Chapter 56: The Blood Maple Forest is ambushed
The next day, Qin Bai bid farewell to Jiang Yaoyao's parents early in the morning, he refused the kindness of Jiang Yaoyao's parents to send a garrison escort, and embarked on a new journey alone. I don't know if it was because he was busy with the crown ceremony, or because of other reasons, Jiang Xiaoyao did not say goodbye to Qin Bai in person, and Qin Bai was still a little disappointed because of this.
Riding a horse alone, he continued to go south, without Jiang Yaoyao's company by his side, which made him feel a little empty, but he knew that she was the new patriarch of Sanmiao, and she had a mission to complete.
He stopped and looked back at the direction of the Sanmiao tribe, this farewell I don't know when I will see you again, maybe I will never see you again, he looked at the north in a daze, as if he wanted to say a silent goodbye to Jiang Yaoyao silently.
"Hey! If you look at it again, your neck will break. β
Qin Bai turned his head in surprise, and Jiang Yaoyao, who was dressed in a simple seedling suit, flashed out from behind the tree with a smile.
"Why are you here? Isn't it your crowning ceremony today? β
"I promised to go to the Heavenly Desolate Mountain Range with you, how can I go back. I have already told Rie about the crown ceremony, and the patriarch of the three Miao will be the leader of the three Miao Mountains, and it will not be too late for me to accompany you back from the Tianhuang Mountain Range to succeed you. β
Qin Bai was happy and worried, happy that he would not be so lonely on the road because of Jiang Yaoyao, but worried that the Tianhuang Mountain Range was unpredictable, and he was afraid that Jiang Yaoyao would be affected. Then he said: "I'm really happy that you can come, but I don't want the girl to be in danger together, besides, the Sanmiao tribe can't do without you, so please go back to the tribe." β
Jiang Yao's mouth pursed angrily: "Be kind enough to accompany you to collect medicine, if you don't appreciate it, forget it, and drive me away." As he spoke, he kicked his legs, rose from the ground, and landed lightly on the back of the horse that Qin Bai was riding, and with both hands, he lay on Qin Bai's back.
"The girl can't help it!" Qin Bai was startled, feeling the warmth and softness coming from his back, Qin Bai's face was slightly hot, Qin Bai twisted his body to break free, he didn't want to alarm the horses, the front legs of the horse stood up, and he screamed in the sky. Qin Bai hugged the horse's neck hard, his legs clamped the horse's back, Jiang Yaoyao's hand holding Qin Bai's waist was even harder, the horse's front hooves landed, Qin Bai straightened up and stroked the horse's neck with his hand, the horse quieted down, and Qin Bai breathed a sigh of relief.
And Jiang Yaoyao's hand was clenched, but he didn't let go, and he clung to Qin Bai's back and "giggled" and laughed.
"What are you laughing at?"
"I'm laughing at a stupid horse."
"What's so ridiculous about horses?"
"Of course horses are not ridiculous, stupid horses are ridiculous." Jiang Yaoyao said, slapped on the horse's buttocks, the horse neighed and roared, and galloped away on the road ahead, accompanied by Qin Bai's exclamation and Jiang Yaoyao's string of silver bell-like laughter, the horse carried the two and disappeared into the woods in front of them.
"Tianhuang Mountain Range, here we come......" Jiang Yaoyao's voice passed through the layers of woods, and the voice spread farther and farther.
To reach the Tianhuang Mountain Range from Sanmiao, you need to pass through the Maple Wood Tribe, enter the Great Barbarian Tribe, and then pass through the Baiyue tribe to reach the periphery of the Tianhuang Mountain Range.
After a day's walk, there is an endless maple forest in front of me, the maple here is different from other places, not only is it taller than the maple trees elsewhere, but the maple leaves are also different, the maple leaves are usually green in other places, and the maple leaves will turn red in late autumn. And the maple leaves here are in the middle of summer, but they are as red as fire.
"This is the Maple Tribe." Jiang Yaoyao said to Qin Bai.
"Why are these maple trees fiery red?"
"You don't know this, these maple trees have the blood of our ancestor Chi You Ling Emperor flowing in them! The maple leaves are blood-red all year round, so the maple forest here is also called the blood maple forest. And that's not all, if you look at the branches and trunks, they're all red. β
"I can't imagine that this Blood Maple Forest is so magical!"
Qin Bai got off his horse, approached a blood maple tree, and touched the bark with his hand, which was no different from an ordinary maple tree, except that the color was reddish-brown. Since entering the maple tribe, Qin Bai faintly felt that there was a mysterious force calling him, this feeling was ethereal and invisible, but it was real, and now stroking the maple wood, this feeling became even stronger, Qin Bai muttered in his heart: "Could it be that the power that summoned me comes from the Blood Maple Forest?" β
Suddenly, Jiang Yaoyao became a little depressed: "These maple forests are dyed red by the blood of the ancestors, and the blood of that battle was spilled for thousands of miles, and the ancestors fell in this battle." β
"The past is gone, think more about the happy things. You look at the scenery of the Blood Maple Forest as unparalleled in the world, think less about sad things, and see more beautiful scenery. Qin Bai looked into the distance, the red maple trees were endless, red like fire, bright as blood, and the maple trees were tall and handsome, reaching into the sky.
"You're right, let's keep going." The gloom in Jiang Yaoyao's heart was swept away, and the whole person became radiant again.
The two of them flew on their horses and walked through the maple forest.
The red maple forest, the brown horse, the boy in white, and the girl in the navy blue clothes, flickering and flickering, beautiful like a painting.
Suddenly!
The horse's hooves stomped into the air, the ground caved in, and the horses fell to the ground with the two of them.
At the moment of emergency, Qin Bai grabbed Jiang Yaoyao, stepped on the horse's back, flew out, and fell to the ground.
As soon as the soles of his feet touched the ground, the ground under his feet cracked into a deep ravine, and it was pitch black and bottomless, Qin Bai had nowhere to borrow strength, and he was about to fall into the ravine. Jiang Yaoyao stretched out his hand to the maple tree, and two vines stretched out towards Qin Bai and Jiang Yaoyao, the two of them grabbed one each, grabbed the branch and swung forward, and the two landed steadily on the branch of a large maple tree.
Condescendingly, I saw Jiang Xiluo's mother and daughter standing not far away.
"Jiang Yaoyao, I didn't plan to kill you, but since you crashed into the door yourself, I had to kill you together." Jiang Maling looked at Jiang Xiaoyao and said.
With the ability of the Dadu Spirit Master, she killed two juniors, and naturally she was able to capture them, so it was not alarmist to say this.
Jiang Yaoyao heard her speak like this, and her heart was also tight, and she said: "Patriarch Jiang, now that the three seedlings are one, if you kill me, have you ever thought about the consequences of your three mao?" It's not just Miao, I'm afraid that the whole Jiuli will have no place for you. β
"I killed both of you, and who knows what's going on here? Do you think that if I don't kill you, Jiang Duyun will be able to let us go? You guys are so naΓ―ve! Jiang Maling said with a smile.
Qin Bai understood that this battle was inevitable, and the two of them had no chance of winning against Jiang Maling, so he quietly sent a message to Jiang Xiaoyao: "I'll drag Jiang Maling in a fight, you find a chance to escape, don't worry about me, I'll get out and look for you." "Qin Bai didn't have any way to get out, but he didn't want the two of them to die together, so he tricked Jiang Yaoyao into letting her run for her life first.
"Later, I will solve Jiang Xiluo as quickly as possible, and then come back to help you deal with Jiang Maling, I will not leave you alone and run first." Jiang Yaoyao also quietly transmitted the message to Qin Bai.
Qin Bai listened to Jiang Yaoyao's words, and was very anxious, but he couldn't show it: "Listen to me, you find a chance to escape first......"
"Lea, don't talk nonsense with them, kill them both!" Jiang Xiluo looked at the two of them viciously.
"If you two don't speak, you don't want to escape." Jiang Maling looked at the two, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and shouted, "Heaven and earth!" At some point, a complex net-like rune had formed in the palm of her hand, and it turned out that she had been talking to the two of them just now to delay time to launch this move!