Zhan Changfeng stopped. The last time she went in slowly, she didn't notice anything. This time she rushed in all at once, and she clearly felt that the place was misty. She took a few steps back, assessing the difference between the mist and the clear scenery.
Boundary, I thought to myself, could this be the fairy mist spreading in the village?
There is a legend that has been passed down for a long time. A man went into the mountains to collect herbs, accidentally entered the fairy mist, got the fairy grass, and returned home to save his old lady who had been paralyzed for many years.
There is also a saying that ordinary people cannot enter the fairy mist, and if they do, they will get lost in it.
It's just that there has never been a version that clearly stated where the fairy mist is.
Zhan Changfeng didn't care whether it was true or not. Anyway, she saw a pleasant Qiu Shan ginseng growing not far away and went in. If it was sold well, it would cost hundreds of spiritual stones...
So, she got lost.
The fog was not too thick, and the vegetation could be seen vaguely, but she had a lingering weird feeling in her heart.
Zhan Changfeng leaned down to touch the grass at his feet, but he couldn't reach it. It seemed that he was always just one centimeter away.
When she raised her body, she felt dazed for a while, as if all direction had disappeared.
No, my soul is paralyzed. Zhan Changfeng bites the tip of his tongue to stay awake, knowing that the longer he stays here, the more dangerous he will be.
When she walked towards Akiyama Ginseng, she walked in a straight line and did not turn around even if she realized something was wrong. So the only thing she could be sure of now was that the exit was behind her, if there really was an exit.
She couldn't care so much, so she turned around and ran. It was like an endless road. She never stopped or looked around. She just followed the straight line drawn in her heart and just rushed forward.
At a certain moment, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse. Zhan Changfeng held the tree beside him to catch his breath. He raised his head and looked around. The mark he made was at hand. The mist was just a few steps away. The place was still the same, but the day had turned into late night.
Zhan Changfeng thought for a while and gave up the plan of going in again. It was a bit interesting here, but she didn't have the ability.
This guy is quite self-aware sometimes.
Someone who knows himself lights a lantern and goes down the mountain. Halfway there, he sees three torches in the distance. Who will come up the mountain at this time?
That group of people thought the same thing, and added by the way, just go into the mountains and get a lantern. Who are you trying to scare with a green lantern?
Some of them suddenly saw a green lantern floating sideways, and their legs became weak, "Then... what is that?"
The boy who started the conversation was also frightened, and said, "What are you afraid of? Someone might be playing a prank."
He asked loudly, "Who is there? Tell me!"
Then they saw the green lantern floating over silently, and they couldn't help but take a step back. The three people holding torches were pushed forward and held them up, shouting tremblingly, "Tell me back!"
A few meters away, the lamp stopped moving, the wind blew slightly, and the wick jumped from time to time, reflecting a green face that appeared and disappeared.
At that time, a girl screamed, and the whole group was frightened by the scream. Suddenly, the army was in chaos. A young man waved a torch crazily, "Go away, go away, my grandfather is the mountain god grandma."
Zhan Changfeng was depressed for a while, "Is it grandpa or grandma?"
Let her come and let her go, these kids are so annoying.
Zhan Changfeng turned around and left, and then heard a hesitant voice from the chaotic group of people, "Yi Zhan?"
"Well, why are you here?" Zhan Changfeng wanted to see more clearly, so he moved the lamp forward and screamed again.
The voice said helplessly, "Can you put away the lantern first? I'm scared to see it."
"Oh." Zhan Changfeng followed the good advice.
"Do you know Yu Sheng?" a trembling female voice asked.
"Don't worry, it's a human being."
Zhan Changfeng had already walked under the light shrouded by three torches. When she saw those people glancing at her shadow, she couldn't help but said, "You scholars are too timid. How can you learn to have an affair with a female ghost and vixen in a script?"
"Who wants to have an affair with a female ghost and a vixen?" said the young man who was waving the torch most vigorously.
The screaming girl was tight and critical, "It's immoral for you to scare us with a green lantern like this!"
The voice was still trembling.
"I don't have that much time." Who knew I would meet you? Zhan Changfeng always feels that it is not a good thing to meet social studies students every time on the mountain. Last time I met Cheng Zhigao and several others, they were bitten by dogs and even killed by wolves.
Siege, this time...
Look at these people, the talented men and women with famous names in Wangmeiju. How do you despise the end-of-month assessment and come to climb the mountain in the middle of the night?
"Then what are you doing with the green lantern?!" These frightened people seemed to be in conflict with the lantern, and seemed uneasy if they didn't ask questions.
Zhan Changfeng could only say patiently, "There are particularities in which lanterns to use. Red lanterns for red events welcome good omens, white lanterns for white events to send ghosts away, and yellow lanterns are hung in temples to show solemnity and no infringement. You understand."
"You haven't told me what Qing Deng is doing!"
"Qing Deng," Zhan Changfeng said quietly, "The underworld is patrolling, and the idle ghosts should give way."
Everyone felt a little cold, as if they couldn't help but feel cold when they thought of the cyan lantern. Someone whispered, "So... So it means exorcising ghosts?"
Zhan Changfeng was noncommittal, but Yu Sheng had already walked beside her, "Collecting herbs in the middle of the night?"
She saw her medicinal equipment.
Just as Zhan Changfeng was about to reply, he heard someone comforting himself by saying, "It turns out it's to drive away ghosts. From now on, I'll light it when I go out in the middle of the night."
In order to liven up the atmosphere, everyone agreed, "Yes, yes, it turns out there is some truth to this."
"Even if it doesn't drive away ghosts, it's still very good at preventing robberies. Who dares to come here and try it?"
Although Zhan Changfeng knew that these students might be joking, he still warned him sternly, "Don't light the green lantern randomly. For me, it will drive away ghosts, but for you, it may cost you your life. You must bear the consequences."
A few people were a little embarrassed, wondering if this guy could speak.
Yu Sheng said, "Zi Shi is coming soon, let's walk faster."
Everyone got up the steps and hurried on, laughing and talking.
Yu Sheng pulled Zhan Changfeng behind and continued the topic.
Zhan Changfeng said, "Do you think I picked up a medicinal plant? It's already midnight after going around in a circle, but what are you doing here?"
What she said was right or wrong. Ordinary people would interpret it as searching for a long time but not finding the herb. However, Yu Sheng gave her a strange look and said, "Have you entered the fairy mist?"
Zhan Changfeng was startled and praised, "Why are you so smart?"
"How did I realize that you are quite poor?" Yu Sheng smiled and shook his head, instead of talking about Xianwu, he said, "There is a flower with white leaves and red meridians called Fenghuoyin. Legend has it that it is the guiding flower of the mountain god.
, if you get it, you will be recognized by the mountain god, and you can travel unimpeded in the Good Medicine Mountain."
Unobstructed?
Zhan Changfeng raised his eyebrows and saw Yu Sheng winking at her slyly.
"This kind of flower grows on the mountainside. It is rarely seen. It only blooms at midnight every night. It blooms on the earth like a gorgeous and passionate sea of flowers. However, the sea of flowers only lasts for three breaths, and then it will wither and disappear.
, no trace left.”
Yu Sheng said, "People here regard it as a blessing from the mountain god, and every year during the mountain god's sacrifice, they will collect it and offer it on the shrine."
"The Mountain God Festival will be held in three months, and we are here to find it."
"Really?" Zhan Changfeng thought there was something hidden in her words, so he became curious and went to look for it with them.
"This is it." Everyone stopped, "Just wait."
In front of them was a forest, which was no different from the woods they were in or the woods they walked through. Tall branches stood there, with heavy shadows of branches and leaves above, and occasionally thick roots exposed and entangled below.
Vegetation grows toward the sky, bugs whisper among it, and sometimes there will be some dark shadows passing by, probably hares or rats.