[Xianjian + Ancient Sword Colleague] Being a master is also a kind of practice

At noon, there was no sound in the forest.

Occasionally, the stars and half of the sky seen from the gap above the head are also gray, there is no wind, and there is no bird song. It is clearly daytime, but the surroundings are deadly silent.The trees in this valley are densely packed, and I don’t know how many green leaves that cover the sky and the sun have grown, but they are hanging on the tops of the trees, but they are motionless. Weeds and bushes are overgrown under the trees, and some of them are colorful, stretching their teeth and claws in the emerald green. Obviously, the bright blue rhizomes and curly petals full of bright red thorns are really strange.

Suddenly a piece of green grass taller than people moved slightly, and a slender, cold red shadow slid out soundlessly on the soil. It was a red snake as thick as a bamboo pole. The red snake was swimming towards those strange flowers, suddenly spit out a trace of green letter, and stretched a few times in the air, a small triangular head gradually turned its direction, and slowly stood up. It is half a foot above the ground, just facing a pair of eyes half a foot above the ground.

Xuan Zhen stood on the lowest branch of a giant tree, stared at the red snake on the ground, and couldn't help sighing again.Since stepping into southern Xinjiang, this is the first...dozens...hundreds of snakes I have encountered?

About seven or eight days ago, he watched the girl in plain clothes bid farewell to her father with reddish eye circles, and went in different directions with her master and junior sister Yu'er, who was a newcomer, outside the gate of the small city full of flowers.Master Taiqing has profound skills, and the saber he uses is a rare and treasured treasure. Thinking about it, he has returned to Kunlun Mountain with his new disciple, and he...

Xuan Zhen glanced at the ground again, the red snake seemed to be very interested in him, it turned away from the flowers and came towards the tree he was standing on, he couldn't help sighing again, alas, After finally arriving at Lingshan, I didn't see half a person, why are there so many snakes?

He was looking for Lingshan in the sky above the southern border by Yujian. According to what the old man said, Lingshan is full of giant trees, so it should be very easy to find.But who knows that there are many mountains and hundreds of forests, perhaps because no one cuts them down, all of them grow taller and mightier than those in the Central Plains, the more you go south, the more mountains, the more trees, the giant There are naturally more trees, and the towering momentum is quite spectacular.At the beginning, Xuan Zhen was amazed, but later his eyes were dazzled, he felt that his eyes were about to turn green, how could he tell which hill had the bigger trees?

The day before yesterday, he went to this mountain, and saw that the trees in the valley here are extraordinarily huge, even the thinnest tree is three or four circles thicker than the thickest tree trunk he saw before, and this large forest is much quieter and deeper than what he saw before. , When I flew over the treetops with Yujian, I didn't even hear the slightest bird song, and I knew that Lingshan was most likely here.I wanted to come down to find a barbarian settlement in southern Xinjiang and ask about it, but when I looked around, there were tree crowns everywhere, lush and green, forming a large green sea. After a few days, I didn't see anyone and didn't say anything, but I saw countless poisonous snakes and poisonous weeds.

Finally, Xuan Zhen also had some experience in traveling in the world. Although he almost stepped on a greasy snake and was bitten a few times, or mistook poisonous weeds for herbs and applied them on wounds scratched by branches, Gradually breaking into the depths of this valley, he also noticed some abnormalities.

This valley is actually a large depression on the mountainside, with a radius of about a thousand miles. The deeper you go, the more verdant the giant trees, the more rotting leaves and dead branches on the soil, and the weaker the light in the forest. It is dark, the southern border is full of fog and miasma, and sometimes it is even worse to accidentally fall into the miasma. In the misty room, you can't see anything clearly except for the square inch in front of you. If you are a little farther away, there are only faint and vague shadows of trees. The miasma is often poisonous, and Xuan Zhen knows how to avoid those areas after encountering it a few times, and when he has to pass through the poisonous fog, he is often more willing to walk through the trees where the miasma is sparse.That's why he was standing on the tree when he met the red snake.

Since Xuan Zhen came down to this valley, he has really seen all kinds of strange things in the southern border. He has never seen a single one of the smaller animals and birds in the forest. He presumably was either eaten by stronger beasts or afraid of the situation here. As for the larger ones, although they exist, they are extremely rare. Occasionally, a gray shadow flashes across the grass, and before I can clearly see the shape, the beast has stepped on the rotten leaves on the muddy ground and ran away without a sound.

The only ones that are not afraid of people are those big and small, long and short, thin and smooth, and ubiquitous poisonous snakes, probably because the water and soil in the southern border are especially suitable for their growth, whether it is in the grass or on the treetops, you may see them at any time Then one or two, either entrenched, or protruding their heads, squirming and walking while vomiting letters, Xuan Zhen felt disgusted when he saw it, maybe he got used to the nausea, and gradually he was able to maintain the numbness on his face .

Those poisonous snakes seem to like poisonous flowers and weeds very much, the brighter the flowers and plants, the more they gather.Xuan Zhen walked along the way, and saw that the weeds and shrubs beside the road gradually increased in exotic flowers and plants, but there were no animals in the forest, and snakes... almost every ten steps, one or two could be seen.

At this time, he watched the red snake crawling vigilantly, and thought to himself: The old man once said that the black witch tribe is good at raising Gu and using poison. If there are a lot of poisonous flowers, poisonous plants and insects near his residence, then the snake Naturally...there are naturally many of them. From this point of view, maybe their village is not far away.Well, I just hope there will be fewer snakes in the village.

Just as he was thinking, a strange gust of wind suddenly came from the east of the forest, rolling in a cloud of colorful miasma, but within a short while, it enveloped the place where Xuan Zhen was.This is also a strange place in the woods here. Usually there is no wind at all, but there may be a sudden strong wind at a certain moment.

Xuan Zhen was fully on guard against the red snake, but who knew that the mouth of the snake was still ahead, and there was another poisonous miasma around him. He was crying in his heart, so he had to cover his mouth and nose with his sleeves to avoid inhaling the miasma, and at the same time, he was in the mist like a veil. Continue to search for the snake shadow.

The red snake seemed to have been startled by the sudden strange wind, and it didn't know where it was crawling. Xuan Zhen lowered his head and looked down, but the ground was more than ten feet high from this branch, and the strands curled and stretched. Only a patch of weeds can be seen in the colorful miasma.

Xuan Zhen was not afraid of these poisonous insects and snakes at first, but after stepping into the southern border, he was really a little afraid. At this time, he was even more uneasy, and gradually changed from standing to squatting. Light and agile, the wrist-thick branch under his feet was stable without even a slight tremor.

Just at this moment, a clear and delicate smile was heard above the head, as sweet as a silver bell ringing in the wind or a stream flowing over rocks, and then a soft voice said: "Hey, are you looking for it?"

Xuan Zhen was startled, his cultivation level was not low, and he didn't realize when there was an extra person on the tree above his head. When he hurriedly looked up, he saw a horizontal object smashed down. Fortunately, he saw the opportunity very quickly. , with a touch of toes, he wanted to avoid it and jumped onto another branch, but who knew that the thing could roll on its own, and wrapped around it with a hissing sound, and when it landed on his neck, it was slippery and soft, Geng Geng slowly squirmed on his neck.

This fright was no small matter, Xuan Zhen only heard the sound of the poisonous snake spitting out the letter beside his ear, and felt that half of his body was numb. Fall to the ground.

"Ah, be careful!" The woman on the tree didn't seem to have thought that Xuan Zhen would fall like this, she swung a whip-like green vine from above with a coquettish voice, and swished towards Xuan Zhen's waist.

Xuan Zhen didn't know whether the other party was a friend or an enemy, so how could he dare to touch the cane rashly, he moved his lower body obliquely in mid-air, and the true energy in the meridians turned quickly and quickly, and then he screamed, and he saw The blue and white robe sleeves were filled with the wind and bulged high, and the jade belt behind his head was flying up and down.Immediately, a cloud of warm wind gathered from all around, almost wrapping him up just before landing.The green vine passed by, rolled into the bushes with a snap and stretched straight.

The red snake was also blown away by the wind, Xuan Zhen lightly fluttered to the ground, calmed down a bit, but kept rubbing his hand on his neck, feeling itchy and numb all over his body as if the snake had crawled over him .

There was a plop behind him, and as soon as he turned around, he saw a patch of purple in the weeds and bushes. Among them, he couldn't stop screaming in pain. Now that he was approaching, Xuan Zhen could hear it clearly, and the woman's voice was soft and tender, still somewhat immature. It seems to be a young girl.

The girl in purple managed to crawl out of a bush full of small thorns, and said angrily: "You are really bad, if someone is kind enough to give you a hand, it's fine if you don't appreciate it! Seeing me fall, I don't know how to accept it!" Come on, it hurts!"

Xuan Zhen was slightly taken aback, but couldn't help being both angry and funny.It was clear that the little girl threw the snake on her body on purpose, causing her to almost fall half to death, now that the villain should file a complaint first, it really is unreasonable.He immediately shook his head, still covered his nose with his sleeve, turned around and walked towards the south of the forest.

"Hey, weirdo!" Seeing that Xuan Zhen ignored her, the girl in purple angrily chased after him and stood in front of him, "You haven't apologized to me yet!"

Xuan Zhen looked at her sideways, and saw that her attire was quite similar to that of the foreigner he had seen in the small town to the south, only more luxurious, and she also wore a few more jade bracelets on her hands and feet. Knowing that she is also a member of the Wu tribe, I am afraid that she is still a somewhat delicate girl among the Wu tribe.Now that he knew that she had no intention of harming him, he didn't want to entangle with her any more, so he shook his head again and walked around her.

The girl was so angry that she stomped her feet on the ground, a pair of bare jade feet were a little red, but Xuan Zhen never looked at her, she became even angrier, and simply followed her, shouting: "Hey, bad guy! , where did you come from, do you know who I am? No one in our clan is as ignorant of etiquette as you, who dare to bully me as if I have never done anything, hum!"

Xuan Zhen smiled and said in his heart: If you are so rude to you, I am afraid that you will be held in the hands of the elders in the clan, and no one will dare to bully you.

Seeing his strange smile, the girl in purple frowned and said, "What are you laughing at? Let me tell you, I am the most important figure in the White Witch clan. It is still too late for you to make amends to me. I think... just take that little pendant to make amends." I will!" As he spoke, he wanted to stretch out his hand to grab the small wooden knife pendant on the sword behind Xuan Zhen, and said with a smile, "This knife really looks like our witch clan, but the pattern is a bit like—"

Xuan Zhen's eyes were fixed, and he immediately raised his hand to grab her bright wrist, and said with a smile: "Girl, this thing is very important to me, so I can't give it to you. As for making amends, that's even more unreasonable. cannot."

The girl in purple was screaming in pain when he pinched her hand, her big watery eyes rolled around a few times, and she could only soften her voice and say, "Okay, okay! I don't want that knife, and I don't want you to make amends, just let go. I'll let you go." After Xuan Zhen let go of his hand, he hurriedly took a few steps back, stroked the red and swollen wrist and muttered, "I wanted to tell you..."

"What?" Xuan Zhen was stunned, and suddenly realized that something was wrong. In order to block the girl's hand, he forgot to keep covering his mouth and nose. In a few words, he had already sucked in the miasma, and suddenly he felt dizzy. , The blackness in front of his eyes couldn't stop, and he fell down in a daze.

"I wanted to tell you that the miasma here is very powerful, even if it touches the skin, it will be poisonous!" The purple-clothed girl in the miasma walked forward slowly as if nothing had happened, and said to Xuan Zhen with a smile, "Bad guy, do you know now?"

Xuan Zhen froze for a moment, unable to laugh or cry, and in his coma, he had time to say the last sentence: "Why didn't you...speak earlier!"