Forgetful Springs (I)

The military advisor and his party cautiously crawled on the ground like turtles on the goose-yellow soft grass, for fear that the slightest wind would provoke the five-pointed tree to show off its might again. This is a strenuous way to walk, but it is much safer than a normal walk.

More than a dozen "long worms" were writhing, and they were holding torches in their hands. A very professional mouth shouts a small branch as a "piece" - a device used by the sergeant to prevent noise during the march.

Everyone didn't dare to speak, and a sneeze would attract the complaining eyes of the people next to them.

A circle of people crawled out of the five-pointed forest in embarrassment, and the reason why they knew that they had come out of the evil forest was because the short goose-yellow tender grass before could no longer be found.

The growth of those grasses was completely stained with the light of this ten-foot-tall five-pointed tree. The growth of the five-pointed tree is not only due to the fertility of the land, but also to the evolution of its form in order to adapt to the environment, not by simply growing naturally, but by relying on the adaptive progress, in order to obtain more nutrients, by hunting the living creatures that pass by. It's like man-eating trees and flytraps.

The way is different, the result is the same, this is the instinct of survival.

Phew! Scar got up and spit out the small gray wooden stick in his mouth, "Hey! The atmosphere is not too much for people to gasp and suffocate!" Looking up at the night sky made of the canopy, panting.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight......

The military advisor was busy counting the heads, and the wooden stick in his mouth did not spit out, and he used it as a willow branch soaked in water, chewing to clean his teeth.

"Now there are only eight of us who are not injured - you, me, Tiehu, Scar, Meng Mao'er, Dan Wumao, Wu Sande, and Broken Feng, and the other three are all slightly injured, but fortunately they are not injured in their legs, and they can continue to walk. The military advisor stopped chewing, like an adjutant reporting the battle situation to the commander in chief, and concisely reported to the six fingers the pros and cons of our current side.

"I complained that there was a rotten smell in the grass, and it turned out that the demon tree had used the corpse as its own fertilizer. Six-fingers gossiped as he cleaned up a thin bone fork that had been exposed to the air for a long time.

The military advisor didn't care, because he was very grateful to Six Fingers for saving his life twice. When the military advisor wanted to tell the others to "set up camp here", Six Fingers whispered in the military advisor's ear, "Don't be too clever and won't give you a bite to eat." ”

The military advisor shuddered for a moment and looked at the six fingers. But six fingers and one head of black shoulder-length hair covered his face. No one could tell whether his expression was cold, majestic, threatening, or "I can see it all"

There are many people and little food, and the military advisor is indeed playing his own small abacus. It's like being cautious in the woods is the last word, but when a group of people ran in front of him, he didn't stop it, and he didn't warn him verbally. Didn't I just think that in case there was danger ahead, the death of a few people would increase the amount of rations in disguise.

"I see. The military advisor did not regret it, and was still very respectful. An immortal is an immortal.

"Let's all rest here for one night and leave tomorrow. ”

Iron Tiger Scar rested for a while, and hurriedly cut some willow and poplar branches to make a fire overnight. They don't dare to touch thorny branches like purple-leaved barberry and black locust, their bodies are already scarred after tossing all the way, and the clothes that can cover their bodies from the cold are almost becoming slippery strips of cloth.

The firewood here also has its own characteristics. The smoke and dust that rose were reddish-purple, mixed with the fragrance of jujube flowers, just like a hungry man, as long as there were delicious dishes in front of him, he always felt that his stomach was still empty. They are also desperately inhaling this refreshing aroma. The warm wood fire roasted each of their throats a little dry. Especially the military advisors, who have not touched a drop of water for a day and a night. The mouth is full of dry foam, and no saliva is secreted at all. Even bitter willow branches can't stimulate the tongue buds to give some sweetness.

The hearts of the people began to stir.

The sound of the spring began to come to everyone's ears.

"You hear the sound of the spring!"

"You just talk about it! The springs are all in the mountains, and besides, why didn't you hear about them just now?"

"Maybe it's a geyser. ”

"I heard it too, this is the sound of the spring gurgling up!" Scar was so excited that he stood up and listened quietly, carefully, everywhere in this spring. Slip a thorn and run into the woods to the south with a torch.

"Come back soon—" Before the strategist could finish shouting, Scar could no longer see his shadow. He also chased after him with a torch, caring too much about Scar.

The others saw that the military division had gone, and there must be no problem. The last one to get up was Six Fingers, and he was still wondering, why didn't I hear the sound of the spring before? Is it really just a geyser, is it that simple?

As he spoke, he followed, and did not raise a torch, because he didn't need to.

The location of the fountain was not very far away from them, otherwise they would not have been able to hear such a faint sound as cooing. There is indeed a puddle of water here, the size of a zhang. In the middle of the watery water, there is a finger-high column of water gushing outward.

The surrounding trees are like it, as if they are grateful for the nourishment of this spring, and the trees that should be born in the sky are all bent over, some are obliquely long, and some are directly arc-shaped trunks, all like it. The trees around this spring are not very strong, not because the spring water is not nutritious, but because this treasure land of feng shui is crowded with too many trees - ginkgo, fir, stinky fir, white pole, red spruce, green pole, larch, cedar, tabuliformis, red pine, white bark pine...... This rare tree also gathers here, making it impossible for them to stretch their bodies when they get along, not to mention that they are not easy to grow.

They are like starlings that don't let them escape from their cages, like fences guarding vegetable gardens, like homes that keep them out from the wind and rain.

The surrounding trees grew too densely, and the black branches were all stacked together, so they could only be cut down, and it was not easy to separate. Scar rushed out of the way. But walking in it, I was still scratched on my arm and belly by the trees in my neighborhood.

The military advisor glanced at the water's edge, and the water was so clear that he could see the figure of a person. He specially put the torch close to his cheek, only to see that his hair was disheveled and somewhere stained with a feather, black face, and messy eyebrows. The hooked nose appears more curved, and the cheeks are deep-set...... Rumi's face is more like his father.

The ripples on the water interrupted the military advisor's thoughts.

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