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The Kelan Hill should be somewhere in the Kelan Mountains.

This is the information Raymond learned from the spirit of the guard array, Minesh, when he was in the underground plane, Hongze Wetland Wizard Academy.

When he found the entrance to the Kelan Mountains, he couldn't help but sigh.

First, the area occupied by the Kelan Mountains is really huge.

Second, the naturally formed entrance is really magnificent.

A river with a width of about two kilometers separates the entire Kelan Mountains from the southern plains, and the loud noise made by the rapids from east to west hitting the stone river bank is like thunder.

Therefore, the dark cliffs outside the Kelan Mountains are blocked by the mist caused by the rapids, making the giant rock statues on both sides of the entrance look as if they are in thick fog and are particularly mysterious.

The outer area is all the Kelan Mountains with such steep cliffs. Only here on the south side is there a naturally formed passage. The mysterious statues on both sides of the entrance passage have been here for who knows how many years.

Raymond, who came here with the one-eyed sand man Shaliman, thought that the travel notes of those ancient wizards were exaggerated, but after seeing the statues on both sides of the passage, he realized that the descriptions in those travel notes were too simple and could not really describe the scene here.

These rock statues, which are as high as a hundred meters, wearing armor and holding various weapons, have experienced countless years of erosion and wind and rain. The faces that should have been clearly outlined have become smooth, and the weapons and protective gear they hold are broken and incomplete, and only a rough outline can be seen.

Dozens of stone statues, like guards of this passage, face to face and maintain the same posture for eternity. They have become witnesses in a sense.

Ordinary stones, but because of their integrity, they are no longer ordinary.

Raymond, who didn't understand why such stone statues appeared in such a place, gave up after checking more than a dozen of them.

The only incomprehensible thing about the stone statues is that they are carved from intact stones, just like the original mountain peaks were split and cut, so that they were separated from the mountain and became independent.

And because of the erosion of time, it is impossible to guess the carving techniques of the year, and the entire stone statue does not have energy fluctuations. There is no gap inside, and the bottom of its feet is inseparable from the rock foundation underground.

Seeing that Raymond stopped checking and sped up, the one-eyed sand man Shaliman, who was shocked before, hurried to catch up. Looking up at these stone statues, he asked in confusion. "Lord Raymond, who put these stone statues here?"

"The carvings after splitting the mountain are not placed here..."

After a simple explanation, he led the one-eyed sand man Shaliman through this hundreds of meters long passage into the Kelan Mountains.

The cliffs on the periphery are like a closed city wall. The inside and outside of the Kelan Mountains are isolated, and the inside is like a sunken landform, and the highest peak is not higher than the cliffs outside.

The closed environment with its own system naturally has its own unique biosphere.

Small birds, strong beasts, various highly toxic insects, low-level magic beasts, dense and prosperous banyan trees and various low shrubs, constitute the unique ecological environment here.

The concentration of free energy is slightly higher than that of the outside world. But the distribution is extremely scattered, and it does not meet the conditions for building a wizard tower.

It is just the vast Kelan Mountains. It is a headache for Raymond who wants to find someone.

It is said that Talist, who was imprisoned here by the weird old dean of the Hongze Wetland Wizard Academy, was thrown into the plane of wronged souls for punishment half of the year, so Raymond, who came to find him this time, could only compress the search time within half a month.

Raymond, who released his senses, began to search from the center of the Kelan Mountains outwards, but it was extremely difficult to find the place called "Kelan Hill" in the Kelan Mountains with undulating peaks and varied landforms.

But in the end, when the one-eyed sand man Shaliman discovered a hidden canyon, Raymond felt hope.

The canyon, which was covered by dense bushes, had only a tiny crack when viewed from above.

But after entering the canyon, it suddenly became clear and there was a different world!

There was only a crack of more than ten centimeters at the top, but it gradually widened as the height decreased. When Raymond landed at the bottom of the valley, the crack above was like a line. Only when the scorching sun of the sky shone directly, could he barely see the light.

The vines growing on the rock walls on both sides, plus the white and tender aerial roots hanging from the cracks in the rocks, made the light a little colorful.

The soft touch under his feet proved that the dead branches and rotten leaves deposited at the bottom of the valley had been piled up for who knows how many years, and they were stuck together like a thick carpet.

The strange thing was that the air here was extremely fresh, and there were no traces of insects or birds and animals in the strange canyon that was only a few hundred meters long. It was as quiet as a dead place, which made the one-eyed sand man Shaliman who followed Raymond down become silent for no reason, and his eyes gradually showed inexplicable tension and fear.

The canyon, which is not very long but is tens of meters wide, can be walked back and forth twice in a moment. However, Raymond, who released his senses to explore, felt more and more strange.

This is an environment like a thin line of sky. The lush vines on the rock walls on both sides are somewhat unreasonable, because not only are there very few gaps on the rock walls, but they also cannot store a lot of water.

And those hanging aerial roots of ficus plants made the rock wall completely blocked, and they were as fresh and white as if they had just grown!

Yes, it’s fresh!

The air here is fresh, the smell of free energy here is fresh, all the plants here are fresh, everything here is very, very fresh!

However, why are there no traces of rotten smell released from the rotten branches and leaves stuck together under the feet?

Finally, Raymond stopped and examined the sediments in the canyon.

The fallen leaves and dead branches of the vines are layered upon layers, but they still retain their original appearance when they fell. It seems that everything on the surface is an accumulation formed after decay, but in fact, what you see when you lift the surface is that underneath Neatly withered yellow or green leaves without signs of decay!

Shaliman, the one-eyed sand man squatting next to Raymond, raised his head in astonishment and asked. "How can this be?"

There was a completely rotten dead leaf and a yellowish dead leaf pulled up from below side by side on the palm of his hand. There was confusion in Raymond's eyes, and he spoke slowly. "The rotting dead leaves on the top layer fell at about the same time as the neatly piled dead leaves below, and these two should have fallen at the same time..."

As he spoke, Raymond carefully picked up the dead leaf, which was still intact as if it had just fallen, and let Saliman, the one-eyed sand man, see the remaining vine filaments between the two dead leaves.

The one-eyed sandman Saliman, who was close to Raymond's hand for observation, took a deep breath, then jumped up and looked around, as if this could alleviate the fear in his heart.

But after a moment, Raymond, whose brows were furrowed, revealed a smile. Since there was such a strange phenomenon in the canyon, it might mean that the Talister he was looking for should be nearby.

The perception that had been surrounding him was taken back by him. With a flick of his finger, a wind blade was instantly formed, and then he slashed upward along the rock wall beside him under his control.

The clicking sound became more and more intensive, and the wind blade that pressed upward against the rock wall was like a lawnmower, cutting off all the vines covering the rock wall and the aerial roots hanging down and attached to the rock wall!

Seeing Raymond's peaceful expression, the one-eyed sandman Saliman felt a little embarrassed and scratched his head. After his body turned into sand, he began to clean up these attachments on the rock wall... (To be continued...)