Chapter Twenty-Three: The Blood-Patterned Black Python in the Black Water Pool I
Wang He was the first to stand up and carefully looked around. The fog seemed to be a little thicker, but not as dark as it had been. Shadows of overlapping trees can be seen faintly in front of you. There were corpses of silver-toothed wolves all around, sprinkled with silver blood everywhere, and some organs flowed out of the wolf's body and spilled onto the ground. The air was filled with the smell of silver-toothed wolf blood, which did not look fishy, but had a faint aroma.
"Are these wolves enough?" Ji Chengdong also stood up and began to turn over the corpse of the silver-toothed wolf, "Didn't Director Chai tell us to let us kill thirty? These seem to be less than thirty, right?"
"I think that the head wolf is top ten," Leng Han said, "The mutated silver-toothed demon wolf has a cultivation level close to the third order, and its combat power is at least equivalent to five or six of its kind." If you kill it, you'll get some more rewards. ”
"Oh!" Ji Chengdong quickly ran to the corpse of the silver-toothed wolf, carefully examined its whole body, and jumped on the spot, as if he had picked up a treasure.
"I said, why is it so difficult to deal with! It's really a silver-toothed wolf! The mark on its forehead is worth a lot!"
"Why do you still want to make money?" Fan Junfeng rolled his eyes again, "We are on a mission, and all the loot has to be handed over to the academy." ”
"Oh, that's too," Ji Chengdong nodded, "Guys, how do we pack them? Do we just pack them away, or do we peel off the skin and claws?"
"Let's pretend directly," Ye Hengyuan said, "We're all quite tired and don't have the strength to peel off." Nobody has ever skinned this thing, have they? Peeling it around could break it. ”
"Well," Fan Junfeng nodded, "Director Chai doesn't seem to have told us about skinning. Let's just load it. Just use the box that the director gave us. ”
"Okay!"
Ji Chengdong opened his backpack and took out a small square box. The box, which was only half a fist in size, was maroon in color, with several bright red stripes carved on each side.
He put the red box in the palm of his hand and slowly injected a trace of spiritual power into the middle of the box. The red box floated from his palm, gradually getting bigger, and opened the lid, and the bright red streaks on the surface became brighter and brighter, and began to flicker.
A powerful attraction burst out from the middle of the box, like a whirlpool. At its opening, swirling spiritual power fluctuations could be faintly seen. It sucked one silver-toothed wolf corpse after another, complete or mutilated. In the end, even the corpse of the silvertooth-headed wolf was sucked in entirely.
After absorbing all of the silver-toothed wolf corpses, it began to spin in place at high speed, little by little, it became smaller, darker, and returned to Ji Chengdong's hands.
"This is the Demon Spirit Guide for storage, right?"
Ye Hengyuan stared closely at the box in Ji Chengdong's hand. It was the first time he had actually seen the role of a storage spirit guide, and it was inevitable that there would be some fuss. The so-called demon spirit guide is a variety of machines that are made and driven with spiritual power, even ordinary people without martial spirits can indulge it through the simplest spiritual power *control. Although it is said that there are all kinds of demon spirit guides in the entire continent in Cangling Academy, there are only those relatively low-level ones that can be accessed by the students, such as amplification, lighting, and so on. Storage spirit guides are even more scarce, and most junior students have not had the opportunity to get their hands on them.
"That's right," Ji Chengdong flicked his wrist and stuffed the box back into his backpack, "This is still made by Director Chai himself." ”
"Yes," Xue Mengyi said, "Director Chai is usually very fierce, but his heart is very delicate and meticulous." I've heard that he has been involved in making nearly half of the Demon Spirit Guides in our academy. ”
"Really?" Ye Hengyuan still didn't believe it. He really couldn't believe that Director Chai Ding, who was five big and three rough and vicious, could actually make such an exquisite demon spirit guide.
"My master told me," Leng Han said, "that such a thing as a demon spirit guide only appeared about a hundred years ago. Its original inventor was the head of the twelve generals of Cangling. At present, in the entire Cangling Kingdom, only a few people from the upper class are able to own and use it. The people who can make it are even rarer. This is especially true in the other four countries. And it can't be used to make weapons at the moment. ”
"Well," Wang He nodded, "That's right. Even in our Xuanjia Sect, only my grandfather and a few elders can make demon spirit guides. The box that Director Chai gave us was just the most basic storage demon spirit guide. ”
"Is your mission to hunt spirit beasts?" Leng Han asked, "What else?"
"Do you still need to ask?" Fan Junfeng rolled his eyes and glanced at Leng Han with a not-so-friendly look. It was clear that he still didn't have much trust in the uninvited guest.
"We also need to find a group of brown martens and hunt them," Mr. Wang said, "and we need to hurry." Further inside, the spirit beasts will only be more and stronger. None of us will have the opportunity to rest. ”
"Brown mink...... Leng Han stretched out his right index finger, rubbed his temple, and glanced at the shadows of the trees in front of him.
"I know there's a place up ahead. Master brought me here once. There is a colony of brown martens there, and there should be no fewer of them. I can take you there. ”
"Really?" Ye Hengyuan asked, "In what direction, how far do you need to go?"
"About seven hundred meters or so," Leng Han pointed to the left, "this is the distance to the north." If it is a distance to the west, it will be about 1,200 meters. ”
"Twelve hundred meters?" Wang He frowned, "Isn't that to the edge of the valley?
"There's a spring there," said the cold after a pause, "formed by the spring dripping from the cracks in the mountains." There is a clearing in front of the spring, which is home to a colony of brown martens. Just ......"
"It's just what?" Ji Chengdong was a little impatient, "Let's go quickly, I'll go back to the errand after the fight! What if another group of silver-toothed wolves comes out? Can we still stop it? What's more, there are a lot of other spirit beasts inside!"
"That's right, let's go. The brown marten has no attack power, and it is not dangerous, so we just need to watch out for the ghost marten mixed in, right?"
This time, it was Xue Mengyi who spoke. Due to her light attributes, she is very unsuitable for this environment full of dark elemental elements. The further she went, the more uncomfortable she felt, especially the strong sense of rejection and depression, which made her unbearable. She pouted and put on a very unhappy look.
"There may be danger there," Leng Han said, "neither Master nor I have ever been in, but we just glanced at it as we passed." Master, she didn't tell me anything. I just felt like there might be something in the water. ”
All five of them stopped talking, and their expressions became solemn. Even Ji Chengdong, who seemed extremely impatient just now, didn't say anything more.
"Hengyuan, what do you think?" Wang He glanced at Ye Hengyuan beside him and asked.
Ye Hengyuan thought for a moment, raised his head, looked at the cold cold standing in front of him, and two rays of light suddenly flashed in his eyes.
"You can go. Brother Leng, I believe in you. If we encounter a strong enemy, we will unite and defeat it. ”
"Hengyuan," Fan Junfeng took a step forward and stood on Ye Hengyuan's left side, "He hasn't been to that place either, what if it's dangerous?"
"We must learn to take risks from now on," Ye Hengyuan said, "We are people who want to become battle-type spirit masters." On the battlefield, no one can say that they are safe, and no one can not take risks. ”
Of course, this sentence was not what he thought, but Yuan Guobin said in the weapon use class. At that time, he did not say yes as loudly as the other students, but secretly kept this sentence in his heart. On the way to Qingfeng Forest, Qiu Bai said something similar.
"Makes sense," Wang He nodded, "I agree." We need to train ourselves, and we need to challenge ourselves. In the future, on the battlefield, no one can predict all the circumstances, and it is even more unlikely that there will always be someone to protect us. ”
"Good. Fan Junfeng also agreed very simply. Xue Mengyi blinked lightly and flattened her mouth, which was considered a tacit acquiescence.
"Okay, Brother Leng," Ye Hengyuan nodded, "Then I'll trouble you to lead the way." ”
"No hassle. Leng Han nodded, but there was no smile on his face. But even so, his expression was relatively gentle, and he also revealed a special charm, rather than giving people a feeling of rejection thousands of miles away like Fan Junfeng.
The group rested in place for nearly half an hour before continuing their journey. Leng Han stood at the front of the team and opened the way in front with Ye Hengyuan. His speed was not very fast, but it was steady, and with every step, there was a faint chill on his body. It doesn't look cold, but it makes people feel a little cool. After inhaling this cool air, my breathing became easier, and the feeling of heaviness and depression caused by the surrounding fog seemed to have disappeared a little.
The road is getting rougher and rougher, and every few steps there are one or two puddles that pop up, or one or two bushes crisscrossing the road. The grass on the ground grew taller and taller, almost reaching the knees. Both the grass and the bushes have an unsightly withered yellow, which is even darker under the black-gray mist. The crowd had to activate their spiritual power again and speed up their actions. But because it was a downhill road, everyone didn't dare to slow down too fast.
Along the way, there were constantly spirit beasts attacking everyone, there were lizards emerging from the grass, spiders weaving webs between the bushes, and drillers coming out of the ground. But all of them were single or two or three spirit beasts, and none of them appeared in groups. Naturally, they did not hinder the crowd.
Soon, the shadow of the mountain wall towering into the sky appeared in front of everyone's eyes. In everyone's ears, there was an extremely slight sound of running water, or dripping. If it weren't for the silence in this misty forest, with the cultivation of Ye Hengyuan and the others, it would be difficult to find this voice