At the sight of the unconscious individual's shocking wounds, Celestial Way and Terranom immediately fell silent. However, their silence was not due to the severity of the person's injuries, making them feel incapable of healing them. Instead, it was because they sensed a unique, life-affirming, and hopeful aroma from the blood of the unconscious individual.

  This distinctive scent ignited a strong desire for possession in Celestial Way and Terranom, prompting both of them to momentarily want to rush forward and drain the unconscious person's blood completely. But soon, they simultaneously recalled the guidance from the spirit of the forest in their dreams and realized that these two unconscious individuals were likely the turning point granted to them by the spirit of the forest.

  Thus, the two forcibly suppressed their urge to consume the blood and brought the two unconscious individuals back to their cave. Then, an even more gruesome scene unfolded.

  After tying up and setting aside the other unconscious person, Celestial Way and Terranom proceeded to extract blood from the wounded unconscious individual. They drained as much blood as possible from the unconscious person and then mixed it with nectar, handing it over to Celestial Way to use witchcraft to process the blood-infused nectar into honey. They quickly used the newly processed honey to make a batch of candies.

  With a mix of hope, anxiety, and nervousness, Celestial Way and Terranom each consumed one of the newly made candies, and then something magical happened. They soon noticed a subtle change within themselves—the fog's power, which had once plagued them like a nightmare, was gradually diminishing until it completely vanished. The two couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief as the inexplicable pressure that had been imposed on them disappeared without a trace.

  Finally free from the fog's harassment, Celestial Way and Terranom could once again travel through the forest with ease! Liberated from the fog's困扰 (harassment), the two couldn't help but embrace and cheer. Then, without delay, they turned the remaining honey into candies and began further testing the effects of this new candy.

  The good news was that Celestial Way and Terranom found that they now only needed to take one of the newly made candies to ensure they could resist the fog's harassment for three consecutive days without casting any witchcraft.

  However, the bad news was that the effectiveness of these newly made candies still significantly decreased at night, forcing the two to expend a great deal of magic power to protect themselves from the fog's invasion in the night forest. Therefore, they still had to choose to stay in the cave at night.

  But this outcome was enough to satisfy Celestial Way and Terranom. After all, they now only needed to take a candy every three days to ensure they could freely wander without obstruction during the day, and no longer had to expend magic power to struggle against the fog. In this way, they could naturally reduce the time spent making candies and thus devote more energy back to their cultivation.

  Of course, knowing how hard-won all of this was, the two immediately expressed their gratitude to the spirit of the forest through sacrificial activities after the problem that had long plagued them was resolved. They also promptly drained the blood of the other person who was still in a coma and made it into candies. In this way, the number of candies they had on hand was sufficient to last them for a considerable period.

  However, Celestial Way and Terranom did not let their guard down. Since they had discovered that the blood of these creatures, who looked like themselves, was an important material for optimizing the candies, they naturally made time to search the edge of their territory for the mysterious unconscious individuals they encountered from time to time, in between their cultivation.

  In this way, over the following period, the two discovered unconscious individuals in the depths of the forest on multiple occasions and, using the same method, mixed the blood of these unconscious individuals into the nectar to make a considerable amount of candies. Finally, they could let go of their worries and focus on their cultivation with peace of mind.

  However, after this period of good fortune, Celestial Way and Terranom faced a new dilemma. As time went on, they gradually found that the number of unconscious individuals they could find in the depths of the forest was decreasing. Sometimes, they couldn't find a single unconscious person for dozens of days in a row. This once again plunged the two into deep anxiety.

  Because they feared that the situation would worsen, eventually leading to a point where they couldn't find anyone. In that case, even though their current candy reserves were substantial, they would inevitably face the situation of being unable to effectively resist the fog due to a shortage of candies in the near future.

  After all, during the intervals when the two consumed the new candies, they also tried to intersperse the consumption of the old candies to test their effectiveness against the fog.

  Moreover, they attempted to make candies using a mixture of a small amount of the unconscious individuals' blood and a large amount of beast blood, in order to reduce the amount of the unconscious individuals' blood used. However, they found that after consuming the completely new candies, the candies mixed with beast blood no longer had any effect.

  Therefore, they had to continuously find new unconscious individuals and make new candies to maintain the status quo. Alternatively, the two could quickly cultivate to a completely new realm, allowing them to resist the fog's invasion without needing to take candies. Otherwise, they would eventually fall into difficulty again due to the depletion of the raw materials for making candies.

  Thus, Celestial Way and Terranom had to return to a tense state of life, starting to search for unconscious individuals as much as possible during the day and only cultivating at night to ensure that the making of candies and cultivation did not interfere with each other. From then on, anxious emotions once again became an inescapable gloom in the hearts of the two.

  With their previous experience, Celestial Way and Terranom naturally preemptively prayed to the spirit of the forest again, hoping that the spirit of the forest could once again show them the way forward. However, this time they did not receive a response from the spirit of the forest as they wished. But before the two could feel disappointed, the situation took another significant turn.

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  Speaking of which, on this day, Celestial Way and Terranom finally had a stroke of great luck and discovered two unconscious individuals. So, the two quickly brought the two unconscious individuals back to the cave and immediately began the process of drawing blood from them. But to their surprise, while they were collecting blood from the first unconscious person, the other unconscious person suddenly woke up.

  After regaining consciousness, the person witnessed the horrifying scene before them and immediately let out a terrified scream. Celestial Way and Terranom, who were focused on drawing blood, were startled by the sudden scream and immediately moved to subdue the unconscious person who was trying to get up and escape from the cave.

  Given the strength of Celestial Way and Terranom, dealing with a weak unconscious person required no effort at all. However, the two only subdued the person and did not want to harm her further.

  This was because they found that the unconscious person not only spoke a language they couldn't understand but also appeared to possess a certain level of intelligence. It was then that the two realized that the unconscious individuals they had been finding in the forest were not lowly creatures like other beasts, but a unique species with mature minds.

  This also made the two realize that there must be a reason why they would transform into the form of these creatures after cultivating to a certain realm. So, Celestial Way and Terranom decided to temporarily stop collecting blood from this unconscious person, named her Survivor, and attempted to communicate to find out the reason behind their transformation into the form of a Survivor during cultivation.

  Although the language used by Celestial Way and Terranom was not exactly the same as that used by the Survivor, there was a subtle connection between the two. Therefore, Celestial Way and Terranom quickly understood the Survivor's language using the wisdom accumulated from their daily cultivation and, after a period of learning, mastered this language.

  Since mastering the Survivor's language, Celestial Way and Terranom have further understood the identity and origin of this Survivor through communication.

  It turned out that this Survivor belonged to a species called humans. Like the beasts in the forest, humans are divided into two genders: male and female. However, humans highlight the uniqueness of their wisdom by creating two entirely new terms for their two genders—male and female. The two individuals found by Celestial Way and Terranom were both females of the human species.

  According to the Survivor, her name was Xiao Qing, and she was a pharmaceutical bio-researcher. The woman killed by Celestial Way and Terranom was named Xiao Jing, a senior civil designer, and Xiao Qing's younger sister.

  Upon hearing that the woman they had killed was Xiao Qing's younger sister, Celestial Way and Terranom's expressions showed endless regret and apology. Because since they were two little black bears, they had grown up alone in the forest, relying on each other for survival. Thus, they cherished their bond deeply and naturally understood the heart-wrenching pain Xiao Qing would feel upon seeing her sister's withered corpse.

  It was for this very reason that Celestial Way and Terranom felt compassion for Xiao Qing. Not only did they completely abandon the thought of killing Xiao Qing, but they also, out of guilt, decided to protect her safety. If given the chance, they even hoped to cultivate into immortals with Xiao Qing, thereby making amends for their crime of killing her loved one.

  Perhaps it was the sincere apology from Celestial Way and Terranom that moved Xiao Qing, or maybe it was because she knew she was no match for them and thus, to survive, she forcibly suppressed her anger and reluctantly accepted their apology.

  In any case, from that moment on, Xiao Qing became a new resident of the cave. Consequently, Celestial Way and Terranom, who did not want to turn Xiao Jing's corpse into food, honored Xiao Qing's request and buried Xiao Jing under a large tree at the edge of their territory.

  During the process of personally burying her sister, Xiao Qing naturally cried her heart out, to the point where she was too distraught to participate in the burial. Therefore, Celestial Way and Terranom naturally took over the entire burial process and even used specially made clay to build a protective barrier around Xiao Jing's grave, preventing beasts from destroying her resting place in search of food.

  Of course, the specially made clay used by Celestial Way and Terranom here was, of course, the waste produced from processing honey with the blood of other people. However, given the terrifying origin of this clay, the two naturally had no intention of revealing the truth to Xiao Qing.

  In their efforts to bury Xiao Jing, Celestial Way and Terranom were so busy that they neglected Xiao Qing, who had been kneeling and crying behind them. It was not until they had finished burying Xiao Jing and concealed her grave with various branches and leaves that they suddenly realized Xiao Qing's weeping had ceased at some point.

  So, Celestial Way and Terranom turned to look at Xiao Qing, who was still kneeling on the ground, only to find her collapsed and convulsing.

  The two hurried over to check on Xiao Qing and discovered that her consciousness was becoming blurred. Upon seeing them, she immediately pleaded with them in terror not to harm her.

  It was then that Celestial Way and Terranom realized that Xiao Qing's mental state had been stable after regaining consciousness, causing them to overlook whether they should have given her a candy. Thus, Xiao Qing's sudden confusion must have been due to the fog's invasion of her mind.

  With this in mind, Celestial Way forcibly gave Xiao Qing a candy to eat. Then, something magical happened. Shortly after Xiao Qing swallowed the candy, her emotions gradually calmed down. Subsequently, her body relaxed, and she soon fell into a coma. Seeing this, Celestial Way and Terranom felt a great sense of relief and immediately carried Xiao Qing back to the cave.

  In the following days, Xiao Qing remained in a coma. Although Celestial Way and Terranom were uncertain whether Xiao Qing would ever wake up, the two, having decided to spare her life, still took meticulous care of her. They fed Xiao Qing candy on schedule every day to ensure that she would not die in her sleep due to the fog's invasion.

  Of course, there was another purpose for this: they wanted to use Xiao Qing as an experiment. They were curious to see if she could withstand the fog's invasion by taking only one candy per day.

  Fortunately, despite Xiao Qing's continuous comatose state, as long as Celestial Way and Terranom fed her candy on time, her vital signs miraculously remained in a healthy state. Thus, with their minds at ease, Celestial Way and Terranom refocused their main efforts on cultivation and searching for other humans.

  During Xiao Qing's coma, Celestial Way and Terranom traversed the forest day after day but still could not find any trace of humans. Although their candy reserves were sufficient, the fact that they did not use the blood extracted from Xiao Jing and did not kill Xiao Qing caused them great anxiety during this period due to the lack of raw materials for making candy.

  Therefore, when Celestial Way and Terranom finally discovered another unconscious man deep in the forest, their joy was evident. They quickly carried him back to the cave and immediately used his blood to make candy. However, just as Celestial Way and Terranom were about to slit the man's throat and drain all his blood, a scream suddenly came from behind them.

  The two turned around to see Xiao Qing, who had awakened at some point, looking at them in horror. Because of Xiao Jing, Xiao Qing naturally understood in an instant what the two were about to do. Thus, Xiao Qing naturally screamed in an attempt to stop the two from killing the man.