Chapter 12: The Ascetic Forest

The three of them searched in the forest for just half an hour, and found more than ten charred and unrecognizable corpses in the grass one after another, and the scene was so tragic that people were terrified.

As the survey took longer and longer, the distance became farther and farther, and although it was noon, the dense foliage blocked out all sunlight, and the depths of the ascetic forest were still dark, and from time to time a gust of wind blew in front of you.

The three of them didn't dare to be careless, and gathered together to watch and listen to all directions, without the slightest slack.

After another half an hour of walking, the trees suddenly became scarce, the number of herbs increased dramatically, and the maddening bitterness in the air became even stronger. Mu Qingxin and the clever ghost had to fold a few more herbs and put them in their mouths to offset them.

Ren Mowen looked at some of the areas in front of him that had already revealed the sunlight and said suspiciously: "Why are the big trees getting fewer and fewer, could it be that we have already walked to the other side of the forest? This ascetic forest is also a little too small?......

The clever ghost shook his head slightly: "Although there are fewer trees, there are more and more medicinal herbs, and we are not coming out, but going deeper." I have a feeling that there must be something hidden in this forest that we don't know about!"

"Something you don't know?" Ren Mowen frowned: "What do you mean by 'something we don't know'?"

As she was talking, Mu Qingxin, who had been silent, suddenly raised a hand and stared at the front to signal the two to not make a sound.

Seeing this, the clever ghost and Ren Mowen immediately closed their mouths with a tacit understanding, and their eyes widened and they scanned the surroundings.

The three of them closed their mouths, and the surroundings were instantly quiet, except for the slight sound of the wind, there was nothing unusual at all, and there was nothing suspicious in the distant forest, everything seemed normal.

After waiting quietly for a few minutes, just when Ren Mowen couldn't help but want to ask, a heavy muffled sound suddenly came.

The sound was far away, but it was extremely thick, as if something huge had been slammed into the ground.

The clever ghosts, Mu Qingxin, and Ren Mowen were all new disciples who had escaped death from the experience of the Savage Ancient Forest, so they were very familiar with this muffled voice, and the first thing that flashed in their minds was the huge Monster monitor lizard that was as large as a mountain.

When the muffled sound came for the second time, the three of them had quickly hidden in the grass, and Ren Mowen said softly: "It sounds like a big guy, it won't ...... It's really another monster, right?"

The clever ghost raised his right hand, looked at the top of his head for a moment, then suddenly grabbed a handful of air and sniffed it a few times, and then shook his head very affirmatively: "Impossible, the demonic energy of the demonic beast is much greater than that of any monster, but now there is no trace of demonic energy in this forest, so it is absolutely impossible to be a demonic beast or other demons!"

It's not a demon, and there is such a powerful aura, which makes the three of them subconsciously take a breath.

Holding his breath and waiting for seven or eight minutes, the heavy sound became closer and closer, and at the same time a huge black shadow appeared in the distance.

Ren Mowen slowly pulled out the dagger on his body and held it in his hand, ready to fight at any time.

But just when the atmosphere was extremely tense, when the black shadow walked into the sunlight and revealed its true face, the three of them were stunned for a moment, and then relaxed again.

I saw that the huge black shadow was not a demon monster, but an elephant walking in the forest. The elephant seemed to have broken away from the group, playing alone, its long trunk curling with a thick root and slamming it into the ground, from which the muffled sound came from.

Seeing this scene, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief, and were about to emerge from the grass, but the elephant seemed to be frightened, and with a long scream, he turned around and ran away.

The elephant drove four thick thighs, and the earth seemed to tremble as it ran, causing a cloud of dust and mist to disperse around.

In the billowing dust and mist, a blue light flew by at a rapid speed, flew into the depths of the forest and disappeared without a trace.

Seeing this, the clever ghost was the first to react, jumping directly from the grass to the tree, tracking the source of the blue light like a dexterous monkey.

Mu Qingxin and Ren Mowen also followed, believing that the strange blue light must have something to do with the six disciples in the sect and those dead corpses.

After running wildly for three or four miles, when Mu Qingxin and Ren Mowen caught up with the clever ghost, they found that the clever ghost stopped on a big tree, standing at the top as much as possible and squinting into the distance.

And in the direction he looked, a half-sized stone mountain appeared in the ascetic forest, the stone mountain was composed entirely of stones, about three hundred meters high, and there was no grass on the mountain. Compared to the surrounding lush ascetic forest, it seems a little out of place.

Stopping under the tree and panting, Ren Mowen raised his head and asked loudly: "Clever ghost, why don't you chase it, do you see what it was just now?"

The clever ghost did not answer immediately, but watched for a while, then jumped down from the tree, pointed to the stone mountain in the distance, and said: "That thing is extremely fast, and I only see a vague blue shadow in the faint eye, and I don't know what it is." There was no shadow in the flash next to the stone mountain, and most of them were hiding. ”

"It's so fast that you can't even see it clearly!?" Ren Mowen's face was full of surprise: "Tuchen said that this time I came to investigate, so let's ...... Do you want to go over?"

"Of course you have to go over, don't go and investigate!"

Leaving this sentence, the clever ghost had already walked towards the stone mountain.

Before I came to the stone mountain, there was no vegetation or herbs in the surrounding area, but the bitter taste was still there, as if even the stones in front of me were bitter.

The clever ghost quickly spared a circle, and then pointed to a protruding platform halfway up the mountain: "There is a cave above, it should be there, let's go in and have a look." ”

The trio climbed up the uneven hillside for more than ten minutes before coming to the platform.

The clever ghost was right, there was indeed a hole behind the platform, the cave was pitch black, and there was a faint blue light in the depths that appeared and disappeared from time to time, and it was filled with a stronger bitter taste of medicinal herbs, and even the clever ghost retched a few times.

After stopping outside the cave for a while, and after getting used to the smell again, Ren Mowen leaned on the edge and looked inside, looking at the faint blue light that appeared from time to time, and was a little worried: "Let's go in like this...... Isn't it a little dangerous? Why don't you stay outside, Qingxin, and I'll go in with the clever ghost. ”

Mu Qingxin's face was expressionless, and she moved her lips slightly without explaining too much: "I'll go too." ”

The clever ghost waved his hand: "Don't worry, it's not safe to be there with me." As he spoke, he sat cross-legged, picked out three flat-shaped stones around him, chanted a mantra in his mouth, and drew talismans with both hands, and golden halos poured into the stones from his fingertips.

After a spell was drawn, the three ordinary stones all became full of spiritual power, and the surface was glowing with a golden halo.

A fine layer of sweat also broke out on the ghost's forehead, and his face became slightly pale.

Ren Mowen was a little worried, and asked softly: "Clever ghost, are you okay?

The clever ghost smiled slightly: "It's okay, this concealment technique is usually only used by me alone, but this time it is used on the three of us, and the internal force is consumed a little more, and it will be fine after an hour." As he spoke, he picked up one of the stones.

At the moment when he just touched the stone, the whole figure flashed, and then disappeared into thin air along with the stone, leaving no trace......