After arriving at the Pink Forest, Long Xiaoyan took us all the way along the straight cliff to find the Tai Sui Zhi based on the information he bought from the mysterious person. We are used to staying in the underworld, and even in such a dimly lit place, we can see things from thirty or fifty meters away.

At first, we were worried that it was not easy to find such a gray "meat lump", but we didn't expect the baby to be found, but we found the big bug first!

"Buzz! Buzz! ”

Without warning, a huge beetle flew over our heads, knocking everyone down. Long Xiaoyan hurriedly motioned for everyone to lie down, or hide under the leaves of various ground plants.

Fortunately, the target of the big bug was not us at all, but fell directly into a shallow hole in the cliff. According to the intelligence, there is a red-eyed crunch entrenched near Tai Suizhi, and this giant insect with a pair of big red compound eyes should be a red-eyed skull!

The red-eyed duck has been found, will Tai Suizhi still be far away?

Sure enough, just a few meters below the wormhole, we finally locked on to the humble but priceless fungus plant!

Tai Sui Zhi's location was in a gap in the cliff, about twenty meters above the ground. In fact, such a height is not high, and it is not low to say low. If you use climbing, it must be very difficult. In particular, when climbing, you will almost inevitably touch those pink vines, and these vines will shine and drop petals when touched, which is very eye-catching.

Even aside from the vines, the red-eyed frog's nest was just a few meters above Tai Sui Zhi, too close. It was lying motionless at the entrance of the cave now, its two huge scarlet compound eyes still spinning!

This guy has such big eyes, he must have good eyesight. Its mouthparts are a pointed tube, which is usually rolled up and hung under the head, and then stretched out when it encounters an enemy, which can not only spray poison but also poke into the prey to suck blood and gravy. Its stiff wings look like iron armor, and its six arthropods are covered in spikes and fluff.

It is indeed not easy to deal with such a big poisonous and hard bug. And if you want to avoid its surveillance and steal Tai Sui Zhi, I'm afraid you have to use your brains well.

After the reconnaissance was completed, Long Xiaoyan said in a low voice: "Let's retreat first, don't be discovered by it!" ”

So, the six members of the team lowered their bodies and cautiously left along the way they came, for fear of alarming the red-eyed carpenter. After exiting for about a mile, we stopped to discuss what to do.

"What should we do next?" Lu Dian asked Long Xiaoyan.

"Just according to the plan that was laid out before. Let's go catch the coral deer first, you don't need more, just one. ”

In order to catch the planned bait as soon as possible, Long Xiaoyan simply divided the six team members into three groups to hunt. This time, Lu Dian and I were in a group, and we were responsible for looking for a dense forest. In this because the view is blocked, we two players who like to play in close combat are more suitable to play.

But in fact, Lu Dian and I both know that catching prey is not our forte, and it is better to make some noise to drive the animals in the forest outside. Like Long Xiaoyan, Liu Yuxin, who is good at long-range attacks, and Ximen Ji, who is good at arranging formations, can easily succeed. Therefore, while we "startled the snake", we chatted very casually.

The big stupid cow Lu Dian usually doesn't talk much, basically he will go wherever Long Xiaoyan says. However, after talking to him all the way, I found out that the big stupid cow is not stupid, but his personality is more realistic.

"How did you become a sworn friend with Long Xiaoyan?" I asked him.

"Hehe, because when we were teammates on that expedition before, he saved me twice." Lu Dian smiled innocently and said, "So this time he is the captain, I have to come over and mess with him." Otherwise, I won't even have a chance to 'pay off my debts'!" ”

"Can you stand his arrogant temper?"

"Hey, Long Xiaoyan is actually a very good person! And he's a high cultivator, what's wrong with being a little arrogant? Lu Dian disagreed.

"But if you're too proud, you won't get along with your teammates! Otherwise, why did he get into a fight with his teammates last time and get expelled? "I'm actually quite curious about Long Xiaoyan, so I want to ask more about him from Lu Dian's mouth.

Lu Dian flattened his mouth and said, "You don't know the inside story of that incident. It's not right that Long Xiaoyan injured his teammates, but the guy who was beaten was also cheap, and he deserved it! ”

"Tell me, what's going on?"

"This matter actually has to start with Long Xiaoyan's brother. His brother's name is Long Xiaoyan, who entered Zuoqiu City a few years earlier than him, and served as a city guard in the city guard as soon as he entered. According to him, his brother was even more gifted than him and was the closest person to him. As a result, Long Xiaoyan died after only three years of entering Zuoqiu City! ”

"How did you die?"

"One day during the curfew, Long Xiaoyan happened to be on duty. There was a fight between two ghost gangs in the lower city, and the fight was quite fierce, so Long Xiaoyan and his teammates went to drive them away. The boss of one of the ghost gangs is called 'Iron Hand', and he is an ink ghost. At that time, the iron hand was already red-eyed, and even the city guards intervened and refused to give up. ”

"But the Iron Hand's level is too high, and a few city guards can't easily control it. Long Xiaoyan's temper is the same as his younger brother, the more he encounters a strong enemy, the more excited he becomes, and before he knows it, he is in trouble with the iron hand. But after all, his cultivation at that time had not yet risen to the fourth level, and the iron hand was in a state of rage, so he was actually killed by the iron hand! ”

"Dare to kill the city guard, isn't that a capital crime?" I was surprised.

"That's true, but Iron Hand knows it! Afterwards, he didn't stop doing anything, and led a group of his subordinates to counterattack Zemen. Zemen's guards didn't think that the Ghost Gang would dare to attack them from behind, and they were broken through before they could meet the battle. Iron Hand successfully broke through with the remaining small part of the gang, and since then he has fallen into the grass and become a ghost bandit. ”

"Lost such a big person, the city guards didn't think to go and capture the iron hand back?"

"That's definitely going to crack down on bandits! The old witch, who was still in power at the time, sent three bandit teams out in a row to find traces of the Iron Hand. But this guy can really hide, and he can't be found anywhere. It wasn't until recently that I've heard that Iron Hand has taken refuge in the dead and will occasionally come out to attack expeditions and caravans. ”

"No wonder when he went down to Yin City with me, Long Xiaoyan said that he wanted to join the city guards, it seems that he wanted to avenge his brother!" After hearing Lu Dian say this, I immediately understood the reason.

"Yes, Long Xiaoyan didn't join the city guard as he wished at the beginning, and then he took the initiative to apply to leave the caravan and came to join the expedition, so that one day he could meet the iron hand and avenge his brother!"

"Then what does this have to do with Long Xiaoyan's fight?"

"Because the teammate who was beaten was also a ghost cultivator like me, and he used to hang out with Iron Hand." Lu Dian shook his head and smiled bitterly, "He bragged about this in front of everyone one day, joking that if we meet Iron Hand in the dead in the future, he will definitely be able to protect us from death with his face!" ”

"What is Long Xiaoyan's reaction?"

"Alas, he went up directly and picked up the other party, and insisted on forcing that guy to take him to the Iron Hand! That guy didn't agree and was beaten! ”

"It's so impulsive!"

"If he is not impulsive, he will not be called Long Xiaoyan!"

Speaking of which, I didn't want to hide it from Lu Dian, so I quietly revealed the news that Cao Zhe told me: "It is said that because this iron hand has been making too much trouble recently, the city guards will send troops to encircle and suppress it. Moreover, it is possible to temporarily recruit mercenaries from various expeditions! ”

Lu Dian was immediately taken aback and said, "Long Xiaoyan will definitely sign up if he knows it!" ”

"That's what I'm worried about." I was also worried, "Originally, I thought that Long Xiaoyan would not necessarily accept such a dangerous mission, or at least ask for everyone's opinions. But now I know that he still has his brother's revenge to avenge, and that is the only way to go! ”

"If Long Xiaoyan comes to ask me, I will definitely go with him!"

"Why?"

"I owe him two more damns! Where is the chance to return it to him? Lu Dian laughed again, and then asked me rhetorically: "What about you?" Would you like to go with the two of us? ”

I hesitated, the task of exterminating the ghost bandits was indeed too dangerous. Long Xiaoyan wants to go because he wants revenge, and Lu Dian wants to go because he owes Long Xiaoyan a favor, so what about me? And for what?

"Maybe, I'll have to think about it." I replied.

Actually, I was a little moved. On the one hand, I also have a "grudge" against those ghost bandits, and Tie Hand is also the culprit who killed the Teng family's caravan, and he owes me the lives of more than a dozen teammates!

On the other hand, it seems that there is a vague desire to cross paths with someone again, even if there must be great danger here......

As I was struggling, the gossip plates on Lu Dian and I began to vibrate at the same time. You don't have to look to know that this must be someone from the other group who has caught the coral deer. We quickly got out of the forest and ran to the meeting point.

Sure enough, at Long Xiaoyan's feet lay an animal that had just been half-roasted by the ghost fireball. It looks like a deer, but it has a large horn with many branches on its head, which shines like a coral at the bottom of the sea. No wonder it was named Coral Deer.

"I'll divide the work again." Long Xiaoyan began to arrange specific tasks for everyone again, but this time he was going to play for real!

"Zhai Zisheng and Bird Meat are responsible for dragging this deer to the open space over there, and then try to make some movement to attract the attention of the red-eyed fisher."

"The rest of the team went with me to the bottom of the cliff. Ximen Ji was responsible for setting up a fog array underneath, so that the fog would block the red-eyed fish's vision and prevent it from looking back after leaving. Liu Yuxin and Lu Dian, you are ghosts, and the task of flying up to collect medicine will be handed over to the two of you. ”

"I'll stay down there and cover for you. Once you don't have time to retreat when the Red-Eyed turns around and comes back, I'll stop it with ghostly fireballs. Did everyone get it? ”

"Got it!" Everyone agreed at the same time.