Beishan Medicine Valley and Outskirts
"This should be a web laid by a 'jungle tarantula'."
"Although the jungle wolf spider is only a second-level monster, the web it weaves is extremely flexible. Even spiritual practitioners with late-war level strength cannot easily break free. Although this web is nothing to me . But for you, especially in this medicine valley filled with poisonous mist, it is fatal."
Ming Zishan explained with a serious expression.
After hearing what the elder said, the expressions of the Dantong disciples behind him suddenly changed.
Among them, the one with the highest strength is only "First Level of War Level". If it is as the elder said, wouldn't it mean that once they fall into it, all of them will be trapped in the cobwebs and die here.
After listening to the explanation, Qiye's heart lit up:
It turns out that this is the web spun by the jungle wolf spider.
I only knew some book knowledge about jungle wolf spiders before, and there was no information about this monster in my inherited experience.
It seems that this kind of monster is not widely distributed.
As for how to judge the true appearance of the monster through the spider web, it is obvious that he is far less experienced than Ming Zishan.
Qiye couldn't help but think carefully, remembering:
The jungle wolf spider is a 'second-level monster', and the adult wolf spider's strength is equivalent to the 'fourth level mid-war level'.
It often lives in dark and humid jungles. Although it is small, it is only about the size of a goat.
But the spider web it weaves is as large as 5 square meters.
Each spider silk as thick as a chopstick is as strong as a steel bar as thick as a finger, and its toughness is astonishing.
And hundreds of thousands of these spider silks form a spider web. Even at the ninth level of spiritual cultivation at the late war level, if there is no mysterious weapon in hand, it is impossible to tear it apart with bare hands.
In addition, jungle wolf spiders can also camouflage and hide their spider webs through changes in the surrounding environment, achieving an unexpected hunting effect.
Because the jungle wolf spider is not dominant in size, its combat effectiveness is not strong.
They mainly rely on this method of setting trap spider webs in advance, allowing the prey to fall into the web, continue to struggle, and then die of exhaustion, thus enjoying the harvest.
Of course, the prey will not be so stupid that they will fall into the spider web trap after discovering it.
Therefore, jungle wolf spiders know how to camouflage their spider web traps to blend in with their surroundings, allowing their prey to fall into the trap without them noticing.
For example: on a clear stream pool, weave a transparent and colorless spider web and spread it quietly on the water, making it look like a pool of clear water...
Up ahead, the reason why the jungle wolf spider's spider web trap was not found in Mingzi Mountain was mainly because the fog in the Medicine Valley blocked the detection of spiritual consciousness.
At the same time, the cobwebs, like the fog, are disguised as pure white and difficult to distinguish with the naked eye.
If the fog covering the surface had not been dispelled, no one would have discovered that there was actually a spider web trap behind the fog, waiting for the prey to arrive.
Qiye detected this trap through the soul spider silk and guessed that there might be monsters ambushing around.
Originally, he didn't want to pay attention to this, but the spider web blocked the way forward.
It can't be ignored, not to mention that Yan Wan in the team treats him well, and Elder Ming also takes care of him, so he should be reminded both emotionally and rationally.
This was the scene he reminded just now.
"You did a great job in discovering this cobweb in advance! Ah Qi. But how did you discover it?"
Ming Zishan looked at Qiye seriously, and after praising him, he asked doubtfully.
He was also very curious, and despite the fog blocking his spiritual consciousness, he didn't even notice it.
How did this young disciple discover it?
"The elder is too flattering... My father is a hunter in the mountains. Because I was born with good eyesight, I often followed my father into the mountains to hunt and helped him search for prey in the jungle. But later... my father was killed by a monster."
Qiye made up a life story casually, and his expression darkened.
He didn't mean to deceive anyone, he just wanted to keep his secret secret.
"Tch, who believes it..."
Jiang Cai smacked his lips disdainfully.
Qiye didn't explain anything and remained silent.
"I see... What happened to your father is indeed regrettable. However, since you have come to our Tianyun Sect, you will treat it as your own home from now on."
Ming Zishan nodded lightly and said with emotion, as if he believed what Qiye said.
He looked into Ah Qi's eyes
Clear, bright, clean, sincere...
It's like he was born with extraordinary eyesight.
After all, there are always many incredible abilities in this world that cannot be explained or understood. They can only be described as "gifts."
"You guys wait here first, I'll come and take a look."
Turning his head, Ming Zishan said to Dantong's disciple, and then walked into the misty jungle ahead with his sword in hand.
"Junior Brother Ah Qi, thank you this time."
A female disciple came forward and said gratefully, with some apology in her words.
They had all underestimated this junior brother before, but they didn't expect that he had such a powerful talent.
"It's nothing, senior sister. You're welcome..."
Qiye scratched his head and smiled to show friendship.
Although I am not interested in strangers, I cannot pretend to ignore other people's kindness and gratitude.
"Humph, what's so great about it is that my eyes are better..."
This scene made Jiang Cai feel jealous.
"That's right..."
Beside Jiang Cai, two male disciples also echoed.
When they saw Qiye suddenly becoming popular with girls, they naturally became jealous.
"You are stronger than Junior Brother Ah Qi, but you didn't notice the danger around you. Shouldn't you be grateful to him?"
Yan Wan stood up with an unhappy expression on her face.
"Hmph, he's just lucky. If you really encounter a monster, are you really going to rely on this kid?"
Jiang Cai glanced at the short Qiye and snorted coldly.
"you……"
Yan Wan was a little angry and wanted to continue arguing.
But before he could finish his words, Qiye reached out to stop him.
"Okay, as you said, I'm just lucky. Senior Sister Yan, thank you for your kindness. Ah Qi appreciates it."
Qiye's tone was calm and he spoke a few words to settle the dispute between the two parties.
He has no interest in getting entangled in these meaningless disputes. He also didn’t want to cause senior sister Yan to have trouble with the rest of the team because of herself.
While everyone was talking, a sharp "squeak~" sound suddenly came from the fog in front of them, which sounded like the scream of a jungle tarantula.
Soon, the screams gradually died down, until finally they became silent.
Everyone held their breath, focused their attention, and stared nervously at the white mist in front of them.
After a while, a figure gradually walked out of the mist.
Only when the figure came closer did everyone see clearly:
It's the elder who's back.
I saw that he was holding a sharp sword, and there was green mucus flowing on the blade. It seemed that it should be the demon blood of the wolf spider.
"Okay, everyone. I have completely killed the Jungle Wolf Spider. Let's get ready and continue on our way... Ah Qi, I have to rely on you for the rest of the way."
Ming Zishan wiped the demon blood on his sword and asked, please.
Everyone was surprised by the elder's request to his disciples.
After all, as an elder of the sect, with such status and status, it is rare for someone to lose face and get rid of a new disciple to do things.
But Ming Zishan didn't have such a burden. In the process of killing the wolf spider, he realized that Ah Qi's gift of vision played an irreplaceable role in such an environment, even more important than his protection. important.
"Yeah." Qiye nodded and smiled noncommittally.
Then he looked away and saw that the three people still had disgusting expressions on their faces.
Then, under the leadership of Ming Zishan, everyone started to continue on their way.
After the discovery of the previous seven nights, this time all the Dantong disciples opened their eyes wide and looked at everything around them with extremely serious expressions.
However, nothing was discovered along the way. While everyone was regretful, they couldn't help but feel very happy: everything was calm.
Qiye still followed the team, exploring everything within a 200-meter radius.
However, several more spider web traps of jungle wolf spiders were discovered more than a hundred meters away. However, considering that the traps were not on the route of their team and were far away, they did not report them to the elders.
After all, being able to spot a spider web trap through a thick fog of more than a hundred meters is not something that can be explained by good eyesight.
After walking cautiously all afternoon, the group finally arrived at the entrance of a cave.
Looking up, this is a huge cave about seven or eight meters high and five or six meters wide.
The cave was dark and gloomy, and a cold and cold wind blew out.
"We're here. Passing through this cave is the cave forest."
Ming Zishan checked the map again, compared the cave entrance and said.
"Oh, this is the cave forest?"
Qiye searched the map information in his mind and found that such a place was not marked on the route map.
On the entire map, there are only a dozen winding, dividing and joining lines, connecting the deep valleys with the surrounding areas, and there is not even a name for a treasure hunt place.
"Oh, it seems that what I got for cheap is not that good after all..."
Qiye sighed in his heart
After thinking about it, I understand very well:
Presumably, Sister Yan gave her the map to save her life because of her low strength, and never thought of letting her hunt for treasure.
"Come on, let's go in!"
Ming Zishan waved and took the lead.
Although everyone was frightened when they saw such a gloomy cave, they saw that the elder was already walking in front, so they plucked up the courage to follow.
Walking into the cave, there are uneven ground beneath your feet. From the top of the cave, there are often small cold water droplets "tick-tick-tick" falling into puddles on the ground.
The cold and damp wind blew through everyone's timid pores all the time, causing them to break into cold sweats.
Mingzishan took out the luminous stone and explored the way forward. The darkness in the cave did not last long.
After turning a few corners, an open and bright cave entrance appeared in front of everyone, which also made the disciples feel a little relieved.
Walking out of the cave, you can see a dense coniferous forest in front of you.
Pieces of dark green forest, like guarding soldiers, standing straight and strong.
Looking up and looking around, vertical cliffs hundreds of meters high surround this coniferous forest like iron barrels.
In this crater-like forest, without the entrance and exit of this cave, it would be a lost forest isolated from the world, quiet and ancient.
Qiye looked at the world in great surprise. It was about 15,000 square meters, which was equivalent to the size of two sect martial arts training grounds.
In the forest, there is no fog that blocks spiritual consciousness in the medicine valley outside. It is clearly visible and clear.
"Wow, this forest is so beautiful!"
A female disciple couldn't help but stepped forward and exclaimed.
"careful!"
Mingzi Shanyan quickly took her arm and warned her solemnly:
"Don't be fooled by the appearance of this coniferous forest, this is a 'poisonous forest'!"
"Poison Forest?!"
The other disciples were half convinced and half doubtful.
Ming Zishan didn't say much. He raised the sword in his hand, wiped it clean carefully, and then slowly stretched it out.
When the silver-white sword blade came out of the cave little by little, it suddenly turned pitch black the moment it hit the sun.
Seeing this scene, everyone's hair stood on end and their vests became cold.
The female disciple who was blocked in time turned pale with fear.
"How could this happen? If it was a poisonous forest, wouldn't the cave we just entered have also inhaled poisonous gas?"
Jiang Cai's face turned pale and he said.
"The coniferous tree in this forest is called 'Prickly Wind Conifer', which belongs to the category of poisonous wood. This tree can release a special colorless and odorless wood gas. This wood gas is not poisonous, but when exposed to sunlight, When irradiated, corrosive poisonous gas will be produced. Look, in this forest, except for this kind of coniferous tree, there are no other plants, trees, birds and animals?"
Ming Zishan pointed to the needle leaf forest.
After hearing what he said, all the disciples discovered:
Indeed, this coniferous forest is surprisingly peaceful and clean.
There were no chirping insects or birds, nor any overgrown weeds.
The whole forest, except for coniferous trees, is still coniferous trees...
