As the saying goes, Wangshan runs a dead horse, and in the morning Meng Xiao had already seen the general outline of Qingsha Valley from a distance, but it was not until noon that he and Yulong'er arrived outside the valley, and the reason was because of road problems.
The fog that enveloped the entire Qingsha Valley was not always lingering somewhere, and occasionally there was a fog that broke away from the Qingsha Valley and spread nearby, Meng Xiao was not sure if there was a problem with this fog, so in order to avoid extraneous branches, the two of them sat in the carriage and went around several times directly before they reached their destination.
The carriage stopped, and when he looked up, there was a crack between two huge mountain walls, and the crack was filled with thick fog, and if the fog outside was looming, then the fog had reached the effect of completely closing the line of sight.
"According to the locals, the terrain of this green yarn valley is a maze in itself, and it is difficult to get out even when the fog is at its thinnest."
Yu Long'er said lightly, as if she was stating something that had nothing to do with her.
Meng Xiao nodded, took out a booklet and opened it gently, "This is the local gazetteer, according to the records, this Qingsha Valley has existed for a long time, but the birth fog still started more than one hundred and fifty years ago, and I don't know if it is thought or naturally generated."
"Will there be danger?"
Meng Xiao shrugged his shoulders absently, and threw the Gazetteer back into the car, "In the past hundred and fifty years, many people have entered the Qinghua Mountain Range through the Qingsha Valley, although no one has been able to fully map the conclusive terrain of the Qingsha Valley, but no one has really died for so many years, and the longest time they have been trapped in it is seven days, and when the lost people come out, there is no obstacle except for feeling hungry." ” Yu Long'er was amused when she heard this, "It seems that this demon clan is still a vegetarian." ” "I don't know if I'm a vegetarian or not, but at least I can have a good conversation."
Meng Xiao said and walked towards the valley first.
Perhaps it was because of the narrowness of the entrance, but after passing through a narrow crack in the mountain wall, the fog was obviously lightened again, and at least with the physical fitness of the two of them, they could see at least twenty meters of the surrounding area.
"This mist doesn't seem to have caused any harm to the body, could it be that it was naturally generated" Yu Long'er ran the aura in her body without stagnation.
Meng Xiao nodded, "It is true that there is no record of the fog causing harm to the human body, but it may also be a hidden effect, in short, it is better to be cautious."
In addition, the fog is said to only appear during the day, and at night it fades away until it disappears.
It is possible that this characteristic is caused by a particular environment or plant. ” "How to say" Meng Xiao is a senior botanist, "Plants are also constantly breathing, and the gases released during the day and night are often different, and some plants capture mosquitoes, insects, rats and ants by releasing special aromas." ” Yu Long'er raised her eyebrows and didn't refute anything, just continued to move forward, the terrain in the Green Yarn Valley is indeed very weird, going back and forth is like going in circles, the mountain walls, trees, and road surfaces don't seem to be obviously surprised, if you change someone else, it's easy to get confused.
However, this situation did not exist for Meng Xiao, he would plant a plant on the ground every time he walked, or a sunflower, or a wind leaf, or a cactus, and after walking for almost half an hour, they really didn't encounter a situation of getting lost.
It's just that the fog that still lingers around makes Yu Long'er a little awkward, "Are you sure we didn't get lost, we've been walking for almost half an hour, and it stands to reason that we should have reached the edge of Qingsha Valley."
It is said that some mountain people who enter the Qingsha Valley at night enter the Qinghua Mountains in less than two quarters of an hour. ” Meng Xiao frowned slightly, grinning a little strangely: "There should be no problem, the plants I planted are fine."
And the light here is sparse, so I deliberately chose sunflowers that shouldn't be here, and if someone had deliberately framed them, they would have found and destroyed them, but they are still intact.
Could it be that the terrain is inherently crooked, or maybe we're not on the right path?"
Yu Long'er looked left and right and shook her head and said, "There is no fork here except for the mountain wall, there is no fork at all." ” "Then I'm out of the way, let's go first, maybe the exit is near the left, but we didn't find it."
Meng Xiao smiled bitterly and turned around and drove away again.
Yu Long'er had no choice but to follow, but she walked a few steps and stopped, pointing to the front with a strange expression, "Is that a musk deer?"
At the edge of the fog that can be seen, a small animal the size of a sika deer stepped out of the fog, with sparse spots on its body, its eyes and nose were black, and it tilted its head with forked horns to look at the two of them, and its eyes were stupid and cute.
Meng Xiao scratched his cheek and replied uncertainly: "Maybe it's a stupid roe deer." ” Okay, but any animal that dares to wander around in this foggy place is a master of art, Meng Xiao's stupid roe deer obviously offended this thing, so they just skimmed their heads and ran away.
Seeing this, Meng Xiao hurriedly said: "Keep up with it, maybe it can help us get out" The two started to catch up, ten minutes later "Damn, this stupid roe deer is a master of the Heavenly Dao, right, running so fast," Meng Xiao looked at the little animal that had long since disappeared and complained.
Yu Long'er rolled her eyes angrily, "Do you think that the masters of the Heavenly Dao are so idle, and they will become stupid roe deer to tease you" Meng Xiao was speechless, looked left and right, and still didn't find the plants he had planted before, which meant that this was still a new place that he had never been to before.
"It doesn't make sense, it's impossible for a stupid and cute little animal to run faster than me, is it possible that the people here are so brilliant that even small animals can take a thousand miles in one step, uh, one thousand miles, I seem to understand."
Meng Xiao muttered to himself hysterically, but as if he had thought of something, he sat lightly cross-legged on the ground and stretched out his hand backwards, as if groping for something.
Yu Long'er looked at him curiously, but saw that a branch of a plant suddenly stretched out from the fog behind him and wrapped around Meng Xiao's wrist, Meng Xiao suddenly smiled and said, "I see, we are in the array" "Array" Yu Long'er looked around, and suddenly seemed to understand and said with a smile: "So it's so simple" Meng Xiao nodded, "We have been misled by the Geography, although it has been more than a hundred and fifty years since the fog was generated here, in fact, this place is not mysterious at all, it is just a big array. ” Yu Long'er continued: "Yes, this large array seems to be only effective for humans, making us mistakenly think that we have traveled a long way, but in fact, it has only walked less than a few tens of meters. ” The formation is ever-changing, there are thousands of miles of land to shrink into inches, or use space, or use the five senses, the formation can make people have the illusion when walking, thinking that they have walked for a long time, walked a long way, but in fact they have only walked a few tens of meters.
Just now Meng Xiao gave birth to plants, and sure enough, it didn't take long for those branches to wrap around his wrists, indicating that the plants planted before were actually not far away from them, and this big array seemed to be ineffective for animals and plants, so they couldn't catch up with the little animal just now, because they might not be half a meter when they ran a step, and the little animal jumped more than two meters, how could it catch up "Then the question is, how do we break the formation?"
Both of them are scholars, of course, they have some knowledge of formations, and Meng Xiao was even better at this method when he used the woods to set up a formation to control the enemy, but this time he didn't have a rut, "This formation seems to be connected to the leylines based on the terrain, and it has the effect of limiting the five senses, if you want to break it, it will be very troublesome, and you must find out the formation nodes little by little, which takes a lot of time." ” Hearing this, Yu Long'er immediately understood what he meant, sat on the ground and said helplessly: "Our purpose is not to break the formation, so it doesn't take too much time, so it's better to wait until the night when the fog clears before leaving." ” Meng Xiao nodded, that's what he meant, so an expedition full of anticipation turned into a picnic in the blink of an eye.
Meng Xiao took out the tablecloth from the condensing hairpin and spread it out, and all kinds of refreshments were really prepared.
Yulong'er is not polite, she should eat and drink, and she is not ambiguous at all.
Meng Xiao put a piece of osmanthus cake in his mouth and chewed it, looked at Yu Long'er and suddenly asked, "There is something I want to ask, I don't know if you mind." ” "I won't hide anything I can say."
Yu Long'er is simply there.
"In the farthest life you can remember, well, is there the existence of the Soul Refining Sect" Meng Xiao tried his best to keep his expression flat, but the concern in his eyes was not so easy to hide, obviously this question was very important to him.
What kind of eyesight is Yu Long'er, naturally she can't deceive her, but she didn't say anything, just shook her head and said: "Although the history of the Soul Refining Sect is also very long, but when I have a memory, they didn't appear, well, maybe they appeared but they didn't rise to the level they have now."
At least there is no long history of the Qing family. ” The corners of Meng Xiao's mouth twitched, "It's okay to talk about the Qing family" "Just talk about it, there must always be a comparison, by the way, what questions do you have" Yu Long'er poured a glass of wine with a nonchalant face, mixed with the pastry in her mouth and swallowed.
Meng Xiao rubbed his temples as if he had a little headache and asked again: "Do you believe that there is a method in the world that can quickly promote cultivation without side effects?"
Yu Long'er raised her eyebrows, "With your knowledge, you shouldn't ask me, there are many ways to quickly improve your cultivation without side effects, but any method has a price, the difference is just who will pay the price." ” Meng Xiao silently picked up the pastry and bit it hard as if he was relieved of hatred, and glanced at Yulong'er without a trace, he knew that this female student must have guessed something, but now there is nothing that she can care about.
Time passed slowly in silence, and this great array did not have the magical ability to affect time, so when the night fell and the fog gradually dissipated, they finally noticed something unusual.
In fact, there are two forks in this Qingsha Valley, one leads to the interior of the Qinghua Mountains, and the other is closed by not very dense branches and vines, if there is a fog shrouded in it, it is difficult to find this fork in the road without picking up the vines.
And the reason why Meng Xiaoyu and Long'er were able to find out was because there was a small courtyard behind this vine.
The small courtyard was brightly lit, and the light was very conspicuous in the night, and the projected vines could be easily spotted.
"Alas, there are people living in such obvious places here, why hasn't anyone found out before" t1706231537: