Chapter 373: Wolf Smoke
Qin Fen picked up a piece of trembling tendon meat and dipped it in the sauce for a while, and then bit it down, the touch of his teeth cutting muscle fibers was very wonderful. You can even hear a soft "poof", and the hot and fragrant meat juice splashes into your mouth at once!
In fact, the flesh of the shadow leopard is already a little old, but it is very strong, and it is even more chewy in the mouth. Combined with the ingredients that evenly stain the meat, the spicy taste just covers the smell of the meat, and before the first bite is swallowed, people can't help but want to bite down for the second bite.
After waiting for a pot of about ten catties of lump of meat, Hawkeye finally showed an extremely happy expression on his face, in fact, Qin Fen had already found that he had eaten enough, and the reason why he continued to eat was just that he didn't want to waste food.
Then Qin Fenpo hatefully brought another bowl of clear soup, the soup was translucent, but a section of snow-white meat could be seen in it.
Hawkeye said curiously, "...... Is it a snake? ”
Qin Fen smiled: "That's right, snake meat is actually very nourishing. How about a bowl? ”
Hawkeye shook his head and smiled bitterly, "I really can't eat it anymore." ”
"Hahaha."
Snake is a cold-blooded animal, but in addition to snake gall bladder, snake meat itself is also a very nourishing food, its protein contains eight kinds of essential amino acids, and cholesterol content is very low, has a certain effect on the prevention and treatment of arteriosclerosis, at the same time has the function of nourishing the skin and nourishing the skin, regulating the metabolism of the human body, and eating it regularly also has the function of strengthening the body and prolonging life.
Nowadays, snake meat has become a fashion, snake meat is also known as long worm meat, python meat. It belongs to the python family. There are many types of snakes, and black snakes are the best. It is one of the most popular wild animals in Guangdong, Hong Kong and other places.
However, there are many particularities about eating snakes, such as not being able to eat with carp, not eating with yellow eels, etc., but for adventurers with strong physical fitness, it is really not so particular.
In addition, the snake soup should be mainly light, mainly eaten for its delicate and refreshing/smooth meat, people who can eat it can taste every second, and those who can't eat may scold it for not tasting as good as loach......
After eating enough, drinking a small bowl of hot snake soup, lying on the hammock supported by the iron chisel and swaying, it can be said that it is extremely enjoyable, and you will soon be able to fall asleep.
After a full meal, the time has unconsciously come to more than eight o'clock in the evening, except for the dwarf Lori's eyelids drooping and yawning from time to time, everyone else is not too sleepy. Qin Fen also felt refreshed, as if he had endless strength all over his body.
He walked out of the cave and found that it was raining like a mist and a drizzle of smoke outside, if this rain fell on the white sand embankment on the shore of Xizi Lake, I believe that it would attract many people's hearts to bloom, while shouting "the willow shore is dawning and the moon is waning", while taking out his mobile phone to take various selfies. But when you fall in this deep mountain and old forest where you can't see your fingers, there is quite a taste of "miserable wind and miserable rain".
Qin Fen looked around, only to find that there was a vague figure on the big banyan tree on the left, who was not Eagle Eye?
"You keep watch for the first half of the night, and I keep watch for the second half of the night?"
Hawkeye let out a low 'um', and if he didn't listen closely, he thought it was the low chirp of crickets.
In fact, adventurers do not have high requirements for sleep, and most of them have even practiced the ability to 'open one eye and close one eye' to sleep, as long as there is a slight wind and grass around them, they will immediately jump up or fight back or run away. Hawkeye is used to acting alone, so he is naturally very vigilant, and he is the best candidate for the night vigil.
In the early hours of the morning, the drizzle finally stopped, the clouds cleared, and a bright silver moon appeared in the sky, which was as big as a statement, and sprinkled thousands of acres of silver like water. After Qin Fen replaced Hawkeye, Hawkeye directly fell asleep on the tree with the gun in his arms, and even let out a soft snoring sound not long after.
After a night of silence, I came to the dawn unconsciously, and layers of fish belly white appeared in the east, and not long after, a fiery red morning sun jumped from the horizon.
Qin Fen returned to the cave, woke up Miss Yinzi and the others, and a group of people went to the jungle to cut a few water vines, received water to wash their faces and brush their teeth, and then ate a few compressed biscuits, drank hot water melted with fine salt, and after dealing with trivial matters, Qin Fen said:
"After the collapse of the mountain depression yesterday, the momentum of the flash flood was too terrifying, everyone was so busy running away that the team fell apart, although it was inevitable that a few unlucky people were swept away by the mountain flood, but I believe that most people will be fine...... So, the next first goal was to find Gandalf and his party. ”
Needless to say, the reason is clear to everyone. Gandalf has the map in his hand, and the characters are the main force in this dragon-slaying journey, so it's better to follow them than to bump around the mountains alone...... Do you understand that you don't work hard?
"If there's no problem, let's go, shall we?"
"Well, let's go!"
Although last night's heavy rain washed away most of the traces and made it a little difficult to find them, Hawkeye, a man who is good at jungle tracking, can tell the way from broken grass stems and shaken leaves. But soon, there will be no need for such a painstaking search. Because there was a clear anomaly in the sky......
"What's that?" Agael whispered.
Everyone looked up and saw a yellow smoke under the blue sky in the distance, which was faintly faint at first almost unrecognizable, but soon became rich and clear.
The smoke is like a mist, although it is only a very thin and faint strand, but it gathers but does not disperse, the wind does not blow, and it slowly floats from the ground to a height of nearly 100 meters, and the higher the place, the more condensed and clear! It's like a giant pillar standing between heaven and earth!
"Okay, looks like we don't need to look for clues." Qin Fen shrugged.
In ancient times, when communication was inconvenient, in order to transmit military signals, the beacon tower would ignite the dried wolf dung, and then sprinkle sulfur powder, and the yellow smoke emitted would not disperse, even if the wind blew without changing its shape, and went straight into the sky, so it was called beacon wolf smoke. This dazzling column of smoke that rose into the air was obviously using a similar method.
And with such a clear and obvious sign, it is difficult to see it, that is to say, everyone no longer needs to look for traces in the mountains and forests, just move closer to that side.
Qin Fen groaned:
"It's about twenty miles away from us, and if you go at full speed, it will only take about half an hour, and Gandalf and his party will stay there for at least half a day, so there is plenty of time, so let's just walk slowly."
After a while, everyone came to a slope overgrown with weeds, and Hawkeye, who had been silently following the back of the group, suddenly stopped and whispered:
"Be careful!"
Qin Fen raised his eyebrows, and his footsteps stopped instantly. When it was too late, I saw that the air was distorted and blurred, and an arrow was drilled out of the void, and in just a breath, it had already reached a place seven or eight meters in front of Qin Fen!
The sound of the bowstring trembling slightly sounded in everyone's ears, and the arrow had already shot in front of Qin Fen's face!
It was an extremely sharp-looking fir arrow, the kind used by the orcs! The barbs on it were clear, and the three-edged arrows were cold and shining, and they were smeared with black corrosive venom. If you look closely, the arrow shaft is carved out of mysterious patterns, and at this moment it is flashing with a palpitating red light, like a hundred rivers converging towards the tip of the arrow...... This is a powerful orc arrow that has been tempered with rune blessings!
Qin Fen took a deep breath, and countless thoughts instantly surged through his mind! Between the lightning and flint, his heart was already filled with cold killing intent.
Sou!
The speed of the sharp arrow can still be called fast, but Qin Fen was mentally prepared, and naturally grasped the trajectory of his shooting clearly, and shook his head sharply at the last moment, and the arrow flew over his face, although it was a fraction of a second, there was a slight burning and stinging pain on his face, but it was cut open by the strong wind that blew through.
After dodging this blow, the arrow shot into the ground, and actually directly caused an explosion no less than an anti-tank mine, and the black earth rose into the sky like a fountain, and the scorching air wave rolled in all directions, immediately forcing the rest of the team to scatter.
The real purpose of this arrow is to divide the battlefield!
Qin Fen's eyes narrowed, although it still looked like the dirt slope in front of him, but if he carefully distinguished, he would always feel that there was a place that looked very different and unreal, so he didn't say a word, he immediately pulled out a grenade and threw it over!
The firelight splashed in all directions, and the place that felt like a mist suddenly rippled like water waves, and a curling blood-colored mist rose up, revealing the true situation inside:
A pit had been artificially dug up on the hillside, and three humanoids stood in it! Two of them were gray-haired, hideous-looking, shirtless but full of bulging muscles! These two strong orcs have abrupt muscles and bones on their hands, their eyes are fierce, and the mung bean's eyes reveal an indescribable hideousness and ferocity!
The strong orc who had just shot the arrow was lean, his face was covered with hideous horizontal flesh, his hands were unusually long, his hair was slightly yellow with some curls in it, and he was obviously very angry that he had missed a blow at such a close distance, and his mouth was spewing foul-smelling saliva. And the other strong orc beside it even pulled his bow and aimed at it!
Fortunately, the wave of air set off after the explosion of the high-explosive grenade just now shook it, and with a shake of his hand, the arrow suddenly missed.
And the last person was an adventurer, an adventurer dressed in black and in good spirits! One of the people I saw sitting at the same table in the tavern, a member of the Tigers!!
"It's time for you to die."
After this guy was found out of Xingzang, he didn't panic at all, but grinned and showed a hideous sneer, and jumped out of the pit with both hands on the edge of the pit, and his eyes were nailed to Qin Fen with murderous intent.