Chapter 42: A Strange Truth
The group urged the horses to gallop out for several miles, and then slowed down. After all, everyone was somewhat exhausted.
"Young master, take a break in the open space ahead. ”
"It's fine. Just tell me what's going on with you?"
A group of people came to a large bend at a corner of the avenue, where the view was wide, there was a grass on both sides, and a small pond not far away, where many people rested on weekdays.
"Come, get off the horse and rest for a while, recuperate your spirits, I'm afraid that the road back to the city will be restless. Give me a rest. ”
Wei Shiyi gave an order, and everyone dismounted and rested on the spot. Wei Shiyi took Mu Tong and Mo Qing to the side and whispered everything they had experienced.
It turned out that Wei Shiyi and his party followed the imprint left by Wei 12 along the way, and arrived all the way to the woods under Tiger Cat Mountain. Wei Shiyi immediately sent someone back to the city to report the news, and a group of people waited outside the woods, not daring to startle the snake.
But unexpectedly, there was a sudden wail, and Wei Shiyi, who had not waited for Wei Twelve, immediately heard that it was Twelve's voice, and failed to greet his subordinates, so he hurriedly rushed into the woods alone. Throw all the horses directly down the mountain.
As soon as he entered the woods, Wei XII's screams continued, flickering far and near. Wei Shiyi could only follow the direction from which the voice came from. It wasn't until the group chased out a few miles that they suddenly realized that something was wrong.
It's not just the whole woods that are too quiet, but the woods are too big. Tiger Cat Mountain occupies an area that is not as big as a few miles at all, the terrain of Tiger Cat Mountain is peculiar, the mountain is a wooden forest, the mountain is a strange stone, from a distance, you can vaguely see the tiger beast resting on the boulder on the mountain, as for the cat beast, you can only see it when you enter the forest.
But now the group has been running wildly in the woods for so long without a head, making so much noise, not a single cat or beast, let alone a tiger beast.
Eleven, who sensed that something was wrong, led his men to launch a carpet search. A group of ten columns, each team of five people, spread out, keeping a distance of one zhang from the left and right, and pushed out horizontally.
After the eleventh palace, respond at any time.
But a group of people wandered around the woods for almost an hour, but they couldn't find a way out. I didn't see a living thing, not even a single worm. It's as if the whole forest is dead.
This can make this group of men who are not afraid of the sky and the earth uncomfortable.
Human beings are always afraid of the unknown. They are not afraid of fighting to the death, and they don't say a word when they die with real swords and guns, but this strange atmosphere makes them uncomfortable and panicked.
Fortunately, Eleven is experienced and majestic enough, so he suppressed this panic, otherwise if Mu Tong led the team, it is estimated that he would have mutinied.
In this way, they forcibly suppressed the fear in their hearts and chose a stupid solution. Everyone gathered in a circle and rushed in one direction regardless of it. If you don't go around the tree, cut it down directly.
Anyway, it was a rough push, and finally let them escape from the secluded forest. Unexpectedly, the next scene shocked them, and it was also the cause of their fear.
After rushing out of the woods, a group of people rushed in an unknown direction, trying to get away from the eerie woods behind them.
Unexpectedly, after turning into a pile of strange rocky boulder peaks, looking at the dense corpses, a group of people gasped.
The bones of a group of at least 1,000 people, some of which have been gnawed to the core, still have traces of gnawing on the white bones. Some of them still have intact bones, but their expressions are frightened, and there are no scars on their bodies, as if they were scared to death.
But the strange thing is that these people all have blades around them, but these blades are intact, like brand new.
Looking at this group of corpses with strange deaths, a group of people endured the discomfort and checked the corpses that were still intact, but they couldn't see any other traces at all, it was really like being scared to death.
But the tooth marks on the bones told them that they were supposed to be the work of a group of beasts.
But why are there no trails of the beast?
A group of people looked around, but there was no scrap of flesh left by the corpse when it was eaten, no traces of blood, and there was not a trace of any living creature moving anywhere except where the corpses had been piled up, except for their own footprints.
Just when a group of people were frightened and thinking to no avail, the signal flare launched by the Mu family in distress rose into the air, and everyone chased in the direction of the signal flare. Then, following the traces left by the little donkey, a group of people walked out of the mountains and forests and were able to protect themselves.
"So, you don't know what's going on?"
"Yes. But young master, my subordinates have some inferences here, I don't know if the young master wants to listen to it. ”
"Eleven, you don't hurt to say it. ”
"Young Master, I suspect that there is a formation in the woods of Tiger Cat Mountain!"
"Formation?"
"Yes. But it is not a military formation of two armies facing each other, but the kind of heaven and earth spirit array that has been passed down from ancient legends. It is said that the large array that uses the aura of heaven and earth to arrange, the kind of large array that can form a formation of grass, trees and jade, can automatically trap people and kill people. Once formed, the kind of formation that can automatically run for hundreds of years!"
"Impossible!"
Not to mention that Mu Tong didn't believe it, even Mo Qing couldn't help but exclaim. "The ancient formation needs the aura of heaven and earth, but now the aura of this heaven and earth has been lost, the immortal path has declined, and there are only Xuan Qi and cultivators. Even the warlocks of the Falling Moon Country, although they claim to be cultivating mana, are just a way to absorb Xuan Qi. How could there be an Ancient Array still running? If that were the case, we would have been trapped in it a long time ago! Where can we get out!"
"Don't be impatient!"
Mu Tong directly reprimanded the excited Mo Qing, touched his smooth chin, and after thinking about it, he suddenly said, "What Eleven said is not unreasonable. The strangeness of the woods is indeed very similar to the legendary formation. After all, the Immortal Dao has declined, and no one can cultivate immortals anymore, so later generations have created the method of cultivating the Xuan, and others can also create a formation that uses the Xuanqi to arrange. ”
"It's just that I don't understand, why does the other party go to great lengths to trap you and me and not kill them?"
Wei Shiyi thought about it when he heard this, looked at Mu Tong uncertainly, and said, "Young Master, do you think it could be that we dismantled the foundation of the formation by mistake?" After all, we cut down a lot of trees along the way. ”
"yes. Maybe that's really possible. Otherwise, Mo Qing and I couldn't have been trapped. It's likely that you were already out of line. But why don't we see any trace of you? That's weird. ”
"Maybe this is the subtlety of the formation!"
Just as the three of them were still discussing how to solve this incident, after all, this time it was their Mu family's defeat, and there was such a big movement when they came, so they went back empty-handed, for fear that it would be difficult to explain.
"Rustle. ”
"What people!"
A little wind and grass woke up a group of men sitting on the ground, and everyone stared at the knee-high grass next to them.
"Save ...... Help!"
A rough, shriveled hand reached out from the grass in the distance. Immediately several iron horsemen stepped forward and carried the owner of the hand out.
It turned out that in the grass was one of the offerings of Mufu that had been missing for a long time, an offering surnamed Liu.
"What's wrong with you? Why did you end up here alone? But what happened?"
Mu Tong was shocked, you must know that this Liu is a high-level earth master, and he has only half a foot in the heavenly step, and there are still people in Mohai Kingdom who can easily hurt him? In the situation where the holy level is not out and the heavenly master is proud of his identity, the earth master belongs to the top masters of the rivers and lakes, how can he fall to such a point. The head of the second-rate sect is just a local master. And there is one first-grade sect in Mohai Kingdom, three second-grade sects, and the rest are all third-grade or below. After all, Mohai is not martial. Those who have martial arts qualifications are basically sent to the sects of the Holy Martial Kingdom to study.
Now, Liu worships the existence of such a sect, and he actually fell into the wilderness with serious injuries, almost dying without a place to be buried, how could this not surprise Mu Tong.
"Quick!, help Liu Xianfeng lie down, bring the wound medicine, I will heal Liu Xianfeng!"
Wei Shiyi hurriedly left Mu Tong behind, and while greeting his subordinates, he rescued Liu Xianfeng.
Looking at Wei Shiyi's figure, Mu Tong looked at Mo Qing beside him and said, "Xiao Qingzi, how much credibility is there in Eleven's words?"
Mo Qing was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Mu Tong in surprise: "Young Master, are you suspicious of Eleven?"
"No! It's just that Twelve doesn't show up now, and I just think Eleven's words are a little wrong. ”
"What's wrong?"
"Come here, I'll whisper to you. ”
Looking at Mo Qing who came to his mouth, Mu Tong whispered in his ear: "It's not right here!"
"Poof!"
Mo Qing was directly pierced by Mu Tong!