Chapter 234: The Disappeared Children
Su Yu stared at the fallen leaves under his feet expressionlessly: "Along the way, have you found traces of wild beasts in this forest?" β
Ding Laoqi still shook his head: "I only found a few traces left by the passing of hares, but I didn't see them on the side." β
This forest is not big, but deep, and the deeper you go, the more silent it becomes, and there is nothing to be seen except for a few small wild things. When Su Yu heard this, he was noncommittal, raised his toes and gently kicked a pile of dead leaves next to his feet, and suddenly said: "I have found a lot of traces of people passing by. β
Walking here, it is already a deep forest, if this forest is really as Changsheng and Ruosheng said, then there should be no traces of pedestrians in this place, but Su Yu's eyes are sharp, and he pays attention all the way, and he is already sure in his heart at this time.
Ding Laoqi didn't get here yesterday, but the traces left on this land are still very fresh.
The leaves on the trees are always falling, falling layer upon layer, and the newly fallen leaves are still a little green, and they will only lie on the top until another dead leaf falls, drowning it little by little. The wind doesn't stop, and the leaves don't stop.
However, the pile of fallen leaves that came into Su Yu's eyes at this moment, the top piece, except for the latest scattered leaves, the rest had already been corrupted, and the already meager green was even more missing, and under this layer, there was a faint green that was still fresh and tender.
Judging by the decaying leaves of Cheng DΓΉ, it is far from falling from the trees in the past two days.
And if the wind blows the leaves up, the surrounding area should be the same, but only the place where Su Yu landed has the heaviest traces and the most conspicuous.
He stooped down suddenly.
Ding Laoqi looked around, cold sweat dripping from the corners of his forehead.
"Follow along." A moment later. Su Yu straightened up, took out a snow-white handkerchief, and slowly wiped his fingers one by one. Then he raised his feet and walked forward. This time, he walked very slowly. In recent days. Someone must have entered the forest, but after all, time has passed in, and any clue has become an ever-changing thing under the nose of the flying time.
The path that Su Yu could see was not so clear.
Before he entered the forest, he made a divination, and the hexagram showed that it would be worthwhile to go north. But even if it's him. I don't know what I'm looking forward to discovering, and what I need to do to make this trip not in vain.
The steps under their feet gradually became heavy, and there was no road in the woods, and the speed at which the two of them walked through the trees became slower and slower.
At the same time, Su Yu slowly found more strange traces around, I don't know what left it, I'm afraid it's been a few days. The traces were too shallow to be distinguished, and the only thing that could be certain was that they were not left by wild beasts.
The ground where the two of them landed. It is also getting more and more moist and soft.
Even though it didn't rain, the air gradually became moister.
Su Yu raised his head and glanced at the sky through the dense branches and leaves.
Today's weather. It doesn't seem like a good thing.
Without saying a word, he quickened his pace. Ding Laoqi followed, and the chill came. Itchy nose and heavy sneezing. It is especially loud in the silence, and it can almost shake the birds perched on the trees.
"Fifth Master, where are we going?" Ding Laoqi stretched out his thick hand and rubbed his nose, but he still couldn't help it and asked.
Su Yu didn't reply: "Just follow along, less nonsense." β
Ding Laoqi was slightly stunned when he heard this, and he felt that the big thing was not good, although their master had a bad temper, he had never trained people like this, how could this sound so hairy? He stared at Su Yu's back in front of him, and carefully touched his thick and solid arm, feeling a little more at ease.
The two of them walked around in the forest, and Su Yu, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped again.
Ding Laoqi paid attention this time, and stopped steadily, not even trembling.
Su Yu muttered softly: "The traces are gone." β
Ding Laoqi listened with bated breath and asked, "Fifth Master, then should we continue to go?" β
This forest doesn't look big, but there is no road, walking around and around, I don't know how much work it took, Ding Laoqi didn't use his belly for breakfast, and completely deflated.
"Let's talk about it at the end." Su Yu took out a compass out of nowhere.
Ding Laoqi muttered in his heart, only to see Su Yu's body move, and the person was already walking in another direction, so he hurriedly followed.
The feet gradually flattened, the trees became more and more thin, and the two of them strode forward, and suddenly the ground lit up before them, and they had already emerged from the forest. After walking for a long time, Ding Laoqi thought that if he didn't dare to follow the master, he would definitely scold a mother to be happy, thinking to himself, he suddenly caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of his eye, he didn't pay attention, and scolded: "Niang Laozi, what kind of broken mountain is this!" β
Su Yu turned his back to him and spoke in a deep voice: "Continue walking along the periphery of the forest." β
Before he could finish speaking, he walked steadily to the left.
Ding Laoqi swept the saber on his waist, and complained bitterly in his heart.
I thought that I would get out of the forest, but behind this forest, the good guy didn't even have a road, it was clearly a steep slope, the mountains and rocks were rugged, and if I didn't pay attention to it, I had to throw my life on the spot.
No wonder the little monk said that no one usually comes to the forest, what are you doing here? Cliff jumping?
He secretly sneered, struggling to keep up with Su Yu's footsteps.
Su Yu was thinking that although they had found a way out of the forest, they were afraid that the road he was going to check was not the same as the one he was going to investigate. He remembered that day he was talking to Ruosheng, Changsheng walked out of the forest wearing a magnolia-colored monk's robe, and the moment he bumped into them, a trace of panic seemed to flash on Changsheng's face, and then it was fleeting.
Based on Changsheng's size, he could calculate his footsteps, but he couldn't immediately guess where Changsheng came out of the forest and where he went afterward.
He could only follow a narrow dirt path along the outer edge of the forest, detailing his tracks.
Finally, Su Yu's footsteps stopped again, and this stop, he didn't move for a long time.
His gaze was fixed on a corner of the mountain.
It seemed to be a ravine, narrow and narrow, with hideous corners, and rocks in it, which looked like a pit.
Ding Laoqi shouted "Fifth Master", and seeing that he didn't move, he could only step forward cautiously and follow his gaze to look down.
And yet it's just a glanceβ
Ding Laoqi only felt that his scalp exploded, and his old man almost fell to the ground. He froze, unable to retract his gaze, and then heard Su Yu's voice become extremely cold and hollow in the wind.
He said, "Found it." β
Ding Laoqi's hairs stood on end, his rough voice almost changed his tone, and his voice was sharp: "Fifth master, these ......"
Suddenly, as if alarmed by his words, the crow on the pile of corpses spread its black wings, made a noisy and unpleasant sound, and flew away.
Su Yu closed his eyes. (To be continued......)
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