Volume 1: Huangquan December Chapter 247: Static Braking
Mu Wan wrote a letter and sent it back. It did not mention whether they would go back, but only asked everyone to pay attention to their health and asked them to continue to take care of their mother. In addition to greetings, the most important point is to clarify that Xie Hualing's "Gu" does not exist. In the letter, she said that she hoped that the sect would take her back and let her cultivate in the valley. Presumably, these days, she has also suffered too much undue accusation and malice. They all knew that regardless of whether Gu poison existed or not, such a statement had already planted a disaster in people's hearts.
However, Mu Wan also emphasized that she only "hoped" and did not let them do it. Because she said that she was still not sure of the weight of the lies and the truth in Gao Yuejun's words, she only put forward one point of view, what to do specifically, let the youngest female head of the world and the omniscient cloud mirror weigh it. After all, if it really exists, they don't know the way of infection, and it is not cost-effective to catch up with the entire sect - although Gao Yuejun himself does not have a reason to target Xue Yan Valley.
It's summer now, and the letter must have arrived. I hope that Ah Ling can walk out of the house boldly and embrace this prosperous summer scene with them. Everywhere is dark green, the flowers are in full bloom, the trees are thriving, and all the vibrant faces make people feel refreshed and relaxed.
It would have been better if Mu Wan hadn't known about Siyan's death.
In her eyes, the beauty of the moment is just a painting with thick ink and color, which is so fake that it is surviving.
They passed through many cities, but they became more and more sparsely populated. The further north you go, the fewer flowers and the more trees there are. The north doesn't like rain, and only tall trees can dig their roots deep into the soil and draw water from below, not flowers and plants with shallow roots. It's a different kind of scenery, but there are too few people, it's too quiet, and it feels like you've gone too far, near the end of the world.
But not all of the realms are so dry. Cuiping Beach is a vast wetland, which is easy to store water due to the topography, forming a large body of water. The entire Cuiping Beach is almost half the area of Biliyuan, and more abundant plants have grown, and many animals also thrive here. Passing by some towns, the mountains and seas will inquire about Cuiping Beach. They learned that in the past, the resources there attracted people, and humans built their homes there. It was only later that a large group of demon birds occupied the place and drove the people out.
There is a saying that the local roselle sand is rich in spiritual power, and the monsters drove the humans away in order to monopolize it. An old man showed them his treasured roselle sand. A small handful of bright red round grains, the size of soybeans, can really smell the aroma similar to roselle when you get close. But if you want to say what it is, the old man doesn't understand, he says that it is also passed down from his ancestors. Cuiping Beach has long been out of human existence.
Shi Wuqi didn't ask the price, he knew that the old man didn't sell. What's more, these bean-sized medicines are not enough. According to the recipe given by Ruyuejun, it has to go through the steps of extraction, and there are very few useful parts to be extracted. So they're still going to that place.
"A little more exactly." Dai Luan said, "I only talked about monsters before, but now at least we know that they are a group of monster birds." β
"You said that Ye Yuejun is also heading north." Shanhai recalled, "Could this have something to do with the bird clan she rescued back then?" β
Mu Wan suddenly remembered something, she fumbled around her body and found a white feather. They all remembered that Mu Wan said that it was given to her by Takimiao. The last time I saw her take it out was before going to the Dead Man's Swamp.
"Will he be there?"
"I don't know." "But I think it's better to find him." Frost Moon Jun was in charge of their business, and I don't know if it had anything to do with that strange dream. β
"Maybe it's just an illusion that the Demon Sealing Blade makes you see, and it has nothing to do with it."
"How do you know if you don't try it? Mountains and seas, you can divinate the direction, right? β
All the evidence is fragmented, the information is too fragmented, too confusing, too disordered. But in this darkness, there is an invisible thread that strings all the events together, as if a silent hint.
That night, a suitable time was chosen, and the mountains and seas set up candles, drew formations, and placed feathers in a bowl of blood-dripping water.
It turned out to be reasonableβseveral men leaned their faces over the basin and stared at the feathered faces pointing north.
Takimiao, Ye Yuejun, Shuangyuejun, Tang He...... They should all be in the north, or go north, in the area of Cuiping Beach. But what exactly happened there, no one can tell them, they can only visit it themselves. Thankfully, it won't be long before it happens.
When I actually came to Cuiping Beach, it was the middle of June, and it was a hot time. The carriage they rented went to the outskirts at most, and the rest of the distance was dragged out step by step by their tired bodies. The grief of losing the weapon before has been diluted by time, but Mu Wan really needs an umbrella at this time, whether it is Ye Yinlu or not.
The sun was very hot, and the heat wave was steaming so much that people's faces hurt. The heat in the south is damp and hot, and now it looks very dry, and the skin is going to turn into air-dried leaves. Further down, they had a hard time believing that there would be a water source like Cuiping Beach. It wasn't until the evening, when the sun was setting and the temperature was dropping, that they felt a little cool wind blowing on their faces, taking away the accumulated exhaustion.
But Shi Wuqi was highly nervous.
"There's a very strange smell." He said, "The smell of rot, and a touch of blood...... Can't you smell it? β
The other three living people all shook their heads. They can't smell strange smells, perhaps fatigue has weakened their senses. But the mountains and seas think that the gust of wind just now has a bit of the cold unique to the hoodoo. And that's not what a vast plain should be.
The grass and trees in front of me gradually became a little denser, and when I pushed them away, I saw a wide grassland in front of me. The setting sun gilded them orange-red.
Mu Wan clearly didn't smell Shi Wuqi's breath, but he had a strong feeling of nausea. She turned around and bent down, covering her mouth with one hand and her stomach with the other. There was another smell of rust in her nose, she wasn't sure if it was the kind Shi Wuqi said, but it could also be because it always touched the Demon Sealing Blade, maybe it was a simple metallic smell.
And the feeling of nausea did not subside, as if the smell of blood was coming from my body.
The scene before me was unsettling. Although it did not resemble the flickering scene in her dream, it was similar, as if the scene in front of her confirmed that the scene in the dream could happen.
Dai Luan wanted to step on the grass and feel the too "chic" scenery. But she noticed that Mu Wan was unwell, so she turned around and took care of her. Standing on the edge of the half-human-high weedy, Shi Wuqi said to Shanhai:
"There's another anomaly, I don't know if you've noticed it."
"There are no animals."
"Yes, not one, at least not at all. During the day, although there were no animals in the open, I could hear the distant sounds of birds flapping their wings and rats scurrying among the grass. Now they're all gone, and they're going farther and deeper underground...... Or stop moving. β
"Wow, don't be scary, okay?" Dai Luan turned her head and complained.
Shi Wuqi stopped talking, he bent down and picked up a stone. The stone does not have any edges and corners, but is smooth and flat. He threw it out with his arm, and the stone rubbed against the warm lawn and jumped twice, then suddenly disappeared to the ground.
Dai Luan thought she had seen something wrong and rubbed her eyes. Mu Wan eased up a little and looked at it too.
Shi Wuqi picked up another stone. The stone is larger and less regular in shape, but the edges and corners are more rounded. He threw the stone out, and it was immediately swallowed up by the "grass" with a strange swallowing sound.
Dai Luan lowered her voice, for fear of waking something: "This place ...... How is it alive? β
"It's not alive, but it's not a meadow either." Shanhai frowned, stretched out his arms and stepped back, motioning for them all to walk back, "This is a pond, a piece of water." β
"W-What?"
"It's duckweed or algae or something like that. In some places, when these greenery is too dense, it is easy for animals with bad eyes to missee it, mistake it as grass, and fall into the water. Of course, I don't think that's the main reason for the scarcity of animals here......"
"And it's not like a plant." "They're red, like ...... Bloody. β
"Don't talk about it." Mu Wan raised a hand to stop her, "I'm really going to throw up." β
Is this really Cuiping Beach? In this way, it does look like a land where demons live.
Several people took a few steps back, keeping their distance from the water's edge. The sky slowly darkened, and the "meadow" gradually turned black again. They just seem to reflect the colors of the environment easily, and they are not so intimidating. After walking some distance around the water's edge, they tried to go deeper into the wetlands, hoping to find some houses left by their predecessors to spend the night. After some distance, however, the houses were still there, but most of them had collapsed, and many of them had even submerged into the earth, and they were crawling with mushrooms and moss. Wooden building materials are more like their original posture - just wood, born to decay.
It's going to be completely dark. Shi Wuqi's eyesight at night has always been good, and he saw a huge wooden plank in front of him, like a well-tied raft. But there was also water in that area, and if you went any further, the water in the grass would not reach the surface of your feet. Leave them out of the way, find a few dry footholds on their own, and quickly step over and jump onto the raft. He checked, and the thing was relatively new, at least it worked.
The three of them and Miss Qi were waiting here, and a bird fell from the eaves of the dilapidated house behind them, which was an egret. The sound of birds flapping their wings is terrifying, but it finally makes people feel as they should be.
β¦β¦ Wait a minute?
"What are you doing here?"
Before they could react, a voice suddenly came from the egret's position. When they turned back again, Cangyu was sitting on the edge of the eaves with his legs crossed, looking at them with his neck sideways like a real bird.
"Is that you?" Mu Wan blurted out, "You did all this?" β
"What did I do?" Cangyu raised his eyebrows slightly and shook his fan, "But you shouldn't have come here." β
Shanhai stepped forward, looked up at him, and made a gesture.
"Cang Gongzi. We don't know that this place is your boundary, and there are many offenses, and we hope that you will be in the sea. β
"You haven't offended me...... "You didn't offend me," he said, "but do you know what this place is?" β
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