BookMe Chapter 364: The Legend of the Ghost Fetus
Chapter 364: The Legend of the Ghost Fetus
"Yes!"
Lei Yu nodded. "The Xuanqi Stone I transported earlier is in the southeast direction. If we bypass this swamp, it will take at least two and a half months longer!"
"Wow~"
Ye Fan stretched out his hand and stirred the black water in the swamp. Suddenly, many insects attached to it. He immediately shook them off.
The black water fell on the grass not far away, making a sizzling sound, and corroded the weeds in a small area!
"Brother, this black water not only contains bugs, it is also corrosive~"
Seeing this, Liu Mengying also frowned. She took out a small knife and scratched it in the black water, and it was also corroded.
"really!"
Ye Fan nodded slightly. Even with his physical fitness, he felt a noticeable burning sensation when he just came into contact with the black water. At this moment, he finally understood why Lei Yu's legs were covered with corroded scars when he saw him yesterday.
"Ye Fan, Cuilin Pavilion is in the southwest. We can go around to the northwest, and then..."
Before Lei Yu finished speaking, Ye Fan took over the conversation, "According to your previous description, wouldn't it take three more months?"
"Well... it's like this... But the box of gouache I brought with me, even if it's only for one person, is not enough to cross this swamp. At most, it will run out after walking one-third of the distance!"
Lei Yu looked troubled. "Besides, the wild boar oil we used to prevent water leakage is gone. Even a cultivator with water-attributed Xuan Qi would have a hard time staying in this black water for a long time!"
"Oh, Lei Yu, save that box of watercolor for later use. Xiao Douya, Lei Yu, this talisman can block water, quickly stick it on your body, especially on your legs and feet!"
Ye Fan obviously had a plan in place. As he spoke, a light flashed in his hand and he handed a stack of talismans to Liu Mengying and Lei Yu respectively.
Soon, Liu Mengying and Lei Yu were ready, and they stepped into the swamp full of black water with Ye Fan...
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The night falls,
"Ye... Ye Fan, this swamp will produce miasma that obscures people's sight at night, and there are also blood-thirsty bats that love light and will attack us. Should we turn off the black stone lamp?"
Lei Yu spoke to Ye Fan, who was holding the black stone lamp in his hand. At this moment, he was very impressed by Ye Fan's physical fitness, because from beginning to end, Ye Fan did not use talismans on his body, nor did he apply his watercolors. He just let his body soak in the black water in the swamp. Even so, after most of the day, Ye Fan was still intact...
"It's easy to get lost if you turn off the black stone lamp!"
Ye Fan frowned slightly.
“This… is indeed the case!”
Lei Yu was slightly stunned. "But when I was transporting Xuanqi Stone with the merchants before, we never traveled at night. Firstly, it was easy to get lost, and secondly, it was easy to be attacked by monsters... Most of the accidents of the merchants happened at night..."
"Then the thunderstorm, when you were with the business traveler before, did it stop at night and stay where it was?"
At this time, Liu Mengying, who was also holding a black stone lamp in her hand, spoke up. She looked quite puzzled, "There is no place to rest in this swamp, right?"
"This... We usually find a marked place at night, huddle together, talk, and wait until dawn... Then we set off!"
As he spoke, Lei Yu pointed to a huge rock with an embroidered sword stuck in it not far away, "For example, that rusty sword rock is a good place to rest at night! I stayed there several times when I was moving the Xuanqi Stone before!"
"Forget it... It's better to leave this stinking place as soon as possible~"
After taking a look at the boulder, Ye Fan immediately rejected Lei Yu's proposal. Liu Mengying agreed wholeheartedly. She would rather move on than stay in this stinking swamp full of poisonous insects and snakes for a night.
"it is good!"
Hearing this, Lei Yu said no more. He checked the map in his hand again and led the way.
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the other side,
Qinhuai City,
"My dear gentlemen, I... that's all I know. I just heard about it from other people. I've never seen the so-called 'ghost fetus' in the Ailao Forest, and I've never heard of Zhang San... I even think it's just a pseudonym... made up by businessmen and travelers to brag... "
A sturdy man who was tied to a wooden frame, stripped of most of his clothes, and covered in blood, spoke weakly to a masked man in front of him.
The masked man didn't say anything. The bloody long knife in his hand slashed across the strong man's neck, and the strong man's head fell to the ground immediately...
"Ailao Forest... the legend of the ghost fetus... 'Zhang San'...?"
The masked man muttered something, his narrow eyes flashed coldly, and his figure disappeared from the spot in an instant.
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At the same time,
Ye Fan, Liu Mengying and Lei Yu were walking in a swamp filled with foul-smelling black water.
"Ha!"
"Gah! Chih!"
Suddenly, a sharp scream was heard in the misty night sky.
"Oh no! It's a group of bloodthirsty bats. Everyone, turn off the black stone lamps!"
Hearing the shriek, Lei Yu's face suddenly changed and he started shouting.
As soon as Lei Yu finished speaking, a circle of large bats surrounded the three people. The large bats had sharp claws and teeth, and their eyes were bloodshot. They screamed and pounced on Ye Fan and the other two who were surrounded in the circle...
"Little bean sprouts!"
Ye Fan looked at Liu Mengying, who immediately understood. Red light suddenly surged all over her body, and she clapped her palms. The next moment, a burst of scorching flames centered on Liu Mengying spread rapidly in all directions, hitting the group of bloodthirsty bats rushing over.
"Boom! Boom!~"
"Chichi~Gah!"
"Zizi!"
“Pah, pah!~”
After the flames roared, they directly burned the wings of a large number of bloodthirsty bats. The entire bloodthirsty bat in the front was turned into charcoal, and fell into the swamp like a big black hailstone...
Those bloodthirsty bats seemed to have set their sights on Ye Fan and the other two. After a large number of them were burned to death by Liu Mengying, another large group of bloodthirsty bats screamed and flew towards the three of them. What greeted them was Liu Mengying's even more scorching fire attribute aura...
"Whoosh!~ Boom!"
The flames created by Liu Mengying illuminated a considerable area where the three people were. Countless bloodthirsty bats were burned and fell from the sky, and the air was filled with a burnt smell.
After Liu Mengying's attack, the bloodthirsty bats did not pounce on Ye Fan and the other two again, but turned around and flew away decisively...
“Wow…how amazing!”
Looking at the blood-thirsty bats and stones all around, Lei Yu swallowed his saliva with a look of shock. You know, when Liu Mengying was in Jiangzhou City, she seemed to be an ordinary person without Xuan Qi, but now she is already a Hou-level Xuan cultivator whose strength far exceeds his...
"Ok?"
Ye Fan was about to move forward when suddenly, he heard a sound of friction and splashing water in front of him. He shone the black stone lamp forward and found a huge figure twisting and approaching them quickly.
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