Chapter 141: Dead Bodies in the Barren Forest
Thinking of this, I took out a quaint double-sided gossip mirror from the backpack I was carrying.
"Brother Cheng, what is this, how can I feel the ancient charm of Taoism from it?"
Bai Ze had never seen my magic weapon, so he asked curiously.
"This is the Yin and Yang Bagua Mirror, which was given to me by Granny Hei at the beginning, and she told me that this Dao initiation is used at a critical moment to dispel evil delusions and return to the origin."
I can't guarantee whether this yin and yang gossip mirror can dispel the fog, but in this situation, I can only give it a try.
I opened the mirror, bit the blood on my fingertips, applied it to the mirror, and began to recite a series of charms from memory.
As I chanted, the gossip mirror began to tremble incessantly, and a golden light emanated from the mirror, penetrating the layers of mist and reaching the sky!
Soon, under the effect of the Bagua Mirror, the fog was completely dispelled, and our vision finally returned to clarity.
Cortana and Hui, who had been trapped in the fog just now, also saw us at this time and walked over quickly.
After counting the number of people and making sure that everyone was okay, I was about to move on, but at this moment I realized that there were three forks in the road ahead, each leading to a different unknown place.
I was also a little confused about which way to go.
"Huh? What is it? ”
At this moment, Xiao Na suddenly pointed to Bai Ze's body and said, I followed Xiao Ze's gaze, and sure enough, I saw that there was a black handprint on the hem of Bai Ze's clothes!
This mudra is several times larger than the palm of an ordinary person's hand, and the fingers are bent and put on a strange posture, as if it means something.
"Xiaohui, come here!"
At this moment, I glanced around, but I noticed that on the side of Xiaohui's clothes, there was also a black handprint!
The handprints on Xiaohui's clothes took another pose, and I asked Xiaohui and Bai Ze to stand together and combine the two handprints.
Looking at it, I suddenly found that these two handprints seemed to be an indication mark!
The thumb and index finger of the left handprint and the index finger of the right hand form the shape of "middle".
In other words, this mudra is telling us to choose the fork in the middle?
After I told my analysis, Lonnie agreed with it, but Bai Ze questioned it.
"Brother Cheng, I admit that your analysis is very reasonable, but what if this is a handprint deliberately left by a monster to lead us astray?"
I have to say that Bai Ze's questioning is very reasonable, if this handprint was deliberately left by the monster, then what this handprint points to is likely to be the most dangerous road!
It's just that now, for us, there are not many choices, and choosing the other two is not guaranteed to be the right path.
After thinking about it for a few seconds, I decided to take a risk!
"Let's follow this path first, and if we encounter danger halfway, we should quickly withdraw and choose another path."
My compromise plan is also the most suitable choice at present, and Bai Ze did not raise any objections, so we rested for a while and walked towards the middle road.
This mountain road is extremely treacherous, not only the road is narrow, but also winding, and if you are not careful, you can fall into the abyss.
I walked at the front of the team, I don't know how long it took, finally, I raised my head, and found that the road ahead was already a smooth road, here, is the top of Dagu Mountain!
Not far ahead, a quaint temple lies there, and on the eaves of the temple hangs a plaque with three gilt characters written on it.
"Mountain Temple!"
I glanced at Lonnie and Bai Ze, and led everyone into the mountain temple.
Inside the temple, directly in front of it is a statue of a mountain god, the statue is covered with a thick layer of dust, and the beams of the house are covered with cobwebs, and I don't know how many years no one has set foot in it.
After walking around the temple and finding nothing, we walked out to check the surroundings of the temple.
When I walked around to the back of the mountain temple, I couldn't help but froze.
In front of him was a barren forest, as far as the eye could see, all the trees had long since died, the branches were bare, and on each dead branch, there was a dead body!
These dead corpses don't know how long they have been hanging on it, some of them are only a skeleton left, and some have been completely enshrined and become a dry corpse, at a glance, densely packed, at least a thousand corpses!
A cold wind blew, and the dead bodies swayed and swayed in the wind, as if to welcome us uninvited guests.
In this scene, even I felt a tingling of my scalp!
At this moment, I suddenly heard a faint cry for help in the barren forest.
I looked over and saw two "dead bodies" with their mouths open, shouting at me.
Then I realized that it wasn't a dead body, it was two living people!
Lonnie reacted so quickly that before I could say a word, she rushed towards the two men to rescue them.
But as soon as she ran a few meters, countless dead vines suddenly spread across the ground, quickly entangled Lonnie's body, and swept her into the air!
"Ni!"
I couldn't help but shout and wanted to save Lonnie, but at this time, the dead vines on the ground began to swim towards us like countless snakes, and the speed was extremely fast!
Before I could react, the boundless withered vines had already surrounded us, and Bai Ze, Xiao Na, and Xiao Hui couldn't dodge, and they were swept into the air by the withered vines, unable to move!
It's just that for some reason, those withered vines seem to turn a blind eye to me, and when they spread around me, they will automatically avoid it, as if there is something in me that makes them fearful!
After rolling Bai Ze and them up, the withered vines began to tighten continuously, and I saw that Bai Ze and their breathing became more and more difficult, and Xiaohui could no longer support it, and began to roll his eyes.
If they don't make a move, they'll all die here!
Thinking of this, I no longer hesitated, and directly took out the Yin and Yang Bagua Mirror, turned over the yin side, and at the same time punched out a string of talismans in the air.
The gossip mirror shone through, and the talisman burst into flames, and soon a sea of fire was formed, quickly devouring the dead vines on the ground!
I used the Bagua Mirror to control the fire, and the flames avoided Lonnie and Bai Ze, only burning the strange vines.
Soon, the vines that entwined them were burned to ashes, and Bai Ze and the others regained their freedom!
As the fire spread, the entire barren forest was bathed in flames, and a crackling sound was heard.
At this moment, I suddenly saw that the scene around me began to change, and the barren forest, as well as the mountain temple beside me, disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Where we stand, there is nothing but a bare mountain.
It turned out that everything I saw just now was just an illusion!