Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Valley of the Return
Under the noon red sun, the entire Wild Ancient Continent seemed to be so hot, and many beasts chose to hide in dark corners to rest, hiding from the scorching sun. But at the junction of the northern part of Cangshan and another large mountain, the barren forest in the lowlands seems to be slightly different from other barren forests.
Under the tall trees, the ground is full of rugged potholes, which looks extremely damp. In such a lowland, ordinary beasts do not like to set foot in it, and although this gloomy low-lying area does not provoke wild beasts, it is the best place for some elixirs to grow.
Under the thick accumulation of dead leaves, many medicinal seeds were enriched with nutrients, and the rotten dead leaves, branches, and animal corpses became the source of nutrients for the growth of the elixir. Coupled with the darkness and concealment, many of these elixirs have been grown for decades or hundreds of years, and their medicinal effects have already reached the extreme.
At this time, you can vaguely see several figures shuttling among the low-lying barren forest. That was Gu Yan and his party, and after the recovery, Gu Yan was not in a hurry to march towards the nameless valley again, but chose to search for those precious elixirs in this barren forest.
In just over two hours, the harvest of Gu Yan and the others had already surprised them. Because the elixir resources in this area are too abundant, and there are no large-scale dangerous beasts, everyone is even more free to search, and in pairs, they are looking for elixir in this barren forest.
"Master, Ten is injured!" the voice of an archery guard suddenly sounded, and immediately everyone immediately approached the voice. After all, although there are very few large attacking beasts in these low-lying areas, they are not impossible, and there are many other extremely dangerous beasts, such as poisonous scorpions and pythons, whose poison can almost be deadly.
When Gu Yan and the others approached, they saw that there were only No. 10 and No. 9, and there were no other beasts, but No. 10 fell to the ground.
"What's going on? How could the tenth suddenly fall?" Pang Hai asked directly, after all, he was the commander of the Ancient Dragon Arrow Guard, and he was responsible for the life of each Arrow Guard. "Commander, master, we were searching for elixir, and suddenly the tenth screamed, and then fell directly to the ground, as if there was no strength in the body. Nine told him what he knew.
He screamed, and then fell to the ground, and there was no strength in his body. Could it be that he was poisoned?" Pang Hai immediately spread out the palm of No. 10, and then peeled off the clothes on his chest, and carefully examined his whole body, but there was no sign of poisoning. Suddenly, Pang Hai looked at Gu Yan a little helplessly, hoping that Gu Yan could save No. 10.
Gu Yan didn't say a word, and directly coiled his trouser legs. Gu Yan looked for it carefully, but he didn't have the slightest clue. "Why is it so strange, there is no sign of poisoning, but it is indeed weak. And the drooling in my mouth can't stop flowing, isn't it ······?" Gu Yan seemed to have thought of something.
Immediately instructing the others to carefully look for a small vine with thorns on the ground, they immediately broke a wooden stick and began to check the ground covered with dead leaves. Suddenly, Pang Hai waved his hand to signal that he had found it, and Gu Yan immediately walked towards the place where Pang Hai was stationing.
At the base of a small tree was a small vine with black thorns, which was very small and slender, and seemed to be easily broken. "Ben Shao really guessed correctly, it's really a withered vine!" Gu Yan looked at the small vine, and a look of strange excitement flashed in his eyes.
"Master, is this the thing that brought No. 10 to the ground?" Pang Hai asked softly, Gu Yan nodded, "That's right, it's this withered vine." Don't underestimate its black thorns, it can easily pierce the leather armor of intermediate beasts and even high-level beasts, so don't be stung by his thorns!"
Suddenly, everyone unconsciously took a few steps back, after all, it could easily pierce the leather armor of an intermediate beast, wouldn't it be as sharp as an iron spirit dagger, and then look at what happened to No. 10, there was no reason why everyone should not retreat.
"You don't have to pay too much attention to this withered vine, it is not poisonous, the person who is pierced will only feel a cone pain in an instant, and then the nerves will be completely paralyzed, and the whole body will be weak. The paralyzing effect of this withered vine is very strong, and it can paralyze a martial artist who is at the peak of the martial arts realm for a quarter of an hour, but it has no effect on the masters of the martial arts realm. Gu Yan patiently explained to them the role of the vine.
"Master, you mean that Ten is only temporarily paralyzed, and there is no danger. Pang Hai said lightly, and everyone immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
And Gu Yan was very happy in his heart when he looked at this withered vine, because then he would have a way to subdue the damn golden apes. "Pang Hai, use a dagger to shave off all the black thorns of this withered vine, and then everyone is ready to go back to the cave, this time we can go to the damned golden apes to settle accounts. Gu Yan's face was happy.
This withered vine can be described as a treasure that fell from the sky, and Gu Yan pondered how cool it would be if he attached all these black thorns to the arrows and shot them on the bodies of the golden apes. At that time, all the golden apes were paralyzed to the point that they were weak, not to mention that they had taken the Golden Yuan Fruit, even if they were all slaughtered, they would be captured.
Although Pang Hai didn't understand what Gu Yan wanted the black thorn for, he didn't ask much, and looked at Gu Yan with a puzzled expression. Although everyone didn't understand Gu Yan's words, they still cleaned up and followed Gu Yan back to the cave.
And Pang Hai carefully shaved the black thorn with a dagger on the side, after all, although the black thorn was not poisonous and not deadly, he didn't want to be like No. 10, who was weak and drooling.
Soon, more than a dozen dragon guards returned to the cave one after another, and Gu Yan motioned for them to sit cross-legged in a circle. The last one to arrive was naturally Pang Hai, "Master, give, there are a total of thirty-five black thorns, all of which are about three or four inches long." As he spoke, Pang Hai handed over a handful of black thorns wrapped in strips of cloth to Gu Yan.
Gu Yan took the black thorn in one hand, and then put it in his hand and looked at it carefully, with a hint of joy on his face. Because Gu Yan found that these thirty or so black thorns all contained a small packet, after all, the most important thing for the black thorns was to see how much hemp was inside, according to Gu Yan's guess, if this black thorn stabbed the golden ape, they would have to be paralyzed for at least two hours.
Then Gu Yan told Pang Hai about his idea of using this black thorn to deal with the golden ape group, and immediately they looked at the number ten who was still paralyzed, and immediately had to admire Gu Yan's high strategy.
As he began to prepare, he first picked some sweet potato vines, which are extremely slender but notoriously tough. Then everyone followed Gu Yan's instructions to tie the black thorns to the arrows, all of them were wooden arrowheads, after all, they were not trying to shoot the golden ape this time, but to send the black thorns into their bodies.
Because this was a delicate job, everyone had to pay attention to the way the blackthorns were tied and to prevent being pierced by the blackthorns, so it took everyone more than an hour to successfully tie all the thirty-five blackthorns to the arrows. At this time, the tenth, who was pierced by the black thorn, also recovered from the paralysis, and when he listened to everyone tell him the reason, he said that he was drooling all over the place, and he looked very obscene, which suddenly made his face red, and he couldn't wait to find a place to drill down immediately.
Soon a dozen people had sorted out, brought all their equipment, and headed for the nameless valley again. Because they had entered the valley once, everyone entered the valley very quickly this time, and as soon as they entered, they lay in ambush on the hills on both sides.
The outskirts of the valley were now extremely empty, and the footprints of the battle were still visible, but the bodies of the dead golden apes were gone! and, to their surprise, the trees that had been full of fruit were already empty.
"Master, all the fruits are gone, could it be that those golden apes have moved?" Pang Hai asked Chao Guyan in a low voice. Suddenly, Gu Yan's face became extremely solemn, if all the golden apes really moved, then they would definitely not let go of those precious golden yuan fruits. If this is the case, then their efforts for more than half a month will not be in vain.
At this moment, there was a sudden "squeak" sound from the inner enclosure, and Gu Yan and the others immediately quietly followed from the fruit trees in the hillock. The situation in the inner area of the valley was similar to the last time, and dozens of golden apes were still jumping over the fruit trees. And the dozen or so Jinyuan fruit trees are still full of golden fruits, which looks very attractive.
It's just that Gu Yan found that the Golden Snub-Nosed Ape King was gone, and it was in the cave! At the same time, Gu Yan and the others each looked for the best shooting spot, and the hundred forging bows in each of their hands were tightly held in the palm of their hands.
"Everyone, pay attention, I estimated just now that there are about sixty or so golden apes in the group, but nearly half of them are still young apes, and they don't have much strength, so you can ignore them when looking for targets. Saying that, everyone nodded knowingly, after all, the biggest threat to them was those adult golden apes, and these young apes did not have the strength to resist them at all.
This would not only ensure that the golden apes would not be overly angered, but with only a total of thirty or so arrows tied to the black thorns, it would not be possible to give all the golden apes an arrow.
"Pang Hai, wait a minute, you will pick a giant ape at the entrance of that cave as a target and lure out the golden ape king. As for the ape king, leave it to me, and the others must hurry, otherwise once the golden ape group attacks, then we may be in big trouble. Saying that, Gu Yan alone took nearly ten arrows tied with black thorns.
After all, among the dozen or so people present, Gu Yan's archery skills were the strongest, and he could shoot as many as three or four targets at a time. And shooting this group of golden apes has a maximum of two chances for each person to open the bow, such a close distance, once the golden ape is discovered, it is only an instant matter of attacking, so he himself has to be cautious.