Baojian

Chapter 723 The Cannibal Tree

The mountain that Qin Feng saw was very strange. On the back of the mountain, there was a long gentle slope.

What is very strange is that on the mountain that was originally full of dense forests, there is no grass in the tens of meters. The forest stands abruptly on the gentle slope, with tall trees and lush branches.

This forest only occupies half of the area of ​​the gentle slope. On the other side of the gentle slope, it is full of flowers. Even if they are far away, they can smell the faint fragrance in the wind.

"Old Lu, why don't you stay there today!"

After taking a rest on the ridge, Qian Yuandan pointed to the open space below and said, "It's too dangerous in the woods, how about we just stay in the open space for one night?"

In the afternoon, when Yao Er talked about the annihilation of that team in the jungle, Qian Yuandan and the others looked at the jungle with more or less fear.

"Yao Er, what do you think?"

Although Lu Fenglei had the highest cultivation level among these people, he was not familiar with this mountain at all, so he didn't make a decision rashly, but looked at Yao Er who was walking behind.

"That open space is very suitable, but...why didn't there grow anything?" Yao Er looked at the open space, and for some reason, he felt a sense of danger in his heart.

"Maybe there are rocks below?" Lu Fenglei waved his hand and said, "Let's go, let's take a closer look, and if it's not suitable, choose another place..."

There are many legends about the Three Realms Mountain outside, and it is also ranked first among the Four Great Jedi. Even if Lu Fenglei has entered the state of Huajin, he dare not be careless in this dangerous mountain.

"Damn, this old guy is very cautious!"

After hearing Lu Fenglei's words, Qin Feng couldn't help cursing in his heart, and Zhang Hu, who was walking behind Lu Fenglei, also looked back at Qin Feng with a hint of anxiety on his face.

Qin Feng winked at Zhang Hu, signaling him not to worry, in this dangerous mountain, there are many opportunities, maybe Lu Fenglei will be bitten by some poisonous insect in the next moment.

However, Qin Feng also knows that the chance of such a probability happening is absolutely minuscule.

Because kung fu has reached the level of Lu Fenglei, they are extremely sensitive to crises, and they can often make predictions in advance before the crisis comes.

Just like the current Qin Feng, he can already feel the dead air pervading in that jungle, and there is a kind of throbbing in his heart, and his heartbeat is much faster than usual.

Qin Feng has not entered Huajin yet, but he has this feeling. He believes that Lu Fenglei should also be aware of it. The idea of ​​using the man-eating tree to deal with Lu Fenglei may not work.

As the saying goes, Wangshan runs dead horses. Although the mountain ridge looks very close to the gentle slope, the few people still walked for nearly an hour before arriving at the place where the gentle slope is.

At this time, the sky was getting darker and darker, and the afterglow that fell sprinkled on the hillside, covering the whole hillside with a layer of red color, especially the leaves of those flowers, which looked blood red.

"It is indeed the protruding part of the mountain rock. This should be a whole big rock, without even a crack in the rock..."

Standing in the open space, Yao Er picked up the wooden knife in his hand, dug a few times into the ground, then stopped his hand suddenly, and said, "There's something wrong, this...it's a bit too quiet here!"

"That's right, there have been many movements along the way!"

After hearing Yao Er's words, Qian Ning, who was slumped on the ground in exhaustion, jumped up and said, "Why are there no mosquitoes? This... what the hell is this place?"

There are many mosquitoes in the mountains. Along the way, people have seen many poisonous snakes and insects that they can't name, and there are tigers roaring and monkeys in their ears, but standing in this place, it is quiet and makes people feel a little flustered.

Chan Ning had been bitten by a bug before, and he was cursing people all the way, but now that the mosquitoes were gone, his expression became more and more panicked.

"Aww..." A howl of a wolf resounded in the distant mountains, followed by another roar, and the two voices seemed to be confronting each other.

"Fortunately, I'm finally getting a little popular." Young Master Ning patted his chest, the tranquility when he first arrived here really surprised him.

"The place in the woods, you can't go!"

Yao Er stood in the open space, looking at the jungle dozens of meters away, with worry in his eyes, and said, "I don't know why, I feel that it's very dangerous there, you can't get out if you go in..."

"Frequently wandering around in crisis, it seems that it can also improve people's sensing ability..." Qin Feng glanced at Yao Er in surprise, he didn't expect that Yao Er could also sense the feeling of danger.

"You're right, I feel it too!" Lu Fenglei nodded and looked intently, but because it was already late, he didn't see anything.

The branches and leaves in that forest were extremely lush, and each big tree was tens of meters high. The branches, leaves and vines covered the forest tightly, and the originally dim sunset could not shine in at all.

As for the ground, it is covered with fallen dead leaves, separated by tens of meters, not only can smell the flower fragrance of the sea of ​​flowers, but also the smell of decaying branches and leaves of trees is mixed in it.

"Master Lu, I suggest that we go back to the top of the mountain. This... This place always gives me a very dangerous feeling..."

Looking at that jungle, Yao Er's heart was beating very hard, the dark jungle seemed to be like a monster with a big mouth, able to swallow them all in one gulp.

"Aren't we going to pass there tomorrow? Let me see, Yao Er, go explore the road first..."

Although Qian Ning was also very scared, he really couldn't walk at this moment, and asking him to turn back and climb up would simply kill him, so he immediately refuted it.

"No...it's dangerous there, I...if I go, I may not be able to come back!"

Yao Er shook his head again and again, with a look of fear in his eyes, because he discovered that there was a shining white light coming from the depths of the jungle.

"Yao Er, what did you find?" Lu Fenglei saw that Yao Er's expression was wrong, and asked quickly.

"Ghost... ghost fire..." Yao Er pointed at the forest, his face changed drastically.

"What? Will-o'-the-wisp?" After hearing Yao Er's words, Lu Fenglei quickly looked forward, and sure enough, in the dark depths of the forest, there were dots of white light shining.

"This...how can there be will-o'-the-wisps here?" Channing, who was sitting on the ground like a dead dog, suddenly jumped up.

"A lot of people should have died inside!"

Yao Er took a deep breath and said, "Only in places where there are many dead people will there be will-o'-the-wisps. I...I suspect that the woods are evolved from tree spirits..."

In Three Realms Mountain, the most widely rumored ones are the ghost mist, the tree spirit and the flower demon. Yao Er once witnessed the power of the ghost fog, but he has never been able to see the tree spirit and the flower demon. It is said that he has seen these two People all died.

"Fart dryad, isn't it a man-eating tree?"

Seeing the dignified faces of Lu Fenglei and Yao Eryi, Qin Feng couldn't help feeling superior in IQ. This technological development has indeed explained many ancient mysteries.

It's like the will-o'-the-wisp that a few people are talking about, but it's actually the fluorescent light from the bones of dead people or animals.

The scientific explanation of ghost fire is phosphorus fire, because the bones of people and some things contain phosphorus, and when phosphorus reacts with water or alkali, it will produce phosphine, which is a gas that can spontaneously ignite.

In the countryside or next to some graves, phosphorus fires often appear. When people walk, the wind will drive it to move behind. That kind of scene is really scary, so it is called "wisps of ghosts" by those timid or superstitious people. ".

"Old Lu, I... I think we'd better go back!" Qian Yuandan also showed fear on his face, he hadn't enjoyed the family's glory and wealth, and he didn't want to die here without knowing why.

"Young master, don't be busy yet!" Lu Fenglei snorted coldly, and said, "I want to meet the so-called tree demon and see if he can do anything to me?"

From some records of the Qian family's exploration of the Four Great Jedi, Lu Fenglei had seen a description of the man-eating tree, and described in detail the situation where the vines could entangle people and then suck up all the blood.

However, the records also stated that if the reaction was fast enough to cut off the vine in time, there would be no danger to life.

When the expedition team encountered the man-eating tree, several people were sucked dry by the man-eating tree at the beginning without any precautions. No human life was harmed.

On the contrary, the flower demon is more harmful to people, because the flower demon grows on the ground, with very wide branches and leaves. When wrapping people in, it will spray a kind of juice to corrode the human body.

When the last time they explored the Three Realms Mountain, there were dozens of masters from the Qian family who died at the hands of the flower demon, far higher than the man-eating tree.

So when Yao Er said that it might be a tree spirit, Lu Fenglei lost his fear. People who practice martial arts are already courageous, so he actually thought of going to investigate.

"Old Lu, don't be careless!" Qian Yuandan dissuaded: "It's getting late now, why don't we go back to the mountain first and investigate tomorrow?"

"Young master, it's okay, I will be careful!"

Lu Fenglei waved his hand, there was nothing in this world that could make him feel curious and dangerous, and now this forest brought him a lot of pressure, which made Lu Fenglei eager to try.

Qian Yuandan didn't have the right to order Lu Fenglei, after hearing Lu Fenglei's words, he could only say: "Okay, Mr. Lu, return immediately if you can't do anything about it!"

"I know, step back a little bit!"

Lu Fenglei nodded, turned his wrist, and the scimitar used to open the way suddenly appeared on his right hand, and walked carefully towards the forest.

With a distance of tens of meters, it was downhill again. It took only a few minutes for Lu Fenglei to approach the outskirts of the forest. Lu Fenglei, who was considered tall, looked unusually small under those towering trees.
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PS: I have something to do at night, maybe it will be updated soon!

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