The next day, Ren Baqian took the students and the mountain people up the mountain together.
Originally, this day's harvest was enough for the village's rations for three days, but Ren Baqian and his party were too much, and the mountain people had to go up the mountain again the next morning.
The forest in Jiuding Mountain is very dense, except for a few open spaces, it is difficult for the sun to shine in most of the places, only the light broken by the leaves shines on the surroundings, like a beam of light.
The ground is fertile soil, and the fallen leaves have rotted on the ground and penetrated into the soil year after year, making the land here very fertile.
"There are not many prey near the black water pool. We have to go northwest, into the mountains, and let Nagu take you there." Over a mountain, the leader of the hunting team, the middle-aged man named Tahu Said to Ren Baqian.
This place is still on the periphery of Jiuding Mountain, and there is still a large area inside. That is the center of Jiuding Mountain, and it is also the place with the most prey. Correspondingly, the danger is also greater. Wild boars like the hills like yesterday can still be majestic in other places, but they are nothing inside.
"I hope you will return with a rewarding experience this time!" Ren Baqian cupped his hands.
"I hope so." Tahu smiled generously.
"Nagu, you take them there."
"Understood, you guys remember to bring me back a handful of mountain lads, I want to eat them recently." Nagu said bluntly.
Afterwards, everyone separated and said hello and farewell to each other. Ren Baqian watched the straightforward men with hairy thighs carrying bows, sticks and nets go in another direction.
This team of 20 to 30 people had only four iron knives, one of which was a short knife, and the bows were all made of bone arrows, a kind of animal bone that was ground into arrows was very useful.
Arrows made of ten iron arrowheads were regarded as treasures by Tahu, and he was reluctant to use them easily.
Ren Baqian followed Na Gu to the southwest with his guards and students.
"How far do we have to go?" Ren Baqian asked.
"Just turn over the mountain in front." Nagu pointed to the front.
Ren Baqian looked forward, and only saw dense forests, vines, and weeds taller than a person, blocking everything in front of him, and he couldn't see very far.
"Are you the husband-in-law chosen by His Majesty?" Nagu asked Ren Baqian curiously after walking for a while, although it should be so, it was always unbelievable.
"Want to ask why?" Ren Baqian knew what she was thinking just by looking at her.
Most of the ancient people can't keep their words in their hearts, and they always want to ask questions, regardless of whether the question should be asked or not.
Nagu's head is like a chicken pecking rice.
"Probably because I'm handsome!" Ren Baqian touched his cheek.
"Bah!" The voice came from Tonglan who pricked up his ears behind.
"Otherwise, why?" Ren Baqian asked back.
Everyone opened their mouths and were suddenly speechless. Ren Baqian's appearance was always a little better than his weak hand.
What did His Majesty see in him? Knowledgeable? Most of the people still admit it in their hearts, but they have already known Ren Baqian's character after so long contact, so he just waited for everyone to say so.
But if he doesn't say it, it means that he is handsome, which is very heartbreaking.
For a while, everyone was a little confused.
Seeing everyone's constipated expressions, Ren Baqian laughed, and then said seriously: "There is always a reason to hate someone. But there is no reason to like someone."
Full of old hen soup taste.
But everyone really believed it, especially Du Laoliu, who already liked it, took it seriously.
Except for Tonglan, who had a look of contempt on her face.
Except for what was taught in class, she firmly opposed everything that Ren Baqian said was yes, and she firmly agreed with what Ren Baqian said was no. This was a matter of principle.
Unless Ren Baqian can beat her.
After walking for a long time, I finally turned over the mountain, stood on the top of the mountain and looked down, a green ocean, the wind blew and the ears were filled with the flapping of leaves, the chirping of birds, and the roaring of animals. This is a kingdom of life.
"It's right there." Nagu stood on a rock and pointed in one direction.
Among the green, there is a small black spot, which is the location of the black water pool.
"There is still a long way to go!" Ren Baqian blocked the dazzling sunlight with his hands and looked in that direction.
Walking in the woods is much slower than on flat ground, there are weeds and vines everywhere, and you have to be careful of poisonous snakes that don’t know where to hide, not to mention that places that seem to be close actually have to make a big circle.
The black water pool is only a few miles away from where everyone is now, but it may take two or three hours to walk these few miles in the mountains.
In fact, as Ren Baqian had imagined, it took them two hours to walk inside the mountain before arriving at the location they had seen on the top of the mountain.
When there are still a few hundred meters away from the water pool, the surrounding environment has already begun to change. The trees have changed from towering trees hugged by two people to very short ones, and the leaves of many trees are a little wilted. affected.
After walking out of the forest, there was a pool of tens of meters in diameter in front of it. The pitch-black water surface was calm and waveless, without even the slightest sign of life.
Around the water pool, it is different from the black soil on the mountain, but a yellow soil, with a kind of very short weeds growing sparsely on it.
"This is the black water pool."
No need for Na Gu to tell, Ren Baqian knew that he had reached the place, and he could already smell a smell like rotten eggs, which made people want to cover their noses.
If I'm not mistaken, this should be the smell of hydrogen sulfide. Ren Baqian stepped forward and walked to the edge of the pool, the pool was almost black, it was impossible to tell how deep it was.
"What are you doing here?" Tong Lan followed behind and asked curiously. This question had been hidden in everyone's mind for several days. Shi Gan asked it before, but Ren Baqian never answered it.
Ren Baqian lowered his head and dipped his fingers into the pond water to have a look. It was very dark in color, with many black impurities, and looked dirty. He licked it lightly with his tongue, it was very salty and had a bit of bitter taste, which made his face twitch together.
"Bottles!" Ren Baqian first asked the guards to bring the prepared bottles, filled five bottles in total and sealed them tightly.
"Do you know that the earth moves?" Ren Baqian turned to ask everyone.
"Why does the earth move!" Before Nagu could say anything, he heard someone next to him say, "The earth does not move because of what is used as a reference."
"That's right. But even from the perspective of ordinary people, the earth is moving. The plates that make up the earth are conveniently located underground. They will make various movements. One of the most direct examples is Earthquakes, when there is movement inside the earth and when a certain condition is met in a certain area, an earthquake will occur." Ren Baqian gave a lecture to the students by the way.
"Then why does the earth move?" A student immediately asked.
Ren Baqian picked up a stone, let go, and dropped it to the ground. "That's it. Objects are affected by gravity and fall downward, and the earth is also affected by this effect."
"You mean that one day the earth will fall? Where will it fall?" Tonglan opened her small mouth with horror on her face.