dragon hunter

Chapter 208
In the vast mountains and forests, looking for a tomb buried deep in the ground is undoubtedly looking for a needle in a haystack.

And back then Sima and his group taught us with bloody lessons that digging indiscriminately in any place is an act of courting death.

Fatty Wang eats a lot and gets hungry quickly. After walking around, he keeps complaining, and his physical strength is not even comparable to that of a woman.

"Why, these nearby woods always give me a very uncomfortable feeling." Li Xiaolei frowned slightly.

I looked around, the light in the forest was dim, at first glance, there was nothing unusual, but the vegetation was a bit awkward and lacked vitality.

"Oh my god, that tree is full of termites." Fatty Wang exclaimed.

I looked in the direction of his finger, and saw a thick old tree in front of me, covered with a circle of sawdust, and there was a hole in the trunk, densely packed with termites.

It's not a big deal to find a nest of termites in the deep mountains and old forests, we didn't take it to heart.

But after walking a few steps, I found another tree that had been eaten away by termites. I frowned slightly. Once there were too many termites, it would be a disaster.

However, right now we have urgent matters to deal with, and we don't have time to exterminate these termites. When we plan to return to the village, we will ask the villagers to organize their staff to exterminate termites.

At first we thought that there were only a few colonies of termites nearby, but after walking a certain distance, we found more than ten dead trees that were occupied by termites, and immediately realized the seriousness of the matter.

"There are too many termites in the forest nearby. Fatty feels something is wrong. Let's go far away." Fatty Wang looked around in fear.

"Do you want to go back and tell the villagers to kill the termites immediately?" Li Xiaolei's eyes flashed with worry.

Suddenly there was a buzzing sound ahead, and in the dark woods, the black clouds that covered the sky moved towards this side.

I squinted for a few seconds, and my face suddenly changed. The black cloud that floated in was composed of densely packed termites.

"Run!" Fatty Wang jumped up and screamed, turning his fat body around, his elephant legs moving fast.

As calm as the Seventeenth Master, it was difficult to maintain his composure, and he turned his head nervously, beckoning us to escape quickly.

In the face of terror in front of the ants, no one can muster the courage to resist, and Li Xiaolei's second daughter is even more pale.

We panicked and ran in the direction we came. All the termites in the woods became agitated for no reason.

A small piece of black mist blocked our way. It was termites flying out of several nests in the rear.

I squeezed a few pieces of talisman paper tightly, a trace of sweat leaked from my palm, no matter what, we have to rush over.

When I was about to come into contact with the black mist, I threw out the talisman paper in my hand, and the talisman paper floated into the ant colony, and spontaneously ignited without fire. The termites that were gathered together seemed to be very afraid of fire, and immediately dispersed.

"Hurry up and rush over!" I turned up my collar, covered my face with my arms, and rushed into the ant colony.

A wave of yellow powder floated from behind, and Li Xiaolei's voice came, "I have insect repellent powder here, everyone, stay closer to me."

"It hurts, don't bite the fat man!" Fatty Wang wailed and wailed. This guy was wearing a round neck T-shirt with his neck sticking out.

After a desperate flight, we finally escaped from the pursuit of termites. After chasing for a certain distance, we returned the same way.

"Which one of you has the ointment? Fatty's neck is all swollen." Fatty Wang asked pitifully with a mournful face.

I remember that there were several boxes of ointment prepared by Zhen Qingyi in the backpack, and I found it and threw it to Fatty Wang. Seeing that this guy's face and neck were covered in large and small bags, I couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"It's so miserable, you still have the nerve to laugh, is there any humanity?" Fatty Wang glared at me angrily.

"It's too dangerous. Why are there so many termites in this forest?" Yin Xian'er was terrified.

"I always feel that these termites seem to be artificially raised." Seventeenth Master frowned and said in a deep voice.

I fixed my eyes, Master Seventeen and I thought of going together, those termite nests are distributed regularly, and they know how to contain them from front to back, and the pursuit is quite methodical, they don't look like wild termites at all.

"Termites can also be raised, who is so capable?" Fatty Wang was a little unbelievable.

The Seventeenth Master and I looked at each other and thought of a person at the same time, we blurted out together: "Master Bug!"

"Shh, someone is coming over there." Li Xiaolei raised her finger and made a silent gesture.

I heard the sound of feet stepping on fallen leaves from behind the woods, and immediately squatted down and hid behind a bush.

The companions around him also hid themselves, and after about half a minute, a familiar figure appeared, it was the old farmer in the village.

At this moment, he was walking towards this side with a bundle of ropes and a cloth bag in his hand.

I held my breath, and the old farmer looked around from time to time, looking more vigilant.

The light in the forest was not good, and the old farmer didn't notice us hiding aside, so he walked straight through the side path.

Suspicion arose in my eyes. A large group of termites gathered in the woods over there. I don't know what the old farmer was doing in the past.

The cloth bag in the old farmer's hand moved, and it seemed that there was something alive inside.

I fixed my eyes on the cloth bag and observed it for a while. Judging by the shape, it should be a chicken.

"This guy is sneaky, carrying a chicken in a cloth bag, what is he trying to do?" I frowned and thought.

Waiting for the figure of the old farmer to disappear into the depths of the woods, I exchanged glances with the Seventeenth Master and asked Fatty Wang and Li Xiaolei to wait in place, and I quietly followed.

Footsteps came from behind, very lightly, comparable to civet cats, it was the Seventeenth Master following.

I used gestures to communicate with Lord Shiqi, and walked forward cautiously, keeping my feet on the soil as much as possible to avoid stepping on dead branches and leaves and making noise.

The figure of the old farmer soon appeared in sight. He was squatting on the ground and tied a cloth bag with a rope. The bag was ticking and dripping blood. It looked a little weird.

In the woods ahead, there is a large black mist, which is densely packed with termites.

I leaned against a tree and stared at the old farmer busy with some puzzlement, not knowing what he wanted to do.

The old farmer quickly tied the rope, lifted it up, twirled it in his hand, and then threw it vigorously. The other end of the bag flew high, passed through the black fog in the forest, and hung on a branch.

The termite colonies in the woods, like sharks smelling blood, gathered towards the cloth bags hanging on the trees.

Looking at the rolling black mist, my scalp felt numb. Within half a minute, the cloth bag was wrapped in three inner layers and outer layers, surrounded by termites huddled together.

The old farmer continued to walk forward. Because the termites in the forest were all attracted to the cloth bag, he was not disturbed at all along the way.

Seventeenth Master and I exchanged eye contact, and we could see each other's doubts. The cloth bag obviously contained more than a chicken, and there must be another mystery.

But right now, it's not the time to explore this, so we'll keep up with the old farmer.

Passing through the forest densely covered with ant colonies, some broken bricks and tiles began to appear in front of it. It seemed that there used to be a historic site here.

The Seventeenth Master touched my arm with his hand, pointed at a remnant stele, and then made several gestures.

I understand, Seventeen Lord told me that these broken bricks and tiles should be part of Cao Ling.

It's really hard to find a place to break through the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it.

I didn't expect that, following the old farmer out of curiosity, I found a clue to Cao Ling. Looking at the ruins around, maybe the entrance is nearby.

The old farmer is familiar with the road, with seven bends and eight turns, shuttling among the ruins.

We didn't dare to get too close, for fear of being discovered by the other party. The broken stone walls around us were like a maze, and we almost lost it several times.

Suddenly, my feet were empty and I stepped on a broken stone brick, and a black shadow rushed out with a "swoosh", which startled me.

It was a mouse hiding in a burrow, and it was a false alarm, but the movement here caught the old farmer's attention.

I watched the other party stop and was about to turn around. My palms were sweating, and I was hesitating whether to subdue the other party first, when a voice came from the front.

"Cao Ajin, have you done what I asked you to do?" The voice was very hoarse, that of an old woman.

Cao Ajin, that is, the old farmer, was distracted, hesitated for a moment, and said: "It is still the last step, but there were a few outsiders in the village yesterday, I want to take it easy."

"Slow down, your granddaughter's body won't last long." The voice sneered.

I noticed that the old farmer was clenching his fists, his body trembling a little.

"Mrs. Cordyceps, can you really guarantee that that method won't hurt the lives of people in the village?" the old farmer asked in a complicated tone.

"I need to gather the hearts and minds of all the guardians of the tomb to open Cao Ling. What's the use of killing you?" The tone of the voice was cold.

My eyelids twitched, and I turned around and looked at Seventeenth Master. I didn't expect that this time I gained a lot, and I even found out a key piece of news.

"Let me help you complete the last step, and give me some of the secret medicine. My granddaughter is not doing well recently." The old farmer said hesitantly.

A figure came out from behind the stone wall, it was an old woman in calico clothes, her eyes were burnt yellow, her left face was completely rotted, she was horrified looking at it.

The old woman took out a cloth bag and was about to hand it out when she suddenly turned her head to stare at us and asked, "Who?"

I was startled, thinking that I had been discovered, I took out the Gouyu sword, held it tightly in my hand, and was about to go out, but was held back by a hand.

I turned back to stare at Seventeenth Master, but I saw him pointing in the direction, with a serious expression on his face.

I looked in the direction of the other's finger, my pupils suddenly contracted, my heart beat rapidly, and I shouted in my heart that it was impossible.

A thin figure appeared silently aside, it was a little girl, her face was pale, like a ghost, she walked without making any sound.

I widened my eyes and watched the little girl pass by. What's even more strange is that she was clearly facing us, but turned a blind eye.

"No, that little girl is not a living person, she is a ghost out of her body." I quickly discovered the abnormality, the little girl walked without touching the ground, and there was no shadow.

"Girl, why are you here? Your illness is completely cured?" The old farmer asked in disbelief with a face full of shock.

(End of this chapter)