Chapter 247: Corpse Lake
Although Zhou An was not afraid of the Tang family, Zhou An also had to take into account the feelings of Zhou Guangshan and the old lady, so the three of them left Shangxi County in a hurry.
In fact, the reason why Zhou An is not afraid of the Tang family is because Shangxi County is almost the same as the ancient county seat, and I don't know how many counties like this are in the Great Yuan Dynasty, and the highest-level masters in the county like this are at the same level as the Qianshan Gang leader and the ancient county county commander, and Zhou An at this level is no longer afraid, so he doesn't care much about the top force in Shangxi County, the Tang family.
Not long after Zhou An, Zhou Guangzhu and the old lady left, the Tang family found the body outside Yizhuang, and immediately the Tang family blocked the county seat, wantonly searched in the county, and killed many innocent people, which lasted for three days, and they did not catch it.
At this time, Zhou An, Zhou Guang, and the old lady had already come to the forest and walked in the depths.
This forest is called the Forest of Fallen Souls, at the junction of Shangxi County and Huaqi County, it is very famous in the vicinity, of course, it is famous for its fierceness, why is it called the Forest of Fallen Souls, because as long as the people who go in, they are either dead or as if their souls are lost, and they become crazy, and the Forest of Fallen Souls has become a forbidden place, and no one dares to enter it anymore.
Especially the people who live nearby, as long as they are five kilometers away from the Forest of Fallen Souls, they are afraid to set foot in it.
And the old lady said on the way here, the reason why the Forest of Fallen Souls is so terrifying is because there is a kind of grass growing in it, the name of this grass is Ecstasy Grass, Ecstasy Grass will emit a fragrance, which makes people intoxicated, it is good to smell a little, and it will not hurt much, if you smell too much, the soul will be injured at the lightest, and the soul will be injured at worst, and it will be death.
And this kind of ecstasy grass is everywhere in the Forest of Fallen Souls, so the effectiveness is also greatly increased, as long as you walk into the Forest of Fallen Souls, there are few people who can get out of the Forest of Fallen Souls without hindrance.
Although the Forest of Fallen Souls is very scary, the old lady also has a way to deal with it, she has the antidote of Ecstasy Grass, which is a potion made of Qingshen Flower, which has the effect of refreshing the mind and just restraining the Ecstasy Grass.
Before entering the Forest of Fallen Souls, the three of them had already taken the potion, but the time limit was only fifteen days, and once the fifteen days passed, they had to take it again.
The old lady led the way in front like an old horse, and they went smoothly without encountering any danger on the way.
Zhou Anke had heard that there were many beasts in the Forest of Fallen Souls, but now they didn't see anything other than a few non-aggressive small animals.
It was clear that the old lady was familiar with the Forest of Fallen Souls.
What the three of them didn't know was that there was a man far behind them, who looked like a wild man, who was wearing nothing but a straw skirt made of ecstasy grass, and who jumped from tree to tree without making a sound.
"How far is it from the Corpse Lake," Zhou An asked.
"It's a little more than an hour away. The old lady said.
"By the way, I haven't asked you what kind of profession you paper makers are in the dark world, and why are they so weird. Zhou An asked the old lady and Zhou Guang.
"Paper craftsmen, one of the top professions in our dark world, I don't know how many times stronger than our profession of chasing corpses, they have existed in ancient times, I heard that they originated from the paper people who tied the burial of the deceased, and all their means of attack are all paper people, people in this profession are strange and difficult to kill. The old lady said.
"So are there many people in the profession of papermaker, and what level is the papermaker I have met. Zhou An asked.
"No one knows the number of people in the profession of papermaker, mysterious, the world is only afraid of them, as for the level of the papermaker who fights with you, in the early four levels of the dark world, it is the Xuanhuang of heaven and earth, I guess he is the early stage of the Xuanxuan, otherwise he would not have such strength. The old lady said.
In the midst of Zhou An's various problems, after a long journey, they finally came to a large lake.
This lake was the lake of corpses they were looking for.
The lake in front of him is not big, only dozens of kilometers in size, looking at the past can see the opposite shore of the lake, this lake is not blue, but gray, there are gray fish swimming in it, and even Zhou An also saw a few large and fat crocodiles by the lake, crawling on the shore and basking in the sun.
These crocodiles are not ordinary crocodiles, not only are they all gray, but even their claws and eyes are gray, and the most important thing is that there is a human hand under the eyes, which is still a baby's hand, and the nails of the hands are very long and very sharp.
From these strange crocodiles, Zhou An saw that the fish in the lake were probably not simple.
What embarrassed Zhou An was that he was a landlubber and could not pass through water, even if he had the cultivation of a martial artist and entered the lake, he would probably be buried inside.
Immediately Zhou An said it, and after the old lady heard it, she decided to go into the water with Zhou Guang, after all, she had come many times before to take the body, so she was very familiar with the water conditions here, and Zhou An was not watery and guarded on the shore, and protected the corpse they brought up.
With two plops, the old lady and Zhou Guangzhu changed into diving clothes, and plunged into the lake.
After a while, they fished up two corpses, a male corpse and a female corpse, the two corpses still maintained their original appearance, not at all like the corpses that appeared swollen after being soaked in water, but the clothes they were wearing were already soaked and rotten, and they could only barely cover their bodies.
After putting the body on the shore, the old lady and Zhou Guangzhu dived into the water again and fished out the body again.
They have been coming and going five times, and they have fished out a total of ten corpses, but Zhou An has found a problem, there are only eight corpses in front of him, where did the other two corpses go, could they have been stolen? At this time, Zhou An had a heart, and always paid attention to the corpses they fished up, to see how the corpses were lost.
When they surfaced again and fished the corpse to the shore, Zhou An saw a figure grabbing a corpse, running to a tree and leaving.
The person in front seemed to be very familiar with the Forest of Fallen Souls, and his speed was very fast, but Zhou An was not slow to chase him tightly, but the speed of the two was about the same, Zhou An was just chasing, but he couldn't catch up, but Zhou An had already seen the appearance of the person in front of him clearly, it was a wild man wearing a grass skirt.
It's incredible how there could still be a wild man in the Forest of Fallen Souls, how he survived under the poison of Ecstasy Grass, and what did he eat for a living.