Chapter 141: The Valley Bottom (1)
The white mist in the Misty Barren Valley seemed to be much thicker than the last time Qin Hua came, and there was a faint smell of blood in it, which made Qin Hua's scalp tingle for a while, and he immediately became more cautious.
"Senior, it seems that something has happened in the Misty Barren Valley, we must be careful and try not to make any noise. Last time, my senior sister and I fought with the Misty Ghost Claw, attracting a vine that we couldn't understand, and if it wasn't for that senior's timely action, we would have really fallen here. ”
"Vines, not demon beasts or other spirit beasts or something?" Elder Whitebeard asked in surprise.
"It's a vine, it's definitely not a demon beast. Qin Hua said affirmatively.
Elder Whitebeard was very surprised when he heard Qin Hua's affirmative answer, he had never heard of such a strange thing, and he didn't dare to speak more after a little contemplation, so as not to lure out the vine that Qin Hua was talking about.
After Qin Hua flew in the white mist for a while, he felt that he had reached the altitude where they had flown last time, he stopped and looked for the following direction, and flew towards the temporary cave he had dug last time.
The temporary cave mansion had become a mess at the moment, and many places had collapsed, Qin Hua looked around and found that there were no other traces of human beings here, so he concluded that Fang Kuan had definitely not been here.
Qin Hua was afraid that he would miss other clues, so he checked other locations on the stone wall, but still didn't find any clues.
"Qin Hua, why don't we go to the cliff over there and take a look. Seeing that there was not the slightest clue, Elder Whitebeard said to Qin Hua's divine sense.
Qin Hua nodded, then turned around and flew towards the stone wall on the other side.
The stone wall on the other side is completely different from the place where Qin Hua dug the temporary cave at the beginning, the potholes are uneven, and some boulders have extended from the cliff wall for a long time, so that Qin Hua and the two have a place to stay, and there are some fragmentary plants growing on the stone wall on this side.
Neither Qin Hua nor Elder Whitebeard had ever seen these plants, and their shapes were also very strange, the color of all the plants was snow-white, and they were connected with those hazy white mist, making it impossible to tell whether it was a white mist or a plant.
Qin Hua had learned the lesson of being besieged by vines last time, and he was very jealous of all the plants in the Misty Barren Valley, whenever he saw these plants, he and Elder Whitebeard avoided from a distance, until they found a broken branch thrown on a large rock, and they did not dare to step forward to check.
The broken branches were a little dry, and the snow-white leaves had completely fallen off the branches, Qin Hua checked it and found that this branch should have been broken off in the last half a month, which coincided very well with the time when Fang Kuan entered the misty barren valley, and the two of them were suddenly happy in their hearts.
Qin Hua took the branch in his hand and said to the white-bearded elder: "Senior, this branch must have been broken off by Senior Brother Fang Kuan, he should go down directly here." ”
Elder Whitebeard nodded, and his divine sense said, "It shouldn't be wrong, then let's go down from here now!"
Qin Hua went down the cliff wall, and found a lot of traces along the way, Qin Hua thought about it, maybe this was a trace left by Fang Kuan on purpose, so that the latecomers or Qin Hua could find out and then find him.
Not long after, Qin Hua saw Fang Kuan's handwriting on a flat stone wall, which read: "Qin Hua, where are you? If you see the words I left, go out quickly, if people come here later, don't look for me, it's very dangerous here." ”
Qin Hua was moved for a while, Fang Kuan knew that it was very dangerous here, but he was still desperate to find them, making Qin Hua feel that he was lucky to be able to become friends with Fang Kuan.
"Senior, Fang Kuan must have encountered something here, otherwise he wouldn't have warned us that it was dangerous here. Qin Hua said worriedly.
Elder Whitebeard was about to speak, when he suddenly saw some blood stains not far below them, he was shocked and hurriedly sent a message to Qin Hua: "Qin Hua, look at it, it seems to be bloodstains. ”
Qin Hua was shocked, and immediately went down to check, and sure enough, it was a pool of blood, and he was even more worried about Fang Kuan in his heart.
Immediately after, blood stains appeared one after another, but to Qin Hua's happiness, they found a jade bottle containing the Rejuvenation Pill and some spirit stone fragments in front of a boulder. This showed that Fang Kuan was temporarily out of danger when he walked here, and there was still time to heal his injuries and recover his spiritual power.
From here down, there were no more traces of blood, but there were some demon beast corpses scattered around that Qin Hua and Elder Whitebeard didn't recognize. And on these corpses, the things that the monks could use were also taken away, and Qin Hua and the others were slightly relieved when they saw this.
The two of them followed the marks left by Fang Kuan for a while, and suddenly found that there were many traces on the cliff wall that looked like some kind of thick plant climbing, and on some large stones extending from the rock wall, there were many residues that looked like some kind of insect excrement.
Qin Hua walked to the debris and looked at it, and found that these debris were exactly the same as the residue left by those dense snow-white ants devouring the blood-colored vines at the beginning, and he quickly judged that this was the old nest of those blood-colored vines at the beginning.
The two of them walked down for a few tens of meters, the kind of white mist that could shield their divine sense began to slowly thin, and their vision began to slowly become clearer, Qin Hua and Elder Whitebeard saw that an endless plain appeared not far from their feet, and the plain was full of intertwined ravines, presumably these ravines were all traces left by the growth of blood-colored vines.
Qin Hua was very worried that these blood-colored vines had not been wiped out by the white ants, and once there were any fish that slipped through the net, he and Elder Whitebeard would definitely not have any power to resist.
Fortunately, the two of them searched around for a while, and they didn't find any danger, so Qin Hua relaxed his tense nerves a little.
The bottom of the valley is shrouded in white mist, and there is no ray of sunlight shining in all year round, and it is pitch black everywhere, but because of the support of spiritual power, cultivators can also see things in the dark as if they were day.
Qin Hua and Elder Whitebeard couldn't find the mark left by Fang Kuan for a while, so they flew into the air and looked around in the distance, only to see that all the places they could see were traces left by the growth of blood-colored vines, which made Qin Hua's scalp tingle for a while.
"Qin Hua, look, there's a light there. The white-bearded old man suddenly sent a message to Qin Hua.
Qin Hua looked in the direction pointed by Elder Whitebeard, and there was indeed a misty light in the distance, like a lighthouse on the vast and boundless sea.
"Fang Kuan must have gone over there, senior, let's go over and take a look, but this light appears a little weird, let's be careful." After Qin Hua finished speaking, he walked cautiously in the direction where the light came from.
Qin Hua and the two walked for a long time, and they didn't feel any pull in the distance from the bright light, and they saw that there was no danger around them, and even the fog ghost claws that were as many as cow hair did not appear, so the two of them simply flew forward.
But in addition to the bright light in the distance slowly getting brighter, they didn't seem to be able to pull in the distance from the bright light, Qin Hua sighed, remembering a saying on the earth: Looking at the mountain and running a dead horse.
I don't know how long it took for the dark plain to become brighter, and beneath the light that directed them was a huge and magnificent palace, and in the center of the palace was a very imposing tower, the top of which was like a small sun, emitting a milky white light.
And under the feet of Qin Hua and the others, the traces of those blood-red vines also began to merge into one in twos and threes, and it seemed that those blood-colored vines began to fork from here, and finally extended to the entire valley bottom plain.
Qin Hua and Elder Whitebeard flew forward for a distance, and suddenly heard a slight rustling sound coming from the ground under their feet, Qin Hua was startled, thinking that he had encountered the Misty Ghost Claw, and was about to shoot a few fireballs and throw them to the ground, but he immediately thought that although the light here was not so bright, according to the characteristics of the Misty Ghost Claw, they must have nothing to hide.
Qin Hua looked down and found that there were no misty ghost claws on the ground at all, but tails that looked like geckos, the thickness of buckets, and a body of pitch-black scale armor, shining under the light of the tall tower in the palace in the distance.
The tails are very weird, not only are they able to move autonomously, but they also have a blood-red eye under the belly that has no whites. Qin Hua looked at these eyes, which were exactly the same as those misty ghost claws.
"Qin Hua, what the hell is this? Looking at the dense patch, it seems that there are countless insects crawling all over my body. Elder Whitebeard's face was pale, and his Adam's apple was heaving and heaving, as if he was about to vomit.
Qin Hua's scalp was numb for a while, and the breath of these tails under his feet seemed to be only at the level of a third-grade demon beast, but now the ground as far as the eye could see was all this kind of tail, which made Qin Hua feel extremely terrifying.
"I don't know what the hell this is, it looks like a three-grade demon beast, but the demon beasts in the Misty Barren Valley must not be measured by common sense, otherwise we will die without a place to be buried, and we will end up with the same fate as those dry corpses outside the Mist Barren Valley. Qin Hua forcibly calmed down his mood, and then said calmly.
After listening to Qin Hua's words, Elder Whitebeard secretly admired Qin Hua's alertness and calmness, and he really wanted to praise Qin Hua a few words.
At this moment, those tails on the ground suddenly flicked fiercely on the ground, and they catapulted towards the two people in mid-air.
Qin Hua was shocked, he was afraid that these weird tail demon beasts had the same characteristics as the misty ghost claws, and hurriedly reminded the whitebeard elder: "Senior, don't let these tails get close, I always feel that this thing and the misty ghost claws are in the same vein, very weird." ”
Elder Whitebeard received Qin Hua's reminder, and hurriedly took out his flying sword and slashed at their catapulted tails, but what Elder Whitebeard never expected was that when his Spirit Treasure Flying Sword slashed at the thick scale armor of his tail, a spark actually appeared and was bounced back.