Chapter 198 [The End of the Valley]
"That's all here?" Yin Feng looked at the attic of the house in front of him, and the two of them were almost introduced next to each other, and there was nothing special about it.
In fact, they also knew that there was nothing special about this place at all, at least on the outside, the buildings and pavilions were very different, and there seemed to be nothing to know about them.
Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu nodded seriously without hesitation, which also made the two of them firmly believe that this area was of little value.
"Then let's go down and look around." Mu Feng smiled and glanced at Yin Feng and said.
Yin Feng nodded knowingly, Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu naturally had no reason to object.
So the four of them walked down the stream along the bluestone road under their feet, the green mountains and green forests on both sides were fragrant with birds and flowers, and some beautiful fish could be seen flowing happily in the crystal clear murmuring stream beside them, and the bright sun shone in this beautiful valley and everything seemed so beautiful and happy.
There was also talk and laughter between the four of them all the way down, Mu Feng and Yin Feng seemed to have some stupid and stupid questions, but in fact, they were talking one after another, but unfortunately Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu didn't know whether they really didn't know or pretended to be confused, and the more they went down, the quieter the valley became, and the disciples of the Ancient Sword Sect who came and went gradually became scarce.
The four of them talked and laughed all the way down, and a trace of mist appeared in the originally bright and bright valley, and the two of them, who had felt warm under the sun before, now felt a chill.
"Why is it so quiet here?" Some fog had already appeared in the valley, and the buildings on both sides were becoming fewer and fewer, and sometimes they couldn't see any buildings after walking half a cup of tea, and the disciples of the Ancient Sword Sect who passed by them all stopped to salute them.
When several ancient sword disciples passed by after saluting them, Yin Feng asked curiously towards the five and six juniors.
"Not far ahead is where we practice on weekdays, and this section of the road is naturally not walked by anyone except for a few hours when we go to practice every day." Xiao Wu replied with a slight smile.
As we continued, the fog became thicker and thicker, and the valley formed between the two mountains gradually narrowed, and a circular platform with a diameter of about forty or fifty meters above the stream was faintly visible in front of it.
Through the mist, you can see some Ancient Sword Sect disciples sitting cross-legged on the round platform, one by one sitting in the dense fog meditating, both sideburns and eyebrows are wet with fog, and some even disciples with slightly lower cultivation are even purple.
You can feel a cold snap from a distance, let alone them.
"Why do you want to practice here?" Mu Feng was puzzled, even standing a hundred meters away, he felt a little cold and shivered, looking at the rock walls around the round platform were wet, and some places even condensed some frost, the temperature here was too unusual.
Retreat a few hundred meters The wind and the sun are sunny and the spring flowers are blooming, and it is like a bitter cold place frozen all year round, although there is no ice and fire between the two, but there is also a big gap, take a step back, the clouds are light and the wind is light, and it is further cold and biting.
"Senior brother doesn't know, this is already the end of the valley, the mountains on both sides have become very narrow here, it is very cold to see the sun here all year round, and the wind outside the valley blows to turn these water mist into cold air, because it is very cold here, it can hone people's will more, and the cultivation will get twice the result with half the effort." Xiao Liu smiled and pointed to the steep peaks on both sides to explain.
Mu Feng glanced at Yin Feng beside him with a puzzled face, and the latter nodded lightly with a gentle smile, "It's hard to work hard."
"Yes, like our low strength, it is enough to meditate on the stage for an hour." Xiao Wu smiled bitterly and said.
Mu Feng and the two looked at each other and smiled without saying anything, and continued to approach the round platform, the gurgling stream around them gradually became weaker, and after a closer look, they found that the original stream had begun to freeze here, and a thin layer of ice was blown by the wind outside the valley, and the pavement made people feel cold and biting.
If it weren't for the steady stream of water left behind, I am afraid that the stream next to me would be frozen in an instant.
The four of them passed by the wooden fence next to the round platform, and the short distance of a few dozen meters made the four of them still sit on the wet and frosty round platform, and the disciples of the Ancient Sword Sect were almost the same, their bodies were covered with white frost, so that Mu Feng's body trembled slightly, and he subconsciously rubbed his hands.
At the other end of the valley, in front of the Ancient Sword Pavilion, a large mahogany round table was full of various dishes, Qiu Changsheng, who was dressed in a blue and white robe, sat on the top seat, two disciples who looked to be in their thirties, a tall and a fat were sitting in the direction of his left hand, while Zhuo Zichen and Xia Ruolan were sitting on his right hand, and more than a dozen disciples of the Ancient Sword Sect were respectfully lined up behind them waiting to serve.
The round table of Nuoda is full of delicious dishes and wine, but only the five of them seem to be a bit wasteful, and this large round table is estimated to sit more than ten or twenty people will not be crowded.
Talking about the wine and everything seemed to be happy, Zhuo Zichen and Xia Ruolan, who were frequently toasting on the surface, were worried in their hearts, and while following Qiu Changsheng's words, they were also thinking about what happened to Mu Feng and them.
This banquet had been going on for most of the hour, and although the dishes on the table had already cooled down without much movement, he knew in his heart that they had nothing to say now, only shh
After asking everything that could be talked about and asked, it was time for Qiu Changsheng to introduce his disciples to them one by one, which meant that the meal was almost over.
Just when Zhuo Zichen was thinking hard about what topic to continue talking about and delay time, the two disciples of the Ancient Sword Sect quickly ran up the stone steps on the side, and the two of them looked at Zhuo Zichen and Xia Ruolan with complicated expressions, and walked straight to Qiu Changsheng at a glance.
Seeing the expressions of the two of them, Zhuo Zichen and Xia Ruolan were also shocked, their brows furrowed slightly, and they subconsciously looked at each other, both of them saw a bad feeling in each other's eyes.
The two bent down and whispered a few words in the ear of the smiling Qiu Changsheng, the atmosphere at the dinner table became a little depressed because of the arrival of the two, Zhuo Zichen and Xia Ruolan frowned and looked at this scene quietly, the smile on Qiu Changsheng's face became a little stiff after hearing the words of the person in his ear, and after a while, the smile converged and his expression became solemn.
"What happened to the sect master?" Xia Ruolan's voice was soft, and she asked with some concern after Qiu Changsheng listened to the words of the two.
"Hey, I have a lot of snakes, insects and poisonous beasts here, the two teachers and nephews are walking towards the Death Swamp by mistake, I'm afraid they will encounter any danger, the old man will go and see, if you make a mistake with me, I can't explain it." Qiu Changsheng's gloomy face, with Xia Ruolan's inquiry, gradually relaxed, and he let out a light sigh and said.
Although Qiu Changsheng didn't say it clearly, Zhuo Zichen and Xia Ruolan could clearly hear the dissatisfaction and anger in his heart at the moment, and both of them secretly rejoiced in their hearts, which was exactly the result they wanted.
"Sect Master, let's go with you, the two junior brothers are reckless and don't understand the rules, I will make amends to you for them first, and when I go back, I will definitely show the elders at this time." Zhuo Zichen stood up solemnly and apologized to Qiu Changsheng.
"Hehe, in my opinion, there is no need, you are not familiar with this place, there are too many poisonous insects and beasts outside, you better rest here, you can take care of a few good students." Qiu Changsheng replied with a cold smile, and then jumped up, and the golden clouds under his feet condensed into the sky, and the speed was extremely fast.
The disciples of the Ancient Sword Sect who were originally serving them to dine around were slightly surprised, but they didn't dare to disobey Qiu Changsheng's order, and they approached Zhuo Zichen and Xia Ruolan one after another.
Although these people didn't say anything, Zhuo Zichen and Xia Ruolan knew very well in their hearts what the word "care" that Qiu Changsheng left before leaving, the group of Ancient Sword Sect disciples around them were obviously spying on them, and Qiu Changsheng's previous meaning was also very clear, the two of them were afraid that they would not be able to go anywhere now.
However, Zhuo Zichen and Xia Ruolan both looked at each other and smiled, both of them saw the joy of success in each other's eyes, Qiu Changsheng was so nervous, obviously it was not for Mu Feng's life, the two of them were also very curious for a while, and they didn't know what Mu Feng and they found that made Qiu Changsheng so nervous.
On the other side, next to the round platform at the end of the valley, the four of them continued to walk forward, walking out of the stone road about a hundred meters away, and the stone road around them came to an abrupt end, the surrounding silence was silent, the dense fog was filled, and the stream next to the wet and smooth stone slab under their feet also flowed into the mud and disappeared, the visibility in front of them was less than thirty meters, and the round platform behind them was also hazy and not very clear.
"Senior brother, you can't go any further." Seeing that Mu Feng and Yin Feng were still preparing to continue deeper, Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu hurriedly blocked in front of them.
"Hehe, we just want to see the stone, it seems to have words written on it." Yin Feng smiled and pointed to a boulder that looked like it was standing in the middle of the road about four or five meters away.
"Where is the forbidden language written by the sect master himself?" Xiao Wu said softly.
"Forbidden words?" Mu Feng said suspiciously, and regardless of the obstruction of Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu, he walked in three steps and two steps in front of this wet and frosty boulder.
"No entry" Looking at the four eye-catching characters engraved on the boulder, Mu Feng and Yin Feng looked at each other and read them out in unison.
"Yes, there's a mire of death ahead, it's full of gas, it's the end of the valley, but no one who enters it has ever come back alive, in fact, we've crossed the line now, and this stone is the last warning, and this is the first time I've been here." Xiao Wu gasped, and he didn't know if it was because the temperature here was too low or for some reason, his emaciated body was trembling slightly, and his voice became a little trembling.
"Aren't you familiar with swamps?" Mu Feng recalled that last night, they were taken out of the quagmire by a few disciples of the Ancient Sword Sect and came here, and he also felt a sense of brightness in his heart.
"Dozens of miles around here are covered by mud swamps and poisonous fog, we can't have all been there, we are only familiar with those few roads, there are many places in the death swamp that are full of dangers and complex terrain, we have never been to them, this is one of them, but this place is more dangerous and close to us, so the sect master will set such a forbidden word here." Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu glanced at each other, both of them smiled bitterly and shook their heads again and again.
"Hehe, that's the same, let's go back." Mu Feng thoughtfully planned for a moment, and then smiled lightly at Yin Feng.
Yin Feng Jian's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he looked at him a little dazed, thinking to himself, shouldn't he take advantage of the fact that he should take a look inside? He didn't believe that the mere poisonous fog and mire could kill him.
"Let's go, it's been so long since they've been out, they've all finished eating." Seeing Yin Feng's hesitation, Mu Feng gently reached out and patted him on the shoulder and said.
"Woo~~" Just when Yin Feng was full of doubts and wanted to speak, a dull gasp sounded from the dense fog behind him, and the sound was close to the four people, as if someone was standing beside them and moaning.
The voice sounded lifeless, and the four of them were startled and hurriedly turned to stand in a row, staring intently at the dense fog behind the boulder.
"Click~click~click~" There was a dull sound of footsteps in the thick fog, and the sound sounded like a big fat man walking on broken glass of several hundred pounds, which made Mu Feng feel very weird.
"Oops, it's a dead body!" Just when Mu Feng and Yin Feng didn't know what was in the thick fog in front of them, Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu both pulled out the long swords on their backs with frightened expressions, clenched the long swords with both hands, and beads of sweat oozed from their foreheads.
"Dead ~~~ corpse ???" Mu Feng just wanted to ask for an understanding, as soon as the word death came out, a huge figure slowly walked out of the dense fog in front of him appeared in front of him, looking at the creature in front of him, Mu Feng gasped and was a little speechless, and Yin Feng on the side also looked at the creature with a stunned face.
Out of the dense fog came a festering body, the skin and flesh on his face had rotted to the point of decay, and two pitch-black eyes were about to fall out of his sockets, and his body was full of the corpse in front of him, which was nearly two meters tall and the boulder was flush.
The flesh of the corpse was rotting and stenching, the robes and rusty iron armor were already tightly attached to his body, and the white maggots were scurrying around his body, and people could only look at their stomachs.
With a dull "whining" sound from the pungent rancid stench, in the blink of an eye, the nearly two-meter-tall rotting corpse came to the boulder through the thick fog, and was close to the four people.
Looking at this rotting corpse so closely, Mu Feng only felt that his scalp was numb, and his feet were a little weak, a rotten corpse could still stand up and walk, is this the rumored zombie?
Looking at the two sharp white protruding teeth in the mouth of the rotting corpse, as well as the sharp and pointed nails on the jet-black highly rotten hands full of maggots, Mu Feng gasped, "Incompetent, incompetent, if only you were here now." He's a lot more experienced in dealing with zombies than he is. ”