The ten-minute break was soon over, and Bu Ye began to urge us to get up and move forward again. The reason why he agreed that we should rest for a while was also fully considered, because then we were going to start climbing again, and it was a long slope of about 200 meters in a row, which was very physically demanding.

However, this steep slope seems to have been artificially simply rested, and roughly every twenty or thirty centimeters you can always find a place to put your feet, which is a relatively primitive step. Needless to say, this must have been dug out by the people of Hanglou Town for the convenience of merchants.

When you go up to the top of the stairs, you reach the edge of the Upside-Down Forest. After a closer look here, I found that the roots of the plants in the forest were firmly rooted in the soil at the top of the cave, and the trunks and crowns of the trees were hanging downward. The so-called aerial roots are actually the root tips, which hang down from the top of the cave to the crown of the tree and become one, and then grow into a new trunk, regenerate new branches and leaves, and continue to expand outward, but the form of the banyan tree in the sun is the opposite.

The upside-down forest is rich in woody plants, herbaceous plants, and more vines. In the middle of the huge woody plants, there is a suspension bridge made of vines tied to the trunks of the trees, which follows the upside-down forest across the entire Grand Canyon to the opposite bank, about a kilometer long. It seems that our destination is still on the opposite side, and this suspension bridge is the way to go.

"The back ones have polished my eyes! When you see a four-hand man, you scream! Bu Ye suddenly shouted behind him as he led the team up the suspension bridge.

"Roger!"

It was Kong Jian who answered. He has been at the back of the caravan and is in charge of the rear. Others are also looking around from time to time, beware of the "four-handed ray" that Bu Ye said.

My curiosity rose again, and I turned to the bird and whispered, "What is a four-handed mandrill?" ”

"It's a fierce guy like a monkey." "But it has no soles, two long hands on top of its body, two short hands on it, and two short hands on it, so it can't walk on the ground, but it's very convenient for climbing and jumping in the woods." It has a large head and a small body, and its coat is black, and it is an endemic creature that grows in upside-down forests. However, the most annoying thing is that they will occasionally attack strange humans in the past. ”

"Is it hard to get around?"

"Their combat effectiveness is average, but I'm afraid that they will take advantage of our crossing the bridge to cause trouble. After all, it's not safe to dangle on this suspension bridge. ”

"Understood."

Fifteen big snails, thirteen people, and fourteen ghost servants, still lined up in a long line, carefully stepped on the dangling suspension bridge. The entire suspension bridge also sagged slightly due to the huge weight it carried, pulling the vines and making a "cluck!" Cluck! The friction sound makes people can't help but be frightened when they hear it.

However, after walking slowly for a while, I didn't find anything unusual. Bu Ye in front also behaved calmly, and everyone seemed to feel like he had taken a reassuring pill as long as they could still see him sitting firmly on the back of the big snail in the lead.

Halfway through the drawbridge, we have gone deep into the depths of the upside-down forest. The flora here is more lush and diverse. It was as if we were surrounded by an underground forest, with blue underground plants as far as the eye could see, and soft rattan nets under our feet.

Unlike the plants in the yang world, which rely on sunlight and oxygen for photosynthesis, because they absorb yin energy all the time, most of the creatures in the underground are mainly blue in appearance, and a few are black or colorless transparent, but it is rare to see green plants.

"What's that?"

Suddenly, one of the guys who was with the team, Ah Xing, pointed to the woods on his right hand and shouted. In this slightly nervous state, everyone stopped in surprise and turned their gaze in the direction of his finger.

"I didn't see anything!" After watching it for a long time, someone couldn't help but complain.

"Right behind the thickest tree, I did see the bushes there shake a few times!" Ah Xing hurriedly clarified.

"You can see so far away? Don't scare yourself! Another dart master was also skeptical. Everyone looked over there for a long time, but they didn't see anything unusual.

"I really saw it! I swear! Ah Xing was also a little anxious. He's the least experienced caravan other than me, and he's only in his second year, and he's never been to Hanging Tower before.

"Don't make any noise!" In the end, it was Bu Ye who stopped the restlessness of his subordinates. He said, "I'll throw an open flame over and see if it's clear!" ”

So, he took a thick slingshot from his left waist, and then pulled out a black projectile from the leather pouch on his right waist. If you look closely, the projectile still has a fuse. Bird meat also introduced to me before, Bu Ye's martial arts are average, but the slingshot is very accurate, and he has always used this as his self-defense weapon.

Bu Ye took out another lighter, lit the fuse of the projectile, and then quickly pulled and shot, and the projectile with red sparks accurately passed through the dense trees, and hit the trunk of the big tree that Ah Xing said.

"Bang!"

After a soft sound, a red fireball burst out on the trunk of the tree, illuminating the surrounding scenery very clearly.

"Fuck it! Who? ”

But I didn't want to, but there was an angry scolding from there. Hey, it turns out that there was a big living person in the forest just now!

"Burning an open fire here, trying to blind people's eyes? Who did it? The man covered his eyes and was still yelling in exasperation. Obviously, the fireball exploded at close range in front of his eyes, and his eyes did feel very uncomfortable when he couldn't wait for it.

"I'm sorry! Friend! Bu Ye hurriedly shouted, "We are a passing caravan, and we thought you were a four-handed dragon just now!" You can't use ghost fire in this forest, that's why you use open fire! ”

"Caravans?"

There was a slight sound over there, presumably approaching us. At this time, the remaining little flame let us finally see his true face of Lushan.

It was indeed a big living person, but he was dressed in a strange way. He clutched two long hooks in his hands, the other end of which was attached to the armor on his back. He relied on these two hooks to hang on the branches and trunks of trees, and when necessary, he could let go of his hand without falling. He also wears a pair of "hooked shoes" under his feet, but the hooks on the shoes are horizontal, which can also be used to hook tree trunks, making it easy to walk and stand in the forest.

The man came to a stop twenty meters from the caravan. His face was not very good, and he questioned again: "Even if it is an open fire, it is forbidden to burn in the upside-down forest!" You guys are too reckless! ”

Although Bu Ye had a bad temper, this time it was indeed his subordinates who saw it wrong, and the fireball was also shot by himself, so he had to lower his posture, "I'm really sorry, brother!" You don't have anything with lighting on you, young people are inexperienced, and it's inevitable to see it wrong! ”

"I'm picking ginseng and catching rabbits in this forest, and I just have to work in the dark! Otherwise, these clever ghosts with light on their bodies would have slipped away a long time ago! ”

"Understood! Got it! It's a pure misunderstanding! ”

The man probably saw that there were many people on our side, and Bu Ye apologized many times, so it was not good to be more serious, and after muttering a few more words, he returned to the dense forest. He still used his hook to swing around in the forest when he left, and at first glance he really looked like a monkey, so it's no wonder that Ah Xing was wrong.

However, Ah Xing still received a scolding from Bu Ye: "What a fuss!" You're so far away that you're nervous like that! Next time, everyone will polish my eyes and shout when I see it! ”

"Yes!"

Everyone agreed. After solving this hiccup, the team starts again and continues slowly through the drawbridge.

Taking advantage of the slight confusion for a while, I quietly asked Bird Meat, "What does that person do?" Herb picker or hunter? ”

"Well, it's all sort of!" Bird Meat nodded, "This upside-down forest is a major resource source in Hanglou Town, and those who collect medicine and hunt have to dress like him, otherwise they won't be able to come and go freely in the forest." ”

"What herbs can be harvested here?"

"What a lot! One of the most valuable ones is probably the squire ginseng! ”

"Ginseng?"

"Yes. Ginseng doesn't grow in one place honestly, but runs around in the dense forest. Its root system is like its feet, it is pulled out of the soil when it moves, and it takes root and continues to grow when it encounters the next suitable position, so people name it Shen Shen Shen. ”

Oh, it turns out that the origin of the ginseng is in this upside-down forest!

I was overjoyed. In the past, when I was collecting Yin food materials, I was in dire need of ginseng, which is a medicinal herb that money can't buy. Unexpectedly, this first trip to the business happened to pass through the production area, and the price here must be much cheaper than selling in the pharmacy in Zuoqiu City. I secretly decided in my heart that when I arrived in Hanglou Town in a while, I must buy more dragon ginseng and bring it back!

Because it was not fast to walk on the suspension bridge, it took us almost an hour to fully cross the one-kilometer distance. The other side of the suspension bridge is also on the edge of the cliff, but here there is an upward staircase with a large hole at the end. A raging waterfall descended from the mouth of the cave, like a white line hanging at the entrance of the cave.

The stairs are not long, and after a few tens of meters, the entrance to the cave will be out. Above there was a long, narrow cavern that turned horizontally back in the direction we had come, and a wide underground river flowed through the middle of the cavern. Sure enough, there are two layers of caves, the upper part is an underground river, and the lower part is the upside-down forest and the Grand Canyon, which is separated by a layer of earth and stone crust about 50 meters thick.