Chapter 31 To the Shadow Forest
After eating two Ice Marrow Bone Pills, Chu Feng's body has also undergone great changes, the injuries he suffered before have been completely healed, and his cultivation has reached a new realm, his body is strong, and his absorption of the spiritual energy between heaven and earth is also much faster.
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, Chu Feng had lived in Murong Mansion for ten days, and the day he was getting closer and closer to marrying Murong Xue.
Two days later, the crowd received bad news.
A middle-aged man in ragged clothes ran in from outside in a panic, this person carried a knife around his waist, and there were traces of blood red on his body, as if he had just experienced a tragic battle.
After inquiry, I learned that this person was Murong Xuan's deputy general, named Ding Lin.
Ding Lin didn't care about resting, and hurriedly told Murong Yunhong about business.
"Lord Murong, General Murong and I were on the way back, when we suddenly encountered an attack, the other side was outnumbered, we couldn't fight, so we ran all the way to the Shadow Forest. Later, General Murong and I went separately, and when we got rid of those people, General Murong was nowhere to be found. I searched in the Shadow Forest for two days, but I still couldn't find General Murong, so I came back and reported the matter to Lord Murong. ”
"What's wrong with my brother, how did he go missing?"
Murong Xue suddenly became excited, already a little out of control.
Chu Feng hurriedly helped Murong Xue sit down and said comfortingly: "Don't get excited, the eldest brother will definitely be fine." ”
Murong Yunhong was also a little restless, and after asking about the specific situation, he decided to hurry up to find it.
"Dad, I've had telepathy with my eldest brother since I was a child, and I'm going to find my eldest brother. ”
Murong Yunhong nodded and said, "Okay, Xue'er, this time, Dad will all depend on you, and it will be easier for you to find your eldest brother." ”
Murong Xue took out a small lock piece from her neck, on which was a phoenix, this was a phoenix lock among the dragon and phoenix locks, which Murong Yunhong gave to Murong Xuan and Murong Xue respectively, and on Murong Xuan's body, he was wearing the other half of the dragon lock.
As long as they have the dragon and phoenix locks, the two of them can have senses, so this is also the reason why Murong Yunhong asked Murong Xue to go. Now there are a lot of things in the imperial city, and he can't leave at all, and Xia Meng is also targeting himself everywhere, so he can't go there in person.
After Murong Xuan disappeared, Chu Feng couldn't stand by and watch, and also said, "I'll go with Xue'er." ”
Murong Yunhong nodded and said, "That's fine, on the way, you can also take care of Xue'er." The Shadow Forest is a primeval forest, and I don't know what kind of danger there will be inside, so you must be careful when you go. ”
Chu Feng responded, "We will definitely be careful." ”
Subsequently, Murong Yunhong found more than a dozen of the most powerful people in the mansion and accompanied the two of them.
After packing up, the group headed for the Shadow Forest.
The Shadow Forest is more than a thousand miles away, and at the current speed, it will take five or six days to reach it at the earliest.
Murong Xue was anxious in her heart, just thinking that she could find her eldest brother quickly, so the group kept hurrying, only taking occasional rests, and traveled day and night all the way, for more than four days, and finally came to the outside of the Shadow Forest.
The Shadow Forest is a primeval forest with a width of thousands of miles, in which all kinds of birds and beasts live, and legend has it that there are ancient beasts, which are extremely dangerous, and ordinary people do not dare to approach at all, so they can only move outside the Shadow Forest. As for what it looks like inside, there is no way to know, because even the city lord of Kyushu does not dare to go into it easily.
As the name suggests, the Shadow Forest is relatively dark, and from a distance, it is full of towering ancient trees, covering the sky and the sun, coupled with the humid environment here, the grass and trees are thick, and it is difficult for the sun to shine in, so after entering, it is like dusk.
After staying outside the Shadow Forest for a while, the group headed inside.
Murong Xue relied on the phoenix lock she was wearing on her body to sense Murong Xuan's position.
Chu Feng was by Murong Xue's side, looking for clues while protecting her, there was a lot of danger here, so you must always be prepared.
After walking a short distance, some wild beasts in the forest began to haunt, basically some small animals, and there was no danger, but everyone did not dare to be careless, maybe somewhere, there was a danger that they did not know.
After walking inside for more than an hour, it began to darken. Stout trees and vines can already be seen here, and some dangerous beasts have appeared.
As long as there are attacking beasts, they will be killed or driven away one by one, and the further they go, the greater the pressure on everyone, and the unknown places ahead, as well as the birds and beasts staring closely in the distance, all make everyone panic.
Soon, it was already dark, the moonlight could not penetrate, and it was pitch black in front of me. The crowd had no choice but to light the torches and shine forward.
The roar of wild beasts continued to be heard around, and the birds fluttered and flew by, and everyone did not dare to go any further.
After stopping, the crowd gathered around and built a fire, preparing to spend the night here. After a quick bite to eat, they began to take turns keeping vigil.
At night, the temperature also dropped, cold and damp, making people feel very uncomfortable, Murong Xue kept thinking about her eldest brother's affairs, and she couldn't sleep, so she simply got up and everyone kept vigil together.
The night was dark, starless, and it was impossible to tell the time, as if it was cut off from the outside.
In the second half of the night, everyone felt a sudden vibration under their feet, and then bursts of roars came from afar.
Everyone was shocked and quickly became vigilant.
The sound grew louder and louder, as if there were many wild beasts running.
"Everyone, be careful, hide quickly!"
Chu Feng shouted, quickly left the place with everyone, and hid behind an ancient tree.
A moment later, a group of wild beasts came running from the other side, rushing in the direction of the fire. Sparks flew and soon went out into the darkness.
Murong Xue asked a little frightened, "What the hell is going on?"
Chu Feng looked at the group of beasts rushing in front of him, and suddenly shouted badly: "We must leave quickly, there are fierce beasts chasing behind, hurry up!"
Chu Feng has been hunting in the mountains since he was a child, so he is also familiar with some of the mountains, and if such a situation occurs, it can only mean that there is danger approaching behind the beasts, and nine times out of ten they are fierce beasts.
Sure enough, a roar came from behind, and listening to the sound, there should be several fierce beasts.
Everyone hurriedly ran forward with the herd, and in the blink of an eye, a red-pupiled leopard appeared in everyone's position.
The red-eyed leopard is a very common beast in the Shadow Forest, usually living in groups, with red eyes, pointed ears, thick and powerful limbs, and is good at running and climbing. Adult red-pupiled leopards are two feet long and more than one person tall, making them very aggressive.
Now, behind the herd, there are six or seven adult red-eyed leopards, still chasing the herd.
After Chu Feng and the others saw the red-pupiled leopard clearly, the secret path was not good, and when they encountered several such fierce beasts, they could only escape.
A red-eyed leopard spotted Chu Feng and them, roared angrily into the sky, and chased after them.
Seeing the red-pupiled leopard behind him, Chu Feng was anxious, and hurriedly protected Murong Xue and ran towards a remote place.
The red-pupiled leopard behind him had been chasing Chu Feng closely, and soon, Chu Feng and Murong Xue were separated from the others.
After running for a while, the red-pupiled leopard got closer and closer, and it should be less than ten zhang away. The two of them panicked, and before they knew it, they had deviated far from the others.
With an angry roar, the red-pupiled leopard jumped and landed half a foot behind Chu Feng and Murong Xue. The two of them could already clearly feel the ferociousness of the red-pupiled leopard, and hurriedly hid to the side.
After dodging, the two changed directions and continued to run, but after running for a long time, the two quickly stopped.
The front suddenly became brighter, and when I saw it clearly, I realized that in front of the two of them, a cliff had appeared. The moonlight shone on the cliff, and the fog was shrouded below, and I don't know how deep it was.
After stopping, the two stared closely at the red-pupiled leopard who had caught up, and now there was no way ahead, so they could only fight hard.
The red-eyed leopard stopped at the distance between the two of them, looked at the two of them fiercely, and roared again and again.
Murong Xue was a little trembling with fright, and couldn't help but grab Chu Feng's arm and retreat.
Chu Feng comforted: "Xue'er, don't be afraid, I'm here, I'll deal with it." ”
At this time, Chu Feng was also ready to fight hard, the red-pupiled leopard in front of him looked very powerful, and his strength should be equivalent to the realm of a human sword master, and now that he had broken through to the realm of the Supreme Sword Venerable, it should not be a problem to deal with this red-pupiled leopard.
Just as he was about to make a move, another red-pupiled leopard ran over, with a body shape similar to this red-pupiled leopard, and at this moment, Chu Feng's pressure increased greatly. If it is normal times, it is not a problem to deal with such two red-pupiled leopards. It's just that it's late at night, and I can't see the surroundings clearly, and the red-eyed leopard happens to hunt in the night, and the red eyes are born for the night.
The two red-eyed leopards roared a few times, and suddenly pounced on each of them. Chu Feng and Murong Xue hurriedly dodged, and then sacrificed their flying swords, preparing to counterattack.
Chu Feng stood with a red-pupiled leopard first. With the strength of the Sword Venerable Realm, the red-pupiled leopard had always been helpless against Chu Feng, and while Chu Feng was dodging, he also sacrificed the Shadow Flow Sword and attacked the red-pupiled leopard. Although the Red Pupil Leopard was larger, it was very flexible, and it had escaped Chu Feng's sneak attacks several times.
Then, Chu Feng directly sacrificed three flying swords, and just as the Red Pupil Leopard pounced on him, he suddenly exerted his strength, and the three flying swords flew towards the Red Pupil Leopard at the same time.
After the red-eyed leopard found the three flying swords, he quickly dodged to the side, but was still stabbed by one of the flying swords, leaving a deep bloody wound on his body.
After being injured, the red-pupiled leopard was even more angry, and kept roaring at Chu Feng, its claws rubbing on the ground, as if it was about to eat Chu Feng in one bite.
Then, the red-pupiled leopard flew towards Chu Feng again, Chu Feng quickly retreated back, and then exerted force under his feet and flew up.
When the red-pupiled leopard pounced in the air, Chu Feng also came to the top of the red-pupil leopard, and then landed directly on the body of the red-pupiled leopard. Chu Feng rode on it, grabbed the neck of the red-pupiled leopard with one hand, and slammed the head of the red-pupiled leopard with the other hand.
Chu Feng almost exerted all his strength, every punch had a thousand powers, and after a few punches, blood flowed from the eyes of the red-pupiled leopard.
The red-pupiled leopard had a lot of strength, and it kept struggling on the ground, with a big mouth, and kept biting backwards towards Chu Feng. After struggling a few times, Chu Feng was also a little unstable and slipped off the body of the red-pupiled leopard.
After sliding down, Chu Feng quickly retreated and quickly distanced himself from the red-pupiled leopard.
In the eyes and nose of the red-eyed leopard, blood was already flowing out, and one eye kept blinking, and some of them were seriously injured.
At this moment, the red-pupiled leopard was completely enraged, and as if he was crazy, he bit at Chu Feng. Chu Feng avoided his edge and was also looking for an opportunity to attack.
On the other side, Murong Xue was not so comfortable, the strength of the red-pupiled leopard was on par with Murong Xue, in such a dark night, Murong Xue couldn't take any advantage, and was almost bitten by the red-pupiled leopard.
Seeing that Murong Xue was in danger, Chu Feng didn't care about it, so he hurriedly ran over, and when the red-pupiled leopard pounced, Chu Feng quickly made a move and stabbed the shadow flow sword into the body of the red-pupiled leopard.
After the red-pupiled leopard was in pain, it roared deafeningly, and without retreating, one claw grabbed directly towards Chu Feng, and scratched a bloody wound on Chu Feng's arm.
"Ahh
Chu Feng only felt that a piece of flesh had been scratched off that arm, and after enduring the severe pain, Chu Feng flew up and kicked the red-pupiled leopard out directly.
As soon as he kicked away, another red-eyed leopard pounced. Chu Feng was furious, and directly punched this red-pupiled leopard.
After that, the red-pupiled leopard was knocked to the ground, and Chu Feng also took several steps back.
"Chu Feng, you are injured, you must be careful. ”
Murong Xue was distressed when she saw the wound on Chu Feng's arm, and hurriedly came to Chu Feng's side.
The two red-eyed leopards had stopped attacking and began to walk back and forth, opening their mouths and roaring to the sky.
Chu Feng said worriedly: "Today, I'm afraid we won't be able to leave, these two red-eyed leopards will call their companions, and in a while, other red-eyed leopards will rush over." ”
Murong Xue exclaimed, "Then, what should we do?"
Chu Feng looked at the cliff behind him, and then saw the vines extending downward at the cliff, and had an idea in his heart.
"Now there is no choice but to take a chance, and let's follow these vines and jump into the cliff. ”
Murong Xue looked at the cliff behind her, thinking of the current situation of the two of them, and agreed to Chu Feng's suggestion.
The two of them stepped back little by little, and the two red-eyed leopards kept approaching the two of them.
The two retreated to the vines on the edge of the cliff, ready to grab the vines and jump down.
Soon, several roars came from a distance, and the two red-eyed leopards were also ready to attack.
Chu Feng said: "The other red-pupiled leopards are already here, Xue'er, take my hand, let's jump." ”
Murong Xue took Chu Feng's hand, although she didn't know what would happen if she jumped down, but with Chu Feng there, she was not afraid.
The two held hands, then grabbed a thicker vine and jumped down together.