-53 The water is boiling
As its name suggests, Mirror Lake is really a lake like a mirror. There were no waves on the surface of the lake, not even the slightest ripple of water, reflecting a few dead trees on the shore and the gray sky overhead, if you didn't look carefully, you couldn't tell that this was a lake.
Obviously there are fish in the water, duckweed on the surface of the water, and wind on the edge of the lake, but the lake is motionless, as if it is still.
"Why is it so calm?"
Lu Banxin flipped off the turtle's back with a full stomach full of doubts, and was about to get closer to see what was going on, but as soon as he raised his foot, he was stopped by Feng Xinran.
"Don't go, it's not time yet."
Lu Banxin was puzzled, how to look at a lake and count the time? It's not a flower, you have to wait for it to bloom before you can appreciate it.
"You're going to look for death now, and you'll talk about it when it's dark."
Qi Xue said sullenly behind her, and she didn't explain the reason, so she went to Tu Jiang on the side to vent her anger, probably still saddened by Cong Hai's sudden departure.
Lu Banxin knew that she was in a bad mood, so he didn't bother her, and turned around to ask Feng Xinran, but found that this guy had actually gone away, and it seemed that he didn't want to say anything more to himself.
There was no way, she could only talk to the giant turtle for a few words, to relieve her mood, and she didn't care if it could understand it or not.
"Hey, turtle, turtle, why do you think I just put up these two unlucky friends, one temper is more stubborn than the other, and I don't let people speak. Especially Feng Xinran, what are you angry about, it's obviously me who was hurt, and it's right that I'm angry when I should be angry. And Xiaoxue, with bad intentions, actually lied to me about what kind of medicine to take......"
The giant tortoise was very docile, allowing Lu Banxin to jump and jump on its back, lying motionless on the ground, occasionally Lu Banxin's voice was high, and he would let out a low cry at her, as if he was echoing.
Lu Banxin's stand-up comedy performed for half an hour before stopping, glaring at the backs of the two angrily, simply lying on the back of the turtle, learning from Li Jian's example, letting the gold coins keep beating at his fingertips, and practicing the control of the gold coins. After a while, her eyelids began to fight.
The day and night of the abyss hardly changed, the sky was still so gray, there were no stars or moon, the only difference was that after dark, you could feel a faint power of the void moon spilling down from the sky.
Lu Banxin was woken up by Qi Xue in her sleep, and when she rubbed her eyes and saw the scene in front of her, she was once again shocked by this magical world.
A pure white deer, as for what breed Lu Banxin didn't know, she only knew that there would never be such a beautiful animal in their world: a white to glow, no, a body of fur that was emitting white light, a pair of eyes as bright as emeralds, and two coiled antlers on his head were like two newborn saplings.
Lu Banxin thought that she had misseen it, so she blinked her eyes vigorously, and found that she was not mistaken, the few emerald green things hanging on the antlers were really leaves, and she counted exactly nine.
She had never heard of leaves on the antlers, and nine of them.
The only animal in her memory that can be related to the word "nine" is also the deer, when she was a child, she watched an art film called the nine-colored deer, inspired by the Dunhuang murals, because there are nine kinds of coat colors, so it is called the nine-colored deer. However, there is a fundamental difference between the two and this white deer with leaves on its head.
"What is this deer called?"
Lu Banxin whispered to Qi Xue beside him.
"The people of the abyss call it the Pure Water Deer, and it only comes to the lake at night to drink water and feed, and this deer is so timid that once it scares it away, we have to wait for a few days." Qi Xue gestured and motioned to Lu Banxin to be careful, "Did you see the leaves on its corner?" We got to the lake by that thing. ”
"What's that? Plants? ”
"Sort of."
The pure water deer is close to an adult horse, just looking at the silhouette, it looks very similar to an elk, walking with its head held high and not squinting like a person, from head to toe is full of a noble and proud temperament, plus the shiny fur and the whole abyss world seems a little incompatible, like a phoenix that fell into the chicken nest, it should be in the sky, but it accidentally fell into the turbid world.
Lu Banxin looked at it, and he had a feeling that his soul had been purified.
"Stay still and listen to me later."
Qi Xue hurriedly explained, and before Lu Banxin could ask what the signal was, the person had already slid down the turtle's back to the ground, tiptoed around the back of the deer deer, and then pointed to the dead tree beside her.
There was a person squatting on the tree, it was Feng Xinran, and it seemed that he should have been waiting on the tree for a long time.
The two of them stared at the water deer like two statues motionless, until it approached the lake, lowered its head and drank a few sips of water, Qi Xue suddenly whistled.
Before Lu Banxin could react, the giant turtle under his feet took the lead in rushing over, kicking his four feet like a frog, jumping more than ten meters high, almost scaring Lu Banxin's heart attack.
Can a turtle jump? And this woman deliberately didn't tell me, she must have blamed me for Cong Hai's departure? She was clearly taking revenge on me and lying to me about any signals.
Lu Banxin stubbornly clasped the gap in the turtle shell to fix his body, gritted his teeth so that he 'rattled', and waited for the giant turtle to land on all fours, and then glared at Qi Xue in the distance.
Qi Xue stuck out her tongue and rolled her eyes again, as if to say: What can you do with me?
When the eyes of the two met in the air, the Pure Water Deer had already run away in fright.
Feng Xinran jumped off the canopy and hurriedly chased after him.
Qi Xue was not in a hurry and still hid behind a rock, and waited for the Pure Water Deer to run out a hundred meters away before holding a flare gun and firing a shot in the direction where it escaped.
The bright yellow signal flare drew a shining light in the air, and exploded five meters in front of the deer, causing the deer to turn around and run in another direction with a wail, and the snow-white fur seemed to be brighter.
The distance and position of Qi Xue's gun were calculated quite accurately.
There are exactly three forks in the direction of the deer's escape, both sides of the fork are thorny thorn vines, the deer is not only timid, but also loves to be clean, in order to keep the fur fresh, it is impossible to hide in the thorn forest. One of the three roads has been blocked by Feng Xinran, and the other fork in the road, Qi Xue's second signal flare has flown over, and she can only flee to the last fork.
At this time, it was Lu Banxin's turn.
The giant tortoise should have been instructed a few times in a row, landing directly at the exit of the last fork in the road. Lu Banxin saw the opportunity to jump off the turtle's back, used the giant turtle as a cover, and hid in the thorn bushes beside the fork in the road.
When the deer saw that the giant turtle was walking away in the direction of the exit, he spread his hooves and ran down the road.
Lu Banxin waited for it to get closer, and with a flick of his fingers, the gold coin flew out silently. Although she is not as good as Li Jian in terms of the control of gold coins, she is much more proficient than the previous two days.
The light in the gold coin flashed, and it was already close to a green leaf on the antlers, Lu Banxin thought that this shot was nine out of ten, who would have thought that the water purification deer was like having more eyes on his back, and his head was tilted again, narrowly avoiding this attack.
Lu Banxin missed the blow, knowing that the Pure Water Deer had discovered him, and hurriedly drilled out of the thorns and chased after him.
The speed of the Pure Water Deer is very fast, and he can step out several meters with a kick of his legs, and Lu Banxin's speed is not slow, after the conditioning of the colored pills, the speed of recovery from the injury is amazing, the wound has begun to scab, and the dark qi has also been forced out of the body, completely like a person who has nothing to do.
However, manipulating the gold coins while running was another problem for her.
The gold coin was like a boat swaying in a huge wave, and she couldn't get close to the leaves accurately several times, seeing that the Pure Water Deer was already approaching the exit, Lu Ban was sweating profusely, and suddenly a sound like a ball hitting came from behind her.
Lu Banxin hurriedly shortened his body, and saw a light green wind grazing his head and flying towards the Pure Water Deer, hitting a leaf accurately without the slightest deviation.
The leaves were shot down, but the wind circled in the air, flew behind him, and fell into Feng Xinran's hands, and it turned around a few times before stopping, it was actually a tennis ball.
Lu Banxin withdrew his gaze from Feng Xinran, and saw that the Pure Water Deer had already run away, so he clapped his hands and picked up the leaf.
This leaf is actually much heavier than ordinary leaves, more like a leaf that has absorbed water, heavy, and you can feel the rich void moon energy flowing slowly in the leaves, which is amazing.
"Leaves will wither within an hour of leaving the antlers, so we need to hurry." Feng Xinran said lightly.
Lu Banxin said 'um', holding the leaves in one hand, trotting a few steps and grabbing Feng Xinran's palm.
Feng Xinran didn't hide, but his expression struggled a little.
Lu Banxin comforted: "Don't worry, Uncle Kang will have a way." ”
"What if not?"
"It's okay if you don't, you just stay in Sifang Alley obediently, take care of our family and nursing home, and in the future, you will be responsible for being beautiful like a flower, and I will be responsible for making money to support the family." Lu Banxin tilted his head, and his two eyes smiled like two crescent moons.
Feng Xinran suddenly stopped, held her cheek, and said seriously: "Banxin, what I'm afraid of is not my body, what I'm afraid of is that I won't be able to protect you in the future." ”
"I know."
Lu Banxin buried his head in his chest, listened to his gradually accelerating heartbeat, and said softly: "I promise you, I will definitely protect myself in the future." ”
The short time of warmth between the two was broken by Qi Xue's untimely 'tsk' sound.
"Tut-tut, when is it, do you two still have the heart to fall in love?"
Lu Banxin didn't bother to pay attention to her, and pulled Feng Xinran to make a grimace at Qi Xue, but Feng Xinran blushed and turned his head a little embarrassed.
At night, the mirror lake is still calm without a trace of waves.
Qi Xue showed a rare solemn look, glanced at the two of them, and then threw the leaves into the water.
After a while, the surface of the lake seemed to be boiled by a fire, and countless bubbles bubbled up, rising a layer of white mist.
A huge black shadow jumped out of the water like a giant dragon soaring into the sky, and its huge body, evil aura, and icy chill instantly pounced on the three of them.
Qi Xue quickly retreated, and shouted at the same time: "Tu Jiang." ”
Tu Jiang, who hadn't seen him for a long time, came out of the thorn bushes, and the small piece of paper in his palm flashed, covering Lu Banxin. Lu Banxin didn't hesitate, and jumped into the lake with a 'plop', followed by Feng Xinran.