The tented boat waded into the water, and when it stopped beside everyone, the specific details of the tented boat gradually came into everyone's eyes.
This tented boat is a bit larger than the ordinary awning boat, about seven or eight meters long, four or five meters wide, with an upturned bow and stern. There is a semi-curved awning at the stern, and leather tents are tied here and there. There is also a tree made of wood standing on the bow of the ship. The branches are covered with Nuo ghost masks and bull-head masks, and the five-color cloth strips are swaying, making it look extremely mysterious.
On the bow of the boat stood a gray-haired old lady. She was short in stature and had a stooped back. Her white hair was tied up in a bun with a hairpin across her face. Her face was full of wrinkles. She was slightly stout and looked bloated. The colorful cloak covered the black cloth trousers, and he wore three silver bell bracelets in his hands. He looked at people with a particularly strange look.
"Po Du, take us to the Yinping Witchland."
Wu Xuanyu didn't waste any time, and took Yue Guanchao and the others to get on the awning boat. As the awning boat moved away from the river bank, they rippled into the cave and walked through countless caves.
"This is Du Po. She sails in the underground rivers day and night, serving as a ferry for people to be extradited. At the same time, she also feeds these Dragon King catfishes."
Yue Guanchao had just discovered that the Dragon King catfish here was very similar to the catfish in the Dragon King Temple. He was curious and asked: "The thing feeding the Dragon King catfish couldn't be human corpses."
The little witch looked at him, her eyes playful and nodded: "It is indeed a corpse, but it is not a human corpse, just the flesh and blood of animals. It is very safe if no outsiders come here, but if someone finds this place and wants to forcefully cross the underground river, these The Dragon King catfish will tear all outsiders into pieces. Humans are animals anyway, and the Dragon King catfish is not taboo and will eat anything."
"I have always been thinking, you have been hiding here for thousands of years, why has no one discovered this place? Could it be that just because there is an underground river, the Yinping Witchland can be protected from the world, and Or, what do you mean, you said that the passage in and out of the witchland must have a mechanism to prevent outsiders from discovering it."
Song Siyuan was really curious about this. After the army conquered Shu experienced the Yinping Witchland, even if there were living corpses here, at least Deng Ai had to draw a map of the entrance and exit of the Shu Witchland for later crusade. However, that The map of the remnants of the Shu witch kingdom only showed the interior without any reference to the route or direction, which made her feel very strange.
It wasn't until the old Taoist priest You Tianchen said that he was in a semi-drowsy state when he came in and out, that he finally understood that the passage in and out of the witch realm was probably equipped with some mechanism. Now that they were in the passage, they could not help but be concerned about the passage. The mysterious agency became curious.
"This sister is right. These Dragon King catfish are just side dishes at best. What can really make the wizarding world safe and sound is the nightmare flower in the passage. You will understand when you see it later."
When Song Siyuan heard about the Nightmare Flower, she probably had a rough guess about the passage mechanism. She probably used the hallucinogenic effect of the Nightmare Flower to confuse the human eye.
While they were talking, the tent boat continued to float on the river. After a few thousand meters, silt tidal flats gradually appeared around them. These tidal flats were covered with water plants and moist green moss. Large fields of nightmare flowers began to appear on the tidal flats. The roots of these flower fields penetrated deep into the tidal flats. Inside, thick branches are like arms, rising from the mud, and countless long curled leaves stretch out randomly, completely blocking the front.
Looking from a distance, patches of red moss on the water surface block everyone's eyes.
When the awning boat approached the Nightmare Flower Fields, these flower fields seemed to be alive. The medicinal liquid instantly stirred up flower bones as big as water basins, and countless pollen lingered around them in an instant, spreading around like smoke.
"Ahem!"
After Yue Guanchao inhaled the pollen, he felt an unusually sweet breath filling his nostrils and entering his throat. The aroma was like potpourri powder or some tangy herbal medicine. When the smell penetrated his forehead from his nose and throat, His consciousness became increasingly chaotic.
His originally energetic mind suddenly became groggy, as if he had stayed up late for several days. His behavior became sluggish and his brain was confused. He reluctantly raised his eyelids. Then, he only felt that his limbs, muscles and intestines became sleepy, and he suddenly felt tired. He slowly fell down, and finally lost any strength. Finally, he felt dizzy and weak as if he had drunk alcohol. Weird and strange hallucinations began to appear in front of his eyes, like a hundred ghosts walking in the night, which made people indulge in it.
Yue Guanchao managed to muster the strength to look around. Most of his companions looked like this, but Lan Ruling was as clear-headed as ever, showing no sign of decadence or weakness.
"What on earth did you do? Give us the antidote!"
Lan Ruling drew her long whip and was about to hit her. Wu Xuanyu knew that Lan Ruling really dared to whip her, so he took out a white porcelain bottle, ate one himself first, and then handed it to everyone.
After taking the pill, the dizzy feeling was gradually suppressed, and after taking a few dozen breaths of fresh air, he soon returned to normal.
"The pollen of the nightmare flower is sweet and rich. It smells good but is hallucinogenic and slightly poisonous. It can blur people's consciousness and eventually lead them to indulge in hallucinations. If no one rescues them, they will never be able to wake up on their own. Come, when you are completely unconscious, you will be devoured by the Nightmare Flower and become nourishment."
Before she finished speaking, Lan Ruling asked curiously: "Then why am I okay?"
The little witch looked at her and said, "You have been fed anti-vood medicine since you were a child. This kind of poison cannot affect people in the Wu Village, but can only work on people outside the Wu Village."
"Then, since she is from Wu Village, why is there something wrong with Peacock? Isn't she also of Wu Village's bloodline?"
Just now, Ren Peacock did have the same attack as Yue Guanchao and the others.
"At that time, my mother-in-law only taught you the art of Nuo voodoo. I guess she gave you a poison to avoid voodoo while teaching voodoo. Ren Peacock has been raised by her adoptive parents, and it is not convenient for him to cross his hands too much. To avoid being exposed."
"Then, since strangers who enter the flower fields will be swallowed up by the flowers, why did Han military generals enter Wu Village thousands of years ago?"
Song Siyuan took out the assembled album of Yinping Wu Village and handed it to Wu Xuanyu. The little witch stared at the album for a long time and explained: "This was a battle a thousand years ago. At that time, the immigrants from the Wu Kingdom had just arrived in Yinping. There has been no Nightmare Flower Field in Wu Village for hundreds of years. In order to build the Yinping Ancient Road, those people explored all over the mountains and found this place. In order to protect the witchland, the tribe could only use living corpses to drive these people away. This battle It is carved on the stone wall of the ancestral temple, and every year the clan members pay homage to the deeds of their ancestors."
"As far as I know, the Witchland has been laid out as early as ten thousand years ago when the Gu tribe came here. However, at that time, the Gu tribe had not been conquered by the Central Plains Dynasty and had always been in a tribal state. They also established Bashu in Shu. It was not until the pre-Qin Dynasty destroyed the Shu Kingdom that most of the survivors of the Wu Kingdom gradually entered the Wu Kingdom, thrived and built cities here, probably more than two thousand years ago."
Some people died, but not completely...
