Chapter 157: The Mask Reappears
We rowed the coffin boat, and not long after we left the shallows, the Gu Clan Witch who had been silent suddenly moved.
I saw that she took out a porcelain bottle from her arms, and when the cap was lifted, a strange fragrance immediately came out.
The scent is very peculiar, not like a floral, and the smell is a little offensive and uncomfortable.
My body is resistant to toxicity, and I feel uncomfortable when I smell it, not to mention Lao Fei and Yan Xiaoying, their faces changed slightly, and they immediately became vigilant.
If it weren't for the balance and prevent the coffin from capsizing, it is estimated that Yan Xiaoying would have rushed up and snatched away the porcelain vase in the witch's hand.
"What's that, poison gas?"
Yan Xiaoying directly scolded and asked.
She didn't like the witch in the first place, after all, the latter had hunted her down before.
In this regard, the shrine maiden pursed her lips and said disdainfully, "If I really want to use poison, can I let you know?" With you people, I have more than a dozen means to kill you silently Believe it or not? ”
We are unhappy with the attitude of the shrine maiden.
But it's not cool, but thinking about her identity, the Gu Clan's mysterious and unpredictable methods, there may really be a way to kill us silently.
"It's not poison, what's in the porcelain bottle? What does it do? I asked curiously.
To be honest, I don't have any good feelings about the witch in front of me, but I don't feel too disgusted, after all, we have just just met.
I thought that the other party would disdain to answer, or ridicule and ridicule me, but unexpectedly, the other party replied seriously: "This is a kind of sap from plants." ”
As she spoke, she poured the juice out of the porcelain bottle and sprinkled it evenly over the black coffin.
Suddenly, the strange fragrance became even stronger, and it drifted away far away.
A few minutes later, a bright light flickered overhead, and several people looked up, only to see a firefly flying straight from a distance, and finally landed directly on the black coffin where the witch had poured out the juice just now.
We were amazed, and a moment later, several more fireflies landed on the black coffin.
More and more fireflies appeared, all landing on the black coffin we were on.
After only ten minutes or so, the black coffin was littered with glowing fireflies, and the flickering fluorescence on its tail illuminated the surroundings.
Although it is not as bright as a flashlight, it is much brighter than the glowing tentacles of the dragon beard.
At least now, with the help of the light, we can see the scenery within a dozen meters around us.
At this moment, the black coffin raft we are in is very gorgeous, such as hanging a strip of ribbon lights, fluorescent flickering, and the reflection in the water is a beautiful scene.
"Bells and whistles!" The old fat muttered, but a pair of eyes stared at the porcelain vase in the other party's hand, obviously greedy.
"The girl's methods are really amazing, and she solved a big dilemma for us as soon as she made a move."
I gave the shrine maiden a thumbs up and complimented.
I wanted to call the other party a beauty, but thinking that she was a princess in the mountains, her mind might not be so open, so she directly called the other party's beauty a hooligan, and finally changed her name to a girl.
"What's this, all kinds of creatures have the habits of all kinds of creatures, as long as you know them well enough, it is not a problem to drive them." The shrine maiden said with some pride.
"Is this the method you use to raise Gu?" Old Fat interjected.
The witch glanced at the old man, her face showing disgust, and she didn't want to talk to him at all.
I have to say that with the firefly lighting, I suddenly feel a little more secure.
This is the case with people, the fear of the dark, especially in an unfamiliar and dangerous environment, this psychology is even more obvious.
In this regard, Lin Miao didn't say a word, rowing while vigilantly patrolling the surroundings.
In this way, we paddled through the arches made of countless tree roots, turned left and right, and lost our way completely.
This is not to blame us, mainly because the terrain of this place is too complicated, like a maze to distinguish between southeast and west.
No wonder, Lin Miao and the two of them have been here for so long and haven't found a way out.
After about half an hour, we saw again a lot of glowing dragon's beard fish in the water, perhaps attracted by the fluorescence on our boat, and a dozen dragon's beard fish followed us all the time.
As a result, visibility increases dramatically even in the turquoise and deep water.
Through the bright light emitted by the tentacles of the underwater dragonbeard fish, it can be seen that the underwater environment is also extremely complex, with tree rhizomes crisscrossing like spider webs.
The water is so deep that you can't see the bottom at all.
Speaking of which, we were located in a canyon surrounded by nine mountain peaks, surrounded by rivers and streams, and the place was deeply low-lying, so it was not surprising that there was such a large underground lake.
When Lao Fei saw the dragonbeard fish following behind the boat, his eyes were straight, and he kept swallowing his saliva.
But because he was sitting at the bow of the boat, he couldn't catch the dragon beard fish, so he finally had to say to Lin Miao: "Good brother, this fish is very delicious, and it is a great tonic, aren't you injured......
He was trying his best to persuade Lin Miao to catch fish for him, but before he finished speaking, Lin Miao had already made a lightning shot and pierced into the water like a sword.
The next moment, he saw his fingers hooked a palm-sized dragon's whisker fish lifted from the water, and his middle and index fingers pierced deep under the gills.
After grabbing the dragon's beard, he shook it lightly and threw it at the old fat.
The old fat hurriedly caught it, causing the whole coffin boat to shake and almost overturn.
I was shocked into a cold sweat, and said angrily: "Can you move lightly, how much do you weigh, don't you have any points in your heart?" ”
This water is cold, I don't want to fall down again, plus Lin Miao said that the two-headed monster snake may lurk in the water, and I am even more afraid of this lake in my heart.
"That...... Seafood girl, do you have a way to deal with those two-headed monster snakes? ”
I asked the Gu Clan Witch Dao.
"There is no way to do it, they are different from ordinary snakes, their intelligence is terrifying, they can use stratagems, they can sneak attack, they can hide, they seem to be organized. I'm a little skeptical...... Will there be a two-headed snake king here? ”
Any biological race, as long as there is a king born, has a certain degree of organization.
For example, bee colonies, honey collection, reproduction division of labor is clear, even if the number is very large, it is not messy and orderly, that is because of the existence of queen bees.
Without the queen bee, thousands of bees would be scattered in a tread.
Another example is ant colony, which is divided into queen ants and male ants, as well as worker ants and soldier ants.
The queen is specialized in laying eggs for reproduction.
Male ants are responsible for mating and mating.
Worker ants are the smallest of the ant colonies, but they are the most numerous, muscular, and powerful. They are good climbers and runners, and are mainly responsible for building and expanding nests, gathering food, feeding young ants and queens, etc.
Soldier ants, on the other hand, are the most aggressive ants, cutting food and defending against foreign enemies.
If you've ever been bitten by an ant, it's a soldier ant that has bitten you.
This is the role of the king, and it is an essential part of the system of survival of a race.
As we all know, snakes generally do not congregate unless there is a snake king.
And before we were in the stone room above the abyss, Yang Feng's body was dragged away, which was definitely not something that a two-headed monster snake could do, and countless strange snakes had to be needed to drag her body into the hole.
This shows that those two-headed monster snakes know how to cooperate......
I've always suspected that this weird two-headed snake is the offspring of a two-headed dragon.
Could it be that since the death of the evil dragon, a new two-headed snake king has been born?
If that's the case, I don't know how terrifying the two-headed snake king is? How does it compare to the original two-headed dragon?
Even if the Snake King's strength is only one percent of that of the two-headed dragon, I'm afraid it's not something that our people can deal with.
The shrine maiden's reminder reminded us a lot, and the atmosphere seemed a little solemn for a while.
Except, of course, for one......
This person is Lao Fei, he is holding the knife borrowed from Yan Xiaoying's hand in one hand at the moment, holding the dragon's beard fish in the other, and is cutting fish slices and putting them in his mouth to chew.
looks enjoyable, grinning, without the slightest sense of crisis.
To be honest, sometimes I really admire this guy's character, at least at some critical moments, he doesn't drop the chain out of fear.
"What are you looking for when you brought me here?"
Just when everyone was silent, Lin Miao suddenly looked at the witch and asked.
In fact, we are all curious, why did she lead Lin Miao into the Shuanglong Cave? What is the purpose of her here?
At least judging from the current situation, she came out of the 100,000 mountains by no means as simple as coming to us to settle accounts.
Otherwise, according to what she said, to deal with us, she only needs to lurk in the shadows and secretly play tricks on us, so why bother so much?
Maybe the purpose of her coming out of the 100,000 Mountains was this Shuanglong Cave, as for Lin Miao, it was only incidental.
"Five hundred years ago, in the battle with the two-headed evil dragon, the ancestors of our Gu clan also participated in it, and at that time, we were not called Gu clans."
The shrine maiden whispered, "I'm only here to explore the traces left by my ancestors and admire their peerless demeanor......"
Before the witch could finish speaking, Lao Fei couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"What are you laughing at?"
The witch glared at the old fat, her face full of coldness.
"I'm sorry, I can't help it, haha!"
The old fat waved his hand, the corners of his mouth were still stained with fish blood, and he couldn't help but smile: "I said, what peerless demeanor can the ancestors of your Gu clan have?" I'm afraid it's almost like a deep resentful woman, right? I'm afraid they didn't come here to participate in the big war, but to chase men......"
"Nonsense, dead fatty, you are talking nonsense and insulting my ancestors, don't blame me for being unkind." The witch was annoyed and angry, her pretty face was cold, and she stared at the old fat with murderous intent.
"I'm not talking nonsense!"
In the face of the witch's anger, Lao Fei was unconscious, and said, "You should have seen the deserted village in the woods before, let me ask you, is the deserted village inhabited by your ancestors?" ”
"So what?" The shrine maiden replied coldly.
"That's right, as far as I know, the former leader of the deserted village was a woman, and that woman finally became a demon because of love, and the ghost lingered after death, and she still wanted to rob the man who robbed the door.
"How...... You don't believe it? If you don't believe it, you can ask Lao Yan and Xiao Ying. ”
I thought that Lao Fei was talking nonsense and deliberately angry with the witch, but after listening to his words, the whole person couldn't help but fall into deep thought, and secretly thought: "Could it be that the female ghost with the bronze mask is really the ancestor that the witch said?" ”
"But isn't that female ghost a remnant of the Jiuli clan? What the hell is going on? ”
The old fat misfortune led to the east, and the witch looked at me coldly.
I coughed dryly twice and explained, "We did encounter a female ghost wearing a bronze grimace mask and a wedding dress inside the big tree before, but it was not as exaggerated as Lao Fei said, and she was not killed by me......"
Seeing that the witch's anger had subsided, I immediately told her about entering the marriage room and meeting the corpse and the female ghost.
After hearing this, the witch's face changed slightly, but her face was still cold.
At this moment, I glanced at the old fat like a trick, and I didn't know where to take out a mask and put it on his face.
I couldn't help but be amazed at the sight of that mask.
Because this mask is too familiar to me, it is the bronze mask with a grimace, which Lao Fat had worn on his face when he was put on the body by a female ghost before.
I can't figure it out, how can this mask be on Lao Fei's body?
When Yan Xiaoying and I bandaged his wounds before, we almost touched his whole body, but we didn't touch this mask.
I wonder where he hid it at that time?