Soon, Runzi came out: "Twelve, come down, there is a passage inside." ”

I exhaled in one breath, proving that his father was not lying, but that it was not the same hole that he had climbed out of again after falling into the hollow, and that passage was probably leading to the laurel forest, and that we might be able to find him.

I couldn't wait to jump in, and it turned out that there was some soft dead grass at the bottom, and the hole was very wet, and I could feel some moisture.

It was a horizontal underground passage, about the height of mine, and it was not difficult to walk, but there was not a trace of light, and we could only move one step at a time, like a blind man exploring the way.

The dark environment did not make me timid, but made me feel an inexplicable sense of excitement from the bottom of my heart, as if we were moving in a positive direction, and soon we would be able to see that large laurel forest, and maybe find Xiaobao's father. I can't wait for the people in the village to see the osmanthus flowers all over the mountains, and then marvel at what we found.

Although I couldn't see it, I could still feel a trace of moisture from the mud wall, and it seemed that I could squeeze out a little water, and I didn't think that we had not drunk water all morning, and now my mouth was dry, and I really wanted to take a sip of wet soil to moisten my lips. I pinched the wet soil in my hand and tried to put it in my mouth, but in the end I still couldn't get my hands on it, and I was not an earthworm, or ...... Yes...... Little treasure and his father.

I suddenly remembered what Xiao Bao had seen in the Earth Eye Technique, and hurriedly retracted my hand and wiped the wet soil on my clothes.

I wanted to remind Junko, who was walking ahead, and as he walked, he said vaguely, "What's the matter?" ”

"I found the soil here to be strange, very similar to what Xiaobao's father brought back." I reminded.

"Ah, but...... I'm already ......" Junko stopped, suddenly vomiting.

I was startled by him, and quickly patted him on the back, and a sour smell came to my face, causing me to feel a burst of sour water.

"Are you okay, you can't eat dirt for anything?"

"I ...... I don't want to, but I'm so thirsty...... Don't you notice there's water in it? Junko touched my hand and asked, "Don't you ...... too?"

I waved my hand and said, "Blind fart, I'm not as careless as you." ”

Runzi felt a lot more relaxed after vomiting, and smiled helplessly.

Seeing that he was all right, I moved on.

We stopped and walked, and after turning a few corners, a white point of light and a gentle hot wind suddenly appeared not far away, which should be an exit, so we quickened our pace.

In my dreams, I will be fascinated by the fairyland of mountains and rivers that have been beautiful for many years, and in reality, I will be obsessed with counting the bright stars in the sky on the top of the mountain, tirelessly.

No matter how beautiful things are, they are just a beautiful picture scroll that stays in my mind for a short time, and when I close my eyes, I only have a silhouette, I didn't expect to see such a paradise with my own eyes one day, at least not now, although I have thought of it before, but I am still shocked by the scene in front of me.

It is also a tree hole, but after climbing out, I saw a large laurel forest, which was the same as Dabao's description - yellow osmanthus flowers all over the mountain, fragrant. Compared to the previous black bamboo forest, it was really one day and one place.

Sight, hearing, taste, smell, different senses will leave an indelible impression in the memory, relatively speaking, the sense of smell is more sensitive, more profound, that osmanthus fragrance, until now I still remember it vividly. The strong scent of osmanthus intoxicated us almost forgot the purpose of our visit. We are like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, and we are itching when we see it. At some point, Runko was already shaking the branches under a laurel tree, and his vest was spread underneath, and the osmanthus flowers fell one after another, and soon a large pile was gathered, and then he ran to the other side, and did the same. He also called me over from time to time to help. I had already put the danger behind me, and I followed his example and picked up the osmanthus bare-chested. Each laurel tree is so tall that we can only pick some by hand where we can hook it. In ten minutes, we have picked a bunch of them, and then tied the neckline of the vest and the sleeve cage together, put the osmanthus into a pocket, and then put the scattered osmanthus into it to compact, so that we can collect more, and finally put the waist hem in the hand, like a bulging sandbag. Just as we were about to look for a way out again, an exclamation came from a distance, and it was heard very clearly. "Who ......" we said in unison, looking around in a panic. I hadn't heard anyone else's voice for a long time, and I couldn't see a single figure at this time, so I was inexplicably scared. We put our pockets on the ground with our backs to back and drew our slingshots from our waists to shoot. "What should I do?" Junko asked. I didn't have an idea for a while, so I had to take one step at a time. "Let's go back to the tree hole first, at least it's not visible from the outside, and it's good for us to hide in the shadows." Junko agreed, and we trembled and moved to the hollow of the tree. Just as he was about to go down the cave, the scream sounded again, this time clearer and louder, literally from a loudspeaker. "It's from there." I pointed to an inconspicuous path between the two laurel trees directly in front of me. "Could it be...... Do you want to check it out? Junko asked me suspiciously. Maybe it's Xiaobao's father, if Xiaobao sees that it's real, then his life is in danger. "I'm starting to get anxious." Well, I'm also out of the way, if it's a person or a ghost, I'll fight him, I don't believe that my strength can't withstand it. Runko patted her chest and put on a confident look. Following the source of the sound, we found that things were far from being as simple as we imagined, and after not many roads, there were pools of blood on the ground, and the blood stains were still mixed with dirt. Are we too late, Xiaobao's father has already been killed? This thought suddenly came to my mind, and my heart was shocked, and Junko felt the same way, and at the same time changed from brisk walking to running. The road ahead suddenly opened up, and the first thing that caught my eye was a taller and stout old laurel tree, which required at least ten people to surround it, and the bark that was split into pieces was comparable to a large fish scale, and the branches and leaves that shaded the sky reflected a huge shadow, comparable to a large parachute. What amazed us the most was that each rhizome exposed on the surface of the ground was like a staggered outline of a human body, with teeth and claws twisted and deformed. As we approached, we could see more clearly, although the facial features were blurred, we could basically determine that it was a human being, in an upright position, with limbs crossed with each other, and it was no longer possible to distinguish whether it was a rhizome or a human body, and the thick veins were like hoses, and the frequency was like a floating ribcage, as if it was constantly absorbing nutrients from the soil.

And the back of this old laurel tree made a low moan of "hum", and this time I heard it clearly, it was Xiaobao's father—he was still alive.