Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Swamp of Death (Part II)
So, the three of them walked together, a stick of incense, and then walked to a swampy jungle, next to a trickling stream, crystal clear, crystal clear, flashing fine scales, stepping on the sand, caressing the pebbles, gurgling, sounding, clear and mellow, smelling refreshing.
"Brother Li, Brother Zhou, look at me covered in filth and looking weird, I'll just bathe in this stream and delay for a while, okay?" Li Ruoxi said in a low voice.
"Absolutely, just right...... We're hungry too, so I'll go hunt a hare and collect some ......firewood for Babao Porridge," Li Ji glanced at Babao Congee.
"Right...... I'll go find some firewood, it's inaccessible here, the stream is clean, you can wash it with peace of mind, don't worry about it......" The eight-treasure porridge wanted to say goodbye, but was dragged into the jungle by Li Ji, and soon disappeared.
Li Ruoxi found a secluded place, slowly untied her clothes, and gently stepped into the stream, but she felt cool and pressing, and it penetrated into her lungs, and the water flowed on her skin and kissed, leaving traces of moisturization.
She picked up a handful of water, leaked a string of crystal clear water droplets from the cracks of her hands, sprinkled on the surface of the stream, causing ripples in circles, and the beautiful face in the reflection reflected the scenery on the shore, like clear water out of hibiscus, naturally carved and decorated.
She closed her eyes slightly, quietly enjoying the beauty given by nature, a stream of water is ethereal, and the clouds are leisurely......
After a long time, Li Ji came back with a hare, and Babao Porridge also walked out of the jungle with a bundle of firewood.
"Hehe, I saw wild fruits on the tree just now, and when I was picking the fruits, I cut less firewood......" Babao Porridge smiled, suddenly the smile froze, opened his mouth wide, rubbed his eyes, and stared intently ahead.
"What are you doing here...... Li Ji looked at him with a surprised look on his face, and laughed secretly: What new world has the Eight Treasure Porridge discovered?
Looking at the eight treasure porridge, his heart was also rippling.
I saw a stunning girl, dressed in a thin white tight dress, because she was soaked and clinging to her body, showing her exquisite and concave figure to the fullest.
Her jade and delicate slender long legs, light steps, jet black and soft hair still flowing with water droplets fluttered in the wind, gently brushing over the plump breasts, cheeks slightly red, light blue eyes flashed a shy light, the whole person seems to be full of mystery and temptation, and the beautiful scenery of the mountains and rivers is perfectly integrated.
"Are you?" asked the two in unison.
"The little girl is Li Ruoxi!" she gently shrugged a half-exposed lotus root, and a touch of red light flew over her face.
"Oh, it's you......" The three of them looked at each other and smiled, and the passionate laughter lingered in the air for a long time, and a burst of birds flew behind them.
After a while, the three of them were also hungry, so they were busy making a fire and roasting rabbit meat.
"God, I knew that she was so devastating, and no matter how disgusting she was just now, I would feed her medicine......" Babao Porridge looked at the raging flames in the pyre, and secretly regretted it in his heart, so he glanced at Li Ji with the roasted rabbit meat and muttered, "Boy, it's cheap for you!"
"What?" Li Ji didn't know what he meant, thinking that Babao Porridge didn't eat rabbit meat, so he kindly let him go, so he took it, tore off a piece of leg meat, gave it to Li Ruoxi, and then tore off the other leg, and was about to put the fragrant rabbit meat into his mouth When Babao Porridge suddenly snatched it over, for fear that others would snatch the meat away again, he devoured it as if he was afraid that others would snatch it away again, and complained while eating: "Guy with no conscience, who said not to eat it......"
The abnormal behavior of the eight-treasure porridge made the second monk Li Jizhang puzzled, and he never understood what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd.
And Li Ruoxi couldn't help but eat and laugh on the side, her red lips were slightly open, smiling and pretty, the water covered the fog, and even the curvature of the corners of her mouth was so perfect and in place, full of charming eye waves, which made people unable to move away......
Suddenly, there was a burst of smoke with a faint blue light buzzing in the distance, slowly gathering, getting bigger and bigger, where the green fog went, the beasts inhabiting the jungle fled in all directions, and those who did not have time to escape were tightly wrapped in the green mist, and in a moment, turned into a pile of white bones, which was terrifying.
"Man-eating flies?" Li Ruoxi exclaimed with fear on her face, "The man-eating flies have long been extinct in the world, and I can't imagine that they will appear in the Swamp of Death......"
The man-eating flies were black and blue, with bloody eyes, like evil red lightning shining in the darkness, and with two sharp fangs, they attacked in groups, looking like a cloud of smoke from a distance, destroying the world and destroying the world wherever they went.
"Animals are generally afraid of fire...... "Li Ruoxi calmed down and reminded everyone.
The three of them immediately lit up the surrounding dead branches and weeds, and ignited a raging fire, forming a wall of fire.
"Puff ......" like a man-eating fly covering the sun with dark clouds, pounced one after another, and was instantly engulfed by flames, and the air was filled with a disgusting smell of burning.
The man-eating fly also seemed to know the power of the fire, and it was in a mess, hovering in the air a few times, and then drifting away into the distance, like a ghost, coming and going like the wind.
When the man-eating flies were gone, and the three of them had no intention of eating any more, they cautiously walked along the edge of the swamp towards the depths of the jungle.
Babao Porridge suddenly stopped, stared at the ground with wide eyes, and said with doubts written on his face: "Strange, we are walking around, it seems to be going in circles......"
The three of them took a closer look, and there were indeed some messy footprints on the ground, which were clearly visible, was this the footprint that a few people had just walked, and the swamp near it was not the mud pool that Li Ruoxi fell into?
How do you go around and around and go back to where you are?
"This swamp of death is full of strange flowers, birds and beasts, mountains and rivers, soil and stones, it seems to be layered and messy, but in fact, the layout is exquisite, staggered, it seems to be a labyrinth formation, as soon as we enter the swamp, we touch the mechanism, like a maze, go around, never get out, gradually lose our way, trapped in it. Li Ruoxi looked around at the layout of the swamp and frowned slightly.
"What?Labyrinth Formation?God, what can I do about this?" Eight Treasure Porridge stomped his feet and said dejectedly.
"Since Miss Li knows the labyrinth formation, there must be a way to crack it?" Li Ji stared at Li Ruoxi, vaguely feeling that there was mystery exuding from her, as for what it was, he couldn't tell.
"Brother Li praised, I just walk in the mountains and wilderness all year round, dealing with wild beasts and jungles from time to time, and I often hear the older generation talk about the infinite mysteries and changes of this nature. If you strayed into the 'labyrinth' jungle, then you must follow the formations such as the Five Elements Bagua and Qimen Dunjia here, and you can only get out by finding the door of life from the door of death. What kind of formation is generally designed, unless there is a person who designs the formation to show the way, or it is to understand the formation and find a way to go out, the most powerful thing is to find the eye of the formation and break the entire formation. No matter what kind of formation maze it is, if there is a door of death, there will be a door of life, you might as well look for it, do you find some clues?" Li Ruoxi said and then knelt on the ground to take a closer look.
Li Ji and Zhou Babao also felt that what she said made some sense, so they watched the movements around them vigilantly.
"Oops!" Eight Treasure Porridge screamed, and suddenly felt something tightly entangled in his feet, and his body was light, and he was quickly dragged into the swamp.
"Eight Treasure Porridge ......" Li Ji shouted loudly, reaching out to grab him, but unfortunately he was a step too late, and Zhou Babao's figure was instantly submerged.
The two of them stared at the swamp that Zhou Babao fell into, although it was calm on the surface, it was actually very dangerous in secret, and it seemed that something terrifying was lurking inside.
"He's been pulled down, what should I do?" Li Ji was in a hurry, not knowing what to do.
"I think Brother Zhou must have been caught by the ghosts and ghosts wandering in the Death Swamp below, there must be a way to go down, let's look for it carefully!" Li Ruoxi frowned slightly, and looked at a tall stone wall.
Li Ji was frightened a lot, most of the ghosts and ghosts were naughty and disobedient children, and the nonsense of adults scaring children was now gradually grown up, of course, he understood, and naturally thought it was a joke.
But when it came out of Li Ruoxi's mouth at this time, it couldn't help but be creepy, and before she had time to come to her senses, she suddenly heard her shouting again: "Look, there are words here." ”
Follow the prestige, there is a large stone wall covered with moss and weeds on the edge of the swamp, the statue of the hydra stands on both sides, erase the debris on the wall, and there is a row of tadpole words engraved on it, and the wall text says, "The minister of the common worker is said to be the Xiangliu family, nine heads, to eat in the nine mountains." Where the willows arrive, it is Zexi. Yu kills the willow, its blood, can not be planted with grains. Yu Juzhi, three thousand and three frustrated, is thought to be the platform of the emperors. In the north of Kunlun, the east of Rouli. The willow is the one with nine human faces, and the snake body is blue. Don't dare to shoot north, afraid of the platform of co-workers. The stage is to the east. Taiwan Quartet, there is a snake in the corner, tiger color, the first to rush to the south. ”
This wall inscription is from the "Overseas North Classic", which talks about the fierce god of ancient times - the hydra Xiangliu, the minister of the common work. Xiang Liu, the snake body has nine heads, cannibalism is innumerable, and everywhere he goes, he becomes a Ze country. The snake has nine heads, each head can eat a mountain soil, and the venom it vomits forms a death swamp, and the smell it emits can even kill passing birds and animals.
It accompanied the Gonggong flood to hurt the people, and encountered Yu who was bent on controlling the water halfway, and Yu killed Xiangliu, but its blood was stinking, and the land that flowed through it did not grow, and the saliva that flowed out when it was dying formed a huge venom swamp.
Yu filled the swamp three times but collapsed three times, so he had to open up a clean pool, and borrowed the divine power of the emperors to build a palace pavilion by the pond to suppress it, called the platform of the five emperors.
Why is this text engraved on the stone wall, and what is so strange? It is really amazing and incomprehensible.
Li Ruoxi frowned, quietly walked to the statue of the hydra on the left side of the big stone wall, and silently recited the inscription "In ancient times, the left was respected, and the right was second...... In the north of Kunlun, in the east of Rouli", he pondered and said, "Brother Li, can you help me turn this giant snake head statue?"
"Okay, here we are!" Li Ji rolled up his sleeves and pushed the snake's head to the northeast with her.
Then she walked to the right side, and repeated the inscription on the stone wall, "The platform is in the east, and the first to the south", a smile appeared on her face, as if she had figured out the mystery, and beckoned Li Ji to turn the snake head on the right side to the south.
"Bang bang bang ......", the grass next to the stone wall slowly shook and cracked, and a huge underground karst cave suddenly appeared.
"This should be the death swamp recorded in the inscription, the hydra phase willow spits venom, a radius of more than ten miles, birds and beasts are all poisoned. I'm afraid that there will be undead beast souls, wandering around the swamp and dragging the prey into the swamp. And the Shengmen is located in the underground cave, which means that the swamp is connected with it, maybe the monster captured Brother Zhou through the cave, and we may have time to chase it now......" After Li Ruoxi finished speaking, she turned around and disappeared at the entrance of the cave.
Hearing this, Li Ji hurriedly followed her into the dark and damp underground cave......