As the mountain rises, the fog becomes heavier.

In many cases, the visual distance is only about one zhang, and the surrounding area is shrouded in thick fog, as if you are in another world.

Wu Dachuan led the puppy in front of him and led the way in fear, looking left and right from time to time, for fear that a monster would come out of the fog and swallow him.

Yun Que and Mu Qingyao walked side by side, and Luo Xiaoyu walked last.

No one spoke.

In addition to the sound of footsteps, only the soft sound of bottles and cans in Luo Xiaoyu's package remained.

"When you were in distress on the mountain, did you find the origin of the vines? Or something weird. ”

Yun Que broke the silence and spoke up.

"It was so foggy that I didn't see anything suspicious except for the large vines." Mu Qing Yao said.

Yun Que pondered for a moment and analyzed:

"Don't you think the vines are strange, they are obviously plants and trees, but they seem to have a lot of mind."

"Indeed, in order to trap me, the vines weave together to form a large sturdy web, much like a cooperative ant colony." Mu Qing Yao said.

"If it's an ant colony, the queen is the biggest weakness." Cloud lacks a way.

"Capture the thief and capture the king, find the core of the vine, destroy it, and you can get rid of the danger completely!" Mu Qingyao's eyes shone brightly.

Yun Que shook his head slowly, denying the other party's statement.

Mu Qingyao was very surprised, and couldn't figure out what was wrong with her calculations.

"The vines don't look like ant colonies, I feel like something else."

"Like what?"

Looking at the dense fog at the top of the mountain, Yun Que condensed his guess.

"Roots."

"Roots?"

Mu Qingyao was silent, noncommittal to Yun Que's speculation.

"Maybe they have a common body, a walking grass spirit, attracted by the white bones in the belly of the mountain, and arrived here two or three months ago, buried in the foggy mountains, and created fog." Yun Que said in a deep voice.

Mu Qingyao was shocked by Yun Que's whimsical thinking, and it took a while to come back to her senses, and she wondered:

"How to explain the spiritual materials in the mountain? If there are really powerful grass and tree spirits in the Foggy Mountains, it is impossible to let the existence of heavenly and earthly treasures around them, and they will definitely take it for themselves as soon as possible. ”

"Bait."

Yun Que gave an answer and said:

"All kinds of spiritual materials in the mountains are the bait of the grass and wood spirits, used to attract nearby demon beasts and monks, when people are attracted by the spiritual materials and arrive in the Foggy Mountain, they become the blood food it hunts."

Mu Qingyao frowned after hearing this, and after a long time, she said solemnly:

"If the vine is like an ant, no matter how powerful the queen ant is, it is limited stronger than a single vine, so that it will not be unable to resist, but if the vine is the root, the terrifying degree of this demon will be far beyond expectations."

"Hopefully I'm wrong." Yun Que's voice was low, and a ray of worry flashed in his eyes.

At this time, the four of them had already trekked more than halfway up the mountain.

There were no demon beasts along the way, and there was not the slightest sign of the existence of spiritual materials, and not even a single figure was encountered.

It's so quiet that it makes people feel a little palpitating.

Arriving at a slightly flat area, Yun Que motioned for everyone to take a break for a while.

The dog, Wangcai, circled around a tree, barking twice at the trunk from time to time.

Wu Dachuan thought that the puppy was going to pee on the territory, so he said angrily:

"You're just a dog in the mountains, and the whole mountain is yours, okay."

Yun Que first looked at the mountain here, and came to a boulder buried deep in the ground.

I couldn't pry it after trying it, so I nodded with satisfaction.

"Do me a favor."

Yun Que beckoned Mu Qingyao to come over, and at the same time placed the remaining nine top-grade flying swords in the storage bag on the rock.

Mu Qingyao couldn't figure out what Yun Que meant for a while, and Wu Dachuan almost dropped his jaw in shock.

You can just get nine high-grade flying swords!

That's a lot of money!

Wu Dachuan swallowed and foamed at the mouth in shock, thinking that Yun Que was a poor boy who had just started, and it turned out that he was a low-key God of Wealth!

Yun Que took out a flying sword, plunged into the rock with all his might, leaving only half of it outside, and then removed the hilt.

Mu Qingyao immediately understood.

She used her aura to unleash another flying sword, sending it through the rock, blade facing upwards and leaving only half of it on the outside.

The two of them worked together and soon inlaid nine flying swords side by side on the rock, forming a device similar to the Horse Rejection Array.

It's a simple sword formation, which looks rough and actually works.

If something rushes down from the top of the mountain, it will definitely be disemboweled!

"Leave it behind, maybe you won't need it."

There were almost no living creatures on the mountain, and there was a heavy fog shrouded in fog, so it was unlikely that the flying sword left behind would be found.

Yun Que measured the direction with his hand and asked himself to write down the location of this place.

"Good way!"

Wu Dachuan gave a thumbs up, this method is not only effective, but also costly, and the poor must not be able to afford it.

He felt relieved, so he leaned against the tree where the puppy circled and took a breath.

There was a scar in the tree, the size of a duck's egg, covered with irregular folds, just above his head.

"Let's go."

With Yun Que's order, the four of them continued to climb the mountain.

However, as soon as Wu Dachuan left, the scar on the tree turned slowly, like a human eye.

The mountain is getting steeper.

The speed at which a few people traveled slowed down.

The closer you get to the top of the mountain, the more trees become.

The puppy Wangcai always sniffed the ground, sometimes barking twice at the trees in the way.

The state of the puppy disappointed several people.

If you continue to look for it like this, let alone find Zhou Yuanliang and others, it will be difficult to find a dead mouse.

Wu Dachuan also felt faceless, and scolded:

"Looking for people to make money, not looking for trees! A living person, a big living person like me, you know! Isn't your nose quite smart, what's wrong today? ”

"Maybe, maybe Wangcai is sick." Luo Xiaoyu muttered quietly.

After walking for a while, Mu Qingyao activated her aura, and the flower spirit sword immediately emitted an invisible sword aura, dispersing a large area of dense fog around her, revealing a clearing.

Empty, with nothing but weeds and trees.

"It shouldn't be far from here."

Mu Qingyao's eyebrows gradually frowned, a little puzzled.

She could roughly tell that the place where she was in distress with her classmates before was nearby.

But there was no sign of any living person around.

There is not even a trace of a fight!

It was as if dozens of disciples in the Southern Courtyard had disappeared out of thin air after she was dragged into the ground, evaporating from the world.

Mu Qingyao even wondered if the same door had already escaped in advance and returned to the Sword Palace.

Yun Que's expression became more and more solemn, thinking about something along the way.

Wu Dachuan once again pulled Wangcai away from the tree, and he suddenly felt a little chill in his back, as if he was being stared at.

Turning his head sharply.

There was nothing behind him, except the tree.

Wu Dachuan couldn't help but shudder, and hurriedly returned to Yun Que's side.

"Senior Brother Yun, don't you think it looks like someone is watching us?"

Wu Dachuan looked around in horror, and his sweat and pores were cold.

The Foggy Mountain was so weird that he felt that he was not climbing the mountain, but walking in the Nine Secluded Mansion, and he couldn't tell when he would meet the King of Hades.

Luo Xiaoyu shrunk her neck, and felt as if there were many eyes staring at her.

Mu Qingyao's gaze was as sharp as a knife, and she scanned the surroundings, but she never found anything.

At this time, Yun Que took a step and walked to a tree.

With his back to a few people, he looked at a piece of scar on the bark, and after a while, he uttered a startling remark.

"Found it."