Volume 1: Breaking the Curse in the Cursed Lands Chapter 12: The Ancient Jedi Black Forest
The rainstorm is the quietest time to go, because there is corrosive acid rain falling from the sky, and this rain falls on you like ordinary rain. In the days to come, it will slowly corrode those spirit beasts with fragile skin.
Even a spirit beast as fierce as the three-eyed leopard is reluctant to let acid rain stain their fur. Within a few days, the hair will fall out in large areas where it has been wet by acid rain, and it will take a long time for it to grow back.
Feng Lian and Mengjie often experience in the rainforest, and they are also very well equipped. The two walked through the forest wearing ponchos made from the bark of the bitter tree. The rainy season brings a lot of inconvenience to their movements, but it also makes them safer.
Except for the sound of falling raindrops and their footsteps, the forest was as quiet as a still world.
The further you go into the forest, the denser the trees become. In many places, the sky is obscured by dense foliage, and not even the slightest sunlight can penetrate it.
At first, Feng Lian and Mengjie didn't care too much. Coupled with the continuous rain, maybe it is not the branches and leaves that block the sun, but the rain and fog?
On the twelfth day, the third day after the rain stopped. The two realized that something was wrong, and they hadn't seen a ray of light for at least two days. There was no living creature in sight.
"Brother, we're not going to go into the Ancient Jedi Black Forest, are we?" Mengjie's lips quivered.
"No, if we go into the Black Forest, why don't we see the stuff of legend. Feng Lian put his arm around Mengjie's shoulders and comforted.
He had to cheer himself up, or they would both break down.
The Black Forest is also one of the Jedi that Qiu Shan told about when he was teaching. The Black Forest is said to have existed since ancient times. There is no sunlight there all year round, and all that can survive in it are strange life. There is no record of what kind of life it was.
The Black Forest has its own and far between, but there are many legends. It is said to be a chaos beast with its mouth wide open waiting for food to enter automatically. It is said that all that grows in it are man-eating beasts and man-eating flowers. It is even said that it is the evolution of an ancient magic circle left over from the primeval times. It is even said that it is the devil's necromancy, and it will be eaten alive after entering......
No one knows the truth, the only thing they know is that it is terrifying, devouring all living beings.
"Why don't you go to that tree hole and take a break. I'll go ahead and explore the way. Feng Lian asked, pointing to a large hole in the trunk of a giant tree.
"No, I'd better come with you. Mengjie's face turned a little pale. Fear, sometimes like a virus, can spread quickly once it is born. Especially girls, it is difficult to eliminate the fear in their hearts under self-control.
"Alright, let's go together. Feng Lian held Mengjie's somewhat cold little hand, and he was so distressed that he couldn't do it. But he didn't know how to comfort her, and he himself was a little scared. If you really walk into the legendary Black Forest, I am afraid that there will be more than one luck.
The further you go inside, the wetter it gets, and the temperature gets cooler and colder. Even the dead branches and leaves on the ground are sticky.
"We may have lost our way. Let's go back. "Feng Lian really can't bear to be tormented by fear anymore. Her body stiffened a little.
Meng Jie thought for a while before gritting her teeth and saying, "No, the master said it." If we can't overcome the fear in our hearts, then we will live in a haze forever. I still want to just go out, if I look back, I'm afraid that I will be shrouded in this shadow for the rest of my life. ”
"Okay, then let's just walk out. Although Feng Lian said firmly, he was still uneasy in his heart. They hadn't seen any prey for six or seven days. In the past few days, they have eaten all the dry food left over from the last training, and the rest is enough for them to eat for five days.
And the aura is getting thinner and thinner, which is not a good thing for Mengjie. But he was not willing to retreat from fear, leaving an indelible shadow on his heart.
The forest is dark, and it is impossible to distinguish between day. The two walked for another three days or so, when they suddenly smelled a hint of aroma. But they quickly held their breath and took out the pill and took it.
"It's a fierce poisonous incense, let's go take a look. Mengjie swept away the decadence of the past few days. Anyone who has been in the same environment for a long time and suddenly has a different feeling, will be a little excited, and they don't care that there may be fatal danger there.
Mengjie's proposal is incorruptible, and there is never a time when you disagree. The two of them followed the place where the fragrance came from for most of the day, and their eyes suddenly lit up.
It's so beautiful, it's like a fairyland. Countless unknown flowers are blooming, some as big as a basin, some as small as dust. Even the green leaves are a swaggering green color.
The brilliant glow comes from the self-luminescence of the flowers, which is really pleasing to the eye. Both were stunned by this bizarre beauty. Especially Mengjie, I want to rush up and hold those flowers to appreciate it.
Thinking about it, the two did not let their guard down, but just watched in place. The more bizarre the place, the greater the danger is likely to be.
"In such a beautiful place, there is not a living creature. Meng Jie said.
Feng Lian also noticed the strangeness here, not even a small flying insect. In particular, the pool in the center, which is about 10 meters long and wide, is crystal clear, and the colorful pebbles in it are definitely not naturally formed, but deliberately placed by someone. Because it's like the veins of a formation. And there is not a single fallen leaf or other debris in the pool. The fragrance comes from the pool.
"Brother, look there. ”
Feng Lian looked in the direction indicated by Meng Jie, and on the boulder above the pool, there was a jade-white skeleton, which was the skeleton of a two-headed pterosaur.
Two-headed pterosaur, which exists only in legends. It is said to be one of the Chaos Behemoths, with a ferocious and unusual speed that ranks in the top ten among the Chaos Behemoths. The smaller the two-headed pterodactyl, the faster it can fly. In ancient times, Da Neng liked to use it as a mount, which was a manifestation of identity and ability.
Looking at the feet of the two-headed pterosaur, there are dense bones of various spirit beasts, as well as human bones. Many have become gray and rotten, and some are still shiny.
"This two-headed pterosaur is so small, what level of spirit beast is it, even the bones are so beautiful. Mengjie sighed.
"I always feel danger, let's get out of here, right?" Feng Lian looked at the strange scene in front of him, and his heart became more and more uneasy.
"Well, I'm feeling a little uneasy, too. Mengjie nodded.
The two were just about to turn around, when Feng Lian suddenly pushed Meng Jie away. The stationary black vines around him didn't know when they wrapped around Feng Lian's legs, and a few more vines stretched out towards Mengjie.
Meng Jie saw Feng Lian hanging upside down, took out a sharp short knife, jumped up and wanted to cut the vines. The blade seemed to be slashed on stainless steel, flashing a few sparks, and a gap actually appeared in the short knife of the mortal grade.
Feng Lian bent down and grabbed the vine, trying to break the vine as usual. These soft vines are so elastic that they can't break even if they want to.
Meng Jie still wanted to come up to help, but she couldn't be separated, and countless vines and weeds poured towards her. Several attempts have been made to destroy them, not even to defeat them. These plants are simply immortal Xiaoqiang, burned and slashed, all of which are ineffective, and they can't be pulled out. The only weakness is that the speed is relatively slow, so that Mengjie can avoid it with dexterity.
The vines hanging from the wind did not stop, but slowly moved along the black branches of the big tree in the direction of the pool.
Feng Lian was a little anxious, and he felt that the most dangerous place was the spotless pool. Falling into it must be a doomed consequence. After trying several methods to no avail, Feng Lian could only twist his body frantically, wanting to use the most primitive method to get rid of the vine's entanglement with him.
The five vines that entwined himself were constantly writhing by him, and his rotating body twisted into a rope.
A faint sound of "crackling" came, making Feng Lian feel that the roots and vines that wrapped around his legs were repelling each other. When they are forcibly entangled with each other by Feng Lian, they want to push away another vine that is close to them.
"Infighting!" Feng Lian thought of the word. There was no other way but to follow his instincts and continue to rotate his body.
Sure enough, as the vines were wound tighter, the repulsion between them became more pronounced. As if they have a consciousness, they all want to send Feng Lian to the pool alone, and they don't need the help of other vines, and they don't want other vines to share their results.
Feng Lian was overjoyed and accelerated the speed of rotation. The crackling sound became denser and louder. There was a fresh fragrance, the smell of the liquid that came out of the cracked vines. A drop fell into the eyes of Feng Lian, who was caught off guard. After a burst of hot pain, Feng Lian found that he could actually feel the consciousness of the vines.
Feng Lian was not happy, but was a little scared, afraid of being robbed of consciousness. From the analysis of the knowledge learned, there are many existences in nature that can seize the consciousness of others, all of which make you feel the consciousness of the other party first, and then slowly lure you deeper. and finally devour or occupy your subjective consciousness.
"Divine liquid, me, me, divine liquid!" The consciousness that came from the vine was very simple, just these two words. Feng Lian guessed that the divine liquid should be the water in the pool. Only then did he notice that the fragrance emitted by the sap was basically the same as the aroma of the sap, but the fragrance of the sap contained a feeling of greenness. It is not as pure as the fragrance of the pool.
Feng Lian didn't have time to think deeply about the reason, or it was the right way to get rid of these vines first. By this time he had reached the top of the flowers, which were also very strange, and it must be more dangerous to fall into them than to be entangled in vines.
Feng Lian bent down to see that there were still two of the five vines left, and the others were all broken, hanging weakly on them. The remaining two are still entangled, and the epidermis is constantly peeling off where they touch each other. The bright red vine heart inside is exposed, much like a human wound. The sap also comes out of it.
They seem to be robbing each other of the sap, the wound of the losing side grows larger, the size of the body slowly decreases, and the winning side, on the contrary, grows a few small black shoots.
Feng Lian shouted "bad" in his heart. If they were to divide the winners, they would not be able to get rid of the thickened vine, which would be stronger than the five vines combined. He took out his short knife and slashed at the wound, thinking that this must be its weakness.
Sure enough, the vine came with a painful consciousness. But when he went down, his knife seemed to reach into the furnace, and the edge of the knife was melted by the sap, and only half of the handle remained.
Feng Lian immediately thought of some of the experiences of collecting medicine during the training. Some herbs are made to melt metal, while others are corroded by metal.
Rushed to the doctor. Feng Lian has no other way now, he can use whatever method he thinks, he just hopes to free himself from the entanglement of the vines as soon as possible. He took out the jade ruler that was most commonly used to collect medicine and slashed at the wound of the vine.
The vines seemed to have countless eyes, and when they saw the jade ruler coming to it, they immediately let go of Feng Lian, and contracted at an extremely fast speed, avoiding the jade ruler.
The moment Feng Lian fell, his body twisted, drawing an arc, and his feet landed on the edge of the flowers, without stepping into their territory.
"Ah......h The sap that had just been spilled by the vines fell into his eyes, and the hot pain made him unbearable.
"Brother, what's wrong with you?" Meng Jie saw purple-black blood overflowing from the fingers where Feng Lian covered her eyes, and rushed over desperately.
"Ahh......h ”
Mengjie knew that she could make Feng Lian cry out for pain, and the pain went deep into the bone marrow. She picked up Feng Lian, took the jade ruler in his hand, swept towards the black grass, and cut off a large piece in an instant. Dots of pale yellow grass sap flowed from the broken places, and all the black grass saw the sap and snatched it like a demon. It seems that the wisdom of these black grasses is much lower than that of vines.
Mengjie noticed that the herbs were much more cloudy than the vines. Guess their intelligence should have something to do with the purity of their juice. She would love to collect some and go back to study, but it was certainly out of place at this time.
The jade ruler in Meng Jie's hand swept several times, cutting down a large piece of black grass. Not only did the plants that had attacked it stop bothering her, but instead snatched the sap that flowed out, fighting with each other.
Even some of the plants that were still moving towards the sap. The whole forest seemed to be agitated.
Mengjie didn't dare to stay any longer, and galloped desperately with Fenglian on her back, until she was exhausted, and then stopped to rest. A wound on his shoulder was bitten open by the painful Feng Lian, and blood was still flowing.
At this time, Feng Lian was in a semi-comatose state, his eyes bulged with purple-black bags, and some reddish-brown mucus flowed out from time to time. Weakly said, "I'm thirsty, I'm thirsty." ”
Where to find water now, Meng Jie looked at the wound on her shoulder. Gritted his teeth and swiped his wrist with a jade ruler, dripping his own blood into Feng Lian's mouth, and Feng Lian fell asleep.
Meng Jie looked around the terrain and walked more than ten miles with him on his back. Seeing a small river, Meng Jie put down Feng Lian.