Chapter 57: The Black Lake
They didn't go far, and even the two phoenixes felt a little hot. Huang Ying, who turned into a bird, did not show any obviously, but a thin layer of sweat appeared on Feng Yi's forehead.
"Why don't we go down." Zhou Xian suggested, "You can see that since the trees below have not been affected by anything, maybe the temperature in the forest is still normal." β
Bu Ting and Ji Cheng glanced at each other, and with a wave of their hands, the wind ball began to slow down and find a suitable place to land in the jungle.
When the wind signal descends to a height of about 10 meters from the treetops, you can feel the temperature drop all of a sudden, and even a little cooler. Everyone's faces have improved, but Ji Ying's heart is very entangled: This is not yet the lake, everyone's reaction is already so obvious, so will Xiao Ran be able to resist it at that time? ζζΊη«― δΈη§θ¨δ½γβm.\B\iq\u\g\\o\mγ provides you with wonderful \ novel reading.
If Zhou Xian can't stand it, he can wait in the distance with bean sprouts and edamame, but Ji Xiaoran can't.
They landed on a lawn in the middle of the jungle, next to a rock, and a trickle fell from above, forming a small waterfall, and then fell into the gravel below, without even a splash.
Zhou Xian moved over and turned his head cautiously: it looked like it was gravel, but in the middle was a huge hollow, and the flowing water passed through the hole and fell into the depths, and there was no splash in sight, only a muffled sound came from a distant place.
"There's a deep hole over here."
"Be careful." Ji Cheng glanced back at him, "Don't fall down." β
Zhou Xian glanced at it again, then retracted his head and retreated.
Everyone cleaned up for a while, and when Buting confirmed the direction again, they set off.
This is the first time for Ji Xiaoran to enter the primeval forest. The trees around it weren't very thick, but each one was pointing straight into the sky, and the leaves didn't unfold in layers until they were high in the air, and it felt like no more than two percent of the sunlight could fall from between the leaves. The curved vines on the trunk of the tree are wound along the texture of the bark, and their roots are directly rooted in the body of the tree, clinging to the trunk all the way up, not a single leaf grows, only a few flower bones with buds to be released. Some of the seeds with tenacious vitality and luck sprouted leaves under the sparkling sunlight, and formed a second barrier at a height of half a meter above the ground, cutting off the survival of other seeds.
Huang Ying walked at the front of the team, and the scimitar was used by her like a sickle, cutting off the grass and trees that had finally become the winner of the stage.
Ji Xiaoran's eyes were looking around, he pulled Ji Ying's clothes on the side, and pointed to a plant not far away with some curiosity, "Look at that, the leaves are also thorns, right?" β
A plant that happened to occupy a beam of sunlight at this moment stretched its leaves to enjoy the sun greedily, and the green leaves wrapped in a circle of red, after all, the branches were covered with large and small spikes, and even on the jagged leaves, there were sharp thorns standing up high.
This was really the first time she had seen a plant with thorns on its leaves, and she only felt panic in her heart.
"Well, it should be to prevent animals from eating it." Ji Cheng glanced at it, "And this plant may also carry toxins." It's also to keep insects or animals from eating them. β
"There are animals in this wood?!"
"Of course, Yanzhou is so big, in addition to endemic animals and plants, there are also common species. And there are people moving, but it's not a suitable environment for human habitation, so we didn't encounter it. Buting, who was walking in front, turned around and winked at her.
Ji Xiaoran nodded thoughtfully, but in his mind, he thought of the people he met in Chu Ting City: I don't know what the people here will be like.
After walking in the forest for an hour, everyone saw that there seemed to be a cliff ahead. On the other side of the cliff, the variety of trees seems to have changed, and there is a faint accumulation of snow in the forest, and there is a hill with a white hat in the distance.
Now looking down from the edge of the cliff, there is not a single grass on the cliff wall, not even a single moss. Nearly fifty meters below, it reached the surface of the water, which was as black as ink.
The black lake, like an inky mirror, does not feel any waves on the water surface, reflecting the blue sky and white clouds and the heads of the people poking out on the cliff wall, but they can't see anything in the lake.
"It's like a piece of glass in a hole." Ji Xiaoran was surprised, "How can this water be black?" Is it toxic? β
"Maybe it's because the water is too deep?" Zhou Xian also didn't understand, "There is an asphalt lake in the Caribbean, which is black, but it doesn't look like asphalt here. β
"Also, there's no wind here." Bu Ting stretched out his hand and grabbed it a few times in front of him, "Where there is air, the air will flow, and where there is air, there will be wind." Originally, the surface of the water was prone to wind, but above the lake, the air seemed to be dead, and there was no fluctuation at all. β
The muttering of several people next to him all fell into Ji Yin's ears. With a flick of his finger, a small rock on the edge of the cliff slowly floated, moved forward above the lake, and then began to descend slowly.
The falling speed of the stone was deliberately controlled by Ji Cheng with spiritual power, until it reached a position of about two meters on the surface of the specific lake, and the stone seemed to be suddenly loosened, and fell into the lake with a "plop".
"It's a dead lake." Bu Ting, who had been paying attention since the stone flew up, shook his head and said, "This place close to the surface of the water is forbidden for spiritual power, but it's rare." β
"Probably this lake is about the same as weak water." Ji Cheng raised his hand and pointed to the left, "Don't research, our destination is not here." β
Since they didn't know what was going on on that side of the lake, they tried to follow the route on this side of the lake, but they also felt the slightest chill coming from the south.
As we walked further, the cooler it became, and although everyone went out with a coat, there was nothing left when the ship sank.
Fortunately, there were still two phoenixes, and they scattered the spiritual power on their bodies, enveloping everyone.
Although the group walked all the way and didn't see any animals other than them, the moment the phoenix aura dispersed, they felt a commotion in the treetops in the distance, and a group of black shadows flew into the air, as if scattered in all directions.
Ji Xiaoran looked in that direction until the birds were gone, and then looked at Feng Yi and them, "What about the ten thousand birds that said goodbye?" β
Huang Ying was not embarrassed to answer her doubts instead of Feng Yi, "That's why we need them." Essentially, we're birds a level above them, so it's normal to scare them away. If you look at those cats and dogs, most of the time they don't turn around and run when they see people for the first time. β
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