20. Dingmeng Mountain (2) Part I
I only felt a cold sweat on my back, how could there be such a group of snakes in this Dingmeng Mountain?
The surrounding trees are very tall and lush, with only the sporadic sunlight reflecting through the branches to the ground. Zhimeng didn't dare to move at all, and even her breathing became cautious.
"Don't move, we've smeared incense, these poisonous snakes won't approach at will. She whispered to Xue Ya on the side.
As soon as the words fell, the guessed snake suddenly rushed towards the two of them, Zhimeng exclaimed, but instinctively blocked it with his hand, or Xue Ya reacted quickly, with a split palm, the snake was cut in half half half a foot away from Zhimeng, and there was no movement after twitching twice on the ground.
Zhimeng was frightened, only to see that Xue Ya's movements seemed to anger the snakes who had just woken up, their eyes flashed with a strange red light, and their ears were filled with the "hiss" sound that made people panic.
"Let's go!" Xue Ya grabbed Zhimeng's arm and ran back quickly. The serpents swooped down on them one after another. Zhimeng only felt that her legs were numb and weak, and she wanted to exert her strength but always refused to obey the call, and the whole person was almost dragged forward by Xue Ya.
Suddenly, he only heard a shrill "boom" sound from the group of snakes behind him, and Xue Ya immediately stopped and looked around. His eyebrows were furrowed, and his forehead was drenched in cold sweat, but the hand holding Zhimeng was thick and powerful.
Zhimeng didn't know why he suddenly stopped, and just as he wanted to ask, he heard a "trembling" sound from the grass around him, and the words were choked in his throat and swallowed back.
The voice of the serpents was actually calling for their companions, and they were surrounded by serpents, and the mountain could not go up or down.
"Hold on to me, I'll fly you out. Xue Ya stopped his waist and hugged Zhimeng, swung the long sword at his waist downward, and with a light tap of his toes, they drove the sword upward.
Seeing that the snakes were getting farther and farther away, Zhimeng's tense nerves finally relaxed. Unexpectedly, a large crow chirped overhead. The crows flapped their wings and struck at them with their sharp claws.
Xue Ya was shocked in his heart, screaming that it was not good, and with a twist, he took Zhimeng straight to the ground, and returned to the center of the snake group. He tightly held Zhimeng in his arms, but his back was scratched by the crow, and the wound faintly emitted a puff of black smoke.
The black smoke was exactly the same as the demon beasts emitted in the Heavenly Court before, and Zhi Meng instantly remembered the master who almost died in order to protect her at that time, and gritted her teeth, with a trace of ruthlessness in her eyes.
"I can protect myself and kill together!" Zhimeng pushed Xue Ya away, pulled out the long sword at his waist, and swung towards the group of snakes.
Xue Ya looked at Zhimeng, and once again a trace of appreciation rose to her in her heart. The group of snakes seemed to be much smarter than ordinary animals, and they surrounded Zhimeng very together, even if you had three heads and six arms, they were also caught off guard by the menacing attack.
Xue Ya gathered his internal strength, and with a wave of his long sword, a huge air flow flew towards the group of snakes moving behind Zhimeng, just stopping behind Zhimeng, and for a while blood splashed everywhere, and those snakes fell to the ground emitting heavy black smoke.
Zhimeng only felt a burst of nausea in her stomach, but she insisted on waving the sword in her hand. "She can't drag Xue Ya down, she must kill her. "The only voice echoed over and over again in my heart.
Xue Ya stood the long sword on his chest, held his breath and concentrated, waiting to gather all his internal strength on the blade, only to hear a loud shout, "Quick! Come to me!"
Zhi dreamed that the long sword in front of Xue Ya was shining with dazzling fire, so she retreated and jumped to his side. As soon as his toes landed, he saw Xue Ya swing the long sword with his backhand, and a huge flame rushed towards the snake group in a large circle like a swimming fire dragon.
The fire illuminated the dark forest, and a strange smell of burnt fire spread with a hint of fresh wind. But the group of snakes behind him did not back down. Their blood-red eyes were very strange by the flames, Xue Ya gasped, and just wanted to turn around and attack the snake group again, only to hear Zhimeng beside her scream, her arm was bitten by a black snake.
Xue Ya reacted quickly and made a sword towards the black snake, but although the black snake was cut in half, it still bit Zhimeng's head and bit it tightly, Zhimeng gritted his teeth and pulled the snake's body hard, and then he let go. But the wound was torn in half, the rolling blood kept flowing down, and the painful Zhimeng lost his strength in an instant.
Xue Ya immediately sealed several points on Zhimeng's arm, and tore off a piece of clothing on her body to help her wrap the wound. During the whole process, he was surprised to find that the snakes were still surrounding them, but they were no longer attacking. He moved forward with Zhimeng, and the group of snakes also retreated, only to hear that the head snake in front suddenly made the same "boom" sound just now, and the group of snakes fled in all directions and disappeared in an instant.
Xue Ya and Zhimeng didn't know why the snake group suddenly retreated, the two looked at each other for a long time, as if they couldn't believe it, and then looked around and observed, and then suddenly laughed together, and the tense nerves relaxed instantly.
Xue Ya and Zhimeng helped each other into a cave, "How did you know that there was a cave here?" Zhimeng tilted her head and asked curiously.
She summoned Yan'er and Taoqing to pick up some fine firewood and dry grass at the entrance of the cave, and soon set up the cave. Frightened just now, her and Xue Ya's clothes were soaked with sweat, and now that they are calm, they are a little cool, and they have to make a fire to keep warm to avoid the wind cold.
"I'm a demon. Xue Ya said lightly. His words were very soft, and he felt a little burning all over his body, and as soon as he entered the cave, he collapsed on the ground, his eyes closed and he fell asleep.
Zhimeng, Taoqing, and Yan'er sat in a circle against the fire, stretched out their cold hands, and a satisfied smile appeared on their faces.
"Actually, I think there are four worlds in the world, but everyone is very good. Why should there be war, isn't it good for everyone to enjoy the air, sunshine, rain and dew together. Do you say?"
Zhimeng warmly talked to herself, but Xue Ya didn't answer her, she looked back at Xue Ya, but saw Xue Ya with her eyes closed and didn't move. She was a little worried, and stepped forward to pull Xue Ya's arm, but suddenly found that Xue Ya's body was hot. Zhimeng exclaimed, she didn't know that he had such a high fever.
"You big wood, why don't you say a word when you're injured and uncomfortable!" Zhimeng was a little annoyed and helped Xue Ya check his pulse, looking at him extremely distressed. "I blame me for being careless, and I didn't notice that something was wrong with you. ”
Xue Ya's pulse is very unstable, sometimes strong and sometimes weak. She examined the wounds on his body, only to find that in addition to his back, his ankle had been bitten deeply by the snake at some point.
"I'm going to get some water. Tao Qing patted Zhimeng and told her not to worry, so she hurriedly went out of the cave to find a water source.
The scratches on Xue Ya's back still faintly emitted some black smoke, and the ankles were even more purple. This demon beast was highly poisonous, Zhimeng's brows were furrowed, and her heart was full of uneasiness.
The last time Ruodong Shangxian helped the master to treat, she had asked about the treatment method in private. But she didn't have a "heart" flower as a medicine now, she suddenly remembered that the poisonous snakes had hid after she had been bitten just now, and her wound still showed no signs of poison.
Could it be that her blood has the effect of detoxifying?
At this time, Taoqing took the water and rushed back to the cave, he saw Zhimeng facing her wound in a daze, "What's wrong Meng'er?" he handed her the kettle in his hand.
"Qing'er, Xue Ya was scratched by a demon beast and bitten by a poisonous snake. You used my blood to treat your grandfather before, you said, can my blood help Xue Ya detoxify?" Zhimeng seemed to be talking to herself, her voice was extremely low, but Tao Qing could hear it clearly.
Tao Qing silently sprinkled some water on Xue Ya's wound to help him clean the wound, thinking in his heart whether he should tell the truth to Zhimeng, whether this would be a good thing or a bad thing for her, Tao Qing didn't know. After a long time, I saw him nod slightly.
"It's okay if you are bitten by a snake, your blood should have the effect of resisting this poisonous snake's venom, and as a medicine, it should be able to save him. ”
Zhimeng heard that Taoqing had indeed done this, and her hanging heart relaxed a little. She hurriedly took out the antidote liquid she had prepared earlier from her bag, then bit her finger, dripped blood into the liquid and stirred it, and then helped Xue Ya lie down on her side. Holding his chin with one hand, he could swallow the potion down.
Fortunately, Xue Ya still had some vague consciousness, and when the medicinal juice entered his mouth, he obediently drank it. Zhimeng moved the fire closer in his direction and took some weeds to cover him, so that he had to sweat.
Zhimeng hugged her knees and looked at Xue Ya. He is actually a sign man, not as amazing as his master and senior brother, nor as strong as Su Mo Nai, but he has a lot of temperament and intimacy.
"Qing'er, I'm really happy, although I left the master, I made a lot of good friends, and the master also got happiness. You say that this is also a kind of fulfillment of life, don't you? ”
"Have you really let go of the dust?" Taoqing looked at Zhimeng, her eyes full of distress.
Zhimeng lowered her head and smiled, her nose was sour, and a tear actually flowed down like this. She wiped her tears and sniffed. "What if you can't let it go?" she turned her head to look at the entrance of the cave, the night of Dingmeng Mountain was surprisingly quiet, she was exhausted, watching the moonlight reflected in the cave several branches and leaves constantly intertwined and overlapped, her eyes were already sleepy and couldn't open.
Tao Qing took off her coat and put it on Zhimeng, and looked down to hear her whispering softly.
"Mountains have trees, trees have branches......"
"Xinyue Jun Xijun doesn't know ......" Tao Qing sighed, and followed Zhimeng to say the next sentence lightly.
At this time, in Lingshan, Jiechen had just rushed back from Heavenly Court. The Jade Emperor passed him on to discuss matters, but he didn't expect it to take so long.
He returned to Lingshan, calling Zhimeng all over the mountain, but there was no trace of her, and when he returned to Zhimeng's room, he saw a letter on the table. In black and white, the fingertips of Jiechen holding the letter were slightly white. Hearing only the sound of "time", the letter paper instantly turned into a cloud of ashes in his hand.
"Meng'er, the end of the world, I will also find you back. ”