Chapter 314: Wrong Path?
By this time the three of them had entered the forest, and were heading up the hill, and an hour later they were in the middle of the forest. The forests of the south are completely different from the forests of the north. The forest is no longer filled with pine trees under the mountain, but with various broad-leaved trees. The trees are vigorous, low and stout, and grow together in dense clusters, with occasional other large trees breaking out of their encirclement and growing higher into the air.
The trunk of the tree is covered with moss and lichen, and the yuroel hangs beautifully and elegantly, and there are many small shrubs under the tree, which are very dense, and most of them have thorns. The ground is 'damp' and the foliage is often covered with slippery, soft mud and rotting wood. There were no roads on the hill at all, and the clumps of vines and creeping plants made it even more difficult to walk, and the sweltering heat in the forest made it impossible for those caught in it to sweat profusely.
In the deep mountains and old forests, the ancient trees are towering to the sky, covering the sky and the sun. No matter which way you look, you can't see how deep the forest is. It makes this forest look 'gloomy' and mysterious. Even the sounds of animals are scarce. Lin Musen said that there is a large swamp under the mountain, and there are crocodiles, snakes and insects in the swamp, which outsiders hardly dare to set foot in. Occasionally, someone brave enough to break in will be blocked again by the swamp at the bottom of the mountain.
These five Chinese medicine elders are very familiar with this place, and their clothes and shoes are very suitable for this kind of terrain. Lin Musen was born here, and there is no big problem. Wei Buyu has rough skin and thick 'meat', and he has walked in the forest before, so there is no problem except for shouting heat. However, Gu Qiuyu and Pu Jinglong had a very hard journey all the way, and their clothes were torn a lot.
When it came time to descend the mountain, it was even more difficult. In order to maintain balance, sometimes even internal qi is used. Gu Qiuyu said in his heart, "We are so embarrassed that people like us are so embarrassed, but it is more difficult for ordinary people to reach this place than to ascend to the sky." ”
Gu Qiuyu thought in his heart, and saw that the trees in front of him began to thin, and the sun shone down, and after a while, the five of them saw a huge plain under the mountain, which looked like the grassland of Hanzhou, full of green, and occasionally some small puddles.
The sudden appearance of such a large grassland in this densely forested place was very strange to the three of Gu Qiuyu, who had never been here, and at the end of the 'flesh' eye, there was still a pitch-green forest, surrounding this strange "plain". This is the swamp that the 'medicine' always wants to bring them to.
As the three of them got closer and closer to the swamp, they could see green grass everywhere in the swamp. It was not tall, but it was very dense, and the small puddles in the swamp rose a faint vapor, and only a few birds flew high in the sky, and the occasional animal cry could be heard in the swamp. There was no wind at all, it was hot and humid, and it was eerily quiet, and although it was in the sun, it felt more lifeless than the 'gloom' of the forest.
"It's a swamp, it's very dangerous inside, and we locals won't take a step forward easily!"
Lin Musen looked at the huge swamp in front of him, and the expression on his little face was very serious.
"It's noon, and the animals here are resting underwater, in the mud, and it's the quietest time here. Lin Musen still followed the language of the local wood barbarians, and put the most important adjectives behind the words.
Gu Qiuyu saw such a landform for the first time, and remembered in his heart that Lin Qiqi said that the southernmost part of Huazhou was all such swamps, and it was conceivable that no one wanted to cross that dead and silent place at all.
Wei Buyu saw that the 'medicine' elder continued to walk down the mountain, and hurriedly said: "Old immortal, do we want to go through this swamp? You see my fat man, I have been tortured by this ghost weather, and I am covered in the smell of sweat, if I get to the swamp, it is difficult to guarantee that some poisonous insects will be brought over, and it will not be good for you to be affected by the time." ”
As he spoke, he kept laughing at the 'medicine', but his feet didn't leave.
The old man looked back at the fat man with a greasy face, said nothing, and pointed to the sky.
Wei Buyu looked up, and saw that the big sun was already hanging above the heads of the five people at this time, exuding intense heat, if it weren't for the 'shade' and 'tide' of the damp air with trees, this heat alone would be enough to roast people.
"We're almost there. ”
Elder Yao looked at the surrounding terrain and led the group to turn around and walk towards another part of the mountainside, and then disappeared into the dark forest.
Several people followed the 'Yao' Elder in the forest quickly, changing their directions many times along the way, sometimes heading towards the bottom of the mountain, sometimes walking towards the mountain, as if looking for the location of the big snake. However, along the way, there were no signs of large animal activity, and there were no traces of the animals that had walked, as if there were no creatures in this area at all.
Gu Qiuyu saw that 'Yao' was always looking for traces of the big snake on the mountain, and knew that what they were looking for might be a terrestrial python. Pythons are mostly aquatic because they are easy to support their heavy bodies in the water and can provide good protection, and the longest python can grow up to fifteen zhang. Terrestrial pythons are rare, and their size is much smaller, and those that can have five zhang are already very large, but the terrestrial python has a heavy body and extremely huge strength, even the lion and tiger dare not fight against it. This terrestrial python is called the Long Dragon God, so I don't know how big it should be.
The terrestrial python usually lives in mountain 'caves', and because of its power, there are hardly any large animals living around the mountain 'holes'. But the current situation is that there is no trace of a large snake or any animal in the area they have traveled for more than ten miles, which indicates that something is wrong here.
After walking for another half an hour, the five of them still didn't find the location of the big snake, and even the old 'medicine' frowned deeply.
Lin Musen lives in this forest all year round, and he can see the situation here clearly at a glance, and the dragon god is not here at all. Looking at the 'medicine' elder, he said with some concern: "Master, we seem to be in the wrong place. ”
As soon as Wei Buyu heard this, he immediately stopped, several of them came here and suffered a lot, especially him, his whole body seemed to be splashed with water, and there was no dry place, and now he heard that a few people took the wrong way, so he directly threw the bamboo basket behind him on the ground, and said: "Old man, are you okay? Didn't you come here yesterday? Why did you forget it today? Do you have any other intentions?!"
Gu Qiuyu looked at the two of them and didn't speak, he wasn't worried that the 'Yao' Lao would be unfavorable to them here, but in the face of such a strange situation, he also hoped that the 'Yao' Lao would give an explanation. There was something unusual about the area they were in, but no one knew what the problem was. To say that the dragon god is here, but several people used their internal qi when they were in this area, and their eyesight and hearing were used to the extreme, but they didn't find anything. If not here, the silence is unusual. Because it is impossible not to find anything, it is indeed impossible not to have even snakes and insects.