At dusk, the setting sun is like blood. The scarlet sunset spread over the maroon rocky ground and the dense hot spring water, dyeing the whole earth in blood, which looked like hell. Ye Xiaotian and Zhan Ning'er sat beside a pool of spring water with their heads downcast.
Ye Xiaotian's idea is very good, but this place is not a flat land, there are springs and rolling stone hills, they need to detour from time to time, and the detour distance is not short, how can they walk in a straight line? Although they did not circle back to the foot of the mountain in the end, they got lost.
The temperature of this spring water is not high, but the color of the water is a bit strange. Even if you look at it from a distance, it has a strange bright blue color. In fact, this is because it contains a lot of certain minerals. Ye Xiaotian and Zhan Of course Ning'er didn't understand the reason, so even though there were fish swimming in the water, they should not be poisonous, Zhan Ning'er still refused to take a sip.
Ye Xiaotian was unbearably thirsty, thinking that fish can survive in this kind of water, and humans must be fine if they drink it, so he boldly filled himself with water, and he even stabbed a big fat fish with a wooden stick. It weighed more than ten catties, and looked a bit like a carp. Probably because it had never seen a human being before, the fish had no defense against Ye Xiaotian who was squatting by the water, so he was easily stabbed by him and brought to the shore.
Ye Xiaotian collected a pile of dry firewood, hay and leaves, and while striking sparks with two hard stones, he turned his head to look at Zhan Ning'er, saw that her lips were a little chapped, and said, "Take a drink, The water just looks weird in color, it’s not poisonous.”
Zhan Ning'er licked her lips, finally couldn't bear the torment of thirst, came to the spring, scooped up a handful of water, and drank carefully.
Ye Xiaotian's hands were almost sore and numb, so he finally lit the fire, and the fire was burning. Ye Xiaotian didn't clean up the fat fish, so he put the whole fish on a wooden stick and roasted it on the fire, and soon the fish smelled delicious. It was passed on.
Zhan Ning'er sat beside the bonfire with her knees hugged, and looked at the sky worriedly. The sun had completely set, and a round of moon was slowly climbing up. Zhan Ning'er sighed and said, "Thunder God's Forbidden Land should not be very big, why? Just can't get out? We won't be stuck here forever, right?"
Ye Xiaotian was turning the fish carefully to prevent the fatty fish from getting burnt. Hearing Zhan Ning'er's words, Ye Xiaotian glanced at her and suddenly giggled.
Zhan Ning'er frowned and said, "What are you laughing at?"
Ye Xiaotian said: "I think it's good to be stuck here. There is water to drink, meat to eat, and a beautiful girl to accompany me. If we can't get out, we will become husband and wife and have a bunch of children here. , ah! It’s really good to think about it!”
"fart!"
Zhan Ning'er was annoyed, she stood up abruptly, Ye Xiaotian immediately said: "Hey, hey, what are you doing, there are only the two of us here, we need to love each other, if you beat me away, you will be the only one left Man, if there is another thunderstorm..."
As soon as Ye Xiaotian said this, there was a muffled sound of rolling thunder in the distance, which made Zhan Ning'er tremble in fright, and she didn't dare to show her power anymore, Ye Xiaotian laughed triumphantly.
Ye Xiaotian underestimated the Thunder God's Forbidden Land. Although he also felt that the terrain here was a bit weird, he felt that as long as he didn't starve to death, there was always a way to get out. It's such a big place. Once you get used to it, you still can't get out? So don't worry, this is the mood to joke with Zhan Ning'er.
When the fish was cooked, Ye Xiaotian didn't care about scalding it, grabbed a piece of fish meat, hurriedly stuffed it into his mouth, and said vaguely: "Yeah! It's delicious! Come, come and eat the meat!"
Behind a rock in the distance, Bai Xiaoxiao probed to observe the movement here, sniffed the faint smell of meat wafting in the wind, and swallowed quietly.
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In a hidden cave in the dense forest, the bonfire was born deep in the cave. Because the cave was tortuous, it effectively blocked the firelight. As long as you are a little away from the entrance of the cave, it is difficult to find the light inside. In the cave, a group of mountain seedlings are sitting quietly. They just had dinner and are resting at this time.
The deepest part of the cave is extremely wide. The cave is more than ten feet high and tens of feet wide and narrow. A tall figure on the stone wall is constantly moving back and forth...
Beside the fire, Mr. Ge Mao walked back and forth with his hands behind his back, his brows furrowed, and he couldn't let go. He is the most trusted elder of the Venerable, and an elder who is second only to Ge Gewo in strength. Everyone knows that he is loyal to the Venerable, but who knows that he also covets the position of the Venerable
When he was kicked out of the temple and rushed to preach in the village of Wujiao, he had already had a heart in his heart: Didn't he serve that old guy loyally for so many years in order to inherit his position one day? But now he is driven away, the position of venerable is obviously not destined for him.
Since then, he has changed his mind and wanted to seize the position of the Venerable through his own efforts. After the Venerable passed the news that the end was approaching, he only occasionally showed up in the area around the village , Most of the other time, he stayed near the temple, secretly contacting his cronies to deal with the sudden change.
Now it seems that the Venerable is about to die, the temple is surrounded by various forces, and the Venerable sealed the temple, obviously waiting for the person who passed the jade card to arrive. It's a pity that the subordinates acted too fast at that time, so no one was left alive, otherwise they could have figured out who the jade tablet was going to be given to, so that they could draw their salaries from the bottom of the pot.
Ge Mao would never have thought at this time that this jade tablet was for him. Only Ye Xiaotian, Zhan Ning'er, and An Nantian knew the truth, and it was Yang Yinglong who guessed the Venerable's intentions. How can you spread the news indiscriminately
As a result, Mr. Ge Mao obviously won the jade card, but he didn't dare to show up easily, and he was still here desperately guessing who the Venerable is interested in.
"Can't wait any longer!"
Ge Mao stood still and calculated carefully: "Once the jade card fails to be summoned, there is no guarantee that the venerable will not have a countermeasure. If he finds the heir before he dies, and publicly announces to Jiudong Eighty-one Village, the fact has come true. Unless there is a risk of becoming the enemy of the Eighty-one Village in Jiudong, no one dares to attack his successor again, and the situation will be over by then.
Right now, I can only use this jade card to infiltrate the temple, kill the Venerable as a last resort, and directly ascend the throne under the guise of the Venerable. When the An family becomes friendly with me, An Nantian's faction will definitely stand by my side. Although Gedulao and Godwana faction are also interested in the position of venerable, they are not as strong as me, let alone Ge Gewo, and they dare not have a different heart, so they can only support me to take the throne. Even though the only enemy, Ge Gewo, has the backing of Yang Yinglong, there must be nothing he can do at that time. When I become a venerable, I will find a chance to kill him, and the overall situation will be settled! "
Thinking of this, a decisive light flashed in Ge Mao's eyes: "If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you catch a tiger! Now that I have the jade card in my hand, I have to break into this temple no matter what!"
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The bright moon is in the sky, as bright as gauze. The surface of the water is always filled with water mist, illuminated by the moonlight, like a dream. What looked like hell in the evening had a heavenly elegance to it.
Ye Xiaotian slept soundly leaning on a smooth stone. The stone was a bit warm, probably because of the heat of the ground, Ye Xiaotian was really tired after running around for a day, so he slept very deeply at this time.
Zhan Ning'er slept on another boulder not far away. The stone was smooth, with a small depression in the middle, which was just right for her to hide in. Although the stone was a bit harder, it was the best picture for her who was physically and mentally exhausted. bed, so she slept soundly.
Not far away, under the moonlight, a group of red bugs slowly crawled over. Countless bugs were a little black in the night, and the maroon rocks perfectly concealed their whereabouts. Only when they crawled across the ground, could they be vaguely spotted The presence. Countless bugs gathered together, like a light black carpet, slowly spreading along the ground.
Ye Xiaotian and Zhan Ning'er only ate one-third of the fat fish that weighed more than ten catties. The fish bones were thrown on the ground, and half of the fish was still hanging on the branches. The fishy smell attracted the insects' attention. The "bug carpet" that spread aimlessly forward gradually swept towards the place where Ye Xiaotian and Zhan Ning'er slept.
Bai Xiaoxiao walked over tiptoely, smelling the aroma of fish, she couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva, she was also tired and hungry that day, and her stomach was rumbling. Taking a look at Zhan Ning'er and Ye Xiaotian who were sleeping soundly, Bai Xiaoxiao reached out and took the branch wearing the big fish into her hand.
As soon as the big fish was grilled, the scales had already fallen off, because the fish meat was thick enough, and the internal organs would not be bitten, so Bai Xiaoxiao took one bite at ease. mouth drooling with greed.
Bai Xiaoxiao gnawed voraciously for a while, and wiped out part of the big fish, and the hunger in her stomach finally disappeared. Bai Xiaoxiao carefully put the fish back on the support, and gently raised the knife in her hand.
After a little thought, Bai Xiaoxiao decided to kill Zhan Ning'er and keep Ye Xiaotian. Zhan Ning'er's martial arts are better than hers, it's too dangerous, if she misses this good opportunity, she may not have the chance to attack next time, and Ye Xiaotian doesn't know martial arts, so she can let her manipulate her.
Bai Xiaoxiao is also full of fear of this weird forbidden area, and she doesn't want to face it alone, so she wants to keep the less threatening person as her companion, and if she wants to kill her, she has to wait until she breaks out of this forbidden area. Having made up her mind, Bai Xiaoxiao quietly touched the sleeping Zhan Ning'er.
"Pfft..."
Bai Xiaoxiao was about to get close to Zhan Ning'er, but there was a sound of trampling on something under her feet, she hurriedly stopped, looked at Zhan Ning'er carefully, and saw that she hadn't woken up, so she looked down, but she didn't find anything under her feet. What, so he took another step cautiously.
"Pfft..."
There was another sound, Bai Xiaoxiao stopped in frustration, seeing that Zhan Ning'er hadn't woken up, she squatted down quietly, trying to see what she had stepped on, she lowered her head to the ground, as if something was squirming , then reached out to touch again.
It was the bugs wriggling on the ground, many of them were trampled to death by Bai Xiaoxiao just now, but more bugs rushed over and crawled along her feet to her body quickly. When Bai Xiaoxiao reached out to touch it, the insect on the ground suddenly spread its wings and swooped towards her face.
This kind of bug has extremely poor self-protection ability and can be easily crushed to death. Although it has wings, the distance it can fly is not far, at most one foot, but it is enough for them at this moment. The tiny flying insects immediately rushed to Bai Xiaoxiao's head and face.
"ah… "
An extremely shrill scream woke up Zhan Ning'er and Ye Xiaotian who were sleeping soundly.