Chapter 22: The Enchanted Forest

Just as Shopkeeper Cao began to tell about his unusual experience, Zeng Xu had already touched the side of the magic mist tree trunk alone, and as soon as his hand touched the trunk, all the fog around it quickly shrank and finally disappeared, leaving only a section of the tree trunk exposed.

Shopkeeper Cao's words suddenly stopped, his mouth opened slightly, and he looked at the scene in front of him in a daze, how is this possible, for so many years, no one has been able to absorb this demonic mist, and there is not the slightest trace of dissipation, but now it suddenly disappeared, could it be absorbed by this young man?

Zeng Su also stood in place in a daze, his hand still on the trunk of the tree, Qin Ming saw this strange scene, and was the first to come back to his senses, "Zeng Su, come here, what are you doing!"

"Uh, uh..." Zeng Su walked quickly behind Qin Ming like a child who had done something bad had been discovered.

"Shopkeeper Cao?" Qin Ming called tentatively.

"Oh, oh, let's talk in our room, let's go... Let's go, you two come with me" Shopkeeper Cao came back to his senses from surprise, gave the boy a strange look, and then led the two into a hidden room in the west corner.

Open the door, the room is simple and elegant, spotless, and when the two of them entered the room, Shopkeeper Cao turned around and closed the door.

Zeng Su entered the room and was not restless, look here, touch there.

"I'm sorry, she has always been such a character, and our old hall owner is helpless to take this little guy, so you can laugh" Qin Ming said apologetically.

"It's okay, it's okay" Shopkeeper Cao waved his hand, looked at the young man's liveliness and smiled, but he was more curious that this young man could actually absorb the mist of the Demon Mist Tree, it seemed that there must be some secret or talent for his talents, and his future was limitless.

"Where did you just go, oh, yes, my father and I went to Grimat with a team of demon hunters and merchants, look at my memory" Shopkeeper Cao closed his eyes and patted his forehead and continued, "We set off from Luoxia Town in the early morning, it is a place full of childhood memories, where you can see the most beautiful sunset in the entire Shenzhou Continent, but now it has been completely submerged in filthy energy. At first, I recalled, but I fell into sadness again, "Look at my age, I'm also easy to be sad" said to himself, and didn't care about the two people next to him.

"Then we traveled all the way to the east, eating and sleeping, encountered several small groups of demon beast attacks, but also passed without danger, about ten days later, and finally arrived at the first transit station at dusk on the eleventh day, the so-called transfer station is the official station for transmitting intelligence and news, which was jointly formed by the Magic Association, the Demon Hunting Alliance, and the military. The role of temporary refuge, after all, the magical wasteland is so vast and the road is extremely difficult, if there is no such supply place, no matter how strong the strength is, it is a fool's dream to break through all the way. ”

"Bang, bang, bang" A crisp knock sounded on the door, "Tea for you" The respectful voice of the guy came into the door, "Come in" The shopkeeper on the side seat said lightly, after the guy finished serving tea to the three of them and exited the room, the shopkeeper Cao picked up the teacup and scraped it with the lid of the cup, tasted it, put down the teacup and continued" After checking, we successfully got the temporary identity card into the transfer station, during the night dinner, I heard the news in the restaurant that a few days ago I saw a thick fog nearby, accompanied by a large number of demon beasts, the team of people deduced that it was the Demon Mist Forest, there are two types of general secret realms, one is the hidden ruins are sealed by a strong prohibition, and the other is like the magic fog forest, although there is no particularly powerful forbidden production, but it can be randomly teleported, and may not be able to encounter it in a lifetime, It is not impossible to super-order, and the entire family can prosper for a hundred years, as the so-called one person attains the Tao, and the chicken dog ascends to heaven is this truth. ”

At this moment, Zeng Su had already been attracted by what was said, obediently sitting on the chair, supporting her chin with both hands, listening attentively with her eyes wide open, and not daring to come out of the atmosphere, for fear of missing any wonderful clips, growing so big, she had never been out of the town for half a step, the farthest was the temporary market that Hu'er's brother took to the mine, and was chased back by her grandfather, I don't know much about what happened outside the town, and occasionally heard some bits and pieces when I was working in the medical hall, I heard bits and pieces of fragments, at this time there is such a good opportunity, how can I let it go。 Although Qin Ming is not as lonely as Zeng Xu, he is also a young man who pursues the path of magic supreme, although his own qualifications are limited, it does not prevent him from working towards his dream, so he also listens with a frown.

Shopkeeper Cao saw that the two of them were quite interested in this, and he didn't sell it, leaned forward an inch, and then said, " Since it may be the Demon Mist Forest, everyone will naturally not let go of what may be a rare opportunity in a lifetime, and discussed that they will set off early the next morning to find it, and then they will disband and collect news and prepare to go, at that time I was still young, my father took into account the danger of the secret realm, if there is a case that no one can take care of my safety, and I am also the only son in the family, my father naturally did not worry about taking me in, so he asked someone to settle me in a family, and agreed that if there is no news within a month, he will take me back to Luoxia Town. ”

Speaking of this, just sighed faintly, Qin Ming and Zeng Su glanced at each other, as if guessing something, silently, waiting for the following, and after a while, I heard the shopkeeper Cao say, "I was anxiously waiting in that family, looking forward to the stars and the moon, just when the month of January was approaching, in the team, a close friend of my father found me, handed me a package, and then fell to the ground and died, turning into a pool of blood. ”

"Then did your father die inside?" Zeng Su asked loudly when he saw that there was no follow-up.

"Zeng Su!" Qin Ming raised his eyebrows and whispered coldly.

"Hehe, it's okay, this young master is right, my father and his party did find the Demon Mist Forest, and found a lot of good things, but no one could come out alive, and the only uncle who came out also died in front of me" Shopkeeper Cao said embarrassedly, and then smiled indifferently.

"One of the items in that package is the trunk of the Demon Mist Tree that you just saw in the courtyard, as for the other treasures, some of them were sold by me, and some of them were used by me to cultivate at that time, and the family property I have purchased over the years is inseparable from the package that my father left for me at that time. Shopkeeper Cao's eyes were full of guilt.

"You mourn, it's been so long, people have to look forward," Qin Ming comforted.

"Yes, I just tried to live until now with the feeling of not disappointing my father, but my mother has been depressed since my father died, and it didn't take long for her to follow... Alas, don't talk about these sad things, let's get down to business" Shopkeeper Cao said and suddenly found that he was a little off topic, and he was a little embarrassed.