Chapter 14: Gourd Footprints
Black clouds covered the sky, thick smoke billowed out, and beyond the dense fog forest was already a sea of fire. Yan Ruoqin's expression was solemn, recalling what his mother had said, he didn't dare to delay for a moment.
"The Chosen One!" Yan Ruoqin muttered, looking at the big eyes on his chest and the little friends around him, he began to believe his mother's words.
"I, Yan, have been greedy for life and afraid of death since I was a child, and I have never tried to lead troops to fight, and now I am going to pick up the burden of saving the common people, and I implore you to cooperate and go all out. With that, Yan Ruoqin knelt down on one foot and gave a big gift to the three brothers and Xiaoxiao.
"Master! I can't help it!" The three brothers hurriedly helped Yan Ruoqin up, and Xiao Xiao looked at it and wondered.
"The evil dragon appointed by the Emperor of War is already poisoning the living beings, and we need to build more shelters so that this misty forest can be covered with banana leaves so that more victims can take refuge here. Yan Ruoqin's look of determination was in stark contrast to his previous timidity.
"But there's only one plantain tree, what should I do?" said the little worm.
The four of them scratched their ears and cheeks around the banana tree, how could only this banana tree shelter so many victims?
"I'm going underground to investigate. "The big worm burrowed into the dirt. The second insect and the small insect began to shake off the fertilizer on their bodies, trying to make the branches and leaves of this lone seedling a little more luxuriant.
Xiaoxiao: How can this banana tree shelter thousands of victims?
Yan Ruoqin: Let me think, let me think.
Yan Ruoqin had a sad face, the evil dragon that fell from the tower made a comeback, his eyes seemed to tear him to pieces, the dragon rushed over again, no one knows whether this misty forest can stop this evil dragon.
"Shhhhh The evil dragon came towards the top of the misty forest, and Yan Ruoqin told his friends to stay put. The dragon stopped directly above them and circled for a moment. Circle after circle observed the movement here. The dragon seemed to have poor eyesight, and everyone held their breath.
"Master, there's a way!" the big worm's shout made everyone's hairs stand on end, and they all said "Shhhh
"What a way! Say it quickly! If you don't say it, it's too late!" Yan Ruoqin watched the evil dragon swoop straight in their direction, and the iron armor scales on the dragon's tail all turned upside down, forming a knife-toothed mechanical device, each blade was opened, and the direction of the handle was inserted in the depths of the dragon's scales, which could achieve extremely high-speed rotation.
"What the hell is the solution, you can say it quickly!" Yan Ruoqin was furious and dragged the big worm over.
"Yes, yes, run. The big worm hurriedly said
"Run?" Yan Ruoqin was mad, "Do you still need to say this?" The evil dragon continued to swoop downward, seeing that the misty forest was about to be swallowed by the evil dragon's fireball.
"Where are you going?" Yan Ruoqin continued to ask, his big eyes on his chest were filled with smoked tears.
"No man's land, master, you quickly take the little trot to the no-man's land!" The big worm took the two worms and the small worm to prepare to escape.
"Master, we can get away with it, it's a big deal to get a little charred, it's okay. But you guys, you have to run. The big worm instructed.
"But it will take ten minutes to run through this misty forest at the fastest, and I am afraid that it will be burned to char before it reaches the land of no man. Yan Ruoqin shook his head and said with a frown.
"There's me! Isn't there still me?" Xiaoxiao immediately turned into a Dapeng bird, spread his wings and took Yan Ruoqin to start flying at a low altitude, and before Yan Ruoqin could grasp it, Xiaoxiao flew to the direction of no man's land with one foot on the accelerator.
"Eh, aren't these three masters?" When he was flying at a low altitude, Yan Ruoqin saw the three Dao masters above, and they were surrounded by this sudden forest fire.
"Tiny, pick them up!" a little swoop took the three of them into their mouths.
"Ahh
After a while, Xiaoxiao flew to the junction of the misty forest and the uninhabited realm.
"If it weren't for this benefactor's help, we would have been burned a long time ago. The three masters were ready to make a big gift and thanked Yan Ruoqin. The roc bird also turned into a small figure.
"Don't talk about it, come in quickly. The dragon is about to chase after him. We need to get back to this no-man's land as soon as possible. Yan Ruoqin took Xiao Xiao and ran in the direction of no man's land, Xiao Xiao instantly transformed into the golden wings on Yan Ruoqin's ankles, and these three Dao masters were left behind by him.
"Hurry up!" Yan Ruoqin turned back as he ran, and he found that these three masters were stopped outside this barrier-like barrier, and they didn't react at all no matter how they beat them. The evil dragon noticed the movement here and quickly chased after it. It swept across the land with its sword-like mechanical tail, spitting out fireballs as tall as a man, and the evil dragon wantonly ravaged this misty forest, Yan Ruoqin watched as the three masters he had just rescued were torn to pieces of human flesh. Yan Ruoqin's pupils projected a raging rage. The evil dragon is still probing, it has discovered this uninhabited land, it keeps hitting the natural barrier pulled out of this enchantment, and explosions of different levels occur in the places of impact, and the fire of the explosion faintly shows the scope of this invisible and transparent enchantment.
There was a single tree that had been included in the area of the No Man's Land, and it was originally the same root, and the trunk and leaves on the outside of the dome were all burned to ashes, but the inner part of the dome was still intact. There is only one dome, but there are two different outcomes of life. Yan Ruoqin kept the appearance of this tree firmly in his heart.
"Jing, are you there?" Yan Ruoqin shouted Jing's name to this empty and uninhabited land, but there was no reply.
Yan Ruoqin looked at this desolation, and the evil dragon was rampant in front of him.
"Xiaoxiao, what should I do!" In addition to being able to run and run very fast, Yan Ruoqin didn't realize that he had any talent at all, and he began to fall into deep self-doubt.
"Why is it only me who can run in? and stop the three of them from the barrier!" Yan Ruoqin was puzzled.
"Because you are the chosen one!" Xiao Xiao transformed into a human form from Yan Ruoqin's ankle.
"Then why can you come in too?" Yan Ruoqin looked at Xiaoxiao.
"Because I was the object you brought in, and it was carved on my body, I can bring it in. Xiaoxiao explained within the scope of her knowledge.
"But at that time, when the three Dao masters were picked up by Jing in the misty forest, they also took them with them into this no-man's land!" Yan Ruoqin didn't understand the access conditions for this no-man's land. I thought that the banana tree could save many villagers, but now it was burned by the evil dragon, and there was no hope, and the only hope fell in this no-man's land.
"If that's the case, is it possible to shrink everyone and put them in one person, so that they can survive in this no-man's land?" Yan Ruoqin put forward a bold hypothesis, if Jing was willing to do this, then the remaining living beings would be saved. Yan Ruoqin still hasn't found out what his special function is, but he occasionally admires his ability to make wisdom in a hurry. He felt that this method was feasible, so he quickened his pace and looked for Jing's figure in this uninhabited realm.
Behind him, the evil dragon saw that there was no hope of breaking through this no-man's land, so he temporarily returned to the old nest to recuperate and fight again the next day, seeing the evil dragon returning home, Yan Ruoqin's heart became even more nervous, knowing the specific location of this no-man's land, the emperor of war would definitely not give up. Yan Ruoqin must find Jing quickly.
"Xiaoxiao, can you see everything you experienced before you met the spotted python?" Yan Ruoqin asked curiously.
"I can see it, but my perspective is on your ankle, and I may not be able to see what you can see. Xiao Xiao said seriously. Yan Ruoqin's mind quickly flashed through all the strange events that had happened when he strayed into the land of no man.
"I first appeared naked by this small river, then I had big eyes on my chest, I had you on my ankles, and then I met Jing and fell into the crack in the middle of the river, did you see all this?"
"I've seen them all. Xiao Xiao said in the affirmative.
"Then how did we get out of that bottomless crack?" Yan Ruoqin looked solemn.
"Jing used one of her skulls, and then suddenly a hurricane blew and lifted us up, and you all passed out of the hole. Xiao Xiao recalled clearly.
"And where are the three skulls?" Yan Ruoqin grabbed his little hand and asked anxiously.
"It was as if it had been picked up by a four-legged beast, and I saw nothing but its four fiery cloud-patterned hooves and gourd-shaped footprints. "Novel.
"Great, if we find this strange beast, we can find Jing!" Yan Ruoqin said firmly. "I suspect that this no-man's land has opened a certain gap, so all kinds of strange beasts and evil spirits will appear here, we need to find Jing before the evil dragon breaks the barrier, and find a way to repair the barrier. ”
Yan Ruoqin looked for the gourd-shaped footprints on the bank of the river and ran forward, the gourd-shaped footprints were one foot deep and one foot shallow on the embankment, and the inclined embankment was full of mud. Yan Ruoqin chased the direction of the footprints while making up the picture when the four-legged beast stole the two skeleton skulls.
"Look!" exclaimed, pointing to the skeletal skull in the middle of the riverbank that had sunk to the bottom of the riverbed.
"Skull and skull!" Yan Ruoqin couldn't help but shout.
The skull lay silently at the bottom of the riverbed, motionless. The mud next to it covered the eyes and teeth of the skeleton, as if for some time.
Yan Ruoqin stepped into the riverbed with one brisk step, and reached the middle of the river with three times and two strokes, and the water waves stirred up by Yan Ruoqin made him not notice the subtle changes that occurred at the bottom of the river.
"Be careful. The soles of Yan Ruoqin's feet slipped and stepped on the pebbles and fell into the water, he quickly stood up and shook his hair.
"Bah, why is this water so bitter!" Yan Ruoqin choked on a mouthful of water and spit it out for a long time.
"What's this behind you?" The expression on Xiaoxiao's face suddenly changed from sunny to cloudy, and her frowning eyes suddenly widened with a frightened expression.