According to Yunwen's personality, it is unlikely that she would go against my instructions. I told her in advance that she could take the horse for a walk wherever it was safe. Obviously, she was planning to take the horse for a walk on Diaolou Mountain at the beginning. It is safe and reliable there, where she can collect fodder and let the horse run freely, and at the same time meet my instructions. But for some reason, she changed direction temporarily. I only know that it must be related to Yingchun.
I had already warned Yunwen not to be led astray by Yingchun, but I don't know why, but she finally obeyed Yingchun and changed her route, heading towards the dangerous jungle.
"What should we do, Brother Zhou Bo? According to what you said, they may have already met with some accident. If that's the case, what should we do? The girl is my life. I don't want to live without her." Bai Lu said anxiously.
"Shh!" I shouted at her to shut up.
Now we are near a dangerous jungle, where there are countless unknown and terrifying creatures. Not to mention the problem of the ash powder. If it attracts the attention of something and controls the subconscious to summon wild beasts to attack, Bai Lu and I alone cannot deal with two of them. If we don't find them, we will lose our lives.
They soon arrived at the familiar forest path. Walking straight ahead was the place where they were attacked by bison at night last time. It was also the path leading to Claw Dragon Mountain. Horse hoof prints could be seen here, so we knew that they were definitely going in this direction. We just didn't know what they were planning to do by walking here.
Continuing forward, all you see are dry and leafless branches, faint spots of green grass, and many footprints of other wild animals, but they are far away from the horse's hooves. Even if there are intersections, there are no other characteristics left, such as hair, flesh, blood, etc., indicating that no physical contact or conflict has occurred.
Until we reached the depths of the jungle, the horse's hoof prints turned again, and the direction was no longer heading towards Claw Dragon Mountain, but to another direction. I had never been to this direction, and it was an area I had never explored. Generally speaking, when you come to the dangerous jungle, you go straight all the way to the monkey forest, and then pass through the monkey forest to the vicinity of Claw Dragon Mountain.
Even if we go to Xiying City, the City of Death, we have to go through the above road, pass through Claw Dragon Mountain, pass the ventilation vent, and reach the canyon. That's it. So for this dangerous jungle, I really don't know if there is another way to choose. Since none of us have been there, Yunwen, who always has a very good memory, must know that areas that have not been there are unknown areas, which are dangerous areas. In this case, why does she have to go there?
Even if she was instigated by Yingchun, she would not have to choose a route that she knew well. This is unreasonable. After all, even if she forgot what I said, she would still consider Sanfu's safety and would not rush around randomly. What kind of love potion did she take?
"Where are we going? I remember we have never been along this road before." Bai Lu said.
"Yes, I remember this is an unknown road. I don't know what dangers lie ahead," I said.
As I was speaking, I suddenly smelled the stench that is common in the countryside, but it was a little different. I turned my head and looked around, and saw some hay or something like that on the ground. I seemed to have thought of something, and when I looked forward carefully, I saw two or three wild boars moving in front of me. I stopped in a hurry, and Bai Lu grabbed my sleeve and hid behind me, and looked sideways.
I saw that they were nearly one meter tall at the shoulder and were particularly alert. This place might be their hideout and we were in their guard area. They were baring their fangs and might attack at any time. If I were alone, I could just climb a tree to avoid them, but with Bai Lu here, there was no way for me to protect both of us at the same time.
Just as we were getting anxious, the wild boars approached us, then suddenly walked away angrily, howling wailingly, and quickly hid themselves, disappearing without a trace.
I turned around and saw that Bai Lu's eyes had turned red without her noticing. She had already used the blood pupil witchcraft quietly and unconsciously, but judging from her expression, she was still confused. It seemed that she didn't know what was happening to her eyes. Looking at the blood pupils had become some kind of defense mechanism for her body.
Generally, there are about 7 to 10 wild boars in a group. The three or four just now looked rather depressed, and their bodies were not very strong. Their fangs were also weathered. They must be old wild boars. The young and strong ones were all hunted down by the mermaids. That's why they were so alert when they saw us, and howled when they left, thinking that we were going to kill them again.
Thinking of this, I can't help but sigh. I wonder if its population can hold on and continue to reproduce.
After passing their territory, we continued to go upwards. I didn't recognize any of these roads, so I used a knife to scratch and mark the trees along the way to avoid losing the way when I came back. As we walked slowly, there were fewer and fewer trees, and gradually a gentle grass slope appeared. There were fewer trees in this area, but more dead grass, and you could smell the smell of cow dung.
"Bison?" I wondered.
"It seems so. I remember coming here with Yingchun and that mermaid friend, but we went in another direction. There are indeed quite a few wild buffaloes here. At that time, the ugly guy wanted to hunt here, but was knocked away and almost had a major accident. We never came here again after that." Bai Lu said.
"Then there's no need to guess. It must be Song Yingchun who has come up with some bad idea again. After all, she has been here several times and is very familiar with the place! This Song Yingchun is really a troublemaker. It doesn't matter if she harms herself, but she has to kill others to be satisfied." I couldn't help but feel angry.
Bai Lu didn't dare to speak. After a long while, she murmured, "Maybe there's something else going on."
The horse hoof prints were not very clear in the pile of dry grass, so our clues were cut off. But when we found this place, we didn't see even a single person. Helplessly, without any guiding clues, the only way was to conduct a carpet search to make sure we could find any clues, so we groped around here.
When I walked up the ramp and reached the gentle slope, I saw quite a few bison nearby. Each of them was about the same size as the one that attacked me. Perhaps it was because spring had arrived and it was soon to be the breeding season, they all seemed a little restless. I would definitely be attacked if I passed by them. With so many bison, a few hooves of them would be enough to trample me into a pulp.
Therefore, I decided to try another approach. There are not many trees here, much less sparse than the woods outside. Moreover, these trees look a bit strange. They are neither pine nor cypress, willow nor palm, nor are they fruit trees. They are all black in color, with branches growing wildly, like the hands of a devil.
"Bai Lu, do you know this kind of tree? Why have I never seen it before?" I asked.
Bai Lu touched it with her hand, pressed it again, and found that the trunk began to secrete some resin, which was purple-red. She looked up and said, "I'm not sure, but I heard that there is a tree called ghost vine. Because it sucks blood through the thorns on the vines all year round, the sap inside the trunk is full and it will secrete something like this. But these are all rumors, not necessarily true. In addition, the ghost vine has no ability to move. Only the prey will take the initiative to take the bait, pounce on the vine, be paralyzed, tied up and sucked, so it is mostly the same as ordinary willows."
"Ghost vine?" It's the first time I heard of it.
At this time, I saw traces of footsteps on the grass pit on the ground. I compared it and found that it was not mine. I also compared my feet with Bai Lu's, and it was not hers either. The size of her feet was even smaller.
There is only one person whose feet are smaller than Bailu's, and that is Yingchun.
And if you look more closely, there is still a lot of the purple-red liquid secreted on the grass pit. The resin of the tree trunk can't spread that far, so it's not the tree trunk, but...
Ghost vine!
Before I could react, I heard Bai Lu screaming, "Help! Brother Zhou Bo! Help!"
Then I saw countless vines coming down from above, wrapping up Bai Lu tightly, pulling her up into the air. At the same time, countless vines were attacking me at the same time, like countless mad ghost hands!