Chapter 19: Cryptoptera
Now is the best time to harvest cicada flowers.
After this period of time, the cicada flowers will bloom, and the aura contained in the body will return to heaven and earth and become useless, so there are many people who come to Cangwu County now. Although it is not exaggerated to the point of sweating like rain and rubbing shoulders, it is also crowded.
Gongliang walked on the street for a while, bought a few delicious pastries, asked the locals about the location of the cicada flowers, and walked to the north gate of Cangwu County.
"Dada... Da Da..."
The inn where Gongliang stayed was at the north gate, and he wondered if he would go back and explain to the store, so as not to go back late. At this moment, a thunderous crash came from behind.
When he turned his head, he saw a man riding a shark horse covered in scales and with a single horn on his head running from the south gate at a gallop, not paying any attention to the crowd in the city.
Pedestrians on the street saw the shark horse galloping towards them and dodged in both directions.
Suddenly, a girl emerges from the crowd on the left and runs to the right. At this time, the mermaid galloped and was about to collide.
"Whoa..."
There was a scream from the crowd on the right, and a woman ran out of the crowd and hugged the girl tightly, and a maid on the left also squeezed out of the crowd and stood in front of the woman.
The shark horse was very fast, and in an instant he had rushed in front of the three of them, and he saw that tragedy was about to happen.
Suddenly, Gongliang appeared in front of the three of them, and pressed the shark's head with one hand. It's just that he underestimated the strength of the shark horse itself and the inertial force that came from galloping, and his body was almost knocked out, and he hurriedly transported his true qi, and as soon as he spit out the true qi in his palm, the shark horse was forced to take a few steps back.
"The Imperial Horse Hall is in an emergency, and the person who blocks it is dead. ”
When the man riding the horse saw that his mount was blocked, he shouted loudly, drew his long knife, and slashed forward.
The glow of the knife is like a wild river, and it is like a gorgeous neon, straight to the public cover.
As soon as Mi Gu saw that someone was going to kill Baba, he would be polite, and spit out a mouthful of water, hitting the person in the face. Mi Gu's saliva immediately corroded a small hole in his face, and the poisonous gas instantly spread all over his body, and he fell to the ground and died.
Gongliang waved his hand and put away the man and mount.
"Thank you, Childe, thank you. ”
The woman who had escaped the catastrophe hurriedly stepped forward to thank her, and the maidservant knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.
"It's just a gesture, it's not worth mentioning. Gongliang waved his hand.
Having said that, the woman was grateful. After thanking him, he reminded in a low voice: "The person killed by Gongzi is the flying hooves of Yumatang, and Yumatang will definitely not give up, and ask the benefactor to leave Cangwu County immediately, so as not to be poisoned by Yumatang." ”
It's Yumado again, and I'm quite close to this gang!
However, Gongliang didn't care at all. It's just a small local gang, he didn't care about it yet, and nodded at the moment and said, "I'll deal with it at this time, you can leave first!"
"Thank you, childe. The woman thanked her again and hurried away with the child in her arms.
Seeing that there was nothing wrong, Gongliang also left this place, returned to the inn and said to the shopkeeper, and then walked towards Tianqiong Mountain.
According to the shopkeeper, the best grade cicada flower in Tianqiong Mountain is produced in a sea of bitter bamboo on the side of Tianqiong Mountain.
Bitter bamboo, bitter bamboo, as the name suggests, that bamboo is bitter. But it is also strange that as long as the bamboo shoots produced by the bitter bamboo have not yet emerged from the ground, they are extremely sweet, as if the taste of the bitter bamboo itself has been captured by the bamboo shoots.
Gongliang rolled out of the north gate with Migu and Yuanlu, and went up the path on the edge of the Tianqiong Mountain Range. At this time, there are people coming and going on the road, all of whom are people who dig cicada flowers. But many people are just digging underneath and don't dare to go up. Because there are groups of poisoned snakes and beasts in Tianqiong Mountain, one is not good, the cicada flower has not been dug up, and the person is already dead.
Round is very lively running in front, and while walking, he pees on the side of the road to make a mark.
Miya sat on Baba Baba shoulder, flapping his wings from time to time to look here and there, curious about everything.
I don't know what to see here, haven't I seen enough of so many strange flowers and plants in the Great Wilderness?
The further you go into the depths of the Heavenly Dome Mountain, the fewer people are digging cicada flowers, and sometimes you can hear the laughter of digging cicada flowers not far away.
"Hmm..."
Suddenly, Gongliang saw a corner of white flowers emerging from the pile of fallen leaves under a towering ancient tree on the side, and hurriedly ran over to remove the leaves, only to see a single horn like a flower crown exposed in the soil. He took out the big dogleg knife and wiped it into the ground, directly digging out the cicada flowers and soil below. Remove the soil above, revealing the cicada flower like a golden body, and the aura on it is dense, it looks like it should be a medium-grade cicada flower. It is said that the high-grade cicada flower is like a golden silk jade, crystal clear, and very rare.
Gongliang didn't expect his luck to be so good, he dug up a medium-grade spirit cicada flower on the side of the road, and put ten spirit stones into the account, which is a good business.
A person who digs cicada flowers passed by and saw that he actually dug up a medium-grade cicada flower on the side of the road, how could his eyes be envious, jealous and hateful.
"Baba, what is this little worm?" asked Mi Gu, looking at the cicada flower in Baba's hand.
Yuan Rolling also surrounded curiously.
Gongliang explained: "This is a medium-grade cicada flower, and there is a kind of high-grade, which is very valuable, and can be exchanged for a lot of delicious things." ”
Mi Gu's eyes suddenly widened when he heard that a small insect could be exchanged for a lot of delicious things.
Yuan Roll listened to it, his eyes dripping, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Gongliang kept the cicada flower in a spirit stone box, looked left and right, and found that there was no cicada flower, so he continued to walk forward.
In the Tianqiong Mountain, the ancient trees are towering to the sky, and the forest is gloomy. In the forest that has just rained, some low-lying areas have not yet dissipated the water, and the sewage splashes when stepping on it. Yuan Rolling accidentally stepped on it a few times, and his originally black and white body became gray and ugly.
After walking a little further, a bamboo forest appeared in front of me. At first, there were some ancient pines and cypresses in the bamboo forest, but in the distance, the trees were completely gone, leaving only a vast sea of verdant bamboo.
A gust of wind blows, the bamboo sea rises and falls with the wind, the blue waves roll, deep, shallow, bright, dark, all kinds of green shadows are sufficient, dazzling to see.
When he arrived at Kuzhuhai, Gongliang stopped advancing. Because there are already many people in front of Kuzhuhai, one by one, sitting, lying, or standing, all staring closely at the direction of Kuzhuhai. I don't know what the situation is, so he wants to stay and find out.
Not far from him, a middle-aged man asked a half-hundred-year-old man, "Old Qin, why haven't you gone in yet?"
"Why don't you go in yourself. The half-hundred-year-old man said angrily.
"Didn't I still look at you as Brother Qin?" said the middle-aged man.
"Hmph..."The half-hundred-year-old man snorted and didn't speak again.
The middle-aged man was bored, so he had to turn his head in a sneering manner.
A man dressed in a green shirt looked in the direction of Kuzhuhai and said to a man in gray next to him, "Brother Yu, let's go in!"
"Now is the time for the Cryptoptera, let's wait until it gets dark before we go in!" the man known as Brother Yu hesitated.
"A little bit of insects, can I endure it. Rest assured, nothing will happen with me. The man in the green shirt said arrogantly.
The man called Brother Yu thought about it and walked towards the forest with the man in the green shirt.
Not long after the two entered the bamboo sea, they found a few cicada flowers and immediately cheered. It's just that when the man in the green shirt was digging the cicada flower, he accidentally touched the bitter bamboo next to him, and the cryptoptera resting on it was disturbed and flew down one after another. The man in the green shirt snorted coldly, and a layer of air shrouded out of him, covering him and the person known as Brother Yu.
Gongliang had been observing the situation inside from the outside, and found that each of the cryptoptera insects was the thickness of a ring finger and eight centimeters long, and they were frighteningly large.
The man in the green shirt released the air hood, thinking that the two of them were safe and sound, but suddenly saw those cryptoptera spitting out a mouthful of turbid yellow liquid from their mouths and sticking to the air hood.
The turbid yellow liquid seemed to have the effect of corroding the true qi, and the air mask became thinner little by little under the corrosion of the turbid yellow liquid.
The man in the green shirt, who was originally high-spirited, was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he hurriedly shouted, "Brother Yu, leave quickly." ”
The two of them quickly headed towards the bitter bamboo, and those cryptoptera flapped their wings and chased after them.
As long as it reaches the bitter bamboo overseas, the cryptoptera will not chase after it.
They did not go deep into the forest, and soon reached the edge of the bitter bamboo sea. It's about to be out of danger. Who knew that at this moment, the air shield on the man in the green shirt was corroded, and the two of them instantly lost what they could resist the cryptoptera. The cryptoptera that chased after them flew down on them one by one and bit them hard.
In an instant, a terrible scream echoed in the Heavenly Dome Mountain.
The two of them kept rolling on the ground and screaming under the aggressiveness of the cryptoptera, but after a while, there was no sound.
The people who were standing outside the bitter bamboo waiting to enter the bamboo forest after dark heard the screams of the two, and they were so frightened that they hurriedly stepped back a little.
After a while, Gongliang saw that the flesh on the two of them was corroded by the venom of the cryptoptera little by little, and finally only a pile of gray bones was left lying in front of the bitter bamboo sea.
For a moment, Gongliang swallowed his saliva in fright.
This cryptoptera is too ferocious.
Originally, Gongliang had the idea of digging some cicada flowers to earn some spirit stones, but now that he saw that the cryptoptera was so ferocious, he had the idea of leaving. He didn't lack this spirit stone flower, so it seemed that there was no need to take such a risk. But I can see that ordinary people who don't have any cultivation are still staying here, and they have no intention of leaving at all. It doesn't seem reasonable to be afraid, so I want to stay and see the situation, and leave if it doesn't work.
Mi Gu saw the cryptoptera spitting, his eyes lit up, and he flew towards the bitter bamboo sea with a sigh.
The speed was too fast, Gongliang didn't have time to catch it, and when he was worried, he had to go over and take a look.
Unexpectedly, the little guy flew back again, but he had already caught a cryptoptera in his hand.
The cryptoptera did not succumb to the little one's obscenity, and kept struggling, and Miya punched it so dizzy.
This little kid loves to catch these weird things. Gongliang secretly complained and asked, "Mi Gu, what are you doing with this thing?"
Mi Gu said seriously: "Baba, insects spit water, even spit water, even to see if it spits out water, or occasionally spit out water." ”
This thing can be compared to Gongliang, and he feels that his whole body is not good.
The cryptoptera soon woke up, and when it saw that it couldn't break free from Migu's clutches, it spat out a mouthful of turbid yellow liquid. Miya dodged and spat at the Cryptopteran worm. The Cryptoptera was immediately corroded by a small hole in her poisonous saliva and then poisoned to death.
"Baba, baba, even the water is amazing! I tell you, even so powerful, so powerful. Mi Gu happily held up the dead cryptoptera and cried out.
Gongliang rolled his eyes, is this a game?
Although the cryptoptera died, Mi Gu did not give up, and cruelly broke the cryptoptera into two parts, put it in his mouth and chewed it, and his eyes suddenly brightened.
"Baba has to eat insects occasionally. ”
Gongliang's face suddenly drooped, this little guy likes to eat poisonous things, but this thing is not easy to catch!
"Daddy can't help you catch this, if you can catch it, Daddy will make you something to eat. ”
"Uh-huh," Miya nodded again and again. She's so good, she's sure to catch a lot of bugs and insects for Baba to make for her to eat.
The people next to him saw that Mi Gu was so cruel, and hurriedly stayed away from them.
But some people thought of his identity as a desolate man, and they didn't care. In the eyes of the Dongtu people, the desolate people are the representatives of the nouns such as reckless, rude, powerful, stupid, etc., and there are even rumors in private that the desolate people like to eat people, so no matter what they do, it is normal in the eyes of the Dongtu people.