It felt like the black cloud itself was alive.
Garen narrowed his eyes slightly, and with a slight movement in his heart, he activated the eyes of Isaiah and looked towards the black cloud again.
The black clouds are still rolling and flowing, but at a faster speed, without any abnormality.
He retracted his gaze and looked around. Nothing suspicious was found.
Going back along the original road, after passing through a few huge stone forests, there is a small oval hot spring pool in front of you.
A large amount of water vapor evaporated, the air was hot and humid, and Garen faintly felt that his skin was covered with a layer of stickiness.
He faintly heard laughter coming from the direction of the hot spring, which seemed to be the voice of a girl.
The hot spring pool is surrounded by a circle of tall stone pillars, which are obviously artificially moved to cover.
Outside a stone pillar, Red Umbrella and the old man were sitting cross-legged on the ground, chatting for some unknown reason. Children write and draw with their fingers on the surface of the stone pillar, looking like they are entertaining themselves.
Seeing Garen come back, the old man raised the jerky in his hand.
"We are planning to use the water here to cook some broth for drinking. Will the team leader have some?"
"Did you find that little whitebait?" Garen asked casually, walked over and sat cross-legged on the ground like them.
The old man shook his head with a puzzled look on his face. "It's strange to say that I used to be able to catch a lot of small whitebait with a random net here, but now I can't see any of them. If there are any monsters lurking under the water and eat these small whitebait, that's not a problem. Very likely. We have dived very deep with the totem before and found no trace of any living things down to the bottom."
"I didn't find anything around." Garen also shook his head and said, "It feels a bit weird here. Tell them to leave after taking a shower. I don't like staying here."
"That's fine." The old man nodded.
"Come on, I still want to take a bubble bath. I haven't bathed in three months." Hongsan wailed speechlessly.
"Three months." Garen and the old man were also speechless.
"Every time I want to take a shower and go to bed, but every time I fall asleep first." Hong Shan was also a little embarrassed, and laughed a few times.
"Let's take a break first, take advantage of this time." Garen glanced at the child, and there was nothing abnormal about the child with some supernatural powers. Obviously, there shouldn't be any major problems here.
He took the lead in crossing his legs and closing his eyes, sitting on the stone floor and slowly resting his mind.
I was going to search around to see if there were any monsters that could provide potential points, but unfortunately I didn't see any monsters around.
After adjusting his state, Garen slowly immersed himself in the state he was in when he was practicing secret martial arts in his previous life.
Practicing secret martial arts in this world dominated by totems, sometimes there is always an illusion of going back to the beginning.
After calming down, he sank into the core of Qi and blood in his body.
Different from the God Statue Kungfu, Wanshui Jade King Kungfu's qi and blood route is very complicated, almost involving all blood vessels that can circulate, no matter how big or small, main blood vessels or capillaries.
This secret martial art is an ancient martial art handed down from the Sea King Fist. Some routes Garen knew what it was for, but most of the routes, Garen did not understand its purpose.
After practicing the God Statue Art, his mastery of the body has reached an unprecedented level, and there are still blood circulation routes that he does not understand.
According to Mi Wu instructions.
The first layer of Wanshui Jade King Kung Fu is able to control the flow of Qi and blood within one meter of the surrounding area. This kind of control covers both human and non-human beings, and any creature with blood flow will be affected.
The second layer is to strengthen the range, and the third layer is to strengthen the power, which is the intensity of control.
After that, it became unclear, because Celine had practiced to the third level at the beginning, and on the fourth level, only the masters before the sea king boxing had successfully practiced. The specific ability is not clear.
The entire Wanshui Biwang Kung Fu is one of the most difficult main secret martial arts in Haiwang boxing. It is said that no one has reached the highest level since the person who created the kung fu.
After Garen closed his eyes, he concentrated, mobilized the blood in his body and began to follow the route of the exercises. There are so many blood vessels that need to run, even if he is mentally strong, it takes two hours for a big cycle.
Moreover, this kind of operation is extremely difficult, as if the flow of Qi and blood has a fixed speed, and every time it accelerates slightly, it will encounter extremely strong resistance.
Garen had the illusion that the nine-headed dragon who was about to become one with him seemed to be running this secret martial arts route together.
The surrounding voices gradually faded away, and as time passed, he gradually fell into a state of ecstasy.
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The old man and Red Umbrella sat next to Garen, with one closed eye holding a black box in his hand, listening to something unknown. The other was still the same, yawning constantly and drowsy.
The child was lying on his back on the ground, not too hot on the ground, looking up at the white air above. From time to time, he glanced at Garen who was practicing cross-legged.
The voice in the hot spring pool has changed from the excitement and comfort at the beginning to the whisper now, and there seems to be the sound of water getting up. The kitten and the fox seem to have had enough washing inside and are ready to come out.
The old man who had been listening to the black box suddenly opened his eyes.
"Do you have any plans after this mission, Red Umbrella?"
"Plan?" Hong Shan covered her mouth and yawned, "I can't go back and sleep for a few days, I'm too sleepy."
"With the team leader here, you don't want to do level-up tasks?" The old man raised his eyebrows.
"Aren't you still there?"
The old man was speechless, looking at the child beside him.
"Child, this mission is over, do you have any plans?"
"Go back to the farm." The child's crisp voice was calm.
"Would you like to stay with us in the imperial capital?"
"Why?" the child asked suspiciously.
"It's not a problem for you to stay outside alone. Now the situation has almost stabilized. Most of the danger levels of monster lairs in various places have basically been ascertained, and a clear activity area has been drawn on the map. As long as we don't intrude There will be no great danger. The situation in all countries has stabilized, and the defense lines have been strengthened. There is no external crisis, and the next step is to establish a new social order. The perfection of this order is still being explored. In this case, we, as the armed forces As part of the agency's strength, the benefits of staying in the imperial capital are much greater than usual. Unlike the period of turmoil, the military agency is the department with the highest casualty rate."
The old man paused.
"We, Kuwaitan, Tanya, and Ennit, jointly established the West Farm Defense Line. Then there are the three major domains. And some small and medium groups that survive in the security cracks. In this era, one cannot survive without strength, so It will be of great benefit to those who control force like us."
"Old man, do you want to recruit talents for the eldest princess? I remember you joined the eldest princess last year?" Hong Shan lazily pointed out.
"Since you are clear, then I will make it clear." The old man nodded, "I am indeed working for the eldest princess. Although His Majesty Avic is powerful and powerful, but in a situation where many princes are decadent and do nothing Your Majesty, the Eldest Princess is naturally the best choice. My family has received a lot of care after taking refuge in Her Highness the Eldest Princess, and it is only natural to do these things."
"That's your business. I don't want to work under someone else. It's great to work in a secret agency. The benefits are good, the salary is good, the status is high, and it's easy." Red Umbrella smiled with her hands behind her head.
"What about you? Child?" The old man looked at the little guy beside him.
The child also showed a somewhat bored look.
"I'll follow the team leader."
"What if the team leader also joins the eldest princess?" The old man suddenly laughed.
"I'll follow the team leader." The child nodded affirmatively.
"Well, look, the team leader will definitely choose to join us." The old man smiled and patted the child's head.
Soon, the fox and the kitten came out of the hot spring after changing their clothes again. The two changed into white clothes of a different color, which looked like close-fitting swordsman uniforms, but with a short cape on the back, they looked very cool. Showing off two pairs of fair legs.
But it's a pity that the four people present actually looked at them one more time.
The child doesn't understand anything, but the old man has a lot of experience and is calm and calm. Red Umbrella was busy dozing off.
The remaining normal man, the leader of the team, Garen, was resting with his eyes closed, as if resting his mind.
The kitten curled its lips in regret, and looked at the fox, feeling more and more whether it was a wrong choice for him to stay in this group.
The fox still covered his face, unable to see the expression on his face.
The old man told the group leader what he meant, and the kitten and the fox expressed their understanding.
Garen also slowly opened his eyes at this time.
Looking at the sky, the dark clouds above are still the same.
After hesitating for a while, he also considered that he hadn't showered for a long time.
Although being a totem master can prevent the body from being contaminated with dust and dust, the excretion of sweat is unavoidable. He has Miwu to control himself, and he can even switch to other ways to excrete sweat. But other people can't do this.
Looking at the pleading expressions of the child and Hongsan, he wondered if he was being cruel. Let a person who hasn't bathed for three months pass the hot spring and not enter.
"Forget it, since we're here, let's all go wash up." Garen sighed. "By the way, I will also go to Bubble."
"We guard the door!" The kitten shouted immediately.
"The team leader is wise!!" Red Umbrella jumped up first, ran to the white rhino not far away, and quickly found four towels, all black towels, one for each of the four men. Then there is a small bottle of shower gel, which seems to have dark red petals floating in it. It was a kind of filamentous red petals.
Garen and the others each carried a towel and walked into the man-made hot spring stone forest.
An oval-shaped pool inside is emitting a lot of hot air, surrounded by tall stone pillars of different heights, surrounded by a circle, and there is only one entrance.
The four of them took off their coats one after another, revealing their hidden figures.
Although he couldn't see clearly through the white mist, Garen could still see the faces of the other three.
The old man was a kind-faced little old man, wearing a pair of silver-rimmed glasses, and was currently wiping the lens with a piece of white cloth. If you met him in a place like a library, you would probably regard him as a great scholar who studies knowledge. But I heard that he was indeed a university student.
Hongsan has short red hair, slanted eyebrows, and an unusually handsome appearance. Moreover, his eyes are also red and his skin is fair. He is a pampered nobleman.
The child took off his clothes, and his whole body was bony, with no flesh. Dry skin, exactly the dysplasia type. And he had sunken eyes, messy dark brown hair, and a few freckles on the tip of his nose.
But these are not the key points, the most weird thing is that the child's skin is not even a little bit bloody. Pale and pale.
Garen couldn't help but look at him a few more times.
Only then did he take off his clothes and casually throw them on the stone platform by the pool.
Garen walked into the water, sat down, and let the shawl's blond hair float on the water. The whole person sank into the water, only the part above the chin was exposed.
The water temperature is just right, almost forty degrees.
Garen closed his eyes, completely relaxing the nerves that had been tense for a long time.
In such a wild place, the nerves cannot be completely relaxed. Always beware of strange places, or sneak attacks by powerful monsters.
But here there are its own team members guarding the door, and other people take a bath together, so there is no need to worry too much about safety.
Before he knew it, Garen seemed to have fallen into a half-asleep and half-awake state.
The scene that happened before when the Wanshui Jade King Kung Fu was promoted, seems to have happened again.
(end of this chapter)