fishing dragon

"Five hundred miles away is a swamp, and the other side of the swamp is the miasma forest. Even the most experienced Miao people dare not enter that jungle. The miasma and mud are dangerous enough."

"The miasma...has not existed since ancient times. The old man in the agate village said that the forest when he was a child was just a forest, and there was no swamp that could swallow people."

"It was a banyan forest, and the hunting area of ​​Agatezhai was not there. Few people set foot in the jungle. About 40 years ago, a hunter chased his prey to the edge of the water, only to find that the place was completely different. I don't know why. Since then, the jungle has been filled with black mist all year round, and noon is like night."

Mr. Su's words were still ringing in his ears, Yu Changle and Ao Yan had already seen the edge of the miasma forest.

"It's really getting dark." Lv Songyi followed behind, holding the Sparrow's Tail Flying Blade in her hand, and her palms were already covered with cold sweat.

The three of them are standing on the boat at the moment, and the boat is floating on the surface of a vast and dark water.Driven by spiritual power, the boat almost broke through the water without a trace.

Above the surface of the water is a dense and heavy mist, which obscures the skylight and makes the vision as if immersed in twilight.And this kind of fog, Yu Changle was in it all the way, and his breath was full of moisture.

After the mist, the shadows of the dark trees in the forest can already be vaguely seen.

On the way here, the three of Yu Changle saw the traces left by Li Zhuzhi, and understood why he would not trespass where there were skeleton flowers.

Because the scope of the fog has expanded.

According to what Mr. Su said, this dense fog should only be in the miasma forest, but now it has not only spread to the surface of the water, but also spread farther.If it weren't for the sunshine at noon, the upper reaches of the stream would be covered in mist.

That is to say, it is very possible that when Mr. Li Zhuzhi was picking herbs, the dense fog quietly spread up, causing him to get lost in the fog.

All the Miao villages in the lower reaches are unaware of all this, just like Lu Songyi said when seeing the fog: "The last time I sneaked out here with my companions, there was no such a terrible fog!"

Looking at the footprints left by Li Zhuzhi, Yu Changle restored the scene at that time in his mind.

After Li Zhuzhi lost his way, he wandered aimlessly for a long time, and came to the edge of the water by mistake.The skull flower was growing around the water, and when he saw this flower, he should immediately realize that something was wrong: he went wrong.

But at this moment, an accident happened.

He was attacked.

At the water's edge, the traces of footprints are the most messy, scattered with bloodstains, and the smell of blood is still clearly audible.Judging from the amount of bleeding and residual limbs, Li Zhuzhi should have died by the water.

However... this brings up another problem.

Why do people who are already dead go back to the upper reaches of the stream five hundred miles away, and then be washed along the stream to the river bank?

It is impossible for a dead man to walk by himself, it was the "monster" who took him away.

The monster carried his body back and threw it in the stream.

The sporadic blood spots along the way also proved this guess.

However, the three of Yu Changle and the others walked all the way, making a lot of noise, but no monsters appeared.Not to mention monsters, even small animals and bugs are rare, completely dead silent.

After hesitating, the three of them decided to cross the water to have a look.The jungle is not full of miasma. With the ability of a cultivator, one can avoid the miasma and walk through the forest.

"The three of us, is it really okay?" Lu Songyan swallowed.

Ao Yan said: "What's the use of coming more? Get in the way."

It's not that he and Yu Changle think highly of themselves, but that it is impossible to pick out someone with the same ability as the two of them in the entire agate village.It is enough to bring a green pine to lead the way.

Yu Changle saw that Lv Songyi's hands and feet were going to be stiff, and smiled and said, "Xiaoyi, let me test you—Mr. Li's body was sent back to the stream, what does this mean?"

"Represents..." Lv Songyi was indeed attracted attention, and meditated, "Represents that they are not for eating people?"

After he finished speaking, he gave himself a chill, and Yu Changle nodded calmly: "Yeah. But what else?"

Ao Yan said lightly: "Expulsion."

"...That's right!" Lv Songyi suddenly realized.

"Go! I didn't ask you." Yu Changle laughed and poked Ao Yan with his elbow, but the other party pinched his wrist with his backhand, and his fingers seemed to rub the back of his hand lightly.

This movement is very small, almost just passing by, but it seems inexplicably ambiguous.Ao Yan squinted his eyes, and Yu Changle didn't dare to move any more, and put away his crooked stance, "Well, then what, Xiaoyi, go ahead and talk."

Lv Songyi didn't notice it, and said to herself: "'Expulsion' means that the unknown creature has a certain consciousness and wisdom, and can make such judgments. This is also in line with the characteristics of Gu poison. One can maintain a certain level of sobriety."

A gust of cool wind and fog hit him, his tone faltered, and he shivered.

The ship has docked.

Yu Changle got off the boat and stepped into the grass beside the water, feeling soft and moist under his feet, as if there were sounds of insects rustling under the intertwined grass leaves, which made Ao Yan frowned.

Looking around, the ground is full of skull flowers, and the flowers are peeping at them like malicious smiling faces hidden in the grass leaves.

This banyan forest has existed for thousands of hundreds of years, and its scale is larger than they imagined. It stretches on both sides and can't see the end at a glance.During the period, the aerial roots criss-cross, and the trunk is as thick as nearly ten people hugging each other.

"Why don't you come out?" Yu Changle frowned, "Mr. Li has already been attacked on the other side of the water, and we have all walked to the door."

Lu Songyi said: "There are some beasts in the mountains. They can tell whether a hunter is bullying or not just by their eyes and nose. Maybe the monsters are the same."

Yu Changle raised his eyebrows and smiled slightly.Ao Yan and him looked at each other.

"You two young masters?" Lu Songyi suddenly had an ominous premonition, "You..."

The next moment, he felt that these two people released their spiritual power at the same time!

As if it was not enough, Ao Yan said in a low voice, "Let's go."

The two figures seemed to be walking in their own garden, and Lu Songyi hurriedly followed, and whispered in shock: "You just walk in like this? It's very dangerous!..."

The jungle is extremely quiet, and the dense fog and leaves seem to absorb all sounds.As it got deeper and deeper, the green pine voice echoed in the jungle and spread like a ghost.

"...so scary..." Lv Songyi was about to cry.

Yu Changle and Ao Yan walked one after the other, with the green pine in the middle.It has to be said that their ease gave Lv Songyi some comfort.

Walking to a small open space, Yu Changle saw, and suddenly caught a glimpse of something glimmering.He stopped and squatted down to pick up the thing.

— an arrow.

Lv Songyi shrunk her pupils and said, "Why is there such a thing here?"

The arrow shaft of this arrow is quite new, without any sign of corruption, and the blood on the arrow tuft is still a little wet.The stained hair was quite normal, and Lv Songyi recognized it as an ordinary little animal.

"Someone stayed here for a short time," Yu Changle gently used the arrow to pry open the rotten leaves, revealing what was underneath: a heap of ashes from an extinguished bonfire.

This is a very common sight, but it is extremely weird when placed here.

Lu Songyi was confused: "Wait? Is there someone living here? ... Who would live here!"

He couldn't believe it, and ran away to look down again.

There were three piles of ashes in this clearing, old and new, and there were still bones left in the fire, with tooth marks clearly on the bones.The tooth marks instantly reminded Lu Songyi of the one on the corpse, and he felt sour in his stomach and almost vomited it out.

"What the hell is this place..." Lu Songyi's face was pale, and she was about to look up, but she saw Yu Changle standing up abruptly, and her eyes fell on him.

Ao Yan also looked over.The expression on Yu Changle's face was undisturbed, and his voice was very steady: "Xiaoyi."

He raised his hand.

Lv Songyi's scalp exploded, the joints of her whole body were stiff, and she was dripping with cold sweat.At the same time, he felt a cold breath on the back of his neck!

"Zheng!——"

In an instant, the Flying Blade of Transforming Void, wrapped in strong spiritual power, brushed against the green pine cheek!

He yelled, lost his mind, and threw himself forward desperately.There was a scream from behind, which seemed human but not human.Lu Songyi's footsteps were weak and she fell to the ground, and was pulled behind by Yu Changle.

And Lu Songyi also saw that thing clearly——

He looked like a man, with gray skin.But there is no white in his eyes, but pure black, at first glance like two hollows, slightly reflecting light.

Moreover, his hands are not human hands, but monster-like claws, with ten fingers like blades.

Lu Songyi said in amazement: "He is wearing our clothes?!"

Indeed, the clothes on this strange man were in the Miao style, and he also wore silver ornaments.But those silver ornaments have already turned black, and only a slight silver light can be seen.

Yu Changle's flying blade pierced his neck, causing his head to tilt on one side, and black and purple blood gushed out.He let out a scream, and his expression was not numb, but extremely painful.

The strange man was in so much pain that he wanted to cover his wound, and half knelt down.But because of his sharp nails, the scene became even more bloody.

A normal creature should die if it hurts its neck.But then, something even more treacherous happened.The black distortion in the strange man's eyes flickered, as if there was the sound of insects crawling.Then his neck seemed to be forcibly straightened by a hand, and the wound started to heal with creaking creaks!

"This is a Gu person." Lv Songyi looked solemn, "There is a legend that there is a Miao village that knows such a Gu technique, which can make people immortal and reduced to puppets. I thought it was a legend, but I didn't expect it to be true!"

After the Gu man recovered from his injuries, he started to attack them again.Yu Changle transformed five arc-shaped flying blades and directly nailed the Gu man to the tree trunk, trapping him tightly.

"Then the Miao Village in the legend also really exists?" Yu Changle ignored the screams of the Gu man, and stepped forward to look at him.But the Gu people seem to have only retained a simple mind, unable to speak.

Lu Songyi's lips turned white, and she slowly shook her head: "I don't know...we never go outside."

Ao Yan turned her head and said, "Maybe it's on the other side of the miasma."

The three of them moved forward quickly in the forest, and they could see many traces of people from time to time.Obviously, these are all left by Gu people like the man before.

This time, the Gu people hiding in the dark knew how powerful they were, and none of them showed up.It seems that they are allowed to go together like this.

Both Yu Changle and Ao Yan have good sense of direction, and Lv Songyi is more familiar with the terrain.But when they stepped out of the edge of the jungle, they were all taken aback.

The water is calm and vast, and the mist is surging.And the boat they took when they came was moored quietly by the water.

They actually walked back.