Chapter 368: Hidden Stream
This is not the first time that the immortal bandits have come, and they are familiar with the way forward. Along the way, she didn't know how many prying eyes she felt, and these gazes were not hostile, not even kind, not even curious, only deep indifference.
The deeper you go into the mountains, the taller the trees become, crisscrossing the foliage into an impermeable carpet in midair. The light is even worse, they have trekked until now it is just noon, and it should be the sunniest time, but this dense forest is as dim as dusk, and ordinary people can't even see the grass roots stumbling on the ground under this light. The fog in the forest is curling, and the insects and birds are singing, which is really a scene of a tropical forest.
I don't know how Fu Yunchang identified the direction, and after more than half an hour, he finally found a huge oak tree. The waist of this tree is hugged by at least eight or nine people, and the canopy is even larger, and the trunk is covered with a little moss, which makes it look even more old and green, and the leaves have turned dark red in autumn.
Fu Yunchang took out a palm-sized leaf from his arms, as if the veins were clear, but the material was like metal, with a dark luster. He didn't say much, and stepped forward and pressed the metal leaf to the trunk of the oak tree.
A strange scene happened. The small trunk suddenly wriggled, and the hard bark became so soft that the leaf sank gently into the trunk as if it had sunk into a swamp, and after a few breaths the trunk of the oak tree was smooth again, as if nothing had happened.
Is this a customs clearance inspection? Ning Xiaoxian frowned and thought, sure enough, there was a transmission from He Laosi in her ears, this old guy followed Fu Yunchang back and forth to the Ba Snake Mountain Range many times. Know the doorway. "This Ironwood Order is a token distributed by the Hidden Current, and it is also the only pass we have in the Ba Snake Mountains. If you don't have such a thing, you want to go into the Ba Snake Mountains. There are no doors. As far as I know, there are no more than five Ironwood Orders released to the outside world, and they are all trading objects approved by the hidden current. There was a faint pride in his words, as if it was a great thing to be recognized as a trading partner by the Demon Sect here.
"Hidden Stream" is the demon sect that hides, no, lives in seclusion in the Ba Snake Mountain Range. This demon sect is very peculiar. With the vast stone forest Gobi in the east as a moat, it has been isolated from the world for a long time. At that time, the situation of demons and humans coexisting for tens of thousands of years, and the two have long learned to maintain a superficial peaceful coexistence. It's the demon sect that is weaker and weaker. More or less, they also occupy a county-level and town-level human gathering place on the Southern Ganbu Continent to enjoy the immortal silver tribute in the territory.
However, the monsters in the hidden stream are even only entrenched in this deep mountain, and do not set foot in the outside world of flowers. Even if there is a big thing to do. Nor will it ever step out of the Ba Snake Mountains for more than a month. Miluo had seen a monster in the hidden stream. After staying in the outside world for more than 20 days, his eyes were red, and he took out the posture of God blocking and killing God, and Buddha blocking and killing Buddha, and rushed to the lair with all his life.
It would be forgivable if the Terran Immortal Sect was so evasive, after all, the monk asked and paid attention to purity of heart and few desires. But it's weird for monsters to do such asceticism, because the practice of the demon clan only needs to be directed to the heart, and eating, drinking, and having fun are never forbidden, which is why many city-states under the rule of the demon clan. The reason for even more prosperity than under the hands of the Terrans - what is good at the top, will be worse at the bottom. And strong consumption has boosted production.
Moreover, the hidden stream has existed for 30,000 years, and is one of the few demon sects with the longest history on this continent, along with Fengtianfu.
As she was thinking, a movement ahead interrupted her train of thought. The old oak tree had probably finished its inspection, and had found that the token was not fake—and that there was no room for counterfeiting—and it had passed hundreds of huge branches, pointing in a uniform direction to the west.
Before she could come back to her senses, a strange wind blew through the branches of the old oak tree, making a deep and rough sound like a trombone. Ning Xiaoxian noticed that as soon as the trombone sounded, the other sounds around him stopped, and the forest was frighteningly quiet for a while.
Changtian snorted dissatisfiedly: "But in the past little time, so many things have been made." ”
Just "time" like this? Big brother, are you talking about 30,000 years? She scolded in her heart, and then she heard a creaking sound from the forest, like the sound of a tree branch breaking, from near to far, all the way to the depths of the forest.
In the direction pointed by the branches of the old oak, all the plants gave way to a path, just enough for three people to pass side by shoulder. There was only green grass on the road, no branches as dense as spider webs, and no tree dared to stand in the way. She looked down the road, but there was no end in sight, and it was dark in the distance, and I didn't know what was waiting for everyone.
There is no road in this forest. The Ba Snake Mountains are too large, and the hidden currents do not allow anyone to fly in the sky, and if it were not for the old oak tree ordering the trees to open the way, they do not know how long they would have to walk in this dense forest. Ning Xiaoxian sighed secretly, no wonder Yinliu didn't seem to be worried about a strong enemy at all, daring to have a tree demon controlling the entire forest, if there was no iron and wood order, it would be difficult for anyone who wanted to enter and exit freely.
After they set foot on this forest path, their speed was in vain several times faster. The existence of this path is only temporary, so when they walk along, the dense forest behind them has been closed again, and there is not even the slightest shadow of the path? Walking on this path, those indifferent prying eyes never looked at it again.
After walking for more than an hour, they reached a gentle valley.
The scenery here is unique. The river flows down the distant mountains, and when it reaches the valley, it merges into a blue lake, the surface of which is calm and bright, like a sapphire embedded in the green field. The delicate plants blooming on the surface of the water were actually -- she squinted and looked at them a few more times before she confirmed that it was really a water lily. You must know that it is now October, and the autumn in this great west is already very cold, but she actually saw the delicate pink and purple lotus flowers here, several of which are still lotuses, and a few pink arrows with buds to be released pointed to the sky.
In this strange forest, nothing is impossible.
The building by the lake. Too big for her to ignore. It is a palace in the forest made of trees, nearly 100 meters high, magnificent and quaint. There wasn't much decoration, she didn't know what kind of tree it was, why it was a tree, and the huge, curved branches were natural steps.
On the left and right sides of this hall, there is a palace group that is a few feet shorter, which is also simple and magnificent. Even though it's already autumn. But unknown climbing plants have covered the facades of the ancient trees, blooming beautiful colorful flowers that dress these palaces like beauties in makeup.
They had just stepped into this valley. Among the birds hovering in the sky, a large blue bird flew down and landed on the ground, turning into a young woman with beautiful eyebrows. It's just that there is a bright light in his eyes.
"Miss Qingluan. Fu Yunchang took two steps. I saluted, obviously I had dealt with her before.
Qingluan smiled, her gaze swept over the person behind him, and when she saw Ning Xiaoxian, she frowned and said, "Who is this new face?" It seems that she recognizes most of the members of the immortal bandits.
"It's our new Dan Master. This time, we bought a lot of herbs, and Qing'er had something to do with the temporary departure of the team, so we invited Miss Ning to come with us. Miss Ning, this is the lieutenant of Lord Hatoma. Qingluan girl. Fu Yunchang had already thought of the lines and read them again without panic. Then take out a storage bag, "Please accept the goods brought this time." ”
The hidden stream is located in the deep mountains, the medicinal materials are extremely rich, and the minerals are relatively poor, and every time Fu Yunchang sends the goods, four or five of the ten items are magic weapons. Qingluan opened the storage bag, and Shen Nian leaned into it to inspect it, thinking that he was quite satisfied, and a smile appeared on his cold face. "Lord Haruma and Lord Langya have something to go out, and they are not in the temple at the moment. Give me a list of medicinal materials that you want to take with me this time, and you should be able to prepare them tomorrow. ”
Fu Yunchang casually handed over a piece of paper and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. The hidden stream implements a two-leader system, named Guma and Langya respectively, among which Guma is stubborn and arrogant, especially difficult to speak, he is not there, that is the best. Qingluan seemed to see what he was thinking, the corners of his mouth twitched, he took the list and glanced at it, and frowned: "There are so many medicinal materials this time?"
"Not bad. Miss Qingluan may have also heard that the plague is spreading all over the world, and now it is slowly spreading to the west, and there are many flavors on this list that are used to prepare antidotes. ”
"Well, I heard. She said nonchalantly, "It's not a rare medicine, it's no problem to prepare it before tomorrow morning." Hey, do you need snake flame grass this time, and it will cost six hundred years?"
Concerning Chang Tian's innocence body, Ning Xiaoxian stepped forward and said, "I need the snake flame grass to dispense medicine, this herb can only be used within three hours of picking, so I want to go with the Taoist friends who collect the medicine." ”
Qingluan looked at her from beginning to end, looked at Qizai parked on her arm, her eyes lit up, and she looked at her a few times, and then said, "No." The snake grass grows in the forbidden land, and no one is allowed to enter the hidden stream. I'll pick it up for you later. From here to the forbidden land, three hours back and forth is enough. Now, Mr. Fu, please take your people and go to the house to rest. ”
The valley seems quiet and peaceful, with no other yokai to be seen except for the occasional flying bird in the sky. However, Changtian has already told her that this place seems empty, but in fact, I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring, and you can't act rashly.
Hidden Stream doesn't like outsiders to use their station as a tourist attraction, so every time the bandits come here to trade, although they will stay for about a day, they basically don't walk around. In such a weird demon sect, wandering around without the master's consent is something that can only be done if the mind is short-circuited.
Qingluan slapped her face twice, and sure enough, a man flashed out of the dense forest, first saluted her respectfully, and then said to everyone: "Please come with me." ”
"Wow, this is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. A little monster who leads the way has a great cultivation stage. She whispered to Changtian. The latter smiled slightly: "If in the ancient period, the people who led the way here were at least all monsters above the return period." ”
She stuck out her tongue and stopped squeaking. (To be continued......)
PS: September 16
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