Chapter 30: The Strange Misty Forest
"What did you say?" Xuanyuan Zhuo's eyes suddenly turned cold.
"Father, Ye Gongzi insists on entering the forest, and I must guard the left and right to feel at ease. β
"Bastard, don't forget your identity, as the future patriarch, where the family's hope lies, how can you risk your life?
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"Call me patriarch, from now on, I am not your father, but your patriarch, I command you, give me good wait. β
"Why? Is it just because I am your son?" Xuanyuan Wuji clenched his fists and said extremely unwillingly: "Guarding the Trace of the Heavens, I don't also lead the army to defend against the enemy, which time is not to put life and death out of the way?Patriarch, why didn't you stop me at that time? Now that Ye Gongzi may be in danger, how can I stay out of the matter? Father, didn't you say that Ye Gongzi is very important to our clan? Why did you stop me this time?"
"Why do you think I would let you guard the Traces of Heaven? The prestige of the patriarch is not innate, besides, there will be clansmen who swear to protect you to the death, but I don't worry, this time is different, I can't control it, as for Ye Gucheng, if he is really the destiny of my clan, he can naturally turn evil into good fortune. Xuanyuan Zhuo put his hands on his back and walked out of the tent very tired. "Keep an eye on the young patriarch, and you must not let him leave half a step. β
"Yes!" the two guards bowed deeply.
What Ye Gucheng was most worried about happened, Xuanyuan Xiu insisted on accompanying him as always, and in desperation, he had no choice but to agree, of course, there were two hundred elite guards arranged by Xuanyuan Zhuo to go together.
The misty forest is full of smoke from a distance, and you can only know it when you step into the forest, in fact, these smoke are only in mid-air, and it does not affect the vision of the forest.
This is a very primitive and ancient forest, the trees are vigorous, the branches are low and stout, the branches and leaves are densely growing, the trunks are covered with moss and lichen, and the silk darts are beautiful and elegant, full of wildness and desolation!
How big this forest is, Ye Gucheng can't calculate, of course, the most surprising thing for him is that the forest is very calm, and the group walked cautiously for a few hours, not only did they not encounter any birds and beasts, but even a single figure could not be seen, and it seemed to be a little different from the place described in the mouth of the barbarian tribe.
Suddenly, everyone's walking steps stopped suddenly, and they stared blankly at the huge ancient tree in front of them, this tree was incompatible with the surrounding ancient trees, not because it was even bigger, nor because it had withered, but because its trunk had a humanoid face!
This kind of tree appearance is not unfamiliar to Ye Gucheng, but it is all fictional in TV novels, and it cannot exist in reality!
Holding back the discomfort in his heart, he slowly stepped forward and gently stroked the human face on the trunk, which was clearly a mixture of bark and trunk, and it was really not carved up, but naturally formed!
It's so weird!
Everyone looked at each other, and suddenly felt even more chill in their hearts.
"Let's go!" Ye Gucheng didn't want to stay any longer, and led everyone to continue to explore.
Unfortunately, the departing crowd did not notice that there was a slight fluctuation in the silhouette of the human figure on the trunk.
As we go deeper, there are more and more such dead trees, and even worse, they are like crying in despair before death! Without exception, they are all dead and the remaining trunks.
Of course, it's not just these weird trees that make everyone creepy, as far as the eye can see, there is no grass, the earth is dry and cracked, and there is only endless dead air all around!
In a trance, everyone seems to have inadvertently stepped into a hell that does not belong to the world!
Xuanyuan Xiu was a girl after all, and in the face of such a desolate and terrifying scene, she couldn't help but cling to Ye Gucheng.
"Ye Gongzi, be careful. A berserker stopped, looking around with a solemn expression.
In fact, most of the guards had already scanned the surroundings with a wary expression, the desolation was so secluded that nothing seemed to have any vision, but there was always a sense of foreboding in their hearts, as if something was hidden in this calm.
Something is unusual!
Ye Gucheng began to hear a strange sound, he couldn't tell what the sound was, he only knew that the sound was strengthened by weakness, and it came through the air in all directions.
"Alert!"
One of the guards roared violently, and all the guards immediately surrounded Ye Gucheng and Xuanyuan Xiu tightly in the middle, with an iron shield and a spear exposed, with a posture of preparation.
This is?
Ye Gucheng finally saw the source of the sound, it was a cloud of dark clouds, from far to near, dense, overwhelming, and there was no end in sight. As he saw the appearance clearly, he was suddenly shocked that this dark cloud was actually composed of tiny mosquitoes!
"Be careful!" As soon as the guard's words came out, they were quickly covered by dark clouds.
The screams, the sound of the soldiers and shields falling to the ground, and the sound of mosquito wings fluttering, quickly mingled in the forest.
Burst!
Zhang Yueli quickly pulled out the sword from the corpse, and immediately, the blood stains on the sword body were slowly wiped clean and returned to the sheath.
"Returning to Deputy Regiment Commander Zhang, our army suffered more than 4,000 casualties, and 8,000 enemy troops were wiped out. β
"Very good! Hurry back to the regimental commander, continue to lead the army forward, and settle the disabled soldiers. Zhang Yueli took off the helmet of the evil Shura, and her hair fluttered in the wind like a waterfall, adding a touch of beauty to the bloody Shura battlefield.
"Yes!"
After all, Zhang Yueli is a daughter, after a series of battles in the evil land, she is a little tired physically and mentally, and when she saw her subordinates riding their horses away, she found a random place to sit down.
"Sister, why don't you go and take a break, you haven't closed your eyes for two nights!" Zhang Tianci looked at his sister's tired face, and couldn't help but feel distressed.
"No! We have to deal with the battlefield quickly, the army will pass through in a while, and there is not much time left for us!" Zhang Yueli thought of doing it, but before her butt was hot, she quickly got up and walked to the battlefield, commanding the soldiers to clean the passage.
Facing this scene, Zhang Tianci pouted sullenly and said to himself: "Who knows if you are in a hurry to see Ye Gucheng, I have never seen you so active in the war before!"
The reason why the Badlands are called Badlands is because of its desolate land, endless loess steep slopes, marching in the Badlands is an extremely painful thing, not only to bear the difficult slopes, but also to withstand the scorching sun, more than 100,000 troops are like a giant dragon, slowly down the winding and steep Badlands to the Angry Wind Canyon.
Sky....
It's bloody!
Such a sky, like the end of the world, has never appeared in Ye Gucheng's memory!
"Kill!"
The roar resounded in the sky!
Is that?
Ye Gucheng's eyes widened like a ghost.
Dragon?
It's actually a Western fictional dragon!
Several dragons soared into the sky, swooping down to the earth, flames erupting from the dragon's mouth like cathartic volcanoes.
Pillars of fire instantly set the earth on fire, burning all living things to ashes.
Ye Gucheng had never seen so many people and horses, millions, tens of millions, he couldn't count! The endless land was full of fighting and scuffling human beasts, as far as the eye could see, there was no gap, not only that, even in mid-air, there were flying monsters fighting everywhere, he had never seen some of these monsters, but the human form had wings, the body was huge, and the form was hideous and terrifying.
The earth is crumbling, the beasts are roaring, and the city is reduced to ashes in the light of the fire!
Where is this?
Why am I here?
Suddenly, Ye Gucheng seemed to feel something, and at the end of the battlefield, two red rays burst out, like a sharp arrow that cut through time and space, and pierced his heart.
Although Ye Gucheng didn't see clearly, his intuition told him that it was a pair of eyes! He couldn't describe this feeling, as if for a moment, his soul was trembling, this was a fear from the depths of his heart!
"Ah!!" Ye Gucheng sat up suddenly, sweating profusely, and his face was terrifyingly pale.
"What do you see?"
Ye Gucheng heard the sudden old voice beside him, a spirit, looked sideways, and his heart was shocked, only to see an old man sitting quietly on the side, the old man was very old, his beard was dense and slender, and his face was full of vicissitudes left by the years.
"Savior, tell me, what do you see?" the old man spoke slowly, weakly, but repeating the subject.
Ye Gucheng came back to his senses, only then did he notice that the other party was asking himself, as if he was thinking of something, his face changed again, and he said urgently: "Where is my companion?"
"They're asleep!"
"Sleep?" Ye Gucheng followed the old man's line of sight, and finally saw the Xuanyuan clan lying on the other side, not only Xuanyuan Xiu, but even the more than ten soldiers who had been missing for a day were also among them.
Ye Gucheng was in a hurry, and hurriedly ran over, and found that he was really just falling into a deep sleep, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, so he officially looked around.
This can be described as a pure land in the forest, surrounded by green meadows, and a pond not far away, the environment is beautiful, but it is also suitable for living, this old man should be alone in seclusion, but strangely, there is no thatched house for people to live in.
The old man didn't seem to be in a hurry, he sat motionless, and didn't even move his steps.
"Excuse me, old man, why are we here? Also, I remember being besieged by a swarm of mosquitoes and then passing out. Ye Gucheng remembered what happened before he fell into a coma, and couldn't help but check himself, his expression changed again, how could it be? There was not a single trace of mosquito bites around his body! Not only did he not have it on his body, but after careful inspection, he found that there were no such traces on everyone's body, and he was stunned for a while.
"Savior, time is running out! Tell me first, what do you see?" the old man continued to repeat the topic, but his expression and tone did not change in the slightest.
Savior?
What is this called?
Maybe it was because he had experienced too many strange things today, Ye Gucheng's brain was knotted for a while, especially when he remembered the scene in the dream, his heart was cold, and he unconsciously said what he saw and heard.
"Savior, you should go west! Perhaps, you can save the creature that is about to perish!" This time, the old man finally had a trace of mood swings, although it was only a sigh.
What do you mean?
Ye Gucheng couldn't figure it out, and was about to continue asking, when he met a pair of clear starry eyes.
"Lonely City, what's wrong with you?" Xuanyuan Xiu couldn't help shaking his hand strangely.
Hey!
Ye Gucheng's eyes widened like a ghost, rubbed his eyes, and opened them again, but everything still hadn't changed. How is this possible? He muttered almost sluggishly, "Xiu'er, pinch me." β
"Ahh
"Pinch it quickly!" Ye Gucheng urged anxiously.
"Oh!" Xuanyuan Xiu didn't know why, but he still did it. I saw her aiming at Ye Gucheng's arm, pinching and twisting her two fingers.
Pain, pain, pain!
Not a dream!
Ye Gucheng quickly withdrew his arm and hurriedly said, "Why are we here?"
"Ahh
"Tell me, why are we here?" Ye Gucheng was indeed mentally confused!
One second everyone was obviously asleep, and he was talking to an old man, but the next second everyone was jumping in front of them, and there was no green grass in front of them, let alone an old man, only an endless avenue, which successfully divided the entire misty forest into two.
But he clearly remembered that after walking in this forest for several hours, he had never seen such a road at all!