Chapter 69: Moonlit Night
As the sky gradually darkened, Steward Qian did not let everyone live in the camp house, but instead raised a bonfire by the waterhole and asked everyone to stay by the pool.
He now guessed that the target of the enemy in the shadows was also Epiphyllum grass, so he couldn't let it out of his sight when it was about to ripen. Qian Yue and Huang Duo also agreed to his suggestion, anyway, they all stayed up all night, they were all martial arts practitioners, and they were not as tired as they were on the road for a day yesterday, so they still had this bit of energy.
In order to prevent their opponents from being poisoned, they did not dare to drink the water in the pool casually, but fortunately there was a small waterfall next to it, and I had not heard that anyone could poison the living water. But even so, they chose one unlucky ghost and let him try some first. After an hour, I found that there was nothing abnormal, and then I drank it with confidence.
As the moon gradually rose, there was nothing unusual around, calculating the time, seeing that there was less than half an hour before the epiphyllum grass was about to mature, many people felt that the enemy saw that they were defending too tightly and gave up.
"What do you think about the other party? Yesterday poisoned one of our people, it stands to reason that he should try his best to prevent us from coming here today, but there is no movement so far, does he really feel that he can't resist and give up?" Qian Yue asked puzzled.
He felt that this enemy was illogical, and if he wanted to stop them from coming, he should block them in the road, after all, it was easier to intercept in action than to force an attack on the defensive circle that had been prepared. If they were going to fight their side here, they shouldn't have killed them last night to warn them, for they were lax until they saw the dead in the camp.
"Second son, maybe the other party is simple-minded, thinking that we are cowards, and if we die, we will be afraid to retreat. Lord Huang replied with a smile, in fact, he also felt that the enemy's movements were very strange, but he couldn't think of a reason, and now when he heard Qian Yue ask, he couldn't help but tell a joke.
Yuan Bo was also puzzled, but seeing that the fruit was about to ripen, as long as he responded to all changes with the same, he could solve the matter.
Looking at the epiphany grass bathed in the moonlight, Qian Yue was very excited, he would soon be reborn and become congenital, not to mention that the road after that was smooth, at least it was much better than not daring to break through at all like now.
And the forty-year-old Huang Duo Master next to him was also a little envious, his qualifications were actually good, at least much better than Qian Yue, but the basic exercises were too poor, so he was also trapped at the peak of the day after tomorrow for a long time. According to his own estimates, it will take at least another five years of grinding before it is possible to cultivate the Yuan Shen and enter the innate world. After that, his potential is estimated to be exhausted, and every day up depends on his luck.
Therefore, he felt at this time that reincarnation was really a technical job, as long as he was cast into a good family, no matter how bad his qualifications were, he could still have a steady stream of resources to train people. If he could get those heavenly treasures that Qian Yue wasted, he would have been able to become an innate elder of the Tinghe Gang by now.
Because of excitement and eagerness, Qian Yue kept looking for topics, and although Huang Duo was a little envious, jealous and hateful, it was a lot of love to protect Qian Yue this time, plus this son would soon be able to break through the congenital, and the future should be very bright, so he deliberately welcomed him, hoping to pave the way for his future.
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"Silence!" When the Yellow Helm Lord was foaming at the mouth of Qian Ergongzi and telling the legends on the rivers and lakes, Qian Yuan, who had been closing his eyes and recuperating, suddenly opened his eyes and stood up suddenly.
Everyone was startled, not only Lord Huang Helm, but also the servants of the Qian family and the Tinghe Gang who were chatting quietly around them also closed their mouths and looked at the old housekeeper.
The surroundings were quiet, listening attentively, there was no sound except for the waterfall, everyone looked at each other, not knowing what Qian Yuan found, they could only see him constantly observing the surroundings.
Qian Yue, who felt hairy in his heart, asked in a low voice, "Uncle Yuan, what's wrong with you?"
Qian Yuan didn't look at his young master, he was still looking at the jungle in the distance, and replied, "Did you hear any sounds?"
"No, it's quiet except for the sound of the waterfall?" asked the Yellow Helm Master.
"Yes, it's quiet, but why is it so quiet? Even though the birds have returned to their nests, why is there no insect chirping, and now it's autumn!"
Everyone had a cool breath from the tail vertebrae to the door of the head, without being reminded that there were still people who thought the sound of insects was noisy when they camped by the stream last night, but now they really can't even hear the sound of insects, if it weren't for the sound of the waterfall entering the water, it would be quiet and creepy.
Everyone put their hands on their weapons and looked at the jungle around them. Although the moon hung in the sky, on the one hand, the forest was deep and dense, and on the other hand, the campfire in front of them was too bright for them to see what was going on in the forest.
"Listen, is there a voice?" Qian Yue asked suddenly.
The others listened carefully, and sure enough, under the cover of the sound of the nearby waterfall, they could hear some small sounds coming from the surroundings, not like the chirping of insects, but because they were too small, they couldn't determine the source.
Qian Yuan was congenital, deaf and brighter than others, his face changed at this time, and he hurriedly ordered: "Quick, take out all the anti-insect powder and spill it!"
Everyone is confused, didn't they already sprinkle it before dark, why are they still sprinkling it now?
However, the most powerful master in the team commanded, and they still acted honestly, and a lot of medicinal powder was sprinkled around. Then they discovered the foresight of the old butler, for the sound of the "sorrowful rope" around them became louder. I only saw some scorpions and centipedes crawling out of the jungle of poisons, crawling straight outside the powder circle, and playing around there.
"Drive away poisonous insects!" the Yellow Helm Lord exclaimed in surprise. He had already seen a steady stream of countless insects and poisonous snakes scurrying from the forest, and they did not dare to move forward because of the barrier of the medicinal powder, and they were stacked in a thick layer outside the circle, constantly wriggling.
Qian Yue saw this scene, his cold hair stood up, countless tiny insects rolled and staggered, and snakes snaked in it, and at the same time, many shelled ones reflected different colors in the firelight, which was extremely disgusting and weird.
"Uncle Yuan, what should I do!" He was not afraid of someone attacking, because there were more than two dozen elites around, and there were even old housekeepers like Dinghai Shenshen, and he knew that these people would risk their lives to protect themselves. But the scene in front of him made him can't help but be afraid, this is the human instinct of disgust for snakes and insects.
Suddenly, there was a faint sound of a flute in the woods, not loud, but it was sharp and piercing, and people got goosebumps when they heard it, and they wanted to beat the piper. It's just that the sound of the flute is constantly fluctuating, flickering left and right, making it impossible to judge its location.
At the moment when the flute sounded, the insects stopped crawling around, but began to move towards the circle. The powder can kill the insects, but at the urging of the flute, they overcome their dislike for the powder and crawl in one after another, as if they want to use the corpse to make a way for their fellow kinders behind.
"Use fire!" Qian Yuan immediately decided, kicked a piece of wood with fire at the snake and insect, and in the "crackling" scorching sound, many poisons curled up and died.
Everyone also reacted, and they took out wooden sticks from the fire and threw them at the snake and insect pile, countless poisons were burned to death, and the powder steamed by the flames expanded the killing area. So the snakes and insects had an instinct to dislike light and heat, so that they slowed down their progress even when they were driven by the sound of the flute. The people inside were in a hurry, and they managed to build a line of defense with medicinal powder and flames to keep them out.
Although the poison was temporarily kept outside, the Yellow Helm Lord was still worried: "Steward Qian, this can't be done, our firewood is not enough to burn so overnight, if we wait until the fire is extinguished, we can't stop these endless things, I don't know how much poison exists in this dense forest." ”
"It's about to be midnight, when the epiphyllum grass is ripe, the son will go to eat, I don't believe the other party will drag us like this, he always has to do it, that's our chance!" Qian Yuan gritted his teeth and said.
"Look at the pool. As soon as the old housekeeper finished speaking, a servant of the Qian family shouted.
Everyone turned back together, but they saw that at some point, a cluster of brightly colored poisonous snakes were entangled, and they were already undulating in the water, blocking their way to the open space in the pool.