Chapter 170 9 The Giant Turtle Holding a Pagoda in Xianhai Lake

Chapter 170 9. The giant turtle holding the pagoda in Xianhai Lake

The stone path ahead looks strange. I don’t know how old it is. The stone surface is full of cracks and deeply embedded in the soil, and covered with gray moss.

Moreover, the height, width and narrowness are different. From a distance, each step of the stone slab is staggered and tilted, just like a path leading to an evil temple in the mountains, with a sense of evil.

"Master Xian, it’s better to have a road than no road."

"Master Ji should have walked along the road."

Zhang Ergou and the little Taoist priest and others didn’t know where this road led to. Ji Dao never told them about this.

But the road left by the ancients.

There should be no problem.

"Bring the gas mask and gloves." Zheng Yun decided to take a look along this road while it was still light, so he gave an order to let everyone be fully armed.

Then he sent two ghost generals, holding long knives and walking in the front, to remove and chop off the branches that invaded the road.

"Master, look over there."

When everyone was carefully putting on their equipment, Zhang Ergou suddenly shuddered and raised his hand to point to the top of their heads in the northwest.

A group of black shadows hovered in the sky.

It turned into a string of small black dots.

A rough estimate showed that the black bird was two or three times larger than the crane. I don't know what kind of fairy bird was hunting.

"Sir, the gravity coefficient of this planet is about 0.7 of the Earth, but such a huge bird should have an extraordinary bone structure." Kadester said with bright eyes.

The cranes we saw on the road just now were already comparable to the ancient pterosaurs on Earth. The black birds we saw now were much larger than pterosaurs, which was extremely rare.

"Go forward."

"Don't be taken away."

Zheng Yun immediately waved his hand and asked the little Taoist priest holding the demon dog to follow the ghost general, and the others followed closely and drilled into the grass and trees.

He had seen cranes carrying people with his own eyes, and knew that these birds were not easy to deal with, and humans were also on their menu.

Don't neglect them!

With two ghost generals in front, they silently raised their swords and cut off the branches of strange plants that they had never seen before. Everyone lined up in a long line and walked in the center of the stone path.

Now they were completely in the rain forest.

There were dense unknown plants on both sides, including climbing plants and strange fungi.

On a planet with a low gravity coefficient, the advantages of climbing plants are very obvious. It is not a problem to grow 30 to 50 meters. The thigh-thick vines are entangled and intertwined like a group of snakes.

Less than a hundred meters away.

They got into a group of red vines. The surrounding trees were entangled to death by these vines with branches as red as blood. There was a bloody color for a hundred meters in front.

I don’t know how long this climbing plant has lived. It is like an arch bridge across the front of the field of vision. The tender vines are like blood worms, crawling all over the stone road.

This scene looks horrifying.

It’s like a river of blood overflowing the stone road.

If the ancient people were walking on the road at night with lanterns and suddenly saw this scene, they would probably be scared to death on the spot.

"Master, this thing is poisonous." Zhang Ergou took out a small bag, took a close look, and reported to Zheng Yun.

But he didn't need to say it.

Zheng Yun could see it too.

There was no green on the red vines, and there was not even a weed in the soil. It was obviously poisoned by it.

Plants are not supporting roles in the evolution of life. The intensity of competition is also extremely cruel. Those who have survived for billions of years are not good people. Even the most harmless tomatoes can actually secrete poison.

But it's not fruit.

It's just in the growth stage.

The fruit can still be eaten.

"Can you go around it?"

Zheng Yun looked around. This bloody vine was not easy to mess with. Even they had to stay away from it, unless they got a box of paraquat to compete with it.

"It seems not."

Others looked around and shook their heads.

Although Zheng Yun and others hesitated, the ghost general walking in the front did not hesitate and stepped on the vines to climb over.

"Ghost Lord..."

Zhang Ergou was startled.

Zheng Yun immediately followed.

The ghost general carrying the cold fairy jar could not come over, and they needed to help each other to pass this level safely.

This was the case all the way thereafter.

The demon dog kept walking forward with the leash, probably because it smelled the scent of their master and was eager to save him regardless of danger.

This scene made Zhang Ergou deeply envious. After he faked his death, the blood monkeys he raised clapped their hands happily, as if they were crazy, and even fell from the treetops with joy.

It was a great feast.

It was really incomparable.

They went deep for a long time in one breath, and they never encountered any obstacles, because they did not touch anything, did not take anything, walked as quietly as possible, and were nervous and cautious.

But every now and then, they heard some strange noises in the depths of the woods, and they could not tell what the source of the sound was.

Zheng Yun would speak a few words into the intercom every hundred meters, hoping to get a response from Ji Dao, but there was no response, indicating that Ji Dao was at least five kilometers away.

There was no choice.

He could only keep going forward.

About two kilometers after leaving the west gate of Tiangong, the stone road in front of them suddenly turned into an uphill slope, and the water light of Xianhai Lake could be vaguely seen between the gaps in the grass and trees on the right.

This stone road was parallel to the shore of Xianhai Lake, but it was getting closer and closer to Xianhai Lake. Looking up and looking forward, the grass and trees turned into a gloomy and strange corridor leading to a deep place.

"Wait."

Zheng Yun suddenly stopped everyone.

He had been searching for the traces left by Ji Dao on the road, and now he finally made some discoveries. He saw what seemed to be a series of dry and finely broken pieces of fragrant sand on the stone roadside.

He didn't notice this at first.

It was the demon dog in the hands of the little Taoist priest. It suddenly moved away from the center and walked along the left side of the road. Zheng Yun looked to the right and discovered these very strange creature excrements.

The fragrant sand of normal organisms, even if it is not wet, should be intact and not spread all over the place like this.

Kneel down and take a closer look.

Zheng Yun even more firmly guessed that the fragrant sand obviously had artificial traces, and it must have been scattered along the way by Ji Dao.

"Master Immortal, what's wrong?"

Zhang Ergou asked confusedly, and Kedester and others immediately knelt down and looked at Zheng Yun with nervous expressions.

Although Zhang Ergou led the way for the most part, Zheng Yun and Jidao were the real "masters of Taoism". Zheng Yun's words were worth as much as one or two thousand of theirs.

Especially those little Taoist priests.

As soon as the word "wait" was spoken, they were so frightened that their legs softened, and they immediately stopped and waited for Zheng Yun's instructions.

Kedester had the same idea.

When he saw the Hanxian in the rain forest tank before, his mind was buzzing. The Hanxian who had killed countless of his teammates and forced him to survive was actually being used as a decoration.

At this moment, Zheng Yun's expression was solemn. He must have discovered something important that affected everyone's life and death. Then every word Zheng Yun said was extremely critical and required their utmost attention!

"Pick this up and apply it on your body."

Zheng Yun picked up a fragrant sand and said seriously.

Everyone immediately lowered their heads and looked at the object in Zheng Yun's hand with bated breath, only to see that it was... a piece of dried shit?

Although I don’t want to believe it.

But no matter how you distinguish it, the gray-brown solid in Zheng Yun's finger is the feces of a kind of creature...

Some people are wondering why.

Some people just jump right into it.

The little Taoist priest's admiration and admiration for Zheng Yun is beyond what ordinary people can imagine, and they don't care about the reason.

They picked it up when Zheng Yun asked them to pick it up. Even if Zheng Yun said it was a treasure and asked them to eat it, they did not hesitate.

Although they are Yin soldiers and cannot refuse Zheng Yun's orders, there is still a difference between being subjective and passive.

"Master Immortal, is this fragrant sand?"

Zhang Ergou picked up one and asked.

Xiangsha is a type of Chinese herbal medicine, and it is also the general name for biological medicinal feces. It is subdivided into different types and each has its own elegant name. Many people smell the feces and their color changes, but they may have actually drank it.

Moon sand, luminous sand, ambergris, and white lilac are all famous fragrant sands that existed long before the Ming Dynasty.

"There must be some reason why Jidao threw the fragrant sand here. It may have forced something back here, and it also allowed us to have a smooth journey and get here safely."

Zheng Yun nodded and explained.

No matter what Ji Dao forces back here, they can bring these fragrant sand with them in case of emergency.

It seems like yesterday that I was able to drive away the cold immortals on the Lianhuan ancient ship. The method of restraining the fragrant sand definitely has a long history and is well-founded. It can be called a key magic weapon in dangerous places outside the territory.

The principle is very scientific and easy to understand.

Creatures in nature often use feces to track hunting or delineate territories. Weak animals can also use the smell of feces to avoid hunting and pursuit. This is an instinct that has been imprinted deep in genes for hundreds of millions of years, even in humans.

In the early years, there was an ancient method to treat phobias or hysteria, which was to bring people into the hut and smell the smell. The patient would feel safe after smelling the same smell.

This fragrant sand restraint method.

It is a complete ancient Eastern empiricism.

There is nothing to study about its principles. On the contrary, it is extremely difficult to summarize and organize. It requires searching in deep and dangerous places, and then after countless attempts, it can finally be compiled into a book.

It was very hard to get.

There is no need to feel disgusted.

After hearing Zheng Yun's words, everyone took action, picked up the fragrant sand, moistened it with water, spread the smell and smeared it on their bodies.

The team then moved on.

After walking for who knows how long, the little Taoist followed Zheng Yun's example, squatting on the stone roadside, pointing at something and calling in a low voice: "Master Xian, is this also something left by Master Ji?"

Zheng Yun looked sideways.

It turned out to be an exquisite copper cup with some liquid in it. It was placed on the ground in a triangle shape by three ordinary branches, like a sacrifice. It looked extremely strange.

"Probably so."

Zheng Yun frowned and nodded.

But they don't know this thing.

"Copper cup? What's the use of this?"

Zhang Ergou also looked puzzled. He raised his head and looked around, only to find that a huge stone in front of him was actually carved with a very strange inscription: "Master Xian, look here."

Zheng Yun also looked up.

The inscription was like a Taoist talisman, with a complex winding structure and a length of more than forty centimeters, but it was just one word. There was a treasure hijab on the top and a walking path below.

There is a mess in the middle.

There are metal, wood, water, fire, sun, moon, cloud and rain.

"..."

Everyone fell silent.

Jidao, this kid, was born in Tiangong. According to his own words, he learned only two out of three Tiangong immortal arts. However, he dared to claim to be a master of other Tiangong magic techniques, and he learned very complex skills.

No one knows the origin of the inscription on the copper cup, what it means, and what the purpose of placing it is.

"The inscription on this stone should be ancient. It was not painted by Jidao himself. It may need to be memorialized. Jidao has already paid tribute. Let's go directly." Zheng Yun didn't think about it anymore.

The team moved on.

This walk is two kilometers.

Although it was a shock, it was not dangerous.

The fragrant sand and various methods Ji Dao sprinkled along the way may be that he encountered some danger and was forced to spill the things. Otherwise, he would not need to sprinkle it at all. As long as the fragrant sand is applied to his body, it will be enough to protect him. Safety.

Think of it this way.

The road to Ji Dao is really dangerous.

Seven or eight kinds of fragrant sand were sprinkled, and three or four other strange methods were left behind. There were also several pools of thirsty blood that could not be distinguished from human blood, which could endanger lives every time.

But no matter how many dangers Ji Dao encountered, it actually helped Zheng Yun and others like him avoid many dangers, especially the fragrant sand dispersing method, which saved a lot of trouble.

This means that people in the past planted trees and people in the future can enjoy the shade.

But it was not completely without danger. Halfway through, through the gaps in the vegetation on their right hand, they saw a fairy beast writhing in the Xianhai Lake. It was at least thirty feet long!

The view is breathtaking.

Zheng Yun and others took out their telescopes to observe, and saw that the thing resembled the long-necked dragon in ancient times on earth, the 'dragon' mentioned by Jidao, and more like the legendary 'fairy lake monster'. ’

Until five kilometers outside the west gate of Tiangong.

When Zheng Yun picked up the walkie-talkie again and asked, some faint echo finally sounded from the other end of the walkie-talkie.

I can not hear you.

But Ji Dao is ahead.

Within ten kilometers at most!

After learning the news, Zheng Yun couldn't help but ask people to speed up. Their journey had been delayed for too long. The sun was setting in the west and the sky was covered with yellow clouds. It was already evening in the Heavenly Palace!

If the delay continues, they may have to spend the night outside the territory, which is absolutely unimaginable danger.

The team immediately accelerated.

However, it is easy to be careless when the speed is fast. After running less than a thousand meters, the ghost general walking at the front of the team suddenly raised his knife and stabbed it into the dark vegetation.

欻拉.

Chirp!

Sharp screams echoed in all directions.

They had never made a sound from the beginning to the end, but now the silence was completely shattered by that unknown thing!

Zheng Yun took a few steps to take a look.

On the long sword of the ghost general, there is something indescribable. It has the head of a cat and the body of a monkey with sharp teeth. The slender fangs spray venom into the air...

"Stay alert."

"Keep going."

Zheng Yun picked up the thermal imaging camera and looked around at the creatures in the rain forest. At the same time, he took out his walkie-talkie and asked, "Jidao, can you hear me? How is the situation over there?"

Swish, swish, swish.

There was a lot of noise coming from the intercom.

Some faint human voices were mixed in.

Ji Dao is probably still alive, but we don't know if he was injured or if he lost any key parts.

Don't care about anything else.

Zheng Yun led the people and ran forward.

The sky is getting darker and darker, the corridors made of strange plants and trees are getting darker and darker, and the stone road under the feet is gradually becoming unclear. On the contrary, the rain forest is becoming more and more lively.

As night comes, there are sounds of birds of all sizes in the distance, one after another mixed together, and there are also the deep calls of some suspected giant creatures, which can make people feel numb.

Those who should go home should go home.

Those who walk at night should go out immediately.

Night barriers are gradually rising on the side of Xianhai Lake. It can be predicted that their side will also be covered by fog barriers before long.

I ran quickly for two or three kilometers.

The voice on the walkie-talkie gradually became clearer, but it was always within a certain range, which meant that the distance between them and Ji Dao was only slightly narrowed, and it also meant that Ji Dao was not directly in front of them.

According to the triangulation method of the walkie-talkie, the track was to their left or right, within about eight kilometers.

But there are dangers on both sides of them.

To the left is a steep rock wall towering into the clouds.

On the right hand is the dangerous center of the Xianhai Lake.

These two sides are no place for people to go! Ji Dao couldn't fly up the rock wall, and he couldn't swim into the lake either.

Where did this Ji Dao go? Did he take a wrong path, or was he forced to go to the lake? Could it be that he was eaten by the dragon and carried into the lake in its belly?

"Master Immortal, what is that in front of you?"

Zhang Ergou looked around with his binoculars and suddenly discovered something. He pointed to the right front and whispered softly while trembling all over.

Zheng Yun picked up the telescope and took a look. The sight made him tremble all over, and a series of chills ran down his tailbone!

The stone path under their feet drew a small arc in front of them, closely adhering to the foot of the steep rock wall. About four or five kilometers away, the stone path and the lake were completely adjacent to each other.

At this moment.

On the shore of the lake, there lay a turtle creature with a body length of ten meters. It looked more like an ao than an ordinary turtle, a large ao from ancient times.

Because there is a hexagonal tower on the back of the turtle.

The sky was dark at the moment, and the tower was pitch black. I couldn't see the material clearly, but it had at least two floors, with pointed eaves and weird shapes. The structure was delicate and scary.

What's happening here?

How long did Da Ao live? When was this tower fused to its back? What's weird inside the tower?