Chapter 13: The Poisonous Miasma of the Jungle
The woman in red frowned, as if she had discovered something. "Zixin, don't you think the place looks familiar?"
"Familiar? How so? It's our first time in Cloud City! The little girl named Zixin denied it without thinking about it!
"No, you see this tree under our feet, did you just pass by when we entered the dense forest?" The woman in red's gaze wandered over the thick trunk of the ancient tree, a notch that had been inadvertently left before looking for her.
"By the way, we wanted to carve a sign on this tree to visit here, but is this the tree?" Zixin still looked puzzled, with their precise sense of direction, even in the boundless southern Xinjiang, they have never been lost.
As if confirmed, the woman in red nodded. She also has to admit that she has grown up in the jungle since she was a child, and now she is lost!
Just as she was confused and annoyed, she suddenly heard a slight sound from the weeds not far away, and the woman held her breath vigilantly and paid attention to the movement in all directions. I also don't forget to remind my sister that there is danger around me.
However, there was no movement in the grass, and the four fields were silent, quietly and eerily.
If the enemy does not move, I will not move. In the depths of this dense forest, where even the sound of the wind is scarce, this scene is like a freeze frame.
"I said, sister, did you hear it wrong, how can there be anyone!" Zixin couldn't hold back, breaking the silence.
And Zitong, the woman in red who was called my sister, frowned even more, and her serious little face did not have the innocence of her sister at all.
It's weird! In this vast dense forest, not even the sound of birds and finches could be heard. Early summer is the season when the summer cicadas are active, but here, there is a deathly silence!
She motioned for Zixin to shut up. The gaze is still wandering around, as if looking for something, as if to exclude all factors that could be dangerous!
"Sister, you are too suspicious!" Zixin was dissatisfied with the appearance of Zitong's nerves all over her body. It's been like this since I was a child.,Everything you do is careful.,It seems that you have to win.。 If you come, you will be safe, life is better to go with the flow, and the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, haha!
In Zitong's looking around, the little girl had thought so much by herself.
It's dusk now, and the morning is delayed because Zixin likes to sleep lazy! In the afternoon, I went around in circles in this seemingly small dense forest, and it was dusk, and it seemed that I couldn't go out for a while, so I could only spend the night here.
The setting sun dyed the clouds a rosy red, and the dappled light and shadow imprinted reddish kisses on the ground covered with dead leaves through the overlapping green leaves. Zixin stepped on the spots of light in a novel way, and had a lot of fun. The slanting sun sinks westward a little, and the clouds closest to the red sun are a demonic red, just like blood staining a picture of mountains and rivers. The blue sea was silent, and half of the red sun was sunk in the endless water, sparkling, and the swaying water waves were also blood-red. The red sun struggled, struggled, and finally was swallowed by the sea little by little.
In the evening, the wind in the mountains gradually became stronger, and it was still a little cold when it blew in bursts. "Sister, look, it's foggy!" Zixin said innocently, as if she had discovered something new.
"What's so strange about fog?" Zitong still looked up, but she froze all of a sudden! The mist was an eerie red in the sun, drifting with the mountain breeze under the ancient tree where they lived. At this time, they had set up a simple nest in the ancient tree, and were ready to spend the night.
Suddenly, Zitong swept over at great speed, covered Zixin's mouth and nose, and then jumped to the treetops.
It's not fog, it's a poisonous miasma.
No wonder there are almost no animals here, it turns out that they were poisoned by the miasma of the evening! Fortunately, the two of them couldn't do anything else, but the poisonous Gu technique was first-class, Zitong poured out two pills from the golden gourd tied around his waist, and Zixin took them one by one!
Zitong exhaled lightly, thinking that if Zixin hadn't found out in time, they might have sniffed the miasma and became unconscious!
However, such unlucky eggs are not unforbidden. The two sisters Zitong and Zixin who followed earlier, and then Zitong noticed that they were hiding in the grass and didn't dare to make a sound, and the cold evil and thunder had been tricked at this moment.
After the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, the two of them were completely unconscious!
Such a heavy sound of falling to the ground entered Zitong's ears for the first time in such a silent mountain. She looked at the place vigilantly, and walked over cautiously, fearing that some dart would fly out and sneak attack. But no, there has been no movement since the heavy sound of falling to the ground!
Besides, Li Ember and Ming Xue, after jumping up to the waterfall in imitation of Yun Tianyun's movements, sure enough, behind the waterfall was a water curtain cave.
The splash of water at the entrance of the cave wet the black hair and clothes of the two men.
They didn't care about it, and their eyes wandered away from this cave mansion calmly, but they didn't see Yun Tianyun, and his aura seemed to disappear and disappear like this, without the slightest trace.
"Damn it!" Ember cursed and took the two of them to this kind of ghost place, but he disappeared instead.
There are no footprints on the ground, so did people just disappear out of thin air?
On the other hand, Mingxue was very calm and walked cautiously towards the cave. This cave seems to be a common karst cave on the southern coast. The red stalactites of different shapes hung upside down, and the longer ones had reached the ground, which was very beautiful.
There is also a small pool with clear water, which is not far from the entrance of the cave. The sound of tinkling falling water is intertwined into a crisp music, which seems to be isolated from the outside world, and the pleasant sound goes straight to the heart, bringing a wonderful enjoyment and making people indulge for a moment.
If it weren't for the fact that something was going on, Mingxue would have liked to play a flute ensemble, such a natural and beautiful piece of music would be hard to hear again!
In addition to this beautiful stalactite spectacle, and this pleasant mountain second song, this stone cave does not seem to be special, there is a very bottomless cave in the opposite place, I don't know where it leads.
Mingxue and Ember walked towards the black cave as if they had made an appointment.
At this time, it was night, and it was still dark outside, not to mention the stone cave with poor light transmission.
Suddenly, it seems that something is stepped on under your feet!
Ming Xue was taken aback and hurriedly took a step back, and Li Shen squatted down to check the situation.
Bones? He pinched a trick in his hand, and a flame rose from his fingers, illuminating the space in front of him.
I saw a white skeleton lying like that. Not far away, under the entrance of the cave was a long line of stagnant water, and the lower half of the white bone was immersed in the water, and the upper body was lying on the shore, and what Ming Xue had just stepped on was actually a skull of white bone.
Why are there bones here? Look at it like this, it's been two or three years since he died, it won't be Yun Tianyun, and besides, that guy is very cunning, so he won't die as soon as he arrives at the entrance!
This water is poisonous? Seeing that the bones that had been dead for a long time were actually ink-colored, it could be seen that the owner of the white bones should have died of poisoning.
Where the fire shines, there seem to be thin lines of flowers swimming.
It seems that there is still material in the water.
At this time, both of them had solemn expressions, how to get over here, and where did Yun Tianyun's magic stick go?
At night, the weather in early summer was still a little cold, and Mingxue sat by the waterhole, distracted. I don't know what I'm thinking!
Suddenly, a black coat covered her thin body. I just wanted to say that it was not cold, but what I came into contact with was Li Yan's stubborn and persistent gaze.
"Let's rest tonight!" Li Shen said expressionlessly. Just now he had skillfully set up a fire.
"Do you often be in the wild like this?" Mingxue was very curious about what Li Shen did, but it was clear when she remembered that he was from a remote mountain village!
"That white bone ......" he suddenly highlighted a few words, but there was no follow-up, and the demonic eyes reflected the bonfire, illuminating his whole person extremely mysteriously.
"Huh? Mingxue was puzzled.
He ...... It's my brother! ”
Ming Xue's cold eyes suddenly widened, could it be that Li Shen had already been here before? He has been in this mountain range since he was a child, and it is reasonable to say that he has been here.
"He and my master disappeared two years ago, and we didn't say goodbye! I haven't found it all these years, and I never thought of being here. Li Shen sighed softly, it could be seen that he cared about his master and brother very much, they should be very close people!
I didn't know how to comfort her, Ming Xue looked at Li Yan quietly, as if she was uncomfortable with such silence for the first time, and asked again: "Are you sure that is your senior brother?" So where did your master go? ”
"I don't know, this is my brother's wrench, he said that his parents left it for him, he has been wearing it, I just found it on the bones!" Li Shen said very calmly, as if he was stating the facts, hiding all his emotions in the depths of his heart. But Mingxue still saw his grief in a flash. He has a Master, what did he go through before? What is the connection with yourself? The familiarity that came from nowhere made her very puzzled and curious.