Chapter III

Everything was calm again, the woods were lush, the dragons lurked in the deep lake, and the sixty-fourth path was still full of people, but no one knew what had happened in the woods.

Zhen Zheng did not go back to the college. He wanted to go south, first, his home was robbed, his money was lost (into the belly of the dragon), and he had no means to make a living when he went back; second, he liked to hear the talk of the fox fairy, so he could read the book of Zhiwei, and now he saw the tree demon bear spirit, and he saw the dragon and beast in the book, and the heart of the exploration of the gods and monsters increased dramatically; third, he got the treasure black wood ring, and the southward journey was dangerous but he could also protect himself.

So Zhen Zheng began his journey south.

It is not easy to travel south, most of the people who go south, most of them gang up, more than a dozen people are considered to be few, and the wealthy giants are all forming a team of 100 people, after all, there is a lot of power. A team of 100 people is like a small society, in which there are people of all identities, from small cooks and miscellaneous servants, to rich merchants and aristocrats, but the largest number of people is still strong laborers, who are specially responsible for exploring southern Xinjiang, which inevitably requires abundant physical strength.

In such a large southbound team, the most indispensable is the guide. Zhen Zheng found a large team recruiting in Yichuan Town, and when he asked, it was the Mu family's southbound team. The Mu family is a super family on the second avenue north of the land of Wangji, with countless beautiful houses in the good fields, and the merchants in the northern region are rich and rival the country.

Zhen Zheng relied on the advantage of the household registration of the 64th trail, and the advantage of reading miscellaneous books and hearing more about ghosts, gods, foxes and immortals, and became one of the two guides of the Mujia southbound group, and the other guide was named An Guqi, who specialized in guiding the way and finding the land.

The steward of the southbound group is the head of the Mu family, who is shrewd and good at management, and is trusted by the head of the Mu family, and is given the surname Mu, with a single name and a single name.

There is a swordsman in the southbound group of the Mu family, who is a famous sword on the second avenue in the north, with excellent swordsmanship, and the three-foot Xuantie sword used is extremely sharp, and he calls himself Jian Xuan, which is invited by the Mu family at a great price.

As the old saying goes: the difficulty of Shu Road is difficult to go to the blue sky, and Shu is a Jedi on the periphery of southern Xinjiang. When everything was ready, the southbound group of the Mu family began to march towards Shudi.

"Hello, my name is Zhen Zheng. In the future, I will trouble Brother Gu Qi to take care of it. Zhen Zheng greeted An Guqi in a friendly manner, An Guqi is quite handsome and usually silent. This trip goes straight into the mysterious southern Xinjiang, and finding the way and knowing the place is the ultimate thing, and the guide is naturally headed by An Guqi. Zhen Zheng was very curious about why An Guqi was so familiar with the southbound road, southern Xinjiang has been mysterious since ancient times, and there are very few people in the Central Plains who have successfully traveled south, and there are even fewer descriptions of the geography of southern Xinjiang left.

"Hello. An Guqi said hello and briefly talked to Zhen Zheng about the general situation of southern Xinjiang, there is no shortage of some strange and mysterious places, some like the Nine Heavens Fairyland, and some like the barren ghost domain, which opened Zhen Zheng's eyes. When Zhen Zheng asked An Guqi why he was so familiar with the geography of southern Xinjiang, An Guqi seemed unwilling to answer and fell silent. Zhen Zheng is not difficult to be strong, he only feels that this person is mysterious, and he must befriend him, and the southbound party will be guaranteed.

The southbound group of the Mu family hurried for more than ten days in a row, and finally came to the periphery of Shudi.

An Guqi said that there are many steep mountains around Shudi, surrounded by high peaks, almost wrapping Shudi into a "bowl". The lofty mountains around Shu are the first difficulty of this southward journey.

An Guqi pointed out that all the way, leading to the rocky forest, you can walk through the stone forest directly, saving the hard work of crossing the mountains and mountains. The falling stone forest is a Jedi, more than 1,000 pieces of boulders like a hill, forming a maze, the Central Plains people call it the boulder maze, there are countless people who have fallen into it since ancient times, but the one who walks out of ten does not save one, and it is like nine deaths and one life.

The falling stone forest is very famous, Zhen Zheng has also heard, there are different opinions about the formation of this forest, one theory is that this forest is descended from the sky, falling in the world, and its arrangement law hides the heavenly opportunity; one theory is that the original Central Plains and southern Xinjiang have a line of passage, the Emperor Kaizu through this southern expedition, unified the world, although the southern Xinjiang belongs to our dynasty, but not the Central Plains trouble, so build the stone forest, form a formation, neither completely block this road, the emperor has an explanation, but also let the people of the Central Plains not enter it, it can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

The people of the Mu family went south and strongly opposed the stone forest, but An Guqi vouched for his surname, Mu Lian nodded and agreed, and everyone was helpless, but there were two timid people who quit the southbound group and refused to enter the stone forest.

At the entrance of the falling stone forest, two huge stones are like two door gods, one on the left and one on the right, giving people a sense of oppression, as if warning the living not to enter, and those who come are careful. Zhen Zheng raised his head and looked at it, his heart was quite shaken, such a huge stone, like a mountain, how could it be done by man.

Between the two stones, the distance is about 100 zhang, and the southbound group can easily pass through. Inside, all the people are dumbfounded, worthy of falling stone forest, there are countless boulders in it, each boulder is the general size of the two stones at the door, and the shape is exactly the same, the distance between the two is 100 zhang, the arrangement seems to be messy. There was not a single plant in the rockfall forest, let alone wild beasts and insects, and there was no trace of a bird in the sky.

The southbound group of the Mujia family walked in the rocky forest, and An Guqi walked in the forefront. Zhen Zheng has the feeling of walking at the feet of giants. After a long time, everyone was dizzy, but An Guqi had a clear mind and moved forward steadily, as if he was walking in his own courtyard.

After walking for a full day, still not getting out of the stone forest, An Guqi said that it would take half a day to enter southern Xinjiang, which is already a hundred times faster than crossing mountains and mountains into southern Xinjiang. The sky was getting dark, and the southbound group had to spend the night in the stone forest, and continued to hurry until Ming.

The Mujia southbound group set up camp at dusk, and the night had already fallen, the clouds covered the sky, the night was like ink, and the five fingers could hardly be seen. Because there were no plants and no fire could be made, the people had to eat some dry food and go to bed early. Before going to bed, Anguqi warned everyone not to make a sound no matter what happens, and remember, remember.

Zhen Zheng and An Guqi lived in a tent, and An Guqi Meiyu rarely appeared a trace of solemnity. Zhen Zheng asked the reason, An Guqi just shook his head and repeated the warning.

At midnight, the clouds, which were darker than the night, were gradually dissipating, and a purple full moon quietly appeared. The Purple Moon is more than ten times larger than an ordinary moon, and you can almost clearly see the crater marks on the moon. At this time, everyone in the southbound group had fallen into a deep sleep, but Zhen Zheng did not fall asleep, he was always vigilant, worried that something would happen. Also not asleep is Anguqi.

A huge purple moon shone brightly on the earth, and the whole world turned purple. Boom, a loud bang erupted nearby, boom, boom, boom, there were constantly loud noises coming from around. Everyone in the southbound group was awakened, and everyone walked out of the tent, each of them was stunned, and the thousands of boulders in the stone forest were cracked and shattered, revealing a huge stone man. The stone man is dressed in military armor, with a sword at his waist and a bun on his head, which is majestic and solemn.

The rubble fell, and some of the unfortunate people in the southbound regiment were killed by the falling rocks, and everyone was frightened and fled, completely forgetting Anguqi's warning. When the stone people opened their eyes, they came to life, and trampled the runners into flesh with their feet. In a moment's effort, the team of 100 people was less than ten fingers, and the only survivors stood there motionless, silent, like clay sculptures. Among them naturally include Zhen Zheng and An Guqi.

The stone giants faced the direction of Yichuan Peak, lined up in a strict line, with solemn expressions, and knelt down collectively. Yichuan Peak also shook at this time, the lake next to it trembled, turning up huge waves, and the dragon flew out of Yichuan Lake in horror, looking at Shenfeng, trembling. The giants couldn't kneel for a long time, and Zhen Zheng didn't dare to move, he didn't understand why the purple moon appeared, the stone forest changed, and the falling stone forest must be related to Yichuan Peak. However, none of this was something he could figure out, all he could do was wait for the dawn.

Zhen Zheng stood with sore legs and feet, complaining in his heart, but he didn't dare to move a little. The purple moon gradually became smaller, the color became more and more bleak, and the sky gradually turned white. The stone giants stood up and returned to their original positions, only to see the falling rocks flying into the sky and sticking to the giants.

At this time, the sun rises and a new day begins.

Everything was restored to its original state, and if it weren't for the flesh and blood on the ground, no one would have believed what they saw last night. Zhen was sitting on the ground, and suddenly fatigue hit, and he didn't sleep all night. Zhen Zheng found that there was a person in the southbound group, who was still sleeping with his head covered in the tent, and the loud noise last night didn't wake him up, he was really lucky, this person was a fat man, everyone also called him fat, and he was the chef of the southbound group. If you know this, it's better to sleep with your head covered like a fat man, as long as you don't snore.

The survivors of the Southbound Regiment breathed a sigh of relief. Counted the number of people, found that there were only seven people left, everyone was inevitably sad in their hearts, yesterday there were still 100 people with them, who knew that before entering the southern Xinjiang, almost all the army was wiped out.

Suddenly, Jian Xuan drew his sword and pointed it directly at An Guqi, and said, "Didn't you use your surname to guarantee that you were foolproof?" An Guqi said indifferently: "I only said that I will definitely be able to walk out of the Falling Stone Forest, and there is no guarantee that an accident will happen." "Jian Xuan is angry, but there is no way, if he kills An Guqi, he will be completely trapped in the falling stone forest. Mu Lian, who had been silent, spoke: "I don't blame Gongzi An for this matter, but I hope Gongzi An will give an explanation, so we will continue to hurry." "Mu Lian still trusts An Guqi very much.

An Guqi pondered for a while, nodded slightly, and said: "I don't know the history of the Falling Stone Forest, but legend has it that once every hundred years, there will be a strange scene of the purple moon in the sky, during which the heavens and the earth are full of visions, including the Falling Stone Forest. I found out last night that the night was strange, and I was worried that there would be a purple moon in the sky, so I reminded everyone, who knew that this once-in-a-century wonder was really bumped into by us, and it seems that this trip must be difficult. ”

Mu Lian didn't see that An Guqi was lying, so he only ordered everyone to continue on their way, hoping to get out of this forest of right and wrong as soon as possible. Jian Xuan still looked resentful, and he was very unhappy to see An Guqi. The fat man was finally woken up by everyone, touched the saliva at the corner of his mouth, and shouted for breakfast. The faces of the people turned dark, and the dead fat man didn't know it when he escaped the catastrophe, and he thought of eating it together, did he forget that he was a chef himself. There are also two guards of the Mu family, and their courage is naturally greater than that of ordinary people, so it is no wonder that they were spared.

Although everyone was stuck, they still accelerated their progress, and walked out of the falling stone forest at noon.

Zhen Zheng looked back at the stone forest, and his heart was still shocked by the giants, which must be hidden in the sky, and he didn't know when it could be revealed. Everyone set up a bonfire and prepared to eat a big meal, Jian Xuan and the two guards of the Mu family easily brought a few game, the fat man's cooking skills were indeed very high, and everyone had a full meal and fell asleep.