Chapter 22: The Misty Forest
"If I dispel this fog, will we be able to get out of here?" Ji Ruxi looked at the surrounding fog, it was not easy to disperse it, it was still possible to inhale it all, but it wouldn't last long, and the fog would grow out.
"Without this fog, I can discern the direction, and I will fly out of this forest as fast as I can." Lei Jiao nodded, thinking that this method was feasible.
"In that case, I'll give it a try." Ji Ruxi got up and cast a spell, took Zhang Zifan's wine jug in one hand, and inhaled the mist into the jug with the other. The fog slowly cleared, and they could see the flowers and plants under their feet, and the sun was shining in the forest, which they couldn't see before. They quickly got on Lei Jiao's back, and Lei Jiao was speeding in the air and really didn't get lost again.
At the end of the forest, there was a building that covered a large area, and the fog in the forest began to grow slowly.
"Lei Jiao, go down and have a look." After Ji Ruxi gave the order, Lei Jiao led them directly into the middle of the courtyard.
"Childe, it's not good, the fog in the misty forest has been sucked away." A little maid dressed in green hurriedly reported.
The man known as Childe was leisurely setting up the chessboard: "The people have come, please let them in." ”
"It's Childe." A woman in green walked out and was very polite when she saw Ji Ruxi and others.
"My master, please come into the house for a while." They followed the woman in green into the house.
The layout in the room is very elegant, the furniture everywhere is of the best rosewood, the paintings on the walls are all from the hands of famous artists, and even the teapot on the table is a high-quality purple clay pot, just looking at the layout is worth a lot of money, I don't know what the identity of the owner is.
"Everyone, please be seated." The man was wearing a snow-white straight-placked robe, the clothes draped very well, and the waist was tied with a wide belt of moon-white auspicious cloud patterns, on which only a piece of ink jade of excellent jade quality was hung, and the shape seemed rough but simple and gloomy. The black hair is combed casually with a black jade hairpin, and there are a few strands of hair scattered at will on the forehead, and the hairpin and the black jade on the waist look quite light.
"The Third Prince?" Ji Ruxi recognized him, he was Yan Yuling, the third prince of Yan Kingdom. They also came to congratulate the emperor on his birthday that year, and Ji Ruxi was just a princess at that time. After a few years, they met in this situation.
"It's you, how did I hear that the Ji clan of Chu State rebelled, and the queen committed suicide in fear of crime, what is going on?" Yan Yuling was also puzzled.
"You know each other." Zhang Zifan interjected and came in.
"Since we all know each other, if you can prepare some food for us, we will starve to death."
"Liu Yi, go and prepare some good food for them." The woman in green heard the sound and came in and took them down to eat, and only Ji Ruxi and Yan Yuling were left in the house.
"Haven't kings since ancient times always excluded dissenters? Needless to say, I'm not a living person now.
As for how you came here. Seeing that Ji Ruxi was reluctant to mention the past, Yan Yuling didn't ask any further.
"When the Yan Kingdom was destroyed, most of the people of the royal family were besieged and killed, and my subordinates tried their best to protect me, and my life was exchanged for their lives. The whole world is not the king's land, where can I, the prince of a defeated country, go? I fled here with a few people, settled here, and concentrated on practicing Bagua Counting, Qimen Dunjia, and I was a little successful. Yan Yuling smiled bitterly.
Ji Ruxi saw the sign on Yan Yuling's wrist.
"It turns out that the famous leader of the Xuanming Sect turned out to be you." One accident can make so many changes to a person.
"Good eyesight. It was only in the past two years that the Xuanming Sect was officially on the right track. Yan Yuling didn't hide it, now that he and Ji Ruxi had a common enemy, he didn't mind telling her that he was the leader of the Xuanming Sect, the Killer Gang. This Yan Yuling is still positive, he doesn't have so much greed, if it weren't for the hatred of the country and the family, he should live a very comfortable life at this moment.
"I've long heard that the Xuanming Sect has always done things without leakage. As long as the money can afford to pay the price, no one can escape, it turns out that the three princes are well led. Ji Ruxi didn't forget to praise Yan Yuling.
"It's over." Yan Yuling echoed Ji Ruxi.
"Chu Zhehan is not suitable to be an emperor, if this world is given to him, sooner or later he will be ruined." Ji Ruxi didn't say this because he hated Chu Zhehan, he was a devil now, he could turn everyone in a small town into a walking corpse, and when he became stronger, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"So you're willing to help me." Yan Yuling said affirmatively.
"Everyone is better than him, if there is a real war one day, I will help you, but don't hurt too many innocents." Ji Ruxi looked at Yan Yuling.
"I promise you. When you come back, that's when we fight back. Yan Yuling said firmly.
"It seems that your Five Elements Bagua Qimen Dunjia has learned well." Yan Yuling took off the black jade on her waist and handed it to Ji Ruxi.
"With this, you'll never get lost again." Ji Ruxi took Moyu and smiled.
Lei Jiao camelped Ji Ruxi and the others and continued to hurry.
"Master, look what it is." The man in Tsing Yi had never seen this scene, and his eyes widened.
"It's Jiaolong, the woman who was destined to help me complete the great cause turned out to be her, no wonder I can't find her life."
Yan Yuling smiled, it turned out that everything has its own fixed number.
After passing through the misty forest, there is a tall mountain, and the highest part of the mountain is faintly shimmering with colorful auspicious light.
"What's that, it's so pretty." Zhang Zifan was the first to call out. The colorful light is moving, and it is even more dazzling.
"No, it's Garuda." Lei Jiao fell to the ground and put down Ji Ruxi and the others, and a cold sweat broke out on his head.
"Garuda?" Ji Ruxi repeated.
"Well, it's a kind of mythical bird that specializes in eating dragons." Lei Jiao thought about how to avoid Garuda's tracking. The light did come nearer to them again.
There was a cave nearby, and they took refuge for the time being.
"Garuda is a big bird, with all kinds of solemn colors on its wings, and a large tumor on its head, which is a wishful pearl, and this bird has a sad song and feeds on dragons." The little bun showed his head and explained.
All things are mutually reinforcing, just like a mouse will run when it sees a cat, this is nature.
"I see that this Garuda has not yet turned into a human body, presumably he is still young, I will lead him away, Lei Jiao, you take them first." Ji Ruxi patted Lei Jiao's shoulder as a sign of encouragement.
Garuda had already begun to wander outside the cave, and Qiankun grabbed Ji Ruxi's sleeve and shook his head at her.
"I'll be fine, it's just eating dragons, Lei Jiao is my person now, I won't let anyone hurt him, don't worry, I'll catch up with you right away." Looking at Ji Ruxi's firm eyes, Qiankun slowly let go of his hand, and wrote on Ji Ruxi's palm I am waiting for you to come back.
"Okay, I'll be back." Ji Ruxi flashed out of the cave.
Garuda turned around and ignored Ji Ruxi when she looked left and right, and kept looking into the cave, obviously not very interested in Ji Ruxi.
Ji Ruxi pursed his lips and slapped Garuda on the back, screaming in pain. Garuda was completely enraged and ran after Ji Ruxi.
"Lei Jiao, let's go." After Ji Ruxi shouted, Lei Jiao humped them and rushed out of the cave.
Garuda chased after Ji Ruxi, and his big wings flashed to Ji Ruxi's arm, this bird ran really fast, and Ji Ruxi couldn't outrun it.
Seeing that Lei Jiao and they had gone away, Ji Ruxi was no longer entangled with it, and the freezing technique temporarily trapped Garuda, and the ice on Garudo's body appeared several cracks, Ji Ruxi yelled that it was not good, and quickly ran away. This Garuda is really not easy to mess with, if he has already incarnated into a human body, he can't get up even more, no wonder he can feed on dragons.
Ji Ruxi caught up with Lei Jiao and them, this Lei Jiao was really scared, and he flew so far all of a sudden. Where is this, Ji Ruxi looked at the surrounding construction, what kind of town and county is it.
Qiankun immediately ran to Ji Ruxi's side, checked up and down, and confirmed that she was not injured, so he put his mind at ease and stayed next to Ji Ruxi. After this incident, Lei Jiao became more heartfelt to Ji Ruxi, if it was originally because of the oath, then it is definitely sincere now.
Unlike other places, it is surrounded by water, and the means of transportation for people is boats. It's not too big, it's just a village, and all the buildings are on the water. The scenery is very beautiful, quite a paradise taste.
There are no hotels or restaurants here, so you can only find people to see if there are good Samaritans to take them in.
People here don't like to be human, and everyone looks at them coldly. However, money can make ghosts grind, Zhang Zifan shot with a silver ingot, and someone immediately took them in.
The family cooked a lot of meals for them. "Uncle, sit down and take a few sips, let's talk together." Zhang Zifan familiarly pulled the uncle to sit down, and did not give him the slightest reason to refuse.
After two glasses of wine, the uncle's words gradually increased.
"We didn't live here, we were in a small town not far away. The town was built near the mountain, and somehow, one day, it had just rained heavily, and suddenly something was shining on the mountain, and then there were rumors of some treasure. People looked like crazy and couldn't find it.
People outside didn't know how to hear about it, and they came here in groups to hunt for treasures, which angered the gods in the mountains.
On that day, the gods rained down the heavenly fire, and with a strong wind, the town was ruined, and many people died inside. Since then, we all hate outsiders, saying that they have brought calamity, offended the gods, and caused us trouble. The uncle continued to pour himself a drink.
"Then did you see the glow in the mountains later?" Zhang Zifan asked after him.
"Then the rest of us moved here, and we never saw each other, but that day I went fishing not far away, and caught a heavy thunderstorm, and when the rain stopped, I saw it again, alas, and I didn't dare to think about it." After the uncle finished speaking, he was already drunk.
"Okay, you old man, you don't see it and drink it again. Excuse me. The woman took the uncle away with a little apology.