Chapter 153 I'm afraid there will be trouble again
The young man in white frowned slightly, his eyes revealing a complicated expression: "The Gu King has been hiding in the Saint's body for many years, nourished by her spiritual power and blood essence, and is extremely difficult to deal with."
"Then how can we lure out the Dragon King?" Jia Luo asked anxiously.
The young man in white pondered for a moment, took out a small porcelain bottle from his arms, and handed it to Jia Luo: "This contains a special kind of spice, called the Insect Attracting Incense. Burning this incense can cause the Insect King to become agitated and temporarily escape from the Saint's body, but the effect is extremely short, only one stick of incense, so you must seize the opportunity. Moreover, once the insects are attracted, the Saint will definitely notice and counterattack with all her strength, so you must be careful."
Jia Luo took the porcelain bottle with surprise and thanked him repeatedly: "Thank you, brother, you are so kind!"
The young man in white turned his head slightly, with a barely perceptible blush on the tip of his ears: "Don't be too happy too soon. There is a group of pigs in this mountain. People who break in here will not be treated as well as animals. Whether you can succeed depends on yourselves. And..."
At this point, the young man in white paused, and after a moment of silence, he spoke again: "Saint, I hope you will spare her life because of her advanced age!"
Having said that, he looked at Jia Luo deeply again, turned around and walked away quickly, soon disappearing into the depths of the forest.
Jia Luo held the porcelain bottle in his hand and looked in the direction where the young man in white left, his heart full of doubts.
"Let's hurry while it's still early. Look, the light we saw before seems to have changed again!" Wan Yan said, pointing in a direction.
Jia Luo looked in the direction of his finger, and after a while she spoke: "Fourth Brother, do you think that the light is meant to attract people outside to come in?"
"You mean..."
"The brother just said that people who break in here are not treated as well as animals!"
Wan Yan frowned, his eyes full of worry: "If this is true, then there must be a bigger conspiracy hidden in this forest. This light is deliberately luring people in. Could it be that they want to use the intruders as food for maggots, or to achieve some ulterior motives?"
Wen Lingyue also looked solemn, and said in a deep voice: "No matter what, since we know the danger, we can't just sit back and do nothing. Those innocent animals are still waiting for us to rescue them. Moreover, if we don't get rid of this pest, who knows how many more lives will suffer in the future."
Jia Luo tightened the incense in his hand and said firmly, "Dad, Fourth Brother, you are right. We finally have a way to lure the King of Dragons, and we must not give up halfway."
At this point, Wan Yan suddenly said, "That boy is so weird, I don't know if I can trust him!"
"Moreover, he must have a relationship with the Saint, otherwise, how would he know that the Saint is already old!"
Wen Lingyue nodded in agreement and said in a deep voice: "Yes, we still have to be careful along the way!"
After resting for a while, the three of them continued to walk deeper into the dense forest.
But what they didn't know was that after they left, the young man in white appeared at the place where they had just been, looked at their backs, and murmured, "I hope you can really save the lives of the people on this mountain."
A moment later, he flashed and flew in the opposite direction of the three people. After a few jumps, he arrived at a bamboo house deep in the forest.
A strange medicinal fragrance filled the bamboo house. In the corner of the wall were several black jars with many strange patterns engraved on them.
The young man in white walked into the bamboo house and saw an old woman with gray hair and wrinkled face sitting on a stone platform. Her eyes were closed and there were faint fluctuations of spiritual power emanating from her body.
"Master, your disciple is back." The young man in white said softly, with a hint of respect in his voice.
The saint slowly opened her eyes, her gaze was as sharp as a torch: "How is it going?"
The young man in white lowered his head slightly: "We have already led them in."
Upon hearing this, the Saint laughed harshly: "They don't know what they can do! They think they can destroy the array of snakes that I have painstakingly built over the years with just a few young boys? This forest is my territory, and they will die."
The young man in white frowned, "Master, they have no ill intentions, they just can't bear to see the animals suffer. I hope you will show mercy and let these innocent animals go."
The Saint's face darkened. "You traitor! How dare you go against my will and help outsiders to deal with me? Have you forgotten why we set up the snake formation here? This is to protect the balance of the forest. Those outsiders who wantonly intrude and destroy the rules should be punished."
The young man in white clothes said anxiously: "But now this array of snakes has gone out of control. Not only the intruders are suffering, but also countless innocent animals. I think that maybe there is another way to find it, and there is no need to use such cruel means."
The Saint snorted coldly: "What do you know! If you don't do this, this forest will be destroyed."
The young man in white wanted to persuade her again, but the saint waved her hand impatiently: "Shut up and do your own thing! If you say anything more, don't blame me for being rude!"
At the same time, Jialuo, Wanyan and Wen Lingyue moved forward cautiously in the dense forest.
Along the way, they felt that the atmosphere around them was increasingly depressing and suffocating.
"This mountain is like a dead mountain." Jia Luo said gritting his teeth.
Wan Yan nodded solemnly, tightening the peach wood sword in his hand: "Indeed, the vitality of this forest seems to have been drained by the snake array. There is a dead silence everywhere, so quiet that it makes people creepy."
"Yeah, it's as if there are only three of us left in the world!" Wen Lingyue also said with a frown.
Jia Luo stopped moving forward, took out a small brown porcelain bottle from her bag, opened it, poured the contents into her palm, and touched Wen Lingyue and Wan Yan.
After touching it, he said, "I almost forgot about this. This is the insect repellent I made before. I don't know if it works on insects!"
Wan Yan looked down at the powder left on Jia Luo's palm and frowned slightly: "It's better than nothing. This insect is very vicious. I'm afraid ordinary insect repellent can't resist it. But with an extra layer of protection, I feel more at ease."
The three of them walked forward for a while, and the surroundings became increasingly quiet, with only the rustling sound of their steps on dead branches and leaves.
Suddenly, Jia Luo paused and his eyes fell on an ancient tree in front of him. A dark red liquid was slowly oozing out of the trunk of the tree, as if the tree was bleeding.
"This... why is this tree like this?" Jia Luo widened his eyes, filled with surprise and uneasiness.
Wan Yan went forward to check and lightly touched the liquid with his peach wood sword. As soon as the sword made contact, a "sizzling" sound was heard, as if the liquid was corrosive.
He quickly drew back his sword, his brows twisted into knots: "I'm afraid that this dragon formation has caused the entire forest to become abnormal, and even ordinary trees have been infected with evil spirits."
As he was speaking, a cold wind blew by, bringing with it a faint wailing sound, the sound was erratic and made people's backs chill.
Wan Yan's expression changed: "Oh no, I'm afraid there will be trouble again."
Before he finished speaking, the ground began to shake violently, dirt flew up, and hideous-looking ground snakes broke out of the ground.
They were shaped like rats, but had sharp fangs and hard shells. They exuded a foul odor and rushed towards the three people frantically.