Marry the villain and the whole court kneels down and calls her the queen

Having said that, the group still needs to prepare a lot of things.

Food, drinks, tools, protective gear, and various medicines.

The most important thing is that neither horses nor carriages can enter the forbidden area, they must walk.

Because they were eager to save people, they prepared everything that day.

Chu Yu's mother also made a lot of glutinous rice cakes, date cakes and other special foods for them.

Xiao Yimo and Lu Ming led the way, Jiang Jiu and the high priest were in the middle, and Zhao Zhuoxi followed behind. The group headed towards Miaojiang, the legendary forbidden area.

The high priest had a compass in his hand, which he used to determine the direction.

Every time they passed a tree, they would make a very obvious mark. The reason they did it so densely was mainly because the trees in the forest all looked the same.

At first, the treetops were sparse, but when you looked up, you could see the blue sky and white clouds.

As they walked, they found that the woods became more and more dense, as if they had entered a primeval forest.

Looking up, the blue sky was gone, completely blocked by dense branches. Only a little sunlight shone through the gaps, forming beautiful halos.

It is summer now and there are a lot of mosquitoes, but ancient people wore thick clothes.

Who knew that it would be so chilly after entering the woods? Fortunately, Jiang Jiu and the others listened to the advice, wore more clothes, and wrapped their wrists and ankles with long cloths, which made them safer after entering the woods.

If they are not wrapped tightly enough, the insects on the trees will be bitten by the leaves as sharp as knives and will scream in pain.

After walking for most of the day, Lu Ming and Xiao Yimo stopped.

"How long have they been in the woods? There are no signs of broken branches ahead."

There are no roads in the primeval forest, all the paths are made by footsteps, so there are many plants broken by humans along the way.

Through these plants, they knew the whereabouts of that person and Bai Yue.

However, after only walking for half a day, there was no trace of him, which made people feel anxious.

"It's been four days..." the high priest recalled. "Xiao Yue was taking care of that person when her medicine bowl was knocked over. I heard the noise and ran after him. I saw that person dragging Xiao Yue into the restricted area."

The high priestess regretted it very much. If she had chased after him directly at that time, she would have definitely caught up with him.

It’s just that the restricted area had too much impact on her, so she had to stop it.

After Xiaoyue was taken away, the high priest sent a letter by carrier pigeon asking Chuyu for help.

Jiang Jiu was right. To the people of Miaojiang, it was a forbidden area, but to outsiders, it might be possible to break in.

Chu Yu and his friends spent two days here and one day packing up, so it was the fourth day.

Jiang Jiu: "If we look carefully, we should be able to go quite far in four days..."

Xiao Yimo and Lu Ming searched separately, and everyone was looking for traces around.

Suddenly, Jiang Jiu saw something glittering on the ground. He picked it up and saw that it was an earring.

"what is this?"

The high priest took a look and said in surprise: "It's Xiaoyue's earrings."

Jiang Jiu glanced forward and said, "Look here, there are traces of broken grass roots."

Xiao Yimo and Lu Ming turned a corner and walked to the left. The high priest looked at the compass.

"Let's go west."

When people lose their way, they will unconsciously go around in circles. If they don’t have a compass, they will probably return to the starting point by evening.

Only with a compass can you find the right direction.

Jiang Jiu thought for a moment and said, "We almost got lost, but they were able to find the right direction. It seems that person must have a tool to identify the direction."

Zhao Zhuoxi also thought: "If his goal is this open space, we have to go and see. In this dense forest, that is the only place where we can survive."

Jiang Jiu looked at the map in his hand and said, "But it will take several days to walk there. They haven't reached there yet, right?"

Zhao Zhuoxi shook his head: "Let's go. If we can get in, we can get out. Although we don't know the details of that person, since he came from Yunzhai, he should be familiar with the surrounding environment."

Being familiar with the surroundings, there is no problem in staying alive, but I don’t know what that person is going to do.

The group continued to move forward, and sure enough, based on the traces, they found the path they had taken.

This went on until the afternoon, when Lu Ming suddenly exclaimed.

"Someone's burning a fire here."

There was an open space around them, the air smelled of sulfur, and in the middle was a pile of ashes left by a fire. It seemed that they were moving slower than they were.

Zhao Zhuoxi didn't let them stop: "Keep going forward, walk faster, maybe you can catch up with them."

A sign was made at the fire place.

Jiang Jiu analyzed: "When they arrived here, it was already dark. They lit a fire, kept warm, ate, and rested."

Jiang Jiu looked up and saw someone had built a shop on a tree branch with branches.

"Very good, Xiaoyue's life should be safe for the time being. That man and Xiaoyue should have some experience in jungle survival. Let's leave as soon as possible. Maybe we can catch up with them tomorrow."

Continue walking along the trail.

Before they knew it, it was dark. The high priest suggested taking a break, but Jiang Jiu felt an inexplicable fear of his surroundings.

"Let's keep going. If you're not extremely sleepy, you won't be able to fall asleep in a place like this."

Zhao Zhuoxi is a man and he is not tired.

Lu Ming and Xiao Yimo practice martial arts on weekdays and are not tired.

The high priest just felt sorry for them, and seeing them all walking forward, she didn't stop them.

Several people lit torches and continued forward.

When they were hungry, they ate while walking. Jiang Jiu also stuffed eggshells into the cracks in the bark, which made them more conspicuous.

I am really tired. When it gets dark, I walk slowly and the road seems longer.

Finally, Jiang Jiu couldn't walk anymore.

"Let's take a break."

Zhao Zhuoxi took out a cloth and asked Jiang Jiu to sit on the stone.

Lu Ming cut the weeds around the stone and spread a circle of lime to keep out insects and ants. Xiao Yimo picked up a lot of dry branches along the way, put them together, and lit a bonfire.

Everyone sat around the campfire.

Jiang Jiu was indeed tired. He sat down on a rock, ate two bites of glutinous rice cake, and fell asleep leaning against Zhao Zhuoxi.

Zhao Zhuoxi was also tired. He stuck his sword into the ground, held the hilt with both hands, and rested his head against the hilt to rest.

The high priest sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.

Lu Ming and Xiao Yimo, one goes to bed first and the other takes over after an hour.

It's already the second watch, and it will be dawn in two more watches.

Lu Ming went to sleep first, and Xiao Yimo put the wild rabbit he had hunted on the road on the campfire and started roasting it.

I was so sleepy. Jiang Jiu was both sleepy and hungry, but was woken up by the delicious smell.

When I woke up, I saw Xiao Yimo sleeping with his arms folded, legs crossed, and eyes closed.

Lu Ming is turning the hare over.

Seeing Jiang Jiu wake up, he tore off a rabbit leg for her.

"You must be hungry. Eat it. We have already eaten one."

Jiang Jiu didn't bother to be polite. He grabbed the rabbit leg and started eating it in big mouthfuls.

When Jiang Jiu moved, Zhao Zhuoxi woke up and also ate a rabbit leg.

"Are we there yet? Which way should we go?"