Chapter 96: Baicao Peak
Walking slowly through the dense forest, the thick and lush branches and leaves above my head were covered with thick snow, and I could hardly see a trace of light. There are thick pine needles under your feet, and when you step on them, you feel unsafe and soft.
Ling Dong's face was extremely solemn, and the dagger in his hand kept marking hidden marks on the trees passing by. It had been two days since the snow ambush that morning, and Ling Dong was moving exactly in the direction of Baicao Peak marked on the map in his hand.
But Ling Dong helplessly found that he was lost. Some of the references marked on the map were completely covered in snow, and some of the caves where he could have landed were nowhere to be found, and the pine needle forest where he was now located was completely unmarked on the map.
However, in his previous life, Ling Dong, who had extremely rich experience in mountains and forests, believed that as long as he could climb to the highest peak nearby, he could find his way again. Atom's only concern is that the current situation of getting lost is extremely unsafe.
The biggest and most abrupt danger in the mountains and forests is the ubiquitous demon beast, in the past two days, Ling Dong has killed two early demon beasts, and has been chased by a congenital late stage demon beast for half a day, it is that chase that makes Ling Dong lose his way.
That late-stage congenital demon beast was thrown away by Atom after activating the Cloud Chasing Boots, but now what Atom is most worried about is that in this situation of getting lost, if he accidentally breaks into the territory of a powerful demon beast like the Earth Hell Realm, it will really be a life of death.
Trying his best to preserve his physical strength and the abundance of innate qi in his body, to ensure that he could cope with any sudden danger, Ling Dong carefully walked through this dense forest of pine needles.
When Atom saw a glimmer of skylight, he had already walked to the edge of this pine needle forest.
Shaking his head, Ling's gaze swept over the Qiankun Ring disguised with gold leaf on his fingers, fortunately with this large-capacity Qiankun Ring, he privately prepared a large number of supplies when entering the mountain, otherwise it would be a terrible thing to get lost in the mountains and forests.
Looking at the dark skylight, Ling Dong walked a few quick steps, ready to find a sheltered and secluded mountain col to spend the night. Suddenly, halfway up the mountainside not far away, a trace of firelight flickered and jumped there, like a guiding light in the night, which made Ling Dong can't help but be happy.
At the moment, Ling Dong is no longer looking for a place to stay, but strides towards the halfway up the mountain, in the winter mountain forest, where there is fire, there must be people, as long as you find the warrior who enters the mountain, the problem of Ling Dong getting lost will be solved.
However, Atom still carefully used the transformation technique to change his appearance. Although it is said that there are also warriors entering the mountains in winter, there are not many, and it is not good if Ling Swaggers past and bumps headlong into the boulder gang who are chasing him all over the mountain.
When he got closer, he could vaguely see that there were four warriors sitting around the fire, and they didn't look like the people of the Boulder Gang, the people of the Boulder Gang, the ordinary gang, all had uniform clothing.
"Who!" Ling Dong's silent footsteps still aroused the alarm of a middle-aged man, and the warrior quickly turned his head and stared at Ling Dong, his eyes full of vigilance.
Hearing the middle-aged man's drinking, the other three also quickly turned around, holding weapons and standing on guard. And faintly leaning sideways, they all hand over their backs to their companions, apparently a small group that often cooperates.
Only then did Ling Dong discover that these four warriors turned out to be three men and one woman, the female warrior, plump and abnormal, even the bloated clothes in winter, still couldn't hide the fiery figure, and the weapon in his hand was a very strong soft whip full of barbs.
"Don't panic, don't panic, I just went into the mountains to collect medicine and got lost, there is no malice!" The warriors who meet in the wild often become very distrustful, and it is very common for the warriors to become angry and kill people when they see wealth.
"You can get lost when you go into the mountains to collect medicine, isn't it?" The plump woman raised the whip in her hand in some demonstration.
"Qiu Kaiyang, 18 years old, the day after tomorrow's eighth-layer cultivation, forced by life, so I plan to go into the mountains to collect medicine to earn some silver to buy meat to eat!" Ling Dong shrugged.
The woman with a hot figure sneered: "Earn money to buy meat to eat, this reason is really funny!" With this smile, the pair of waves on her chest became even more turbulent, and her eyes straightened when she saw a martial artist beside her.
"Young, growing body, love meat! Can I partner with you?" or show the way!" Ling Dong said kindly again.
Looking at Ling Dong's young face, he reported that his family cultivation was only eight layers the day after tomorrow, and even the strength of the hidden point was not high, and those martial artists were obviously relieved.
"Sit down, no one has any trouble when you're out of the house!" the middle-aged man pointed to the fire and said, but the woman with a hot figure was obviously a little unwelcoming to Ling Dong.
"You can call me Lao Tie, a congenital three-layer cultivation! This is Amu and Lao Mao, both of whom are innate first-level cultivation, this" When the middle-aged man named Lao Tie turned his eyes to the woman with a hot body, his voice was interrupted by the woman.
"The old lady's surname is Miao Mingli, you can call me the eldest sister, because I am the captain of this Hu Demon Hunting Squad!
Ling Dong looked at the middle-aged man in astonishment, this woman turned out to be the captain, and the latter nodded slightly awkwardly.
"You are really bold enough, not to mention the eighth layer of the day after tomorrow, many martial artists at the peak of the ninth layer of the day after tomorrow dare not enter the mountain, you dare to enter the mountain alone! What about your luggage?" The middle-aged man saw that Ling Dong did not have a suitcase, and asked again.
"For the sake of life, there is no way!" Ling Dong shrugged his shoulders, "I lost my bag, I was chased and killed by a demon beast in the early stage of congenital life, and I lost it when I escaped!"
"The cultivation of the eighth layer of the day after tomorrow can actually escape from the mouth of the demon beast in the early stage of the innate stage, good luck!" another martial artist named Old Cat exclaimed.
"By the way, where is this, I'm lost here, I'm going to Baicao Peak to collect medicine, but I can't figure out where Baicao Peak is now?"
The four martial artists who heard the words showed shocked expressions at the same time, and there was an even greater contempt in their eyes, especially the eldest sister Tou Miao Li, who claimed to be the captain of the demon hunting team, with a contemptuous expression on her face: "Do you know where your feet are?"
"Where is my feet?" Ling Dong was stunned, looking at the expressions of these people, Ling Dong suddenly felt that he seemed to have done something stupid.
"Baicao Peak!" After Amu and Lao Tie shouted in unison, they burst out laughing, leaning forward and backward with laughter, even the serious Lao Tie's expression was a little weird, obviously amused by Ling's behavior.
Ling Dong touched his nose a little embarrassed: "Is this really Baicao Peak?" No wonder there was no reference on the map, Ling Dong was still wondering just now, what he was holding in his hand, but the precise map drawn by the martial artists of the Ling Family Elite Hall himself, how could he get lost, it turned out that he had already entered Baicao Peak.
Seeing Ling Dong's embarrassing appearance, as well as the laughter of Amu and the old cat, the pretty face of the eldest sister Miao Li suddenly froze, and the soft whip in her hand exploded in the air: "Enough, laugh so loudly, aren't you afraid of attracting demon beasts?"
Amu shuddered with the old cat, as if he was afraid of this big sister Miao's head!
"What do you see, it's so late, do you want to be hungry?" the eldest sister Miao Li scolded dissatisfiedly.
"Old cat Amu, go to the alert, I was touched by a rookie on the eighth floor of the day after tomorrow, you are not ashamed, I am still ashamed!" Sister Miao scolded while serving the iron pot on the fire.
"Also, Qiuzi, don't be idle, go over there and pick up some dead branches, it's cold!"
Ling Dong was a little unimpressed by the name of 'Qiuzi', which was directly simplified by Sister Miao's head, but he still got up and went to collect firewood.
Walking into the distance, Ling Dong also heard the voice of Sister Miao scolding: "The rookie on the eighth floor of the day after tomorrow can only pick up firewood, Lao Tie, let me tell you, such those who eat dry rice should hurry up tomorrow morning, so as not to drag us down!"
Hearing the sound of Ling Dong didn't make a sound, if he wasn't lost, he really didn't want to intersect with other warriors in this mountain, at least this group of people was very swaggering at this time, not to mention anything else, raising a fire in the middle of the mountain, wouldn't that be a guiding light for the warriors.
A quarter of an hour later, a pot of broth without much greasy broth came out of the pot, and Atom was honored to be given a bowl, and a piece of dry food harder than a stone, but with hot soup, it was better than anything. A bowl of hot soup is better than anything else.
In fact, in Atom's Qiankun Ring, there are spirits, jerky meat, barbecue, dried tofu and other things that are considered luxurious in the mountains, but Atom didn't take it out, exposing the Qiankun Ring is a big trouble!
After the meal, the old cat Amu and others continued to brag nonsense, Lao Tie insisted on extinguishing the fire, but the eldest sister was not allowed, saying that someone would come on a cold day, and added a handful of firewood.
"This woman's alertness is too bad!" Ling Dong was depressed, and suddenly heard a sentence floating in the wind in the middle of the mountain: "Hall Master, there is a fire there, there must be someone, where to look!"
Ling Dong's expression suddenly froze, his judgment was indeed correct, in the dark night, the fire in the middle of the mountain was no different from a demon beast that smelled blood to a warrior!
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PS: Thanks for the renewal ticket of Rose Cherry Meat!