Chapter 10: The Blurred Canyon
After another half an hour in the canyon, Wen Cai'er's eyebrows became more and more wrinkled, just because they seemed to be lost, thinking to herself, according to Lingling's foot strength, they should have already walked out of the canyon, but after so long, they still couldn't get out of this miasma-filled fog.
has lived in the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons since he was a child, and he is no stranger to Wen Cai'er in such a scene, and he can't do anything to himself with the miasma of the poison avoidance pill, but there is Shi Lei by his side, which can't help but make him worried.
Now in this environment like a ghost hitting a wall, Wen Cai'er couldn't think of any good way for a while, and suddenly a place name popped up in her mind [Blurred Grand Canyon], and she was even more convinced of her idea according to the geographical location.
According to legend, the canyon is extremely deep, it is the site of the ancient battlefield thousands of years ago, when it comes to a thunderstorm, the sound of battlefield fighting will be heard in the canyon, and the people who pass by here have also seen that there is a scene of Yin soldiers patrolling in front of this canyon, and it is precisely because of these reasons that this place is regarded as a recognized fierce place by the martial arts cultivation world.
Wen Cai'er's change Shi Lei didn't notice it, and at this moment he was being attracted by a moving fluorescence.
In the hazy night fog, Shi Lei could faintly see a light and shadow in front of him, moving at an extremely fast speed, his speed was not inferior to the white deer, it seemed not afraid of people suddenly encountering obstacles, it would even move to the front of the white deer.
When it encountered a rock obstacle again, it came to the front of Bailu again, this time Shi Lei finally saw the true body of this light and shadow, it turned out to be a small snake, less than a foot long, and the whole body was green and flawless, like a jade carving.
Confirmed that it was a little snake, Shi Lei was very excited in his heart, and the children who grew up in this mountain couldn't help but have some itchy hands when they saw birds, snakes and insects.
"Sister Cai'er, look at the small snake that glows in front of the bell."
Wen Cai'er wanted to leave this place quickly, her eyes were focused on the distance, and after Shi Lei's reminder, she paid attention to the existence of the little snake.
Seeing the little snake, his face showed a look of surprise, and he muttered: "This is Zhu Yeqing, this kind of snake is extremely spiritual and very rare, but it is timid by nature, how can it appear here to see it in this state is a little weird!" If you don't hide when you see people, something must have attracted it, let's go with it, maybe it can take us out of this canyon. ”
After deciding, Wen Caier drove the white deer and began to follow Zhu Yeqing's trajectory, and after ten minutes, the fog began to lighten, and soon after, the two of them came out of the foggy area at night and came to a desolate area.
I saw that the scene in front of me seemed to be an abandoned ruins of ancient buildings, and there were some collapsed walls and rotten wood everywhere on the ground.
Sitting on top of the white deer, Wen Cai'er looked at the ruins in front of her.
At this time, Shi Lei saw a moving golden point of light on the boulder beside him, and when he looked closely, he suddenly felt a little hairy in his heart.
Just because, he saw that there was a golden-headed centipede crawling on the stone wall, as long as chopsticks, this kind of golden-headed centipede Shi Lei had seen before, and even happened to catch one, but the length of those centipedes was less than one-third of this, and he remembered that it was sold for more than dozens of dollars at that time, and he thought, if this can be caught, it will not be sold for hundreds of yuan.
Greedy, looking at such a big golden-headed centipede, Shi Lei had an urge to catch it, and said in a somewhat excited tone: "Sister Cai'er, there is a big golden-headed centipede, let's go catch it." ”
Hearing this, Wen Cai'er frowned slightly, her expression was solemn, and she whispered around her fingers: "Xiao Lei, don't care about that centipede, come and see, the eyed king snake on the ground over there, the black-armored poisonous scorpion on the edge of the stone, and the red-spotted tarantula ...... on the wooden pillar,"
"In the time we came here, there were more than 30 kinds of poisonous insects around one after another, and each of the poisonous insects that appeared here was rare to see, so why they came here at the same time must be strange."
Hearing this, Shi Lei looked around, and sure enough, there were many insects around, red spiders the size of walnuts, golden long-eyebrow toads jumping around, black-shelled scorpions, and long snakes of various colors ......, crawling among the stone cracks and dead trees in the ruins.
Suddenly, a strange aroma wafted through the tip of Shi Lei's nose. After sniffing lightly, he asked curiously, "Sister Cai'er, do you smell a very fragrant smell?" ”
"I didn't smell any aroma," Wen Cai'er said strangely after sniffing the bridge of her delicate little nose.
Shi Lei felt the aroma carefully, and finally determined the direction where the fragrance wafted from, and said firmly: "It's the aroma, and this aroma seems to have drifted from the ruins in front of it." ”
Looking at Shi Lei's expression, Wen Cai'er believed that Shi Lei would not lie to her, thought about it, seemed to think of something, and explained with a smile: "Xiao Lei, we seem to have met a baby, no wonder there are so many rare poisonous insects here at the same time, there must be some rare spirit grass that attracts them, let's find out what it is." ”
Wen Cai'er was just about to enter the ruins, and in the stone mounds not far in front of the two, a moving white mist suddenly crawled out, and when Wen Cai'er took a closer look at the white mist, she was overjoyed and said: "It's the ice silkworm, it is really the ice silkworm, even this kind of spirit insect that has been extinct for hundreds of years has been brought out, and the thing that exudes fragrance is definitely not simple." ”
"Ice silkworm, what's that?" Shi Lei asked curiously.
Seeing Shi Lei's curious expression, Wen Cai'er smiled slightly, and explained: "This ice silkworm is a long-extinct growth period spirit worm, which is very precious, and the ancient books in the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons only record its scattered information, and this is the first time I have seen it."
"It's still in the growth stage, it must be here to save the energy needed to form a cocoon and turn into a butterfly, if it is cultivated into a Gu, there are too many benefits, especially your current physical condition, if this little guy can become your Gu worm, then my sister can also feel a lot more at ease, and when I find an opportunity, my sister will catch it and return to the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons, and let your Aunt Lei help cultivate this little guy into your first Gu."
Although Shi Lei didn't know much about Gu, he was very happy when he looked at Wen Cai'er's happy appearance.
Wen Cai'er drove the white deer carefully to the rock where the ice silkworm climbed, Shi Lei saw that there was a frost mark on the ice and snow left by the ice silkworm after crawling, and a trace of cold air could be felt from a distance of more than a meter.
"Squeak...... Squeak"
Just as the two of them were concentrating on observing and looking for the ice silkworm, they were suddenly disturbed by a squeak, which was like the cry of insects, and it seemed to be the sound of some kind of friction.
Looking up in the direction of the sound, when Shi Lei saw the scene in his field of vision, a layer of goosebumps instantly rose on his body.
I saw that in the open space in the distance ahead, a dense patch of red insects appeared at some point, the size of soybeans, and thousands of them poured into the ruins like a tide, launching a group attack on the poisonous insects that appeared on the field.
For a while, on the field in the ruins, several red balls of struggling and tumbling insects were formed, and the entire space was filled with the sound of various poisonous insects.
Seeing this, Wen Cai'er's expression was a little gloomy, and she said: "It's a sawtooth blood ant, we can't stay in it, we must stay away from the battlefield of these blood ants, otherwise we will also suffer." ”
Saying that, he drove the white deer back quickly, and when he entered the edge of the night fog, he jumped off the white deer with Shi Lei and hid behind a carved boulder, took out the gourd he had used before and released more than a dozen flying insects, and then took out a bag of white powder again and scattered it around.
Although he avoided the battlefield of poisonous insects, Shi Lei recalled the scene he had just seen, and he still felt furious in his heart, and asked, "Sister Cai'er, why did those red ants grow so big?" ”
Wen Cai'er finished everything, and saw that the sawtooth blood ants did not chase after her, so she felt a little relieved, and when she heard Shi Lei's question, she explained: "These sawtooth blood ants must have some adventures, sawtooth blood ants are aggressive by nature, and there are also loud names called man-eating ants, they have a strong sense of territory, once they find the intruder, they will definitely attack the nest, in the battle, this kind of blood ants are like a powerful army, united, not afraid of life and death, even if the powerful beasts face them, they can only flee in the wilderness, not to mention, these blood ants have also undergone mutations, Combat effectiveness is bound to soar. ”
When Wen Cai'er said this, Dai's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and her face showed a hint of regret.
"After this battle, I don't know how many strange insects will be damaged."
Hearing this, Shi Lei remembered the big golden-headed centipede in his heart, and repeated: "Yes, it's a pity, so many good insects have become food for ants like this." ”
Looking at the expression on Shi Lei's little face, Wen Cai'er showed a charming smile on her face, touched Shi Lei's little face and said softly: "Xiao Lei, you don't have to be too depressed, the insects that can come here through the poisonous fog, any one is not so simple." ”
"Besides, there are a lot of them, you think, even the ice silkworms have appeared, and there will definitely be some strong people among them that we haven't seen."
"All we have to do now is wait, wait for this battle to be decided, and we'll be planning according to the situation."
Shi Lei asked a little strangely: "Sister Cai'er, even if the battle is over, what can we do if there are still so many poisonous insects?" ”
Wen Cai'er blinked her big smart eyes, smiled slightly, and said softly: "Lei Lei, don't worry, my sister has her own way, whether it is winning over there, there is a way to subdue or drive away those victors, what we have to do now is to wait." ”
"Well," Shi Lei responded, thinking, with the current situation, he wouldn't be able to leave for a while anyway, and it was okay to wait.
The two of them stayed quietly by the boulder, for a long time, Wen Caier's mood gradually calmed down, looked at Shi Lei beside him, and couldn't help but fall into contemplation, and soon after, looking up at the starry sky, his face showed a look of appraisal, as if he had made a decision in his heart.
The temperature was gradually getting cooler in the middle of the night, Wen Caier looked at Shi Lei, who was thinly dressed, and reached out to gently hug him into his arms to keep warm.
The first time Shi Lei saw a scene of this scale, in the ruins, all kinds of screams kept coming, listening to these voices Shi Lei would have some pictures in his mind, and all kinds of emotions in his heart continued to rise, fear, unbearable, regretful .......
However, fortunately, now that he is accompanied by Sister Cai'er, relying on Sister Cai'er's arms, Shi Lei feels full of security, and gradually he is not so afraid, perhaps because of his physical exhaustion, he unconsciously fell asleep in Sister Cai'er's arms.
In the canyon, the war between poisonous insects continued all night, until the sun rose quietly in the early morning, and the ruins gradually fell silent.