Chapter 32 The Sound of the West is in the East
Originally, those mountain rats ate Jianmu just to survive, in order to continue to survive between heaven and earth, but now there can be other food nearby, and they can eat it and survive without risking the danger of fighting with the spirit of Jianmu. But these mountain rats are willing to make it easy, so it can only prove one thing, these mountain rats are here to build wood!
The mountain rat itself was also born of the creation of heaven and earth, and it was not a powerful creature in the wilderness from an individual point of view. However, the mountain rat has one characteristic that is very different from other creatures, and that is that it likes to live in groups. Mountain rats are like some insects, thousands of them appear every time. And although they are very small, their teeth are so strong and sharp that they can even eat rocks. Therefore, in the spiritual world, where there are mountain rats, the entire mountain is often emptied.
Mountain rats will naturally turn into demons, but it is very difficult, and there are often only one or two mountain rats in each group of mountain rats, and they will naturally become the leaders of the rat group. However, after the mountain rat turns into a demon, it may not be like the Red Flame Leopard clan that transforms into a human form. You must know that the demons who live in the wilderness rely on their instinct to cultivate and grow, and they do not have the clear guidance of the layers of realms like cultivators. They are only outstanding among their kind by chance, but the qiē they perform is still not too far away from their kind, and what they pursue is not much different from the same kind themselves, because often the cultivation realm is not too high, but they always have strange magical powers.
However, the mountain rats that attacked the Jianmu clan seemed to be very wrong, first of all, the number of mountain rats in the mountain rat colony far exceeded that of the average rat colony. It seems that there are seven or eight rat groups gathered together, and there are many mountain rat rat demons among them, and the command of the mountain rat is far more clear than that of other ordinary rat demons.
The mountain rat itself without the demon is extremely low in intelligence, and what he does every day is to look for all kinds of food everywhere, but with the leadership of the rat demon, it has caused the situation of constantly attacking the Jianmu Forest, which shows that this qiē is the ploy of the mountain rat demon. That is to say, these mountain rat demons even did not hesitate to cause a large number of mountain rats to be killed by the Jianmu clan, and constantly let the mountain rats eat Jianmu. The purpose is obvious. The idea of these mountain rat demons is not to find food for these mountain rats, but to make these mountain rats turn into demons as much as possible.
This is really abnormal, and none of the countless creatures between heaven and earth can escape death. That's why only cultivators have the way to practice. The realm of immortality that is pursued. To put it bluntly, it's just to get rid of the shackles of life and death. Although other living beings do not enter the liberation realm of human cultivation, their instincts for good life, evil and death also exist, and there are no living beings seeking death between heaven and earth. Even if it is impossible to escape death. But they are always trying to survive.
Therefore, whether it is the reproduction of birds and animals, or the pollination of flowers and trees, the purpose is always to be able to reproduce and survive, and in a sense, this can also be regarded as a different kind of immortality. As long as such species are not extinct, it is as if they were not extinct. Because among these beings, there is no obvious difference between them. As far as mountain rats are concerned, the two mountain rats that do not have demons are not too different from each other in terms of appearance and behavior, so what is the meaning of their existence?
Therefore, the behavior of the leader of this group of mountain rat demons is very strange, how can he lead his own clan to carry out this kind of behavior that is no different from suicide?
Lan Qian thought about it for a long time, but he didn't understand why those mountain rat demons did not hesitate to sacrifice the clan and try to turn more mountain rats into demons, so that even though there were many mountain rats turned into demons, what if the clan perished? Lan Qian thought of this, and felt very confused, he also told the Lan Mu patriarch about this problem. After listening to Lan Qian's words, Patriarch Lan Mu also showed a very heavy expression, and his eyes were full of thought.
This happened two months ago, after a fierce battle between the mountain rats and the Jianmu clan, that Lan Qian thought of this. However, Patriarch Lan Mu didn't understand why, but sensitively put forward an opinion, what if there was another manipulator behind those mountain rat demons? Maybe the purpose of the manipulator was to get more monsters, so that the strange behavior of this group of mountain rats could be explained. And since the group of mountain rats moved to the vicinity, the number has been increasing uniformly for hundreds of years, but I am afraid that there are manipulators.
As the patriarch, Lan Mu's knowledge and vision are much higher than Lan Qian's, and his guesses are very reasonable, and they are also close to the truth of the facts. But as for the purpose of the manipulator to turn those mountain rats into demons, and why he didn't take action himself, this is another difficult question to answer. However, this is also a question that does not need to be answered, no matter what the other party's purpose is, the Jianmu clan and Jianmu Lin are as inseparable as the body and mind, so naturally there is only one way to resist regardless of a qiē, and for some questions that can't be figured out, there is not much benefit in thinking about it.
However, Lan Mu still admired Lan Qian's ability to discover this, and praised him very much, after all, this was a problem that even he hadn't thought of, but Lan Qian found it very carefully. So when Lan Qian walked out of his house, Lan Mu had already decided to investigate and cultivate Lan Qian to see if he could be qualified as the next patriarch of the Jianmu clan, which could be regarded as an explanation to his father and his friend Lan Hua.
It didn't take long for Lan Qian and the Wood Builder to reach the edge of the other side of the Tree Tree, and they quickly climbed to the top of a tree to look at the crowd of mountain rats in the distance. At this time, on the treetops of almost every Jianmu tree along the edge of the Jianmu Forest, there was a Jianmu Spirit, and when they saw Lan Qian coming, they all cast their eyes on it!
Jianmu is also a heavy overlapping bully mountain far away, because Jianmu trees are surprisingly tall, so Lan Qian can see very far, only to see about dozens of mountains away, there are constantly flocks of birds flying from the mountains and forests, not daring to return to the forest, wandering in the air and whirling, making all kinds of screams, which are mixed with a faint squeak.
Sure enough, it was a group of mountain rats coming, and the strange thing was that the general group of mountain rats would only attack once every three months or so, and like the Jianmu clan, after each big battle, both sides needed a period of time to recuperate and recuperate. Why did it come a month earlier this time? Lan Qian pondered silently in his heart, very puzzled. His gaze kept swimming, and finally he saw two figures flickering on the top of the mountain in front of him, and he breathed a sigh of relief, one of them was Lan Yao.
At this time, an old-looking Jianmu spirit on the tree next to him frowned and said: "Hey, look at this situation, the mountain rats are out of the nest, and now the patriarch and the elders have no way to fight, it's not easy to deal with!
Lan Qian heard his words, his heart moved, and he thought of something, but he didn't say much, but nodded, and directly waved his hand at the Jianmu Essence beside him. The spirit of Jianmu understood, and went down to give the order with a swish. The Jianmu clan has rules, if the patriarch can't deal with it, the major matter of the defense will be handed over to the captain of the Jianmu clan's escort team to make unified arrangements, and all the clansmen must obey the order.
In a short time, all the Jianmu Spirits had already received the order, and they had all their bows and arrows and arrived at the edge of the Jianmu Forest. Now the Jianmu clan has nearly 5,000 Jianmu spirits, of which about 300 are too old to move and can't draw bows and arrows, and about 200 are just born and have not yet grown up, and they can't fight, and they are all placed in the village in the middle of the Jianmu forest. For the rest of the Jianmu Spirits who could fight, ten Jianmu Spirits were arranged every two trees, so that about 3,000 Jianmu Spirits were arranged around the periphery of the Jianmu Forest. Among the remaining about 400 of them, there are relatively young Jianmu spirits, whose combat effectiveness is not strong, and they are divided into two teams and arranged in two places on the left and right of Jianmu Forest, so that they are only allowed to put arrows on the trees, and they are resolutely not allowed to go out of the forest.
Eventually, about 1,000 Elements of Wood were divided into two parts by Lan Qian, one responsible for supporting the areas under heavy attack, and the other responsible for transporting arrows, stones, and other things for all the fighting Spirits of Wood. Lan Qian was undoubtedly very wise, since he became the captain of the escort team, when the mountain rats did not attack, he organized the spirit of the building wood to build a lot of defensive stone walls outside the Jianmu forest, and dug a lot of traps and trenches outside the wall, all of which were inserted with sharp wooden thorns. This is a very effective measure for the surging rat tide, which can prevent most of the first rats to die before they even get close to the forest.
And the main means of attack of the spirit of Jianmu is naturally arrows, and their arrows are all carrying mana, and the mountain rats will definitely die after shooting. They shoot arrows very fast, and every time the rat tide comes, they will meet the spirit of the building wood like a rain of locust arrows dozens of feet away.
After fighting against the mountain rats for a long time, the spirit of Jianmu is already very proficient in preparing for a qiē, and there is not much fear in his heart. There was no fear in their hearts, it was almost a habitual battle.
But Lan Qian's face was unusually solemn, and for some reason he was standing at the top of the building, and there seemed to be an ominous aura coming from the wind. The words of the old Jianmu Essence just now made him suddenly understand, why these mountain rats attacked in advance, maybe it was because they knew that the patriarch and the major elders were busy treating the red spirit's injuries and had no time to get out, and the combat effectiveness of the Jianmu Clan was greatly reduced, so they would seize this God-given opportunity.
Lan Qian's silence attracted the attention of the Jianmu Essence around him, and the Jianmu Essence said: "Damn stinky mountain rats, if you don't come sooner or later, today I originally made an appointment with Lan Ying to practice archery together, but now it can be disrupted, it's really frustrating! Hey, Lan Qian, what's wrong with you today, I've never seen you frown, why do you even have a time to be afraid? hahaha!" He laughed out loud as he spoke, and all the Jianmu spirits nearby who heard this laughed, they knew that this was deliberately teasing, Lan Qian was the most heroic warrior in their clan at the moment. (To be continued......)