After about an hour, Yang Xiao and the two gradually adapted to the night in the valley. They grabbed the branches with both hands and slept against the huge tree fork.
Suddenly, a huge roar came from the distance, causing Yang Xiao and Ben Yin to open their eyes.
Immediately afterwards, Yang Xiao felt the trunk of the big tree tremble slightly, and heavy footsteps came from the distance. It seemed that a giant beast was walking in the valley. Every step he took gave people an earth-shattering feeling.
The two of them did not dare to move. They just looked up at the valley in the distance. Through the gaps in the branches, they vaguely saw a giant beast about twenty meters high walking slowly.
Because the light was dark at night and the distance was relatively far, Yang Xiao couldn't see clearly what kind of monster it was.
A scream came, as if another monster was trampled to death by the giant beast.
The shadow of the giant beast seemed to be very slow, but in a moment it moved to a place dozens of meters away from Yang Xiao. With the help of the moonlight, Yang Xiao and Ben Yin discovered that it turned out to be a giant elephant, more than twenty meters tall. Meter tall, with a huge body, he walked slowly, carrying the murderous aura of a tyrant.
There was a crashing sound immediately in the forest. It was the sound of monsters elsewhere trying to escape, for fear of being caught by this giant monster.
When the giant elephant passed by the big tree where Yang Xiao and the two were living, he suddenly stopped and turned his head to look at the big tree.
Yang Xiao and Ben Yin quickly held their breath.
At this time, the nearby giant eagle suddenly made a sound, vibrated its huge wings, flew up, and hovered in the night sky.
The giant elephant was stunned, glanced warily at the giant eagle in the sky, walked slowly under the big tree, and continued to move forward.
When the giant elephant walked away, Yang Xiao and Ben Yin breathed a sigh of relief.
The two of them are not afraid of this giant elephant, but once they fight, their hiding place in the forest will inevitably be exposed, and they will inevitably be chased and disturbed by other mutant monsters.
In the valley at night, there were constant roars and the sounds of wild beasts fighting. It was only in the second half of the night that Yang Xiao and Ben Yin were able to sleep relatively peacefully.
Compared to the caves in the forest on the edge of Shenlongjia, spending the night here is indeed much more dangerous.
After the sun rose the next day, many wild animals hid their tracks, and the valley became much calmer.
Yang Xiao and Ben Yin flew down from the tree, ate some food they had brought with them, and continued walking towards the core area of Shenlongjia, hunting monsters along the way.
The monsters here gradually became more powerful. Even ordinary spider mosquitoes began to become larger, growing to about ten meters in size, faster and with greater attack damage.
Moreover, there would be dozens or even hundreds of mosquitoes like this when they flew over, sometimes forcing Yang Xiao and Ben Yin to panic. Several times, Yang Xiao couldn't help it and almost pulled out the bronze divine sword. to fight.
Yang Xiao would not pull out the bronze divine sword until he was at the critical moment of life and death.
For two consecutive days, the two walked about fifty or sixty kilometers toward the core area of Shenlongjia. Here, they encountered a high mountain.
"Yang Xiao, how do you get over this mountain? Go over it?"
"No, we can just take the giant eagle and fly to the top of the mountain to spend the night today. Then we can take the giant eagle and fly over to the bottom of the mountain tomorrow. It will take at least a day or two to climb the mountain."
So, the two of them took the giant eagle and flew to a mountain peak more than a thousand meters away.
The giant eagle landed on a flat ground at the top of the mountain.
Yang Xiao stood on the mountain and looked out into the distance, and saw a surprising scene.
In the distance, there is a huge circular valley, surrounded by mountains. In the center of the valley, there is a large central lake, which looks like a huge mirror in the sunset.
The surrounding mountain peaks are shrouded in clouds and mist, towering into the clouds. Occasionally, various giant birds fly in the sky, which makes people feel trance-like, as if they are in the Jurassic era and see various flying dinosaurs flying in the sky.
"Is this the lake in the core area that the savages mentioned?"
"should be."
"It looks very close when we stand on the mountain peak, but to walk there is probably about 20 to 30 kilometers away."
"I really didn't expect that there is such a huge lake hidden deep in the mountains of Shenlongjia. This place is so magical. If a Shenlong appears, it's really hard to tell."
"I guess the dragon thing is nonsense, but a giant python or a dragon is still possible."
"Okay, let's rest here tonight and go explore the lake tomorrow."
The top of the mountain is not suitable for giant beasts to move around here, so it is relatively safe here.
Yang Xiao and the two sat on a big rock on the mountain to rest, chewing dry food and watching the sunset. The giant eagle was enjoying a huge lion alone nearby.
"If there is no apocalypse, seclusion here would be a good choice."
Monk Benyin sighed.
Yang Xiao smiled and said:
"It would be good to establish a Shaolin Temple branch here and become a monk and practice cultivation."
"Amitabha, you and I have come together this time. When you conquer the entire Hubei Province, I will come here to build a thatched hut on the mountain top. I can watch the sunrise and sunset on the top of the mountain every day, drink a cup of tea, and be leisurely and contented. I am so happy."
"It would be best if there was a nunnery nearby,"
"Pfft!" Ben laughed and said,
"Why don't you be serious?"
Spending the night on the top of a mountain is different from staying in a valley. The top of the mountain is open and unobstructed by trees. Yang Xiao can see a wider starry sky and overlook the mountains.
The cries of wild beasts in the distance are far away, not as close as they are in the valley.
For safety, the two of them flew to a huge rock dozens of meters high on the peak at night. The rock wall was smooth and ordinary large monsters could not climb over it. In addition, there were giant eagles guarding nearby. Monsters don’t dare to come and harass them either.
The night was uneventful. Early the next morning, while Yang Xiao was still sleeping in his sleeping bag, he heard Monk Benyin calling him in his ear. He opened his eyes in confusion.
"Monk, I finally had a good sleep. Why did you wake me up?"
"Look, dragon!"
Because the monk's tone was very excited, his voice was trembling.
Yang Xiao was startled and lost all sleep in an instant. He sat up immediately, got out of the camping sleeping bag, looked around and asked:
"Where is the dragon?"
Ben pointed his finger into the distance and whispered excitedly:
"There, above the lake, look!"
Yang Xiao looked in the direction of Monk Benyin's right finger and was stunned with surprise.
Above the lake in the distance, in the red morning glow clouds, a silver-white giant beast was seen flying up and down, sometimes getting into the clouds, sometimes flying out of the clouds, playing and having fun.
"So, is that the legendary dragon?"
Yang Xiao asked excitedly.
"I don't know, but it looks very similar. None of us have ever seen a real dragon. However, judging from the characteristics of the dragon flying in the clouds and mists, it should be a dragon, right?"
"But it's too far. I didn't bring a telescope."
Ben was stunned after hearing this and said with a smile:
"You're right. I would have brought a telescope out earlier. I have a question to ask you."
"What?"
"Do you know the twelve zodiac animals of China?"
"nonsense."
"Then tell me, among the twelve zodiac animals, rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig, can we all see them in nature?"
"yes?"
"Why can't I see the dragon alone?"
"How do I know this?"
"Then think about it, why did the ancients choose eleven animals that can be seen in daily life as the zodiac sign, but they chose a virtual dragon?"
Yang Xiao was stunned and said:
"You mean, when the ancients chose the dragon as the zodiac sign, the dragon actually existed?"
