Chapter 20: New Missions
After a few more days of intensive training, the academy finally assigned a new task to the first year, going to the Misty Forest to investigate the unknown source of the sound.
The Misty Forest, as its name suggests, often has mist spawning, and more poisonous basilisk insects shuttle through it, and the level of danger is by no means comparable to that of the Trials Forest.
Just in case, the academy handed out fog pointers and medical kits to each team.
Unlike before, this time the team is a six-member team, consisting of a team with similar rankings.
As the first person in the grade, Ying Chen naturally served as the captain, and Zheng Xiaoxiao became the vice captain.
The team began to make their way towards the depths of the Misty Forest, but unfortunately, as soon as they entered the forest, the fog began.
"Put on alert!" Ying Chen's order, the team members immediately looked around and no longer relaxed.
"Brother Chen, there seems to be a strange noise around!"
As soon as Chen Jia's words fell, more than a dozen sharp cries came from the surroundings, and then there were more and more cries, at least dozens of them.
Lin Haoyang stared ahead and said, "Could this be a fog monkey?" ”
Zheng Xiaoxiao nodded and affirmed: "The only fog beast that lives in the group is the fog monkey!" ”
Ying Chen immediately said: "Protect Haoyang, let him control the shield, prepare to break through, don't get too far away!" ”
The cry got closer and closer, Ying Chen and Zheng Xiaoxiao took the lead, and dozens of flying flowers were thrown at the same time, attacking forward.
As the flowers flew out, a scream was heard in front of them.
"Break through in this direction!" Ying Chen shouted.
Wherever they went, they saw the fog monkey they had killed, a blue monkey with a body as tall as half a man.
The shouts gradually changed from the sides to the rear, and Ying Chen and the others knew that they had already broken out of the encirclement of the fog monkeys.
But at this moment, they can't take it lightly, creatures like fog monkeys will not easily give up their prey in their eyes.
"Xiaoxiao, let's break off!" Ying Chen and Zheng Xiaoxiao slowed down their pace, from the opponent to the end of the team, flying flowers while running, but obviously, constantly condensing the spiritual sea is very consuming spiritual power.
Fortunately, Ying Chen was prepared, he took out the elixir and threw it to Zheng Xiaoxiao, telling her that she could take it when she needed it to restore her spiritual power.
However, at this moment, a sound that resounded through the mountains and forests came from behind them, and it was terrifying.
"Could it be that a big fog monkey is coming?" Lin Haoyang didn't dare to look back, but just ran forward with the team.
However, the screams began to be heard from behind, and such voices came and went.
"These fog apes are fighting among themselves?" Chen Jia felt incredible.
Ying Chen listened carefully to these voices and said, "No, no, they are being hunted!" There's another fog beast here! Come on! ”
Hearing Ying Chen's words, everyone broke out in a cold sweat, and they didn't have time to think about it, so they began to run forward quickly.
The sound behind them stopped, and the surroundings were silent, unusually terrifying.
"What's the situation?" Lin Haoyang muttered quietly.
Suddenly, a black shadow jumped from the left rear to the left front, and then began to move to the right again.
"What a speed!" Zheng Xiaoxiao exclaimed, Wei Ling'er and Wei Shuang'er beside her were close to her.
"Let's be surrounded by it!" Ying Chen judged the current situation.
"Boss, what are we going to do?" Lin Haoyang asked tentatively.
Ying Chen thought for a moment and said, "This fog beast didn't rush over, which means that it is not absolutely sure to take us, let's stay where we are and act carefully!" ”
In this way, the two sides continued for a few incense sticks, and the black shadow still did not rush over.
"Let's move forward slowly and see if it will attack."
According to Ying Chen's suggestion, the team members began to move forward slowly, and strangely, the black shadow in the fog only followed them, and there was no sign of rushing over.
"Don't let your guard down, I guess this fog beast is waiting for us to stop being on guard."
At this moment, a light shone in front of him.
"Anyone up ahead?" Ying Chen couldn't figure it out, could it be that someone was controlling the fog beast?
But when the light came, the shadow was gone.
In the mist, a figure was seen, holding a dust whisk in his hand.
"Looks like a Taoist priest?" Lin Haoyang and Chen Jia said in unison.
"Let's go up and have a look."
Under the leadership of Ying Chen, the team walked towards the place where the figure was, and when they got closer, Ying Chen saw a face with a rather obscene smile, and he had the urge to let people go up and beat him.
"Unscrupulous Taoist, why are you here?" Zheng Xiaoxiao also recognized the person in front of him at this moment, it was the little fat Taoist priest he met in the bazaar, Wu Liang.
"Immeasurable Tianzun, my master calculated that you have a calamity today, and specially asked me to come down the mountain to help you." Wu Liang temporarily restrained his smile and said seriously.
"What kind of fog beast was that black shadow just now?" Chen Jia couldn't help but ask.
Wu Liang shook his head helplessly, and said, "I'm afraid it's not a fog beast, as for what it is, I still won't tell you." ”
"Fat Taoist, what are we going to do next? The Academy asks us to investigate the source of unknown sounds in the Misty Forest. Ying Chen looked at Wu Liang inquiringly.
"You are actually investigating this matter, and our Taoist temple is also investigating, but there is no clear conclusion yet, I heard that the sound can only be heard in the center of the misty forest, and some people say that it is a song."
After Wu Liang finished speaking, he took out an object, and there were words in his mouth: "The spirit bead appears, and the fog dissipates!" ”
As he finished reading these words, the spirit avoidance bead in his hand shone brightly, and the fog of dozens of meters around him dispersed, and the surrounding trees became clearly visible again.
"What a magical artifact!" Lin Haoyang couldn't help but widen his eyes at this moment, looking at this Taoist priest who was about the same size as himself, he actually had such a good thing, and he couldn't help but look up to it.
"Let's go this way." Wu Liang took Ying Chen's team and walked towards the center of the Misty Forest.
Along the way, they did not encounter any fog beasts again, and after walking for about two hours, everyone heard a sad and tactful flute, like weeping, very sensational, and made people cry.
"Is this the unknown voice?" Ying Chen only felt that this song was very familiar, and there was a sense of déjà vu, and he began to think about it.
But Ying Chen has lived with his grandfather in Luohuapo since he was a child, and he has never heard such beautiful music.
"Let's go, let's go inside."
The sound of the flute began to reverberate in this space, resonating with the entire forest, making the listener feel that the sound was coming from all directions, and it was difficult to find the source.
"The flute seems to tell a story." As soon as Ying Chen's words came out, Zheng Xiaoxiao immediately agreed, but others didn't feel this way.
"Boss, there doesn't seem to be fog here?" Lin Haoyang's words made everyone realize that dozens of meters away, outside the range of the Spirit Bead, there was still no fog.
"Huh? There's a bunch of people up ahead! Chen Jia used his eye skills to see what no one else saw.
"Let's go, go over and have a look!"