Chapter 96 The Strange Old Man
"Oh..." Xu Zhiyang finally swung out the vines, wrapped them around Fu Qingbai's arm and pulled him up.
If you don't pull the madman over, he will get angry, and even if you don't pull him over, he will catch up to you on his own. Since you can avoid making him sick, try not to do so.
Fu Qingbai smiled and moved closer: "I knew Yangyang couldn't bear to leave me."
Without bumping into anyone, Zhu Ci reached out to stop him and said in a cold voice, "You haven't yet settled the score for causing Yangyang to fall into the abyss. You'd better behave yourself, otherwise, I will settle both the old and new scores."
Fu Qingbai curled his lips and calmed down.
The golden energy was getting closer and closer. Xu Zhiyang looked back and saw a big gray bird flapping its wings. It flew across the crack in just a few strokes and was getting closer and closer to them.
"Momo! Faster!"
Xu Zhiyang condensed a huge ball of fire in his hands and looked at Zhu Ci.
The moment they looked at each other, Zhu Ci understood and immediately soared into the sky with flames wrapped in the wind!
A small fire tornado blocked the mutant bird's intention to dive down. They were already very close, so close that Xu Zhiyang could see Yan Shen's deep and dark eyes.
Li Huiyin exclaimed, "Oh my god! How could this guy be so persistent? And the fire didn't even kill him?"
Qin Shiyu: "There are many mountains here! Let's find a place to hide first!"
Xu Zhiyang grabbed Zhu Ci's hand and said, "Let's use the wind to confuse his vision! Xiaoyu, quickly find a place for us to hide!"
Qin Shiyu: "Okay!"
Xu Zhiyang and Zhu Ci clasped their fingers together, and the combined second-level energy of the two exploded.
Suddenly, a strong wind blew, blowing all the fallen leaves and dirt on the ground into the sky.
The sandstorm created by the two people covered the sky and earth, temporarily blocking Yan Shen's vision.
At this time, Qin Shiyu found a suitable cave, or to be more precise, a big pit, where Momo could curl up.
Mu Ke: "It's easier for us to hide. We need to settle Momo down!"
"Stop, Momo!" Qin Shiyu and several others jumped down together.
"Momo, go inside and stay there. Don't make any noise. I'll come find you later."
Qin Shiyu touched its paw and said, "We are going to play hide-and-seek, so you can't move or shout!"
After saying that, Qin Shiyu turned around.
“Woof woof woof!”
Momo jumped into the pit and curled up. He blinked his clear, heterochromatic eyes at his masters and stuck out his tongue as if he was laughing.
Xu Zhiyang knew what Qin Shiyu meant, and with some difficulty separated a stream of wood energy, causing the weeds on the surrounding ground to grow rapidly and entwine around, covering the big pit.
"Let's go!" Mu Ke spread his wings, picked up Li Huiyin in one hand and Qin Shiyu in the other, with Lu Nian lying on his shoulders.
Xu Zhiyang used energy to create plant wings for Zhu Ci, and Fu Qingbai had already wrapped them around his wrist.
Zhu Ci finally swung out a huge wind blade, and while the mutant bird was dodging, he picked up Xu Zhiyang and left quickly.
Mu Ke found a small cave halfway up the mountain. Long vines hung from the entrance, and several people dived in.
The first thing Xu Zhiyang did when he came in was to fold up Zhuci's wings and silence everyone, even the dodder wrapped around his wrist was not allowed to move.
The dark cave was silent, and everyone breathed slowly and lightly, trying not to make any noise.
The mutant birds outside the cave were circling and flying around, passing by the entrance of the cave where they were hiding several times.
Xu Zhiyang probably guessed that although this huge mutant bird had no beak, its sense of smell and hearing should be very sensitive.
But it turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Xu Zhiyang had more wood energy in his body and only the scent of grass and plants. He hid in the mountains and forests, and even by smelling him, no one could find him.
After more than ten minutes, Yan Shen finally gave up looking for Xu Zhiyang and left with the mutant bird.
Hearing the noise, Zhu Ci lifted a vine and looked out. The mutant bird had already flown away with the zombie king in the direction they came from.
Seeing him nod, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
The first thing Qin Shiyu did was to take out a small notebook and record the appearance and length of the mutant bird, while whispering:
"It seems that this zombie king is not very smart. He only let this bird recognize Brother Xu. This bird is also stupid. It can only smell. If we go into the mountains, it will not be able to find us."
"Yes, I also think the Zombie King is a bit stupid." Xu Zhiyang agreed very much.
"Don't mention it, my heart almost jumped out of my chest." Li Huiyin took a deep breath. It was too dark, and she only remembered that Lu Nian was next to her, so she put her arm around his shoulder in the dark.
"Xiao Niannian, are you afraid?"
In the darkness, Lu Nian hummed timidly.
However, Li Huiyin froze, because Lu Nian's voice was not from beside him, but from his left front...
“…” Li Huiyin smiled helplessly.
"Why do I always run into all sorts of problems?"
Li Huiyin smiled bitterly and squeezed the shoulder of the person next to her in a familiar manner.
"Hey, Nian Nian has gained a lot of weight recently, and her arms are thicker!"
As soon as these words were spoken, Xu Zhiyang was the first to react. After all, they were close friends since childhood, so he threw a ball of fire at him.
At the same time, Li Huiyin rolled to avoid it.
"Damn, you almost burned my hair!"
Zhu Ci pulled aside the vines at the entrance, and the light illuminated the entire small cave.
Everyone looked over and saw a person sitting cross-legged in the innermost part of the cave. He was an old man with a white beard.
Moreover, he is a dead man.
Xu Zhiyang quickly put out the fire, but the old man's beard had already been burned.
"I'm sorry, sir. I didn't mean to offend you. Please go away!"
Li Huiyin knelt down with a plop, "Master! If there's a grievance, it's none of my business. I didn't mean to touch you!"
Mu Ke really didn't understand what the two of them were doing.
Zhuci explained in a low voice: "Yangyang seems to be afraid of ghosts and a little superstitious."
Mu Ke: “…”
The world of middle school boys and girls is really hard to understand.
Qin Shiyu narrowed his eyes and observed for a while: "Strange, he has been dead for at least a month, why hasn't his body rotted?"
"And." Qin Shiyu noticed with his sharp eyes that there was a black stone in the palm of the old man's clasped hands, but it couldn't be said to be completely black.
The black diamond-shaped stone is dotted with small dots from the inside out. It looks a bit like blue sandstone, but it is more transparent than blue sandstone, and this stone is black.
Qin Shiyu picked up the stone and looked at it carefully, but found nothing strange.
"I think I know why he won't rot." Xu Zhiyang pinched the old man's skin with his fingers.
"Plant mutant, look at this gentleman's skin, it's like dried plants, brown, and..."
Xu Zhiyang picked up the small leaves that fell nearby and showed them to everyone.
Lu Nian took a quick glance and felt that it looked familiar, so he took it in his hand and observed it for a while, then suddenly realized what it was.
"I know this plant. It's called the Wansui Grass in our hometown. Even if it withers completely, it can still be revived when it encounters water, and then... it will be full of vitality..."
Realizing that his friends were all looking at him, Lu Nian quickly lowered his voice and dared not speak anymore.
Xu Zhiyang smiled and gave him a thumbs up to show his praise.
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