Chapter 14: The Strange Forest
At the beginning of autumn, the sword machine mountain gate finally appeared.
Inorganic forest, ancient trees, grass over half trees, shrubs dense and deep, dense and dark.
From afar, it looks like a mountain road, twists and turns, like a dragon on the ground, all gathered in a gate standing in the mountains and forests. The clouds and mist are curling, looming, and the rainbow of the mountain gate is shining, connecting the mountains.
The thirteen chain bells rang wildly, and the thousand-zhang stone sword slowly rose into the air. At this moment, it seems that Dayue, which is connected to the chain chain, is about to be pulled up, the heavens and the earth are shaken, and the mountains and rivers are shaken.
Countless aspiring sword cultivators shouted wildly, swarming the inorganic forest, and in this short period of time, the most prosperous street in Yemen can be crowded.
"It's strange, birds and beasts usually chirp in unison, but today there is no sound at all. ”
After noon, the Mu family and his entourage arrived belatedly, and many of the accompanying pedestrians were local forces in Jijian Town, and there was no shortage of tyrants. What is worrying is that they used to regard them as the same enemy, but today they are hooking shoulders and backs, forming alliances, talking and laughing.
On the other hand, the Mu family and his party were alone, and there were occasional accostings, but they were not invited to form an alliance, but when they looked at the Mu family and their party, there was no lack of contempt, or cold eyes, and even bad words towards each other.
In the face of other people's behavior, the Mu family walked with a high attitude, never stopped because of others, looked up proudly, and never looked at them, which has long been commonplace.
Only then did Dao Mu understand Mu Wu's sentence "The aura of the Mu family is not necessarily a good thing...... but it was not the Mu family's great cause, but the red eyes, pure red eyes and jealousy.
After a wasteland, I finally arrived at the Farewell Pavilion.
Don't leave the Gobi dead place in front of the pavilion, and don't leave the lush ancient forest behind the pavilion, which can be described as life and death, and the distinction between Jing and Wei is clear.
"Step on the parting, don't get to the sword machine, don't look back. ”
Although they were late, the flow of people in front of the Farewell Pavilion was still huge, with people coming and going, cars and beasts.
Looking up, the boundaries of the inorganic forest are all people, whether men and women, young and old, all striding into the inorganic forest with the same dream.
"There is calamity in the forest. Dao Mu suddenly spoke, and the red agate eyes looked straight ahead, and he couldn't take his eyes off it anymore.
Hahaha......
As soon as these words came out, the people around him pointed and laughed, or laughed, or looked up to the sky, without any kindness.
"The inorganic forest has a calamity, it's the funniest joke I've ever heard!"
"The Mu family is full of these stupid people, is that all there is to it? ”
"It's amazing, an ordinary person can actually sense calamity. ”
“......”
Auntie and Grandma Tai ignored the gossip around them, and looked back at Dao Mu, "Dao'er, your perceptual ability is still there?" Grandma Tai's tone was a little strange, and the speed of speech was slightly faster than usual, so that the sensitive Dao Mu's heart sank a little.
"Since his eyes were stained with blood, Dao'er's perceptual ability is almost none, and he has not had an excitation in recent years, but today he sees that this inorganic forest is a little weird, and he always feels that under this endless anger, what is surging is death. Dao Mu's eyes jumped wildly for a while, his heart was uncomfortable, he felt that he was being choked by a big hand, and he didn't vomit or be unhappy, "Dao'er was taken in by the executioner, and he was an executioner, and his perception of death was beyond ordinary people, and the smell of the inorganic forest made Dao'er uncomfortable, his heart throbbed, and his eyes were uneasy. ”
After hearing this, Grandma Tai and Uncle couldn't help but look at each other, their eyes met, they exchanged in an instant, and then looked around at the three sisters and brothers of Daomu, and finally fixed their eyes on Daomu.
"Dao'er, this trip is under the command of your leader......" Uncle's face has never been as ugly as it is now, even if my uncle took his cousin and himself to the Bliss Sword Soil and was discovered, his face has never been as solemn as it is today.
"Or, let them enter again next year?" Mu Wu looked at the inorganic forest from afar, his eyes were blazing, and the hands behind his back sometimes formed fists, sometimes loosened, and the green tendons of his arms were beating and were clearly visible.
"Cousin, is the inorganic forest really so mysterious?" Mu Shan glanced at the inorganic forest, as if he saw a huge desolate beast, and a cool breeze hit, causing Mu Shan to shrink his neck. "Look at what you say, I also think that the flowers and trees in the inorganic forest are either essence, or they have eaten a lot of people, and they are full of evil energy, showing their teeth and claws, and scaring people to death. ”
"Hmm. Dao Mu turned his head and admired sincerely, "Cousin, you are so smart. ”
"......" When Mu Shan heard this, he rolled up his sleeves and was about to beat someone, but Mu Wanqing glared at him and stopped abruptly.
"When a chick flies under the wings of its parents, how can its wings be full. Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, so let them in. Grandma Tai raised her head with great effort, trembling, her eyes were cloudy, and her light was like a star, "Wanqing, Shan'er, Dao'er, your three sisters and brothers will accompany each other all the way, never abandon each other, and support each other to save the day." Dao'er, you have a lot of experience, you are more mature than the two of them, and you have to take care of ...... along the way."
"Hmm!" the three Daomu siblings nodded heavily.
Mu Shan clamped his legs, drove down the lion mastiff, howled excitedly and ran into the mountains and forests, Dao Mu and Mu Wanqing also followed, disappearing into the endless green sea.
The children all left and began to roam the rivers and lakes independently, the aunt lost her previous strength, hung her head and sobbed, after all, she was the mother of the two children, a piece of meat in her stomach, who could not feel distressed.
Mu Wu put his hand around his aunt and put it into his arms, and said softly in his ear, "But I still remember the words of the old blind man, Wanqing and Shan'er have had no danger in their lives, they are rich, they are rich, they have great achievements, and they ......have a long life."
The aunt didn't feel any better because of this, but cried more and more, causing the other parents around to look sad, and this sad atmosphere began to spread.
The wanderer walked away with a smile, and his parents hung their heads and wept.
"Yo, isn't this Mu Jianxian!Why is my sister-in-law crying?" The voice came from behind, the tone was gentle, but it was very harsh in the ears, making people sulk, "Could it be that both nephews and nieces have suffered bad news?"
"Lin Zhi, your dog face is not only ugly, but your dog mouth is really stinky, and you smell from afar. Mu Wu hugged his aunt and didn't look back, "It's no wonder that Dan'er broke the contract back then, chose me, and didn't want to obey you." ”
"That's pretty impressive. Lin Zhi's face was hideous and ruthless, but when he came to Mu Wu's side, he instantly changed his face, and he became a polite Confucian again, and he couldn't find the fierce appearance before, "I heard that Mu Jianxian took his son and nephew to the Bliss Sword Land to see the world, and this behavior was also done by your Mu family." ”
didn't wait for Mu Wu to fight back, but he sighed lightly when he heard his uncle, "It's just that he is not as arrogant as your Lin family, breaking up the couple and forcibly occupying the people's daughters." The only way to go to the Bliss Sword Soil is that fortunately, it is not so embarrassing, and it is not good for the Mu family. ”
"Hahaha......" Lin Zhi saw that it was his aunt who refuted him, and he was jealous, and his eyes were cold, "Sister-in-law's mind makes Lin admire, admire." ”
Lin Zhi invited his three sons to greet Mu Wu and the others, and the three sons were humble and reasonable on the surface, but in fact they looked at their uncle unscrupulously, but they frequently asked Mu Wanqing's whereabouts.
When he saw it, he took it, Lin Zhi waved his hand, and with an order, more than a thousand people poured into the inorganic forest. The Mu family is too desolate, and the three sisters and brothers are alone.
"For your three stupid sons, you have invested a lot of blood. Mu Wu chuckled, and looked at Lin Zhi with contempt on his face, "These swordsmen are usually very arrogant. ”
"No way, who made my Lin family the most powerful Gu family in Jijian Town. Lin Zhi looked like a Confucian scholar, tilting his head, shaking the folding fan, and everything in front of him was not in his eyes. "With a big move, they came running around. ”
"After being expelled from the Sword Machine Pavilion for more than a thousand years, the Lin family has not grown at all, which is really disappointing. Grandma stomped on her crutches, and after the three Daomu sisters and brothers left, their eyes stayed on the place where they disappeared.
"Then we ......" Lin Zhi turned his head and looked at Mu Wu and them, no longer hypocritical and disguised, his face was hideous, his green muscles were blooming, and he grinned, "Just wait and see!"
Mu Wu and Grandma Tai looked at each other, and they both saw the worry in each other's eyes, but they were afraid that the three sisters and brothers of Daomu would be more auspicious.
In the following time, the major forces of Jijian Town poured into the inorganic forest one after another, and the number of people in each family ranged from a hundred to a thousand. The Mu family became more and more stingy, causing Lin Zhi to keep taunting, and Mu Wu was annoyed.
"The Mu family alone is too pedantic?" Mu Wu's face sank, "It's too late to recruit some people now, ......"
"Inorganic, Fang Shengyuan. My aunt whispered, "My father said that there is life in inorganic forests. The number of people is never the deciding factor. ”
"Alas......" Mu Wu didn't want to stay any longer, not worried about whether it was fake, just because he was in the way of expression, "Let's go back and wait for news." ”
Seeing Mu Wu and his wife leave, Lin Zhi's face was gloomy to the extreme, but the hateful reckless man snatched his love with a knife, making his Lin family ridiculed for decades, and until now he has not been able to swallow this breath.
Thinking for a thousand times, Lin Zhi snapped his fingers, summoned a sword cultivator, exchanged for a while, and the sword cultivator jumped into the inorganic forest and disappeared into the big mouth of the green monster.
......
It's only been an hour, Mu Shan has no interest in the inorganic forest, Dao Mu's heart fluctuates little, he is not happy or sad, maybe it is habit, he is observing this strange and fearful green world all the time.
The ancient trees are thick and huge, and the canopy covers the sky. Dao Mu saw the smallest ancient tree on the way, and estimated that six people surrounded him, and then hugged it. Under the tree violates the common sense of nature, the grass is as prosperous as a forest, as high as a tree, and there are vines in the grass, strong as an arm, climbing and walking the tree, if you don't look closely, you mistakenly think it is a big python.
Tranquility is an atmosphere unique to the forest, and it is pleasant to enjoy.
The stillness of the inorganic forest is a deathly tranquility. There is no roar of beasts, no birds, and no insects, only the sound of them walking and stepping on dead leaves, the sound of the wind whistling in the forest, and the sound of interactive brushing of plants and trees, which is like walking into a ghost story scene.
"Don't you think, we've come all the way, it's too quiet?" The five senses were exerted to the extreme, and Dao Mu instinctively disgusted and rejected the strange atmosphere of this inorganic forest. This was unusual, and it confirmed his previous suspicions, "How can there be no beast in the inorganic forest, not even an insect has ever seen one, even one or two mosquitoes and flies can make me feel a little at ease." ”
"From ancient times to the present, there are many kinds of birds and animals in the inorganic forest, and they are usually very lively, people joke that there is a wild boar in five steps, and a tiger in ten steps, which is indeed strange and tight today. Mu Wanqing didn't notice anything unusual, and she was constantly looking around for answers, "I hope it's not a disaster." ”
Mu Shan was not far away, suddenly stopped, vigilantly looked at a deep cave not far away, as if he heard something, and hurriedly drove the lion mastiff to turn around and run back, while looking at the cave, he said slowly, "The inorganic forest fairy sword hangs in the sky, it is impossible for a disaster to happen, I think it must be a ghost." ”
"Ghosts and ghosts?" Dao Mu sneered, but his eyes also turned to the cave, "It's only people who will harm you, why are you afraid of ghosts?" The cave was deep, and some strange sounds echoed, like scuffling and roaring, and like the sound of chewing food.
Hey, a black shadow jumped out of the cave, so fast that Mu Shan hadn't reacted yet, seeing that Mu Shan was about to be attacked by the black shadow, a black strange blade blocked in front of Mu Shan, the black shadow momentum did not decrease, the black strange blade did not move a bit, the black shadow itself was divided into two halves, flying more than ten meters behind him.
"People?!" Dao Mu put away his knife, ignored the frightened Mu Shan, and walked to the corpse.
The two halves of the corpse were skinny, except for the tendons, bones, skin, and flesh and blood, and the stomach was full of one stomach, and there was nothing else strange about it, even if it was the main heart and blood of a human being.
The hands and feet are bent and arced strangely, and the nails are not long but as sharp as arrows.
This is clearly the claws that the beast evolved to facilitate eating, how did it appear on a human, or rather, he is not a human?!
"Woo ......" Mu Shan pinched his nose and approached, pointing at the corpse, completely forgetting the previous thrill, "Mountain ghosts, it must be mountain ghosts, I just said that it was a ghost, you just don't believe it." See, here's the proof!"
"Cousin, I'm starting to take your word for it. Mu Wanqing's face was solemn, ignoring Mu Shan, and her beautiful eyes carefully looked at the corpse in front of her, "Judging from the texture of the clothes, the lines, and the badges, this person is a member of the beast hunting team that disappeared last month. A good person becomes like this, and it is not something that ordinary forces can do. ”
Dao Mu raised his head and looked at Mu Wanqing, the two of them looked at the cave at the same time, then looked at each other, nodded tacitly, and slowly stood up.
"Hey, you're not going into that ghost cave, are you?!" Mu Shan couldn't bear to ask, his voice trembling, and his body trembling like chaff. "Mountain ghost nest, it will kill us!"
Before the words fell, more than a dozen black shadows jumped out of the cave.
Qiang, Mu Shan gritted his teeth fiercely, the long sword groaned wildly, his hand shook the sword, the sword qi was in all directions, and most of the black shadows were cut off in an instant, and the rest were solved by Mu Wanqing.
"It's exactly the same, it can be done by the forces of nature. Dao Mu inspected these corpses, and then looked up at Mu Shan, "Cousin, your swordsmanship is really good, this must be praised." "More than a dozen corpses were divided in two, symmetrical on both sides, neatly and neatly.
"I ......" Mu Shan was sincerely praised by Daomu, but he was not happy at all.
Fortunately for others, the more serious Dao Mu is, the more it seems to be sarcastic about him. "Sister, I'm angry!" Mu Shan gritted his teeth and looked at Mu Wanqing.
Mu Wanqing didn't look at him squarely, walked to Dao Mu's side, and lightly opened her lips, "Let's go." Dao Mu went hand in hand with him, and Mu Shan cowered behind and mingled with Ah Meng and them.
Standing at the mouth of the cave, gusts of yin wind poured out of the cave, invading people's noses and lungs with a tide of rotten soil and mildew, and making people's faces hurt.
"Strange ......" Dao Mu was extremely confident in his perception, and he didn't notice anything unusual when he stood at the door of the cave at this moment.
Mu Wanqing held the giant sword in both hands and took the lead in stepping into the cave, letting Dao Mu follow closely, Dao Mu did not hesitate, lit the fire stick and walked behind Mu Wanqing.
Ah, Mu Shan wailed a few times in a low voice, looked at the surrounding environment, and finally followed, Dao Mu saw that his head was about to shrink into his body, and he couldn't help but speak, "Cousin, you are also accompanied by people in the middle of the night, right?"
"How do you know?!" Mu Shan subconsciously blurted out, looking at Dao Mu's playful expression, he couldn't help but be angry, and was about to scold Dao Mu a few words.
Whew, a yin wind whistled by, Mu Shan hurriedly shrank his head again, and his anger was also extinguished by the yin wind, "You wait, don't beg me to save you when the time comes!"
"Okay!" Dao Mu was neat, looked back and smiled, the torch swayed faintly, reflecting Dao Mu like an old ghost in the deep mountains, scared Mu Shan for a while The ghost cried wolf, and the cave echoed into the distance.
"With such a movement, you can't even startle a bat?" Dao Mu held a fire stick in one hand, looked around, pinched his chin with the other, and sometimes fell into deep thought, muttering to himself, "There is clearly the smell of feces here, but I haven't seen a single burrowing animal." ”
"It must have been eaten up by those monsters!" Mu Shan said disdainfully, not to mention how disgusted his little eyes were, "I really doubt my aunt's tutor when I ask such stupid questions." ”
"Why didn't my cousin and I think of it?" Dao Mu turned around and gave him a thumbs up. "My cousin is so smart, at least smarter than me and my cousin. ”
"I ......" The foul mouth reached her throat, and she was glared at by Mu Wanqing and swallowed alive.
There are many branch roads inside the cave, which can be said to extend in all directions. The priest suggested that only the largest, or ventilated, should be walked to avoid the risk of getting lost.
Two hours later.
Mu Shan was startled, and Dao Mu and the others walked out from the other side of the mountain.
This is not a foothill, it is already halfway up the mountain, and it is not less than a thousand feet away from the foothills. There is no way down the mountain ahead, the entrance of the cave is close to the cliff, the strange rocks are craggy, like a sharp blade, if you accidentally fall, you will definitely be disemboweled.
At the bottom of the hill is a huge lake, which stretches to the horizon and is still nowhere to be seen. A large number of sword cultivators gathered here, camped and set up camp, and the smoke curled up.
Gray weather, gray mood, Daomu struggles to perceive possible abnormalities, and he likes to call this ability to find disharmony in nature.
"Let's go down, the atmosphere in this cave is terrifying. "A yin wind blows on the back of the cave, and a cool breeze pats the face outside the mountain, both prongedly, it is very uncomfortable, Mu Shan is pampered, how can he stand it. "Isn't this hole supposed to be in the air? But it's always been out of the air, and there is no air in it. ”
Dao Mu turned his head to look at Mu Shan, and was about to speak, "Don't speak, don't speak!" Mu Shan raised his hand to stop, "I know what you want to say, we can't go down the mountain, there is danger under the mountain, the terrain here is superior, easy to defend and difficult to attack." Being condescending can also detect danger faster. All in all, tonight, the entrance to this cave will pass. ”
Hearing this, Dao Mu couldn't help but turn his head to Mu Wanqing, but Mu Wanqing turned his eyes to Mu Shan and said approvingly, "Xiaoshan, you have become smarter." ”
"......" Mu Shan's eyes widened, this time it was not Dao Mu who said this, it was his own sister who said it, but it sounded harsher than Dao Mu.
Mu Shan and Mu Wanqing set up camp at the entrance of the cave, and Dao Mu rode Ah Meng to the top of the mountain, overlooking the horizon, and finally saw a touch of green.