The place where the thick smoke rose from the Five Elements ** Array was exactly the direction of the Lihuo Palace in the south where the disciples of Yihua Palace entered.
Jiang Yixue knew nothing about battle formations. She didn't know the location of the fire, let alone that it was the only way for the disciples of Yihua Palace to go out to form a battle formation. However, she could tell from Ye Feng's nervous expression that the situation was not good.
She held Ye Feng's hand tightly and asked, "What happened? Did something happen to Yuxin and the others?"
What made Ye Feng happy was that there was no alarm, and no one should withdraw from the competition.
He smiled and comforted Jiang Yixue: "Don't worry, they will be safe and sound."
Jiang Yuxin and the others did trigger the restriction in the formation, but escaped unharmed.
Jiang Yuxin and Lan Ling'er followed Li Yanzhi closely and obeyed her instructions in all their actions. They would take whatever path Li Yanzhi told them to take.
Although there was thick fog outside the Five Elements ** Array, the center of the array was sunny and windy. Passing through a lush grove, two forks appeared in front of us. The path paved with green square bricks stretched into the distance.
It looks like the path has not been paved for long, and the soil under some of the bricks has not completely dried yet.
Jiang Yuxin stepped on the square bricks and smiled, "Who is so kind to pave the road with square bricks to make it easier for tourists to walk? I walked all the way here and my sneakers are covered with a lot of mud."
Lan Ling'er reminded her, "Big sister, are you here to play? The reason why we use square bricks to pave the road here is not to make it easier for tourists to see, but to build the Five Elements ** Array."
Since entering the formation, apart from encountering the golden ring snake, there has been no other danger. The scenery in the mountains and forests is so pleasant that Jiang Yuxin almost forgot about breaking into the formation.
"Which way should we go?"
Li Yanzhi held a compass in her hand, and the magnetic needle in the compass kept rotating, indicating the direction. According to the changes in Qi Men Dun Jia, she calculated that her birthplace should be in the northeast.
"Let's take this path northeast."
Jiang Yuxin and Lan Ling'er were still a little unconvinced: "Are you sure?"
Li Yanzhi smiled faintly: "I'm sure."
Jiang Yuxin was in a playful mood again. She held a branch in her snow-white slender hand and waved it forward, shouting, "Go forward, head towards the designated target."
Lan Ling'er took out a blue water bag from her arms, which was filled with pure water, and asked Jiang Yuxin: "Do you want some water?"
"I'm not thirsty. You have so many treasures on you, including the bamboo tube and the water bag."
She unscrewed the water bag, drank a few sips, and stuffed it back into her body. Lan Ling'er's big watery eyes rolled around and said, "I often go to the deep mountains and old forests of Miaojiang to collect herbs and catch poisonous insects. I usually carry water, medicine, and bamboo tubes with me in case of emergency."
"I really want to go to the mountains and forests, climb rocks and mountains, and breathe the fresh air there. I am also a member of the outdoor rock climbing club."
Jiang Yuxin looked envious and yearning as she imagined herself climbing among the lush green mountains.
Lan Linger showed a disdainful expression: "If you really go, I'm afraid you won't be used to it. In our Miaojiang's 100,000 mountains, there are swarms of mosquitoes, scorpions and poisonous snakes everywhere, and ferocious beasts often appear. After the ancient martial arts competition is over, you come back to Miaojiang with me, and I will take you with me when I go to collect herbs and catch snakes, so that you can enjoy it."
When Jiang Yuxin heard Lan Ling'er mention scorpions and poisonous snakes, goose bumps appeared on her snow-white arms. Her eyebrows were slightly wrinkled. The beautiful fantasy of the deep mountains and swamps that she had just had disappeared.
Following the path paved with green square bricks, we came to a green meadow. The lush meadow was covered with colorful wild flowers, including blue and purple baby's breath and fresh yellow daisies, one by one and one by one.
Narrow ditches are laid along the edges of the lawn, dividing it into neat squares, making it look like the colorful terraces in fairy tales.
The people in Yihua Palace are all girls. They love beauty and flowers even more. They have no resistance to grass and flowers and immediately ran over laughing.
"What a beautiful place. I really want to lie down here and take a nap."
"What beautiful flowers, what a nice fragrance, I love them so much."
While the girls of Yihua Palace were chasing and playing on the grass like flower fairies, Li Yanzhi was observing her surroundings vigilantly.
"Everyone, stop playing around. We have to go out in two hours. Don't waste time."
"Sister Yanzhi, I'll pick a bunch of wild flowers and leave."
"I'll pick some too. They're so beautiful."
Jiang Yuxin picked a bunch of purple and blue baby's breath, put it under her nose, and smelled a light and elegant fragrance.
"There are so many flowers in flower shops, but I don't think they look pretty. Flowers in nature are the most colorful."
Lan Ling'er was not very interested in these wild flowers: "There are many beautiful flowers in our Miao village. These wild flowers are not interesting."
Jiang Yuxin accidentally discovered a bunch of bright flowers in the bush, so she walked over curiously and wanted to pick a bunch to play with, but as soon as she got closer, the bunch of bright flowers actually moved.
It wasn't a flower at all, but a little civet cat with fur as bright as fire and claws as black as ink. It had a pair of big, watery, sky-blue eyes that looked at Jiang Yuxin cutely.
Jiang Yuxin usually likes small animals the most. She reached out to catch the red kitten in surprise: "Lan Ling'er, come and see, there is a cat here. What a beautiful cat."
There was not only the bright-colored kitten in front of Jiang Yuxin, but several kittens of the same color jumped out from the flowers. It turned out that they were sleeping in the flowers and were woken up by the beauties.
They stared at the beauties warily, as if they were worried about having their sweet dreams disturbed.
The beauties of Yihua Palace have lived on the island for many years and only recently moved to Dangyan Mountain. They have no resistance to flowers and are especially fond of cute little animals.
They gathered in groups of three or five and surrounded the kittens, wanting to hug them.
Lan Ling'er and Li Yanzhi both showed expressions of horror. These cute little kittens were not ordinary house cats, but the second-level ferocious beast, the Fire Civet Cat.
Just when Jiang Yuxin was about to reach out to hug the Fire Civet Cats, Lan Ling'er stopped her and said, "Don't hug them. They are Fire Civet Cats and can breathe fire. Didn't you watch the Xuan-level competition? In the first round of the Xuan-level competition, many people were injured by the flames of the Fire Civet Cats."
"Fire civet cats? Can they breathe fire? The prettier they are, the more dangerous they are. I only saw my sister fighting with the bloody claw monkey, and I didn't notice that these little cats can breathe fire."
Although the threat posed by a level 2 beast to an ancient warrior at the Earth level was much smaller, being suddenly sprayed with flames by accident was no small matter.
"Be careful, they are level 2 fierce beasts, Fire Civet Cats, and they can breathe fire."
“Such a cute little guy can breathe fire
The beauties then stopped, their pretty faces full of surprise. It was hard to associate these cute little guys with the ferocious fire-breathing beasts.
(End of this chapter)