Chapter 237: On the Sea of Flowers in Front of the Valley
After resting for about half an hour, when everyone's physical strength had recovered to its best condition, the group marched into the valley again.
After walking less than two miles in the dense mist of the valley, they walked out of the valley, but then a dense jungle appeared in front of the group.
On the left side of the jungle is a slope that stretches as far as the eye can see, and on top of it is full of flowers, and it looks like a sea of flowers from a distance.
The mountain that Lu Xu saw was very peculiar, and on the back of this mountain, there was a long gentle slope.
What is very strange is that on the mountain, which was originally full of dense forests, there is no grass in a place of tens of meters, and the jungle stands abruptly on the gentle slope, with tall trees and lush foliage, and it is dark and you can't see the depths.
This forest occupies only half of the gentle slope, but on the other side of the gentle slope, it is full of flowers, and even if you are far away, you can smell the faint fragrance of the wind.
"Ancient, how do I feel a little weird here!"
After watching from the mountain beam for a while, Yang Shao pointed to the sea of flowers below and said, "Will there be any danger here?" ”
"Young Master, what did you find?"
Although Gu Gu was the highest cultivator among these people, he was not familiar with this mountain at all, and he did not dare to be careless.
"It's nothing, but ...... Why is there no growth?" Yang Shao looked at the empty space, not knowing why, and felt a sense of danger in his heart.
"Maybe there's a mountain rock down there, right?" Gu frowned and looked at it for a moment, and said, "Let's go, go closer and observe it first, and if it's not suitable, then choose another way to go in......"
The mysterious place he was looking for this time was very likely to be related to the immortals, even if Gu Nai was an innate master, he didn't dare to be careless in the face of the legendary mysterious place.
"Damn, this old guy is very cautious!"
After hearing the old words, Lu Xu couldn't help but curse in his heart, but he also secretly took two steps back and walked to the end of everyone.
As soon as Guy Lu Xu walked here, he could already feel that there was a dead air in that jungle, and his heart was even throbbing, and his heartbeat was much faster than usual.
Although Lu Xu has no cultivation, after all, he used to be a foundation building monk, and his sense of crisis is still extremely sensitive, if he didn't guess wrong, there should be something wrong with this jungle.
As the saying goes, looking at the mountain runs a dead horse, although the mountain beam looks very close to the gentle slope, but a few people still walked for nearly two pillars of incense before they came to the place where the gentle slope was.
At this time, the sky was getting darker and darker, and it was almost impossible to see the five fingers, but the sea of flowers covered the entire hillside with a layer of red color, especially the leaves of those flowers, which looked blood-red.
Gu frowned and probed the surroundings carefully, and suddenly the corner of his eyes jumped, and said, "Something is wrong, this ...... It's a bit too quiet here!"
"Well, yes, there has been no less movement along the way!"
After hearing the old words, the girl named Ye Ting also nodded and said, "You see, although it is winter, it is impossible to not even have a single bird or insect......, right? Is there a problem here?"
There are many mosquitoes in the mountains, and although it is winter, you may not see them. But all the way before, everyone saw many poisonous snakes and poisonous insects that they couldn't name, and there was a tiger roaring ape in their ears, but standing in this place, it was quiet and made people a little panicked.
......A wolf howl rang out in the mountains in the distance, followed by a roar, and the two voices seemed to be facing each other.
"It's okay, it's finally a little popular. Yang Shao patted his chest, the kind of tranquility when he first arrived here really startled him.
"That wooded place, you can't go!"
Gu Gu stood in the clearing, looking at the jungle dozens of meters away, with a sad look in his eyes, and said: "I don't know why, I feel that it is very dangerous there, and I can't get out if I go in......"
"It seems that the martial arts masters of this world are not simple......" Lu Xu glanced at Gu with some surprise, he didn't expect Gu Gu to be able to sense the feeling of danger.
"The old man is right, I feel it too!" the scar-faced man nodded, and looked intently, but because it was dark as ink, he didn't see anything.
The branches and foliage of the forest are extremely luxuriant, each big tree is dozens of meters high, and the branches and vines cover the forest tightly, and the originally dim sunset cannot shine into it at all.
As for the ground, it is covered with fallen dead leaves, separated by dozens of meters, not only can you smell the fragrance of the flowers, but also the smell of rotting branches and leaves of trees.
"Ancient, I suggest we go back to the valley, this ...... It always gives me a sense of danger here......"
Looking at that jungle, Tianjizi's heart beat very hard, and the black jungle seemed to be like a monster's big mouth, which could swallow them in one bite.
"No, the other people are probably behind us, we can't wait any longer? I think, let this kid go explore the way first......
Although Yang Shao was also scared, the temptation of cultivating immortals still made him overcome his fear and pointed at Lu Xudao. The reason why he left Lu Xu's life before was also so that if there was any danger, he could have one more cannon fodder to explore the way.
"No...... It's dangerous there, I ...... If I go, I probably won't be able to come back!"
Lu Xu shook his head again and again, pretending to be timid, with a look of fear in his eyes.
"Hey, what's that?" Suddenly, the strong man guarded and pointed to the little white light in front of him.
"Ghost ...... Ghost Fire ......" Yang Shao followed him and pointed in the direction, looked at it fixedly, and couldn't help but change his complexion.
"What?ghost fire?" After hearing Yang Shao's words, Gu Gu hurriedly looked ahead, and sure enough, in the dark depths of the woods, there were dots of white light.
"This ...... How can there be a ghost fire here?" Ye Ting, who was originally standing aside, also showed fear on her face.
"There must have been a lot of deaths in there!"
Tianjizi on the side took a deep breath and said, "Only in places where there are many dead people, will ghost fires appear, I ...... I suspect the woods are the ...... evolved from the Dryad."
"Fart Dryad?"
Seeing Gu and Yang Shao's solemn faces, Lu Xu couldn't help but pout.
The ghost fire that these people are talking about is actually the fluorescence emitted by the white bones of dead people or animals.
The scientific explanation of ghost fire is phosphorus fire, because the bones of people and some things contain phosphorus, and phosphine will be produced when phosphorus reacts with water or alkali, which is a gas that can spontaneously combust, light in weight, and will move when the wind blows.
In the countryside or next to some graves, phosphorus fires often appear, and when people walk, the wind will drive them to move behind, and that scene is indeed very scary, so it is called "ghost fire" by those who are less courageous or superstitious.
"I ...... I think we'd better go back!" That day, Jizi's face showed fear, he hadn't lived enough, but he didn't want to die here in vain.
"Don't be afraid, don't be busy yet!" Gu Leng snorted and said, "I want to see the so-called Dryad and see if I can do anything about it?"
After all, Gu is an old Jianghu, and I have heard many friends on the rivers and lakes describe some dangerous places about the Dryad, it is said that the vines of the Dryad can entangle people, and then suck the blood out.
However, his friends also explained that if he reacted quickly enough to cut the vine in time, his life would not be in danger.
At that time, his master also encountered the Dryad with his friends in a treasure hunt, that is, at the beginning, in an unguarded situation, several people were sucked dry by the Dryad, and later under the opening of several congenital masters, the Dryad was never able to hurt people's lives.
So when he heard that these might be dryads, Gu Gu was afraid, and the person who practiced martial arts was originally bold, and he actually had the idea of going to investigate.
"Ancient, don't be careless!" Yang Shao dissuaded: "It's getting late now, why don't we retreat to the mountain first and wait for tomorrow to investigate?"
"Young master, it's okay, I'll be careful, besides, our time is running out, at most tomorrow morning, the rest of the people will arrive!"
Ancient waved his hand, as a congenital master, there was nothing in this world that could make him feel curious and dangerous, and now this forest actually brought him a lot of pressure, which couldn't help but make Gu a little eager to try.
After all, the ancient is the guest elder of the family, Yang Shao did not order the ancient right, after hearing the ancient words, he could only say: "That's good, ancient, don't go back immediately!"
"I know, you guys step back!"
Gu nodded, and with a flick of his wrist, the long knife used to open the way suddenly appeared on his right hand, and he walked cautiously towards the woods.
At a distance of dozens of meters, it was downhill again, and it didn't take a few breaths to get close to the periphery of the woods, and the figure was also tall and ancient, but under those towering trees, it seemed unusually small.
"Light the torch!" Seeing the ancient figure gradually disappearing into the darkness, Yang Shao shouted to the ancient in front of him: "Ancient, bring a torch over?"
With Yang Shao's shout, Scarface and the others took out the torches that had been prepared long ago, and after lighting them with flint, the surrounding area of the clearing suddenly became bright.
"No!" the old head waved his hand without replying, and walked straight forward.
At this time, the ancient looks no different from usual, but in fact, the nerves have long been tensed, the real qi in the body is circulating, and the mind is clear several times clearer than usual, even the mountain breeze can't escape his senses.
"It's a dangerous ......"
The further he went, the stronger the sense of crisis in Gu's heart became, but his steps did not stop, and after a while, he was already at the edge of the woods.
"It's coming!"
Just as one of the ancient feet had just stepped into the woods, the vines that had fallen to the ground like dead things suddenly flew into the sky, and more than a dozen vines were like arms, winding towards the ancient.
"Humph!"
Gu Gu had already been on guard, but he saw a flash of his right hand, and a circle of sword light suddenly wrapped the ancient body, and once those vines entered the sword light, they were immediately stirred into sawdust pieces.
As if knowing the pain, when seven or eight vines were crushed by the sword light, the remaining vines were suddenly retracted, and the woods returned to calm, as if the previous scene had never happened.
"Knife energy?"
Lu Xu, who was in the distance, saw the action of the ancient shot, and his eyes showed a strange look, he didn't expect that the martial arts masters of this world could actually release their true anger?
True Qi, in the martial arts school, refers to a higher level of internal qi, when a person who practices martial arts enters the innate level, the internal qi in the body can be transformed into true qi.
A person who cultivates the inner family kung fu can use the true qi to protect the body, and ordinary blunt object strikes cannot cause harm to those who have the true qi to protect the body.
And after reaching a certain realm, this true qi can not only protect the body, but also attack the enemy. Legend has it that the release of true qi can be indestructible and transcendent.
This is what is said in martial arts novels that flying flowers and falling leaves can hurt people, and the reason is that the flying flowers and fallen leaves have true qi in them, and they will have that great power.
In the world of all spirits where Lu Xu lives, there are many people who practice martial arts who can do it, but I didn't expect this world to be able to do it too.
It's a bit tricky.
Although the ancient external true qi can only protect the range of about one meter around his body, but to solve him I am afraid that it will take a lot of effort, although the true qi in front of the monk can not come to the table, but now he has no cultivation, purely relying on physical strength. So in the face of such a master, there is no guarantee that others will take this opportunity to escape.