Chapter XXVII

As the iron monkey walked all the way to the corner of the camp, Shen Shi saw the stone house where the Blood Fang tribe let him live temporarily, at a glance, this stone house was not much different from the houses of the other Blood Fang tribes, whether it was the style of the house or the stones used in its construction, it was almost the same, except that it looked narrower. In addition, a layer of dust can be seen on the door and the window sill next to it, as if no one has lived here for a long time.

The iron monkey walked over and pushed the door open, looked inside, then turned his head and grinned at Shen Shi, and said, "That's the end of our clan here, you can just stay for a few days." ”

Shen Shi nodded, and before he could speak, he ran in first with the little black snort at his feet, but after only a while, the little black pig turned around and ran out again, with a disgusted look, snorted twice, and lay down under the wall next to the door of this house, lazily basking in the sun.

Shen Shi glared at this guy, then ignored him, and after a moment of silence, he pulled the iron monkey to chat for a while. The iron monkey demon clan has a calm but cheerful personality, and at the same time, he was very happy to see that Shen Shi he brought back was recognized by the patriarch, so some of Shen Shi's inquiries were basically answered.

Shen Shi first asked a few words about the situation in the northern part of the tribe, that is, the wilderness where the ancient demons were said to have been suppressed, who knew that the iron monkey also knew nothing about it, according to the iron monkey, since the blood fang tribe settled here, it had set a strict order that no one was allowed to enter the northern wilderness. This rule has been passed down from generation to generation since the ancestors, so almost everyone in the tribe does not dare to violate it, and naturally no one knows what is going on there in the depths of the northern wilderness.

However, in the middle, the iron monkey may have seen a little disapproval on Shen Shi's face, or it was just to strengthen his persuasiveness, and he also said with some regret that in the past years, there were indeed a few people in the tribe who did not agree with this rule, and without exception, they were the most powerful tribal warriors at that time.

The dragon wilderness is desolate and withered, and survival is difficult, and the large wilderness in the north is endless, no one knows if there will be better prey or better land and water and grass there, perhaps to make the tribe live a better life, so those powerful warriors ignored the dissuasion of the people around them, and resolutely crossed the boundaries drawn by the tribe and entered the northern wilderness.

"What about later?" Shen Shi saw that the iron monkey said this, suddenly paused and fell silent, and couldn't help but ask, the iron monkey shook his head, smiled bitterly, and his voice became a little low, and said:

"After I went, no one came back. ”

Perhaps this topic was a bit heavy, and the iron monkey didn't want to say anything more, so he casually diverted the topic, and Shen Shi didn't dwell on this issue any longer, and took the opportunity to ask about the situation around the Bloodtooth Clan.

The surroundings of the Bloodfang Tribe are actually part of the Dragon Wilderness, and from the Iron Monkey's mouth, Shen Shi learned that this Dragon Wilderness is very large, although the initial impression is that it is boundless and desolate, but in fact, there are many different terrains in this vast wasteland.

For example, if the Bloody Fang Camp is the center, the forbidden land where the demons are located in the north will not be taken care of for a while, and the south of the camp is a large desert, which is very hot and dry; on the west side, you will see several rolling mountain ranges, and there are said to be very powerful and fierce beasts lurking in the mountains; and in the direction of the east, the terrain is even more changeable, there are canyons, deep caves, Gobi and some small mountains, and Shen Shi is even surprised to know from the mouth of the iron monkey that there is actually a swamp in that direction.

It was hard to imagine a swamp in this seemingly desolate and dry place, but the Iron Monkey told him with great certainty that it was, and that the swamp was not too far from the Bloodfang camp and was one of the most important places for the Bloodfang tribe to get water.

After hearing this, Shen Shi hesitated for a moment, and finally couldn't help but ask the iron monkey, and said, "Since you have to run so far every time you get water, why don't you build the camp near the swamp?

The iron monkey was obviously stunned, it seemed that it was the first time someone asked him this question, which made him a little unsure of how to answer for a while, and after thinking for a while, he hesitated a little and said: "I don't know much about this, in short, when the ancestors established the tribe, they were here, it should have their own reasons." ”

Shen Shi was speechless for a while, and finally nodded, not asking anything more. After chatting for a while, the iron monkey also got up to say goodbye, Shen Shi sent him out for a while, and when he was about to break up, he suddenly thought of something, but he stopped the iron monkey, and then took out a small piece of shiny and crystal clear small stone from the Ruyi bag on his waist, handed it to the iron monkey, and asked with a smile: "By the way, have you ever seen this kind of stone in this vicinity?"

This little pebble-like thing is naturally the necessary spirit crystal for the Terran monks in the Hongmeng Cultivation Realm, Shen Shi also suddenly thought of this matter in his heart, plus he had heard that someone had indeed found the spirit crystal in the Asking Heaven Secret Realm, so he asked. Who knew that the iron monkey looked at this spirit crystal, and after being stunned for a moment, he actually nodded and said, "Hey, I've seen this stone." ”

Shen Shi was taken aback, then overjoyed, and said, "Yes, where did you see it?"

The iron monkey thought about it carefully, but he stretched out his hand and pointed to the east of the tribal camp, and said, "In a canyon over there, some people in our tribe have seen this kind of stone before, and they have brought a few back, but then they have all been taken to play with by children, and now they can't find it." ”

Shen Shi was dumbfounded, but he was not depressed, and asked in detail about the location of the canyon at the moment, but the iron monkey was not very clear about this, saying that the terrain on the wilderness was complicated, and there were many dangers, only a few of the strongest clan warriors in the past could go a little deeper, and now the Blood Fang tribe seemed to be much weaker in terms of the strength of a single demon clan than a hundred years ago or even earlier, and no one had been able to cross that swamp to the deeper wilderness for many years, so there was no too clear route.

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After resting here for a night in the Blood Fang Tribe, Shen Shi also carefully considered the current situation, and finally decided to search the surroundings to see if there was any chance no matter what. The Blood Fang tribe here is obviously a little weird and strange, including the demon that the dragon god they worship has been rumored to have been suppressed, and the situation that this demon tribe itself is completely different from ordinary demon clans, all of which make Shen Shi feel a little unusual.

As for the whereabouts of the search, Shen Shi also thought about it repeatedly, in the four directions of the Bloody Fang Camp, the southeast, northwest, and northwest, the great desert in the south was lifeless except for a few small oases, and there were also that kind of weird black insects inside, which were arbitrarily excluded by Shen Shi at will. As for the forbidden place in the north that is regarded by the Bloodfang tribe as a forbidden place to suppress ancient demons, it is obviously very strange, but Shen Shi still wants to inquire about some more news and then see if he can go there to explore, as for the rules and prohibitions handed down by the Bloodfang tribe for generations, of course, he doesn't care at all.

The rest was only left in two directions, east and west, and Shen Shi did not hesitate for too long, and quickly decided to go east. One is that the Iron Monkey clearly said that there is a place where spirit crystals are produced, and the other main reason is that there is a swamp and a place with water over there, which will always be more vibrant, so the possibility of producing spirit grass spirit materials will be greater.

Thinking of this, Shen Shi thought in his heart that before entering the Wentian Secret Realm, the senior brothers and sisters in the sect had all said that after someone entered the secret realm, he was born with good luck and fell on a treasure land with abundant water and grass and spiritual energy, and then when he opened his eyes, he was surrounded by old adult medicines and high-grade spiritual grass......

Compared with his predecessors who had that kind of luck, Shen Shi really had the urge to vomit blood when he looked at the barren land and even the weird demon tribe where he was located.

The next morning, Shen Shi, who had rested all night and was full of energy, got up early, called Xiao Hei, and prepared to leave the Bloody Fang camp and go to the wilderness to the east. When he had just walked to the outside of the Bloodfang camp, he saw that the Iron Monkey was already standing there.

Shen Shi was a little surprised, walked over, smiled and said hello to the iron monkey, yesterday in the chat, Shen Shi did not hide from the iron monkey that he was going to go out for an adventure, the iron monkey persuaded him a few words, seeing that he had a firm idea, he didn't say anything.

At this moment, seeing Shen Shi coming, the iron monkey grinned with a gentle expression. I don't know why, at this moment, Shen Shi's heart suddenly moved, but for no reason, he thought of the old white monkey, when he was in the demon world, his old monkey face seemed to have shown a similar smile to him.

Shen Shi felt a slight confusion in his heart, and it wasn't until the iron monkey called him that Shen Shi came back to his senses and said with a smile: "Why did you come here?"

The iron monkey smiled and said, "I heard you say that you were going out on an expedition, so I guessed that most of them were going to find the kind of stone you said, and after going back and thinking about it, I went to the patriarch and asked." There are still some records handed down by his ancestors in his old man's house, as if it is said that the canyon is after passing the swamp, five hundred miles to the east, well, I heard that there are many large and small canyon deep holes, but the largest of them is the largest. ”

Shen Shi let out an "ah", a little gratitude floated in his heart, looked at the iron monkey and thanked him sincerely, and said, "Thank you, this has helped me a lot." ”

The iron monkey laughed and said, "It's nothing, anyway, be careful yourself, I heard that there are a lot of dangers in the swamp and behind the swamp." ”

Shen Shi nodded with a smile, said goodbye to the iron monkey, and then walked towards the east, but only after a few steps, he suddenly heard the iron monkey say something behind him, saying:

"By the way, in a few days, we will have the annual 'Black Dragon Festival' here, it's very lively. If you can make it, you can come back and check it out. ”

Shen Shi laughed and nodded in agreement.

The iron monkey did not drag mud and water, beckoned and walked back to the tribe. Shen Shi watched his back walk away, the smile on his face slowly precipitated, and suddenly thought that if it was in the real Hongmeng world, would it be possible for the human race and the demon race to get along like this?

He was silent for a long time, and finally just sighed softly and turned to walk.

And in the layered Blood Fang Tribe of that stone house, in the peculiar two-story stone building with only three walls, the old Blood Fang Patriarch stood by the door with his hands in his hands, looking ahead, as if he was silently watching Shen Shi leave.

When the young man's figure vanished, the Bloodfang Patriarch's massive bull's eyes closed for a moment, and then slowly turned around and walked back to the center of the room.

The wall facing the north was empty, and on a new day, the newborn sunlight shone on the mysterious and desolate wilderness of the north, silently, except for a slightly chilly wind blowing from the depths of the wilderness, blowing through this ancient and lonely demon tribe.