One afternoon, when they reached a valley and found that they could not find the marker, they decided to stop and recuperate.

The sky gradually darkened, everyone found firewood together and lit the fire, and after eating dry food, everyone sat together.

Liu Shan: The mark they left behind was gone, and everyone gathered around the fire and began to study how to find them.

In addition to Guo Jia and Niu Chong, there is a tall and thin young man named Li Yun, who has followed Niu Chong out to the sea to fish and collect medicine in the mountains since he was a child.

Another chubby middle-aged man named Liu Chuan is Liu Shan's father among the missing people, and this time he specially followed Niu Chong into the mountains to find his son.

The last one is Niu Chong's nephew named Niu Xiaobing, who has just been discharged from the army and will come to be vigorous.

"Uncle Niu, we can't find the marker, what should we do in the future, Brother Liu, will something happen to them?" Niu Xiaobing's heart was faintly worried.

"No, although this Cangmu Mountain is dangerous, but so many of them enter the mountain, if something happens, there will not be a trace left, not to mention that you have also observed here, there is no great danger." Niu Chong thought about it and analyzed it to everyone, so that everyone should not worry too much.

"I can't find the mark, this mountain is a labyrinth, how can we find the hill," Liu Chuan looked at Niu Chong with inquiring eyes.

Niu Chong is the person who knows the situation in the mountains best, Liu Chuan personally involved in danger this time to find his son, and now the clue is broken, although he looks very calm on the surface, but he is actually very anxious in his heart, and he pins all his hopes on Niu Chong.

"Lao Liu, don't worry, judging from the route we have taken in the past few days, they should have been walking towards the middle of the mountain, and we have been walking beyond the mountain to find them." Niu Chong looked at Liu Chuan and comforted.

"Uncle Niu, we can't tell the direction in this mountain at all, how can we find this?" Li Yun asked Niu Chong with a worried face.

"Don't worry, Uncle Niu, I have been wandering in this mountain for so many years, so naturally I have a way to find the right direction." Niu Chong smiled, then thought for a while and said, "What do you think are the characteristics of the taller trees in this mountain?" ”

Everyone shook their heads after thinking about it, they didn't find anything special, the trees in this mountain are basically the same.

"Uncle Niu, I feel that the leaves of these trees seem to be growing in one direction, and you can see that the leaves in this direction grow very densely." Guo Jia pointed to the big tree above.

Everyone looked at the big trees above and found that as Guo Jia said, each big tree had a larger shadow in the direction Guo Jia pointed.

"It's still the little brother Haitian who is more careful, and he discovered this secret so quickly, and I only discovered it after years of observation."

Niu Chong smiled at Guo Jia with satisfaction, and then continued: "The direction of this dense leaf growth is the center of this mountain forest, we just need to keep following the direction pointed by the big tree." ”

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is already late at night, this time Uncle Niu and they insisted on not letting Guo Jia keep vigil, he has been keeping vigil for many nights in a row.

Although Uncle Niu knew that Guo Jia was very special, even if he didn't sleep at night, he could be very energetic, but Guo Jia had not had a good rest since he entered the mountain, and this time he continued to go deep into the mountains and forests, and he planned to let Guo Jia have a good rest.

Guo Jia had no choice but to agree, Li Yun took the initiative to go to the vigil, and everyone discussed the next day's itinerary and went to sleep.

Early the next morning, Zhengxiang, who was sleeping Guo Jia, suddenly heard Uncle Niu's reproachful voice: "Xiaoyun, how did you do it, how did you fall asleep?" If you want to sleep, you should ask me to replace you. ”

"I'm sorry, Uncle Liu, I'll pay attention next time." Li Yun said aggrievedly, he didn't expect that he didn't know how he fell asleep during the first vigil, and he blamed himself very much.

Seeing Li Yun's uncomfortable appearance, Uncle Niu couldn't bear to continue to blame him, so he said, "The vigil is very important, in case there is anything

If you are in danger, you can notify everyone as soon as possible to avoid unnecessary casualties, so you must pay attention to it next time, don't be careless. ”

Guo Jia stretched his waist and got up to pack his things, and Uncle Niu asked Li Yun to wake up the people separately, pack their bags and prepare to continue on the road.

As they prepare to hit the road, they find that the markers they made yesterday have disappeared, and the position of the trees seems to have changed slightly.

This discovery shocked them, they finally knew why they couldn't find the mark left by Liu Shan, and Niu Chong was even more afraid, Li Yun fell asleep, and it was good that he didn't encounter any big danger, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Let's all cheer up, we didn't have an accident last night because we were lucky, and then we are about to enter the depths of Cangmu Mountain, and everyone has seen the weirdness of this mountain forest just now, so follow closely and don't get separated." Uncle Niu looked at everyone cautiously and said.

Guo Jia opened the way with a machete in front, and everyone cautiously walked towards the depths of the dense forest, and stopped as they walked.

Guo Jia looked at Uncle Niu suspiciously and said, "What's wrong, what's going on." ”

Niu Chong was stunned and stretched out his hand to point to the forest on the left, Guo Jia took the opportunity to look over and found that there was a special flower there.

Its leaves are very peculiar round and purple, while its flowers are as white as jade and exude a faint brilliance, which is pleasing to the eye.

Uncle Niu observed carefully for a while, and suddenly exclaimed excitedly: "Zi Magnolia, I didn't expect us to be so lucky to encounter this strange flower, this is the legendary healing elixir." ”

Li Yun asked curiously, "Uncle Niu, what's the use of it when you're so excited?" ”

"The effect is great, according to ancient records, its leaves can continue to connect broken bones, and its petals can make people see the distance that ordinary people can't see." Uncle Niu looked at Zi Magnolia and introduced excitedly.

"It's amazing, let's dig it up." As he spoke, Li Yun took out a small medicine hoe and walked towards Zi Yulan.

Uncle Niu hurriedly grabbed Li Yun and said, "This purple magnolia is very peculiar, you can't touch it with your hands, otherwise it will wither immediately." ”

"What then?" Li Yun looked at Uncle Niu.

"This is a divine flower given by God, let's just take its flowers and leaves, let its rhizome stay here and continue to grow, don't cut off its way of life." Uncle Liu took out the knife and walked towards Zi Yulan.

Just as Niu Chong was about to approach Zi Yulan, Guo Jia's anxious shout "Be careful" came from behind.

I saw Guo Jia rushing up like a cheetah and pulling Uncle Liu back, Uncle Niu was stunned, and everyone looked at Guo Jia strangely.

"Poisonous snake," Jia said, gesturing to the grass next to the purple magnolia.

I saw a small snake lying in the grass with a green body about a foot long, and the scarlet snake letter was rapidly swallowing, making a numbly scalp "zizi" sound.

The small green snake is mixed with the surrounding grass, and it is really difficult for ordinary people to find it, but fortunately, Guo Jia has good eyes, otherwise Niu Chong will be bitten by the snake.

Uncle Niu patted his chest and said fearfully: "Dafanfan, strange flowers and plants, there will be spiritual snakes and beasts nearby, this time I was excited and careless." ”

"I think this snake looks small, but it must be extraordinary, it must be very spiritual, we must be careful." Uncle Niu then reminded carefully.