Please call me Huanxian

Chapter 385: It's hard to be a good person, and bad people do bad things

Two figures were wrapped in short animal skins, with disheveled hair and strong arms exposed. They drew their bows and arrows while running through the forest at an incredibly fast speed, and made low and strange "ho ho" intimidating sounds from their mouths.

Seeing the cold sharp blade coming towards them, the two figures stopped and twisted their waists to move away without delay.

"Bang!", he stepped on a mud pit under his feet and forced himself to change direction, narrowly avoiding a knife attack on the head. Like a well-trained warrior, he shot arrows forward almost at the same time.

However, the next moment, the flying knives that had brushed past the two people's random shots circled in an arc and returned unexpectedly.

He changed his targets alternately and shot at the backs of the two men who could no longer dodge.

"Puff puff", the two men who were stabbed fell to the ground with screams, and the bows and arrows in their hands fell out.

Xu Yuanchang dodged the attack from two arrows, listened to the noises around him, and walked step by step towards one of the people who was still struggling. The flying knife spinning technique that he had practiced hard in the past came in handy at the critical moment.

Fortunately, he still kept the habit of keeping two throwing knives in his sleeves.

Otherwise, you will end up in a forbidden area, unarmed and troubled by abnormal gravity, which will be very troublesome.

The man fell to the ground and scratched the grass in pain. His face and arms were smeared with green and black. His hair was chestnut brown. Only the handle of the throwing knife on his vest was exposed, which had deviated from the vital position. He shouted strange words weakly.

Xu Yuanchang stopped three steps away and asked, "Where is this? Can you understand?"

She used her toes to pick up the short bow that had fallen to the ground. It was heavy, with sharp short blades at both ends. Looking at it in the moonlight, the short blades seemed to be poisoned, and the edge of the blade was blue-black. It was actually made of spiritual iron.

The man was mumbling "jili gulu" in a low voice, and the two of them were talking at cross purposes and could not understand each other's language.

Suddenly, the man got up and scattered a handful of dirt. His right hand had already pulled out a hunting knife from his waist, and he chopped off the man's head with a fierce blow.

The knife light reflected the moonlight among the branches and leaves, blurry and sad.

Xu Yuanchang was prepared. He turned sideways and took small steps to the left to avoid the attack, then used the sharp blade of the short bow in his hand to wipe it out.

"Puff", blood splattered, the man covered his neck and staggered a few steps, shouting "hissing" indistinctly, then dived into the bushes, twitched a few times and became motionless.

Xu Yuanchang checked the wound and found that it had turned purple and black and was spreading rapidly. He thought to himself that it was a very powerful poison.

I heard some "Oh oh" roars in the distance, obviously there were quite a lot of people.

He pulled out the throwing knife and wiped the blood off it, quickly put away a short blade and a sheathed hunting knife, cut off the arrow shafts and collected a few arrowheads, and after figuring out the direction, he fled in a direction away from the crowd.

The two native men who attacked him were strong, quick to react, and had almost the strength of a first-level physical cultivator.

He was unfamiliar with the place and needed some time to adapt. He wondered if there were any more powerful guys among the natives who had arrived?

The arrows used by the two men who attacked him had tip ends made of spiritual iron, extremely sharp, and tempered with blue-black venom.

He was already unlucky enough, but he didn't want to get his skin cut by a stray arrow with incredible force in the melee, and then be hacked to death because of the inability to move due to poisoning. That would be really stupid.

In this forbidden place, he cannot use his magical powers, so it is better to be safe than sorry.

Walking through the woods along the foot of the mountain until he could no longer hear the roar behind him, Xu Yuanchang slowed down and carefully observed the movements around him. He did not dare to run far for fear of falling into other unknown dangers.

Estimating that he was more than thirty miles away, he found a gravel hillside with sparse trees and stopped. He looked around and picked out a suitable retreat route. He chose a protruding rock as cover, sat down with his back against the rock, and rested.

The roars of beasts coming from far away and the strange calls of birds in the woods made him dare not take it lightly.

Wait until the two moons set and the sky brightens.

Xu Yuanchang stood up slowly, and after resting for a few hours, the injuries to his internal organs were almost healed.

Although he could not call upon his magic power, his body's self-healing ability was still there. He stood on a high place and looked down and to the left and right. There were mountains covered with trees and a thin mist. He didn't know which direction to go.
Unfortunately, he couldn't communicate with the natives in the same language, otherwise he might as well catch a living person and ask for directions.

He prepared to practice Zeng family boxing on the hillside, and then practiced the Dahuo Luo Dou Shu for half an hour, leaping and moving freely. He had to adapt to the gravity environment here as quickly as possible.

After all the trouble, my stomach started to growl.

Xu Yuanchang burst out laughing. The long-lost feeling of hunger made him experience the true feelings of a mortal in a strange and dangerous place.

If he had known this, he should have picked up a blue sheep as a trophy last night and taken it away, so as not to have to rush to find food.

After walking around the hillside, I found a cave at the back, which was filled with stench and animal hair.

There were a lot of fresh skeletal remains in the grass outside. He guessed that it was the nest of the giant cat that was killed by him. No wonder he stayed here for most of the night and didn't see any wild animals except birds.

In this way, if he wanted to hunt, he could only go further away.

Spotting the direction of the sunrise, Xu Yuanchang groped his way for more than ten miles and used a flying knife to hunt down a fat rabbit that was foraging in the grass early in the morning. The rabbit was about the size of an ordinary dog ​​and was enough for him to eat for several meals.

After returning, he stopped at a stream near the beast's lair, washed his hands and face, skinned and gutted the rabbit and cleaned it.

After collecting dead branches and leaves and trying to make fire by drilling wood together, he finally managed to light a fire.

When the rabbit meat skewered on a wooden stick was roasted and cooked, Xu Yuanchang took the first bite of the meat, even though there was no salt or seasoning, a satisfied smile appeared on his face. He enjoyed the aroma of meat, which he had not experienced for many years, and he ate with relish, feeling very happy.

After finishing a series of daily chores and filling his stomach, he felt like walking normally and had greatly adapted to the gravity here.

After resting for a while, Xu Yuanchang was thinking about which direction to look for the source. Suddenly, he turned around and noticed someone was watching him, so he looked towards the woods on the right.

His eyes suddenly narrowed as he stared at a round-faced man in blue clothes who was slowly flying down from the treetops.

The other party's ability to fly in the forbidden area made him feel that this person was dangerous.

He was still on guard against sneak attacks from the natives, but unexpectedly he met a monk.

The round-faced man bowed, smiled friendly, and muttered a few words.

Xu Yuanchang returned the greeting and said, "Do you understand, fellow Taoist?"

He did not perceive the man's malicious intentions, or the man did not pose a threat to him.

The round-faced man then changed the language and said with a smile, "My name is Peng Guihe, nice to meet you, Taoist friend. May I ask what your name is and where are you from?"

Looking up and down at the strange monk with torn robes and covered in mud, any monk encountered in the Forgotten Forest, even if he looks insignificant or even in a miserable state, should not be underestimated.

He could sense that the tattered Taoist robe on the other person, which did not emit any spiritual light, was a treasure, and there was a faint fluctuation of spiritual energy in its sleeves.

Keeping a safe distance from the other party, guarding against the other party's evil intentions and sudden attacks. Xu Yuanchang also looked at the man hovering in the air thirty feet away without making a sound, and replied with a smile: "Xu Yuanchang, meet you, Taoist Peng." Paying attention to the other party's subtle expression, he continued: "Xu was chased in the forest and mistakenly entered Taoist territory. Please forgive me."

Being able to communicate is a good thing, it allows him to slowly figure things out.

He could not reveal that he was an ascended monk, so he cleverly changed the other party's topic and deliberately used rhetoric to test him.

"Fellow Daoist Xu, you are joking. The Forgotten Forest is a land without an owner. That's not right. The Forgotten Forest is where the descendants of the ancient Western Barbarians and prisoners of various tribes multiply. I came here to look for medicinal herbs, and I have formed a bond with you, fellow Daoist."

The round-faced man was very talkative. He asked, "There are many dangerous places in the Forgotten Forest. Why don't you fly in the air? Be careful of being besieged and ambushed by barbarian hunters."

His eyes fell on the hunting knife on Xu Yuanchang's waist.

Xu Yuanchang's heart moved. From what the other party said, could cultivators fly in forbidden areas?
He sighed, smiled bitterly and said, "A tiger in trouble is bullied by a dog. I was attacked by a group of barbarians last night and almost fell into their trap."

He wanted to get some more useful things and pretend to be in a very poor state.

The round-faced man understood and said, "Fellow Daoist Xu's 'Spiritual Supplementing Talisman' has been used up. This is not a good thing to do. The Forgotten Forest is over 30,000 miles in radius. I still have to go deep into the forest. I don't know how long it will take to search. I can't spare a few Spiritual Supplementing Talismans for you."

Xu Yuanchang suddenly realized that the other party used something called the Soul-Replenishing Talisman to absorb the spiritual energy in the talisman, so that he could fly freely in the forbidden area. No wonder the magic power displayed by the other party was very sparse and ordinary.

He didn't want to be like a headless fly in the Forgotten Forest with a radius of 30,000 miles, so he clasped his fists and said, "I am in the forest and cannot look down to tell the direction. I would like to ask Brother Peng to show me the fastest way out of the forest. I will definitely repay you in the future."

The round-faced man smiled and said, "It's just a small matter, not worth mentioning."

Finding the way through the forest on the ground and identifying directions in the air are two different perspectives. He can understand the other party's difficulties and is willing to help with a small favor. He probably likes the other party and they have a good impression of each other.

He took out a feng shui map from the ring on his finger, roughly marked the path with an ink pen, and used his magic power to carry the map to send it over.

"Walk north from the east for about fifty miles, there is a big river. Walk east along the river for up to five thousand miles, and you will be out of the Forgotten Forest. You may encounter barbarian forts on the way, but just avoid them. There is no need to fight with them. Once you reach the 'Qiaojiao Mountain' area, Fellow Daoist Xu can go anywhere."

Xu Yuanchang took the blueprint and opened it carefully. He compared it with what the round-faced man said and found the river. He breathed a sigh of relief.

With such obvious landmarks, it would be difficult for him to get lost.

"Thank you, Brother Peng, for showing me the way. It's hard to meet an enthusiastic monk in the Forgotten Forest."

"Haha, the wilderness is dangerous and people's hearts are unpredictable. Everyone is afraid that their kindness will be taken advantage of by evildoers, so they have to act with caution."

The round-faced man said "goodbye", flew into the air, and slowly left to the west.

Xu Yuanchang watched the other party's figure disappear, then threw the feng shui map into the remaining fire and burned it. He had already memorized the route, so he had to be on guard against others. In order to prevent the other party from leaving tracking marks on the map, he tied up a few pieces of roasted rabbit meat beside the fire with thin vines, hung them around his waist, and turned to walk northeast along the forest.

He was careful to keep an eye out for any movement along the way, and after walking more than twenty miles, he confirmed that the round-faced man named Peng Guihe was not following him.

Xu Yuanchang smiled and shook his head. Perhaps he was overthinking it and the other party was just being well-intentioned.

He turned and walked north, but before he had walked ten miles, he stopped again.

"Daoyou, what is the purpose of spying in secret?"

As a sixth-floor monk, he still had the instinctive spiritual perception he needed, and he could sense that someone was secretly watching and spying on him.

"Haha, fellow Taoist, you misunderstood."

A middle-aged man in a simple black shirt flew down from a nearby mountaintop covered with dense trees. He smiled and saluted, saying, "My name is Ouyang Chao. I was passing by here and saw that you were not flying in the sky but walking in the woods. I was curious and apologized for being rude. What is your name?"

Keep a distance of fifty feet.

Xu Yuanchang looked at the man, returned the greeting with a smile and said, "Xu Yuanchang, nice to meet Daoist Fellow Ouyang. Please excuse my embarrassment."

He did not explain what caused him to walk on the ground, leaving it to the other party to guess.

In a place where magic is forbidden, it is difficult to see a cultivator's true level of cultivation.

Ouyang Chao suddenly smiled and said, "So you've run out of your spirit-replenishing talismans. That's nothing to laugh at. Everyone gets into trouble sometimes. I do have a few extra spirit-replenishing talismans on hand that I can share with you."

Xu Yuanchang's face showed joy. There are still many good people in the upper world. He said, "Thank you for your kindness. I can't open my bag for the time being. Why don't you name a price first?"

"According to the market price, a few soul-replenishing talismans are not enough to make you rich."

Ouyang Chao took out four talismans from his sleeve, and slowly sent them over with his magic power, saying with a smile: "If the mountain doesn't change, the water will change. Maybe I can see you next time at Qiaojiao Mountain, and you can help me a little."

Xu Yuanchang smiled and replied: "You are too polite, my friend. I will repay a drop of kindness with a spring of gratitude."

He stretched out his hand to catch the talisman that was floating over, but his eyes suddenly focused, and he jumped with his feet. With mysterious body movements, he flashed behind several big trees one after another and disappeared into the distance in the blink of an eye.

The stack of talismans was covered with soul-replenishing talismans on the top and bottom, and the golden talismans in the middle burst out with brilliant golden light and suddenly exploded.

There were two loud bangs, and tiny rays of light swept across the area within ten feet. The forbidden land had no spiritual energy to help it, and was suppressed by invisible rules. Even the power of the fourth-level talisman was limited to a certain range.

Trees broke and dust mixed with broken leaves rose up.

The area suddenly exploded into chaos, and Xu Yuanchang's figure disappeared.

Ouyang Chao was extremely annoyed and shouted, "Boy, you can't escape. You dare to kill my slaves in my territory. You are so brave."

He flew up to the bottom of a tree more than ten feet high, looking down from above and searching, while whistling to summon the barbarians from afar to come over for the hunt.

He didn't believe that a guy without a spirit-replenishing talisman could easily escape from the hunt of so many barbarians.

With him searching from the air, the opponent has no way to escape.

The sounds of numerous footsteps and strange "ho-ho" calls gradually approached with a certain rhythm.

Suddenly, a figure rushed out from the fallen leaves on the ground, stepped on the tree trunk and flew more than twenty feet away, raising his hand and shooting out several rays of cold light.

Ouyang Chao stopped thirty feet away, a thin protective light appeared on his body, and he sneered, "With just your brute force, what can you do to me?"

He drew out his sword and swung it to hit the cold lights.

At the same time, he threw out a flying sword with his left hand and shot it towards the opponent. With the magic power to control it, he was confident that he could deal with a down-and-out guy who couldn't fly.

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(End of this chapter)