The woods are gloomy and the ancient trees are towering.
In the distance, the setting sun is shining slantingly, and the haze is curling up.
"call out!"
A sharp arrow roared through the air, drawing a beautiful arc, and shot through a rabbit that was grazing in the grass. The remaining strength was still there, and it was carried far away. The arrow cluster penetrated into the soil, and its tail feathers continued to flow. Trembling.
"It's getting dark, let's find a place to camp." Emperor Shenwu put down his bow, looked at the sky, and ordered.
"As you command!"
After two days of trekking and hunting, they had traveled hundreds of miles, but the old emperor was still in good spirits and showed no sign of fatigue. If he dyed his silver hair black, he would look like a young man.
Not long after, the guards had set up camp and were preparing meals. This was a forbidden place for spirits, and with the legal net covering it, they could not use Taoist magic. Therefore, they could not bring storage rings and could only use local materials.
Fortunately, during this Qianqiu Hunting, the old emperor was somewhat fond of remembering the past and only brought in five hundred guards. Decades ago, he had led an army to conquer the place himself, so even if the environment was not so good, he didn't care.
The bonfire was blazing, and the swaying flames tried their best to prop up the dark night, leaving the only place of light in the woods.
The bright firelight shone on the dark armor, and the guard could not help but turn over the wooden fork on the wooden frame, as much as possible, so that the fat hare, which was inserted in the middle of the wooden fork and was roasting on the bonfire, would be evenly heated, starting from the waist. He took out some small porcelain bottles from his pocket, filled them with various unknown seasoning powders, and sprayed them on the oil-stained hare.
"Crack..."
The burning pine wood made a slight crunching sound from time to time, and the oil and water from roasting the hare dripped into the firewood from time to time, making a "thorning..." sound.
The crispy aroma of roasted rabbit meat and the aroma of various spices are skillfully mixed into a strange aroma that is hot, rich and extremely tempting.
Although marching has always been arduous, this is a royal hunt. Even in the wild, how can you let His Majesty eat burnt and half-cooked things? These guards are all secret guards and are proficient in various skills, including cooking. within it.
As the flames swayed, an indescribable and alluring aroma filled the air in the night wind. After it was cooked, the guard took out the tableware and plates from the bag, and placed the roasted rabbit in them for His Majesty to enjoy.
In the camp, the old emperor ate roasted rabbit, roasted pheasant, drank sake, and looked at the stars on the dome. His thoughts were racing. In a trance, he seemed to have returned to the past.
"Yo yo! Yo yo!"
Childish and sad screams echoed in the forest, immediately arousing the vigilance of the guards. Then, a white shadow came slowly, and the guards guarding the camp stopped at the same time, preparing to draw their bows and arrows to kill it.
When the white shadow came a little closer, they saw clearly that it was a white deer coming with a spiritual light.
Soon, the guards passed the news to Emperor Shenwu and asked him to make a decision.
"White deer?" Emperor Shenwu frowned slightly. This thing is said to be a spiritual beast and an auspicious thing. Why does it appear here?
Then, he walked out of the tent and came outside the camp. Sure enough, he saw the white deer not far away at a glance. This white deer has majestic antlers, its body is pure white without a single hair, and its eyes are clear in black and white, pure and childlike.
It looked back, looking in the direction of the group of people, and let out a few whining sounds. It kept hooves up, scratching the ground, lowering its head three times, and finally hit the rock with its head.
The white deer folds its antlers, and its spiritual blood splashes.
The white deer with broken horns gave a final whine, stared deeply at the old emperor, and turned away.
"A white deer with its antlers folded will be in great danger!"
Emperor Shenwu frowned again, and these eight words suddenly appeared in his mind. Then, a sense of absurdity came to his heart, "It's a sign of great evil! Hmm, I want to see who is pretending to be a ghost!"
"Send a team of people to follow and catch this deer alive!" Emperor Shenwu took a deep look at the dark night, said a few words, and turned back to the camp.
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The sound of the waterfall roared loudly, and as the space opened up, bursts of water vapor rushed towards the face. In the mist of the mountains and rivers, a waterfall gushed down from the gap in the cliff like a dragon emerging from a cave, reaching the bottom of the cliff. It turns into a tumbling torrent, and then rushes away according to the mountain, which is breathtaking.
The roar of the waterfall, the blowing of the mountain breeze, and even the sound of water droplets shooting from a certain waterfall were all received by Su Ming's superhuman hearing, but they could not stir up the slightest ripples in his inner lake.
After searching for another day, he searched the entire mountain range, but still could not find the so-called monster. But he did not give up. Although he had searched the entire mountain range, he knew the terrain and trends here clearly.
The books Su Ming read in the Royal Library were not for nothing. He quickly found the node of the earth's veins, which was also one of the formation eyes that enveloped the Royal Forest Garden formation.
"really······"
Feeling the faint aura escaping from the air, Su Ming smiled slightly. If he hadn't searched all over this mountain range, it would have been so difficult to find this place. Even if he used his spiritual mind to scan inch by inch, it would take less than two days. , can’t be scanned at all.
What's more, although there was a weak spiritual energy escaping from this node, it was absorbed by the large formation in an instant, making it difficult to find through ordinary searches.
"Let me see what secrets are hidden here!" Su Ming jumped up and disappeared into the deep pool. Under the water, it was pitch black. With a sweep of his mind, he discovered the magic circle hidden in the mud at the bottom of the pool.
Su Ming came to the bottom of the pool, waved his hand, and the muddy water and grass covering the magic circle disappeared, revealing its original appearance.
"Is this a teleportation array?" Su Ming was shocked. He originally thought that there might be a cage here to imprison those monsters, but he didn't expect that it would be a teleportation array.
"It's so well hidden."
The deeper it was hidden, it proved that the secrets hidden here were not trivial. He became more and more interested. He smiled softly, took out the spirit stone from the storage ring, placed it on the free groove of the teleportation array, and then activated it. Magic circle.
A faint light lit up, and Su Ming disappeared into the teleportation array, and the spiritual stones turned into powder and disappeared.
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In the tent, Emperor Shenwu was wiping his sword. The cold sword blade reflected his long snow-white hair. Then, a guard walked into the tent and said, "Your Majesty, my subordinates are incompetent. The white deer escaped the light too fast. We lost it." Already." His words were full of shame. As secret guards, they were all martial arts masters who could rival a thousand. Unexpectedly, not even a single beast could keep up with them.
Emperor Shenwu, who was wiping his sword, paused for a moment and said softly: "It doesn't matter, you go down first."
After the guards left, Emperor Shenwu held the sword in his right hand and stood in front of him. A pair of deep and bright eyes were reflected on the sword.
"Spiritual beast warning? How ridiculous! I want to see what tricks you want to play."
