Chapter 181: Essence
Set up a pot over a fire, and pour in the venison as soon as the water boils. When he rolled out the fire again, Ma Shuo threw the last bit of spirit grass into the pot.
Pull out half of the firewood at the bottom of the pot and simmer slowly, and the rest is to wait.
The ale in the venison had long since evaporated. It's just that today's soup pot seems to suddenly bring a little grass and wood.
Maybe I'm too hungry!
Ma Shuo was a little puzzled, but he couldn't give any reason.
In the pot that he couldn't see, the last two pieces of spirit grass were gradually softened and eroded after some slow boiling. Two beads, one golden and one reddish-brown, the size of rice grains, sink to the bottom of the pot.
In less than a minute, it completely melted and disappeared. While the color of the broth is brighter, the fragrance of the plants and trees is also more refreshing.
Ma Shuo took advantage of this time to squat by the pot and polish the dagger. If you have a sharper weapon against the Mystery, you may be able to cut through the upper of the opponent's shoe at that time.
It's too late, but it's always a good idea to sharpen your weapons for the next battle that won't happen at any time.
After inhaling the aroma of the broth for a short time, Ma Shuo had some doubts on his face. Could it be that the heat is better mastered today? Why is it so much more fragrant than usual?
And a hundred meters deep in the woods, a figure was lying quietly behind a tree, silently looking at Ma Shuo who was busy by the fire.
The man also had a small cage made of blades of grass in his hand, and there were two "click" carapace collisions in it.
When he smelled the smell of meat directly in front of him, he couldn't help but swallow. The jealousy and hatred in his heart made him secretly clench his teeth.
Ma Xiaobai, Xiao Qi San!
You are an outsider, why are you working so hard?
Don't let Lao Tzu seize the opportunity!
Thinking of this, he glanced down at the straw cage in front of him, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously showed a sneering smile.
There wasn't much venison left, and the amount of food that Ma Shuo was eating now was a bit too much. After a small pot of broth was all in his stomach, Ma Shuo finally burped contentedly.
He stood up patting his stomach, looked inside the clean pots and bowls he had eaten, and turned and walked towards the edge of the swamp.
This is what he must do after almost every meal when he comes to the swamp. Standing on the edge of a wetland in a daze is one of the few times in the day to think.
Leisurely strolling, less than ten meters from the swamp. Suddenly, there was a bloating pain in the stomach that tended to get stronger.
Ma Shuo snorted and half-knelt on the ground, covering his stomach with his hands and curling up into a large prawn. The next moment, the sore spot, as if a balloon was about to burst, gradually spread from the stomach until it spread to the entire chest and abdomen.
This forced him to stretch his body as far as he could, or he even suspected that he would die from this inside-out expansion until it exploded into countless pieces.
Although there was no change on the surface of his body, Ma Shuo felt as if all the air was forcibly poured into his body. Exhalation is completely normal, and a slight inhalation is like being cut by a thousand cuts.
But even at this point, it seems that this is just the beginning.
The swelling pain continued to increase as if there was no upper limit, and all Ma Shuo could do was lie on the ground. The limbs and head held the ground and twitched like a corpse, and the chest and abdomen bulged as high as possible.
From head to toe, the muscles burst out, for fear that they would really explode to pieces, and they didn't dare to inhale even a trace of air.
Even if there is already a dizziness from lack of oxygen in the brain, the whole person is about to face the danger of death!
Just as he was about to enter a state of free consciousness, the feeling of swelling quickly disappeared.
Ma Shuo inhaled sharply and lay limply on the ground. Consciousness also recovered instantly, and he breathed heavily.
It's just that the next moment, an endless black hole was born in his body in an instant, as if he was going to be completely squeezed into a singularity.
At this moment, Ma Shuo instinctively inhaled hard, but this was far from enough. The pain of all the organs being rubbed and compressed is too strong to be relieved by just inhaling air through the mouth and nose.
The whole body curled up in an instant, and the two arms tightened their legs as hard as they could. I hope that in this way, I can try to alleviate the almost endless feeling of emptiness in my body.
"Click, click!" There were two crunch sounds somewhere in the spine that had been bent to the limit, but Ma Shuo, who was once again in a daze, was unaware. It's just that I subconsciously keep exerting myself and keep curling myself up to the smallest volume.
But all this is just a drop in the bucket, and it does not have any alleviating effect at all.
Just when Ma Shuo was about to break his bones, the back of his clothes and the seams of his shoulders and pants were gradually cracking. In his mind, which was already muddy, the clear and accurate sentence of "she" instantly sounded.
"Beast's breath, break the miasma, become!"
In the next moment, the endless feeling of emptiness in the body disappeared in an instant.
"Poof!"
I don't know when I lost consciousness, and instinctively stretched my whole body. The clothes from the inside to the outside have long been soaked with sweat, and even the ground is stained with some wet marks.
What he didn't know was that the two stars behind him were already black and shiny. At this time, it has also metamorphosed into a golden, transparent, and shiny bead shape.
Slightly mysterious, it always exudes a hint of golden light.
"Gollum!" two bubbles erupted from the swamp not far away. Then, the entire environment fell into near-complete silence again.
At this moment, the figure in the woods slowly stood up. This is the only human who has completely witnessed the whole process except for Ma Shuo.
Carrying a small straw cage, the man cautiously walked out of the woods. It turned out to be none other than Ding San, who was the second in line among the brothers.
After he waited for the fourth Du Datong to fall asleep, he immediately got out of bed carefully and went to Scorpion Mountain. After weaving a small cage out of blades of grass that can be found everywhere, he grabbed two nailhead scorpions with his own hands.
He has to be patient and observe, and when he finds that the senior brother has a major loophole, he uses scorpion venom to solve this "outsider"!
If you can't find a chance today, you will replace Wang Fang tomorrow and continue to stare at it. You can't beat it, and you can only find an opportunity to poison it.
One person can't stare at it, but two people can always find flaws, right?
Just drip the venom of the spikehead scorpion in a pot or pan, or on top of the venison. Even if the broth is diluted a hundred times, it still makes Ma Shuo die easily.
It's just that he never expected that Ma Shuo would fall down as if he had been poisoned after eating and drinking.
How far is the distance of 100 meters? Even if Ding San sneezed, Ma Shuo might not hear it, not to mention that he did not show any whereabouts.
Therefore, he concluded that Ma Shuo did not deceive himself in this way, but it was possible that he really fell for some reason.
Holding the straw cage in one hand, Ding San carefully walked to the fire and picked up the dagger that Ma Shuo had not taken. When he approached six or seven meters, he raised his dagger and coughed.
No response!continue.
When Ding San walked to Ma Shuo's side, looking at the senior brother who had beaten away the two mysterious people tonight, he closed his eyes and was soaked, as if he had been drenched in heavy rain, and raised his leg and kicked Ma Shuo gently.
Still no response!
At this time, Ding San squatted down lightly and stretched out his finger to approach Ma Shuo's nose for a moment. Suddenly, he fell to the ground in fright, and muttered in a daze: "This, this, dead?"
"Gollum!"
Another bubble has popped up from the swampy mud pool!
Ding San's head was blank, and it was completely unbelievable in any way, Ma Shuo actually died like this?
Just now, at the location where bubbles bubbled out twice in a row, suddenly, a large splash of mud more than one meter high was raised.
Then, an eight-meter-long adult swamp giant crocodile rushed out and quickly rushed towards Ding San's location.