Wen Bufan and Isabel followed the woodcutter Ali to the village where Ali lived, and there was no difference between the inside and outside of the village, and the people who came and went were simple villagers.

Ali enthusiastically invited Wen Bufan and Isabel to his home, and asked his daughter-in-law to buy wine and vegetables to greet guests.

Along the way, Wen Bufan asked Ali about the Lost Forest, and Ali had only heard about it from that strange voice, and he didn't know anything else.

Ali's daughter-in-law cooked quickly, and in a short time she prepared a delicious meal.

Ali poured a bowl of wine for Wen Bufan and Isabel and said, "Please try it, you two, this is the village's own wine." ”

"Let your daughter-in-law sit with you." Wen Bufan said.

"There's another dish, and when it's ready, she'll come." Ali said.

After a while, Ali's daughter-in-law brought another dish and walked over. I put the dish on the table and sat down myself.

"Are there many villages like this on your island?" Wen Bufan asked.

"Quite a few! There are many of them in these cols, and there are also many in the mountains on my daughter-in-law's side. Ali suddenly remembered something as he spoke, looked at his daughter-in-law and asked, "Have you ever heard of the Lost Forest?" ”

When Ali's daughter-in-law heard this, she said, "Didn't you say before that there is always a strange sound in the forest in the east, isn't it the Forest of Mystery?" ”

"It's not there, forget it." Ali began to beckon Wen Bufan to drink again.

A few people were having dinner, and Ali's daughter-in-law was cleaning up the table.

Wen Bufan asked Ali if there were any special places around here, like some places that ordinary people couldn't go.

When Ali's daughter-in-law heard this, she said, "There is an old forest in our hometown, which is dark all the year round, and I have heard from the old people that no one has ever come out of the forest, and I have heard that there is a lake made of gold in it." They went in for the love of money. ”

When Wen Bufan heard this, his eyes lit up and asked, "Where is that old forest?" ”

"It's about three to five days south of our village." Ali's daughter-in-law said.

Wen Bufan looked at Isabel and said, "Maybe it's there!" Let's take a look. ”

"Okay, my daughter-in-law and I haven't visited my father-in-law and mother-in-law for a long time, let's take you with us." Ali said.

"Good!"

Wen Bufan and Isabel followed Ali and his wife to the old forest, and after coming to the old forest, they could feel a strange aura emanating from the forest, and when they looked inside, it was indeed dark and they couldn't see anything.

"Do you really want to go in?" Ali asked.

"A friend of ours is inside, so we're going to go in and have a look." Wen Bufan said.

"Then we'll wait here for the two of you." Ali said.

"No, we don't know when we'll be out, so you don't have to wait here." Wen Bufan said.

Ali and his wife had no choice but to go back. Before leaving, Isabel gave Ali's daughter-in-law a bracelet, and Ali's daughter-in-law shirked it and finally accepted it with joy.

After the Ali couple left, Wen Bufan and Isabel walked into the forest.

"Looks like this is it." Wen Bufan looked at the forest and said.

"Since it's called the Lost Forest, there must be a maze here. Let's be careful. Isabel said.

"Yes!" Wen Bufan said and took out the compass from his arms. When I looked down, I saw that the hands of the compass were spinning non-stop.

"It seems that the compass here is not easy to use!" Wen Bufan said and put the compass back in his arms and said, "Let's find it ourselves!" ”

Isabel looked at Wen Bufan and said, "Why don't we tie it together?" ”

Wen Bufan looked at Isabel and said, "That's good." As he spoke, he grabbed Isabel's streamer, tied it around his waist, and took Isabel into his arms and kissed her.

"When is it, you still have a heart to trouble." Isabel said softly in Wen Bufan's arms.

"Ease the atmosphere." Wen Bufan hugged Isabel and said.

The two of them walked slowly through the forest, and also into the depths of the forest, the forest became darker and darker. Wen Bufan and Isabel could only walk close to each other and walk deep into the forest.

Probably walked for a while, and nothing happened.

"Let's light the fire, it's too dark." Wen Bufan said and took out the fire fold from his arms.

"No, I feel that there is yellow phosphorus in this forest and asked." Isabel said.

"Yellow phosphorus?" Wen Bufan asked.

"Well, we're moving forward." Isabel said.

"But there have been many people here, so why haven't you seen any signs of being burned?" Wen Bufan said.

"It's so dark in here, and even if there is, we can't see it." Isabel said with a smile.

"Yes." Wen Bufan spoke, and the two continued to walk forward.

The forest had reached the point where he couldn't see his fingers, Wen Bufan held Isabel's small hand tightly and said, "Let's go to the tree first." ”

"Good!" Wen Bufan and Isabel touched the side of a tree, and since they couldn't see the situation above, Wen Bufan and Isabel had to slowly climb up along the trunk.

I finally saw the light.

Wen Bufan and Isabel let out a sigh of relief and came to the canopy.

As far as the eye can see, there is a sea of forests all around! You can't see the edge at all.

"Where are we going?" Wen Bufan looked at the boundless Lin Hai around him and said.

Isabel smiled and said, "This is really the Lost Forest, and the direction can't be distinguished?" ”

"Direction!" When Wen Bufan heard this, he immediately took out the compass and said, "It's always okay to point in one direction, right?" ”

The compass needle turned a few times, and finally stopped.

"This is the south!" Wen Bufan said: "But what if you know that it is the south? ”

"It's okay, at least we know the direction. If we can't find it, we can still get out, and if we don't even know the direction, we'll be trapped here. Isabel said optimistically.

"Yes. So where do we go now? Wen Bufan said.

"Go wherever you say!" Isabel said.

Wen Bufan looked around carefully and said, "Have you noticed that there are indeed no traces of fire in this forest?" ”

Isabel nodded and said, "Not really, but there is indeed a smell of yellow phosphorus in the forest." ”

Wen Bufan lowered his head and pondered for a while, reached out and broke a branch, then took out a fire fold from his arms, lit the branch, and threw it forward.

The branch fell into the forest with a spark, and sure enough, as soon as the branch fell into the forest, a large spark rose! But this spark disappeared in a flash, and it did not cause a bigger spark!

Wen Bufan broke off another branch, clicked it and threw it directly at his feet. The branch also ignited a large spark as soon as it entered the forest, but the spark disappeared in an instant.

Wen Bufan seemed to see that this spark was blown out by something.

Wen Bufan tried again, and this time Wen Bufan saw it very clearly, after the spark fell, it was blown out by the surrounding trees.

Wen Bufan looked at Isabelle, who was also surprised, and said, "Are these trees alive?" ”

(End of chapter)