Mountains and rocks like black charcoal, and a variety of vegetation that flourishes.

After the exploration team left the ruler road, the speed of progress slowed down considerably, because this was no longer the safest ruler road in the wilderness, and strange things could come out at any time.

Even though the exploration team consisted of nine warriors, no one dared to be careless in such a place.

Entering Dongqiu Mountain, Zhou Fan pointed to the lawn and said, "That's where I met those five herb pickers. ”

The flesh on the lawn had disappeared without a trace after a day and a night, leaving only a faint trace of blood.

The three talisman masters in the team got together to discuss, this was already a field, and even Mao and Song, who had a discordant relationship, did not have any more disputes.

The results of the discussion were not long in coming, and they decided to search in the direction of the herb pickers going deep into the valley.

It is still Mangniu Village that acts as the pioneer and walks in the front, the second in Hidden Belly Village, and the last one is Zhou Fan of Sanqiu Village.

Master Mao took out two forbidden talismans from the talisman bag and gave them to Zhou Fan and Wrinkled.

Zhou Fan and Wrinkle Shen both put the forbidden evil charm on their left arm, which could prevent some strange curses or possession.

When Zhou Fan came alone before, he also carried the forbidden evil charm given by the village.

The first two groups of teams are also similar operations, although the forbidden talisman is precious, but walking in the wild has to prepare the forbidden talisman.

The rhythm of progress is controlled by the three people of Mangniu Village, they stop, and the two teams of Yinqi Village and Sanqiu Village behind them will also stop, because they are in the mountains and forests, unlike in the ruler road, now each team is only separated by a distance of about one zhang.

The duty of Zhou Fan and the three of them is to watch out for the back.

The exploration team moved forward silently and slowly, and encountered weeds that stood in the way and grew taller than people, and they really couldn't get around the Mangniu Village at the front, and the three people could only take out short knives and daggers to open the way.

Two hours later, the exploration team searched the entire Dongqiu Mountain, but still found no trace of the cocoon man.

The only thing that happened was that the Mangniu Village, which was the pioneer in front, encountered two black wandering monsters, but was quickly killed by the Mangniu Village and the Hidden Belly Village that supported them.

Sanqiu Village was in charge of the guard behind and had no chance to intervene, which made Zhou Fan feel a little sorry that the two black monsters were two gray worms.

The three groups came together again.

Master Song said coldly: "It seems that the cocoon trees are not in Dongqiu Mountain, and there is no trace of those tree cocoons. ”

Master Di Fu shook his head and said, "Even if it's not in Dongqiu Mountain, it should be not far from Dongqiu Mountain, and those tree cocoons won't be too far away from the cocoon tree." ”

Master Mao glanced at the red sun, which was already slanting to the west, and said, "Then what now? The sun will go down in half an hour." ”

As soon as it gets dark, it becomes more dangerous, and in the dark environment, it is difficult to continue searching.

Eventually, the expedition team decided to end today's search, cut down two dead logs at the foot of the mountain, and then turned away from Dongqiu Mountain and returned to the ruler road.

The closest to Dongqiu Mountain are Sanqiu Village and Yinyu Village, but no matter which village, it will take half a day to walk fast, and it will take half a day to come back tomorrow.

It's too time-consuming to go back and forth, and I'm afraid that the tasks given to them by Yiluan Division will be difficult to complete.

Therefore, the exploration team can only choose to spend the night in the wild, Zhou Fan has no experience in spending the night in the wild, but the Mao Fu Master naturally has.

They divided the work and split the dead wood into firewood, and piled it up.

Before the night completely falls, a pyre is lit on the ruler road, creating a crimson fire.

The bonfire reflected the faces of the nine.

Master Mao took out a yellow paper talisman from the talisman bag and said, "Take out yours too." ”

Master Di and Master Song also took out a yellow paper talisman, and the three of them threw the talisman into the bonfire.

The talisman suddenly brightened up in the bonfire, turning into three dark blue fireworks, suspended in the bonfire, dyeing the bonfire a little blue.

This is a three-level Yellow-Rank Flame Talisman.

Lighting a bonfire in the dark is a dazzling practice.

This may seem stupid, and it may even attract some weird snoops, but they have to do it, because they need to be more wary of shadow freaks that can blend into the silent sneaking of the night than those weird snooping or even attacks.

In the dark night, the shadow monsters are the most terrifying existences, and the lowest of them are the yin ghosts, and those shadow monsters are ten or even a hundred times more terrifying than the yin ghosts.

Only light can make those shadow monsters dare not approach, and the Flame Charm is prepared for this, similar to the Little Light Charm, but more advanced.

It was also because of the preparation of the Flame Talisman, otherwise they would not have dared to spend a night in the dark at all.

Around the bonfire, the three talismans discussed the matter of taking turns to be on duty at night, and they were naturally divided into three groups according to the village.

Everyone just silently ate dry food and water, and ate their dinner in a humble way.

Zhou Fan fed some dry food to the elder brother, and the nine warriors in the three villages were unfamiliar, which made the atmosphere dull.

"I don't know where that cocoon tree is?" The one who broke the silence was Yan Longbao from Mangniu Village, the scar on his left cheek that looked particularly hideous in the firelight.

Master Di Fu threw a piece of wood into the bonfire and shook his head: "Not in Dongqiu Mountain, when I climbed the mountain, I paid attention to the distance, I couldn't see the cocoon tree, none of us have ever seen a cocoon tree, but it is recorded in the classics that the newborn cocoon tree can grow into a tree one foot tall and one person hugging each other on the first day, and it has a dense white bone crown like an umbrella cover. ”

"But we haven't seen such a strange tree today, which means that we are probably not around Dongqiu Mountain, and tomorrow we will explore along the south and north sides of Dongqiu. ”

On the east and west sides of the East Hill are the Three Hills and the Hidden Belly Village, so you only need to explore the north and south sides.

Master Mao suddenly frowned and said: "It's not surprising that the cocoon tree didn't see it, but even the trace of the tree cocoon didn't be found, could it be that the group of tree cocoons came to Dongqiu by accident to explore food, and they went to other places today?"

No one could answer this question, the most knowledgeable of the nine were the three talismans, but they had not seen the cocoon tree with their own eyes, and as for analyzing the tree cocoon, they could only touch the elephant blindly.

The topic was so heavy that no one spoke for a while.

After a while, someone suddenly said: "The night is long, I see that you don't have the heart to sleep for a while, why don't I tell you a story, what do you think?"

Zhou Fan looked over, but the person who spoke was the middle-aged man from the Hidden Belly Village, this middle-aged man had short hair and a yellow face.

Master Mao mentioned to Zhou Fan that this person was Chen Shanzhi, the village leader of Hidden Belly Village.

"What's the story?" asked Master Di Fu with a smile as he looked at the familiar Chen Shanzhi.

Chen Shanzhi said with a smile: "You will know if you listen to it, an interesting story, if you tell what the story is before the story starts, then no matter how interesting it is, it will become uninteresting." ”

Master Di Fu looked at the six people from Mangniu Village and Sanqiu Village, and when he saw that no one objected, he nodded and said, "Then let's hear it." ”

Chen Shanzhi nodded and said.

I don't know why, but as soon as the story was told, the man's voice changed, becoming hoarse and harsh, like the low grinding sound of a rusty sword on a whetstone.

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