The two walked for a long time, and the further they walked into the valley, the higher the temperature around them.

Chu Ge was soaked with sweat, and Aha kept screaming "haha" above his head, as if to say that it was too hot.

Seeing that Jiao Hougen had no intention of stopping, Chu Ge wiped his sweat and asked, "How long do we have to walk, is there really a Zhu Portuguese fruit going inside? Do you want to rest first? and then look at the map?"

Jiao Hougen looked around before he stopped and said, "Zhu Grape Fruit generally grows in hot and humid places, that is, places where fire magic energy is abundant, the higher the temperature, the easier it is to find Zhu Grape Fruit!"

"The deeper we went, the more we felt the heat, indicating that there might be vermilion in the valley!"

Chu Ge took a deep breath and said, "That's what you say, but the deeper you go into the valley, the easier it is to encounter higher-level alien beasts, isn't it?"

"It's okay if it's a fighting rank superior, even if it's a more ferocious thorny wolf, we have the strength to fight, but when we encounter a battle rank, I'm afraid it will become their belly meal. ”

Chu Ge had read the "Tianchen Strange Beast Record", although the record was not comprehensive enough, and it was not very detailed, but he still paid more attention to the strange beasts that might appear in Silian Mountain, and vaguely remembered that there were still several battle-level beasts in Silian Mountain.

Battle-level beasts are not comparable to the Dou Rank, even if there is only one level difference between the upper level of the Fighting Rank and the lower level of the Battle Rank, there is a world of difference.

Because after the alien beast advances to the battle level, it will use magic energy, and its intelligence will also be greatly improved.

Just like the rock armor rhinoceros recorded in the "Tianchen Beast Record", although it is only a lower level of the battle rank, it has already controlled the earth magic energy, and can gather the earth magic energy in the heaven and earth on the body to strengthen its own defense, and the average one- or two-star magic master cannot cause effective damage to it, let alone kill it, if they touch it, the two of them are afraid that they will suffer.

Jiao Hougen turned his head and wiped his sweat: "Don't worry, most alien beasts are the same as humans, they like cool places, and the sultry heat in the depths of the valley is abnormal, which is enough to drive away most of the alien beasts." ”

"And Zhu Guguo is very important to me, this risk is worth taking!"

Hearing Jiao Hougen say that Zhu Luguo was worth his risk, Chu Ge suddenly felt that something was wrong, and learned from Zhu Luguo's commission that a Zhu Luguo was only six hundred magic coins, and just now it was hundreds that he couldn't look down on!

Yesterday, a magic coin was robbed for a day's house, and the poison-tailed rat's tail worth more than 700 just now was so indifferent, how could even 600 Zhu Guguo have to risk now? The more I thought about it, the more strange I felt.

Jiao Hougen noticed Chu Ge's abnormality, so he explained: "Zhu Grape Fruit is a fire, and taking it is very beneficial to the fire type magic master. ”

"Most people need it, just because Zhu Luguo can heal the damage caused by ice magic energy, so to them, Zhu Luguo is only worth a yellow-level low-grade foreign grass. ”

"And I happen to be a fire-type magician, although Zhu Luguo can't let me directly break through to the second star, but it can slightly speed up my cultivation! ”

At this time, Chu Ge realized that Jiao Hougen asked Zhu Guguo not to deliver the commission, but to use it for his own use.

"Since it is enough to help you cultivate, it is naturally worth the risk. ”

"If you can find more Vermilion Fruits, then you can be advanced to two stars!" Chu Ge said to Jiao Hougen with a smile, but unfortunately he was not a magician, even if he had extra Zhu Fruits, he could only sell them for money.

Jiao Hougen shook his head and said: "How can it be as simple as you think, taking Zhu Guguo for the first time is a little helpful for cultivation, and if you take it later, it will have no effect." ”

Chu Ge was speechless for a while, thinking that there is really no shortcut to cultivation, it seems that it is impossible to eat all the spiritual treasures in the novel, and then it is impossible to be invincible in the world.

Then he smiled helplessly, he was not a magician, he was blind in everything he ate, and he only wanted Zhu Guguo to deliver the commission.

The two sat down to rest for a while, and the temperature on their bodies dropped slightly.

Then Jiao Hougen said: "Let's go further, if there is no trace of Zhu Guguo, we will return the same way." ”

"And it's getting late, so it's not wise to spend the night in the valley. ”

Chu Ge also agreed with his idea, the valley is the home of strange beasts, and it is extremely easy to be attacked at night, he is an ordinary person, it is okay to kill some foreign beasts in the middle and lower levels of the fighting rank, if he is sneak attacked, I am afraid that he will be buried here.

The two of them walked a little further, and then they came to the end of the misty valley, at the end of which a huge mountain collapsed, forming a natural mountain

The wall cannot be climbed without the help of tools, and if you want to go deeper, you can only go around to the sides.

Seeing this situation, Chu Ge sighed and said, "There is no way, it seems that there is no Zhu Guguo here." ”

If there is no Zhu Grapefruit, the income of this operation will be greatly reduced, because there is usually more than one Zhu Grape Fruit!

As if he hadn't heard Chu Ge's words, Jiao Hougen continued to walk forward, and only stopped when he walked to the bottom of the mountain wall and said, "No, Zhu Guguo is here, I clearly remember that there is a cave here!"

Chu Ge asked suspiciously, "Have you been here before?"

Jiao Hougen replied: "I have been here before, but at that time, the vermilion fruit was not ripe and could not be picked, so I could only hide the entrance of the cave. ”

It turned out that Jiao Hougen had been here, no wonder he was so familiar with the Mist Valley, but this made Chu Ge even more puzzled, since he knew that there was Zhu Guguo here, why did he have to cooperate with him, he could come here smoothly by himself.

The more Chu Ge thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, it was too smooth along the way, there was a huge valley, there were no other strange beasts at all, and the valley was quiet, even the nest of poison-tailed rats was still found by Jiao Hougen with him, everything seemed to be arranged.

At this time, Jiao Hougen shouted to Chu Ge: "Come on, I have found the entrance to that cave!

Hearing that he had found the entrance to the cave, Chu Ge didn't think much about it, so he walked towards where Jiao Hougen was.

Sure enough, on the side of the mountain wall, there was a gap of about two feet, and the gap passage was pitch black, and the specific situation could not be seen, but there was a hot air coming out.

"This is the cave you are talking about, this is too difficult to walk, right?" Not to mention whether there is a Zhu Guguo in it, the passage of the cave can only allow one person to pass sideways at a time, if there are any dangerous beasts in the cave, it will be difficult to escape, which makes Chu Ge retreat.

Chu Ge was still on the ground at the entrance of the cave at this time, and found many traces that seemed to be burned, and the traces spread crookedly from the entrance of the cave to the outside of the cave about an inch wide, and were burned black.

Chu Ge was puzzled and asked, "What kind of trace of a strange beast is this?"

Jiao Hougen also looked at the traces under his feet, and explained to Chu Ge: "This should be the traces of the erosion ants, it seems that there are many erosion ants in this place!"

The Molten Ants are omnivorous social beasts at the upper level of the Dou Rank, with a body length of three or four inches, an abdomen like lava, and the scorched black everywhere they go is as if they have been burned, and the marks under their feet are caused by the Molten Ants!

"But ......," Jiao Hougen paused.

Chu Ge asked, "But what?"

"Molten ants and poison-tailed rats are just the opposite! they are active during the day and return to their nests at night, and they are extremely afraid of cold, but they are not very afraid of fire. Jiao Hougen said carefully to Chu Ge.

"I'm a fire magician, I'm afraid I won't do any harm to them, but this trace looks new, it shouldn't be their nest, maybe they just went to the cave to find food! Even if there are a few molten ants in the cave, don't be afraid!"

"But we have to guard against it, it's getting dark, and if we want to go into the cave, someone needs to keep watch, and when they see the situation outside, they can notify us to quit in time. ”

Chu Ge asked, "Then I'll keep a sentry?"

Jiao Hougen thought for a while: "That's fine, you're not a magician, you don't have any ability to protect yourself, and if something happens in the cave, you won't be able to save yourself." ”

After speaking, Jiao Hougen condensed a fireball in his palm as a torch for lighting, and went to the cave through the gap, while Chu Ge stood at the entrance of the cave as he said just now.

After a long time, there was still no movement in the cave, Chu Ge was a little impatient to wait, and Aha couldn't help but move, jumped off Chu Ge's head, and walked around.

"Why hasn't he come back yet, does he want to have an accident?" Or ......" Chu Ge had a bad idea in his heart, but he still shook his head, why did he think so badly of others, he gave up the tail of the poison-tailed rat to himself.

At this moment, Jiao Hougen's voice came from the cave: "Brother Chu, there is indeed Zhu Guguo in the cave, but I can't handle it alone!

Chu Ge also replied to him: "Okay! I'll go over!"

After saying that, Chu Ge summoned Aha back, and also went to the cave through the gap.

Through the gap in the mountain wall, we reached the cave, which was much larger and wider than expected, and it seemed that only the collapsed mountain blocked the entrance to the cave, not the entire cave.

As soon as he took two steps, he saw the firelight not far in front of him, it should be Jiao Hougen, Chu Ge quickly approached Jiao Hougen with the faint light.

After walking to Jiao Hougen's side, Chu Ge asked, "What's the situation now?"

Jiao Hougen raised his hand and took a picture in front of him, and two roads appeared, and then said: "Zhu Yuguo, I remember that it is on the left side of the road, but there seems to be a melt ant on the right!"

Chu Ge said bluntly: "Then wouldn't it be better for us to go to the left?"

Jiao Hougen paused, and his expression couldn't be seen clearly in the dim hole: "I just probed around and found that there are not only melting ants on the right, but also dissolving ant queens!"

"Huh?" Chu Ge exclaimed, "That Melting Ant Queen is a battle-level beast! I'm afraid we won't be able to deal with it!"

"And the sun is about to set, and it will be troublesome for the molten ants to return to their nests, why don't we withdraw and find a way tomorrow?"

Jiao Hougen immediately refused: "No, we have already come in, the molten ants are particularly sensitive to smells, and there are molten ant queens here, if they find that someone has come in, they will definitely be vigilant, and if they want to come in again tomorrow, they are afraid that they will face a large number of molten ants!"

"Then what should I do?" Chu Ge didn't want to die in the belly of a strange beast for hundreds of magic coins, the book recorded that the molten ants would tear off the flesh of their prey alive, if they were surrounded by molten ants, wouldn't it be the same as Ling Chi?

Jiao Hougen thought for a while and said, "Otherwise, let your black cat keep watch here and stare at the hole on the right." ”

"The two of us went in to the left, looked after each other, and quickly took out the vermilion. ”

"If there are melt ants in the hole on the right, tell your black cat to come and report it, and we can get out sooner. ”

"If we all go in to the left and wait until we find the melt ants coming, it's too late. ”

Chu Ge felt that this was the best way at the moment, so he also agreed with Jiao Hougen's idea.

He put Aha on his head on the ground and said to it: "Ahha, you wait for us here, by the way, help us keep an eye on the road on the right, if there is any change, you can run to tell me immediately, okay?"

Aha thought for a moment, then shook his head, "Ha Ha" seems to say that it is not at ease.

Chu Ge touched Aha's head and said softly: "Good, you are here to keep guard, we can go in with confidence, and when we get Zhu Guguo, how about I let you eat a big meal when I go back?"

Aha dug the soil a few times on the spot before nodding reluctantly.

After the arrangements were made, Chu Ge and Jiao Hougen walked to the cave on the left together.

The deeper he went, the hotter the cave became, and the more nervous Chu Ge became, feeling that something bad was about to happen.

I don't know how long I walked, but I finally came to a stone chamber, and there was no way to go inside.

The two of them stopped and looked around, but in the dark cavern, even with the light created by the scorched roots, they couldn't fully see the situation in the dark.

At this moment, Jiao Hougen pointed to a pitch-black cave wall and said, "Look! That seems to be Zhu Guguo!"

Chu Ge looked in the direction that Jiao Hougen was pointing, and sure enough, there seemed to be something wrapped around the cave wall, and it was emitting a faint red light!

Because he really couldn't see clearly, Chu Ge asked, "Is that Zhu Zhuguo?"

Jiao Hougen replied excitedly: "That's right, Zhu Guguo is a fire, the whole body is fiery red, and you can faintly see its red light in the dark. ”

"There are more than a dozen red dots on the wall, which means that there are more than a dozen vermilion fruits!"

More than a dozen Zhu Fruits! According to the purchase price of Fan Lige, it can also be sold for more than 5,000 magic coins! The two of them also share more than 2,000! Chu Ge also became excited.

If you can successfully pick the Zhu Portuguese fruit, you can ask Fan Yizhu to borrow the 2,000, you can pay it off early, and you can let go of the burden in your heart.

The two of them walked to the edge of the cave wall excitedly, only to find that the wall was crawling with vines, I don't know if it was the color of the fireball in Jiaohougen, or the color of the vine itself, the vines and leaves were fiery red, and there were more than a dozen vermilion fruits scattered under the vines.

Jiao Hougen was so excited that he wanted to pick it with his hands, but was stopped by Chu Ge.

"Don't be busy, I heard that different plants and trees above the lower grade of the yellow rank need special picking utensils to ensure that their effectiveness is not compromised, did you bring picking utensils?" Chu Ge went to Fan Lige Pavilion before to buy a jade blade specially used to pick different plants and trees above the lower grade of the yellow grade, although it cost Shen Zeren's money.

"And this kind of exquisiteness? I've never heard of it. Jiao Hougen scratched the back of his head.

"Then it's better for me to come, I specially went to Fan Lige Pavilion to buy a jade blade, and specially used it to pick different plants and trees above the lower grade of the yellow level. Chu Ge took out the jade blade from his luggage and prepared to pick the vermilion fruit.

The jade blade was green and crystal all over, and there was a hint of coolness in his hand, which made Chu Ge feel a lot more comfortable, after all, the cave was too stuffy, and he was almost out of breath.

Chu Ge carefully picked the vermilion fruit and asked Jiao Hougen behind him, "I thought you knew everything, but it turns out that you don't understand something?"

"It stands to reason that you're here to pick vermilion grapes, so you should make preparations!"

"How can you not even know that you need such an important thing as special utensils for picking vermilion fruits?"

Suddenly, there was darkness in the stone room, and the fireball in Jiao Hougen's palm was extinguished, and before Chu Ge could react, a sharp object was inserted into his back!

The pain came from his back, and he couldn't speak, and then his body fell to the ground without obeying the call, and his limbs gradually became paralyzed and uncontrollable.

At this time, Jiao Hougen ignited the fireball again, and the firelight shone on his sinister face, which looked a little distorted.

"Of course, you don't need to know!" Jiao Hougen squatted down and gritted his teeth at Chu Ge, who was lying in a pool of blood, and said, "Because I don't need Zhu Guguo to help me cultivate at all!"

"How's it going? Doesn't it taste like poison-tailed rat venom? You're so naïve that you can't even see such a simple game?"

Chu Ge, who fell to the ground and couldn't move, felt the hatred in his heart, he realized that something was wrong early in the morning, and the journey was too smooth, he didn't expect Jiao Hougen to poison himself in the end!

Now he is paralyzed all over his body, and he can't even scream, but the hateful thing is that he still lied to himself to let Aha stay outside, and now he doesn't even have a helper, so he can only let him slaughter, his red eyes can only stare helplessly at Jiao Hougen.

Jiao Hougen smirked, "You think I'm going to kill you? No, I won't." ”

"Do you think I've gone to great lengths just for the sake of the thousands of magic coins of Zhu Guguo......? You're underestimating me too much. ”

After speaking, Jiao Hougen tore off a piece of cloth from his clothes, dipped it in Chu Ge's blood, and then rolled it up and threw it in the other direction of the stone room.

After a few moments, there was a "gurgling" sound from the direction of the stone chamber, which sounded panicked.

Under the flickering firelight, a huge maggot-like beast could be faintly seen appearing in the darkness! It was more than a foot long, with a pair of wings on its back, and its whole body glowed like lava, slowly squirming towards Chu Ge who fell to the ground.

Jiao Hougen quickly retreated to the entrance of the stone chamber and said to Chu Ge, "My real purpose is to melt the queen eggs!"

"Get it, and I'll be able to join the Azure Cloud Family!

"I didn't intend to yin you, but the Molten Queen only leaves the Queen Ant's eggs when she eats, so I can only blame you for your bad luck and touching me. ”

"Those vermilion fruits, I'll leave them for you to bury!"

After speaking, Jiao Hougen extinguished the flame in his hand and hid in the dark, taking advantage of the fact that the attention of the molten ant queen was on Chu Ge, he touched the wall and carefully went to the direction of the queen's eggs.

The fishy smell of blood on the ground attracted the queen ant to slowly crawl towards Chu Ge.

Jiao Hougen quickly succeeded, holding the queen ant's egg the size of a football, ignoring Chu Ge, who was lying in a pool of blood, and quickly left the stone room.