White Bone Monkey King

According to Mr. Mo's method of tying ropes to record events, the rest of the journey became much smoother. The team went all the way deep into the mountains and forests and never returned to the starting point.

But as we walked further in, the wind roared louder and louder, just like countless souls of the dead were trapped in the forest and couldn't get out, making strange and sinister whining sounds that lingered in my ears.

Mr. Mo, who was walking at the front, turned around and shouted to the team to follow him. He got separated from the team here and no one could save him.

Boom!

Suddenly there was a loud noise, startling the team who were concentrating on their way. The sky and the earth were instantly struck white by a bolt of lightning, and then dimmed instantly.

Click!

Boom!

The lightning became more and more rapid. Jin An looked up and saw that the sky above his head was covered with dark clouds, strong winds were blowing up, and the wind and sand rolled up his eyes.

"It's going to rain heavily!" the old Taoist priest looked up at the sky and said solemnly.

"Raining? This is the Gobi Desert, and there are ten suns blazing above the earth. Where does the rain come from?" Someone made a puzzled voice.

But he immediately shut up his doubts and stimulated lightning to illuminate the mountain forest. Everyone saw a winding dry river bed in the mountain forest.

When they ran closer to the riverbed, they found that this was not the only riverbed, there were several branches joining together in several other places. But without exception, these are all dry river beds.

Everyone present was not stupid. Everyone who reacted to the river bed, thunder, heavy rain, and floods immediately speeded up and hurried on, trying to leave the forest before it rained or find a safe place to take shelter. At this point no one cares why it rains here.

People always say that the power of the sky is unpredictable, and a heavy downpour will come at any time.

Boom!

The heavy rain is like a waterfall, kicking up dust on the ground, and the roar of the rain is like thousands of troops charging with iron hoofs.

Although Luo Tian sacrificed the Feng Shui Spirit Pearl to isolate the outside wind and rain and temporarily create a shelter for the team, the heavy rain continued like a waterfall, making it more difficult to distinguish the direction in the dark night with poor visibility, which was not conducive to breaking the formation. So the team discussed and decided to find a high ground to rest first. They could not continue their journey tonight. It was a taboo to travel on a rainy night.

Finally, they found a crack on a mountain peak to take shelter from the rain. The crack in the mountain had serious wear marks from time, and it should have cracked naturally due to weathering.

This heavy rain is not all bad. At least it solves the urgent problem of water shortage.

After everyone stood at the entrance of the cave and drank enough water, they began to take out their water bags, holding their hands in the air, and filled them with water one by one.

Crackling.

Several torches flickered with flames, providing dim lighting to the cave. Jin An placed a human-faced statue at the entrance of the cave to keep vigil.

The rain outside is still heavy, like a big funnel opening in the sky, and the rain is pouring down, with no intention of stopping at all.

Just when everyone was sleeping or meditating to recover their strength, and the cave was quiet except for the sound of rain, a loud booming sound woke up all the meditating people.

But it was a rainy night and it was pitch black outside, so nothing could be seen clearly.

"That movement is a bit like a landslide or a building falling down?" Uncle Lin frowned and looked at the dark world outside the cave.

"I think so too." Master Xuanlei nodded thoughtfully.

The morale of the team immediately became tense: "Landslide? Was it because the rain was too heavy and it collapsed due to heavy rain? Will our place be affected too?"

Everyone immediately felt a sense of crisis when they heard this. This mountain had already been weathered and cracked. If any of these mountains collapsed first, their mountain would definitely be ranked first, with the highest probability of landslides.

Thinking of this, everyone began to hold torches and carefully look at the cave wall above their heads and the surrounding cave walls to eliminate the crisis in advance. Unexpectedly, as soon as he raised his head, something fell from the wall of the cave above his head and hit the ground hard.

It was a piece of dry soil, and there was a huge centipede curled up in the soil.

"Sea centipede!" Everyone was startled. Ever since they entered the forest, they had encountered strange things along the way.

The insects in the soil are curled up and have hundreds of legs. Everyone can recognize the unknown insect in the soil at a glance as a sea centipede.

But this sea centipede is much smaller, only two fingers long.

The whole body of the sea centipede is shriveled and lacks water, much like the mummy of a centipede in traditional Chinese medicine.

As the heavy rain continued, the resonance between the mountain and the rain made the cave become precarious, and a large amount of dust and dust fell.

Peng

Peng

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Blobs of mud were shaken down by the rain, and the soil shattered on the ground, and centipede mummies fell out.

Centipede mummies can fall out of almost every piece of mud. In a short period of time, seven or eight pieces will fall out. While Jin An was studying these centipede mummies, the dragon louse amber stone in his arms showed new changes, and there was another crack.

This incident immediately made Jin An become interested in these centipede mummies.

At this time, there was movement outside the cave. After heavy rain, several pieces of rock fell from the mountain and just fell at the entrance of the cave. A few dry centipede mummies fell out.

These centipede mummies are not only found in caves, but also outside the mountains.

What happened next was an even weirder scene.

When the centipede mummies were poured with rainwater, their bodies re-expanded and became fuller, and their carapace became shiny again.

"Aren't these centipede mummies dead? Are they all alive?" Someone in the team said in surprise.

"How is this possible! These centipede mummies have been sealed in the mountain for thousands of years, how can they still be alive!" Someone showed an expression of disbelief.

"The world is full of wonders. We have seen the wonders of sunrise, sunset, and dawn. This is the Guixu Divine Realm. No matter what happens, it is possible." Another person frowned and said in thought.

The old Taoist priest also gathered around to watch the excitement, and then said with admiration: "Actually, this is nothing new. Rural elders have all heard the saying 'grass seeds for thousands of years, fish eggs for ten thousand years', which roughly means that as long as the environment is stable, , fish eggs can survive for a long time, and then hatch into small fish under the right environment. Farmers often encounter small fish and shrimps appearing on the farmland after rain."

Among the people present, there were either high-ranking people with rich clothes and fine food, or practitioners who were immersed in ascetic cultivation. How could they hear these folk tales and listen to them with gusto for a while.

"I didn't expect that Taoist Chen, in addition to traveling around and knowing astronomy and geography, was also close to the lives of the people and knew many folk affairs." The third prince praised him, making the old Taoist grin from ear to ear while pretending to be calm and ethereal. A little funny.

Jin An frowned and said: "After the old Taoist said this, I also remembered something... There is a kind of zombie fish that will bury itself in the soil before the dry season. It can sleep for up to four years without eating or drinking. , until the next rainy season comes and the rain comes back to life.”

"It seems that these zombie centipedes are similar to zombie fish."

As if to fulfill Jin An's words, those zombie centipedes swelled when exposed to water. After filling up, they suddenly scurried away, like arrows from a string, shooting towards the face of the old Taoist priest who was squatting on the ground and looking at them. The speed was so fast and the angle was so tricky. It was so vicious that even the old Taoist priest had no time to react.