Chapter 314 Found
The dense forest between Shanghe Village and Xiahe Village is not small!
The forest is dense and the branches and leaves are intertwined. During the day, it looks a little dark because very little sunlight can penetrate. At night, it is even more eerie and scary.
Because of the rumors about the curse, this dense forest has always been sparsely populated. The thick fallen leaves have merged with the soil in the forest to form thick leaf mud. Although this dense forest is not in the mountains, it has formed a considerable slope due to the terrain. Coupled with the moist soil on both sides of the Qingshui River and the leaf mud mixed in it, the road is slippery and muddy, and it is extremely difficult to walk on.
During the flow of the Qingshui River, the sky above the river was covered by dense branches and leaves, and it was dark as if it were an underground river.
Fortunately, Huo Xifei and Yuan Ziyu both had solid lower body skills, and they carefully walked along the Qingshui River into the depths of the dense forest.
"Brother Xi!" After walking for less than half an hour, Yuan Ziyu pointed to a spot along the Qingshui River and said, "I think the scent here is the strongest."
"Here?" Huo Xifei asked hurriedly.
"Yes!" Yuan Ziyou nodded, and then said, "Wait a moment, let me confirm it again."
Yuan Ziyou walked around the area again and finally said with certainty, "It's here. In the Qingshui River towards Shanghe Village, there's no smell of those medicinal herbs."
Huo Xifei frowned when he heard this: "Where did these things come from?"
"I don't know!" Yuan Ziyu shook his head and said, "I haven't found the source yet... Hey, wait a minute!"
Yuan Ziyou suddenly exclaimed, "Brother Xi, look at the water, isn't it a different color?"
After all, it was late at night, and no matter how good Huo Xifei and Yuan Ziyu's eyesight was, it was not as good as in the daytime.
Upon hearing this, Huo Xifei came forward and took a closer look: "It is indeed a bit dark in color."
Yuan Ziyu was about to step forward and touch the dark waters over there, but Huo Xifei grabbed her wrist and said, "You'er, be careful."
"Don't worry, Brother Xi, I'm fine. Have you forgotten that I am immune to all poisons!" Yuan Ziyu smiled, brushed away Huo Xifei's arm, and reached his hand into the dark water over there.
After a while, Yuan Ziyu put his hand to his nose and sniffed, then nodded affirmatively: "Brother Xi, if I'm not mistaken, there must be something at the bottom of the river, and the Qingshui River was polluted by it. Therefore, the villagers of Xiahe Village drank raw water and caused the epidemic."
"You'er, are you saying that the thing at the bottom of the river is the root cause of the epidemic?" Huo Xifei asked hurriedly.
Because the smell in this area was much stronger, Huo Xifei could also faintly smell some odor.
"It's very likely!" Yuan Ziyou nodded and said, "It's just too dark now. Tomorrow we'll find something to salvage from the bottom of the river, and then we should know!"
Although Yuan Ziyu is immune to all poisons, she is extremely afraid of water. She is naturally unwilling to let Huo Xifei take the risk of diving into the riverbed to check. The smell here is too strong, and who knows what potential dangers there may be?
"Okay!" Huo Xifei nodded and pulled Yuan Ziyu away from the Qingshui River.
Yuan Ziyu walked back a few steps in the direction Huo Xifei had gone, looked at the trees beside the river, and said, "I think that before the flood, many villagers in Xiahe Village must have been drinking raw water. No one in the village got sick then, but only after the flood. I guess the heavy rain these days must have washed something from the dense forest into the Qingshui River!"
"It's very likely!" Huo Xifei said after listening to Yuan Ziyou's analysis, "But I don't know what kind of medicinal herbs grow in this dense forest that can cause such a strange disease."
Yuan Ziyou narrowed her eyes and said, "I've never seen this kind of herb before, and Aunt Gu never told me about it either. I think it must be a very rare herb!"
As he spoke, Yuan Ziyou squatted on the ground and examined it carefully. After a long while, he sighed and stood up. "It was washed very clean. There is no trace at all."
After saying that, he smiled and said to Huo Xifei: "Brother Xi, I want to go in and take a look. Do you want to explore it with me?"
"Don't even think about leaving me!" Huo Xifei raised his eyebrows and held Yuan Ziyu's hand tightly.
Yuan Ziyou smiled when he heard that, and dragged Huo Xifei into the Qiongjiang Pavilion: "Brother Xi, you stay here now. I'll come in to find you when I find something!"
After saying that, he shook off Huo Xifei's hand and left Qiongjiang Pavilion.
"You'er!" Huo Xifei didn't expect Yuan Ziyou to do this. He immediately became anxious. Without Yuan Ziyou, he couldn't get out of Qiongjiang Pavilion. If Yuan Ziyou encountered any danger, he would be unable to help at all. "You'er, let me come out and accompany you!"
Huo Xifei knew that Yuan Ziyu would definitely hear him when he spoke.
"Brother Xi!" Yuan Ziyu's voice came through: "Don't worry, I will be careful!"
"You'er!" Huo Xifei said anxiously, "Please let me out!"
No sound!
Huo Xifei was so anxious that he paced back and forth in the Qiongjiang Pavilion. He felt uneasy and panicked, and couldn't calm down at all. Finally, he could only force himself to sit down and wait anxiously for news from Yuan Ziyu.
Yuan Ziyu left the Qiongjiang Pavilion and went into the depths of the dense forest alone. The trees here were denser and seemed even more eerie.
Yuan Ziyu carefully examined the leaves and mud on the ground while walking forward very slowly, for fear of missing any trace!
She didn't know how many of the so-called medicinal herbs that were washed into the Qingshui River were still in this dense forest. If they were not completely cleared out, they would probably become a disaster in the future!
If those herbs were obtained by someone with good intentions, it would be ok, as they might be life-saving medicines. But if they were obtained by someone with evil intentions, they could be deadly weapons.
Suddenly, Yuan Ziyu's eyes lit up, and she seemed to smell a faint scent.
Following the smell, Yuan Ziyu came to a sturdy tree. The tree might have been washed by heavy rain, revealing many tangled roots, and those roots emitted the scent of medicinal herbs.
Yuan Ziyu searched carefully and found a dark red leaf-stalk-like plant among the roots. The smell was coming from this leaf-stalk!
Yuan Ziyu relaxed his brows, it seemed that the direction was correct.
Following the direction, Yuan Ziyu continued to search forward, and finally, half an hour later, she found a clearing in the woods.
The open space was full of these dark red plants, but almost half of the space was empty. Apparently, the plants there were washed away by the heavy rain!
Smelling the rich aroma, Yuan Ziyu knew that he had found the place!
"Brother Xi, I found those medicinal herbs!" Yuan Ziyu said happily to Huo Xifei in Qiongjiang Pavilion.
"You'er!" Huo Xifei suddenly heard Yuan Ziyu's voice and stood up quickly: "Let me out!"
(End of this chapter)
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