Chapter 21: Weird
Swish!
When approaching the signal point, Wang Mu deliberately slowed down.
He first took a closer look around.
He listened intently to make sure there was no other movement there.
Then he slowly came to the woodland under the flame talisman with the long sword in hand.
If you look closely, there is only one person in the woodland.
It was the White side of the patrol.
At this moment, he was crouching on a black stone beside a green pond when he heard footsteps turn to look at Wang Mu.
Seeing that the first person to come was Wang Mu, Bai Fang showed a surprised smile on his face: "Wang Mu? I didn't expect you to be the first to come. ”
Seeing this, Wang Mu inserted the long sword back into the scabbard and relaxed, "Did Big Brother Bai find anything?" ”
However, although the longsword was inserted back into the scabbard.
But Wang Mu actually did not let his guard down.
At this moment, his right hand was quietly hanging by his side, and the Qingyun Sword was already ready to be launched.
It's not that he has any persecution paranoia.
He was simply vigilant, because he didn't dare to forget the experiences that Wang Shi had told him before he came.
Seeing that Wang Mu did not rush closer, White obviously understood what the other party meant.
Although he was a little surprised that a newcomer was as sophisticated as these old men, he didn't care and said: "There seems to be a very strange trace here, I can't tell if it's a demon beast or not, so I have to ask the captain to identify it." ”
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a slight movement in the forest again.
Wang Mu turned his head to look, only to see that the captain Liu Yao and the deputy captain Han Xun had also arrived here.
Subsequently, several team members arrived one after another.
In the same way, everyone did not rush closer.
Captain Liu Yao looked at Wang Mu, saw that he was not close to Bai Fang, nodded appreciatively and smiled: "Yes, it is a good habit to be so cautious in the first mission, keep it up." ”
Wang Mu smiled: "Yes." ”
Then, Liu Yao took the initiative to take a few steps closer to White, and then looked at White: "A is a spirit stone, B is an elixir, C is a talisman seal, what is Ding?" ”
White said in a low voice: "Ding is a steamed bun." ”
Liu Yao frowned and said, "Are you sure?" ”
White smiled, "Sure." ”
Seeing Liu Yao raise his right hand and clench his fist.
The crowd breathed a sigh of relief.
The whole process seems very weird.
Wang Mu was confused from beginning to end, and his face was full of confusion.
Ah, this ......
Well, he chose to keep his mouth shut.
However, it seems that White should have no problem.
But then again, why is Ding a steamed bun?
According to the previous rules, shouldn't it be an answer like a magic weapon or a spell?
Just when Wang Mu looked confused.
Liu Yao then said: "Zhao Kun, come here, and the others rest in place." ”
Although Wang Mu was a little curious, he still obeyed the order and sat down on the spot like the others.
What made him a little speechless was that Wang Shi was also very obedient at this time.
Sits beside him at a distance, ten paces away from him.
At the same time, he frowned at him and said, "Look! I'm right! ”
A smug expression of "newcomer, you can learn to do it".
There is no need to use the code, Wang Mu knows that this guy is definitely not fake.
The level of familiarity between the two, even if Wang Shi pouted his buttocks, Wang Mu knew what kind of fart he was going to fart.
Putting these aside, it can be seen from this performance that the rules in the patrol team are still very strict.
All the details are in place.
At the same time, every member of the team is very cautious.
This means that everyone is desperate for their lives.
Never joke with your own life.
This also means that these players are quite reliable.
At least for now, Wang Mu has not found out which is a pig teammate.
In the distance, after completing the docking with Liu Yao alone, Zhao Kun also followed Liu Yao to White's side.
The three of them squatted next to the pond and watched for a while, and Liu Yao shook his head: "I can't judge." ”
After speaking, he turned his gaze to the side.
That is, Zhao Kun, who is the lowest in the entire team except for Wang Mu.
Zhao Kun frowned, shrugged his nose carefully while lying on the edge of the pond, and shook his head: "It's not a demon beast, but this beast is quite spiritual, and the smell is very unique." ”
Then he stood there and thought for a while, and Liu Yao and Bai Fang did not disturb him.
Not long after, Zhao Kun suddenly smiled: "I know, this is the Golden Spirit Monkey." ”
"A kind of monkey animal with quite intelligence, although it is called a spirit monkey, but there is no demonic energy in its body, and it has not yet become a climate."
"Even if this animal is an ordinary beast, its intelligence is not low, comparable to a mortal child of five or six years old."
"The smarter ones even know how to use some of the tools."
"But it doesn't mean that they are demon beasts, the villagers of Liangshan Village should have misunderstood."
"As far as I know, there should have never been a Golden Spirit Monkey in the area where Liangshan is located, and these monkeys may have migrated from other places."
After hearing Zhao Kun's explanation, Liu Yao nodded trustingly.
Without him, because Zhao Kun is the member of the entire team who knows the most about monsters and beasts.
The Zhao family where Zhao Kun is located is a well-known animal taming family in Baishui Town.
The horses ridden by the officials of the town government of Baishui Town and the animal carts that the monks rode when they traveled were all provided by the Zhao family.
After listening to Zhao Kun's explanation, Liu Yao waved his hand, turned around and left the pond with the two of them.
At the same time, beckon others to take turns to see it alone.
By the way, an identity check was carried out.
After reading it, Wang Mu knew.
Why do the villagers think this is the monster's doing?
This is because there is a fishing rod-like thing hanging in the water at the edge of the pond, and a slender aquatic weed is wrapped around it.
On the shore, there are still some fish bones and bones.
and some that resemble human footprints but have many different footprints, and a large number of them wander around fishing rods.
There are also finger-length blond hairs left in place.
It looks like these golden monkeys are learning to fish with humans.
This ability to imitate, that's a bit scary.
If it weren't for the Demon Beast that had opened the Spiritual Intelligence, it would have been impossible for an ordinary beast to do this, in Wang Mu's opinion.
Obviously, though, there are exceptions.
"It's not the first time that this kind of thing has happened to a beast with a high level of intelligence as a demon beast, and it can't be blamed on the villagers."
"After all, they are just ordinary people, and they don't have the ability to recognize demonic energy."
Only then did Wang Shi approach Wang Mu and explain.
"What the hell is demonic energy?" Wang Mu asked curiously.
"It's also a kind of aura, it's very special."
"It's invisible, but if you get close to it and release your aura to sense, you will feel a pungent sensation."
"Attention, it's not a taste, it's a feeling, it's peculiar."
Wang Shi tried to explain to Wang Mu.
"However, it's one thing to say, and you still need to feel for yourself what it looks like." Zhao Kun on the side suddenly spoke.
Wang Mu nodded and looked at the other party's nose curiously.
Just now, Zhao Kun just sniffed it a few times and confirmed its type, could it be that there was anything special about his nose?
As if sensing Wang Mu's gaze, Zhao Kun touched his nose with a smile and explained: "Our family has been dealing with these things all year round, and we are very familiar with all kinds of beasts and demon beasts, so we have developed a special sense of smell. ”
Han Xun said with a smile: "When he joined the team for the assessment, his smell test was a full score!"
Wang Mu suddenly felt admiration.
There were ten items in the olfactory test at the time, and he was wrong about two.
All right?
That's a good nose!
After everyone had visited, Liu Yao gathered everyone together.
"Now it seems that there are no traces of demon beasts in other places except here."
"In other words, we haven't found any traces of demon beasts in this exploration."
Han Xun looked at Liu Yao: "Go back directly or go to Liangshan Village?" ”
Everyone looked at Liu Yao one after another.
Wang Mu looked surprised, what is there to ask.
The task is to detect the traces of monsters and deal with them.
If there is no demon beast, just go back and it won't be over, and someone will naturally do the thing to inform the villagers.
However, unexpectedly, Liu Yao showed hesitation on his face, but he quickly said: "Let's go to Liangshan Village, and by the way, appease the villagers who are panicking because of this." ”
Hearing this, everyone seemed to have no opinions, and it was obviously customary for Liu Yao to make the decision.
Han Xun took the lead and walked forward: "Then let's go, we should be able to arrive before dark." ”
Seeing that everyone had no opinions, Wang Mu, as a newcomer, naturally didn't say anything.
Since the captain is going, let's go.
But he felt it was a bit redundant.
Isn't the patrol team busy?
Is it possible that such a small matter should be dealt with personally?
Or does Liu Yao think that this can show the town's care for the villagers even more?
With this doubt, Wang Mu didn't say a word along the way, but occasionally drank a few sips of water soaked in Bailing Branch.
But what made him a little puzzled.
While on the way, he inadvertently observed Liu Yao a few times, but found that the other party was frowning.
Sometimes when he noticed that he was staring at himself, Liu Yao would smile, as if nothing had happened.
But the more this happened, the more strange Wang Mu felt.
He even had a feeling that the closer he got to Liangshan Village, the tighter Liu Yao's brows wrinkled.
The expression seemed to be more solemn.
It's as if something has happened.
But later, I don't know if it was because Wang Mu watched it too many times, and was discovered by Liu Yao.
Liu Yao's expression suddenly calmed down, hiding all his emotions.
This made Wang Mu's heart inexplicably a little more vigilant.
Liu Yao...... It seems that something is hidden from them!
Could it be that something is wrong?
Then I thought about it carefully, and I didn't think of anything worth paying attention to.
Just as Wang Mu was meditating, he was suddenly patted on the shoulder.
Wang Mu suddenly turned his head to look, only to see that Liu Yao didn't know when he came to his side, smiled at him and said in a low voice: "Don't think about it, just obey the order." ”
Wang Mu's heart moved, and when he saw that the other party was just smiling at him, without any superfluous expression, he nodded.
But when Liu Yao walked away, Wang Mu's heart immediately chuckled.
Because it was just the moment when he approached Liu Yao.
He saw fine beads of sweat on the other's forehead.
There are generally two types of sweating on the human forehead.
With Liu Yao's cultivation, it is impossible to sweat because of tiredness.
Then that's all that's left...... Nervous!
Wang Mu's eyes narrowed, and he subconsciously touched the cuff of his right hand.
Liu Yao, what are you nervous about?