Chapter 426 Black Dragon Pool
"Really, this... What is this left behind?"
After hearing Hu Hongde's words, Ye Tian looked in the snow with the light of the bonfire, and his face suddenly became ugly.
Because the blind men were either dead or knocked unconscious, there was no trace of fighting around the bonfire, but there was a long climbing mark on the snow, reaching the valley full of poison.
And this unknown mysterious creature is very cruel. When it drags these people, it seems that it bites them all over the ground with blood before dragging them into the valley.
So the distance from the bonfire to the valley is nearly 20 meters, sprinkled with blood and some internal organs of the human body, but it is already hard at this time.
"Lao Hu, look, there is mucus on the ground." Ye Tian explored along the climbing marks, squatted down and wiped it on the snow, and his hands were covered with a layer of sticky **.
These mucuss are transparent. I don't know what substance is formed. At this temperature of more than 20 degrees below zero, it has not been frozen. If you pull it with your hand, you can obviously feel a bonding force.
"This... This is the secretion of the snake, it's difficult... Is the legend true?"
Looking at the entrance of the valley of the black hole, Hu Hongde's face showed a rare trace of fear, and he couldn't help retreating several steps under his feet, as if the farther away from the mouth of the valley, the safer it was.
"Lao Hu, what's the legend?" Although Ye Tian is the kind of person who is not afraid of ghosts and gods, he can't help but feel a little cold when he sees Hu Hongde.
Hu Hongde waved his hand, took another bundle of dry wood from the forest and threw it into the bonfire. After burning the bonfire a little more vigorously, he said, "Ye Tian, I told you that there is a black dragon pool in this valley..."
It turns out that although this place is inaccessible, in summer, there are still ginseng pickers in the mountains who can come here. However, since more than a hundred years ago, there has been a legend of monsters eating people here.
Because the miasma of the Black Dragon Pool will disappear in the morning, several ginseng pickers accidentally found some precious medicinal herbs in it, which made them overjoyed and ran into the depths of the valley while the poisonous miasma disappeared.
But who knew that just as they were about to pick medicinal herbs, a snake-like monster with a pair of claws suddenly appeared from the black dragon pool in the middle of the valley, and bit off a medicine picker in one bite.
At that time, there were a total of five mountain chasers, but only two people escaped, but one of them went crazy after going back. The saying that there were monsters in the Black Dragon Pool also disappeared.
There are thousands of drug harvesters in Changbai Mountain. Some are greedy for traditional Chinese medicine in the valley, and some people don't agree with their claims.
More than 20 years after the incident, a group of good people gathered, formed a team of more than a dozen people, and came to the Black Dragon Pool again.
These people carried shotgun weapons and even several fishing nets. After waiting outside the valley all night, the poisonous miasma shrouded in the valley disappeared the next morning.
Carefully entered the valley. At first, there was no vision, but when the team came to the pool of water as dark as ink, the mutation suddenly occurred.
Exactly the same as the previous two people described, a big python with a bucket thickness rushed out of the pool, bit a person's body with lightning speed and dragged him into the pool.
The python was so fast that everyone didn't have time to react at all. After they recovered, the pool was calm, as if nothing had happened.
There were a lot of people coming this time, and the courage was naturally much stronger. And some people saw that it was a python, not a monster.
So although they knew that their companions who were dragged into the water had no hope of survival, they still threw the homemade bomb into the pool.
These earth bombs put gunpowder into a clay pot, then connect the detonator with the fire cord of the mountain, light it and throw it in.
Although the bomb made by the local method is very simple, it is very powerful. After it exploded in the pool, it suddenly set off a huge wave in the pool of dozens of meters.
A sound like a baby crying sounded, and a black shadow suddenly rushed out of the pool. As soon as the tail swept, six or seven people were hit into the pool.
These people who came to encircle and suppress monsters were also famous hunters in Changbai Mountain. Although they were not shocked, several rows of muskets were fired out.
But when the smoke dissipated, these people were all dumbfounded, because except for a few scales falling from the ground, the python-like monster did not even shed a drop of blood on its body.
More sharp-eyed people saw that the top of the python seemed to have a horn protruding, and one meter below the huge python, there was a pair of claws. This discovery made the people who fell into the pool and the shore panic.
You know, although the Qing Dynasty had perished at that time, for many ordinary people, the dragon was still a god-like totem. The dragon-like monster in front of them made them retreat.
It's just that these people's previous actions angered the monster. Just as someone threw the shotgun in his hand and ran out, the monster's body suddenly raised high, and a gray fog spewed out of its mouth.
These fogs were extremely fast. As soon as some people ran to the mouth of the valley, they were caught up by the fog. They all screamed and rolled on the ground. After too many meetings, they were full of flesh and blood and howled to death.
A total of 18 people went to encircle and suppress the monster this time, and in the end, only one person standing at the valley entrance survived.
However, the man also inhaled some poison gas and managed to hang his life with old ginseng. He met a ginseng picker in the mountain and died after telling the story.
Since that incident, Heilongtan has become a forbidden area for drug pickers in Changbai Mountain. No one dares to come to this valley, and even the old forest outside the valley has become inaccessible.
The pool in the valley was also officially named Black Dragon Pool!
And I'm afraid this is also the hiding place in the belly of the mountain found by Meng Shizi. The main reason why it has not been found so far is that "Dragon? Lao Hu, do you... Do you think this is possible?"
After listening to Hu Hongde tell this story, Ye Tian's face was extremely strange. The dragon was just a totem given a certain meaning by people. How could there be a real dragon in the world?
"I think it's possible!"
Hu Hongde nodded with a serious face and said, "In those years, my father camped not far away, and he once wanted to explore the Black Dragon Pool, but I don't know what's going on. The poisonous miasma in the valley will not end, and in the end, he can only give up the idea."
Ye Tian shook his head and said, "Lao Hu, I think it should be a water python or a crocodile. In Ye Tian's opinion, the people before liberation did not know what the crocodile was. They are likely to recognize the crocodile as a dragon. There were many such misunderstandings in ancient times.
Just like the legend of "eliminate the three evils in Zhou", the evil dragonfly he removed was actually a crocodile, but the ancients had little knowledge and had a relationship with the dragon.
"Whether it's a crocodile or a dragon, we can't afford to provoke it. Ye Tian, let's make do with it today and get out of the mountain tomorrow morning."
Although he is also a bold person, Hu Hongde has always been far away from the Black Dragon Pool, especially the traces left on the ground, which are even more frightening.
"Is it a spiritual thing living in this pool? Otherwise, when Hu Yunbao wants to encircle and suppress it, how can those poisonous miasma never end?
Ye Tian heard the legend of the Black Dragon Pool for the first time, so he was not very afraid of the monsters in the valley. When it comes to a person like him, except for the awe of heaven and earth, few outside things can shake their hearts.
"Lao Hu, wait a minute, I'll go and have a look!" Ye Tian stood up as he spoke and walked straight to the valley.
"Ye Tian, you... Don't go, this is not a joke." Hu Hongde was shocked and quickly jumped up and stopped Ye Tian.
Ye Tian shook his head with a smile and said, "Lao Hu, it's okay. I'm just standing outside the miasma to see what kind of material poison gas it is. Besides, the monster should be full of food and drink today and won't deal with me."
Seeing that he couldn't persuade Ye Tian, Hu Hongde said, "Then... Then I'll go with you, "Don't, Lao Hu, you can't do it. In case something is still a burden, okay, wait for me outside!"
Ye Tian waved his hand. He was very confident in his body, that is, the monster ran out of the poisonous miasma, and Ye Tian could also ensure that he escaped from the valley.
And then again, Ye Tian is not necessarily afraid of the monster. If he fights, who will die in the water?
"Well, be careful, alas, why did I take you into the mountain!"
Hu Hongde shook his head repeatedly in distress. The previous Ye Tian was gentle and elegant, which gave people a very good impression, but after entering the mountain, Hu Hongde found that this boy was definitely not a fuel-efficient lamp.
"I know, Lao Hu, you should be careful outside. If there is anything wrong, go into the forest!"
Ye Tian waved his hand without looking back. He didn't take the torch. His figure slowly disappeared into the valley, but the bonfire outside could no longer shine inside.
Ye Tian said it easily, but he did not dare to be careless in his actions. He not only completely released his consciousness, but also buckled the traceless in his hand and was ready to make a fatal blow at any time.
"This fog is a little strange. It actually contains aura?"
Although his eyes couldn't see anything, Ye Tian's situation more than ten meters away clearly appeared in his heart. After walking into the valley for seven or eight minutes, Ye Tian felt the existence of poisonous miasma.