Chapter 243: The Ins and Outs
The group of people in front of them did not hide the hatred in their eyes, and Younuo could naturally detect it. After thinking for a while, she raised her hand and said to Chen Zhi and the others, "You stay here." ”
Before the matter came to light, she didn't plan to let Chen Zhi and the four of them have any contact with the group of people in front of her. Suddenly, Younuo thought of something again, and beckoned to Lu Chen: "Let's go over together." "The reason why the group of people in front of them hate them is that they actually hate Chen Zhi and the four of them. And Lu Chen, like her, didn't know what happened before, let alone be hated by this group of people.
Lu Chen nodded slightly, and walked forward with Younuo.
The two walked through a ten-mile-wide swampy wetland, with ferns and thick green moss growing under their feet. The calm puddles of various sizes are like many mirrors laid on the ground, reflecting the clouds and the sky burned red by the sunset, and the sky is half blue, half fiery red, magnificent and gorgeous.
After a short time, Lu Chen and Younuo came to the center of the swamp wetland, and the two couldn't help but shiver, the temperature in the center of the swamp wetland dropped much more than the periphery. In front of you is a quiet lake, the slightest cold air escapes from the surface of the lake, and there is a small fusiform island in the middle of the lake, and a group of people are standing or sitting on the island.
With a sweep of his eyes, the other party was also a total of six people. A pale-faced middle-aged man sat at the front of the crowd, half of his clothes were stained with blood, and his body trembled slightly. He had only one arm, the other of which vanished from his shoulder, as if it had been eaten by some beast of prey, and the wound was scattered and jagged. And on the man's waist, there was a piece of jade pendant that was as red as blood.
Lu Chen's gaze only swept over the blood-colored jade pendant on the man's waist, but at this moment, a voice sounded in his head.
"Gotta find out where he got this jade pendant from. Gu Linglong said.
"Do you want this kind of jade pendant?" Lu Chen was surprised in his heart.
"It's not that I need it, it's that you need it. Gu Linglong glanced at Lu Chen.
"To put it bluntly. Lu Chen was even more surprised.
"When you've figured it out, I'll tell you before it's too late, or it's all empty talk. After saying this, Gu Linglong didn't squeak.
Lu Chen came back to his senses, his brows furrowed slightly, and he secretly thought about how to ask the man about the jade pendant on his waist, while continuing to look at the people on the island. I saw five handsome young men and girls standing behind the man, but their breath was very weak at the moment, and in addition to hating Lu Chen and Younuo, they were either trembling, or their faces were gloomy, or they looked like they were dying.
Suddenly, there was a hint of surprise in Lu Chen's eyes, he actually saw a familiar figure among these teenagers and girls, this man stood at the back, obviously the lowest status in this group of people. Lu Chen noticed this person, but this person didn't notice Lu Chen, but stood at the back of the crowd with a dejected and desperate face.
Lu Chen is now staying in the sect under a pseudonym because he did not immediately recognize people familiar with the island. And after he entered the Red Fire Gate, he grew up, and he cultivated his ice muscle body, even if the people on the island saw their faces clearly, if they didn't take the initiative to recognize each other, the other party might not be able to recognize them.
"You still have the face to come back!" The man sitting cross-legged looked at Younuo and Lu Chen, and said angrily, his eyes full of monstrous hatred.
Younuo didn't move, but bowed to the other party: "I've seen Elder Kang Yi Ning Kang." "The middle-aged man on the island is an elder of a small sect named Yunhai Sect in the jurisdiction of the Red Fire Sect.
"Do you know me?" Kang Yining was stunned and asked in surprise, his anger unconsciously put away. is the so-called stretch out your hand and don't hit the smiling person, and besides, there was indeed no young man or girl in front of him involved in the previous matter, maybe he and others should not hate them.
Lu Chen's heart moved slightly, Younuo actually knew each other. As soon as his thoughts turned, he suddenly understood that this group of people was probably from other sects. And Younuo is the inner disciple of the Red Fire Gate Dantang, her own identity is different, and she is an alchemist, and her master is Elder Fei Yingfei, one of the three elders of the Dantang, Yunuo naturally knows no fewer people, and there is nothing unusual about meeting one or two people he knows in the Bone Devouring Forest. But it seems that Younuo knows this Kang Yining, and Kang Yining doesn't seem to know Younuo.
"More than half a year ago, when Elder Kang came to the Red Fire Gate Dan Hall and asked my master to refine a healing pill for you, I had the privilege of seeing Elder Kang. It's just that I stayed in the back hall at that time, and Elder Kang didn't see me. Younuo patiently explained to Kang Yining.
Hearing this, Kang Yining looked thoughtful. He asked Fei Ying, one of the three elders of the Red Fire Gate Dan Hall, to refine the healing pill for him, and only a handful of people knew about it. The fact that he was able to successfully break through to the Zhengang Realm had a lot to do with that healing pill! And he also knew that Fei Ying did have a personal disciple named Younuo under the throne, and this Younuo was also the county lord of Youlan County on the other side of the Bone Devouring Forest, and his status was extremely noble.
After a while, Kang Yining's face moved, and he was sure in his heart that the woman in front of him was probably Younuo. Although his anger has not disappeared at this moment, he is no longer hating Yunuo and Lu Chen. He believed that as the county lord of Younuo Youlan County, and Fei Ying's personal disciple, he would never do the despicable and shameless behavior of untrustworthy calculations before. And Lu Chen and Younuo are standing together, obviously Yunuo's friends.
The teenagers and girls behind Kang Yining didn't know the identity of Younuo, and they still had strong hostility towards her and Lu Chen.
"You don't know what happened before?" Kang Yining asked, in fact, he had already guessed in his heart, and this question was just to be confirmed.
Younuo knew that Kang Yining had recognized his identity, and nodded: "The six of us entered the Bone Devouring Forest together, but before that, Guan Yue, Chen Zhi, Xiao Yanxian, and Ruan Xiangyu were exploring the way ahead, Chen Lu and I didn't know what had just happened here, and asked Elder Kang to inform us." ”
Kang Yining believed Younuo's words, but several teenagers and girls behind him looked suspicious, thinking that Younuo and Lu Chen had come to cry and fake mercy.
Without immediately explaining to Younuo and Lu Chen what had just happened, Kang Yining said apologetically, "We misunderstood you just now. ”
Kang Yining is an elder, and when he apologized, he ruled out the suspicion of Younuo and Lu Chen, but the young girl didn't know what was going on, and looked at Younuo and Lu Chen, their eyes were full of incomprehension.
Younuo waved his hand, Lu Chen smiled slightly, neither of them took what had just happened to heart, and quietly waited for Kang Yining's next words.
After thinking about it for a while, Kang Yining's eyes revealed a sad and sad look, and he said slowly: "About yesterday, a group of nine of us came to this cold lake, and immediately found that there was a cold heart stamen growing on the island in the middle of the lake that gave birth to eleven branches. Relying on my cultivation in the True Gang Realm, I took a group of disciples to the island in the middle of the lake to pick this cold heart ......."
At this time, Younuo whispered an explanation to Lu Chen: "Cold Heart Rui is a kind of spirit-level medicinal material, which is considered a rare thing, and it is quite peculiar, one main vein can give birth to many branch veins. What's even more peculiar is that in order to pick the cold heart stamen, the main vein and the branch vein must be picked together. Otherwise, if only the main vein is picked, the medicinal properties will be exhausted, and the more branch veins are picked together, the more medicinal properties will be retained. ”
After explaining, Younuo suddenly felt that he was completely overdone. Lu Chen was able to solve the problem of the death of the medicinal materials in the medicine hall, how could he not know the characteristics of the cold heart rui.
Lu Chen nodded slightly, he did know this characteristic of Han Xin Rui, but he didn't know that Han Xin Rui was a spirit-level medicinal material. And Kang Yining brought a group of disciples to the island in the middle of the lake, not because he was idle and had nothing to do, he really wanted to retain more medicinal properties of Han Xinrui as much as possible. And at the moment, even if Kang Yining, who lost an arm, is counted, there are only six people in total on the island in the middle of the lake, where will the other three go?
Looking at the cold lake in front of him, Lu Chen's eyes revealed a touch of awe. gnawing away the arm of a Zhengang Realm, and also killing three disciples, there is definitely another mystery hidden in this cold lake.
I only heard Kang Yining continue: "The place we are standing on now is not an isolated island in this cold lake, there was a trail leading to the island before, but-" Speaking of this, Kang Yining's eyes revealed a trace of remorse, and a trace of palpitations appeared on the faces of the five teenagers and girls behind him, as if they had seen some terrifying scene.
Younuo and Lu Chen looked at each other, quietly waiting for Kang Yining to recover his mood.
After a while, Kang Yining said slowly: "When I and my disciples stepped on the path, and when we were halfway there, the path connecting the shore suddenly collapsed, and the trend of collapse quickly spread to the path under our feet. I noticed the anomaly right away, but it was too late. I can only continue to lead the disciples to rush to the island in the middle of the lake desperately, at this time the path collapsed faster, and the three disciples in the back fell into the water, I went down to rescue, not only did not save them back, but also lost an arm to survive until now, and the cold heart on the island in the middle of the lake did not know when to sink into the cold lake and disappeared. ”
"Could it be that the demon beasts in the cold lake are general-level demon beasts?" Younuo's face changed slightly, and he asked in surprise. Kang Yining is a powerhouse in the True Gang Realm, but not only did he not save the three disciples under his door, but he also let the things in the lake gnaw off one of his arms, so he naturally thought that the demon beast in the lake was a general-level demon beast.
Lu Chen was secretly surprised, and the level demon beast was comparable to the powerhouse of the True Gang Realm. Judging from what happened to Kang Yining and others, this seems to be a trap laid out in advance by the things in the lake. The wisdom of the demon beast is really terrifying! After thinking about it for a moment, Lu Chen was relieved in his heart. It can be seen from the fact that he and others entered the bamboo sea and encountered eight bamboo poisonous spiders to surround and kill them, that the intelligence of the demon beast is not low, and it is even better in some aspects, such as hunting.
"There is a cold-armored blood-eyed crocodile lurking in this cold lake, it is not a general-level demon beast, but a soldier-level peak demon beast. Kang Yining shook his head and said.
"Then how could you ......" Younuo frowned, unable to figure out why Kang Yining ended up like this. Since it is a soldier-level peak demon beast, it is just the Qi Sea God Realm. In front of the powerhouses of the True Gang Realm, there is still a big difference.
Kang Yining looked ashamed and explained: "First, it hasn't been long since I was promoted to the Zhengang realm, and my own realm is not stable. Second, there are also strange things in this cold lake. When I fell into it to save people, I realized that the water of this lake was unusually cold, and as soon as people entered it, even their thoughts stiffened, not to mention the operation of exercises and moves. The Cold-Armored Blood-Eyed Crocodile is like a fish in water for this, and under the advantages of the other, I am naturally not the opponent of the Cold-Armored Blood-Eyed Crocodile. However, the cold-armored blood-eyed crocodile was also not lightly injured, and it did not recover in four or five days. ”
After some explanation, Kang Yining continued: "We were trapped on this island in the middle of the lake, and then we met those four people, so I talked to them in detail and asked for help. They promised that if I would hand over the storage bracelets, the four of them would save us from the island in the middle of the lake. I handed over the storage bracelets, but they turned around and left without mentioning the matter of saving people. ”
Sorting out the ins and outs, Younuo and Lu Chen suddenly felt in their hearts. Kang Yining handed over the storage bracelet, which was not only a rush to the doctor, but also a helpless move in a desperate situation. After all, four or five days was not a long time, and they might not encounter other martial arts cultivators who had ventured into the Bone Devouring Forest.