Chapter 3 "Death" Chapter 173 The dark river is like ink, and the moon is full of resentment
In the middle of the night, a small boat floated on the dark surface of the river, and if it were not for the occasional splash of water from the oars and the silver light, others would even think that the boat was suspended above the night at first glance.
"Senior Mu, how far is this three-fork dock?" Wu Hao wiped his sweat and asked out loud.
Although there was still moonlight in the sky, dark clouds passed by from time to time, making the already uncertain night even more dull and unsettling. At first, everyone wished that there would be more dark clouds and completely obscure their departing figures, but now in this situation, they can't wait to pull the moon in the sky a little lower.
The sky was gloomy, and it seemed very strange in the dense forest, and occasionally there would be strange noises, which undoubtedly added to the tense atmosphere, especially Mu Fengchun, whose face was even more ugly and exaggerated.
"Senior Mu?" Seeing that Mu Fengchun didn't reply, Wu Hao thought that he just didn't hear it, and after stirring the oars a few times, he turned his head to look at Mu Fengchun, but saw that Mu Fengchun's face was bloodless and his lips were white, and he was also startled: "Senior Mu, are you okay?"
Mu Fengchun closed his eyes and shook his head, "It's okay... It's okay, Lao Er just suddenly felt a little afraid of water for some reason..."As he spoke, he also felt a burst of weirdness in his heart, although he didn't know how to understand water, but he couldn't talk about being afraid of water, he was fine when he first entered the river, why he couldn't help but tremble now, as if this fear was born out of thin air.
When Wu Hao saw Mu Fengchun's appearance, he naturally didn't ask any more questions, and continued to swing the oars and strive to move forward, but as the boat moved forward, Wu Hao felt more and more strained.
"Molten Mountaineer, you go and rest first!" Seeing Wu Hao's panting appearance, Yuya was about to take the oars in his hand.
"I'm coming!" But before You Ya stretched out his hand, he saw Huang Qilin take the oar and replace Wu Hao's position at the stern.
But since Huang Qilin took the oars, the boat has hardly moved, everyone felt a little strange, turned their heads to look at Huang Qilin, but saw that his men were very difficult, stirring the oars with difficulty, but they couldn't make the boat move forward for half a minute.
"Haha, Brother Huang, let's do it with me!" Wu Hao saw this situation, just thought that Huang Qilin was not good at driving boats, and he had enough rest anyway, so he had to take the oars again.
But Huang Qilin unusually blocked Wu Hao's outstretched hand, pointed at Jiang Mian and said with a solemn expression: "No!" and then handed a paddle to Youya.
Yuya took the oar with a strange face, and said puzzledly: "Huang Mutou, what do you mean by this?"
Huang Mutou pointed around, then pointed to his feet, and spit out the words: "There is a problem." ”
Yuya was stunned when she heard this, and tentatively inserted the oar into the water, and her face suddenly became solemn.
It turned out that the reason why Huang Qilin hadn't moved forward half a step for so long was not because he was not good at steering, but because the river surface at the stern of the boat had turned into a paste at some point, and it was even so sticky that it was difficult to move the oars. Yuya thrust the oar in front of the boat, but saw that the oar was standing upright in the middle of the river, and there was no sign of sinking.
"No wonder I couldn't exert all my strength just now... What's going on?" Wu Hao had never seen such a situation, but he was a little dumbfounded.
"Girl... We can't be hit by some magic circle, right..."Mu Fengchun also felt the strangeness of the atmosphere, and asked with a strong fighting spirit.
"Impossible..."Yuya looked around, but didn't find any signs of the magic circle, and said a little suspiciously: "There is nothing abnormal around here, it is not at all like the state of being attached to the magic circle!"
"Then let's row back first!" Yu Siya said and snatched the oar in Huang Qilin's hand and inserted it into the river on the other side, and with all his strength, he heard two crisp clicks, the two oars broke into four, and the oar head under the water sank strangely to the bottom of the river.
"Little White Snake! Alas!" Mu Fengchun was just about to speak, and the moment his eyes touched the surface of the lake, there was an indescribable fear, so he could only close his mouth.
"I... I didn't mean to..."Yu Siya's face was also a little uncomfortable, and she threw the two bare sticks back to the boat, and squatted back into the boat with her knees hugged.
"Everyone... Now there is no difference whether there is an oar or not, let's find out what the situation is first!" Wu Hao reached out and touched the river, but he only felt that his hand was cold to the bone, and he almost let his cold poison attack, so he quickly shrank back and said, "In my opinion... Maybe it's the river's problem!"
When Yu Ya heard this, she took out a meteorite needle and stabbed it into the river, but saw that this meteorite needle seemed to be nailed to the real thing, and it stood firmly on the surface of the river.
She looked in front of and behind the lake, and found that although the surface of the lake was dark, it was faintly sparkling, but the surface of the lake in front of her was like a dead pool, and there was no luster reflected in it.
"Everyone be careful! Try to stay away from the river! Don't act rashly if the situation is not clear for the time being!" Yuya also had a headache, and the situation he encountered today was completely beyond his own understanding.
If it is said that this is a magic circle laid by someone, there is not the slightest sign of a magic circle around, if it is witchcraft that has been performed by someone, there is no breath of witchcraft in the river, if it is said that a few people have been poisoned or fallen into illusions, everything around is very real, and even so, Yuya cannot be completely unaware.
Just when a few people were cautious and vigilant, they suddenly heard a cough from the side, which raised the tension of several people to the peak.
"Ahem... What kind of place is this? Why is it so dark! Huh? Why are you looking at Ah Sheng with such an expression?"
Realizing that this voice came from Ah Sheng on Yu Siya's head, everyone was angry and funny, and turned their heads away from it.
Yu Siyan had been embarrassed to open her mouth because she had made a mistake, and when she saw Ah Sheng sober up, she was also very excited: "Ah Sheng, we are now trapped on the river, can you send us to the shore?"
Ah Sheng slid off Yu Siya's head with a whoosh, and after working hard for a long time, he couldn't turn into a human form, so he could only hang his head and say: "Mom, Sister Ah Xiao and I have been tired of traveling these days, and we have exhausted our strength and can't cast too many spells... I'll give it a try..."
As he spoke, he saw Ah Sheng sliding into the river with a whoosh, and then before he could breathe, he heard an ouch, and a stiff icicle came out of the river and landed crisply in the boat. Fortunately, Wu Hao reacted in time, attached the lava technique to his hand, and forced out the cold qi in the body of this icicle, so that it turned back into the appearance of a small snake.
"Ouch, I'm cold, I'm cold... scalded me..."Seeing Ah Sheng recovering, Wu Hao also stopped in time, so he didn't bake Ah Sheng into charcoal.
"Mom, where does this smell of barbecue come from?" Ah Sheng probed his head and searched around, until he was stopped by Yu Siya, and then he came to his senses.
Wu Hao originally thought that this Yu Siyan was already very unreliable, but he didn't expect this little guy to be even more unreliable, and he also felt that it was useless, so he glanced at Huang Qilin and saw the same idea from their eyes.
Seeing Ah Sheng's lively and unharmed appearance, Yu Siya relieved her heart and asked suspiciously, "Ah Sheng, what did you encounter just now?"
"Ah Sheng just now..." Ah Sheng shook his head and tried to recall, and suddenly exclaimed: "By the way, Mom! What is this place? Why is there such a strong aura of moon resentment?"
"What is this?" asked Yu Siya, puzzled.
"Mom doesn't even remember what happened a few days ago?
"Where is it a few days ago?Why don't I know?" Yu Siya thought to herself, could she really have lost her memory, and when she looked up, she saw that everyone's faces were blank, so she was relieved.
"Ten Thousand Snake Valley! The gray vine in the Valley of Ten Thousand Snakes is transformed by the residual anger of the moon resentment! This month of resentment is still what my mother told us before, and it seems that my mother doesn't even remember the matter of the moon grudge..."The more Ah Sheng spoke, the quieter he became.
"Ahem... Can Ah Sheng tell you what you know... Tell your mother about the monthly grudge?"
"Of course you can!" Ah Sheng's little head nodded again and again, and climbed back to Yu Siya's head with a whoosh, turning into a hairpin, and then yawned and said: "Moon resentment is a kind of monster from the moon, they are white and smooth, although their limbs are long, they are soft and boneless, but they don't have seven tricks, and they can only hang upside down in the shadows when they are ordinary." ”
"Legend has it that this moon grudge has the ability to control the night, and whenever the night comes, it will wander around, looking for those who walk at night, killing them and taking possession of his body! But they also have a fatal heel, which is... Snoring..."
"What's the Achilles' heel? Wake up!" Ah Sheng was talking about the key point, and finally couldn't support his deep sleep, no matter how Yu Siya called, there was no movement.
I thought that Ah Sheng could give a good way to solve the dilemma, but I didn't expect that this guy would have no result in the middle of his words, and it also made everyone's hearts cold, seeing that the night on the river was getting thicker and thicker, hanging everyone in the situation of not seeing their fingers, and the boat under their feet also squeaked and made a sour sound, I don't know how long it can last.
Wu Hao tried to use the lava technique to expel the dark river under his feet, but in vain, he could only sit back in frustration.
"Everyone, don't be impatient, Lao Er suddenly remembered something..."Mu Fengchun was affected by Wu Hao's lava technique, and the depressed situation also recovered a little, and he barely stood up and said.
"This thing that Lao Er knows is mysterious because of the legend, so naturally he has never taken it seriously, but when I heard Ah Sheng say it today, I have to mention it! Although the description of this so-called moon grudge is generally similar, the source of what Lao Er has heard is more real, especially the origin of this incident is Daming Mountain!"