Chapter 114: The Arduous Trek

In the early morning of the second day, everyone began to rush to the Ancestral Peak along the shortcut road.

After eating and resting last night, the physical and mental health of these people has greatly improved, and they are originally people who are begging for a living in the dangerous mountains, jungles and streams, and they all have a certain amount of skills, and they have greatly accelerated their way to catch up.

Yan Bing was carrying a baby in his back and holding a baby in his hands, and he was also relaxed. And Xu Ning took three children alone, and with his physical cultivation, it naturally took no effort to stride up the meteor.

By the time of the noon break, Xianmin Peak had already appeared in the bottom of his eyes. Looking at the past from here, but seeing the white patch of the mountain of the ancestors' peak, it must be that the mountain is high into the clouds, and the temperature is very low, so the snow does not melt all year round.

After only a short break and eating, the group hurried to get up again.

When the sun was slanting to the west and the weather was getting cooler, the scene along the way began to change quietly. The further you go, the fog gets thicker, the air smells of fish, the trees are becoming scarcer, and the trees and grasses that were originally lush are much darker.

Yan Bing took out the herbs he had picked along the road from his arms and instructed everyone to chew and swallow them, these herbs were used to repel poison, Xu Ning thought that the function of this herb must be the same as the black pill given by Chen Jin last time.

When Yan Bing came over with a smile and wanted to put the herb in his mouth, Xu Ning refused: "I'm not afraid of the poisonous gas here, besides, this herb is not a delicious thing." ”

Yan Bing laughed: "I see that you obviously just think that the taste of this herb is not your taste." ”

She didn't care whether Xu Ning wanted to eat it or not, so she stuffed it directly into his mouth, Xu Ning had to reluctantly open her mouth to accept it, and sure enough, it was a bitter medicinal taste.

Yan Bing watched him swallow it, and only then did he and those women of the Red Mountain Clan feed the herbs to the babies and young children one by one, which was really careful, and it was enough to see how toxic the demon mist here was.

After such a busy time, everyone continued to hurry, and the sky also dimmed, and the original vast forest valley became a desolate scene.

Xu Ning has been here once, and he is naturally no longer a stranger, but these native barbarian ancient people were shocked, presumably because they had heard that this place was extremely terrifying, so they didn't dare to really come, even the patriarch was no exception.

After turning another col, the road below became narrow, and on both sides were unattainable cliffs, all of which were black stone-gray trees, and the pool of blood was not far ahead.

Yan Bing motioned for everyone to stop, and Zhengse said: "When you pass by that big pool, you just need to speed up your pace and move forward, but you can't go to the pool to draw water and wash." Do you understand everything? ”

Everyone nodded in obedience, and all of them had a look of horror on their faces.

She walked up to Xu Ning again and asked him to put the three children on his back on the ground and hand them to others, Xu Ning didn't know why.

Yan Bing raised the horn bow in his hand and said, "When you get here, you have to beware of those high-grade demon beasts infesting you, how do you fight and protect everyone when you hold a child." It's really stupid. ”

Xu Ning scratched the back of his head and sneered: "What you said is extremely true, I will try to be as vigilant as possible." ”

So everyone followed Yan Bing's instructions and cautiously continued to move forward, and when they passed the blood pool, not to mention that someone went over to wash their hands and wipe their faces, they didn't dare to look at it.

Yan Bing didn't dare to tell them that this big waterhole was a sensational "blood pool", and if he told everyone, I am afraid that these people would have to turn back and not dare to pass by.

Xu Ning looked at the surrounding scene and found something unusual.

The sand on the ground was distinctly a puddle of dried blood and dirt, which was blackened but still visible. Moreover, the sparse bushes on both sides had fallen a lot, some of which had rotted and died, and the smell of fish in the air was much stronger than the last time.

"Isn't it related to the last time I threw a big rock into it?" Xu Ning said to himself, "By the way, there was a big whirlpool in the waterhole last time, but I didn't expect it to have such a big impact." ”

Yan Bing urged everyone to leave quickly, while listening to his nonsense, and only breathed a sigh of relief after passing the blood pool. So he questioned him: "You said you threw a big stone into the pond?" ”

Xu Ning nodded yes, seeing Yan Bing's face change suddenly, his already big eyes were like two eggs at the moment, and even his mouth was wide open.

"You, you...... Are you really throwing stones into it? Yan Bing finally held back a sentence, "And you're still alive!" Ahh ”

"What's so great about throwing a stone?" Xu Ning said casually, "I also sprinkled a soak of urine inside." ”

Yan Bing slapped his chest with his hand, and didn't say more, and continued to move forward with the team, Xu Ning was even more puzzled, he ran to Yan Bing's side and asked why.

"I just want to calm down." Yan Bing said.

After walking for a while, Yan Bing counted him down: "You threw a stone and didn't care, but the demon in this blood pool is angry, setting off a lot of demonic energy, and this demonic energy has spread all the way to Xianmin Peak, do you know?" ”

"Could it be that I killed those colorful fairy orchids in the Ancestral Peak?" Xu Ning was suspicious and began to get nervous.

"Eighty percent is related to you guy, I used to wonder how the demon mist became stronger, overnight, the fairy grass withered by half, and now it seems that it must be related to you." Yan Bing pointed to the surrounding scene and said, "Look, isn't the fog very thick, and the trees are dead in large areas?" ”

Xu Ning looked around, and sure enough. It's just that it's almost dark now, and if you look at it during the day, it will definitely be much more desolate, and the patches of trees are withering and dead, and they are much more barren than the scene along the way to the Demon Wind Mountains last time.

So I felt ashamed, so I didn't dare to say more, and carefully guarded the team.

After walking forward for a while, there was a fork in the road at his feet, and Xu Ning recognized that one was leading to the direction of the Demon Wind Mountain Range, and the other was definitely leading to the Ancestors Peak.

Sure enough, Yan Bing led everyone towards the other one.

Now the sky is completely dark, although there is a moon, but the black fog is thick, the moonlight is bright and dark, and the shadows are not true.

After a decaying forest of dead trees, someone let out an exclamation, and the team stopped again.

In the forest, several red eyes twinkled in the night mist.

"Don't be afraid, this is the seven-rank demon beast Akame Cow, as long as you don't provoke them, they won't come to attack us." Xu Ning said with an oath.

Everyone was a little relieved, and their pace quickened a lot, Yan Bing came over and said, "It seems that you know a lot, even the temperament of this red eye cow." ”

Xu Ning sneered and said, "I've been here once, and I've encountered this kind of demon beast, and it was Senior Brother Chen Jin who sued me." ”

Yan Bing suddenly became interested in Chen Jin and said, "Brother Chen, it seems to be very knowledgeable. ”

Xu Ning replied, "Yes." Senior Brother Chen has not only worked martial arts cultivation, but his knowledge in other aspects is also extremely profound, and I have rarely admired anyone, except for my master, he is the first. ”

Yan Bing nodded in agreement, and asked again, "Before you came, was Brother Chen alone on Juling Peak?" Wouldn't that be boring? ”

Xu Ning shook his head and sighed: "It turned out that there were ten people, all of them died, Senior Brother Chen is a great blessing, and he finally survived." ”

Yan Bing was also sad when he heard this, and he didn't dare to ask again, for fear of arousing Xu Ning's bad feelings. But when he heard Xu Ning, he suddenly said again: "Among them, there are four brothers from the same sect, who died in this pool of blood. ”

When Yan Bing heard this, his face changed greatly, and he almost screamed: "Died in the pool of blood? ”

Xu Ning then roughly retold what he had heard from Chen Jin's mouth before, and Yan Bing was terrified when he heard it.

Unconsciously, the group had already walked a long way, the black fog in the air had also dispersed, the fishy smell had greatly weakened, and the trees on both sides had gradually increased a lot. The moon in the sky also seemed to be bright, and the light fell on the trees, falling mottled black shadows, and the road became clear and easy to walk.

Until a high, steep rock wall blocked the way and stood in front of everyone.

Xu Ning looked up and couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, this rock wall is towering in the sky, and you can't see the top at a glance, even if you want to climb it by yourself, it is extremely difficult, not to mention ordinary people waiting.

He used his eyes to find Yan Bing, presumably she would definitely not get lost, but seeing that there was no other way here, it was obviously a dead end.

Yan Bing's expression was indifferent, and she walked to the stone wall, and somehow some golden runes suddenly appeared in front of her. She placed her hand on the rune, and said something in her mouth, and in an instant, a golden light shot out from between her slender fingers.

"Click" ......

After a strange sound, a secret passage carved into the rock wall appeared in front of everyone.

The crowd was amazed and did not dare to enter, and some children cried in fright.

Yan Bing hurriedly asked Xu Ning to lead the way in front and beckoned everyone in. After everyone had entered, she retracted her hand and flashed in quickly, the golden light bursting from the runes slowly faded, and the stone wall returned to its original appearance.

It has nothing to do with the darkness inside, Xu Ning's eyes can see in the dark, but it is not difficult to walk, so he let everyone lead one by one, and just walked through this secret passage that is not too long, and when he got out of the secret passage, his eyes suddenly opened up.

Seven brilliant colors float around in the air like streamers.

"Colorful Fairy Orchid!" An old voice said excitedly.

It was the old patriarch of the Hongshan clan, seeing that he seemed to be in a dream, Wuzi still couldn't believe it, and kept muttering and repeating: "There are really colorful fairy orchids in this world......

The others also kept exclaiming, and the children scattered around chasing these floating streamers. The air is filled with the rich floral fragrance of colorful fairy orchids, which is refreshing.

"Everybody go ahead with me, it's coming soon."

Yan Bing's face was bright, smiling like a flower, picking up a little girl, leading everyone to continue walking, here is full of empty green grass, and there are many red flowers and green trees dotted in between.

Walk through a murmuring wooden bridge again, under the reflection of the moonlight, the grass houses and wooden houses and bamboo pavilions are scattered all over the valley, vaguely recognizable, the lights are dotted, a warm pastoral night scenery.

Xu Ning was fascinated by it, he originally thought that this Ancestor Peak close to the Demon Wind Mountain Range must be a desolate scene of miserable wind and mist, but he didn't expect that it would be such a worldly fairyland.

Everyone who came with them was also stunned, until a yellow oriole chanting voice came from the front: "Welcome everyone to Zhuping Village!" ”

Everyone came back to their senses, Xu Ning fixed his eyes, and a pink graceful figure appeared under an ancient tree.