The road back was in the opposite direction to the one we came from, heading east along the seaside. The road was very desolate. After walking for a long time, we got further and further away from Hanming Tower, and the number of people became increasingly sparse.
Occasionally, there is an inn that is deserted, with few cars and horses, and few business travelers passing by. However, it is always a good thing to have an inn where you can stay, and it is better than sleeping in the open air!
An inn can at least solve the problem of eating and sleeping.
Li Zhen ordered a pot of wine, and Shi Zhuo ordered a few kilograms of cooked beef! Chen Luo took out the jade gourd, found a large bowl from the store, and poured some white worms into the bowl.
"What is this?" Li Zhenshizhuo stared at the white transparent worms in the bowl and asked in surprise.
"Ice Fire Salamander! Try it -" Chen Luo smiled slightly, took out one from the bowl, threw it into his mouth and chewed it!
Ice Fire Salamander is definitely a good thing.
Good things should be shared with good brothers!
Although they have left the water world under the ice, these ice-fire salamanders live in the jasper gourd and seem to be living well without losing their activity at all.
Some even jumped out of the bowl.
Shi Zhuo plucked up the courage and swallowed one in one gulp.
"Oh my god, it's ice cold and melts in your mouth. It's delicious!" Shi Zhuo exclaimed!
"Let me try it!" Li Zhen also picked up the worms in her bowl, closed her eyes, gritted her teeth, and swallowed it.
"A good appetizer!" Li Zhen happily accepted the Ice Fire Salamander.
The three of us were drinking, and the more we drank, the more we drank! Soon the bottom of a large bowl of Ice and Fire Salamander was gone!
"Is there any more! Brother No. 1 Scholar!" Li Zhen Shizhuo seemed to be addicted to it! He looked at Chen Luo eagerly!
"It must be there. It's enough for today!" Chen Luo went into the gourd. He didn't know how much ice and fire he had swallowed. What he took out was just a drop in the bucket.
Chen Luo took out the gourd and poured some more into the bowl!
"This time, let's eat it in a different way!" Li Zhen said, pouring a bottle of liquor directly into the bowl!
"Holy shit, is this okay?" Chen Luo picked up an ice fire salamander from the bowl and put it into his mouth. The aroma of the wine and the faint fragrance of the ice fire edge actually had a different flavor! Moreover, the ice fire salamander in the wine seemed to be enjoying it too.
, and no longer jump around!
"Xiao Zhenzhen, how did you discover it? You are a master of gourmet food!" Chen Luo complimented!
"Actually, my brother also has another identity, he is a gourmet!" Li Zhen shook her hair and said modestly!
"Get out!" Chen Luo yelled angrily!
"Tch, if I say it's intuition, do you believe it? For this alchemist, diet and alchemy are... connected -" Li Zhen blushed, and her tongue couldn't bend in her mouth!
I don't know if it was because of the ice fire salamander or the wine, but Li Zhen and Shi Zhuo started to feel dizzy, their bodies started to get hot and sweaty, and soon they both fell into a drowsy sleep!
This sleep is a day and a night.
Chen Luo shook his head, the effect of this ice fire salamander is really powerful! Especially for people with low realms like Li Zhen Shizhuo, the effect of these two bowls just now is enough to make a qualitative leap in the tendons and muscles in their bodies.
The Ice and Fire Salamander is such a good thing, I have to take it back and share it with my grandfathers! Chen Luo carefully put the jade gourd into the storage ring. Then he sat cross-legged on the ground and began to practice breathing and digesting the Ice and Fire Salamander that he had just swallowed!
Chen Luo has swallowed Ice Fire Salamander twice so far. As for how much benefit his whole body has received, Chen Luo has no idea. He just feels that the power in his body is ready to burst out, and he always has the urge to fight!
The Holy Body Art and the Sacred Heart Art were activated, and the spiritual power in his body circulated for a long time. Chen Luo felt extremely comfortable.
Looking at the sword soul Yingyu Shenjun in the Xuanyu Blunt Sword, he didn't know when he fell into a deep sleep. Chen Luo also became tired, and he meditated for a while, then gradually fell asleep.
Early the next morning, Chen Luo woke up Shi Zhuo and Li Zhen.
"Xiao Zhenzhen, Da Zhuozi, I just took a look. We are going all the way east from here, and it will be more desolate along the way. You two go to the store to buy some food and drink to take with you, so as not to be hungry later!"
"I'll go, I'm the best at buying supplies!" Shi Zhuo has been following Shi Shanming into the mountains to pick jade for the past few years. He knows all about buying supplies and what he should and shouldn't buy!
"By the way, Brother Zhuangyuan, this alchemist has a bold idea! Do you want to listen to it?"
"What do you think?" Shi Zhuo stopped and looked at Li Zhen!
A smile appeared at the corner of Li Zhen's mouth. She stretched out her hand and drew an arrow on the ground, and then drew a straight horizontal line on the side of the arrow's waist.
"Xiao Zhenzhen, if you have something to say, tell me quickly. Why are you playing riddles?" Shi Zhuo couldn't understand what it meant!
"Big Zhuo, call me Brother Zhen!" Li Zhen glared at Shi Zhuo.
"cut--"
"Xiao Zhenzhen, you mean - the dark forest?"
Chen Luo understood instantly!
Li Zhen nodded!
"This journey is long and hard! Why not go through the dark forest, go all the way south, and reach the Northern Plateau, where you can meet up with Grandpa Blind and the others!" Li Zhen explained.
Chen Luo calculated with his fingers that if he took the dark forest, he could save at least 20 days!
"No, no, no, no -" Chen Luo thought for a moment and then shook his head!
"Senior Baili has repeatedly said that this dark forest cannot be entered. Even Senior Baili dare not go deep into it easily, but you and I want to cross it, risk our lives!"
Chen Luo is right, sailing with caution is the best way!
"Tch, look at you, you coward!" Li Zhen despised Chen Luo. She turned around and looked at Shi Zhuo, "Big Zhuo, what's your opinion?"
"I listen to brother Chen Luo!" Shi Zhuo said loudly without thinking. Shi Zhuo was looking for Chen Luo anyway, and he would go wherever Chen Luo went.
"Look at your worthless look!" Li Zhen sighed!
Traveling through the dark forest, Chen Luo had not thought about it. Being bold does not mean being reckless. Chen Luo also had Li Zhen and Shi Zhuo beside him. If there was any danger, according to his own cultivation, he might be able to escape unscathed, and the two of them would
Not necessarily so lucky.
The level of Hedao for beginners and intermediates may not be enough.
"Xiao Zhenzhen, the minority obeys the majority, let's walk along the seaside honestly! Although it is boring along the way, at least there are three of us company!"
Li Zhen curled her lips and said, "Aren't you still a great divination master? You will know if there is any danger or not!"
"Yes, Brother No. 1, Xiao Zhenzhen is right!" Shi Zhuo stood on Li Zhen's side this time.
Chen Luo's heart moved!
I am an innate divination master, and I haven't used it for a long time. The master's skills are probably in ruins. If divination Tianji finds out, I'm afraid he will be pissed out of the cave.
Counting the days, the day for Bu Tianji to walk out of the cave should be coming soon. This Bu Tianji, who is both a teacher and a friend, and has been a close friend for a long time, has never seen his appearance.
"Okay, let me figure out the next hexagram! If the hexagram is okay, we will take a shortcut!" Chen Luo did as he said, sitting cross-legged on the ground, twirling orchids in his hands, and used the methods of the innate hexagram master.
The soul felt like it was out of the body, stretching out in the empty sky, as if it wanted to visit the sky above the dark forest!
Chen Luo recited the formula silently, but he was looking for the answer in his heart!
Suddenly, Chen Luo's heart skipped a beat! In the sky above the dark forest, Chen Luo saw a strange pattern that looked like a different face!
What is this? Chen Luo lowered his consciousness, trying to get through the fog and get a glimpse of the truth.
Unfortunately, as if by magic, Chen Luo failed to break through several times and was rejected thousands of miles away.
Could it be that backlash protection was also applied here?
Chen Luo didn't dare to peek in by force.
Fortunately, the people in this formation did not intend to hurt anyone, they were just trying to stop Chen Luo's consciousness from returning to the sky.
No harm, no good!
Chen Luo was unwilling to give in and followed the dark forest all the way south. His consciousness was once again stretched, crossing the dark forest, crossing Fenglingdu, and arriving near Jiufeng Mountain!
How are the blind grandfather Xiao Yu'er, Nangong Wanyu and the others doing recently? Suddenly, the innate hexagram line in Chen Luo's body shook.
not good!
Chen Luo saw a dangerous sign with a big omen written on it!
Jiufeng Mountain is in danger! An idea appeared in Chen Luo's heart, this is intuition!
Could it be that the valley where Grandpa and the others were hiding was discovered? Or is Zhuang Buyu leading his men back again?
Chen Luo felt anxious in his heart. He couldn't help but the energy and blood in his body surged, and his eyes turned red!
"Brother No. 1 Scholar! Brother No. 1 Scholar—" Li Zhen Shizhuo yelled, pulling Chen Luo back from his thoughts. Chen Luo was agitated and returned to the real world.
"What happened?" Li Zhen Shizhuo asked worriedly when he saw Chen Luo's majestic and terrifying face.
Chen Luo took a deep breath, calmed down the emotions in his heart, opened his eyes, looked at Li Zhen Shi Zhuo, and said calmly: "Now, I can't do anything without walking through the dark forest!"
"What happened? What happened?" Shi Zhuo looked at Chen Luo and asked anxiously.
"Grandpa Blind, Xiao Yu'er and the others are in trouble!" Chen Luo said, unable to help but clench his fists and crush a boulder next to him with one punch.
"Let's take a shortcut and rush back as soon as possible!"
"What, Xiao Yu'er and the others are in danger?" Shi Zhuo was also anxious and wished he could fly back.
"What did I say? I really have no choice now." Li Zhen glanced at a dark area in the distance, "What is supposed to come will eventually come, so let's go and break into the dark forest!"
"Yes, even if it's a dragon's pond or a tiger's den, I'm going to make a fuss." Shi Zhuo clenched his fists.
The three young men held their hands tightly together.
"Get out, let's go!"
The Dark Forest is located at the northern end of the Northern Plateau, and then continues to extend north to the Sea of Hell!
Between the edge of the forest and the underworld sea, there is only a dozen miles of seashore left for passing business travelers. The rest of the place, from east to west, from south to north, is covered by the dark forest.
Wherever the dark forest is covered, the forest is dark! Except for the piled leaves, tall cold-resistant tree species, and intermittent snow-covered faults, there is not a trace of life in sight.
Chen Luo, Li Zhen, and Shi Zhuo also held weapons in their hands. Chen Luo held a small ax to open the sky in front of them to clear the way. Shi Zhuo and Li Zhen also each had a woodcutter. In this deep mountain and old forest, there is no road or direction. Everything must be done.
Rely on your own feelings.
Occasionally, a small animal would jump out of the disturbance. After a closer look, it turned out to be a squirrel quickly climbing to the top of the tree. The pine tree's strange eyes looked at the three uninvited guests and squeaked.