Zhang Xiantao kept her word. After saying she would take Li Tianlin in during the day, Li Tianlin followed her around like a shadow, no longer hiding in the house like a ghost. Wherever Zhang Xiantao went, he went.
Li Tianlin ate dinner with three servants from the Zhang family. After dinner, he followed Xiao Huan and Xiao Yuan around. He wanted to follow the secret guard, but the secret guard ignored him.
Xingxing thought this was a good thing. Apart from being too impulsive and overly curious, Zhang Xiantao was quite reliable in other aspects. She had a sharp tongue but a soft heart and treated her servants very well. Li Tianlin was doing well following her.
wetlands.
Zhu Qiuyu and Zhu Xichen shared a plank of wood. Just now, a huge creature suddenly rose from the bottom of the swamp. They wouldn't be surprised if there were poisonous spiders, snakes, or frogs in the swamp.
But the presence of a ferocious beast in the swamp was something the three had never expected, and had never even heard of before. The enormous creature was larger than a water buffalo, and when it sprang out of the mud, its entire body was covered in putrid mud.
At that moment, Zhu Qiuyu's wooden plank was blown away. If it weren't for Zhu Qiuyu's good kung fu and quick reflexes, he would probably have been slammed into the bottom of the swamp.
At the time of the incident, Zhu Qiuyu vaguely sensed that the swamp mud below was moving. However, just as he asked his two junior brothers if they felt anything unusual, before they could answer, a huge impact suddenly came from the mud, and the force slammed straight towards Zhu Qiuyu.
Zhu Qiuyu used his lightness skill to leap into the air. When he landed, he even used the back of the huge creature for leverage, and then immediately landed on a plank with Zhu Xichen, who was closer to him.
"Fourth Junior Brother, do you recognize this enormous creature?" Zhu Qiuyu asked Zhu Chumo in a raised voice, her voice filled with surprise and doubt.
Zhu Chumo held a luminous pearl in his hand. This luminous pearl was lent to him by Xingxing, who said that it was too dangerous for them to enter the swamp, and the miasma would affect their vision. If they could not return in time at night, they would be in an even more dangerous situation without anything to light their way. So she insisted on putting the luminous pearl in his hand.
Actually, the junior brother also had a luminous pearl, but they had strong night vision and never used it. This time, entering the swamp was indeed more dangerous than any other time, so Zhu Chumo did not refuse.
At this moment, the three of them were grateful to have the luminous pearl for illumination; otherwise, if they were suddenly attacked by a ferocious beast and surrounded by miasma, it would have been even more difficult for them to cope.
"I don't know what kind of beast this is, nor have I seen it in any books. I don't know its habits or weaknesses. Senior Brother and Third Senior Brother, please be careful."
When it comes to fighting, with the senior brothers around, junior brother Zhu Chumo was responsible for holding up the luminous pearl for illumination. He stood there leisurely, clearly wanting to slack off and not prepare to fight.
However, he had no choice at this moment. The beast was extremely ferocious and liked to bite upwards with its mouth wide open. Its bite force was astonishing. The wooden plank that Zhu Qiuyu had been standing on had long been bitten to pieces and split into countless small wood chips.
The beast was incredibly fast, leaping and bounding through the muddy swamp. Zhu Chumo had to be on high alert to dodge its attacks.
At this moment, Zhu Qiuyu and Zhu Xichen both drew their swords. Regardless of what this enormous creature was, it was truly dangerous to have it lurking in the swamp and it could take their lives at any moment. In order to eliminate any future trouble, they decided to kill the beast as soon as possible.
Zhu Qiuyu made the first move, slashing down with all his might. The beast had a very strong sense of danger, and as soon as it sensed the sword energy, it immediately burrowed into the depths of the swamp and disappeared in an instant.
However, Zhu Qiuyu was also fast. No matter how fast the beast fled, it was still inevitably hit by a sword, and it must have been seriously injured.
"What a pity. That beast is quite intelligent; it knew to run away if it couldn't win. We hadn't even had a chance to use our skills before it hid and dared not come out." Zhu Xichen regretted that he hadn't had a chance to draw his sword.
Suddenly, a sharp, long howl came from afar. Judging from the sound, it should have been a strange cry deliberately made by a person, but the person roared out the ferocity of a wild beast.
“It must be that madman. We finally found him. We thought he had disappeared somewhere. I guess the end of the swamp is not far away, and that's where the madman lives. Could that beast we just saw be related to the madman?” Zhu Xichen speculated.
“We’ll find out when we get there. We were just worried about not finding our target when he called out to lead us over. We need to be careful; we’re probably in for a tough fight.” Zhu Chumo finished speaking, his expression turning serious as he prepared for battle.
Half an hour later, Zhu Qiuyu and the other two seemed to see some lights through the thick miasma. To confirm their suspicions, they sped up and paddled forward. The further they went, the thinner the miasma became, until it disappeared completely.
The three of them took a deep breath. They had been relying on pills to stay alive and dared not breathe too hard. After a day, they were finally able to breathe fresh air again. But before they could even rejoice, they heard something flying towards them.
The people of Fairy Mist Island were used to using hidden weapons, and they could roughly guess that someone was shooting arrows at them. The three of them quickly drew their swords and deflected the rain of arrows.
That's right, it was a rain of arrows. The fact that so many arrows could be fired at the same time means that there were many archers involved, which is something that one person couldn't do alone.
Zhu Xichen moved with incredible speed, transforming into a phantom as he swiftly sped forward through the darkness. His swordsmanship was superb, deflecting all the incoming arrows. He originally intended to fly directly to land, but unexpectedly, the people on the shore unleashed a fierce barrage of arrows at him, causing him to falter and suddenly lose his strength, plummeting downwards.
"Third Junior Brother!" Zhu Qiuyu exclaimed in surprise, thinking that Zhu Xichen was about to fall into the swamp, and was about to remind him to be careful not to get stuck.
Zhu Xichen was also very cautious. He had a good foundation in martial arts, so he could easily use the mud as leverage and not sink directly into it. However, when he touched the mud with his toes, he found that the mud under his feet was actually solid.
He tentatively stepped on it with a little force, and sure enough, there were many wooden planks laid on the side closer to land, so there was no need to worry about sinking into the swamp.
"This place is covered with wooden planks; you can just use them to jump ashore." Before Zhu Xichen finished speaking, he leaped into the air, did a few somersaults in the air, and landed steadily on the land.
The group of people on the shore who were holding bows and arrows were so surprised that they forgot to move for a moment. They really did not expect that someone could find this place without the help of the big bull, withstand the big bull's attack on the way, and finally escape the rain of arrows.
"Kill them? Are you all pig-brains? The enemy is already here and you still have time to stand around? Quickly kill these white-clad men for me!" As the words fell, the owner of the voice appeared in the darkness.
Looking at the guy in front of him, who was completely covered by long hair, Zhu Xichen recognized him as the hairy monster who appeared in Chaimu Village yesterday. However, his voice sounded like a young boy. Where was the old woman he was supposed to be?
However, when he glanced at the group of men and women dressed in animal skins standing behind the long-haired monster, it became clear that the long-haired monster was not the young wife the village chief had mentioned, but someone else entirely.
Zhu Xichen was astonished. If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they would never have imagined that a group of primitive people lived on the other side of the swamp.
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