Chapter 16: Jungle

The group finally stood at the mouth of the jungle, there were a lot of lush green trees, there were also a few trees of different looking colours too and some funny looking insects.bryan was very tempted to make jokes about the but was held back by Chen

"Let's set up the tent here for today, this is where we would be sleeping" Feng said

"At the entrance to the jungle?? Is that not too dangerous" romeo asked

"That is why we are all going to be taking turns with our watch, so s to prevent an ambush from anywhere, we just need to be slightly vigilant, but I believe he night would pass without any major incidents" Feng replied trying to reassure them

The group came together and put up the tent, and picked sticks to decide who would take the first watch, Bryan picked the shortest stick and had to take the first watch. Dunring the entire course of his watch he basically did nothing and passed time digging at the soil with a stick and stabbing eartworms to death with it.

Morning came quickly and Feng woke everyone up, they packed up the tent and set to move, while moving the group explored their surroundings, there were a lot of ferns here and there, but in a distance they could see that there were also a lot of densely packed trees, some part of the ground was quite Rocky with little to no plant growth on them, and they could see a few cliffs ahead of them, there were a different animal sounds and it was sounding quite chaotic but also refreshing, the sound of running water could be heard in a distance.

"Is that the sound of running water I hear?" Victor asked expectantly

"Yes it is, and it is also very safe for drinking" Feng replied

Everyone rushed towards the sound of the water fall and in front of them was a considerably large body of water, they all bent down, using their hands their hands to scoop the water and drank to their fill, when everyone was done, they moved back to feng's location and continued with their journey.

"Feng, why is it that you can stay for long hours without drinking or eating" Chen inquired

"It is all about conditioning, with this training you are all going to embark on, if you succeed you would be able to do the same, infact the challenge of food and water should be the easiest to surmount during this training" Feng replied.

As the group progressed, the continued to see more strange sights and animals, they even did see a monkey with green hair and an orange tail, it was quite the bizzare sight to them, the air was a but musky but they didn't mind since the trees protected them from the wrath of the sun their major problem was the battle against bugs, there seemed to be a lot of bugs and the bugs were showing no mercy, only Feng appeared to be unconcerned about the onslaught of the bugs and shockingly enough there was not a single bug on him.

"I really wish I brought a repellent with me or something, you could have at least given us heads up on this one Feng" Romeo grumbled

"This is all part of your training, try to endure it" Feng replied nonchalantly

They had been walking for hours and Feng decided that they could rest for a few minutes, the group chose a rocky patch with little to know plant growth on it and lay down there, feng decided to sit on a grassy patch while leaning on a tree, he looked to be asleep and the others were also oblivious to their environment, a green snake with circular black linings slithered down the tree towards Feng, when it got very close to him it attacked him ferociously, his hand moved so fast and he caught the snake in between his index finger and his middle finger before it could sink it's teeth into his neck.

Hearing the sudden movement, the group jostled awake, they looked towards the source of the sound and discovered Feng observing a snake in his hands, Feng decided at that moment to give them a lecture.

"In here if you lose concentration even for a second you might die, I knowingly decided to let you guys rest here even without proper training and defence because I felt very confident in my abilities to avert any unfortunate circumstances, as you can see here this snake tried to take a bite at me while I was resting, but I was vigilant, a bite from this snake would atrophy your muscles in a less than 5 seconds, your organs would decay so fast, your blood would be leaking out your pores, infact you would be dead before your brain can process it, there is no need for an antidote for this venom because even when you apply an antidote after a bite the best you can get is a person in a vegetative state, so mostly people take the vaccine before coming over here, but even at that a bit wout still lead to paralysis around the area of the bite, I am very fortunate to be among the few people immune to it's poison, but I can not say the same you the rest of you" Feng said

Everyone jumperd to their feet immediately and some members of the group swallowed saliva in fear, Feng told them about the dangers of this jungle previously, but now that they could see the danger themselves they decided to be at alert at every given point, Feng twisted his wrist and the snake was sent flying at neck breaking speed it hit a tree and exploded into a mush of blood and flesh, they journey on for the rest of the day and the time the sun was setting they arrived at an area where there were no trees only a few shrubs here and there and in front of them about five hundred meters away were about twelve hills separated considerably.

"We have crossed the jungle and you will officially begin your training here, rest for the day we begin at dawn" Feng instructed