A dozen people gathered around a fire, eating the dry food they brought, drinking water, talking and laughing happily. Wei Ran seemed to like the many young people in front of him, and kept talking to everyone.
When everyone had eaten and drank enough, and it was time to rest, Wei Ran arranged for some people to take turns to keep watch. Three people were responsible for the first half of the night, and three people were responsible for the second half of the night. The others rested normally. Except for the two royal members, Wei Ran was responsible for the others. Treat everyone equally.
In the first half of tonight, Lu Yunyou, Fang Qing, and Li Ru will stay vigil together, while the others can rest peacefully.
After midnight, the people who had gathered together to chat gradually separated to rest. There was no longer any sound of conversation. Only the sound of popping wood could be heard from time to time in the fire. The yellow flames kept beating, but it never destroyed the tranquility of the night. On the contrary, Make the night more silent.
The three of them, Lu Yunyou, sat together, back to back, each looking in different directions. Unlike patrolling around like in the army, they only needed to observe if there was anything strange around them.
It was naturally not difficult for the experienced Lu Yunyou. He was just curious that the surroundings were too quiet and he could not even hear the sounds of any ferocious beasts. So he kept thinking about whether the route they were taking was often walked by people, so the people wandering nearby There are very few ferocious beasts.
Lu Yunyou naturally hopes that this is the case, so that they don't have to worry about encountering ferocious beasts during the rest of the trip. Now the three of them are sitting together and talking without a word, and none of them feel bored.
The night was uneventful, and early the next morning, after everyone had a quick bite to eat, they set off on the road again. Time was tight and they didn't want to waste a moment.
The trees in the fierce forest were too lush and the visibility in the forest was not good. The speed of everyone walking through the forest was only half of yesterday's. Moreover, everyone was very vigilant during the march, because according to Wei Ran's request before departure, they needed to wait all the time. Pay attention to your surroundings.
The vertical width of the entire fierce forest is close to a hundred miles. At first, the traces on the ground made everyone understand that the path they were walking on had been walked before, so they must have gone right. If there were no accidents on the road, they would definitely be able to leave before dark. woods.
But as they continued to walk in, the light in the forest became darker and darker, and the horror of the fierce forest gradually became apparent. After walking for thirty miles in a row, because there were fewer and fewer traces on the ground, everyone felt nervous. It became more and more intense, and everyone wanted to leave the fierce forest as soon as possible.
"Why is it so quiet in the fierce forest? Have all the ferocious beasts been killed?" Riding a horse, a man named Zhou Ying couldn't help but express his doubts after constantly observing the surrounding situation.
"Why don't you be quiet? Do you still want to see what the ferocious beasts in the ferocious forest look like?" Soon, another martial artist added in a rather playful tone.
"Of course not. I just think the surrounding woods are too strange. It doesn't seem to match the name of the fierce forest. It's more like an ordinary forest." Shaking his head, Zhou Ying expressed his thoughts directly.
"Maybe those ferocious beasts like to look for food at night, so they can't be seen during the day!" Another person expressed his opinion while there was nothing to do.
"I don't think so. If those ferocious beasts only forage at night, doesn't that mean we can freely travel through the ferocious forest during the day?" It seemed that this topic was a good one, and another young man came to join in the fun.
When the young masters from aristocratic families were discussing the situation in the forest with great interest, Lu Yunyou noticed that Princess Lanrou had been quietly listening to the conversation of those people, and her delicate face looked a little pale in the dark forest.
Lan Jing, who was sitting in front of Lan Rou, was riding a horse while paying attention to the discussions of others. His calm temperament was quite elegant. Anyway, the heated discussion of those people made Lu Yunyou feel more peaceful, until he remembered that he and His mood changed only after Ling Yun and the others narrowly escaped in the fierce forest.
The quietness in Jiulin was a bit abnormal. Although he felt that the speculations of those people made sense, he always believed that they could not relax their vigilance, because he still remembered that Jun Wucheng had told him not to be fooled by some appearances. Those who looked safe Places are often full of dangers.
"There must be ferocious beasts in the fierce forest, but we were lucky enough not to encounter them." Just when Lu Yunyou was thinking that they had better be careful, Fang Qing also joined the discussion among those people, not wanting to be left alone.
"What Fang Qing said makes sense. If there are no ferocious beasts, how can the Fierce Forest be called Fierce Forest?" After Fang Qing expressed his opinion, another person quickly agreed.
"Quiet," then when the next person continued to express his opinions, Wei Ran, who had been leading the way, made a "hush" to stop the horse, and then he immediately called out to the others.
After everyone stopped their horses one after another, Lu Yunyou followed Wei Ran and looked forward. The front of the forest was still a little dark. There was nothing unusual at first glance, but soon someone noticed something special.
"Hey, what are those moving things?" Pointing to a special scene in front, a person at the front of the team asked directly to the others.
Following the man's pointing, Lu Yunyou and the others continued to look forward. Sure enough, there was an area that looked a little darker than other places, and the black area seemed to be moving, giving them the feeling of movement.
"Where is there something?" However, not everyone noticed the strange phenomenon in front of them, and soon another martial artist expressed doubts.
"I didn't see it either," then several more people shook their heads to express that they didn't see anything.
"Let's go quickly." Unfortunately, Wei Ran couldn't care about those people anymore. While suddenly turning his horse's head, he shouted directly to the people behind him: "There is a vicious beast."
After saying that, in order to avoid those ferocious beasts, he took the lead in riding to the left.
The next moment, whether they saw it clearly or not, when Wei Ran took the lead to leave, others followed on horseback without a trace of hesitation.
"Dong, dong, dong," there was a sound of horse hooves hitting the soil, and the eight horses ran forward, throwing away everything.
"Not good," but before he could run far, Wei Ran in front stopped again.
"General Wei, what's going on?" Seeing Wei Ran stop again, Lan Jing, who still didn't notice anything unusual, asked directly.
"There are ferocious beasts in front of us. Those black objects are the bodies of ferocious beasts. It's just that they are too far away and my subordinates can't see clearly what ferocious beasts they are." Seeing that the person who asked the question was Lan Jing, Wei Ran had no choice but to I had to reply patiently.
"What should we do?" Wei Ran's answer directly made everyone nervous. Because he was not sure about the strength of those ferocious beasts, Lan Jing asked again.
Faced with Lan Jing's inquiry, Wei Ran found it difficult to answer directly. They had been in the forest for more than an hour and had traveled nearly thirty miles. If they turned around and left the fierce forest now, and then walked from another location, it might take a long time. Time may even cause them to get lost in the forest, but if they can break out of the vicious beasts, they won't have to delay their journey.
"Wait a minute and see what kind of beast it is." After having the idea to move forward, Wei Ran carefully looked around and found out that there were black shadows moving to the north, west and east.
At the same time, because the black shadows were getting closer to them, those who had not seen even half of the beasts' shadows all noticed something unusual, and their expressions became more nervous.
Not long after, dense black shadows appeared not only on the trees but also on the ground in places a hundred meters away from the crowd. If you look closely, they were three to four meters long snake-like beasts, among which some were six meters long. The seven-meter-long snake has a round head and a body as thick as the mouth of a bowl. It also has a pair of wings. The color of its body changes from black to red from the head to the tail. It has a very weird appearance.
Added together, there are no less than hundreds of snakes. If a person appears in front of the snakes, he may be scared to death. The snakes are moving faster and faster, twisting and turning, and getting further and further away from the crowd. close.
The sight of those black shadows swimming so fast made everyone feel numb. Princess Lan Rou, who was traveling for the first time, even covered her eyes out of fear.
"What kind of ferocious beast is that?" When the snake group got closer to them, a person named Shen Tao in the team asked directly.
"It's a red-tailed black-winged snake. This snake is very good at climbing in the forest. No wonder we saw them from above first." The person who replied was Wei Ran. He had already thought about the reason why the beasts found them. It was most likely because they were tricked by horses. The breath attracts, but this is not important, what is important is how they do it.
"There are too many black-winged snakes. If we don't evacuate, I'm afraid we will be in danger." In front of the team, Lan Jing frowned and then looked at Wei Ran: "General Wei, what do you think we should do? "
"You each grab your weapons and follow my orders. I will lead you to charge out." The snakes are too widely distributed. They must not be entangled by the snakes. They must choose a location with a small number of snakes to break out as soon as possible.
