Chapter Twenty-Three: The Blackwater Swamp
At noon the next day, Han Fei and his newly recognized sister Han Weier arrived at the Blackwater Swamp.
The Blackwater Swamp was located in the southwest of the Wuthering Forest, and part of the swamp connected the Spirit Beast Forest and the Wuthering Forest, so there were often a large number of spirit beasts in it, and several spirit beasts that Han Fei wanted to hunt could find traces in it.
The area of the Blackwater Swamp is huge, and spirit beasts, miasma, quagmias, etc. pose a great threat to those who enter it, and adventurers and mercenaries who do not have enough strength will never dare to easily break into the depths of the swamp, and it has always been regarded as one of the fierce places on the mainland.
From the dense forest to the edge of the swamp, the front of the eye is a very open water, the abundant water and grass from time to time there are birds rising and falling to feed, but the light mist condensed over the swamp makes it impossible to fully see its true face.
On the surface, the Blackwater Swamp appears very peaceful, and the dark green waterways that crisscross the swamp flow slowly and calmly.
Walking through the verdant and soft grass, Han Wei'er stopped in front of a reed bush by the river, she pointed to an almost unrecognizable path in the grass and said, "Brother Han Fei, this is the path that the swamp giant crocodile has stepped on, and in the black water swamp, only the road they pass through and leave traces is the safest. ”
Han Fei nodded, although the aquatic plants covered most of the traces, but the marks left by large animals were not so easy to erase, knowing this, it was relatively easy to find a relatively safe path.
"Brother Han Fei, you wait a minute. ”
As she spoke, Han Weier pulled out the scimitar she was carrying, grabbed a human-tall reed and slashed it with a knife, skillfully lifted it and shaved off the leaves on the branches, and sharpened the tip into a spike.
What is this for? Han Fei paused slightly, only to see Han Wei'er tiptoe through the grass with a long pole in her hand and come to the river, staring at the river for a long time.
The water system in the swamp is all extremely dark green, not because the water itself is this color, but because there are countless dark green aquatic plants growing under the water, one by one, completely dominating the entire underwater world, presumably the name "black water" is from this.
Just when Han Fei was puzzled by Han Weier's actions, Han Weier suddenly made a lightning strike and stabbed the reed straw pole in his hand into the river.
In the next second, she actually picked up a river mussel the size of a basin from the river!
The reed straw pole was undoubtedly quite hard, and there was almost no bend in the shell of this big black mussel, so Han Wei'er carried it back to Han Fei, and said with a happy smile: "I was lucky today, I just found a big mussel, and the pearls in it can be exchanged for a lot of food! I have been here a lot before, but I have never caught such a big black mussel." ”
Han Fei suddenly realized, no wonder she was so familiar with the situation in the area of the Blackwater Swamp, Elder Eevee was not wrong at all when he said that she was the best guide.
"Let me help you!" Han Fei squatted down and grabbed the two mussel shells, which were undoubtedly stabbed by Han Wei'er when they opened, and now no matter how tightly they clamped, they couldn't completely close them.
With a strong force, the entire river mussel was broken into two petals by Han Fei, revealing the white-flowered mussel flesh inside, and the rows of black pearls on the left and right were extremely eye-catching.
"Ah, that's so much!" Han Wei'er let out a joyful cheer, she picked out the largest pearl with purple in the black, handed it to Han Fei and said, "Brother Han Fei, this is the mirage of the black mussel, as long as you hold it, you don't have to be afraid of the miasma in the swamp." ”
Han Fei finally understood Han Wei'er's intention to catch the river mussel, in fact, with his current strength, even if he didn't have a mirage, he wouldn't be afraid of the swamp miasma at all, but it was the so-called preparedness, so he accepted it.
After picking out the pearls, Han Weier used a scimitar to cut off the reed straw pole in two short sections, and dug a small hole in each of the two reed poles.
She handed Han Fei a piece of reed, and stuffed the other into her mouth.
A crisp and loud chirp came from Han Wei'er's mouth, and she actually made two whistles out of the reed straw pole.
"Brother Han Fei, after you enter the swamp, I will be waiting for you nearby. Han Wei'er took out the whistle and said: "The Blackwater Swamp often gets foggy, if you can't find the right direction after you return, you can blow the whistle, if I hear it, I will use the same whistle to show you the way, its sound can be heard far away." ”
Han Fei couldn't help but admire it greatly, although this whistle was very simple, it completely reflected Han Weier's intelligence, which ordinary people would definitely not expect.
Originally, Han Weier was going to accompany Han Fei into the Blackwater Swamp, but Han Fei resolutely denied it, because Han Weier also didn't know much about the situation in the depths of the Blackwater Swamp, and the most important thing was that her safety could not be guaranteed, although Han Weier's talent was amazing, but her talent may not be suitable for the dangerous and unpredictable Blackwater Swamp.
Han Weier also understood this, so she didn't insist, but her experience had already helped Han Fei a lot.
Haw!
Just as Han Fei was about to say goodbye to Han Wei'er, a sharp hiss suddenly came into his ears, and he saw a red shadow quickly burst out from the woods not far away, rushing towards the location of the two of them like arrows from the string.
Spirit Beast? Han Fei's heart sank in shock, and he didn't want to pull out the samurai sword on his back to prepare for battle, although the fire shadow didn't look big, but the strength of the spirit beast was not distinguished by size.
Unexpectedly, Han Wei'er next to her cheered, opened her arms to meet her, and the fire shadow rushed closer and jumped in the air, just throwing herself into her arms.
At this time, Han Fei saw the appearance of the Hokage clearly, it was a spotted raccoon with fiery red hair, it was obviously familiar with Han Wei'er, and it was rubbing it in her arms with great affection.
Han Wei'er hugged the spotted raccoon rat and said to Han Fei: "Its name is Xiaohua, it is my good friend, it will come over every time it hears my whistle, but it is smart!"
While speaking, the spotted raccoon rat jumped out of Han Weier's arms, and jumped to the side of the mussel shell in three or two times and began to chew on the fat mussel meat.
Han Fei immediately found a corresponding name from his memory, because there was a description related to it in the Spirit Animal Illustrated Book. The fire civet rat is a first-order spirit beast, and its attack ability is not high, but it is extremely fast and difficult to catch, and many nobles like to keep it as a pet.
With its company, I believe that Han Weier will not be lonely here.
"Three days, whether there is a harvest or not, I will come back in three days. Han Fei finally said, "If I don't come back, don't wait for me or look for me, go back to the tribe!"
Han Wei'er nodded silently, watching Han Fei's back gradually disappear into the mist of the swamp.
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