The Sacred Spring Chapter 24: Fairy Fruit (3)
At this time, the tightness in my waist suddenly disappeared, and just as I was wondering, the fat man who was approaching me suddenly froze in the water, and he shouted at me while paddling in place: "Old Hu, look at it, why the rope has suddenly become tighter!" -I hurriedly sneaked to the fat man to pull the rope on his waist, but I didn't expect the whole rope to be pulled over at once, I was shocked, looked at the rope, I don't know when it has been secretly torn off! I hurriedly tightened the fat man's rope and looked down to check the rope around my waist, and sure enough, there was only an empty rope floating alone on the water. I took my broken rope and said to the fat man, "It seems that we have been targeted for a long time!" -
The fat man raised his probe stick vigilantly: "If it's really a 'person', it's just a matter of ...... - I know what he wants to say, and immediately retorted: "Zi Bu is strange and confused, let's ask for medicine to save people, and what we do is a matter of conscience." I'm afraid it's a ball.
Well said, I'm afraid it's a ball! -In order to avoid being swept away by the current, the fat man and I put our arms on each other and slowly leaned towards the curly cypress bushes like two three-legged people. In the hazy moonlight, I could faintly see a nest of white spheres wrapped in a curly cypress bush, each the size of a volleyball. The fat man had sharp eyes, and smiled happily: "Why are there bird eggs in the river, they are so big, maybe they are double yolk eggs-
I said, "Your bird can lay such a big egg, it can't hold such a big egg even if it is three yellows or four yellows - I was anxious to find the hiding place of the fairy fruit, and took a few big steps forward one after another, at this time, a huge wave rolled up from nowhere, and overturned me and the fat man on the spot, I choked a few mouthfuls of water, if the fat man hadn't come in time, I almost drowned on the spot." The fat man and I hugged each other in a panic, and the two of us looked at each other and couldn't help but gasp.
A huge old man, covered in armor, had quietly lurked in the curly cypress bushes for some time, and was now staring at us with two oily eyes, and the moonlight sprinkled on its undulating, flesh-covered back, probably refracted with a layer of golden light. It is immersed in water all over, leaving only half of the nostrils, and a huge mouth that is half open and half closed, judging from the part that is exposed to the water, the full length of this old ray is about ** meters, this size of the ray is rare even in the Amazon jungle. The fat man and I were almost so frightened that we didn't even want to turn around and run. As if it could see what we were doing, the dragon swung its tail and chased after it. The fat man shouted while swimming: "Lao Hu, I didn't expect that we would die before leaving the school this time, but Instructor Yang didn't find it, but took himself in!" -I thought to myself that this time it was over, with my body, it wouldn't be enough to fill the gap between my teeth in one bite.
The old mantle opened its bloody jaws and chased me all the way through the river, almost swallowing me whole. But suddenly, as if he had been struck by a thunderbolt, the old man let out a loud roar, turned around, and rushed towards the center of the river again. The fat man was hit by a huge wave to my side, he wiped a handful of water on his face and said curiously, - Old Hu, are you married to the Dragon King, why don't you dare to eat you? - I scolded: "Bullshit, you are the eighth son-in-law!" What can a rotten loach do to me! -I wondered in my heart, how could there be a reason not to eat the fat meat that reached the mouth, why did the golden-armored blue-eyed ray give up a delicious meal to the mouth?
I was thinking about it, but I heard the fat man point to the cypress bushes and shout, "Look, the old loach has gone into the woods!" -I looked in the direction of the fat man's finger, and saw that the evil dragon was chasing the curly cypress bush upstream, I had never heard of the curly cypress being able to go against the current without wind, and I didn't understand why the golden armor and blue-eyed ray wanted to chase the curly cypress bush, the scene in front of me was too weird, I saw that the curly cypress bush was really like a long leg, speeding forward in the river, and the old dragon chased after it but could not catch up with its speed. We were puzzled, and we didn't dare to lean forward to find out, so we had to watch from a distance, but we saw that the golden-armored blue-eyed dragon gnawed forward with its mouth from time to time, splashing the sky.
I looked closely at the cluster of curly cypresses, and gradually saw the clues. I said to the fat man, "Look at the bottom of Berlin, is there something reflecting-
The fat man put his hand on his forehead, looked at it a few times, nodded and said, "There is a silver shiny thing holding the curly cypress below, I will say, it is not really long legs, how can you run so fast." Dare to be pulled by something at the water's edge-
Lao Fei has few opponents in the water, and all kinds of birds of prey and flying beasts in the bush dare to break ground on Tai Sui's head.
The old man's miserable wail rang in my ears, and it was as if it were being eaten by something—
I get it! - I grabbed the fat man, - do you remember the big bird egg we saw earlier? ――
Kindness? Didn't you say it wasn't a bird's egg? Why did you change your hexagram again?
That's not a bird's egg, it's an old man's egg! This is a female who guards her cubs! -
As if to confirm my thoughts, a long-legged spider with black armor almost the size of a car slowly emerged from the water. The fat man and I were both terrified by the black-faced star. The spider was apparently unprepared by the mother and was ready to steal the eggs.
At this moment, the two giant beasts launched an earth-shattering battle on the water, and I said to the fat man that the opportunity is rare, and I have to touch it to find the fairy fruit for life-saving. The fat man knew that he couldn't stop me, so he drew the harpoon in his hand: "I'll go with you-I said, "You cover up next to me, and they call me as soon as they move."
I dived underwater, and held my breath on the curly cypress bushes, and the picture that caught my eyes was so miserable that even though I was used to seeing disgusting and bloody pictures, I couldn't help but feel a clogging in my heart. The eggshells that were gnawed by the spiders were sprinkled all over the curly cypress, and some of the yellow sticky matter was mixed with some red liquid, presumably some small rays that were about to hatch were bitten by the spiders, and when I looked around, a half-gnawed little ray proved my idea, because it was still hatching, it was red and crystalline, and the shell that had not yet grown could not protect it from attack, and it must have been bitten off half of its body by the spider, and the blood gushed out of its body, rushing to the yellow slime like pus. The spider had not been dead for a long time, it was struggling before death, mixed with red blood, and the yellow viscous liquid was gently wriggling, sucking from time to time to maintain life, and the few remaining eggs were also densely covered with spider silk. The female ray next to her was tripped by the spider, and she couldn't move at the moment, so she could only bite the spider silk hard. The fat man urged me to hurry up: "Old Hu, hurry, hurry!" -
I searched all around, but I didn't find the fairy grass that the aborigines said, I couldn't help but feel anxious, I secretly said, you must be calm, there must be a place that has not been found, since the aborigines said that it is in the forest floating in the water, then, where will it be? I stared at the dragon egg covered in spider silk. Another wail interrupted my thoughts, and I looked towards the dragon, only to see that the spider kept spitting silk threads, and the dragon tried to rush at the spider several times but was pulled by an invisible force, presumably the spider spit the silk on a rock above, so it first went upstream and then turned back, just in time to tie a dead knot and tie the female stinger strongly. The mother's voice became more and more mournful, and it was obviously the maternal energy that supported it in its desperate struggle. Holding back my nausea, I opened the cracked egg, and sure enough, I found a red fruit like an eyeball in the intricate curly cypress leaves. I didn't dare to be stunned, so I picked the fairy fruit and swam back towards the shore.
As soon as I emerged from the water, the fat man asked eagerly, "How is it, old Hu, have you picked it?" -I raised the fairy grass in my hand and said, "What an eye-like fruit--The fat man immediately laughed: "Haha, this is called form to complement form, I don't think the chief can die-I nodded, but the wail in my ears was really unbearable, after returning to the shore, I raised my rifle and aimed at the water, and the fat man said: "What are you doing, we have limited bullets, we can't waste it on it-
I had made up my mind, and fired several shots in succession, piercing the spider silk through several small holes, and when the spider saw that the giant ray had broken free from its restraints, it did not dare to fight, and hurriedly fled into the water. The golden-armoured blue-eyed rayray swooped down on the curly cypress bushes to examine her dragon eggs.
The fat man gave me a thumbs up, and I was noncommittal. The two of them put on their backpacks and hurried to the camp.