Chapter 571: Forest Adventure
It is said that after Mu Ziyi and Yi Huan left from the summoning order, they went directly to the Yunmu Forest, stayed day and night without stopping, and soon reached the border of the Yunmu Forest.
Looking at the magnificent Yunmu Forest, Mu Ziyi couldn't help but say: "This is simply too huge! Although I have heard Ren Xiao talk about this place before, when I saw it with my own eyes, I was still shocked!" Yi Huan also said: "That's right, Grandpa has mentioned this place more than once, although he has been mentally prepared for a long time, it still exceeds expectations!"
Hearing Yi Huan say this, Mu Ziyi asked, "Senior he should know a lot about this place, right?" Yi Huan nodded, and Mu Ziyi continued: "Then did he say that he should pay attention to anything when entering here?"
Yi Huan thought for a while and said, "Always pay attention to your surroundings and don't let your guard down!" Mu Ziyi waited for Yi Huan to continue, but the other party had already finished speaking. Mu Ziyi asked: "Is there only one sentence?" Yi Huan nodded and said: "Grandpa said, it's better not to come to this kind of place, just say that it's dangerous here!" Mu Ziyi smiled bitterly: "That's it! just one sentence, it's enough, at least I know that the next journey won't be so easy!"
Then, the two entered the forest, and before they had walked a few steps, Mu Ziyi turned around and could already see the way he had come.
The surrounding trees are thicker than a dozen tied together, and if the poles are hollowed out, they can be used as wooden houses. Looking up, the sky is almost invisible, only sporadic sunlight penetrates the dense branches and leaves and sprinkles on the ground, all kinds of trees are overgrown, and the flowers and plants on the ground are also dense.
"This is simply a dream world!" Mu Ziyi sighed. Yihuan was also attracted by the surrounding environment, and both of them couldn't help but forget what Du Fu had said.
Just as the two of them walked, there was a sudden commotion in the blades of grass. On the branch above their heads, a spotted snake was spitting letters.
At this moment, Mu Ziyi was attracted by the grass in front of him, he stared at the grass intently, signaled Yi Huan to stop advancing, and then pulled out the white phoenix sword and walked towards the grass step by step.
"Huh" A gray rabbit jumped out of the grass, and Mu Ziyi breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out to be a false alarm. But just when he turned around and signaled to Yi Huan not to worry, Yi Huan saw a python thicker than a human hanging down from the tree and swallowed the rabbit in one gulp.
"Ahh Mu Ziyi hurriedly turned around, and the python was also attracted by Yi Huan's voice and looked at the two of them. The python, which had never seen a human before, was clearly interested in the two creatures and quickly crawled towards them.
Mu Ziyi saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly pulled the motionless Yi Huan and ran away.
"Hey, did your grandfather say what you should do if you encounter this python?" Mu Ziyi hurriedly shouted. Yi Huan said as he ran: "Grandpa, he only said one word?"
"What word?"
"Run!"
I don't know how long the two ran away, and finally got rid of the python. When they were holding on to a big tree and panting, Yihuan suddenly pulled Mu Ziyi and motioned for him to look up. As soon as Mu Ziyi looked up, he saw a black press overhead, and the two of them accidentally broke into the bat habitat.
The bats hanging upside down on the branches stared at Mu Ziyi one by one with big eyes, and Yi Huan whispered to Mu Ziyi: "Don't move, slowly, move slowly!" Mu Ziyi didn't dare to act rashly, obeyed the instructions of this Yi Huan, and carefully moved the steps under his feet.
Suddenly, Mu Ziyi accidentally stepped on a dead branch, and then a dead tree pole beside him became very fragile due to the wind and sun, and it was affected and exploded directly, like a firecracker, from the bottom to the top, bursting one by one.
Finally, the bats connected to the dead tree pole were startled, and in an instant, all the bats above their heads fell from the tree pole and flew towards the two of them with their wings spread in the air.
"What did Du Fu's predecessor say about this situation?"
"Run!"
I don't know how long they ran, but the two finally escaped the attack of the bat. Mu Ziyi sat on the thick tree pole on the ground and said, "It's terrifying! The predecessor is right, it's better not to come to this kind of place!" Although Mu Ziyi sat down, he always felt that something was wrong, and touched the tree pole under his butt with his hand, which was cold and very smooth.
Now Yi Huan opposite him was already frightened, Feng Shang was not sitting on a tree pole at all, but the hungry body of the python just now, and the head of the snake was on top of Mu Ziyi's head, opening its bloody mouth.
The python's saliva fell on the top of Mu Ziyi's head, and he looked up, and at the same time, the python also bit down. Out of instinct, Mu Ziyi hurriedly turned over and dodged the attack.
The two continued to run, and finally, the forest began to become dark, and Mu Ziyi knew that the sun was about to set. But how do you spend the night in such a place? This became a concern for the two of them.
"I think it's probably a little safer in the trees than on the ground!" Mu Ziyi looked up and saw a hole in the tree pole above his head. Yi Huan also looked up, and she said to Mu Ziyi: "Aren't you afraid that there are other terrifying creatures living in this tree hole?" Mu Ziyi said while climbing the tree: "The matter has come to this point, we have no other way out!
After saying that, he came to the entrance of the cave, Mu Ziyi drew his sword in his hand, and cautiously looked at the tree hole. At the same time, there was also a friction sound in the tree hole, Mu Ziyi held his breath, he thought that no matter what was inside, he would kill it with a sword.
"Squeak!" The thing in the tree hole ran out, Mu Ziyi was startled, and after a closer look, he found that it was two brown squirrels, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
Mu Ziyi beckoned Yi Huan to climb up, although the entrance of the tree hole is small, only one person can enter and exit, but the space inside is very large, enough to accommodate Mu Ziyi and Yi Huan.
Yi Huan saw through the hole in the tree that two poor squirrels were now home on the branches of the tree and could not go back, she was a little unbearable, so she whispered to the squirrels: "I'm sorry to occupy your home, there is still a place inside, you can come in!"
Seeing this, Mu Ziyi said with a smile: "They can't understand people's words, I can only be sorry for them tonight!" Who knew that as soon as Mu Ziyi's words fell, the two little squirrels actually entered the tree hole one after the other, as if they understood what Yi Huan had just said.
Just when Mu Ziyi was dumbfounded, Yi Huan smiled and said: "Animals are also spiritual, although they can't understand what you are saying, they can feel whether you have malicious intentions!" Yi Huan said and reached out to touch the squirrel next to him, at first this squirrel was a little timid, but soon he was conquered by this comfortable massage and enjoyed lying there. The other saw it, and actually took the initiative to run over to seek a massage.
"Just kidding!" Mu Ziyi still couldn't believe what he was seeing in front of him.
"If you don't believe me, you can try it! There must be no malice!" Yihuan said to him. Mu Ziyi decided to give it a try, so he also reached out to pet the squirrel, and the two little things really did not dodge, but enjoyed it very much.
After a while, after the two squirrels accepted the service, they came to the corner of the tree hole and groped for a while, holding a few walnuts and dried fruits and placing them beside Mu Ziyi and Yi Huan. Mu Ziyi smiled and said, "Yo, they also know how to pay us for labor!" As he spoke, he picked up a nut and put it in his mouth, biting it hard, and almost jumped out of his teeth.
Mu Ziyi grinned and spit out the nuts, Yi Huan said with a smile: "It seems that you are not blessed to receive this kind of reward!" Mu Ziyi took out the cadres he had prepared on the road from his baggage, took a bite and said, "This is what people eat!"
The squirrel saw Mu Ziyi eating, and stood next to him and looked at him curiously. Mu Ziyi asked, "Do you want to taste it?" and as he spoke, he broke off a small piece of cake and handed it to them. The two squirrels grabbed the cake and ate two bites, probably not liking, so they threw the cake away, turned around and grabbed their dried fruits and ate them. Mu Ziyi smiled and said, "Look, they still can't afford my food!"
How can there be no wine after eating enough? Mu Ziyi picked up his gourd and drank it with his head up. At this time, Yi Huan asked a question that Feng Shang had also been curious about before: "I haven't seen you drink wine all the way, why haven't you finished drinking it until now?" Mu Ziyi pretended to be mysterious and said: "Hehe, my gourd is not an ordinary gourd, but there will be a steady stream of fine wine in it!" he handed the gourd to Yi Huan, signaling that she could taste it.
The latter took the gourd and said: "I rarely drink alcohol, and I don't let me drink it, saying that it's not a good thing!" Mu Ziyi said: "It's okay to taste two bites!" Yi Huan put the gourd on the tip of his nose and asked, sure enough, it was fragrant, and then took a small sip, and there was a hint of sweetness. Mu Ziyi said: "Wine is a magical thing, there are sweet, spicy, and bitter. Different people taste different things in different situations!"
"Is it amazing?" asked Yihuan curiously. Mu Ziyi smiled and nodded, the squirrels beside him seemed to be very interested in wine, Mu Ziyi gave them the gourd night, but he didn't expect the two squirrels to jump around excitedly after taking two sips, and one of them actually ran out of the hole, and ran back after a while, as if he wanted to take Mu Ziyi somewhere.
In this way, the two rested in the squirrel's hole for the night.
The next morning, when the two woke up, Mu Ziyi saw that the two squirrels were each holding a bamboo tube. Mu Ziyi took the bamboo tube, there was a clear liquid inside, he smelled it, it turned out to be wine, and after tasting it, it was wine.
Mu Ziyi asked in surprise, "You two, where did you get it?" The squirrel tugged at his clothes and motioned to follow. Mu Ziyi saw that Yihuan hadn't woken up yet, so he quietly came out of the cave, and then followed the squirrel.
Soon, the squirrel took Mu Ziyi to a small stream.
Mu Ziyi saw a bamboo by the stream through the squirrel, and one of the sections of the bamboo had a small hole, and the water flowed out of it.
"Did you all get the wine from here?" Mu Ziyi took the water stream and tasted it in disbelief, and it was indeed wine.
"This, how is this possible?" Mu Ziyi couldn't believe his palate, and tasted it again, this time he was finally sure that it was wine.
Mu Ziyi observed the surroundings for a long time before discovering that the water from the stream splashed into the bamboo tube after hitting the stones, and over time it formed a natural wine-making tank.