Chapter 19 Traces under the dead leaves
The dense mountain forest has nothing but towering trees. The fallen leaves on the ground are covered with a thick layer, and there is a musty smell in the air. Bai Niao looked around carefully, but didn't see anything strange. He couldn't help but say strangely, "Ghost, what have you found? I didn't find anything."
"I'm not sure yet. Let me have a look." Yan Gui suddenly flew down from Bai Niao Chong's shoulder and came to the ground. Then he squatted on the ground, sniffed carefully, and looked at what he was looking for.
Bai Niao Chong also squatted beside the devil curiously, imitated his appearance, sniffed the moldy air with his nostrils, tried to distinguish a different smell from it, observed the rotten leaves with his eyes, and tried to find traces of something passing from it. However, he didn't notice anything, and his nostrils didn't smell a different smell. He didn't find any strange traces in his eyes.
"Hundred birds rush, dig open the leaves in front of me. I want to make sure." The ghost, who was looking at the ground, suddenly said. Although he is a ghost refiner, in his current state, he can't even pick up a leaf.
Although Bai Niao felt strange in his heart, he still cut open the leaves in front of the devil, revealing the ground under the leaves. The ground under the rotten leaves is dark and wet. A multi-legged centipede was suddenly frightened and slipped away quickly. At a glance, Bainiao Chong was sure that the centipede was just an ordinary centipede. In the dark and humid woods, there were a lot of things. What the hell found can't be it.
"Ghost, you..."
"Bai Niao Chong, you didn't see anything?"
Hundreds of birds rushed down and looked down again, looked carefully, and finally shook their heads with a wry smile. "Ghost, although I am the youngest hunter among the Shenshen clan, my eyesight is the best among the whole family. I can see the traces of any animal walking through, but I really can't see this land. And what's the trace?"
"You are wrong." Yan Gui said, "You are preconceived to look for the traces of animals, but what I'm looking for is the traces of a plant."
"What?" Hundreds of birds opened their mouths slightly, "The traces of plants passing by?"
Yan Gui nodded and pointed to the first line of ground and said, "Moreover, it's not the traces of walking through the ground, but the traces of walking through the ground. Don't you see that the land on this line is very soft? Some grains of sand appear unnaturally."
This is a ridiculous saying. Bai Niao Chong has never heard that plants can walk, and they are underground! However, following the finger of Yan Gui, he looked carefully. It was really what Yan Gui said. There were faint traces on the ground. When it walked all over, the sand of the soil came out abnormally. However, it was a trace hidden under the thick fallen leaves. Yan Gui actually found it at a distance of more than ten feet away! Although ghost refiners perceive plants far more than ordinary people, isn't it too mysterious?
Yan Gui seems to see through Bai Niao Chong's mind and smiled indifferently, "Bai Niao Chong, I have lost my body. The perception ability of the soul will naturally be better than that of living people with a body. You don't have to be surprised. I'm sure the guy slipped away from the west. We should seize the time to catch up with it and catch it.
"What is it...?" Until this time, Bainiao Chong didn't quite understand the whole thing. He needed to know what he wanted to chase.
"Go west and use your fastest speed. I'm telling you what it is on the way. This opportunity is really rare." Yan Gui flew back to Bai Niao Chong's shoulder.
Hundreds of birds rushed to the west. This mountain forest was quickly left behind by him, and the mountain suddenly changed. If you go further, it will be the back mountain of Langshi Mountain. He suddenly stopped here. Further forward, it is no longer the scope of the forest farm. The forest in front is active with tiger dogs and iron feather eagles. There is no possibility for any prisoner to come out alive.
"Why did you stop?" Yan Gui said anxiously.
Bai Niao rushed to the mountain and forest in front of him and said, "That is already the back mountain of Langshi Mountain, which is no longer the scope of the forest farm. From the date of completion of Langshi Mountain Prison, no prisoner can enter there and come out alive." After a pause, he said seriously, "Ghost, is it worth entering there for a little suspicious trace?"
After a long silence, Yan Guicai said, "Kid, what we are looking for is called green fire ginseng. It is a kind of growth that grows in the underground nine secluded fire pools. After forming for thousands of years, it has legs. After the legs of the green ginseng grow, they will emerge from the ground to absorb the aura of heaven and earth, the essence of the sun and the moon. Green fire ginseng is also the only plant I know that can't walk, but it will not walk on the ground, but walk underground, find a place full of aura in the world, and then stay for a month. The reason why I'm so anxious is that the trace I found just now is probably left by it 20 days ago, and the mountain forest in front of me is very full of aura. I guess it will stay there for a month, so there is only this opportunity to seize it.
"Is the green ginseng very important?" Hundreds of birds asked, and there was still hesitation in his heart.
"The green fire ginseng was worth at least 5,000 gold coins a hundred years ago, and we can't buy it even if we have money, but for us ghost refiners, if we have a green ginseng in our hands, even 20,000 gold coins will not be sold. Do you know why? Because the green fire and earth ginseng is the attribute of the cold fire of the earth. Rarely, refining its virtual shadow is far more effective than refining the figure of a heavenly warrior in the realm of heaven and man! The so-called cold fire is a cold flame to the extreme, which is the same attribute as the ghost fire of our ghost refiners! And ghost fire is a necessary means to refine the world!" After a pause, Yan Gui said, "The cold fire of the green fire has extraordinary spirituality, and there will be residue in the places it passes by, which is why I can find it at such a distance."
Bai Niao Chong's heart suddenly felt a tingling. The ghost fire is the symbol of the ghost refiner in the ghost field. It is not only a necessary means to open up the ghost refining world, but also a necessary condition for refining elixirs and ghost pills. Its importance is self-evident.
"Kid, this ginseng may not be a big deal for ghost refiners with high ghost refining power. It can only get a little effect of ghost refining power and ghost fire enhancement, but for you now, it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. With your current progress, even with my guidance, the fastest time for you practice ghost fire is the fastest. It takes eight months to strengthen the ghost fire, and it will take at least four months to open up the world of ghost refining, and it will take a year before and after, but if you refine the virtual shadow of the green fire ginseng, it will only take you a month to achieve these two points!"
Time is exactly what Bai Niao Chong needs most. At this time, he was moved.
"This fire ginseng also has another effect, which is related to whether you can escape from this death cage, but I won't say it until I get it." Yan Gui said, "You can make your own decision about this kind of life-taking thing."
"I, Bai Niao Chong, have been avoiding all kinds of dangers, but I'm not a person who is afraid of death. If the blue fire ginseng can make me stronger, even if I die, I will try!" Hundreds of birds suddenly made a decision, moved their feet, and rushed quickly into the mountains and forests of the back mountains.
Born in the underground Jiuyou Huotan, it will emerge from the ground after thousands of years to find the natural environment with abundant aura of natural enemies. The stay is only one month. What a precious opportunity to meet it? Where does this green fire ginseng come from? Bai Niao Chong is not interested in knowing it. All he knows is that this is a chance given by God. He must get the green fire ginseng!
The pace is fast, and the complex terrain is like a flat road in front of the hundred birds, allowing him to gallop. But before he was about to rush into the back mountain forest, he suddenly changed his direction and ran to a meadow.
Yan Gui said in surprise, "Kid, what are you doing? It's not in this direction."
Bai Niao Chong's footsteps did not stop, but became faster. "Ghost, you can use your perception ability to capture the traces left by the green fire ginseng. I also have the talent of a hunter, and I have also found something to save my life. Before entering the mountains and forests, I must use it."
"Something that saves your life?" Now the devil is confused.
Hundreds of birds quickly ran to the meadow. There are still traces of tigers and dogs walking on the grass, and those footprints are nerve-fing. His nose moved and walked in the direction of the stench. Finally, he stopped in front of the excrement of a tiger dog.
The strong stench came and spread in the air. Even the hell ghost, who was just the body of the ghost, covered his nose and frowned and said, "Bai Niao Chong, is your so-called life-saving thing this piece of shit?"
Yan Gui's original intention may be just a joke, but he didn't expect that Bai Niao Chong nodded seriously. Not only that, he squatted down quickly, picked up the excrement of the tiger dog with both hands, wiped it on his body, and rubbed it on his body. Finally, he even smeared a lot on his cheeks and hair.
"Bai Niao Chong, what are you going to do?" Because he had to sit on the shoulder of Bai Niao Chong and stay in the safe space, Yan Gui was inevitably in the center of the strongest stench, which he couldn't stand anyway.
"Ghost, please be patient for the time being. There are tiger dogs in this mountain forest. Their sense of smell is very sensitive. As long as they smell a living person entering, they will definitely jump over. I can't beat those fierce guys now. Moreover, even if I win, I can't escape the pursuit. I'm dead. However, tiger dogs also have a weakness, that is, they never act in groups. As long as these extremely conceited guys smell the presence of their companions, they disdain to join in the fun. I'm a little stinky like this, but the smell of tiger and dog feces is enough to cover the smell on my body. As long as it is not found by the iron feather eagle, I will be safer. Bai Niao Chong made this explanation. He did not delay any extra time and smeared the tiger dog's feces. He accelerated his pace and went into the back mountains and forests.
Sitting quietly on the shoulder of Bainiao Chong, there was a lot of bitter smiles on the devil's face, but although the smell of tiger and dog feces was strong and unpleasant, it did not affect his tracking of the green fire ginseng at all. In the mountain forest, he soon found the traces of the green fire ginseng and guided the birds to chase down all the way.
Gradually, the mountains and forests are getting deeper and deeper.