Lissend's answer was quite specific. He raised his arm and pointed, "Head in that direction, pass through the Taunting Woods, wade across the Ghost Marsh, and you will see the temple."

After giving this hint, he turned and left, quickly disappearing from the players' sight.

The players didn't delay either, setting off immediately in the direction Lissend had pointed. While walking, Jibu complained, "So, after all that, the guy with the axe is just a coolie responsible for chopping down trees and clearing the path..."

"Suits the faith and alignment you chose," Feng Bujue teased.

"Eat my big [beep]!" Faced with Brother Jue's mockery, Jibu felt that this response was the most appropriate.

"Haha..." Feng Bujue laughed, unconcerned. "But... in a sense... Chaotic Evil does have some advantages. For example, I can't say those four words you just did."

"Eh? That's true," Tianma Xingkong interjected. Clearly, he immediately tried it, but he also couldn't turn his intention into action.

"Hmm... interesting..." Honghu continued, "I can't say those four words either... it seems only those who have chosen Yidient as their faith can say it."

"So what?" Jibu responded. "There's no real benefit to it."

"I don't know if there's any benefit," Uncle Faichai joined in, "but based on this, we can be sure... the impact of the 'choose a faith' plot is far from over."

"That's right," Honghu added, "Based on this, we can speculate... in the upcoming game, we are likely to encounter a problem that can only be solved with a specific faith."

"Yes," Feng Bujue nodded in agreement and reminded, "Another thing to note is... different faiths, in addition to solving different problems, may also bring different troubles."

While everyone was talking, they had already walked out of the forest.

Then, towering mountain walls appeared before them. In the middle of the mountain walls was a ravine-like chasm, and the red moon shone into the chasm, reflecting a bizarre scene of tree shadows.

"Ah... just looking at it from a distance makes my hair stand on end," Jibu said weakly as he walked at the front with his axe.

"I think it will be a very interesting place," Feng Bujue said. "It should enrich my vocabulary." After reading the equipment description of [The Trash-Talking Treant Must Die], he immediately developed a strong interest in the Taunting Trees.

"I think you're already very eloquent," Uncle Faichai said sincerely.

"Heh... learning is endless," Feng Bujue replied.

Soon, they arrived at the slightly steep entrance to the gorge. The group entered single file and stepped into the chilling, strange forest.

The soil here was blackish-gray, like solidified ashes, and a pungent smell of sulfur permeated the air. The bark of the surrounding trees was dark brown, the roots intertwined, the trunks resembling giant pythons, and the branches twisted and stretched. Looking at their shapes, if ordinary trees were "standing," then the trees in this forest were "dancing wildly."

"Did you guys hear that?" After walking for a while, Jibu suddenly turned around, his face pale, and said to his teammates.

"Ah... it sounds like there's some kind of sound, right?" Feng Bujue's calm attitude and irritating expression reassured his teammates a lot. "It's probably just some scary trickery. It doesn't have any real meaning. Don't worry too much about it."

"Is... is that so..." Tianma Xingkong, who was following behind, was also sweating profusely. Hearing Brother Jue's words, he calmed down a little.

It turned out that shortly after they entered this "Taunting Woods," some subtle noises had entered their ears. The sounds were like whispers, but it was impossible to make out any content.

For Feng Bujue, this was naturally nothing. However, most people in this relatively dark and eerie environment would inevitably feel a little scared when constantly hearing vague whispers...

"Ah ha ha ha ha!" Suddenly, a burst of insane laughter rang out.

This sudden increase in volume sent everyone's (except Feng Bujue's) scare factor on a roller coaster ride.

"Who?" Jibu asked nervously, his hands tightly gripping the axe handle, his palms already full of sweat.

"Ta-da!" Another startling roar.

"Oh ha ha ha..."

"Heh heh heh heh..."

Obvious malicious laughter and bluffing sounds rose and fell one after another. Those sounds seemed to swirl rapidly in the forest like a vortex, making it difficult to identify the source.

"Don't panic." Although sweat was dripping from Honghu's forehead, his voice was still relatively calm. "The sounds are probably coming from the surrounding trees." He adjusted his glasses. "Everyone knows this is the 'Taunting Woods.' We should have been prepared for this."

"Heh... heh heh..." Tianma Xingkong's heroic face with thick eyebrows looked like it was cramping. He tried his best to maintain his usual appearance. "Of course! How could a hero be afraid of such a small scene!"

Before Little Ma finished speaking, another voice suddenly shouted from somewhere, "Bomb!"

"Ah!" Tianma Xingkong was so frightened that his scalp went numb. He screamed and turned around, striking a Meteor Fist pose. "Who is it! Come out and fight me!"

"Hahaha... Driven mad by fear? What a waste." Accompanied by this insulting language, the Taunting Trees appeared, and there was more than one...

At this moment, all the trees near the players underwent a strange change. A protruding human face appeared on the bark of each tree, and the texture of the tree flowed like liquid, gathering on these guys' "faces," turning into patterns resembling hair and beards.

"Look, a group of humans have come."

"I bet we can boil them like celery."

"Yeah, third-rate adventurers, first-rate side dishes, hahaha..."

"Hey, you over there, the sissy, have you considered a sex change operation?"

"You blind guy in the bathrobe, hurry up and find a stick."

"Little brother who calls himself a hero, don't worry, I won't attack your personality... because you don't have one! Hahaha..."

"Four eyes! Toad! Four eyes! Toad! Four eyes..."

As the saying goes, a tree's reputation is never unfounded. After the Taunting Trees revealed themselves, they began to insult people endlessly. They even improvised based on the players' various characteristics... and no two lines were the same.

"Hey! You! Yes, you." One of the trees shouted at Feng Bujue, "You seem to think you're very powerful, don't you? Ah~ I can tell from your eyes, you self-righteous kid. Let me tell you what you're really like... you're dressed like a crazy parrot, so your taste is terrible. I bet you're just a hick who likes to eat garlic sausage, and the smell you give off when you talk is like a pile of beans trying to escape from a cow's digestive system."

Feng Bujue listened to the other party's taunts without showing the slightest anger. He nodded seriously, muttering to himself, as if he was preparing to memorize this passage for future use...