swamp that's blocking the path of the young lady of the Great Su family to ashes.

"Swallow the detoxifying pill and step into the Twilight Swamp." Jiang Ran raised her chin slightly and pointed at Cao Yang and Liu Qi. "You two lead the way."

"Yes!"

The soldiers swallowed the detoxifying pills one after another. Several vanguard soldiers first tested the twilight swamp twice and found that they did not feel any discomfort.

Next, two guides walked ahead, their role being to lead the army as far as possible away from the swampy areas where it would be difficult to escape once they were deeply entrenched.

“There are very few wild beasts and magical beasts here,” Li Mei said, her gaze sweeping across the forest.

The trees here aren't particularly tall, and most of them are leafless and strangely shaped. The ground is damp, and when you walk on it, your shoes sink halfway down and lie haphazardly on the ground. It has a faint odor, keeping everyone on edge at all times.

Every now and then, Jiang Ran would shoot an arrow forward to drive away the miasma in the forest.

After about half an hour, the two men leading the way stopped and said apologetically, "Your Highness, this is the only part of the road we know well; we're not familiar with the area beyond this."

Jiang Ran understood them and nodded slightly, "Thank you for your hard work. You'll be rewarded when you get back."

Their eyes lit up.

The road ahead was completely unfamiliar to everyone. One wrong step and the whole team could be trapped in a swamp, where who knows what poisonous insects or monsters might lurk.

The group then walked more cautiously, and their pace slowed down as a result.

“This miasma must have spread here from somewhere.” Jiang Ran discovered that the miasma that had been eliminated by the arrows did not suddenly reappear in the same spot. Instead, after a while, other overflowing miasma seemed to have found a way out and drifted over from other places.

Zhuo Qin clapped her hands. "That's great! As long as we find the source, we can solve this problem."

With hope, everyone's enthusiasm increased even more.

Everyone hoped to find and eliminate the source of the poisonous miasma in one go. After all, if they failed this time, they would have to ask His Highness the Prince to shoot arrows to drive away the miasma again and again.

Li Mei: "The supplies should be enough for our group to stay in the forest for half a month." The vanguard soldier used a stick to probe the ground in front of him, while Jiang Ran's Liu Mao Eyes flew out to search for strange places from a high vantage point.

After a morning of non-stop activity, everyone was exhausted and starving. Jiang Ran took the opportunity to stop and said, "Let's rest and replenish our strength, and check if we feel unwell."

We found a relatively dry spot to set up camp and lit a fire.

Li Mei brought Jiang Ran a bowl of freshly cooked ginger soup, saying, "The food is dry and hard to eat; Your Highness has suffered."

In everyone's eyes, Jiang Ran's continuous firing of the Miasma-Breaking Arrows must have greatly depleted her spiritual energy.

The locals, including Cao Yang, were deeply moved. In their minds, lords always hid in their mansions and enjoyed their lives. If poisonous miasma were to blow into the town, the lord would be the first to flee, without even notifying the townspeople.

Both Cao Yang and Liu Qi had family members and friends who died from the poisonous miasma.

Can……

They glanced cautiously at the prince sitting on a rock, as if trying to imprint his figure in their hearts.

But this young, handsome prince not only did not run away, but even took the initiative to approach the extremely dangerous Twilight Swamp to clear away the poisonous miasma for them and restore a clear sky to Shijin Town.

'A strange lord, a strange prince,' Cao Yang and Liu Qi couldn't help but think.

Lunchtime passed in a flash, and just as everyone was packing up to continue their journey, someone suddenly cried out in terror, "What was that?!"

He violently flicked his sleeve, and something flew out. A soldier beside him reacted quickly, drew his dagger, and plunged it into the ground. Green blood gushed out. Everyone looked and saw that it was a kind of demonic insect. The insect was as big as an adult's fist, covered in black scales, and had a stinger like a scorpion's tail.

Cao Yang was startled and immediately drew his dagger, reminding everyone, "Be careful, this thing is called a miasma worm, it's poisonous!"

Upon hearing that it was poisonous, everyone felt a chill.

Someone asked the soldier who had just shouted, "You weren't bitten, were you?"

"It's alright. The poisonous insect just landed on my arm, but I'm wearing armor, so it couldn't bite me."

The soldier was still shaken. Luckily, he was well-equipped for the mission; otherwise, that attack might have cost him his life.

There was clearly more than one miasma worm. Many of these poisonous insects jumped out from the strange bushes, moving quickly and blending into the gloomy swamp forest, resembling ghostly shadows.

They weren't very strong, but they were numerous and poisonous. If someone was bitten, it was hard to guarantee that a detoxifying pill would save their life. The group didn't want to get entangled with these poisonous insects.

"Use Azure Cloud Grass Elixir!" shouted a clever squad leader among the soldiers. He found a torch, crushed the elixir, soaked it in oil, and smeared the oil onto the torch. He then stuck the torch in the ground, opened his mouth, and breathed out a ball of flame, setting the torch ablaze.

"Oh!"

"Sizzle~"

Suddenly, the miasma insects paused for a moment, then, as if attracted by something delicious, they all rushed towards the torch.